PARKERSBURG - Eight runs in the first two innings started defending Class A state champion Wheeling Central on the path to an 11-4 win over host Parkersburg Catholic in a West Virginia Catholic Classic baseball game called by rain with one out in the bottom of the sixth Saturday afternoon at City Park.
The Maroon Knights not only batted around in the first frame and then sent 10 men to the plate in the second, but also took advantage of five walks and two errors by the Crusaders to open up a quick 8-0 lead.
Five of Central's nine hits in the game went for extra bases, with four doubles and a triple. Mic Keys' two-bagger knocked in the Maroon Knights' first run and Andrew Keane singled in their other two first-inning tallies before RBI doubles by winning pitcher Anthony Tighe and Brandon Gast in the five-run Central second inning that also saw two runs come home on a PCHS error and another on a fielder's choice.
The Crusaders, though, bounced back with a 3-spot in their half of the second, loading the bases with one out on Austin Luther's infield single, Payton Sturm's walk and Mike Hinton being hit by a pitch. A Maroon Knight fielding error with two outs plated one run and then back-to-back bases-loaded walks to Jake Boice and Bobby Casto forced in two more runs.
However, Central added a run in the third inning with a base-runner scoring from third as PCHS tagged another Knight runner out in a rundown between first and second., and tacked on one more in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Gast to lead 10-3.
Casto singled in a run for the Crusaders, now 9-6, in the PCHS half of the fourth, and second baseman Luther pulled off a nifty double play in the top of the sixth, snagging a line drive with a diving stab and then tossing the ball to shortstop Mitch Davis at second for the twin killing. But the next Central batter, No. 9 hitter John McFarland, who collected three hits in the game including the Knights' triple, dropped an RBI single into right field for the game's final tally.
Fact Box
Baseball
West Virginia Catholic Classic
At City Park, Parkersburg
Wheeling Central 11, Parkersburg Catholic 4
(Game called by rain with one out in bottom of 6th)
Central 351 101 - 11 9 2
Park. Catholic (9-6) 030 100 - 4 3 5
WP: Anthony Tighe, 6 1/3 IP, 6 SO, 5 BB
LP: Eric Scott (starter), 1 IP, 1 SO, 5 BB
Mike Hinton, 5 IP, 0 SO, 2 BB
Central hitting: Tighe double, RBI; Mic Keys double, RBI; Patrick Biega RBI; Andrew Keane 2-3, double, 2 RBIs; Ian Yahnke 2-4; Brandon Gast double, SF, 2 RBIs; John McFarland 3-4, triple, RBI
Park. Catholic hitting: Jake Boice bases-loaded walk, RBI; Bobby Casto 1-2, bases-loaded walk, 2 RBIs; Austin Luther 1-3; Hinton 1-1
Next game: Parkersburg Catholic at Paden City 5 p.m. Wednesday
Wahama, Williamstown split
Wahama 11, Williamstown 1 (5 inn.)
Wahama 310 70 - 11 12 1
WHS (12-5) 010 00 - 1 3 1
WP: Tyler Roush 5 IP, 1 BB, 11 SO
LP: Jake Tracewell 3 IP, 5 BB, 2 SO
Brye Mullenix 1 IP, 1 BB, 0 SO
Wahama hitting: Zac Warth 3-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Wyatt Zuspan 3-4, 2 RBIs; Roush 2-3, 2B, RBI; Tyler Nutter 2-3, 2 RBIs
Williamstown hitting: Dakota Watson 1-3, 2B
Williamstown 8, Wahama 7
Wahama 500 110 0 - 7 11 3
WHS 140 003 x - 8 11 4
WP: Kody Rhyne 7 IP, 1 BB, 2 SO
LP: Nutter 0 IP, 2 BB, 0 SO
Sisk (starter) 5 IP, 0 BB, 5 SO
Roush 1 IP, 0 BB, 2 SO
Wahama hitting: Zuspan 1-4, 2B; Roush 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs
Williamstown hitting: Watson 2-3, 2B; Josh DeBolt 2-4, 2B, 3 RBIs; Case Edgar 1-3, 2B
Next game: Tyler Consolidated at Williamstown 5 p.m. Monday.
