May 2, 2009 2 min read

Brownsville girls fall to Burgettstown Believe it or not, there was a high school athletic event played Friday, despite constant and steady rain throughout the area. Brownsville traveled to Burgettstown for a softball game. Burgettstown got all the runs it would need in the first two innings of a 7-2 home win over the Lady Falcons in Section 2-AA softball action.

Stacy Knox absorbed the loss despite giving up only five hits. The Lady Falcons committed four errors that proved costly, as Burgettstown plated two runs in each the first, second and fifth innings to go with a single tally in the fourth. Chrissy Bentley’s double was the only extra base hit for Burgettstown (10-4, 10-3) in support of winning pitcher Chloe Romms.

Tiffany Ziglear’s triple highlighted Brownsville’s five-hit attack, but the Falcons (3-11, 2-9) managed only single tallies in the third and seventh innings.

Brownsville hopes to host a 3 p.m. game today against South Fayette, if the weather cooperates.

Track and Field

Connellsville’s Rodney Richter was the field MVP at Friday’s Baldwin Invitational. He set a meet record with a 187-foot, 8-inch toss of the discus and also won the shot put (59-feet, 10 inches).

The Falcons also scored in the 200-meter run, where Jarret McCutcheon (23.3) was fourth. McCutcheon also scored, along with Mason Leon, Rich Miller and Sean Keffer, with a seventh place finish in the 400 relay (44.2).

Leos (sixth, 41-foot, 4.6-inches) and Miller (eighth, 21-feet, 1.6-inches) placed in the long jump.

Connellsville’s boys team finished fifth overall at the meet.

Belle Vernon’s Matt Green took first place in the long jump at Baldwin with a 23-foot, 1-inch effort.

Teammate Tyler Wickerham finished fourth in the high jump with a 6-foot, 2-inch jump. Mark Tomich took a fourth place in the 400 with a 51.74 second run and Andrew Gagliardi was seventh in the 110 hurdles (16.6).

Shana Vasquez placed sixth for the Belle Vernon girls with a 47.1 time in the 300 hurdles.