Sulick has 1-hitter, fans 14 in 2-0 win
Springfield's baseball team needed nine innings to oust Struthers.
CANFIELD -- Sophomore Lauren Sulick pitched nine innings of one-hit softball Wednesday as the Canfield High team scored twice in the top of the ninth inning for a 2-0 Division I sectional tournament win over Austintown Fitch.
Sulick (9-1) struck out 14 batters and didn't issue a walk. Losing pitcher Kara Warren allowed just six hits while striking out 11 with no walks.
The Falcons made just two errors, but both came in the ninth inning and led to both Canfield runs.
Sophomore Tricia Bettura had an RBI single in the ninth while the other run scored on an error.
Lauren McGivern had two hits for the Cardinals (18-3) while Nicole Smaldino had the only hit for Fitch, coming in the seventh inning.
Western Reserve 15, Sebring 10
BERLIN CENTER -- McKenzie Mowery had a triple, two singles and four RBIs Tuesday as Western Reserve won a Div. IV sectional final.
Chelsea Korda had two singles and three RBIs to key a 19-hit attack.
Elizabeth Srock and Tarah Young each added a double, two singles and two RBIs and Erica Goddard a two-run triple to reinforce the Blue Devils (18-5), who advanced to play Jackson-Milton Tuesday in a district semifinal at Lakeview High in Cortland.
Olivia Myers chipped in with three singles and one RBI, Macy Marra three singles and Stevie Banks two singles to aid Western Reserve.
Srock got the mound win in relief and is 6-3.
For Sebring (8-11), Kayla Faudree had a two-run homer and single, Bri Jones a double, single and one RBI and Ashley Amabeli two singles.
Baseball
Springfield 2, Struthers 0
STRUTHERS -- John Houser's walkoff home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth decided the Div. III game at Cene Park.
The two-run homer off of Chris Kadvan was only the second hit for Springfield (22-6). The other hit was Andy Richey's leadoff single in the first inning off of starter Jake Thomas.
Thomas pitched eight full innings before leaving in the ninth after walking Richey, a junior. When Kadvan entered, Richey was sacrificed to second base by Dane Dobson. That's when Houser, a senior, unloaded his game-winner.
Houser (6-2) allowed eight hits, struck out five and walked three in going the distance.
Of Struthers' eight hits, Steve Streb had a double and single, while Mike Barone, Zach Jones, Kadvan, Ryan Stanko, Mike Galletta and Sean O'Brien had a single apiece.
Thomas finished with six strikeouts and three walks.
Girard 7, Brookfield 1
GIRARD -- Brett Dutton pitched a three-hitter with four strikeouts and one walk and also smacked a double and single, to lead Girard to a sectional title and a berth in the district meet at Cene Park.
Brett Cubellis had a double, single and three RBIs to key Girard's 12-hit attack, while R.J. Trimbur added three singles and two RBIs and Mark Feist two singles.
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