High School Girls
Frankfort handles Keyser
Petersburg rally sinks Moorefield
KEYSER, W.Va. — Frankfort scored two unearned runs in the first inning and pitchers Jennifer Pyles and Allie Lantz, who relieved in the fifth, held Keyser to six hits in a 3-1 victory in an Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference game Friday at Keyser.
In the top of the first, Frankfort’s Savannah Hose and Taylor Rice singled, with both scoring on a throwing error to give the Falcons a 2-0 lead.
For Keyser, Brooke Mangold led off the bottom of the first with a triple and scored the Golden Tornado’s only run on a Megan Anderson single.
Jessica Jenkins then produced an RBI single in the top of the second inning for the Falcons’ only earned run and the eventual final of 3-1. Hose had two of Frankfort’s six hits.
Anderson had six strikeouts for Keyser, going the complete game.
Frankfort (7-8 overall, 4-5 AMAC) plays at Southern on Tuesday. Keyser (6-8, 3-6) hosts two today against Berkeley Springs.
No. 5 Petersburg 5
Moorefield 4
PETERSBURG, W.Va. — After Moorefield rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh to take a 4-3 lead, thanks to three consecutive hits to start the inning, fifth-ranked Petersburg answered with two runs in the bottom half of the seventh to win the game Friday at Petersburg.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Vikings had a bases-loaded, two-out situation before freshman Melissa Sharp singled in two runs to tie and win the game, with winning pitcher Whitney Lough scoring the winning run.
Sharp finished the game with three hits: the two-run game-winner, an RBI double, and a single. Celeste Bradley also knocked in a run for the Jackets with a single.
Daniel, Markwood, Elmore and Stickley all had RBI singles in the top of the seventh for Moorefield, with Stickley bringing in the go-ahead run at the time for the Jackets .
Petersburg (11-7) will play a noon doubleheader today at Grafton. Moorefield (5-12) hosts Hampshire Monday.
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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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