Brecksville-Broadview Heights scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning for a 5-3 Southwestern Conference softball victory against Avon Lake. Monday's win avenged a loss earlier in the season for the Bees (13-3, 5-1) and also puts them in a first-place tie. It's the first loss of the year for Avon Lake (13-1, 5-1).
Brecksville-Broadview Heights scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning for a 5-3 Southwestern Conference softball victory against Avon Lake.
Monday's win avenged a loss earlier in the season for the Bees (13-3, 5-1) and also puts them in a first-place tie. It's the first loss of the year for Avon Lake (13-1, 5-1).
Mary Schentur accounted for three Brecksville hits and two RBI, while Paige Collins finished with a single, triple and three RBI for Avon Lake.
Amherst 7, North Olmsted 3: Home runs by Lexie Jones and winning pitcher Zoe Beetler led the Comets to the SWC victory.
Holy Name 14, St. Peter Chanel 5: Becca Knaus' three hits included a triple, three RBI and three runs scored, as the Green Wave remained unbeaten in the North Coast League White Division.
Baseball
Midview 2, Elyria Catholic 0: The Middies won the West Shore Conference pitchers' duel with runs in the first and third innings. Eric Lauer earned the win by allowing one hit and two walks, while striking out nine. Losing pitcher Chris Tomack, the victim of two Panther errors, also hurled a one-hitter, with three walks, two hit batters and nine strikeouts. Gordon Frye got the lone hit and drove in a run for Midview. Elyria Catholic's hit came from Joey Begany.
Hawken 1, Cuyahoga Heights 0: A Redskins throwing error in the top of the seventh inning allowed pinch runner Andrew Holmes to score the winning run for Hawken in the Chagrin Valley Conference Metro Division game.
Archbishop Hoban 2, Benedictine 1: Drew Pero's run-scoring single in the top of the fourth inning was the difference for the Knights in the North Coast League Blue Division win.
Aurora 4, Perry 1: The Greenmen prevailed in the Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division game, thanks to Jake Czerwinski, who pitched a one-hitter, with one walk and three strikeouts. Tyler Thomas' two doubles paced Aurora's eight-hit offense.
Boys tennis
Lakewood 3, Lake Ridge 2: The Rangers handed Lake Ridge its first loss of the season, with Chris Brinich's three-set win at second singles the deciding match.
Norton 3, Ravenna 2: The Panthers remained in the Portage Trail Conference title chase as Brandon Caynor and Milan Jevric won in straight sets in first and second singles, and Kyle May and Randy Roland did likewise at first doubles.
Mayfield 3, North Royalton 2: Shouta Fukamachi and Cody Dalessandro captured their first and second singles matches in straight sets, as did the first-doubles team of Alex Faddoul and Dean Elliott, to lead the Wildcats to the Northeast Ohio Conference win.
Girls lacrosse
Magnificat 9, Hathaway Brown 8: Kelsey Doyle tallied a hat trick, while Jillian Zavoda and Joanna Kilbane-Meyers scored two goals apiece, to give the Blue Streaks the win.