LANCASTER — Lancaster Fisher Catholic hadn’t lost a game in the Mid-State League-Cardinal Division in 56 games entering Monday.
Weston Hartman and his Rosecrans teammates put an end to it with a 7-5 win at Beavers Field, one of the biggest wins for the Bishops in recent memory.
Hartman, a junior, struck out 10 in a complete game and overcame four errors as the Bishops (3-0 MSL-Cardinal) stayed unbeaten thanks to a four-run seventh inning.
Fisher led 5-3 after scoring twice in the fifth and again in the sixth, but walks from Drew Dollings and Brendan Bernath set up the big final frame. One batter later, after both runners moved up, Dollings took home on a double steal then Bernath scored when Malakai Clark’s ground ball to third was misplayed.
Still trailing 5-4, Bernath was thrown out at home on Tommy Bernath’s single, but Tommy went to second on the throw home and Clark went to third. Hartman then sent Clark home with the tying run on a fielder’s choice.
Tommy Bernath then scored on a one-out wild pitch to give Rosecrans the lead, and Mikey Burkhart’s two-out RBI single made it 7-5.
Hartman got the final three outs, navigating through a lead-off single and a walk, to seal the win.
Tommy Bernath had two singles, as Rosecrans had only five hits but drew seven walks and stole nine bases. Brenden Bernath, who walked three times, had three steals.
J.J. Viau took the loss, allowing two earned runs in three innings of relief. Starter Nick Dolci walked five and surrendered five earned runs in four innings.
Sheridan 6, John Glenn 5: The host Generals trailed 4-2 but scored four runs in their final two at-bats to hand the mistake-prone Muskies their first loss in the Muskingum Valley League-Big School Division.
Sheridan took a 5-4 lead after the first three batters reached in the fifth on Caden Sheridan’s double and consecutive singles from Coyle Withtow and Blaine Hannan.
Austin Clifton grounded out but an error on the play allowed two runs to score. Another error, on a ground ball to third, allowed the go-ahead run to score.
John Glenn tied the game in the sixth when Noah Wellmeier plated Ayden Thompson with a groundout, which came after two walks and Blade Barclay’s sacrifice.
The Generals took the lead for good in the bottom of the inning when Corey Amspaugh reached on an error, stole third and scored on Withtow’s groundout to shortstop.
Sam Taylor yielded five hits, hit two batters and issued seven walks in a complete game to get the win.
Caden Sheridan doubled and singled, Withtow and Reid Packer singled twice and Jarrett Thorne doubled to lead Sheridan’s 10-hit attack.
Colt Emerson tripled, walked twice and drove in two runs and Wellmeier had two singles and two RBIs for John Glenn. Logan Finley took the loss in relief of Colin Campbell, who allowed four earned runs in five innings.
Tri-Valley 2, Philo 1: Kelynn Drummonds’ two-out RBI single in the bottom of the first inning proved to be the difference for the Scotties in a hard-fought MVL-Big School win at Kenny Wolford Park.
Philo (3-2, 2-2 MVL-Big) took a 1-0 lead in the top of inning when Gavin Wells doubled and scored on Owen Smith’s 1-out single.
The Scotties (3-2, 2-2 ) wasted little time to respond, scoring twice when Ty Smith singled home Hansel Holmes, stole second with two outs and scored when Drummonds singled to left.
It was all Holmes needed.
The junior right-hander didn’t yield a hit the rest of the game, collecting eight strikeouts over the final six innings in a complete game. He walked four.
His counterpart, Seth Vousden, was equally impressive with five shutout innings after the shaky start. He allowed only one hit after the first and struck out three.
Morgan 6, Meadowbrook 2: Three Raider pitchers combined on a five-hitter as the host Raiders upset the previously unbeaten Colts in the MVL-Small School Division.
Owen McCoy singled home a run in the second and Nate Silvus doubled home two in the third to send Morgan (2-3, 2-1 MVL-Small) to a 3-0 lead.
