Beaver County Times top performances week of March 16-22

Every week, the Beaver County Times will recognize both individual athletes and teams for their impressive performances that took place in the previous week of high school sports action. Here are the standout efforts from March 16-22.

Baseball

Sean Hayes, Riverside

Hayes kicked off the week going 2-for-3 while driving in a run in the team’s 10-1 win over Shenango. Then on Tuesday, Hayes went 1-for-4 with 3 RBIs in the team’s 14-0 win over Hopewell.

Hunter Garvin, Riverside

Garvin began the week with a 3-for-3 effort hitting a run home in the team’s win over Shenango before collecting another hit and RBI against Hopewell.

Zach Hare, Riverside

Hare was dominant on the bump as he struck out 14 in six innings of work allowing one run against Shenango.

Christian Lucarelli, Riverside

Lucarelli was 1-for-1 with two RBIs while also tossing four innings, punching out nine batters in the team’s win over Hopewell.

Dylan Meyer, Riverside

Meyer went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs while also hitting a home run against Hopewell.

Todd Kagle, Quaker Valley

Kagle put together a strong week offensively starting the week going 2-for-4 with 5 RBIs with a grand slam against Ambridge. Then on Wednesday, he went 3-for-4 with another home run, double and driving in four runs in the loss against Central Valley. Kagle capped off the week with a walk-off double in an 8-7 win over OLSH.

Jospeh Leseiko, Ambridge

Leseiko began the week with a three-hit, three RBI effort while pitching three innings, fanning seven and allowing just one earned run against Quaker Valley.

Adam Fernandez, Ambridge

Fernandez went 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs in the team’s game against Quaker Valley.

Cameron Mills, Ellwood City

Mills collected two hits and two RBIs in the team’s 11-4 win over Freedom Area. He followed that game up with another hit and five RBIs against New Brighton before finishing off the week with a two-hit performance and drove a run home in the team’s 8-3 win over West Allegheny.

Will Nardone, Ellwood City

After striking out six in 4.1 innings of work, Nardone went 1-for-4 with two RBIs against West Allegheny.

RJ Sebek, Beaver Area

Sebek went 3-for-5 with four RBIs hitting a grand slam in the team’s 11-4 win over Chartiers Valley. He finished the week with three hits and three RBIs in the team’s 15-5 win over Armstrong.

Logan Hill, Beaver Area

Hill collected two hits to go along with five RBIs against Armstrong.

Daniel McIntosh, Central Valley

McIntosh went 2-for-2 with six RBIs in the team’s 13-7 win over Quaker Valley.

Sean Hudac, OLSH

Hudac went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the team’s 8-7 loss to Quaker Valley.

Softball

Sami Springman, Beaver Area

Springman was 2-for-5 with two RBIs to begin the week in the team’s 9-6 win over South Fayette. She followed that game up going 2-for-2 in the team’s 14-4 win over Montour.

Beaver's Taylor Young delivers a pitch during the third inning against the Ambridge Bridgers on April 15, 2023 at Ambridge Area Middle School.

Taylor Young, Beaver Area

Young put together two strong performances in the circle going a complete game striking out six against South Fayette and then going six innings striking out five against Montour.

Olivia Peabody, Beaver Area

Peabody went 4-for-5 with six RBIs with a home run and double in the win over Montour.

Brynn Hysong, Blackhawk

After a 4-for-5 performance with a walk-off single against Hopewell, Hysong singled in a run against Chartiers Valley on Thursday in the loss.

Amber McQuiston, Ellwood City

McQuiston pitched a complete game one hitter against South Side striking out six before striking out another eight when facing Riverside on Friday.

Ellwood City's Alexis Beck hits the ball in the first inning against Yough during the first round of the WPIAL 3A Playoffs on May 16, 2023 at North Allegheny High School.

Alexis Beck, Ellwood City

Beck went a perfect 3-for-3 with 2 RBIs in the team’s 5-0 win over South Side.

Liza Lambert, New Brighton

Lambert hit two triples to go along with 4 RBIs in the team’s 24-17 loss to Cornell.

Dixie Wall, New Brighton

Wall hit a home run with two RBIs in the team’s loss to Cornell.

Alexis Wall, New Brighton

Wall hit a double with three RBIs in the team’s loss to Cornell.

Mackenzie Keber, Ambridge

Keber went 3-for-5 with three RBIs in the team’s 10-6 win over Penn Hills Friday.

Riley Davis, Ambridge

Davis was 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the team’s game against Ambridge.

Boys Volleyball

Billy Sprott, Moon Area

Sprott recorded 19 kills and four blocks in the team’s four-set win over Hopewell.

Oliver Enos, Moon Area

Enos tallied 12 kills and 22 digs in the win over Hopewell.

Girls Lacrosse

Lauren Fair, Blackhawk

Fair recorded six goals in the team’s 22-1 win over Seneca Valley

Andrea Kinger, Blackhawk

Kinger posted four goals and five assists against Seneca Valley.

Ava Pagani, Blackhawk

Pagani tallied a hat-trick with four assists against Seneca Valley.

Mara Ilko, Ambridge

Ilko scored nine goals to go along with three assists in the team’s 17-4 win over West Allegheny.

Hannah Larimore, Ambridge

Larimore recorded five goals and one assist against West Allegheny.

This article originally appeared on Beaver County Times: Beaver County Times' top performances week of March 16-22.

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