WASHINGTON 鈥� Perry Cunningham realized for his Waynesburg Central baseball team to have a chance at pulling an upset of top-seeded Avonworth on Tuesday it would need to keep the game close. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e the No. 1 seed for a reason, so we knew we had to minimize the big innings,鈥� said the ...
One could say Dominic Yazzani saved Carmichaels鈥� season twice Monday afternoon. The first time came when he stepped on the mound as a reliever in the fourth inning and was able to strand three runners. Then he did so with his bat. Yazzani ripped a two-strike pitch for a double to left ...
At practice on Sunday, Jefferson-Morgan baseball coach John Curtis told his team he wanted at least one more week with them. He didn鈥檛 want his coaching career to end Monday night and his team got him a playoff victory in his 42nd and final season as the Rockets鈥� coach. Deakyn DeHoet ...
When the WPIAL released its baseball playoff pairings on Friday, Carmichaels coach Dickie Krause immediately took note of the schedule and when his team would play. 鈥淲e were a little surprised that it was Monday,鈥� Krause said. 鈥淲e expected no earlier than Tuesday. That鈥檚 pretty tight ...
Joselyn Carter's run-scoring single in the bottom of the seventh not only gave Carmichaels (15-4) a 1-0 non-section softball victory over Greene County rival Waynesburg Central (6-11) but also clinched another no-hitter from Mikes ace Bailey Barnyak on Tuesday. Carys McConnell led off the ...
JEFFERSON 鈥� Much has changed since John Curtis started coaching high school baseball. There were no pitch counts for coaches to worry about, players wore stirrup socks, there were just two classifications in the WPIAL and only section champions qualified for the postseason. That was back ...
