HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Grimaldi throws second no-hitter of year for Mooney

The Cardinals won on Mara Palombaro's walk with the bases loaded.
YOUNGSTOWN -- Junior Stefanie Grimaldi threw her second no-hitter of the season as the Cardinal Mooney High softball team beat Western Reserve, 1-0, in eight innings Thursday.
Grimaldi (5-2) walked just one and struck out five.
She faced only 26 batters -- two over the minimum, benefiting from a 5-4-3 double play after the base on balls.
Grimaldi also threw a no-hitter last season.
With one out in the last of the eighth inning, Mooney (12-2) loaded the bases on consecutive singles by DiAndra Dibacco, Dana Palazzo and Gina Brunetti.
Freshman Mara Palombaro drew a walk on a 3-2 count to drive in Dibacco with the deciding run.
Blue Devils (8-5) pitcher Katie Harmon (5-3) allowed six singles, including a pair by Brunetti.
Boardman 3, Massillon Jackson 2
MASSILLON -- Meagan Cunningham and Holly Holman each had two singles for the Spartans (10-0, 4-0 Federal League).
The Polar Bears (4-6, 2-4) led 2-1 after six innings.
Cunningham singled and took second on an error to lead off the seventh.
Ali Sfara came on to run and scored the tying run on a single by Mallory Hay.
Hay took second on the throw to the plate and then scored on a two-base throwing error.
With two out in the last of the seventh, a Jackson player tripled. Ashley DiDomenico (8-0) settled down and retired the next batter.
Poland 1, Niles 0
POLAND -- Mallory Conger (8-1) allowed just two hits and no walks, racking up eight strikeouts.
Conger faced just one hitter over the minimum for the Bulldogs (12-1, 4-0 Metro Athletic Conference).
Steffi Graf doubled twice for Poland, which has won eight straight.
Kari Thompson led off the last of the fourth with a single.
She was sacrificed to second and stole third before scoring on a wild pitch.
Erin Armstrong (1-1) gave up five hits for Niles (4-6, 3-3).
Struthers 4, Alliance 3
ALLIANCE -- Ahead 1-0, Struthers scored three runs in the top of the third inning.
Michelle High and Holly Hickenbottom hit singles leading off the inning, putting runners at first and third.
With one away, Miranda Polito singled home High, and a throwing air into the outfield scored Hickenbottom. Polito advanced to third on a passed ball.
On a groundout, Alliance thought it was the third out and started to walk off the field.
That allowed Polito to score the deciding run.
High finished with a double and single, and Hickenbottom had two singles for the Wildcats (3-8, 2-4) in the MAC game.
Krista Pasco led the Aviators (5-6), who rallied for three runs in the sixth, with two singles.