WAYNE ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Logan Prater and Parker Adkins combined to limit Fairland to four hits as Wayne won 8-2 on Tuesday in high school baseball.
Prater was the winning pitcher.
The Dragons took a 1-0 lead, but the Pioneers scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning to take control. Wayne added two runs in each of the second and fourth innings. Fairland scored once in the sixth.
Jacob Thompson drove in two runs for Wayne. Prater went 2 for 4.
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WAYNE 420 200 x ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 8 6 1
Cornwell, Brown (4) and Cummings; Prater, Adkins (6) and Brown.
Hitting: (W) Prater 2-4 2B, Thompson 2 RBIs.
Softball
IRONTON 11, FAIRLAND 2: Ryleigh Khouns drove in four runs with a 3-for-4 performance as the host Fighting Tigers drubbed the Dragons.
Khalil Martin went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs for Ironton. Kenley Neal knocked in two runs. Miley Boas was 2 for 5. Layla Townsend went 2 for 4. Ava Bihl earned the win, whiffing 15 and walking one while allowing four hits, two by Aubrey Hayes. Bihl also went 3 for 3.
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IRONTON 214 301 x ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 11 13 0
Short and Thacker; Bihl and Bias.
Hitting: (F) Hayes 2-4, Dehart 2B; (I) Townsend 2-4. Marton 2-4 HR 2 RBIs, Bias 2-5 2B, Khouns 3-4 2B 4 RBIs, Bihl 3-3 2B.
WINFIELD 1, WAYNE 0: Winfield returned to the Mountain State and continued its winning ways.
Ella Black hit a walk-off RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh scored Kenlie Zigmond as the host Generals knocked off Wayne 1-0 on Tuesday in their first game back home since a trip to the beach for spring break.
BlackÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s hit was one of just two for Winfield (9-1) off the PioneersÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ Kaliah Merritt. But she was outdueled by the GeneralsÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ Mattie Carroll, who scattered five hits over seven scoreless frames to improve to 7-1 in the circle.
Carroll struck out nine hitters and walked one in the Cardinal Conference victory. Merritt fanned six batters, walked three and hit one.
Lauryn Sanders was 2 for 3 for Wayne (3-6).
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WINFIELD 000 000 1 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 1 2 1
Merritt and Copley; Carroll and McClellan. Hitting leaders: Way ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Sanders 2-3; Win ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Black RBI, Zigmond R.
SYMMES VALLEY 10, WESTERN PIKE 0: Brenna Tibbs pitched a perfect game against the Indians in Aid, Ohio.
Tibbs struck out 12 as the Vikings improved to 8-1, including 2-0 in the Southern Ohio Conference. Marley Ferguson went 2 for 3 and slammed a three-run home run. Emma Ridnour was 3 for 3, Tibbs went 3 for 4 and Kaycee Thompson came in 2 for 3.
GRACE CHRISTIAN 15, HANNAN 0: Jenna Tanner and Faith Spurlock combined on a two-hit shutout as the Soldiers (1-3) walloped the Wildcats (0-6) at St. Cloud Commons in Huntington.
Taylor Keller plated two runs.
POINT PLEASANT 9, FORT FRYE 8: The Big Blacks rallied from a 6-0 deficit to beat the Cadets in Beverly, Ohio.
Callie Hill whacked two hits and drove in two runs. Bralee Roush smacked two hits and Josie Shobe added two.
