Wadsworth's bid to stay in the Suburban League baseball title hunt took a hit Wednesday. The Grizzlies (16-2, 7-2) were outhit, 7-5, and committed two errors. Host Tallmadge capitalized with a 4-3 upset victory.
Wadsworth's bid to stay in the Suburban League baseball title hunt took a hit Wednesday.
The Grizzlies (16-2, 7-2) were outhit, 7-5, and committed two errors. Host Tallmadge capitalized with a 4-3 upset victory.
Kody Edwards, who had a single and drove in two runs, got the win thanks to Jason Beaumont's nifty two-thirds of an inning relief work. Beaumont got the final out on a bases-loaded strikeout.
Scott Noel's run-scoring single in the fifth inning turned out to be the game-winner for the Blue Devils (8-8, 3-6).
Strongsville 7, Mentor 6: A four-run first inning helped the Mustangs squeeze out a Northeast Ohio Conference win. Alex Sarrouh's double and two RBI led the way.
Brunswick 3, North Royalton 2: The Blue Devils, ranked 20th in the Division I state poll, handed pitcher Gerry Salisbury a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning and it stuck. Salisbury, who twirled a seven-hitter and struck out eight in the complete NOC River Division victory, also had two singles and scored a run.
St. Vincent-St. Mary 1, Archbishop Hoban 0: Corey Whaley, who pitched the final two innings in relief, got the win thanks to his one-out, run-scoring sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Nordonia 3, Highland 1: Billy Smith pitched six innings, giving up five hits, striking out seven and slammed a home run in the fourth inning to lead the 17th-ranked Knights to the Suburban League win. Tyler Alders went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI while Brandon Talion struck out the side in the seventh for his first save of the season.
Willoughby South 5, University School 0: The Rebels were beneficiaries of pitcher Brad Harwood's three-hit, five-strikeout effort along with four US errors in the Premier Athletic Conference victory. TJ Lett and Josh MacMullen teamed up for four of South's seven hits.
Lutheran West 5, Wellington 1: Aaron Geye pitched a two-hitter with seven strikeouts, and went 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead the Longhorns to the Patriot Athletic Conference crossover-game win.
Amherst 4, Olmsted Falls 1: Stanford recruit Griffin Weir pitched a three-hitter with eight strikeouts for the No. 8-ranked Comets in the Southwestern Conference win.
Lorain 7, Cleveland Heights 2: Adrian Calez's four hits and two RBI powered the Titans to the Lake Erie League win.
Kirtland 5, Berkshire 2: Matthew Finkler had two hits, two stolen bases, an RBI and scored a run in the Hornets' win over the Badgers.
Softball
North Royalton 2, Elyria 1: Pitcher Nikki Newman kept Elyria at bay on three hits and seven strikeouts while Xiomara Santiago and Alison Smolinski combined for four hits, two RBI and two runs to lead the Bears in the Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division shocker. The Pioneers, ranked 10th in the Division I state poll and a state-tournament semifinalist last year, lost sole possession of first place in the Valley Division.
Parma 11, Mayfield 0: Brittany Humbel was on the top of her game as the Redmen pushed the Wildcats to second place in the NOC Lake Division. Humbel pitched one-hit ball and struck out nine and also blasted a double and triple, scored a run and drove in four. Courtney Sabo chipped in with three hits, including a triple, three runs scored and three RBI.
Stow 20, Solon 1: The Bulldogs bumped Solon from atop the NOC River Division heap with a five-inning rout capped by a 12-run fifth inning. Chrissie Vaughan's went 5-for-5 with two doubles and five RBI.
Aurora 6, Perry 3: The Greenmen remained the Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division front-runner behind Sarah Petrash's three hits and three runs scored.
Revere 5, Cloverleaf 4: Each team collected 10 hits but it was the Colts' six errors that cost them in the Suburban League game. Kaylyn Roose's had three hits and scored two runs to lead Revere.
Orange 8, Hawken 7: The Lions won the CVC Metro Division game as both teams scored four runs in the seventh inning. Terriana Graham's two hits led Orange.
Southeast 7, Rootstown 6 (8): Alicia Swierz collected two hits and two RBI, including the game-winner to propel the Pirates to the Portage Trail Conference County Division win.
Westlake 8, Amherst 7 (8): The Demons got a solid relief performance from Katie Lew and timely hitting from Katlyn Nagel in the SWC game. Lew struck out eight while pitching the final six innings and Nagel's single in the bottom of the eighth inning plated Gina Campo with the clinching run.
Walsh Jesuit 10, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin 0: The Warriors took over first place in the North Coast League Blue Division as Taylor Rahach pitched a one-hitter with four strikeouts. Lauren Cianciolo keyed the five-inning rout with a single, double, triple, a run scored and an RBI.
Beaumont 6, Archbishop Hoban 3: The Blue Streaks avenged Tuesday's NCL Blue Division loss behind winning pitcher Emily Iott and Jose Zucca, each with a double.
Boys track
Westlake 76, Olmsted Falls 47: The Demons remained unbeaten as Rudy Keppler won the 100- and 200-meter sprints with respective times of 11.4 and 23.5.
Boys tennis
Chagrin Falls 3, Revere 2: The Tigers pulled out the win when Adam Shoemaker won his second singles match in three sets.
Girls lacrosse
Chagrin Falls 19, Walsh 7: Shannon Fung and Kate Mackin combined for 14 goals and goalie Maddie Wilson made 12 saves.