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Beaver Local sweeps St. Clairsville

By RON FIRTH & MATT MORRISON 3 min read

CALCUTTA-- Beaver Local powered past St. Clairsville 14-2 in game one of a doubleheader Wednesday.

Tori Druschel led the Beavers with three hits, three runs scored and one RBI. Ciara Call had two hits, two RBIs and three runs scored, while Lanie Bock had three hits, two RBIs and one run scored.

Call earned the win for the Beavers allowing two earned runs on four hits with 11 strikeouts.

S: 1-1-0-0-0-- 2- 4-3

BL: 5-3-0-6-x--14-11-0

Beaver Local 14,

St. Clairsville 3

CALCUTTA-- Beaver Local handled St. Clairsville 14-3 in game two of the doubleheader matchup Wednesday.

Addison Eells led the Beavers with two hits, two runs scored and three RBIs. Ciara Call and Tori Druschel had two hits, two runs scored and one RBI.

Eells earned the win for the Beavers allowing three earned runs on nine hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.

Beaver Local is 10-8-1 and will play at Struthers today.

S: 0-0-0-0-3-- 3- 9-3

BL: 2-0-5-7-x--14-10-1

Columbiana 16,

Wellsville 0

WELLSVILLE -- It has been a big week for the Columbiana softball team.

Mackenzi Gamble and Maryn Hepler combined on a no-hitter and the Clippers pounded out 11 extra-base hits in a 16-0 five-inning win over Wellsville on Wednesday. Gamble got the victory, striking out six and walking one in three innings. Hepler struck out one in two innings.

The Clippers -- who have outscored four Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference opponents this week a combined 63-0 with five hits allowed -- improves to 16-3 overall and 7-0 in the EBC, tied with United.

Caitlynn Pleska went 4-for-4 with two triples and two doubles, four runs and two RBIs to lead the Clippers. Alivia Bell went 3-for-3 with a double and four RBIs. Gamble had three hits with a double and Hepler collected two hits, including a solo home run, and scored three runs. Cameron Perkins doubled twice and scored three runs. Ava Davanzo doubled, singled, drove in two runs and scored two more. Ella Dota tripled and scored two runs.

Columbiana will play at East Palestine today. Wellsville will travel to United today.

C: 6-3-2-4-1--16-17-0

W: 0-0-0-0-0-- 0- 0-2

United 20,

Southern 5

HANOVERTON -- United came out swinging Tuesday.

Samantha Lippiatt hit home runs in the first and second innings to power the Eagles past Southern, 20-5, in five innings Wednesday.

Lippiatt drove in eight runs and scored four more as she went 4-for-4 with two homers and a triple and Grace Coffee also homered, doubled and singled and scored four runs.

United improves to 14-1 overalla nd 7-0 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, tied with Columbiana.

Chloe Dangelo contributed two doubles, a single and scored three runs. Mati Zines doubled, singled and drove in two runs. Kiley Hetherington doubled, singled and scored two runs.

Zines earned the victory, allowing five runs, two earnes, with six strikeouts and three walk

Alexis Ensinger took the loss, giving up 15 earned runs with five strikeouts and one walk in four innings.

United will host Wellsville today.

S: 0-5-0-0-0-- 5- 6-5

U: 12-4-3-1-x--20-19-1

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