Thursday’s high school sports roundup

BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS Division II

Canfield 3, Niles 2, 8 innings

Joey Delucia drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning in a sectional final. Joey Machuga had three hits, including a double and a RBI. He also started, scattering six hits over four innings and allowing two runs. Anthony Vross picked up the victory, working four scoreless innings and allowing just two hits. Delucia and Mike Sebes each had two hits for Canfield. Niles’ Tyler Srbinovich suffered the loss, giving up 11 hits and just two earned runs. Richard Limongi and Kyle Pitts each had two hits and Geno Barricella and Murphy Miller each had a RBI.

Poland 17, Southeast 1

Eric White had three hits, four RBIs and scored twice and Andrew Kosco had two hits, scored three runs and drove in two for Poland (23-2), which will play West Branch on Wednesday at Cene. Dom Lipari added two hits and three RBIs. Jared Burkert and White combined on a two-hitter.

West Branch 11, Crestwood 1

Andrew Shutler pitched a four-hitter and Kip DeShields added two doubles, two singles, two runs and three RBIs for the Warriors (19-7). Jake Smith added a homer, a triple, three runs and two RBIs. Crestwood is 14-13.

Division III

Campbell 7, Brookfield 6

The Red Devils scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to rally in a sectional semifinal. With two outs, Nico Bednarik singled and scored on a Stephan Elash triple. Will Morris then singled home Elash for the winning run. Bednarik finished with three hits and two runs scored while Ryan Luciano, Elash and Morris each had two hits. Mike Jones (7-2) worked 4 2/3 innings, striking out four, allowing four hits and two runs. Campbell will face Ursuline today at Cene Park.

East Palestine 12, United 5

Blaze Chamberlain went 3-for-3 with a double and scored twice to lead East Palestine. Trevor Kimmel pitched 3 1/3 innings, allowing two hits and striking out four. Jaret Spratt and Marshall Huddleston each had two hits and a double for the Bulldogs (14-8). East Palestine plays at Springfield today.

Girard 13, Liberty 1

Kyle Harris had three hits, including an inside-the-park home run, four RBIs and scored twice for Girard. Josh Plant allowed only two hits and struck out three for the win. Kyle Cario added three hits, four RBIs and also scored twice for the Indians (15-11). Lukas Wiess drove in the lone run for Liberty. Girard plays at Crestview today.

Columbiana 8, Lisbon 5

Devin Rice went 4-for-4 at the plate and pitched four innings, striking out five, to get the win for Columbiana. Drew Cyrus picked up his fourth save for the Clippers (16-11). Columbiana plays at South Range today. Colin Sweeney drove in two runs for the Blue Devils. Nick Bowen singled and doubled for Lisbon.

Regular season

Mathews 2, Newbury 1

Bryan Leipply drove in both of Mathews’ runs in a win over Newbury. Bryan Oatridge struck out four to get the win for the Mustangs (16-5, 13-1).

SOFTBALL Tournament Division I

Fitch 4, Warren Harding 3

Bri Protain hit a bloop single over the shortstop’s glove in the bottom of the seventh to score pinch-runner Carolina Spalding with the game-winner for Fitch (13-13), which will play Kenston or Nordonia in Thursday’s district semifinal at Solon High. Alex Franken doubled and tripled for the Falcons, McKenzie Luknis singled and doubled and Julia McMenamin had two hits and a RBI. For Harding (8-19), Taylor Long singled twice and drove in a run.

Boardman 5, Kent Roosevelt 4

Hailey Eicher and Anna Saxton had two hits and Miyah Mitchum had a three-run homer to lead the Spartans. Kristen Huck pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts to pick up the win. Boardman will play at Howland today.

Division IV

Western Reserve 5, East Canton 0

Aleah Hughes tossed a two-hitter with 19 strikeouts and one walk for the Blue Devils, who will meet Lisbon on Wednesday at Western Reserve. Tory White had three hits and scored a run. Hughes and Jenny Stubbs each had two hits, a run and a RBI.

Lisbon 7, Crestview 4

Taylor Siefke singled, double and scored two runs, Devyn Flory had two hits, including a double, and a run and Sam Tinsley had two hits, two RBIs and scored a run for Lisbon. Balmenti led Crestview with four hits and a run.

McDonald 15, Maplewood 1

Cheyenne Titus pitched a two-hitter with four strikeouts and no walks for McDonald (14-4), which will play Windham in Wednesday’s district semifinal at Candlelite Knolls. Kerrigan McDermott homered and drove in two runs, Pam Beedle double and drove in two and Rachel Ward singled, doubled and drove in a run.

Mathews 11, Bristol 1

Cheyenne Eggens three-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk in five innings for Mathews (20-5), which will play Fairport Harbor in Wednesday’s district semifinal at Candlelite Knolls. Paula Sponsler singled, doubled, scored one run and drove in three RBIs. Meredith Grimes singled, doubled, drove in a run and scored twice and Moe Odell had two singles, one RBI and scored a run. Bristol 10-5.

Windham 12, Lordstown 2

Brittany Knight pitched a two-hitter for Windham (16-3, 14-0 NAC). Kansas Lickwar tripled for Lordstown.

Regular season

Jefferson 1, Poland 0

Alyssa Irons pitched a one-hitter with six strikeouts and three walks for Jefferson. Kristyn Svetlak pitched a two-hitter with eight strikeouts and one walk for Poland.

Crestwood 13, Ursuline 3

Megan Cymanski had three hits, two runs and two RBIs for Crestwood (16-11). Cassandra Hanuschak doubled and scored for Ursuline (12-12) and Christina Xenakis had two hits.

LaBrae 18, Brookfield 8

Haley Davies went 4-for-5 and scored all four times in LaBrae’s win over Brookfield. Morgan Meyer added two hits, two RBIs and scored three times.

TENNIS

SECTIONAL TOURNAMENTS Division II

BOARDMAN

Cardinal Mooney’s Rich Hill grabbed the singles spot for next week’s district tournament in Canton on Thursday when he defeated fellow senior Carli Sebest of Poland, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Sebest was trying to become the first female player to qualify for districts in boys tennis in a number of years. Both players advanced Wednesday to Thursday’s quarterfinals, setting up the match with a spot in Saturday’s semifinals and finals on the line. By Ohio High School Athletic Association rule, a female can play on a boys tennis team as long as she didn’t play girls tennis the previous fall. Sebest ran cross country in the fall. She was Poland’s No. 2 singles player most of the spring. Hill was the sectional tournament’s fourth-seeded singles player.

Division I

CANTON

Boardman’s Kris Santilli earned a district berth Thursday with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over GlenOak’s Nick Comune. The Spartans’ Donnie Barrett and Brian Hirschl lost on Thursday. The third-seeded Barrett fell to Jackson’s Danny Thomas 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (1). Hirschl fell 6-2, 6-0 to second-seeded Jake Pukys of Louisville. Santilli will meet top-seeded Joey Thomas of Jackson in a semifinal on Saturday, but is assured a district berth no matter what happens in the semifinals and finals.

Staff reports