MARIETTA - A clutch two-out, two-strike, two-run triple in the last of the sixth off the bat of Tim Grosel proved to be the game-winner as the Marietta Tigers downed the Parkersburg Big Reds 8-7 Friday evening in a non-conference battle at Legion Field.
Grosel's triple allowed the Tigers to avoid losing a game in which they led by five runs at one time before allowing the Big Reds to come all the way back to take a one-run lead heading to the last of the sixth.
PHS got on the board first off of Marietta starting pitcher Geno DeMaio in the top of the third inning on an RBI double by Garret Riley.
The Tiger bats came alive in their half of the third as they batted around and hung a six spot on Parkersburg starting pitcher Jake Gold.
Joe Roberts led the inning off with a single and was replaced by pinch runner Corey Spanner, who promptly stole second base. Shortstop Jordan Satterfield followed with an RBI single before Eli Lenington doubled to left to make it 2-1. After Ben Bricker reached on an error, Nick Spurr doubled in two more runs and a sacrifice fly by Jon Cremeans and a wild pitch gave the Tigers a 6-1 lead.
A pair of Tiger errors, a couple of hit batsmen and a walk, coupled with RBI singles by Chase Evans and Tony Brunicardi knocked DeMaio from the mound in the fourth inning and tied the game at 6-6.
Fact Box
Softball
Game One
George Washington 3, Parkersburg 2
GW (7-10) 201 000 0-3 5 1
PHS (5-16) 000 200 0-2 8 1
WP: Bille Murray 7 IP, 0 BB, 4 SO
LP: Cassidy Newbrough 7 IP, 1 BB, 4 SO
GW hitters: Rachel Ward 1-4; Madeline Gerwig 1-4; Jessi Thevenin 1-3, RBI; Tori Hill 1-3, 2 RBI; Allie Mckown 1-2
PHS hitters: Taylor Beckley 2-3; Brittany Allison 1-3, double; Jackie Buckles 1-3; Lindsey Moran 1-3, double, RBI; Cassidy Newbrough 2-3, RBI; Lakyn Mayo 1-1
Game Two
Parkersburg 7, George Washington 6
GW (7-11) 000 002 4-6 11 2
PHS (6-16) 040 300 x-7 6 3
WP: Cassidy Newbrough 7 IP, 6 BB, 1 SO
LP: Sara Stonestreet 4 IP, 5 BB, 1 SO
Amber Biel 2 IP, 1 BB, 0 SO
GW hitters: Rachel Ward 1-5, triple, 2 RBI; Jessi Thevenin 2-4; Allie Mckown 2-4, double, 3 RBI; Brittany Potter 2-4
PHS hitters: Jessica Blair 2-4, RBI; Taylor Beckley 1-4, triple, RBI; Melanie Nething 1-3, triple, 3 RBI
Next game: Parkersburg plays Point Pleasant at Magnolia at 11 a.m. Saturday and then Bellaire St. John at 2:45 p.m..
Buckhannon-Upshur 8,
Ritchie County 6
Buckhannon-Upshur 100 000 7 - 8 8 2
Ritchie County 203 010 0 - 6 9 2
WP: Wright 7 IP, 2 BB, 3 SO
LP: Kelsey Waggoner 7 IP, 2 BB, 8 SO
Buckhannon-Upshur hitters: Gregory 2-4, double, home run in seventh; Wright 2-3; L. Wagoner home run in seventh
Ritchie County hitters: Cassiday Ray 2-4; Allison DeLancey 3-4, 2 triples, 2 RBIs; Abbey Burgess 2-4, triple
Record: Ritchie County 14-5
Next game: Tyler Consolidated at Ritchie County Wednesday
Roane County 6, Southern 1
Southern 000 010 0 - 1 1 1
Roane (12-2) 030 030 x - 6 8 3
WP: Casey Lassiter 7 IP, 1 BB, 10 SO
LP: Huddlesden 6 IP, 3 BB, 7 SO
Southern hitting: Cummings 1-3, 2B
Roane County hitting: Kelly Hall 2-3, 3 SB, 2 RBIs; Brooklyn Pavalok 1-3, 3B, 2 RBIs
Next game: Roane County at Webster County (DH) noon today.
