Beaver Local win is electric
Beaver Local's Ally Wright celebrates a home run against Philo in a Div. IV sectional contest by wearing the team's home run chain on Tuesday at Beaver Local. (Photo by Ron Firth)
CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s lone senior Ally Wright doesn’t want her high school career to end anytime soon.
Wright slugged a three-run homer to highlight a seven-run second inning that lifted the top-seeded Beavers past 15th-seeded Philo, 10-3, in a Division IV sectional final Tuesday.
Beaver Local (23-3) advances to host No. 9 seed River View on Monday. River View beat No. 8 seed Minerva 7-4 in eight innings Monday.
Mya Anderson went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs for the Beavers.
Brylee Curtis went 2-for-3 and scored two runs. Gianna Congrove and Ciara Call each had two hits. Calleigh Eells had a double and scored two runs.
Addie Thurik went the distance for the victory, scattering three hits with 11 strikeouts and four walks.
She retired the first 11 batters, seven by strikeout, until giving up three runs with two outs in the fourth inning. The Beavers had allowed only five runs in the previous six games.
Parker Hina walked and scored on Kyleigh McGraw’s singled that got through the outfield. Dilyn Brown followed with a two-run homer to left field.
But Beaver Local’s seven-run second inning was too much to overcome.
Call, Anderson and Brenna Jones opened with consecutive singles for a 1-0 lead and Eells walked.
Gianna Congrove hit a grounder to third base that wasn’t fielded cleanly to score another run. Thurik had a sacrifice fly to deep right field for a 3-0 lead.
Curtis beat out an infield grounder to shortstop with two outs to make it 4-0. On the next pitch, Wright hit a three-run homer over the left field fence for a 7-0 advantage.
Philo sophomore pitcher Lexie Charles only gave up three more runs. Charles struck out seven and walked one.
Philo drops to 8-12, including a 4-12 mark the last month. The Electrics have six losses by two runs or less.
PH: 0-0-0-3-0-0-0– 3- 3-1
BL: 0-7-0-0-1-2-x–10-13-1
Lisbon 22, Lordstown 0
LISBON — Lisbon had no trouble with Lordstown in a 22-0 rout in five innings in a Div. VII sectional contest on Tuesday.
Lisbon produced 19 hits in the win with Abby Ammon having three hits including a triple with two RBIe, Amelia Cook with three hits including a triple and three RBIs, Sofia Brown with three hits and three RBIs, Alayna Householder with a single, triple and four RBIs, Delaney Pickens with a single, double and an RBI, Kamyrn Peruchetti with two hits and an RBI and Bridgett Newbold with two hits and an RBI.
Peruchetti got the win with six strikeouts and two walks.
No. 14 seed Lisbon (8-13) will travel to the winner of Wednesday’s game between No. 4 Andrews Osborne and No. 8 Ashtabula St. John on Monday for a district semifinal.
LO: 0-0-0-0-0 — 0-2-4
LI: 5-0-1-16-x — 22-19-2
John Glenn 6, East Liverpool 0
NEW CONCORD — No. 2 seed John Glenn eliminated East Liverpool 6-0 on Tuesday in a Div. IV sectional opener.
Kendall Snider had 15 strikeouts for the Muskies in six innings, while Delaney Bell had two strikeouts in one inning of work. East Liverpool did not have a hit.
Tatum Fink was the losing pitcher with 10 strikeouts and three walks in six innings.
The Potters are 9-18.
John Glenn will host No. 12 seed Cambridge on Monday in the district semifinal. Cambridge was am 8-1 winner over No. 10 Maysville on Tuesday.
EL: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 — 0-0-1
JG: 3-0-0-2-1-0-x — 6-3-0
Oak Glen 5, Doddridge 2
NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen’s softball team recorded a 5-2 win over Doddridge County in its Class AA, Region 1 tournament opener on Tuesday.
The Golden Bears will host the winner of the Doddridge and Tyler Consolidated elimination game next. If the Bears win that game they will qualify for the state tournament. The winner of the elimination game would have to beat Oak Glen twice to reach state.
For the Bears, Brayley Lash had two doubles and an RBI. Mikalyn Balch had a triple. Macy Hartung and Nevaeh Heath had doubles. Mattie Carney was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts and no walks over seven innings.
Oak Glen (17-10) had beaten Doddridge 9-1 in a regular season meeting.
DO: 0-1-1-0-0-0-0 — 2-4-0
OG: 3-1-1-0-0-0-x — 5-8-4
Columbiana 15, Garfield 4
GARRETTSVILLE — It was all Columbiana in a 15-4 win in five innings over Garfield on Tuesday in regular season action.
Brooke McKim had a single and double for the Clippers. Landry Smith had two hits and three RBIs. Ella Eisenbraun added two hits and three RBIs. Kyla Hogan had a hit and three RBIs. Josie Hepler had a double and two RBIs.
Eisenbraun got the win as she struck out four in 2 2/3 innings.
Columbiana (13-7) travels to Southeast for a Div. V tournament game today.
CO: 4-0-1-6-4 — 15-11-2
GA: 1-0-3-0-0 — 4-7-3
Crestview 8, Salem 6
COLUMBIANA — Alivia Shetler homered and had two singles and two RBIs in Crestview’s 8-6 win over Salem on Tuesday in regular season play.
Gia Depace, Makayla McKee and Rylee Cloutier had two hits each.
Cassidee Buckley was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts and seven walks over seven innings.
Morgane Blaine homered, singles and had four RBIs for Salem. She also was the losing pitcher with three strikeouts and five walks in six innings.
Crestview is 10-11 and will host Loudonville in a Div. VI tournament game today.
SA: 0-0-0-0-4-0-2 — 6-6-1
CR: 2-0-3-2-1-0-x — 8-9-4
GlenOak 9, West Branch 3
CANTON — Canton GlenOak came away with a 9-3 win over West Branch in regular season softball play on Tuesday.
Zoey Carreon hit a home run for West Branch and Sara Schmidt had three hits. Ellie Tucker was the losing pitcher with three walks and three strikeouts in five innings.
West Branch (9-12) is at Northwest for a Div. IV sectional tournament game on Thursday.
WB: 0-0-1-0-1-0-1 — 3-7-2
GO: 2-3-0-3-0-1-x — 9-11-4


