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Beavers spring ahead

Beaver Local 10, Knox Central 0 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Beaver Local ended its Myrtle Beach trip with a 3-1 mark after a 10-0 win over Knox Central (Kentucky) in five innings on Thursday. Addie Thurik threw a perfect game with 15 strikeouts. She threw 56 pitches and 46 went for strikes. She added two doubles, a single and an RBI. Gianna Congrove had a double, single and two RBIs. Macie Bourne had a double, while Brylee Curtis had a triple. Beaver Local is 7-2 and will host Brooke on Monday. Beaver Local vs. Knox Central (Kentucky) BL: 0-3-2-3-2—10-11-0 KC: 0-0-0-0-0— ...

BASEBALL

Lisbon 19, Malvern 1 MALVERN —Lisbon made quick work of Malvern with a 19-1 win in four innings on Thursday. Ashton Hinchliffe had four hits and five RBIs for the Devils. Marc Moore added two hits and two RBIs. Nick Peruchetti added two hits. Logan Sturgeon was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts and a walk in four innings. Lisbon is 2-0 and will be play at 7 p.m. today at Salem. L: 6-1-4-8—19-9-0 M: 1-0-0-0— 1-1-2 Oak Glen 6, Columbiana 0 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Kaden Dragisich had a single and double, while Noah Willey struck out 13 while walking just ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Pirates call up Griffin PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Konnor Griffin Era will begin this afternoon in Pittsburgh. A person familiar with the decision has told The Associated Press that the Pirates are calling up the 19-year-old shortstop, the consensus choice as the top prospect in baseball, before Friday’s home opener against the Baltimore Orioles. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the roster move was not yet official. The club tipped its hand on Thursday, featuring Griffin on various social media platforms, including an Instagram post featuring pictures of Griffin ...

Beavers have a day at the beach

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Addie Thurik had two singles and a triple while getting the win in the circle with four strikeouts and three walks in Beaver Local’s 9-3 softball win over Morgantown (W.Va.) on Wednesday in Myrtle Beach. Ciara Call continued her solid start to the season with two hits and four RBIs. Brenna Jones had a triple, single and three RBIs. Beaver Local (6-2) will play Knox Central this morning to wrap up its trip. Beaver Local vs. Morgantown (W.Va.) MO: 0-3-0-0-0-0-0—3-7-1 BL: 4-0-0-0-3-2-x—9-11-0 Oak Glen baseball MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Oak ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Marin and Oh share lead at 65 EVANS, Ga. (AP) — Arkansas junior Maria Jose Marin birdied her final two holes Wednesday for a 7-under 65 to share the lead with 17-year-old Soomin Oh of South Korea in an opening round of great weather and low scoring at Champions Retreat in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Asterisk Talley, the 17-year-old Californian who was runner-up in the ANWA a year ago, holed a greenside bunker shot for eagle on the par-5 18th hole as she made the turn and shot 66. The conditions were ideal, and most of the 72-player field seized on the opportunity. ...

United downs Malvern

United 8, Malvern 2 HANOVERTON — Ethan Newburn had two hits and two RBIs to lead United to an 8-2 win over Malvern on Tuesday. Jason Pratt added two hits. Quentin Taylor had a double and two RBIs. Wyatt Swanson had a double as well. Nick Lutes was the winning pitcher with 10 strikeouts and two walks over six innings. United (2-1) hosts East Palestine today. MA: 0-0-0-0-2-0—2-4-2 UN: 0-0-0-0-8-0—8-9-2 Crestview 5, Brookfield 4 BROOKFIELD — Caleb Booth, Eli Cope and Isaac Unkefer all had doubles in Crestview’s 5-4 win over Brookfield on Tuesday. Kyle Booth ...