Falconer’s Hannah Melquist plays base against Dunkirk during CCAA Division 1 West softball Wednesday in Dunkirk. PJ photo by Ashleigh Brown
DUNKIRK – Mylie Zaranek, Nylah Sharpe and Khloe Livengood doubled as Falconer beat Dunkirk 13-0 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 West softball on Wednesday.
Angelina Fiasco went 2-for-3 with two runs scored for the Golden Falcons. Hannah Melquist and Mylie Zaranek combined for a four-hitter in the circle.
SILAKOWSKI BREAKS RECORD
SALAMANCA – Arianna Silakowski turned in a historic performance for the Southwest softball team on Wednesday as she set the single-game strikeout record by fanning 17 Salamanca hitters en route to a 12-0 nonleague victory over the Warriors.
Silakowski walked just one hit and held a no-hitter until the sixth inning, when he achieved the record-breaking performance.
Westfield softball players surround teammate Eva Gnadzinski after she collected her 100th career hit during Wednesday’s CCAA Division 2 West game against Cassadaga Valley in Westfield. Photo sent
Not that it was necessary, but Silakowski received plenty of support from his Southwestern (4-8, 2-7) teammates.
Maddie Burnett led the charge with a grand slam, Siri DuBois made it 2-for-3 with a home run, Jaidyn Newhouse hit a two-run single, Eliana Barone doubled and Lexi Beckerink finished 2-for-5.
McKenzie Crouse broke up the no-hitter in the sixth inning with a double for the Warriors and Kortney DeBoy added a single in the seventh.
The losing pitcher for Salamanca (4-11, 3-8) was Brianna Benjamin.
BESTINE HRs ON SENIOR DAY; GNADZINSKI REACHES 100 CAREERS
Chautauqua Lake’s Lucy Gates hits an RBI single during Wednesday’s CCAA Division 2 West game against Frewsburg at the Robert H. Jackson Sports Complex in Frewsburg. PJ photo by Christian Storms
WESTFIELD – Senior Tanleigh Bestine homered and junior Eva Gnadzinski collected her 100th career hit on Senior Day as Westfield defeated Cassadaga Valley 17-1 in Division 2 West action.
Bestine opened the bottom of the first inning with a solo home run over the left field fence and Gnadzinski followed with a home run of his own. The Wolverines (12-3, 9-1) put up four runs in the inning and never looked back.
Gnadzinski went 3 for 3, reaching the century mark with a hit in his second hit of the day. She finished with a home run, a double, three RBIs and two runs scored. Bestine went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and four runs scored; Keara Kincaid was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored; Drew Enewein went 2 for 2 with a double and two runs scored; Sydney Hotchkiss went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored; and Charly Mathews doubled, drove in two runs and scored one run.
Bestine pitched a five-inning three-hitter with five strikeouts in the circle.
Emiley Anderson, Anna Burlingame and Chloe Lundberg were selected by the Cougars (3-11, 1-8).
CARDS SURVIVE THE HORNETS RALLY
FORESTVILLE – Quinn Pence raced home the eventual winning run on an errant throw in the top of the ninth inning to send Randolph to a 7-6 victory over Forestville in a Division 1 East game.
The Cardinals (6-5, 5-3), who led 6-0 in the bottom of the seventh, were led offensively by winning pitcher Aliza Hind, who had four hits, including a double; and Ryanne Bushey (double) and Donnilynn Sheldon, who each had two hits.
In the circle, Hind struck out eight and walked three, but saw the Hornets (5-6, 2-6) tie the game with a six-run rally in the bottom of the seventh, highlighted by Jenna Emerson and A’s two-run single. double by Emily Lillie.
Lillie, Emerson and Aspen VanArsdale each had two hits in support of pitcher Megan Gruber, who struck out 11 and walked three.
EAGLES DOWN BEARS
FREWSBURG – Chautauqua Lake led just 1-0 in the fifth inning, but scored four runs in the final three innings to beat Frewsburg 5-1 in Division 2 West play.
Cayzlee Johnson pitched a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts and two walks in the circle for the Eagles (12-1, 10-0).
Lucy Gates had three hits; Johnson had two hits, including a double; Jillian Miller had two hits; and Alice Scarpine and Eden Ludwig added singles for Chautauqua Lake.
Ava Reale singled and scored on Teghan Trocki’s RBI double in the fifth inning for the Bears’ only run. Addison Hultberg and Skylar Waid added a single each.
Trocki and Teagan Nazario combined for six strikeouts and three walks in the circle for Frewsburg (6-8, 3-8).
