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Ceaux Ceaux – The Softball Weir High team celebrates the victory of the AAA class championship, Region 1, Section 1 against Brooke Wednesday evening with a scanning of the home sectional series at home. Andrew Grimm

Weirton – Weir's softball team finished the first step on the way to the state tournament.

Weir – The seeded n ° 1 – and the seeded n ° 3 Brooke met in the Wednesday evening of the region 1 of the AAA class of Virginie -Western 1 with a possible advice at the regional tournament to be won. The Red Riders won a 12-0 victory in five rounds via Mercy Rule in the first match to put Weir One far from the section title. The Bruins responded in the second match and maintained the advance at the bottom of the fifth round, however, the Red Riders recorded three points in half at home in the Channel to rally for a 4-2 victory to sweep the double-head and once again claiming a section title in Roberta “Birdie” Defrancis Softball Field.

“I am proud of the girls because we have had a few difficult weeks in the past two weeks,” said Weir's head coach (25-7), John Leary. “We were disappointed with how the OVACs took place. Winning the section title was one of our pre-season goals. We wanted to win the section title and go to the regional. We finished the first stage in the victory of a title. Regional is nice.

“I have to give credit to Brooke. We won the first match, 12-0, and they did not overthrow and resigned. They fought until the end. It is a credit for them and a credit to their coaches. They played hard throughout the way.

“We get free time now, and it's a good thing. We have some children who are struck. Free time will give them a chance to heal. We will try to take games. We do not want to have left before the regional. They have a full week to finish the sections. They have the rest of this week and all week. We are going to play. To keep our swings.

Rayna Hoover of Weir is trying to turn a double game after forcing Eden McKinney from Brooke. – Andrew Grimm

“We did what we were supposed to do. Obviously, we wanted to get out of the seasiliers and go to the regional championships and win the regional. This is our goal now. We have not won a regional title for many years. ”

After losing the first 12-point game in five innings, Brooke found himself decreasing 1-0 via the fourth round of match 2, however, the Bruins fought and detected a pair of points to take a 2-1 lead. The visitors kept the hosts out of the dashboard at the bottom of the Channel, however, the girls of the county of Hancock were able to break three points in the fifth to resume the advance at 4-2.

The Brooke County girls had two other chances of beating, and they had the race twice in the seventh, however, the Bruins were unable to score again while the redness left with the victory.

“They fought,” said head coach Brooke (7-21), Tom Disrio. “They returned. When you lose the first 12-0 game, many teams would have folded down, but our daughters returned. They fought.

“The second match was a crowded match. Defensively, we have secured the ball, our bats came to life, we had runners on the basis and we scored a few points. If we are unable to climb on the basis and not be able to put the runners in a score position, we are not going to win.

Weir High Gigi Paladina is trying to label Maia Denrio de Brooke in the sectional final of Wenesday. – Andrew Grimm

“Weir is a very strong team. They are very disciplined. They will be difficult to beat. They will go far at the level of the state. ”

By dragging 2-1 in the fifth, Gigi Paladina reached a single of blows, and she stole the second base and scored on a simple by Eliza Utt to tie the scoring at 2. Kylie Dean followed with only one, and Loganne Barton plated UTT with another simple to restore red and black to 3-2. Bella Weber brought back the third round of the Channel with a land.

UTT has closed the door on green and gold in the last two rounds.

UTT won his second victory for the day and his third in less than 24 hours while the junior launcher withdrew two and left two. She granted two points out of five strokes.

Eden McKinney took the defeat of Brooke. She did not record a removal in the stick or market a striker. She granted four points out of seven strokes.

Offensively, UTT collected two single and one point produced in victory, Dean delivered a point produced in the third to support its single in the fifth and Weber also produced a single to support its RBI. Brayley Lash also chose the winners.

For Brooke, Eden McKinney collected a single and a double, Maia Direrio delivered a double and a RBI and Emma Bober ended up with a simple and a product point. Jazz Wood has added a basic success for Brooke County girls.

In the fourth, Direrio doubled Eden McKinney at home to equalize the score at 1 before Bober brought back the race with a fly of sacrifice.

“They have again what was at stake,” said coach Deserio, asked if something had been said between the two games. “We had to arrange it for them. We talked about the possible paths that we had to take. We knew that we had to come here today and possibly come back and play again here tomorrow. They understood what was at stake.

“It was just a waterfall in the first game. We had some walks, we had mistakes on the ground and our bats were not alive. They have again what they had to do.

“As trainers, we believe in them. We want them to succeed. It's up to them to go out and play.”

Weber's 1-0 advance of Weber's sacrifice in the third.

The Red Riders took a quick start in the opening while the section champions placed six points at the bottom of the first round to build an advantage from the start of 6-0.

“It was a good start,” said Leary. “It was particularly useful for Eliza. It is like throwing it for pirates where each land is vital because you are not going to score many races, and you have to be careful. When you have a 6-0 lead, you can just launch. You know that an error will not get lost with the game.”

UTT won the victory in the match when she withdrew four without walking a striker. She did not grant any race on two strokes.

Karson Drumm took the defeat of Brooke. She did not record a stick with the stick walking two.

The Red Riders contributed the Bruins, 10-2, in the match.

Emilee McKinney contributed to a pair of simple to account for the Brooke offensive.

For Weir, UTT counted two single and three products produced, Weber recorded three single and two products products and Jaidyn Kelly collected two single and two products. In addition, Dean and Paladina each delivered a single and a product point and single eyelashes.

After scoring six points in the first, Weir produced three points in the third to increase its advantage to 9-0 before scoring three additional points in fourth to do so 12-0.

The second match was the last for the three seniors of Brooke – Emma Hayman, Emilee McKinney and Maia Direrio.

“It's a little more difficult now with one of them being my daughter,” said coach Deserio. “All three will be difficult to replace. I have trained the three in a manner or another, from Pee-Wee to high school. You build relationships with them not only as players on the field, but also friends outside of him. Maia on the left and Emilee in third place. These are big shoes.

Weir and Brooke both beaten the head of N ° 2 North Marion (9-17) Tuesday in Weir. The Bruins rallied to defeat the Huskies, 6-5, in eight rounds in the first match before the Red Riders recorded a 7-0 victory in the Nightcap.

Match 1

Weir 12, Brooke 0

Brooke 000 00 – 0 2 6

Weir 603 3x – 12 10 0

Brooke (7-20): Drumm LP (0k, 2bb) and Mag. Disrio. Em. McKinney 2S.

Weir (24-7): UTT WP (4K, 0bb) and Barton. UTT 2S, 3rbi; Dean S, RBI; Weber 3S, 2Rbi; Lash s; Kelly 2S, 2RBI; Paladina S, RBI.

Match 2

Weir 4, Brooke 2

Brooke 000 200 0 – 2 5 2

Weir 001 030 x – 4 7 0

Brooke (7-21): McKinney LP (0k, 0bb) and Mag. Disrio. Ed. MCKINNEY S, D; Wood s; May. Disrio D, RBI; Bober S, RBI.

Weir (25-7): UTT WP (2K, 2BB) and Barton. UTT 2S, RBI; Dean S, RBI; Barton S, RBI; Weber S, RBI; Lash s; Paladina S.