Parkersburg South 6, Morgantown 3
MHS 002 100 0 - 3 6 1
PS (11-7) 040 200 x - 6 8 2
WP: Jacob Braniff 7 IP, 3 BB, 6 SO
LP: Justin Miller 4 IP, 6 BB, 5 SO
River Hames 2 IP, 0 BB, 1 SO
Morgantown hitting: Michael Goodwin 1-2, 2 R, 2B; Connor Leone 1-2, 2B, RBI
Parkersburg South hitting: Clay Walters 2-4 R, 2B, 3 RBIs; Jacob Wilcox 1-2, 2 R, RBI; Jordan Braniff 2-3 R
Parkersburg South 3, Morgantown 1
MHS 000 010 0 - 1 4 1
PS 200 010 x - 3 4 1
WP: Wes Mitchem 7 IP, 0 BB, 5 SO
LP: Tyler Shorter 6 IP, 3 BB, 1 SO
Morgantown hitting: Nick Colasante 1-3 RBI
Parkersburg South hitting: Mitchem 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; Dustin Helmic R, RBI; Braxton Johnson 1-2, 2 R, SB
Next game: Magnolia at Parkersburg South 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
Doddridge 8, Ravenswood 7 (8 inn.)
Ravenswood 200 220 10-7 13 0
Doddridge (6-8) 020 020 31-8 9 3
Note: One out when winning run scored
WP: Stanley Jordan (In relief) 3 IP, 0 BB, 2 SO
Shane Yeater (starter) 4, 1 BB, 2 SO
Neal Lamb 1 IP, 0 BB, 1 SO
Chris Satterfield 0 IP, 2 BB, 0 SO
LP: Crews 4 IP, 2 BB, 4 SO
Burgess (starter) 4 IP, 7 BB, 5 SO
Ravenswood hitting: Johnson 1-4, RBI; Burgess 2-4, triple; Anderson 3-3, double, 3 RBI; Crow 2-4, RBI; Yencha 1-4, RBI; Boso 1-4, RBI
Doddridge hitting: Adrian McMillan 2-3, RBI (game-winning); Austin Flanagan 2-3; Shane Yeater 2-4, 2 doubles, 4 RBI; David Lipscomb 2-4, double, 2 RBI
Next game: Doddridge County plays host to St. Marys at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
St. Marys 4, Roane County 3
Roane 300 000 0 - 3 7 0
St. Marys (9-8) 010 010 2 - 4 8 0
WP: Hunter Nichols (in relief), 1 IP, 1 SO, 0 BB
Robbie Harper, 6 IP, 4 SO, 2 BB
LP: Tim Hendershot (starter), 6 1/3 IP, 2 SO, 5 BB
Eli Kucherawy, 1/3 IP, 0 S0, 2 BB
Roane hitting: Quentin Corbitt 2-3; Hunter Bradley 1-3, double, 2 RBIs; Kucherawy 1-3, RBI
St. Marys hitting: Harper 1-4, double; Jerrod Lough 2-3, 2 doubles, RBI; Johnny Riggs 1-2, double; Ryan Taylor 2-2; Colton Nutt game-winning SF in bottom of 7th, RBI; Austin Wilson 1-2, RBI
Next game: St. Marys at Doddridge County 4:30 p.m. Monday
At Sissonville
Herbert Hoover 11, Magnolia 5
Hoover (11-3) 114 122 0 - 11 13 1
Magnolia 300 020 0 - 5 4 3
WP: Fields, 7 IP, 8 SO, 3 BB
LP: Kyle Elliott, 5 IP, 4 SO, 1 BB
Ben Knight, 2 IP, 0 SO, 1 BB
Hoover hitting: Bird 2-4; White 2-4, 2 RBIs; Shamblin 3-5; Mullens 2-5, 2 RBIs; Thomas 1-3, 2 RBIs
Magnolia hitting: Tanner Hanna 1-3, triple, RBI; Elliott 1-2, double, RBI; Chandler Sapp 1-2, double, RBI
Magnolia 15, Sissonville 5 (6 innings)
