WILLIAMSTOWN – Wheeling Central made a successful baseball debut Wednesday with a 16-6 victory over Williamstown.

The defending W.Va. Class AA state champions belted out a dozen hits with senior Kade Koroneos recording four – three singles and a triple – that drove in four runs. Clay Petry also knocked in four runs with a three-run homer and sacrifice fly.

Matt Criniti and Jake Brown each drove in two runs. Criniti singled and homered, while Brown singled and doubled. Zayne Rosnick slugged a solo homer. Koi Lipinski and Brady Ernest had run-scoring singles.

University of Akron signee Brayden Cover earned the mound win with eight strikeouts and two walks in 4.2 innings. He yielded six hits. Criniti picked up the save with a pair of Ks.

Wheeling Central plays at Linsly on Friday and then travels to perennial Ohio powerhouse Hiland on Saturday.

Cameron 18, Magnolia 10

NEW MARTINSVILLE – The Dragons and Blue Eagles hooked up in a slugfest that saw the teams combined for 28 hits and 13 runs in the seventh inning.

Soier Reed led Cameron’s 18-hit attack with a single, double and home run that accounted for five runs. Bryer Blake singled four times to chase home three runs, while Sterling Reed laced a trio of singles, as did Anthony Bellance who also picked up two RBI. Landon Francis chipped in two singles, a double and three runs batted in. Zayde Long and Hunter Evans each singled twice, with Long driving in two and Evans one.

Finn Loy doubled in two runs for Magnolia. Brayden Byers and Kyrian Starkey each had an RBI single and Trey Satow singled and doubled.

Linsly 10, Weir 2

WEIRTON – The Cadets tallied a pair of runs in the top of the first inning and pulled away for a victory against the Red Riders.

Vinny Gorence went the distance on the mound to record the victory for the Cadets. He struck out three while walking one.

Offensively for Linsly, Preston Hartley tallied a single, two doubles and two RBI; Tucker Doty tallied two doubles and three RBI and Dominic Fato delivered a single, triple and two RBI. Also, Jaxon Murray recorded two singles and three RBI, while Chris Upton produced a double.

For Weir, Teddy Glyptis contributed a single and a double. Nick DiMatteis had the lone RBI for Weir on a sacrifice fly.

SOFTBALL

Monroe Central 18, Waterford 3

WOODSFIELD – The Seminoles (3-1) collected 13 hits and the top three batters in the lineup – Jadyn Miller, Kamryn Winland and Brylee McFrederick – combined for seven hits and 10 RBI – in a 5-inning win over the visiting Wildcats.

McFrederick singled, doubled and homered to drive in three runs, while Miller had a single, triple and four runs batted in. Winland singled twice to plate three runs.

Kennadi Jorris (single, double) and Carly Dick (single) both knocked in two runs, while winning pitcher Allie McFrederick had a single, double and RBI. Kenadie Loch singled home a run.

A. McFrederick and Winland teamed on a five-hitter.

Steubenville 6, Oak Glen 1

STEUBENVILLE — After beating Wheeling Park on opening day Tuesday, Big Red earned another impressive victory a day later, pulling away from defending West Virginia Class AA state champion Oak Glen for a Wednesday victory at the Crimson Complex.

Big Red (2-0) again got some big hits with runners on. And, not surprisingly, a big one of those again came from Akron signee Sadie Edwards.

After hitting a double and triple with two RBIs against Park, Edwards laced an RBI triple to center that evened the score and sparked Big Red’s offense in the bottom of the fourth.

After Steubenville had gone up 3-1 on an RBI single from Riley Zorne, two innings later senior Emily Tuttle doubled, Zorne knocked in with another RBI single and then Addison Meyer singled up the middle to plate two more runs, making it a 6-1 lead.

That lead proved to be more than enough for sophomore pitcher Isabella Cadile, who tossed her second complete game in as many days. She struck out five and walked two in holding the potent Oak Glen line up to just four hits, all singles.

Bridgeport 7, East Liverpool 4

BRIDGEPORT — A five-run outburst in the fourth inning Wednesday helped the Bulldogs to a victory over the Potters.

Vanessa Zelkowski drove in two runs, Kylee Drummond doubled and Kaylee Baxter tripled for Bridgeport in the win.

Bridgeport had five hits in-all and drew four walks as a team.

Hanna Brewer started for the Bulldogs and struck out 14.

Wheeling Park 5, Brooke 3

WELLSBURG — After Brooke got out to a 1-0 first-inning lead thanks to a Avery Rado sac RBI, Wheeling Park scored two in the third and fourth innings to take a permanent lead and pick up a win on the road Wednesday.

A single by Kylah Cunningham gave Park the lead, 2-1 in the top of the third.

London Fankhouser earned the win for the Patriots, striking out one, walking one, and allowing seven hits over seven innings.

Cunningham, Abby O’Donnell and Harmony Bittner each collected two hits for Park. O’Donnell and Bittner each doubled.

Maia Diserio led Brooke with three hits– one double and two singles.