at Buffalo's Best of the Best
Parkersburg South 7,
Nicholas County 0
NC 000 000 0 - 0 4 7
PS (12-9) 003 400 x - 7 5 1
WP: CeCe Bailey 7 IP, 0 BB, 9 SO
LP: Whitney Robinson 6 IP, 5 BB, 4 SO
Parkersburg South hitting: Genna Trippett 2-4, R, two-run HR (4th), 3 RBIs; Morgan Trippett 2-2 RBI; Logan Somerville 2 R; Katelyn Hamilton 1-4 R; Kristen Hamilton R, RBI; Taylor Wittekind R; Michaelyn Busch R
Parkersburg South 3, Lincoln County 1
LC 000 001 0 - 1 4 2
PS 001 020 x - 3 9 1
WP: Nicole Landis 5 IP, 1 BB, 0 SO
SAVE: Bailey 2 IP, 0 BB, 3 SO
Busch 0 IP, 1 BB, 0 SO
LP: Faith Huffman 6 IP, 1 BB, 6 SO
Lincoln County hitting: Alyssa Cook RBI; Brooke West 2-3, 2B
Parkersburg South hitting: Kr. Hamilton 2-4, 2 R; Wittekind 3-3 R; G. Trippett 1-3, 2B, RBI; Bailey 1-2 RBI; Somerville 1-2; Alex West 1-1
Next game: Parkersburg South vs. Hurricane at 1:45 p.m. today in Buffalo.
Waterford 14, Trimble 10
Trimble 001 801 0 - 10 10 3
Waterford 520 133 x - 14 14 2
WP: Laura Hill 7 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO
LP: Brown 6 IP, 3 BB, 1 SO
Trimble hitting: Dolan 3-4, 2B; Moore 1-4, 2B; Brown 1-3, 2B
Waterford (8-4, 6-3) hitting: Lakin Tolson 4-5, 2 RBIs; Nicole Neslein 3-4, 3 RBIs; Amber Reed 2-3, RBI; Hannah Offenberger 1-2, RBI; Janelle Pugh 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Jade Heiss 2-4, RBI; Tori Pyatt 1-3, RBI; Sierra Heiss 1-3; Hill 2-3
Next game: Waterford at Southern Monday.
Warren 5, Portsmouth 4
Warren 104 000 0 - 5 6 3
Portsmouth 110 011 0 - 4 4 3
WP: Taylor Dennis IP 6, BB 4, SO 5
Kaylee Higgins IP?1, SO 1
Warren (13-2) hitting: Ally Spence 1-3 R, 3B; Kendra Lynch 2-3, 2B, 3 RBIs; Brandi Douglass 1-3, 2B, Riley Benson 1-2 RBI
Next game: Logan at Warren on Wednesday.
St. Marys 2, Gilmer County 0
Gilmer (9-7) 000 000 0 - 0 2 0
SMHS (15-2) 000 020 x - 2 7 2
WP: Mikayla Hearn 7 IP, 6 BB, 3 SO
LP: Lexi Hacker 6 IP, 2 BB, 1 SO
Gilmer County hitting: Tiffany Young 1-2, 3B; Chelsea Knicely 1-2, 2B
St. Marys hitting: Abbi Fetty 2-3; Boogie Grose 2-3 RBI; Kristy Mixer 1-3, 2B, RBI
Wirt County sweeps Williamstown
Game 1
Wirt 9, Williamstown 1 (5 innings)
Williamstown 001 00 - 1 0 0
Wirt 100 8x - 9 11 1
WP: Natalie McVey (NO-HITTER), 5 IP, 6 SO, 3 BB
LP: Sami Crowe, 4 IP, 3 SO, 5 BB
Wirt hitting: Emily Ohrn 1-1, 2 walks, 2 runs, RBI; McVey 2-3, run, RBI; Shania Tanner 2-3, run, RBI; Leigh Thomas 2-3, 2 doubles, run, 3 RBIs; Sarah Frame 2-2, walk, run, RBI
Game 2
Wirt 12, Williamstown 9
Wirt (1-4) 110 703 0 - 12 7 1
Williamstown 030 210 3 - 9 9 0
WP: Ohrn 6 1/3 IP, 5 SO, 7 BB
McVey, 2/3 IP, 2 SO, 1 BB
LP: E. Gray, 3 1/3IP, 2 SO, 10 BB
Pit, 3 2/3 IP, 1 SO, 5 BB
Wirt hitting: Ohrn 2-3, triple, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; McVey 1-4, walk, run, RBI; Tanner 1-3, 2 walks, run, RBI; Frame 2-5, 2 RBIs
Williamstown hitting: Ashton Chancellor 3-5, double, run, 3 RBIs; E. Gray 2-3, HBP, 3 runs; Edman 2-3, walk, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Kameron Westfall 1-2, 2 walks, 2 runs, 2 RBIs
