


“I hate to say it, but good teams do it against us. The blunder proved costly when Payton Smith looped a single to right-center as Miehle raced home for a 2-0 reading. Hanson’s grounder to short turned into a fielder’s choice as nobody covered the bag at second.

Maddie Miehle’s RBI single up the middle with two outs in the second scored Joselyn Shaw who had doubled down the line in left for a 1-0 lead. She worked in-and-out and kept us off-balance. “You’re not going to win many games with just one hit,” Magnolia head coach Danny Anderson said. Only Bland, who was hit with the first pitch of the game, made it to second after Emma Steele walked with 1 out in the first. Frizzell faced four batters over the minimum and didn’t let a Blue Eagle get to third. She only allowed a one-out single to Haidyn Bland in the third, but Bland was thrown out attempting to steal by catcher Ava Hanson. The right now has 214 strikeouts on the season. That winner meets the Blue Eagles (13-9) on Monday, with the winner having to beat the Maroon Knights twice.įrizzell, just a sophomore, struck out 11 and walked three in her route-going performance. Madonna eliminated Paden City, 6-3, on Friday and hosts Cameron Saturday. With the win, Wheeling Central (18-3) will sit until Tuesday, waiting on whomever comes out of the loser’s bracket. “She made some big pitches to get outs when she was behind in the count.” She walked a few but was able to work through it,” Wheeling Central head coach Buck Davidson said. Class A Section I winner’s bracket finals on sun-soaked Ben’s Field at the J.B. Wheeling Central’s Josie Frizzell continued her excellent work inside the circle as the top-seeded Maroon Knights blanked No.
