Beaver follows A-List for two-hit shutout
It didn’t take Beaver’s Payton List very long to make the transition from basketball to softball.
Central Valley found out the hard way. List, a Virginia Tech recruit, threw a twohit shutout and struck out 15 to lead the Class 4A No. 2-ranked Bobcats (3-2, 2-0) to an 8-0 victory against the Warriors (2-3, 2-1) in a Section 3 battle.
She didn’t only do it with her arm. List also went 3 for 3 with two homers and five RBIs. List has not allowed a run in three outings this season.
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No one knew much about Ligonier Valley coming into its first season back in the WPIAL after decades in District 6, but they’re finding out the Rams have a pretty good program. Class 2A No. 5 Seton LaSalle found that out the hard way as Maddie Griffin struck out 14 to help No. 2 Ligonier Valley (2-0, 1-0) to a 4-0 win against the Rebels (1-2, 0-1) in their Section 2 opener.
• Mia Edwards struck out 15 and walked three as she hurled a no-hitter at Riverside to lead Shenango (6-1, 2-0) to a 7-0 victory against Class 2A rival Panthers (1-2, 1-2).
• Emma Searick fell a double short of the cycle as she went 3 for 3 with a homer, triple and two RBIs to support pitcher Julia Hetrick, who struck out five in a one-hitter to help Armstrong (5-1, 3-0) to a 12-1 Class 5A Section 1 win against Kiski Area (0-4, 0-2)
• Brookelle Holby went 2 for 4 with three
RBIs to help her own cause as she threw a three-hitter and fanned 10 while Maleah Pacella had two hits and drove in three as Baldwin (1-2, 1-0) picked up the win. The Class 6A No. 5 Highlanders defeated Peters Township (1-4, 0-1), 9-2, in Section 1
action.
• It doesn’t happen very often, but Kenzie Gillis hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth to account for the only runs of the game as Pine-Richland (2-2, 1-0) pulled off a 2-0 shutout of Class 6A No. 1
Hempfield (3-2, 0-1). The Spartans had not been shut out since a 1-0 loss to Latrobe on May 3, 2018.
• Angie Costa struck out nine and allowed only one run on a first-inning doublesteal, but that run was enough as she was outdueled by Chartiers Valley starter Jenna Boneysteele, who fanned 10 and walked one to lead the Colts (3-3, 2-0) to a 1-0 upset of Section 4 rival and Class 5A No. 3 West Allegheny (3-2, 1-1).
• North Allegheny had dropped its past four, but the Tigers put it together against rival Seneca Valley. Alaina Whipkey went 3 for 3 with a homer and drove in three as the Tigers (2-4, 1-0) pulled out a 6-2 victory against the previously undefeated Raiders (4-1, 0-1) in their Class 6A Section 2 opener.
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Ashton Gianette struck out 11 in 5⅔ innings and Alex Mann fanned a pair in 1⅓ to close it out as the two combined for a no-hitter and helped Carrick (2-2, 2-0) to a 3-2 victory against Brashear (0-2, 0-1) in a City League matchup.
• Jake Casey went 3 for 3 with a homer and two RBIs while Max Mandler handled things on the mound with five strikeouts in five innings as Class 6A No. 4 Upper St. Clair (4-1) took a 8-6 win against No. 5 PineRichland in a non-section matchup.
• Anthony Maglise hit a three-run homer and added a two-run shot for his five RBIs to help Class 4A No. 3 Blackhawk (5-0, 2-0) to a 12-6 win against Beaver (0-3, 0-2) in Section 2.