Friday Charleston Gazette-Mail Gazette-Mail Sports front

Local work: Rick Elmore, Taylor Kennedy, Rick Ryan, Chris Dorst

Inside: Luke Creasy, Sholten Singer, Tim Stephens, Ryan Fischer, C Wade 3

Design: Rob Stiles

Final:

Hurricane - 9 vs Cabell Midland - 5 #wvprepsb

Hurricane wins the 2024 MSACWV softball title!

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Charleston Catholic 7, Herbert Hoover 1
CC (18-2)
Luke Blaydes wp 5 IP 3 H 1 ER 9 K 1 W
Jonah DiCocco 2 IP 1 H 5 K 0 W
Xander Allara 2-4 RBI
Connor Jarvis 3 RBI
Vincento Scalzo 3B RBI
Jaxon Kimble 2B
HH (11-8)
Jacob White 5 IP 2 H 1 ER
Sam Kee RBI
Tristan Harless 2B

Here’s the Gazette-Mail story on Charleston Catholic’s 7-1 prep baseball victory at Herbert Hoover Thursday:
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Final
Charleston Catholic 7
Herbert Hoover 1

Irish move to 18-2 on the season

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Xander Allara RBI single top seventh bumps Catholic lead to 7-1. Hoover’s last chance coming up bottom seven.

Catholic reliever Jonah DiCocco strands runners at second and third with a K.

End of six, Catholic 6, Hoover 1

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Second baseman Brayden Bounds saves a run for Hoover by snagging a line drive to end the top of the sixth with a runner at third. Catholic leads 6-1.

End of five: Catholic 6, Hoover 1

Hoover breaks through in the fourth when Sam Kee singles off the glove of Catholic pitcher Luke Blaydes, scoring Sam Salyers. Blaydes has eight K’s so far.

End of four, Catholic 6, Hoover 1

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End of three
Catholic 6
Hoover 0

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Perfectly-placed two-run single by Connor Jarvis gives Irish 6-0 lead. Hoover now batting bottom third.

Jacob White now pitching for Hoover in the third

Catholic’s Luke Blaydes has struck out five in a row— the last four looking. End of two, Catholic leads Hoover 4-0.

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Catholic goes up 4-0 top second on RBI triple by Vincent Scalzo and run-scoring grounder by Connor Jarvis. Hoover pitcher Thomas Hackney picks off a runner to close out the uprising.

End of one
Catholic 2
Hoover 0

Former Irish coach Bill Mehle in attendance tonight

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Catholic gets two runs in the top of the first— a sacrifice fly by Zaden Ranson and here an RBI single by Jeff Reynolds. Hoover coming to bat.

Starting lineups for Catholic (left) and Hoover:

Stationed at Herbert Hoover High School in Elkview for a meeting of Kanawha County baseball teams — Charleston Catholic (17-2) vs. the host Huskies (11-7). First pitch set for 7 p.m.

AA Region 2 Section 2 Softball Schedule for next week.
Hoover will host the winner of the Clay/Braxton Game next Tuesday April 30th at 6:00 PM. #TheRiver #GoHuskies #RoadtoLittleCreek #wvprepsb Rick Ryan Taylor Kennedy C Wade 3 MetroNews HS Sports