Prep Baseball Report

Daily Roundup: April 7 Games



By Greg Williams
PA Director of Scouting

Quaker Valley 5  Southmoreland 3

  • Southmoreland jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the 2nd inning only to watch Quaker Valley answer with three runs in the top of the 3rd inning to tie the game. Senior OF Nelson Westwood's 5th inning inside the park home run gave Quaker Valley the lead for good at 4-3. QV pitchers Jake Pilewicz, Roberto Gibson and Ben Utterback kept Southmoreland off the board for the final three innings to close out the win at PNC Park.

#2 Bethel Park 13  Greensburg Central Catholic 3

  • Bethel Park moved to No. 2 in the the state rankings this week and looked every bit the part on Sunday at PNC Park. The Blackhawks led 9-0 after three innings and cruised to a 13-3 victory following clearing the bench and allowing the entire roster to experience some action at PNC Park. 3B Ryan Kogler led off the 2nd inning with a triple and later scored to jump start the Blackhawk's offense. Bethel Park scored three runs in the 2nd and six runs in the 3rd to put the game away early.

SipesHollidaysburg 4  Bellwood-Antis 2

  • Hollidaysburg scored four 1st-inning runs and made them stand up to win the Curve Classic championship at People's Natural Gas Field in Altoona. Tanner Claar led off the Hollidaysburg first with a single. Following three walks, Jordan McCall grounded out to plate Trent Sipes with the second run of the inning. Luke Glass then singled in Pitt recruit Brett Hileman and Eric Miller to finish the Golden Tiger scoring. LHP Andy Crum picked up the win, working into the 6th inning while yielding just four hits. Hileman worked the final two innings to pick up the save.

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