Beaver Local turns back Columbiana
CALCUTTA — Beaver Local ‘s baseball team stunned Columbiana 10-4 on Thursday.
Paxton Grimes paced the Beavers with two hits and three RBIs. J Boyd had a double, while Isaac Dailey added two hits.
Braxton Hickman 11 was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts and three walks in 6 1/3 innings.
Max Conway had two hits and two RBIs for Columbiana, while Dan Goehring had two hits.
Avery Young was the losing pitcher with five strikeouts and four walks.
Beaver Local is 4-14 and will host Crestview today.
Columbiana (10-10) is at Canfield today.
CO: 0-1-0-1-0-0-2–4-7-3
BL: 0-1-5-0-4-0-x–10-9-3
United 13, Southern 0
HANOVERTON — United is one game away from an Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title after a 13-0 win over Southern on Thursday.
Parker Newburn had a single, double and two RBIs for the Eagles. Quentin Taylor added two hits, while Jason Pratt had two hits and an RBI.
Newburn got the win on the mound with nine strikeouts an two walks.
Mason Pitts had Southern’s lone hit.
Brody Brown took the loss with two strikeouts and seven walks in three innings.
United (16-5, 9-0) can clinch a share of the EOAC title with a win over Wellsville at home.
Southern is 2-12 and 0-9 in the league. The Indians are at East Palestine on Monday.
SO: 0-0-0-0-0–0-1-1
UN: 4-2-4-3-x–13-8-1
Steubenville CC 12,
Wellsville 4
STEUBENVILLE — Wellsville’s baseball team was handed a 12-4 loss to Steubenville Central on Thursday.
Ethan Morris had two hits and an RBI for the Tigers. Landon Ramsey had a double.
Ramsey was the losing pitcherwith four strikeouts and three walks in five innings.
Wellsville (3-16) is at United today.
WE: 1-0-1-0-0-2-0–4-6-4
SC: 0-4-0-0-3-5-x–12-6-0
SOFTBALL
East Palestine 6,
East Liverpool 1
EAST LIVERPOOL — Maddison Foster had two hits and an RBI, while Taylor Foster added a hit and two RBIs in East Palestine’s 6-1 win over East Liverpool on Thursday.
Alivia Magness added two hits and two RBIs.
Kennedy Andre was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts and two walks.
Kylee Evans and Trinity had doubles for East Liverpool.
Cate Davis took the loss with six strikeouts and a walk.
East Palestine (9-8) is at Lisbon for two games today.
East Liverpool is 3-24 and will be at Harrison Central for a tournament game on Tuesday.
EP: 0-0-0-0-2-0-4–6-9-1
EL: 0-0-0-0-0-1-0–1-2-2
Girard 11,
Beaver Local 1
GIRARD — Gianna Saxon went 3 for 4 as Girard tamed Beaver Local 11-1 in six innings on Thursday.
Beaver Local scattered five singles through the lineup. Ciara Call took the loss with five strikeouts and two walks in three innings.
Girard is 11-10.
Beaver Local is 17-5 and is at Ursuline on Monday.
BL 0-0-0-0-0-1–1-5-0
GI: 2-0-2-2-0-5–11-11-3
Oak Glen 3,
Wheeling CC 1
NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Mattie Carney struck out 10 and walked none while going the distance in an Oak Glen 3-1 win over Wheeling Central Catholic in a West Virginia Class AA, Region 1, Section 1 softball final.
Carney also added a solo home run in the fourth inning. Mikalyn Balch, Addie Smith and Macy Hartung all had hits for the Bears.
Oak Glen (24-8) will try to close out the best-of-three series today at Wheeling Central. If Central wins the series will return to Oak Glen on Saturday for the deciding game.
WC: 0-0-0-0-0-0-1–1-4-1
OG: 0-0-0-1-2-0-x–3-4-2
Sebring 15, Leetonia 3
LEETONIA — Sebring scored a 15-3 win over Leetonia in five innings on Thursday.
Ella Harris had a home run and two RBIs for the Bears.
Audrey Ellis-Russell took the loss with six strikeouts and seven walks.
Leetonia is 0-15
S: 7-2-5-1-0–15-13-0
LE: 1-2-0-0-0–3-7-0
Chaney 23,
Southern 12
SALINEVILLE — Youngstown Chaney bested Southern 23-12 in five innings on Thursday.
Raelea Carosiello, Gianna Pecorelli and Kennedy Lewis had three hits each for the Indians.
Addy Martin was the losing pitcher with 12 walks and two strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.
Southern is 7-10 and is at United today.
YC: 0-2-13-2-6–23-7-3
SO: 0-0-10-0-2–12-15-2
Southern 14,
Youngstown East 1
SALINEVILLE — Kennedy Lewis had a single, triple and four RBIs as Southern ran away with a 14-1 win over Youngstown East in five innings on Wednesday.
Addy Martin got the win with eight strikeouts and three walks in five innings.
YE: 0-0-0-1-0–1-1-3
SO: 8-6-0-0-x–14-10-3