Kellen Andruscik went 2 for 2 and drove in three runs and Bishop Canevin came back from an early 5-3 deficit to beat Serra Catholic, 9-7, Thursday and clinch a tie for the Class 1A Section 3 baseball title.
The win left the Crusaders with an 8-2 section record, the same as Eden Christian Academy. Serra Catholic fell to 6-2 with Thursday’s loss to Bishop Canevin and has two section games remaining against Sewickley Academy.
Bishop Canevin, 9-5 overall, trailed 3-0 after half an inning but tied the score in the bottom half of that frame, thanks in part to Andruscik’s two-run double.
After the Crusaders yielded two more runs to Serra Catholic in the top of the second, Kyle Olszewski delivered an RBI double and scored on a passed ball to tie the score. Andruscik came through with an RBI single, as did Aaryn Edwards, and the Crusaders led 7-5.
Jamin Brock drove in a run with a sacrifice and Jackson Maddix added an RBI single.
Olszewski went 3 for 3 and scored three runs and Tyler Maddix also scored three runs.
Olszewski also gave the Crusaders solid work in relief, pitching the final five innings and giving up just four hits and one unearned run. He walked five and struck out five.
Moon Area 16, Beaver 1
Nico Marasco’s two-run single highlighted a six-run second inning rally and sent the Tigers to a non-section win.
The Tigers opened the game with a three-run first inning, with Nick Machusko doubling home a run and Owen Amey contributing an RBI single.
In the second inning, Thad Longwell stroked an RBI triple while Angelo Fachet and Chris Sandor each delivered run-scoring singles.
In a game played Wednesday, Machusko had two hits and drove in three runs to back the six-hit pitcher of Tyler Ebner as the Tigers topped Upper St. Clair, 6-1, in a Class 5A Section 2 matchup.
Fachet tripled and drove in a run while Taylor Ebner doubled and had an RBI for Moon.
Tyler Ebner went the distance and gave up six hits while walking two and striking out five.
SOFTBALL
West Allegheny 14, Montour 7
Ava Henke’s three-run homer was the key blow in a six-run fifth inning that helped the Indians pull away from the Spartans in a Class 5A Section 3 contest at Montour.
West Allegheny led just 5-4 after four innings before mounting its six-run rally. Irena Santoro contributed a two-run homer that inning to go with Henke’s three-run blast.
Shania Cope belted a three-run homer in the seventh inning for Montour and finished with two hits and four RBIs. Hailey Staub collected three hits, including a two-run homer, and scored twice for the Spartans.
Emily McClean added two hits, and Danielle Terpack banged a solo home run.
Chartiers-Houston 11, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2
The Chargers managed just two hits off Buccaneers pitcher Meadow Ferri and fell in a Class 2A Section 3 game at OLSH.
Leann Walzer accounted for both OLSH hits on a pair of singles. Chartiers-Houston piled up 13 hits, with Ella Richey and Lauren Rush each collecting three.
The Chargers scored single runs in the first and sixth innings. The first-inning run scored on an error and Walzer drove in a run with a base hit in the sixth.
Chartiers-Houston scored three runs in the first, with two of them coming on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Butler 3, Moon Area 0
The Golden Tornado prevailed by scores of 25-18, 25-14, 25-17 Wednesday night in a Class 3A Section 3 matchup on Senior Night at Moon.
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