Next game: Ravenswood at Wirt 1 p.m. today
Late Thursday
at Tyler Consolidated
Game 1
River 7, Tyler 6
River (11-5) 601 000 0 - 7 7 3
Tyler 060 000 0 - 6 10 5
WP: Rene Riley, 4 1/3 IP, 3 SO, 0 BB
Gabby Goudy, 2 2/3 IP, 5 SO, 0 BB
LP: Torrye Cline, 7 IP, 1 SO, 5 BB
River hitting: Goudy 3-5, RBI; Anna Rufener RBI; Stephanie Murdock 2-3, 2 RBIs; Brianna Cook RBI
Tyler hitting: Jennifer Yost double, 2 RBIs; Cline double; Myah Charkawi 2-4, RBI; Alex Bubenchik 2-3, RBI; Martina Parrish 2-3; Megan Carpenter RBI
Game 2
Paden City 10, Tyler 2 (5 innings)
Paden City (3-10) 532 00 - 10 10 0
Tyler (6-10) 002 00 - 2 4 5
WP: Kelsey Loy, 5 IP, 3 SO, 1 BB
LP: Devinn Moore, 1 1/3 IP, 0 SO, 1 BB
Cline, 3 2/3 IP, 3 SO, 2 BB
Paden City hitting: Graeson Baker 2-4, double, RBI; Amanda Heasley 3-4, RBI; Hannah Stanley 2-4, triple, 3 RBIs; Hailey Wade RBI
Tyler hitting: Cline RBI; Charkawi RBI
Baseball
West Virginia Catholic Classic
Charleston Catholic 15,
Parkersburg Catholic 5 (5 inn.)
At Bennett Stump Field
PCHS (8-5) 005 00 - 5 9 10
CCHS (12-4) 312 36 - 15 13 2
WP: Rocco Wilcox 3 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO
Vincent Stricker 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO
LP: Jim Ferrell 4 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 SO
Mike Hinton IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO
Parkersburg Catholic hitting: Jake Boice 3-3 R; Zack Romine 1-3 R, RBI; Austin Luther 2-3 R, 2B, RBI; Payton Sturm 1-3 R, 2B, RBI; Ferrell 2-3 RBI; Eric Scott R
Charleston Catholic hitting: Connor Golden 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBIs; Wilcox 1-3, 2 R; Ian Lough 3-4, 3 R, SB, RBI; Nelson McKown 3-3, 4 R, 3B, 3 RBIs; Andy Hoyer 2-2 R, 2 RBIs; Drew Cable RBI; Thad Jameson 1-2 R; Jack Crozkett R; Dominic Rendinell 1-2 SB; Sam McKown R
Next game: Wheeling Central vs. Parkersburg Catholic 4 p.m. today at City Park; Charleston Catholic vs. Wheeling Central at 1 p.m. today at City Park.
Parkersburg Catholic 9, Madonna 8
Madonna 010 201 4 - 8 10 5
PCHS 301 010 4 - 9 8 3
WP: Eric Scott 0.1IP 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 0SO
Andrew Cinali (starter) 6.2IP 10H 8R 5ER 1BB 5SO
LP: Connor Morgan 6.2IP 8H 9R 5ER 3BB 11SO
Tory Fuscardo 0.0IP 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 0SO
Leading hitters: Madonna - Logan Linder 3-4, 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Chris Duerr 1-3, 2B, run, RBI; Dan Pietranton 2-3, run. PCHS -Mitch Davis 1-3, 3B, 3 runs; Jake Boice 1-3, 2B, 2 runs, RBI; Austin Luther 2-4, run, 3 RBIs; Jim Ferrell 1-4, 2 RBIs; Andrew Cinali 2-3.
Records: Madonna 9-3, Parkersburg Catholic 9-5
Next game: West Virginia Catholic Classic - Parkersburg Catholic vs. Wheeling Central Catholic, 4 p.m. today at City Park; Madonna vs. Notre Dame 10 a.m. today at Jackson Park; Madonna vs. Huntington St. Joseph, 1 p.m. today at Jackson Park.
