MILLERSBURG — Addy Antonetz went 5-for-5 with a home run, a double, two RBIs and three runs scored, as No. 9 seed West Muskingum blitzed fourth seed West Holmes 12-3 in Division II sectional play on Wednesday.
The Tornadoes (18-7) travel to fifth seed Steubenville, a 25-0 winner over 20th seed Zanesville, for the sectional title at 5 p.m. Friday.
Antonetz started the game with a homer to left field, while she added an RBI single and Kate Foster hit a two-run single in a three-run second for West M.
Lydiah Huey collected an RBI single and Kyana Bowers belted a two-run homer in the third, stretching the lead to 7-0.
Winning pitcher Kadie Bare allowed three runs on eight hits with four strikeouts and two walks in five innings, and Cadence Puckett tossed two scoreless innings of relief, fanning three.
Puckett also went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, three RBIs and two runs scored, Peyton Brown added three hits with a double and Bowers and Huey added two hits apiece for the winners.
In Zanesville's loss to Steubenville, Ayawna Gladden took the loss and had the Blue Devils' only hit.
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John Glenn 2, River View 0: Winning pitcher Sydney Marshall scattered five hits, struck out 11 and walked one, as the second-seeded Muskies (18-6) shut out the 17th-seeded Bears (4-17) in sectional play.
John Glenn will host seventh seed New Philadelphia for the sectional title at 5 p.m. Friday.
The game was scoreless going into the fourth. The Muskies scored their first run in the bottom half of the frame when Chloe Evans came home on a River View error with two outs, while Estelle Matheney singled home Libby Brown in the fifth.
Marshall, Brown and Addi Babcock had hits for John Glenn.
Regan Foster scattered four hits, struck out three and walked two in the complete game loss, while Rylee Lechner had two hits, Hallie Wallace doubled and Raelee McPeak and Foster singled.
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Sheridan 10, River Valley 0 (5 inn.): The top-seeded Generals scored five times in the first, and winning pitcher Cora Hall tossed a no-hitter with 13 strikeouts and one walk in the Division II sectional final.
Hall faced just one batter over the minimum and never allowed the ball to leave the infield for Sheridan (22-3), which faces eighth seed Athens at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Ohio University.
Avery Mueller's double opened the first-inning rally. Hall followed with an RBI single, Payton Powell belted a two-run homer, and after Hailey Mueller and Hayley Clifton singled, Mauri O'Brien hit a two-run double.
Hall added an RBI double in the second, and O'Brien swatted a two-run double and Addison Grosse chipped in a two-run single in the fifth to cap the mercy.
Powell finished with three hits, and Hall, O'Brien, Grosse and Avery and Hailey Mueller had two hits in the 16-hit attack.
Circleville 12, New Lexington 0 (5 inn.): Kylie Fink doubled and Abby Wilson singled for the 11th-seeded Panthers, who managed just two hits in the Division II sectional loss to the sixth-seeded Tigers.
Wilson took the loss in the circle, allowing seven runs, four earned, on three hits with two strikeouts and two walks in two innings.
Meadowbrook 11, Maysville 0 (5 inn.): Alexx Combs hit a double and a single and drove in four runs and Addy Wiggins doubled twice and scored twice, as the Colts (18-9, 9-7) finished off Muskingum Valley League play with a win.
Taylor Sichina added three hits, Mckendell Boyer doubled and singled, Sommer Ginn doubled with an RBI and Addy Sichina doubled and scored to lead the Meadowbrook offense. Boyer also tossed a two-hitter with six strikeouts.
Josalynn Milatovich and Sophie Dennis had singles for Maysville (3-18, 1-14), while Chloe Burley allowed 11 runs on 13 hits with two strikeouts in the loss.
Baseball
Zanesville 2, Maysville 0: Winning pitcher Preston Moorehead and reliever Caleb Underwood combined for six strikeouts in the no-hitter for the Blue Devils, the program's first since Austin Miller's in 2012 against Marietta.
Moorehead, who hit a single, went the first 4⅓ innings with four strikeouts and one walk and Underwood finished the game for the save for Zanesville (7-17-1).
Underwood also doubled home Mahki Murray in the first and sacrificed home Tyson Kimble in the third.
Losing pitcher Ryan Parmer gave up both Zanesville hits in three innings, while Kolton Gifford had two strikeouts in three scoreless innings of relief for the Panthers (7-12).
