July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
SAHS wins tournament
SAHS roundup
BERNE - Taylor LeFever hit home runs in each game Saturday to lead the South Adams High School baseball team to the championship as they hosted the Starfire Invitational.
South Adams defeated the Hagerstown Tigers 11-9 in the opening round and then beat the Frankton Eagles 13-4 in the championship game.
LeFever's solo homer in the third inning of the title game helped stake South Adams to a 5-2 lead. He finished with three runs and three RBIs for the Starfires, who scored three times in the fifth inning and four in the sixth to pull away.
Blake Fox had a double, two runs and two RBIs, Josh Striker scored four times, and Marcus Rich drove in three runs.
Against Hagerstown, LeFever hit a three-run homer as part of a four-run second inning for South Adams. Rich and Gabe Sprunger each had doubles in the victory.
Andrew Smith earned the win in the championship, allowing two runs on one hit and four walks in 2 1/3 innings. Nick Batt was the winner against Hagerstown, giving up four runs on five hits and two walks in two innings.
Softball drops two
BERNE - The Starfires couldn't quite keep up with the visiting Bellmont Squaws Saturday, falling 9-6 and 10-3 in a double-header.
Katrina Hawkins took the game-one defeat, giving up eight runs - five earned - on six hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings. Lily Taing allowed 10 runs - four earned - on 15 hits in seven innings to take the game-two loss.
Kysha Cox was 2-for-3 in the opener with two runs and an RBI. Alexis Ford singled and drove in a pair of runs.
In the second game, Karen Bollenbacher pounded a two-run home run in the sixth inning.
Girls win invite
BERNE - Led by its dominant distance runners, the Starfire girls track team rolled to victory as hosts of Friday's South Adams Invitational.
The SAHS girls scored 180 points, finishing 94 ahead of runner-up Bellmont in the six-team field. The Starfire boys were fourth with 65 points while Heritage won the meet with 121.
South Adams' girls took first and second in all three distance races, and won all three relays on the way to the title.
Hannah Moore led the dominance by taking the top spot in the 1,600 run in 5 minutes, 41.53 seconds ahead of teammate Allison Beitler, and winning the 3,200 run in 12:20.53 with teammate Sawyer Shane in second place.
Beitler won the 800 run in 2:37.87 ahead of fellow Starfire Kristen Muselman.
Hannah Mitchel added a first-place finish in the shot put at 31 feet, 6 inches.
Roman Smith picked up the only victory for the boys team as he posted a time of 41.83 in the 300 hurdles.[[In-content Ad]]
South Adams defeated the Hagerstown Tigers 11-9 in the opening round and then beat the Frankton Eagles 13-4 in the championship game.
LeFever's solo homer in the third inning of the title game helped stake South Adams to a 5-2 lead. He finished with three runs and three RBIs for the Starfires, who scored three times in the fifth inning and four in the sixth to pull away.
Blake Fox had a double, two runs and two RBIs, Josh Striker scored four times, and Marcus Rich drove in three runs.
Against Hagerstown, LeFever hit a three-run homer as part of a four-run second inning for South Adams. Rich and Gabe Sprunger each had doubles in the victory.
Andrew Smith earned the win in the championship, allowing two runs on one hit and four walks in 2 1/3 innings. Nick Batt was the winner against Hagerstown, giving up four runs on five hits and two walks in two innings.
Softball drops two
BERNE - The Starfires couldn't quite keep up with the visiting Bellmont Squaws Saturday, falling 9-6 and 10-3 in a double-header.
Katrina Hawkins took the game-one defeat, giving up eight runs - five earned - on six hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings. Lily Taing allowed 10 runs - four earned - on 15 hits in seven innings to take the game-two loss.
Kysha Cox was 2-for-3 in the opener with two runs and an RBI. Alexis Ford singled and drove in a pair of runs.
In the second game, Karen Bollenbacher pounded a two-run home run in the sixth inning.
Girls win invite
BERNE - Led by its dominant distance runners, the Starfire girls track team rolled to victory as hosts of Friday's South Adams Invitational.
The SAHS girls scored 180 points, finishing 94 ahead of runner-up Bellmont in the six-team field. The Starfire boys were fourth with 65 points while Heritage won the meet with 121.
South Adams' girls took first and second in all three distance races, and won all three relays on the way to the title.
Hannah Moore led the dominance by taking the top spot in the 1,600 run in 5 minutes, 41.53 seconds ahead of teammate Allison Beitler, and winning the 3,200 run in 12:20.53 with teammate Sawyer Shane in second place.
Beitler won the 800 run in 2:37.87 ahead of fellow Starfire Kristen Muselman.
Hannah Mitchel added a first-place finish in the shot put at 31 feet, 6 inches.
Roman Smith picked up the only victory for the boys team as he posted a time of 41.83 in the 300 hurdles.[[In-content Ad]]
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