HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — No. 2 Allegany built an early lead and found the offense it needed late to defeat Hedgesville, 12-9, on Monday.
The Campers (4-0) jumped out to a 5-1 edge after two innings. Hedgesville (4-3) clawed to within 5-4 in the third and 9-8 entering the seventh.
Allegany answered the scoreboard pressure with three insurance runs in the seventh on RBIs by Cole Ricker, Kryan Freeman and Liam Buck.
Kohen Madden and Buck both had three hits and three RBIs, Daulton Harper singled twice and had three ribbies, and Buck and Dylan Irons doubled.
Madden was the winning pitcher, allowing eight runs (three earned) on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings of work, striking out six and walking two.
Sebastian Stewart notched the save in relief. He inherited a bases-loaded, one-out jam in a 9-6 game in the sixth and limited the damage.
Allegany out-hit Hedgesville, 12-11, and made four errors to the Eagles’ one.
Hedgesville’s Jay Viands belted a solo home run, and Bryan French and Jaden Wilcox went 2 for 4 with three RBIs each.
Wilcox was dealt the loss for Hedgesville.
Allegany is at Petersburg (1-1) on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
Northern 14 Mtn. Ridge 1
FROSTBURG — Northern’s bats exploded for 20 hits, climaxing with a nine-run seventh, in a rout of Mountain Ridge on Monday.
The Huskies (2-2, 1-2 Western Maryland Athletic Conference) had seven multi-hit batters. Landon Yoder, Hunter Beitzel and Hunter Livengood tallied three hits each, and Jake Chambers, Emmitt Lipscomb, Elliott Myers-Shirer and Blake Spiker had two.
Bailey Turner doubled, Yoder drove in three runs, and Beitzel, Chambers, Turner and Ansen Miller finished with two ribbies each.
Yoder notched the win on the bump with a complete-game gem, holding the Miners to a run on six hits in seven innings. The right-hander struck out 11 and walked one.
John Delaney (Delaware commit) drove in the lone Mountain Ridge run. He was also the losing pitcher.
Northern is at Keyser (1-2) on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
Mountain Ridge (1-5, 0-3 WestMAC) hosts Hedgesville on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
No. 1 Frankfort 12 Berkeley Springs 1
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — No. 1 Frankfort pushed across 12 runs over the final three innings to rout Berkeley Springs in five frames Monday.
Blake Jacobs (University of Charleston signee) led the Falcons (4-1) with three hits, including a double, Jesus Perdew was 2 for 4 with three ribbies, Lanson Orndorf (Charleston signee) and Gunnar Bradshaw had two hits each, and Jabari Babo doubled.
Right-hander Jaxon Hare was the winning arm, surrendering a run on two hits across four frames. He struck out six and walked three.
Carson Dust pitched a scoreless inning of relief.
Berkeley Springs’ Kyle Moore was the losing pitcher. Caiden Groves drove in the Indians’ lone run.
Frankfort visits Hampshire (2-2) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
No. 4 East Hardy 17 Pendleton Co. 7
FRANKLIN, W.Va. — Defending West Virginia Class A state champion East Hardy won its opener Monday in a six-inning romp of Pendleton County.
East Hardy (1-0) scored eight runs in the sixth inning to secure the mercy-rule margin following the frame.
The Cougars’ Gage Dove went 2 for 5 with a double and five RBIs, Evan Hamilton doubled and drove in two runs, Dayton Dove had three RBIs, and Levi Price and Shayne Sisler singled twice each.
Gage Dove was awarded the win, tossing 1 2/3 frames of scoreless middle relief.
Cashton Kisamore and Cole Harper doubled for Pendleton County. Harper went the distance on the mound in a losing effort.
East Hardy hosts a twinbill on Wednesday against Central Woodstock, Virginia, at 3 p.m. and Tucker County at 6 p.m.
Paw Paw 6 Tucker County 3
PAW PAW, W.Va. — Paw Paw tallied four runs in the fifth inning for a come-from-behind victory over Tucker County on Monday.
The Pirates (1-1) trailed 3-1 before the bottom half of the fifth. A two-RBI single by Taylor Carder to the right side was the go-ahead knock.
Tomy Santos held Tucker without a run the rest of the way and earned the victory on the mound, throwing four innings of relief in which he allowed a run on two hits with six strikeouts.
Carder got the start, and he allowed two runs on a hit in three frames. He struck out seven.
Paw Paw is at Tucker County on Wednesday, April 8, at 6 p.m.
Musselman 9 Petersburg 2
INWOOD, W.Va. — Petersburg out-hit Musselman, 8-7, but couldn’t find the big hit in a defeat to the Applemen Monday.
Musselman plated six runs in the third inning to take command. Petersburg fell to 1-1.
Lukas Wolford doubled for Petersburg, and Wolford, Kaleb Kuhn and Payton Metheny had two hits each.
Kuhn took the loss on the mound.
Musselman’s Tanner Sharp garnered three runs batted in.
Camdyn Bragg was the winning arm, allowing a run on five hits with four strikeouts to five walks in 5 1/3 frames.
Petersburg hosted Tucker County on Tuesday and entertains Allegany (4-0) on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.