CHARLESTON — Jason Lewis pitched a five-hitter to send Buffalo into the Class A championship game for the second time in three seasons with a 2-0 win over Notre Dame.
The sophomore improved to 9-2, struck out 15 and walked three in the tournament opener Thursday at Appalachian Power Park.
Buffalo’s Adam Scott stole home in the fourth inning and his sacrifice bunt in the sixth drove in the other run for Buffalo (23-11).
In the Notre Dame sixth, Buffalo catcher Christopher Belcher tagged out Chris Stanton trying to score on a double steal attempt. Adam Funk, who reached base on an infield single, stole second and third, but Patrick Plivelich struck out to end the threat.
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Wheeling Central 7, Charleston Catholic 2
Wheeling Central pitcher Jack Weishar remains unbeaten in the Class A baseball tournament and the defending champion Maroon Knights have another chance at a state championship.
Weishar scattered four hits and Zeke Taylor drove in two runs in a 7-2 victory against Charleston Catholic in the semifinals Thursday night.
Wheeling Central (18-13) will play for its fifth title since 1999 on Saturday against Buffalo (23-11), which beat Notre Dame 2-0 in the other semifinal.
Weishar, who won both of his team’s tournament games a year ago as a freshman, struck out five and walked one.
Wheeling Central took command with two runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth.
Charleston Catholic (18-19) lost in the semifinals for the fourth straight year.
Sports Central
May 30, 2008
Buffalo, Wheeling Central advance
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Four straight
Adam LaRoche had a two-run double in the 10th inning Tuesday night, and the Pittsburgh Pirates won their season-high fourth straight, an 8-5 victory over the Washington Nationals, who lost their sixth in a row.
Both streaks feature plenty of offense. -
Saving the day
You know the endpoint — goal after goal, the undefeated season, the state championship hardware that’s reserved a spot in the Fairmont Senior trophy case.
The Polar Bear girls’ lacrosse team, though, had humble beginnings. Most of this year’s senior class had not played the sport, had done little else than pick up a stick, until their first high school game. -
Bucs bust out in 7th, win series
In the span of one near-historic inning Sunday, the Pirates went from getting shut down to winning in a rout.
The Pirates scored 10 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, three of which were driven in by Nate McLouth, to turn a three-run deficit into a seven-run lead as they rallied for an 11-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies at PNC Park. - Yates goes on DL; Pirates make minor trades Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Tyler Yates was placed on the 15-day disabled list before Sunday’s 11-4 win over the Colorado Rockies at PNC Park with elbow inflammation. Yates has been unable to pitch multiple innings this season and has appeared on consecutive days just twice because of the elbow.
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Twice as nice
Pure joy.
It was all over the field Saturday night. In the form of smiles, hugs, a team pile-on and boys lacrosse equipment strewn across the East-West Stadium turf.
The first stick to go airborne started the celebration, and made Fairmont Senior’s season-long goal a reality, as the Polar Bears upset No. 1 Morgantown, 9-8, for their first state title. -
Polar Bears go back-to-back
The perfect season now has a perfect ending.
Fairmont Senior’s girls’ lacrosse team capped an undefeated season Saturday afternoon with an 11-9 victory over Morgantown in the state title game at East-West Stadium.
The Polar Bears, who finished at 17-0, are believed to be the first state champion in school history to go unbeaten. -
Double duty
While both have a date with Morgantown — and perhaps destiny — Fairmont Senior’s girls’ and boys’ lacrosse teams have different motivating factors heading into today’s WVSLA state title games.
For the Polar Bear girls, it’s an opportunity to repeat history and capture a second straight title. -
County to send 37 to state meet
In all, 37 Marion County athletes have earned the right to compete at the West Virginia state track meet on May 22-23 at the University of Charleston Stadium.
The top three finishers in each event during regional competition as well as the next four times from all regions combined qualify for the state meet. -
Flying high
When the chips were down for East Fairmont’s softball team the Bees came through with flying colors.
Madonna Gribble homered and drove in three runs and Nikki Nuzum kept the Polar Bears off balance on the mound as the Bees defeated Fairmont Senior Thursday in the Class AAA, Region I semifinal. -
Fairmont Senior wins sectional title
Fairmont Senior head coach Steve Naternicola was looking for his Polar Bear baseball team to get up for Thursday’s Region I, Section 3 championship game against North Marion.
The two teams split the first two games of the series, both of which were closely contested.
But it was a different story. - More Sports Central Headlines
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