Magnolia (8-6) 012 372 - 15 9 2
Sissonville (4-12) 023 000 - 5 8 4
WP: Hanna , 6 IP, 7 SO, 1 BB
LP: Null, 4 IP, 6 SO, 2 BB
Stricklen, 2 IP, 2 SO, 1 BB
Magnolia hitting: Knight 3-3, 2 doubles, 5 RBIs; Jason Keller 2-3, double, 3 RBIs; Hanna 2-4; Elliott 1-4, 2-run HR in 3rd; Ryan Walton 2-3, 2 RBIs; Sapp 1-3, RBI
Sissonville hitting: Mooney 2-3, double, RBI; Hill 2-3
Next game: Magnolia at Parkersburg South 5 p.m. Monday
JV: Parkersburg South 10, Morgantown 6
WP: Josh Hall 4 IP, 5 BB, 2 SO
SAVE: Caleb Wells 2 IP, 0 BB, 1 SO
Parkersburg South JV (12-5) hitting: Alex Schreckengost 3-3; Alex Simon 2-3, 2B, RBI; Damon Gandee 2-4; Sam Boso 3-4, 4 RBIs; Kyle Bourgeois 2-3, 2 RBIs; Tyler Parsons 2-4, 2 RBIs
JV: Parkersburg South 12,
Morgantown 8 (5.1 inn/rain)
WP: Simon 1 IP, 2 BB, 1 SO
Josh Mason (starter) 1 IP, 3 BB, 1 SO
Schreckengost 2 IP, 3 BB, 3 SO
Parkersburg South JV hitting: Dakota Robinson 3-4 RBI; Simon 1-3, 2B, RBI; Boso 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Dakota Wade 1-3, 2 RBIs; Hall 2-3, 2B, 4 RBIs
Next JV game: Parkersburg South vs. Parkersburg 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Jackson Park.
Softball
at Magnolia Tournament
Point Pleasant 3, Parkersburg 2
P. Pleasant 100 002 0 - 3 6 1
PHS (6-18) 000 020 0 - 2 8 2
WP: K. Riffle 7 IP, 1 BB, 6 SO
LP: Cassidy Newbrough 7 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO
Point Pleasant hitting: M. Davis 1-3, inside the park homer, RBI; A. Adkins 1-3, 2 RBIs
Parkersburg hitting: Jessica Blair 2-4; Morgan Lanham 2-3; Newbrough 2-3; Kaleigh Westfall 1-4, 2B, 2 RBIs
Bellaire St. John 3, Parkersburg 0
PHS 000 000 0 - 0 1 3
Bellaire St. John 010 200 x - 3 6 1
WP: Gina Beckman 7 IP, 0 BB, 11 SO
LP: Nicole Bradford 6 IP, 1 BB, 8 SO
Parkersburg hitting: Lanham 1-2
Bellaire St. John hitting: Kaydie Coppa 1-3, 2B, RBI; Beckman 2-3 RBI; Kyleigh Falcone 2-3
Next game: Parkersburg at Woodrow Wilson 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Parkersburg Catholic 12,
Charleston Catholic 4
Charleston Catholic 101 20 - 4 4 2
Parkersburg Catholic 108 03 - 12 12 1
WP: Rachel Slone (2-9) 5 IP, 6 BB, 6 K
LP: Allie Persily 4.1 IP, 1 BB, 0 K
CC Hitters: Brianna Ross 2-2, triple, 2 runs; Samantha Busch 1-3, RBI, run; Emma Sovick 1-3; Elise Peden run
PC Hitters: Maddie Roedersheimer 3-3, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBIs; Lydia Walters 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI; Rachel Slone 2-4 R, 2 RBIs (game-winning RBI in fifth); Liz Ruscitto 2 R, 2 RBIs; Hannah Fisher R, RBI; Gabi Dye R, RBI; Brooke Miller RBI; Rachel Gammon R; Juli Beckett RBI; Rachel Tennant 2 R
