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Crestview 2, Rittman 1
STRUTHERS -- Zachary Davis limited Rittman to three hits as he struck out nine and walked three in Crestview's 2-1 win over Berkshire on Friday in a Div. V sectional opener on Friday at Cene Park.
Kyle Booth added a hit and RBI for the Rebels, the 23rd seed.
Crestview (9-12) will travel to No. 1 seed Waynedale on Wednesday for a district semifinal.
BR: 0-0-0-0-1-0-0--1-3-2
CR: 0-1-0-0-1-0-x--2-4-0
St. Thomas 2, Southern 0
SALINEVILLE -- St. Thomas Aquinas eliminated Southern Local 2-0 in Div. VI sectional baseball play on Friday.
Mason Pitts and Brody Brown had two hits each for No. 25 seed Southern, 2-17.
Brown took the loss with seven strikeouts and no walks in seven innings.
No. 26 seed St. Thomas (3-16) advances to meet No. 2 seed Kirtland in the district semifinal on Wednesday.
ST: 0-0-0-0-1-0-1--2-4-0
SL: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-6-0
Rittman 5, East Palestine 3
STRUTHERS -- The Rittman Indians subdued East Palestine 5-3 in a Div. VI district contest on Friday night at Cene Park.
East Palestine led 3-0 in the fifth, but the Indians scored five in the seventh to pull out the win.
No. 12 seed East Palestine falls to 16-10.
No. 17 sed Rittman is 13-15 and will host No. 24 seed Oberlin on Wednesday in the district semifinal.
Further details were not available.
RM: 0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5-6-4
EP: 0-0-0-1-2-0-0--3-5-0
Wellsville forfeits
Wellsville's baseball team forfeited its Div. VII sectional contest with Windham on Friday.
Wellsville had a senior trip to Kennywood amusement park on Friday and could not field a team.
Windham, the ninth seed, will take on the winner of Maplewood and Fairport Harding in the district semifinal.
The Tigers were not the only team to forfeit in Div. VII, Northeast 2 bracket on Friday.
Kinsman Badger also forfeited against Bristol.
Hubbard 11, Columbiana 1
STRUTHERS-- Hubbard defeated Columbiana 11-1 in a regular season game on Friday at Cene Park.
Avery Young had the only Clipper hit.
Sam Inboden took the loss with a strikeout and no walks in two innings.
Columbiana (11-15) is at Mineral Ridge on Saturday for a tournament game.
CO: 0-0-0-1-0--1-1-1
HU: 1-0-5-0-5--11-8-2
Schedule changes due to weather
Due to weather and lingering affects from days of rain, the area baseball schedule was altered again on Friday.
¯ Columbiana's Div. VI sectional game at Mineral Ridge was moved to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
¯ Heartland Christian's Div. VII sectional game at Western Reserve will be played at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.