The Colts (3-1 MVL-Small) got on the board with a run in the fifth, but McCoy singled in a run with two outs and Coleman Welsh doubled McCoy home to make it 6-1. Carson Copeland added an RBI double in the sixth for the winners.
Colin Janes allowed three hits and struck out five in four innings to get the win.
Kolton St. Clair doubled and singled and Easton Eibel doubled with two RBIs for Meadowbrook. Tye Griffith allowed three runs in two innings to suffer the loss.
New Lexington 4, Crooksville 2: Hunter Kellogg fired a three-hitter with six strikeouts as the host Panthers (3-2, 1-2 MVL-Small) topped their Perry County rivals in an MVL-Small School game.
Kellogg took a one-hitter into the seventh inning before Austin Love singled and scored on Ethan Sprankle’s double to cut the lead to two. Noah Dickerson’s flyout ended the game.
Dalton Shriner’s two-out RBI single in the first sent New Lex up 1-0, but Crooksville tied it in the fourth when Ethan Sprankle was hit by a pitch and scored when Trinton Cottrell’s ground ball was misplayed at first base.
The Ceramics had runners on second and third with no outs in the inning, but Kellogg induced a pop out, strikeout and groundout to escape more damage.
Connor Metzger singled in a run with two outs in the bottom of the inning to send New Lex ahead, 2-1, then doubled in the sixth, which allowed two runs to score after an error in left field.
Dickerson allowed nine hits and four earned runs to suffer the loss.
Coshocton 11, West Muskingum 2: Hudson Wesney struck out nine in five innings and had three hits to lead the Redskins offense in an MVL-Small School win in Falls Township.
All 12 of Coshocton’s hits were singles — Zach Jennings and Blake Alexander had three apiece. The Redskins (2-1 MVL-Small) took a 4-0 lead and broke the game open with a five-run fourth that saw three players collect hits and three others draw walks.
Cam Fowler’s double paced West, which had only three hits. Nathan Davis suffered the loss.
River View 5, Maysville 4 (8 inn.): Connor Webster singled home Trace Davis with the game-wining run in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the Black Bears rallied from a four-run deficit in the MVL-Big School Division.
Davis started the rally with a one-out walk, then took third when Evan McPeak singled. Webster then drove the second pitch he saw into center field to end it.
The win pulled River View into a tie for the Big School lead with John Glenn, which suffered its first league loss on Monday at Sheridan.
Maysville took a 4-0 lead after scoring twice in the first and second — Nate Harper and Cole Roberts had two-out RBI singles. But Black Bear pitcher Owen Emig, who had nine strikeouts and allowed one earned run, held the Panthers scoreless for six innings to allow his team to claw back and tie the game in the seventh.
Brock Trout allowed one earned run in the 5 2/3 innings before Harper took the loss in relief.
Slater Sampsel doubled and singled, Bryson Fry singled twice with two RBIs and Owen Emig also singled twice for River View, which totaled 11 hits and committed five errors.
Harper and Roberts had two singles for Maysville.
Softball
John Glenn 5, Sheridan 0: Sydney Marshall’s dominance in the circle continued for the Muskies in an MVL-Big School shutout on the road.
Marshall piled up 15 strikeouts and didn’t yield a walk in a four-hitter as the Muskies improved to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in league play.
The Muskies outhit the Generals, 12-4, as the top four hitters in the lineup — Hannah Bendle, Brynna Wolford, Abby Buchtel and Alivia Boothe — combined for seven hits. Boothe had two doubles.
Bendle’s sacrifice fly and Wolford’s RBI single with two outs sent John Glenn to a 2-0 lead in the second inning. One inning later, Buchtel singled and Boothe doubled, then scored after an infield error and a sacrifice fly from Sydney Johnson to make it 4-0.
Johnson’s sacrifice fly in the seventh capped the scoring.
Cora Hall had two singles and pitched a complete game for Sheridan. Cate Conrad and Avery Mueller also had singles. Hall struck out five and walked two.
