High School Girls
Horner, Southern do it again
PETERSBURG, Va. — Alycia Horner fired a five-inning one-hitter and Shayna Sweitzer had three hits and scored three runs as Southern powered past Petersburg, 15-1, in high school girls softball on Wednesday.
Horner, who hurled a five-inning no-hitter Tuesday against Bishop Walsh, has allowed just one hit with 15 strikeouts in her first 10 innings of work. She fanned seven Petersburg batters.
Ayla Fulmer went 2-for-3 and Kelsey Graham and Kim Michaels had two hits and two runs scored for the Rams, who led 6-0 before erupting for nine runs in the fifth inning.
Whitney Lough had Petersburg’s hit, a triple.
Southern (2-0) plays at Hampshire on Saturday at noon. Petersburg hosts East Hardy on Friday.
Hampshire 13, Northern 6
ROMNEY, W.Va. — A seven-run second inning was the difference as Hampshire beat Northern in an Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference game.
Logan Sonner and Kayla Keckley had three hits and Taylor Kidwell two to lead an 11-hit Hampshire attack.
E. Manges had two hits and T. Brenneman had a double for Northern.
Hampshire’s Kacey Patterson had five strikeouts in getting the win. Brenneman had 11 strikeouts but allowed 11 hits in getting the loss.
On Tuesday, the Trojans scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 4-3 win over Moorefield.
Dana Veach hit a triple and a single, Kayla Keckle tripled and Cheyenne Corbin and Lyndsay Whetzel singled twice for Hampshire.
K. Barb tripled and K. Ball had two singles for Moorefield.
The Trojans (2-2, 1-1 AMAC) play at Allegany today at 4 o’clock Northern (0-2, 0-2) visits Keyser on Saturday.
Southern JV 10
Petersburg JV 9
OAKLAND — Corrine Fike doubled and drove in three runs in leading Southern past Petersburg in junior varsity softball.
Angel Rasel added two singles and two RBIs for the Rams. Pitchers Kendra Hardesty and McKenzie Lafferty combined for six strikeouts.
Southern (2-0) plays again on Saturday, 2 p.m. at Hampshire.
Allegany JV 12
Keyser JV 0
KEYSER, W.Va. — Miranda Shank led a nine-hit attack with a triple and double to lead the Allegany jayvees past the Keyser jayvees on Tuesday.
Alexa Sivic doubled and singled, and Stephanie Dawson hit a two-run triple for the Campers. A. Kinsall tripled and doubled for Keyser.
Allegany will host Hampshire today.
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Southern stops FH
Alycia Horner scored 13 points and Heidi Welch and Alli Shaffer had 10 as fourth-seeded Southern defeated fifth-seeded Fort Hill, 56-36, in their Class 1A West section playoff game Tuesday at Mountain Ridge.
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Beavers back as POY ... again
Known throughout the area as one of the more dominant pitchers high school softball has seen the past three seasons, Fort Hill Head Coach Mike Bittner points to an instance where Shari Beavers wasn’t on the mound to prove how valuable she was.
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Sentinels secure second straight area championship
When Fort Hill won the 2008 Maryland 1A State Championship using a roster void of seniors the expectations for 2009 would be tough to live up to.
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Fort Hill’s Beavers, Lewis head All-City softball team
Co-champion Fort Hill showed why the pitcher and catcher are the first two positions numbered in the scorebook as Shari Beavers and Adria Lewis head the newest edition of the Cumberland All-City Softball Team.
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Robertson signs letter of intent to attend Point Park University
Mountain Ridge High School pitcher Kelsey Robertson, center, signs a national letter of intent to play softball for Point Park University in Pittsburgh.
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Brittingham, Pocomoke defeats Fort Hill, 2-0
Freshman Annah Brittingham had Fort Hill off-balance all day long, allowing just two hits in spoiling the Sentinels chance to repeat as the Maryland 1A Champions with a 2-0 shutout Saturday at Robert E. Taylor Field.
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FH plays Pocomoke
Pocomoke is the last remaining obstacle in Fort Hill’s quest for a second straight Maryland 1A State title, and the Sentinels will lay it all on the line when they take on the Warriors today at 1:30 p.m. at Robert E. Taylor Stadium in College Park.
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Beavers, FH blank Pikesville
Shari Beavers struck out 15 and allowed just three hits in her third consecutive shutout, getting the Sentinels in position to defend it’s Maryland 1A State title with a 4-0 win over Pikesville Tuesday at Bachman Park.
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Fort Hill plays Pikesville today
Defending Maryland Class 1A state champion Fort Hill has been down this road before, and the Sentinels have every intention of following the same path to the same prize as the Maryland Public Schools Secondary Schools Athletic Association state semifinals will be played today at Bachman Park (see directions).
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Sentinels celebrate
Shari Beavers was up to old tricks on the mound, and Adria Lewis continued to hurt the Campers at the plate in ushering Fort Hill to its second Class 1A West Region title in as many seasons with a 5-0 win over Allegany Friday afternoon at Long Field at Constitution Park.
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