Eastern 5, Belpre 3 (10 innings)
Eastern (6-5) 002 000 000 3 - 5 4 1
Belpre (2-5) 000 101 000 1 - 3 10 3
WP: Josh Shook, 3 IP, 3 SO, 1 BB
Tim Elam (starter), 7 IP, 4 SO, 1 BB
LP: Jesse Whittington, 1 IP, 0 SO, 4 BB
Drew Nestor (starter), 9 IP, 15 SO, 4 BB
Eastern hitting: Christian Amsbary 2-4, RBI; David Warner double; Derick Powell RBI (bases-loaded walk)
Belpre hitting: Jake Ullman 2-6, RBI; Nestor 2-4; Ryan Epperly 2-5, double, RBI; Ryan Leasure SF, RBI
Next game: Belpre at Federal Hocking 5 p. m. Monday
Marietta 8, Parkersburg 7
PHS 001 501 0 - 7 6 2
Marieta 006 002 x - 8 7 5
WP: Devin Leister 2.1 IP, 0 BB, 4 SO
SAVE: Ben Barnas 1 IP, 0 BB, 2 SO
Geno DeMaio 3.2 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO
LP: Jeff Davis 3.1 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO
Jake Gold (starter) 2.2 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO
Parkersburg (3-10) hitting: Garrett Riley 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Tony Brunicardi 1-2, 2 RBIs; Caleb Thrash 1-4 R; Tre Jackson 1-2, 2 R; Chase Evans 1-2 RBI
Marietta (6-6) hitting: Eli Lennington 2-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI; Nick Spurr 2-3, R, 2B, 2 RBIs; Tim Grosel 1-4, 3B, 2 RBIs; Jordan Satterfield 1-2 R, RBI; Jon Creameans RBI; Corey Spanner 2 R
Next games: Marietta at New Philadelphia (DH) today; Parkersburg at Warren on Monday.
Southern 7, Roane County 5
Southern (14-0) 020 030 2 - 7 12 2
Roane (5-10) 012 100 1 - 5 4 2
WP: Adam Pape 5 IP, 5 BB, 9 SO
SAVE: Ryan Taylor 2 IP, 1 BB, 4 SO
LP: Quentin Corbitt 7 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO
Southern hitting: Hunter Johnson 2-3; Andrew Roseberry 3-4; Trenton Deem 2-4, 2B; Marcus Hill 1-2, 2 RBIs
Roane County hitting: Justin Dynes 1-3, 2B, RBI; Corbitt 1-2; Tim Hendershot 2-4 RBI
Next game: Roane County at St. Marys noon today.
Wirt County 15, Ravenswood 11
Ravenswood 130 011 5 - 11 11 2
Wirt County 011 0(10)3 x - 15 13 3
WP: Trenton Hardbarger 6 IP, 6 SO, 3 BB
Jake Bell 1 IP, 0 SO, 0 BB
Taylor Campbell (save) .2 IP, 1 SO, 1 BB
LP: Issac Crow 4.1 IP, 4 SO, 6 BB
A. Anderson 0 OP, 0 SO, 0 BB
T. Sturm 2.2, 1 SO, 2 BB
Ravenswood hitters: Isaac Crow 2-4, home run, 3 RBIs; Heath Boggess 2-4, RBI; Alex Anderson 2 RBIs; Devin Crews 3-4, 2 RBIs
Wirt County hitters: Dalton Brindo 4-4, 2 RBIs, triple, 2 doubles; Taylor Campbell 3-4, 4 RBIs; Austin Cottrell 2-3, 2 RBIs; Scotty Lowe 2 RBIs; JT Stephens RBI; Colt Holbert triple, 2 RBIs
Records: Wirt County 4-10
Next game: Wirt County at Roane County Tuesday
Warren 7, Portsmouth 2
Warren 120 003 1 - 7 12 2
Portsmouth 110 000 0 - 2 8 2
WP: Austin Henthorn 7 IP, 1 BB, 5 SO
LP: Collins N/A
Warren (7-6) hitting: Landon Kern 2-4, 2 HRs (1st and 6th), 2 RBIs; Tyler Ward 2-4, 4 SB, RBI; Gunnar Smith 2-5 RBI; Garrett Kennedy 2-4, 2B, RBI; Zach McKenna 2-3 RBI; Lance Shafer 1-3 RBI
Next game: PHS at Warren 5 p.m. Monday.
Trimble 5, Waterford 3
Trimble 310 100 0 - 5 10 3
Waterford 003 000 0 - 3 4 4
WP: Kish 7 IP, 1 BB, 11 SO
LP: Josh Schaad 7 IP, 2 BB, 9 SO
Trimble hitting: Rushing 2-2; Hooper 2-4
Waterford (0-10) hitting: Moore 1-3, RBI; Cody Paxton 1-3; Jacob Kelley 1-3; Kyle Miller 1-3
Next game: WCCS at Waterford (DH) at 2 p.m. today.
