Thomas Medwig hurled a five-hit shutout and Dean Douglass drove in a pair of runs with a double and a single, sparking Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a 4-0 victory over Riverview Tuesday in a WPIAL Class 2A Section 3 baseball game in Oakmont.
The victory wrapped up at least a share of the section title for the Chargers, who moved to 10-1 in section play and 12-6 overall, one game ahead of Riverview. The two teams will play again Wednesday at OLSH.
This gives the Chargers at least a share of the section crown for the second straight year.
Medwig allowed four walks and struck out six in going the distance, throwing 61 of his 92 pitches for strikes.
Medwig’s RBI double gave OLSH a 1-0 lead in the first inning, and his run-scoring single in the fifth inning brought home the Chargers’ second run. Another run scored later that inning on an errant throw by the Riverview pitcher.
Gino Williams’ RBI double in the sixth inning accounted for OLSH’s final run of the game.
SOFTBALL
Montour 15, Upper St. Clair 3
Danielle Terpack’s three-run double highlighted a 10-run sixth-inning rally that enabled the Spartans to pull away from the Panthers in a Class 5A Section 3 contest.
The Spartans tore into Upper St. Clair pitching to the tune of 15 hits, as six players finished with two each. Emily McClean, Shania Cope and Cayley Hughes each had two hits and scored three runs. McClean drove in a pair and Cope and Hughes each added an RBI.
Also collecting two hits for the Spartans were Ava Bartel, Natalie Ciamacco and Hailey Staub. Staub scored two runs while Bartel and Ciamacco each scored once, and Ciamacco added an RBI.
Gabby McDowell went the distance on the mound for the Spartans and gave up all three runs along with six hits and two walks. She struck out three.
TRACK AND FIELD
WPIAL Team Championships
The Carlynton girls team went 1-3 in the final round of the Class 2A team championship meet Tuesday, beating Laurel, 77-72, but falling to North Catholic, 75-65, and Quaker Valley, 97-53, at Peters Township Middle School.
Quaker Valley won the event, sweeping all three of its opponents.
Carlynton coach Nate Milsom said his team made the most of its relatively small numbers.
“We only had maybe 15 girls who competed, going against schools with many more athletes,” he said. “We were putting all of them in four events.”
Milsom said that workload might have worn down a few of his athletes. Jordynn Carter, for example, won the 100-meters against North Catholic but also competed in the long jump and triple jump and then had to come back for the 200 meters.
“She didn’t have any legs left after the long jump and triple jump,” Milsom said. “And some of our distance girls didn’t have much left at the end. We’ve had to exhaust them all year, but they did well.”
Hayleigh Loeffert, who runs on the Cougars 4×100-meter relay team, filled in by throwing the javelin Tuesday and earned some points. “She’s never practiced – we only ask her to throw in meets,” Milsom said.
Although the dual meet/team portion of the season is over, there’s plenty of competition left for the Cougars, as nearly two dozen boys and girls will advance to the WPIAL individual championships next week at Slippery Rock.
“The dual meet season is fun,” Milsom said, “but we look forward to the individuals.”
Athletes who’ve posted the top 16 times or marks during the season earn the right to compete at the WPIAL meet.
Each event champion and additional individuals who meet the state qualifying time or distance will qualify for the PIAA championships, held May 23-24 at Shippensburg University.
Carlynton’s 4×800-meter relay team took sixth place at the state meet a year ago and three of the four competitors on that unit are back.
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