High School Girls
Beavers, FH blank Pikesville
Shut out is third straight for pitcher; Sentinels face Pocomoke for title
GLEN BURNIE — 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.
The Sentinels will face Pocomoke, a 13-2 winner over Glenelg in the other semifinal, on Saturday for the Maryland state title. The time for Saturday’s match-up will be determined.
“We’ve gotten to where we wanted to be,” said Fort Hill Head Coach Mike Bittner. “We got a chance, and all we ever wanted was a shot. Now we just have to come to play.”
Fort Hill stretched it’s winning streak to 19 games and is now 20-1 overall. It has outscored its opponents in the playoffs by a total of 23-2 with the only two runs coming in a 3-2 win over Catoctin in the second round.
Besides striking out 15, Beavers was one of three Sentinels who hit important triples. Her first inning three-base hit scored Destiny James, who singled before her. Adria Lewis then scored Beavers on a sacrifice fly that gave Fort Hill a 2-0 lead.
Another triple came into play in the fourth inning. After Lindsey Fisher doubled, Kathryn Huber tripled her home to stretch the score to 3-0. Olivia Stanley hit the third Sentinel triple in the sixth inning, and scored when Alyssia Yost grounded into a fielder’s choice.
Fisher finished with a third of Fort Hill’s nine hits by adding a pair of singles to her fourth inning double.
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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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