Seventh-inning drive lifts Seneca Valley to victory
Raiders open Section 1 competition with walk-off win vs. North Allegheny
North Allegheny looked like the No. 1 Class 6A team in the WPIAL through its first two games when the Tigers rolled over Connellsville and CanonMcMillan.
Their Section 1 opener was a different story.
Seneca Valley senior Quinn Burke hit a shot off the leftfield fence to score Ethan Edkins with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to give the Raiders (3-1, 1-0) a 2-1 victory over the Tigers (21, 0-1).
Other baseball
• Norwin starter Jake Bazala struck out six and walked one in a five-inning nohitter and Hartford recruit Elijah Dunn hit a three-run homer as the Class 6A No. 2 Knights (3-0, 1-0) defeated Baldwin (1-3, 0-1), 10-0, in Section 2.
• Tanner Singh and Brian Komarony each doubled and drove in a run to support starter Jacob McGuire, and Class 6A No. 5 Pine-Richland (3-0, 1-0) oust Central Catholic (2-2, 0-1), 8-3, in Section 1.
• Max Madler and Josh Brutsky combined to drive in five runs, and Class 6A No. 4 Upper St. Clair (3-0, 1-0) rallied to beat Hempfield (1-3, 01), 6-4, in eight -innings in
• Eric Chalus threw six scoreless innings and struck out 10 as Class 5A No. 3 Bethel Park (3-0, 1-0) topped Trinity, 1-2, 0-1) in Section 4. Ray Altmeyer had a basesloaded, three-run double in the sixth for the Black Hawks.
• Andrew Muaco was 3 for 3 with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs, and Brian Pirone struck out six to help Class 5A No. 2 Franklin Reginal (3-0, 1-0) to a 4-0 Section 1 victory over rival Penn-Trafford (1-1, 0-1).
• Mars (3-1, 2-1) did most of its damage late as the Class 5A No. 4 Planets struck for seven runs in the bottom of the fourth. Alex Heavner struck out eight and allowed two hits in five innings and also drove in three as the Planets rolled to an 11-1 Section 2 victory against Armstrong (2-4, 0-3). Mars has scored double-digit runs three times this season.
• Ryan Boring hit two home runs and drove in all five Central Valley (1-2, 1-1) runs as the Warriors knocked off Class 4A No. 4 Montour (3-1, 2-1), 5-4, in an early Section 2 showdown.
Softball
• On paper it was a matchup of the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in Class 6A, but Bethel Park (3-0) made short work of second-ranked host North Allegheny (1-3). Sandra Soltes hit a fourth- inning grand slam and Reagan Milliken chipped in a two-run shot in the second as the No. 3 Black Hawks rolled to a 132, 5-inning win. The Tigers have now dropped three in a row for the first time since losing the final two games in the 2016 WPIAL playoffs and the 2017 season opener.
• Katie Lampe and London Whipkey each drove in four runs as Class 1A Np. 1 West Greene ( 3- 0) rolled over Carmichaels (2-3), 17-4, in a non-section matchup.