Record: Parkersburg Catholic (4-14)
Next game: Catholic at St. Marys at 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Roane County sweeps Webster County
Game 1
Roane 11, Webster 0 (3 innings)
Roane 182 - 11 9 0
Webster 000 - 0 1 1
WP: Casey Lassiter (12-2), 3 IP, 5 SO, 0 BB
LP: Cogar, 3 IP, 0 SO, 6 BB
Roane hitting: Kelly Hall 2-3; Kip Rhodes 2-2, 3 RBIs; Brandy Hylbert triple, 2 RBIs
Game 2
Roane 11, Webster 1 (5 innings)
Roane (14-2) 400 34 - 11 11 2
Webster 000 10 - 1 3 4
WP: Lassiter (13-2), 5 IP, 5 SO, 2 BB
LP: Davis, 5 IP, 0 SO, 3 BB
Roane hitting: K. Hall 3-3, 2 RBIs, 3 stolen bases; Miranda Hall 2-4, 2 doubles 2 RBIs; Cassidy Taylor 3 RBIs
Next game: Roane at Ravenswood 5 p.m. Monday
Wirt County 8, Ravenswood 5
Ravenswood 010 030 1 - 5 4 1
Wirt (11-4) 000 035 x - 8 7 3
WP: Natalie McVey 7 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO
LP: S. Casto 5 IP, 7 BB, 5 SO
C. Snodgrass IP, 0 BB, 0 SO
Ravenswood hitting: S. Casto 1-2 R, RBI; K. Sullivan 1-4 R, RBI; M. Stutler 1-3 RBI; J. Strickland 1-3, 2 R
Wirt County hitting: Leigh Thomas 2-4, 2 R, 2B, 4 RBIs; McVey 2-4, 2 R, RBI; Stone Cheuvront 1-2, R, RBI; Lexie McMillan 1-3 R, 2B; Sarah Frame 1-4 RBI
Next game: Wirt County at Roane County 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Buffalo's Best of the Best
Pool Play
Hurricane 3, Parkersburg South 1
HHS 000 200 1 - 3 5 0
South (12-11) 010 000 0 - 1 2 1
WP: Courtney Rogers 7 IP, 2 BB, 9 SO
LP: CeCe Bailey 7 IP, 1 BB, 10 SO
Hurricane hitting: Cassi Sargent 2-3 R, 2B, RBI
Parkersburg South hitting: Genna Trippett 2-3 solo HR, RBI
Semifinals
Logan 10, Parkersburg South 2 (5 inn.)
South002 00 - 2 5 6
Logan 003 43 - 10 6 0
WP: Morgan Aguirre 7 IP, 2 BB, 5 SO
LP: Bailey 4 IP, 1 BB, 1 SO
Nicole Landis IP, 1 BB, 0 SO
Parkersburg South hitting: Katelyn Hamilton 2-3 R; Taylor Wittekind 1-3 solo HR, 2 RBIs; G. Trippett 1-2, 2B; Logan Somerville 1-2
Logan hitting: Rachell Topping 1-4, 2 R; Lara Sedlock 1-4, 2 R; Aguirre 3-3 2 R, 2B, 2 RBIs
Next game: South at Brooke (DH) 4:30 p.m. Monday.
''They jumped out on us quick,'' said PCHS head coach Tom Harvey, ''and we didn't come fired up today. I think our kids were resting on their laurels after a big (9-8 comeback) win last night (over Madonna), and you can't do that against a good program like Wheeling Central. We didn't adapt our approach to their pitcher, who was changing up his delivery on us. We were tying to hit six-run homers when we needed base-runners. We just have to play smarter baseball.''
