High school roundup for April 4, 2024: Moon knocks off No. 1 Shaler

By:
Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 11:41 PM


Coleman Fletcher hit the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the eighth inning and earned the win in relief to lead Moon to a 6-5 victory over No. 1 Shaler in Section 3-5A baseball Thursday.

Angelo Fachet singled, stole second and scored the winning run and Andrew Cross tripled during a three-run fifth for the Tigers (3-1, 1-1). Landon Schiffhauer went 3 for 4 with a double and Chase Beran doubled and tripled for the Titans (4-1, 0-1).

Canon-McMillan 5, Mt. Lebanon 2 – Will Taczak hit the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the ninth to lift Canon-McMillan (1-3, 1-1) to a Section 2-6A win. Dominic Patragas had two hits and wo RBIs for the Big Macs. Sawyer Klasnick went 3 for 4 with an RBI for Mt. Lebanon (4-2, 1-1).

Deer Lakes 6, Freeport 3 – Ryan Cochran hit the go-ahead RBI double in the top of the seventh to lead Deer Lakes (3-3, 1-3) to a Section 3-3A win. Cochran was the winning pitcher, striking out seven in seven innings, and went 3 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs. Anthony Smith doubled and drove in a run and Lucas Derose had two hits and two RBIs for the Lancers. Luke Whitfield had two hits and Matt Corfield had two RBIs for Freeport (1-4, 1-3).

Keystone Oaks 16, Steel Valley 7 – Jake LaPorte doubled and drove in three runs and Shane Falcone and Bryce Altabaugh each had two hits and an RBI for Keystone Oaks (2-3, 2-0) in a Section 2-3A victory. Cooper Phares tripled and drove in three runs for Steel Valley (1-4, 0-2).

Knoch 8, Highlands 4 – Kyle Morgan went 3 for 4 with two RBIs, including the go-ahead run-scoring single during a four-run ninth, as Knoch (2-2, 1-0) earned a Section 4-4A win. Jacob Stallsmith also had three hits and Aidan Jones and Brady Wozniak each singled and doubled for the Knights. Carson Goldberg doubled and drove in two runs for Highlands (1-5, 0-1).

Riverview 7, Apollo-Ridge 3 – Eli DeVita went 3 for 3 with a triple, a homer and three RBIs to power Riverview (5-0, 3-0) to a Section 3-2A win. Winning pitcher Jack Loughren struck out 10, singled and doubled and Johnny Bertucci had a single and double for the Raiders. Spencer Sells homered and drove in a pair for Apollo-Ridge (0-3, 0-2).

Seneca Valley 13, Allderdice 1 – Mike Delduca singled, doubled and drove in five runs to lead Seneca Valley to a Section 1-6A win in five innings. Nick Parrotto had two hits and two RBIs for the Raiders (4-1-1, 2-0). Donovan Snelsire went 2 for 2 for the Dragons (1-3, 0-2).

Shady Side Academy 8, Burrell 4 – David Dillon, Charlie Wanless and Zachary Barber each had two hits and an RBI to lead Shady Side Academy (3-0, 3-0) to a Section 3-3A win. Josh Valinsky singled and doubled and Caden Green had two RBIs for the Bulldogs. Ryan Bates singled and doubled and Justin Hyland drove in two runs for Burrell (1-3, 1-2).

Winchester Thurston 8, Northgate 7 – Winning pitcher Mason Witten doubled and drove in a run to help Winchester Thurston to a nonsection win. Sam McComb doubled and had two RBIs and Sam Tarr also plated a pair for the Bears. Nick Rawlings singled and doubled and Chris Crawford tripled and drove in three for Northgate (0-3).

Softball

Fox Chapel 8, Peters Township 7 – Mia Dunleavy singled, doubled and drove in two runs and Adina Rosen had three RBIs to lead Fox Chapel (1-2) in a nonsection slugfest. Emersen Gatten and Skylar Lemansky each singled and doubled for Peters Township (3-3).

Girls lacrosse

Fox Chapel 13, North Allegheny 8 – Sydney Schutzman scored five goals, Meg Delaney added four and Caroline Grimsley had three to lead Fox Chapel (4-0) to a Section 2-3A win.

Franklin Regional 16, Greensburg Central Catholic 0 – Ingrid Varley, Catherine Helm and Emerson Funari had hat trick and Katelyn Patts recorded the shutout as Franklin Regional picked up a Section 1-2A win.

North Hills 9, Butler 4 – Abigail Krogmann scored twice, including her 200th career goal, and Hailey Coyne had a hat trick to lead North Hills to a Section 2-3A win.

Boys volleyball

Canon-McMillan 3, Peters Township 1 – Luke Bockius had 18 kills and 12 digs and Justin Peters contributed eight kills, 15 assists and three blocks to lead Canon-McMillan (5-0, 2-0) to a Section 1-3A win. Games scores were 25-20, 15-25, 25-22, 25-20. Ben Kopec added seven kills, William O’Bryan dished out 19 assists and Nolan Rosing had nine digs.

Hempfield 3, Penn Hills 0 – Aaron Woodley had a team-high 12 kills, Josh Reilly followed with eight kills and Gunner Wheaton had seven as Hempfield picked up a Section 3-3A win. Game scores were 25-17, 25-19, 25-21.

Norwin 3, Plum 1 – Jackson Genicola had 17 kills, Lucas Churchfield recorded 16 digs and Troy Horvath handed out 40 assists to lead Norwin to a Section 3-3A win. Game scores were 25-18, 25-14, 20-25, 25-19.

Penn-Trafford 3, Central Catholic 1 – Bradley Heinbaugh led the team with 21 kills and Keith Otto followed with 14 to lead Penn-Trafford (4-1, 2-0) to a Section 3-3A win. Gamer scored were 17-25, 25-15, 25-13, 25-13. Connor Evangeliste added eight kills, Drew Sherwin had 15 digs and Nathaniel Rugh handed out 40 assists.

More Baseball

Westmoreland high school notebook: Franklin Regional baseball player Yarabinetz commits to La Salle
Notable changes to the 2025-26 WPIAL baseball alignment
Lancaster native Andy Hoover takes reins of Gateway baseball program
Belle Vernon pitcher wowed by Kent State baseball program
Fox Chapel’s Blake Krushinski commits to play baseball at West Virginia