Every week, the Beaver County Times recognizes individual athletes and teams for their impressive performances during the previous week of high school sports action. Here are the standout efforts from April 20-26
Baseball
Anthony Popovich, Ellwood City
Popovich was a hit for two RBIs in the team’s 15-0 win over Beaver Falls.
Owen Andrews, Ellwood City
In the team’s game one victory over Beaver Falls in the series, Andrews pitched four innings allowing no runs on one hit and striking out six.
Zach Hare, Riverside
Hare began the week going 2-for-4 with two RBIs including a home run in the team’s 4-1 win over Quaker Valley. He followed up the performance by tossing five innings, allowing one earned run and setting down nine in the series sweep 8-4 victory over Quaker Valley.
James Gill, Hopewell
Gill collected two hits and three RBIs in the team’s 8-1 win over Hampton.
Kingston Krotec, Hopewell
Krotec went 3-for-4 in the team’s win over Hampton on April 22.
James Armstong, Hopewell
The freshman tallied two hits and drove in two in the team’s 7-4 victory over Hampton to complete the series sweep on April 23.
Charlie Smetana, Hopewell
Smetana put up an identical line to Armstrong’s as he too recorded two hits and two RBIs against Hampton.
Casey Bloom, New Brighton
Bloom had a week to remember as he hit his first career home run while going 2-for-5 with two RBIs in the team’s 16-4 win over Northgate. Then in the second game in the series, he went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and two doubles in New Brighton’s second win over Northgate. Bloom capped off the week with a two-double effort against OLSH in the team’s 11-8 victory.
Brock Budacki, New Brighton
Budacki homered in back-to-back games against Northgate going 6-for-6 in those games. Then against OLSH the senior catcher capped off his perfect day by going 2-for-2 with two doubles and two RBIs while also going three innings on the mound allowing just one earned run and setting down six.
Billy Pietragallo, Sewickley Academy
Pietragallo went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the team’s 12-2 win over Hillel Academy.
Iseia Schulz, OLSH
Schulz pitched six innings allowing one earned run, walking two and striking out 12 in the team’s 6-5 win over South Side.
Thomas Medwig, OLSH
Medwig tallied seven hits across three games this week driving home five runs against South Side and New Brighton. He also pitched in the second game of the series against South Side going five innings allowing no runs on five hits and striking out five in the team’s 12-0 win.
Carter Wilson, South Side
Wilson went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the team’s 6-5 loss to OLSH. He also struck out nine on the mound going 4.1 innings.
Oscar Roig, Quaker Valley
Roig recorded two hits and two RBIs in the team’s 8-4 loss to Riverside.
Softball
Amber McQuiston, Ellwood City
McQuiston began the week pitching a complete game allowing one run and striking out nine while also going 2-for-4 with one RBI in the team’s 6-2 loss to Mohawk. Then against Avonworth, she pitched six innings while also driving in two runs in the team’s 11-2 win. She capped off the week tossing six innings allowing no runs and struck out three in the team’s 10-0 win over Quaker Valley.
Rylee Prestopine, Ellwood City
Prestopine hit a home run to go along with two hits and two RBIs in the team’s win over Quaker Valley.
Lena Lucarelli, Ellwood City
Lucarelli also homered in the win over Quaker Valley while also recording two RBIs.
Victoria Mann, Hopewell
Mann had a perfect week at the plate going 7-for-7 in both section games tallying seven RBIs, a double and a triple against Avonworth and Beaver Falls.
Jaedyn Brown, Beaver Area
Brown did not allow a walk while pitching six innings allowing two runs and struck out five in the team’s loss to Blackhawk.
Kylie Prisuta, Blackhawk
Prisuta tossed a complete game three-hit shutout while she set down three in the team’s 2-0 win over Beaver Area.
Olivia DiGiacomo, OLSH
DiGiacomo went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in the team’s 15-0 win over Fort Cherry on April 24.
Girls Lacrosse
Emma Eannarino, Sewickley Academy
Eannarino scored 10 out of her team’s 14 goals in the team’s 14-7 win over Seneca Valley.
Andrea Kinger, Blackhawk
Kinger posted four goals and one assist in the team’s 16-7 loss to Mars.
Track & Field
Connor Progar, Hopewell
Progar broke his own school record in the pole vault mark with a 13’10” jump during the MAC Championships.
Emma Palmieri, Hopewell
Palmieri surpassed a school record in the 200m dash with a time of 25.65 in the MAC Championships.
Delaney Sturgeon, Ellwood City
Sturgeon placed first in the high jump of 5-foot-7 and broke a school record held by Debby Plavecsky which stood since 1986 at a height of 5-foot-6.
This article originally appeared on Beaver County Times: Beaver County Times’ spring high school sports top performances April 20-26