Grove City Christian 5, Rosecrans 4 (8 inn.): The Eagles hit a walk-off sac fly to edge the Bishops in Mid-State League play.
Preston Farrell gave up four runs on five hits in four innings, while Xander Daniels was strong in relief before taking the loss, scattering four hits in 3⅔ innings.
Nick Bernath had two singles, Hayden Perdue tripled with an RBI and Farrell had a single and an RBI for the Rosecrans offense.
West Muskingum 6, Meadowbrook 2: Rashid SeSay hit a lead off home run for the host Tornadoes (13-9, 11-5), who downed the Colts in a MVL makeup game.
SeSay finished with two RBIs, Alston Williamson doubled and singled with two RBIs, Sam Wiseman also had a double, a single and two runs scored and Cam Fowler hit a double for West M.
Williamson also went the distance for the victory, giving up eight hits, fanning six and walking two.
Kade Winnett had three hits and Kam Winnett added two hits for the Colts (6-15, 6-9), while Casey Clendenning gave up five runs on seven hits in three innings for the loss.
Morgan 6, Crooksville 2: Winning pitcher Kole Searl threw 4⅔ scoreless innings and fanned three, as the Raiders (12-8, 8-7) picked up a MVL win.
Owen McCoy hit a double with two RBIs, Landan Gheen singled with an RBI and Tavian Myers and Grady Shuster also drove in runs for Morgan.
Bo White went the distance in the loss, allowing six runs, one earned, on thee hits. Eli Sprankle had a single and an RBI and Daniel Chapman and White also had hits for the Ceramics.
Sheridan 6, Utica 2: Caden Sheridan belted a pair of home runs and drove in three runs, as the Generals (22-3) downed the Redskins.
Coyle Withrow and Ryan Kuhn had two hits apiece, Noah Wamer and Bryson Ruff chipped in RBI singles and winning pitcher Brody White fanned six in five innings. Austin Cannon also pitched two scoreless innings of relief.
Buckeye Trail 9, Newcomerstown 2: Braden Williams tripled, singled and knocked in three runs, as the Warriors downed the Trojans in Inter-Valley Conference play.
Tyler Harrell went six innings for the win, scattering five hits and striking out seven, while also hitting a single and driving in a run and Easton Rominger added two singles and a RBI.
Claymont 4, Ridgewood 0: Jace McQueen and Robert Gaston had the Generals' only hits in an Inter-Valley Conference loss.
Maison Kiser went the distance in the loss for Ridgewood (7-16), fanning eight and allowing four runs on seven hits.
Licking Valley 16, River View 1 (5 inn.): Reid Johnson had the Black Bears' only hit and Layton Massie drove in the lone run in a loss to the Panthers.
Brogan Shrimplin took the loss for River View (9-14), giving up eight runs, three earned, on six hits in 1⅔ innings.
Track
MVL Championships started at Maysville: Several track and field events had finals on Wednesday during the first part of the Muskingum Valley League Championships.
The John Glenn girls won the 4x800 in 10:07, beating Meadowbrook by 10 seconds, while the Sheridan boys posted a winning time of 8:28 with John Glenn in second (8:33).
John Glenn's Ashlynn Kuklica won the girls 1,600 (5:20) with teammate Kira Kaiser in second (5:26.24) and Tri-Valley's Erin Hogue third (5:26.25), while Sheridan's Tate Ruthers claimed the boys 3,200 (9:37) and teammate John Skinner was second (10:12).
Maysville's Bella Van Wey won the girls discus (126-10) with Sheridan's Lily Dennis second (122-2), and John Glenn's Ava Hoffman cleared 5-3 to win the girls high jump with Morgan's Josie Patterson in second (4-10).
Philo's Aidan Mahon placed first in the boys long jump (21-6 1/2) with Crooksville's Brayson Hill in second (20-10 1/4); Tri-Valley's Chris Gargasz claimed the boys shot (53-11) with Meadowbrook's Talan Cannon in second (50-0 1/2); and John Glenn's Alex Smith won the boys pole vault (13-0) with Sheridan's Michael Tolliver in second (12-6).
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This article originally appeared on Zanesville Times Recorder: Wednesday Roundup: West M softball blasts West Holmes; ZHS Baseball, Sheridan softball toss no-hitters
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