Game 1
Gilmer County 10, Webster County 2
Gilmer County 005 110 3 - 10 10 0
Webster County 100 010 0 - 2 7 4
WP: Austin Cunningham 7 IP, 11 SO, 3 BB
LP: Garrett Dorsey 4 IP, 5 SO, 7 BB
Todd Brown 3 IP, 1 SO, 0 BB
Gilmer County hitters: Cunningham RBI; Karl Bennington 2-5, RBI; Nathan Allison 2-5, triple, RBI; Seth Skinner RBI; Dylan Montgomery double; Shawn Talbert 2-3, home run, 3 RBIs
Webster County hitters: Todd Brown dpuble; Tyler Anderson 3-4, double, RBI; Dorsey double
Game 2
Gilmer County 20, Webster County 2
Gilmer County (13)32 20 - 20 14 3
Webster County 002 00 - 2 4 11
WP: Dylan Montgomery 5 IP, 5 SO, 1 BB
LP: Stephen Cogar .1 IP, 0 SO, 4 BB
Nathan Anderson 4.2 IP, 0 SO, 4 BB
Gilmer County hitters: Cunningham 2-5, RBI; Austin Ratliff 2-3, rBI; Bennington 2-3, 2 RBIs; Allison 3-5, double, 2 RBIs; Adam Beall RBI; Montgomery double, rBI; Talbert 2-3
Webster County hitters: Brown 2-3, rBI; Drew Green double
Records: Gilmer County 15-3
Next game: Gilmer County at Braxton County Monday
JV: Parkersburg South 12, University 8
WP: Tyler Parsons
PS hitting: Dakota Robinson 1-3, double, 2 RBI; Alex Simon 3-4, RBI; Dakota Wade 1-3, 2 RBI; Tyler Parsons 2-3, RBI
Next game: Parkersburg South plays host to Morgantown in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
PHS scored an unearned run in top of the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Brunicardi to take a slim 7-6 lead.
Sophomore catcher Nathan Bryan got the pivotal sixth started for MHS by drawing a walk and a perfect sacrifice bunt by Satterfield advanced the tying run to second base.
Spanner once again came into pinch run and held at second when Lenington's hard shot to third was knocked down by third baseman Will Salmans for an infield single.
One out later Grosel stroked the game winning shot down the left field line off of Big Red reliever Jeff Davis to send the orange and black back in front for good.
Ben Barnas replaced Leister on the mound for the seventh and fanned the final two Big Red hitters to seal the deal for the Tigers.
Devin Leister was credited with the win, his first at the high school level, allowing only one hit and striking out four in his three innings on the mound.
PHS, which plays Monday at Warren, dropped to 3-10 on the season with the loss. Marietta (6-6) has a twinbill today at New Philadelphia.
SOFTBALL
Waterford 14, Trimble 10
WATERFORD - The Waterford High softball team picked up its eighth win of the season Friday in a 14-10 slugfest against the Trimble Tomcats.
It looked like it was going to be a long night for the Tomcats after two innings. Nicole Neslein scored the first run of the game on a wild pitch. Janelle Pugh followed with a double to center that scored Amber Reed. Tori Pyatt and Cierra Heiss each added an RBI of their own in the inning. Overall the Wildcats (8-4) scored five runs in the inning.
After a scoreless second for Trimble, Waterford came out and put up two more runs, without getting a hit in the inning. Lakyn Tolson and Neslein each reached on Tomcat errors. After Reed sacrificed the runners over, Tolson scored on a wild pitch and Neslein scored on a sacrifice fly by Hannah Offenberger for a 7-0 advantage.
Trimble (1-10) got one run back in the third, and then came roaring back with an eight-run fourth, capped off by a two run double by Kelsi Brown.
Now down 9-7, Waterford would have to muster a comeback of its own.
They began chipping away with a run in the bottom of the fourth. With the bases loaded and two outs Megan Smith had a pinch-hit single to left, driving in Pyatt.
The Wildcats, who enterain Megis today, took the lead with a three run fifth inning. Neslein drove in Laura Hill and Tolson on a single up the middle. Neslein later scored on an error, making it 11-9.
After Trimble tacked on another to make it a one run game, Waterford sealed the win with three runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Hill picked up the win on the mound, pitching a complete game and striking out three while walking two.
