Fort Hill wins 1st WestMAC game; Frankfort, Southern, Calvary, Hampshire win

Mar. 25—POTOMAC PARK — Fort Hill scored eight unanswered runs to topple Mountain Ridge, 10-7, on Friday to win its first-ever Western Maryland Athletic Conference game.

The Sentinels (1-1) went 0-8 in the WestMAC the past two years and hadn't won a conference game since 2019, when they defeated Mountain Ridge in their second-to-last regular season game.

It was looking like Mountain Ridge would extend that streak when it plated five runs in the fifth inning Friday to lead 7-2. David Miller broke the tie with an RBI single, and Lane Frost tacked on two more with a two-out, two-RBI single to cap the scoring.

However, Fort Hill chipped away adding two in the fifth, and the Sentinels plated six in the sixth to take the lead for good.

Peyton Blocher put the Sentinels ahead with a two-out, bases-clearing double that made it 9-7.

Blocher went 3 for 4 with four RBIs, Bobby Brauer was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored, Logan Vanmeter was 2 for 3 and scored twice, Bryson Metz was 2 for 4 with a double, and Steven Spencer also doubled and scored twice.

Brauer got the start for Fort Hill but ended with a no decision, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits with three strikeouts and two walks in 4 1/3 innings pitched.

Vanmeter got the win in relief, allowing four runs in 2 2/3 innings of work.

John Delaney took the loss for Mountain Ridge in relief. Parker Ferraro got the start for the Miners, allowing five runs on nine hits in five frames.

Tyler Cook went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and Miller was 2 for 3 with two runs scored. Ferraro drove in a pair.

Fort Hill is at Turkeyfoot on Monday and hosts Northern on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Mountain Ridge (0-2) hosts Southern on Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Frankfort 5 Hedgesville 4

SHORT GAP, W.Va. — Uriah Cutter hit a walk-off double to plate Jacob Nething Saturday in a thrilling early-season win over Hedgesville on Saturday.

The Falcons (1-1) trailed 4-3 entering the bottom half of the fifth inning before Jesus Perdew sliced an RBI single to left field to drive in Cutter and tie the game.

Lanson Orndorf got the win in relief, tossing two scoreless innings of two-hit ball. Jaxon Hare delivered a quality start, surrendering two runs on seven hits in four frames of work, striking out two and walking none.

Rhett Sensabaugh tossed an inning of middle relief.

Cam Lynch, Cutter and Nething all had multi-hit days, and Nething doubled. Cash Dunham, Noah Brown and Ein Wolfe had two hits apiece for Hedgesville. Wolfe was the losing pitcher.

Frankfort is at Jefferson on Monday at 5 p.m.

Southern 5 Petersburg 2

PETERSBURG, W.Va. — Ryan Bird and Reece Tasker combined to hold Petersburg to just one hit and one earned run, as Southern topped the Vikings Friday to improve to 2-0.

The Rams took the lead for good in the top of the third inning thanks to a pair of Petersburg errors.

The Vikings got a run back in the fourth courtesy of a Southern error on a dropped pop up off the bat of Trace Rohrbaugh, but the Rams added an insurance run in the sixth on an errant pick-off attempt and another in the seventh via a Bird single.

Bird allowed two runs (one earned) on one hit with eight strikeouts and two walks in 3 1/3 innings pitched. Tasker tossed 3 2/3 scoreless and hitless frames in relief to get the win, striking out five and walking one.

Jared Haskiell and Bird had multi-hit days, and Haskiell drove in two runs.

Colon Mauzy tallied Petersburg's lone base hit, a single. Clay Arbaugh scored both Viking runs.

Rohrbaugh took the loss on the mound, surrendering three runs (one earned) on two hits with four strikeouts and three walks in four innings of work.

Peyton Tingler allowed one earned run on three hits in three innings of relief, fanning six and walking two.

Petersburg (1-2) hosts Tygarts Valley on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Southern is at Mountain Ridge on Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Calvary 12 Bishop Walsh 0

POTOMAC PARK — Calvary notched a combined no-hitter and the Eagles bashed 12 hits to beat Bishop Walsh in five innings on Friday.

Riley O'Brien threw the first four no-hit frames, striking out eight, and Alex Getz threw one more in relief.

Calvary faced one over the minimum, as Carson Hamelin was hit by a pitch for the Spartans' lone baserunner.

Reed Jackson was 2 for 3 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored; Sammy Scritchfield was 2 for 3 with a double and two runs; O'Brien doubled; and Silas Leith had two hits and two RBIs.

Calvary is at Paw Paw on Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Hampshire 8 Berkeley Springs 7

ROMNEY, W.Va. — Hampshire scored seven unanswered runs to overcome a 7-1 deficit and edge Berkeley Springs on Friday night.

The Trojans (2-2) plated three runs in the sixth to take their first lead. They leveled the score at 7-all on a two-out error, and Conner Wolford notched the go-ahead double one batter later.

Wolford was 3 for 3, Channing Wilt had a pair of singles and JJ Charlton doubled, drove in a pair and scored twice from the lead-off spot.

Mark Richman got the win with a sensational long-relief effort, tossing five scoreless innings of three-hit ball with seven strikeouts and one walk.

Isaiah Hutchinson had a three-hit day for Berkeley Springs.

Hampshire is at Washington on Monday at 7 p.m.