Philo 3, Tri-Valley 2: Addie Shearer had the big hit and held one of the MVL’s most potent lineups to one earned run, as the Electrics (3-2 MVL-Big) came back to pick up a Big School Division win at Kenny Wolford Park.
Down 2-0 after five innings, Allison Tom led off the top of the sixth with a double and took third when Caitlin Rose reached on an error at shortstop.
After Natalie May singled to send home Tom to trim the lead to 2-1, Shearer hit a ground-ball single through the hole to left field to plate Rose and May and give Philo the lead for good.
Tri-Valley (5-1, 3-1) stranded the tying run on base in the sixth and seventh.
Keyona Murphy hit a solo homer in the first inning and singled twice for Tri-Valley, which had eight hits, drew four walks and didn’t strike out, but left 11 on base. Paiton Murphy doubled and singled
Belle Baughman, whose RBI groundout made it 2-0 in the fifth, struck out four and didn’t yield a walk in five innings to take the loss. Paiton Murphy struck out the side after entering the sixth in relief to keep the deficit at one run.
Ashley Pletcher doubled and Zoe Dodson and May singled twice, while Tom also had a single. Shearer walked four and allowed seven hits.
Crooksville 10, New Lexington 1: McKenna Headley struck out seven in a complete game to pace the Ceramics (4-1, 2-1 MVL-Small), who scored five times in the first inning in an MVL-Small School win against their Perry County rivals.
The Ceramics held a 10-9 edge in hits and benefited from six Panther errors.
Sonni Nelson and Jaelynn Nelson had RBI doubles in the first inning and Grace Frame plated a run with a sacrifice fly, two more came in on errors.
Khirra Wilson had three singles with two RBIs, Gracie Peck two singles and Brynn Lundell two RBIs for the winners.
Jayden Allen collected three singles and Abby Wilson a double for New Lex, while six others had singles. Lydia Stephens allowed two earned runs to suffer the loss.
Maysville 7, River View 0: Mallori Bradley struck out 13 in a two-hitter to lead the Panthers in an MVL-Big School shutout on the road.
Maysville (4-2, 3-1 MVL-Big) led 2-0 after an inning, then broke it loose with a four-run fourth that saw Emily Paul double home two and Kyrie Kepler and Oliva McPeek send home runs on groundouts.
Hannah Fulkerson added an RBI double in the seventh to cap the scoring. Emma McPeak doubled and singled and Paige Burns doubled for Maysville, which had eight hits.
Darian Garvin allowed eight hits and walked four in a complete game to suffer the loss. Raelee McPeak and Brie Hagans had singles for the Lady Bears (0-4 MVL-Big).
On Saturday, Bradley struck out six in a complete game and Paul doubled as Maysville topped Howard East Knox 10-4 to manage a doubleheader split.
Bradley added two singles and Kepler a double.
West Muskingum 10, Coshocton 3: Freshman Kadie Bare doubled and singled and allowed one run in four innings to get the win for the Tornadoes in an MVL-Small School game in Falls Township.
Gracie Settles had four singles, scored thee times and drove in a run to pace West, while Mariska McCune plated three runs with two singles and also stole two bases. The Tornadoes had 10 hits.
Coshocton pulled within 2-1 after Alison Cox doubled home a run in the third, but she was stranded on second base. West then scored six runs in the next two innings to pull away.
Isabelle Lauvray doubled and singled, Savanna Bartlett had two singles and Cox also singled for Coshocton, while Destiny Frye had a two-run double in the fifth.
Olivia Lee, who pitched 3 2/3 innings, suffered the loss.
Morgan 6, Meadowbrook 2: Malayni Clemens tossed a no-hitter as the Raiders improved to 3-1 with a MVL Small School Division win.
The Lady Colts slipped to 1-4 on the season as the offense failed to get untracked.
Senor Kenzi Combs took the pitching loss for Meadowbrook (1-4). Combs working five innings, allowing three runs on seven hits with three Ks and one walk.
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