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Uniontown tops LH in softball

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Laurel Highlands' Rachel Frederick safely steals second as Uniontown's Tia Forsythe awaits the ball during Monday's game at Laurel Highlands. Forsythe hit a two-run home run to propel the Lady Raiders to a 16-8 win over LH.

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Laurel Highlands' Jordan Saghy races toward first base as Uniontown's Bailey Hoover gets the out during Monday's game at Laurel Highlands.

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Uniontown pitcher Leilynn Guthrie picked up the win for the Lady Raiders in a 16-8 victory over crosstown rival Laurel Highlands Monday.

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Amanda Steen | Herald-Standard

Laurel Highlands pitcher Alexa Peton is ready to release a pitch during Monday’s Section 4-AAA game against Uniontown. Peton was the losing pitcher.

Uniontown shortstop Tia Forsythe hit a two-run homer in the third inning and the Lady Raiders continued to search for consistency in a 16-8 win over Laurel Highlands in Section 4-AAA softball Monday at LH.

“We played pretty well early, but we let LH back into the game,” Lady Raiders coach Steve Forsythe said. “It’s the same thing we’ve been doing all year. We hit very well in the cages, but once the game starts, we either hit it right at them or we strike out.”

The Lady Raiders improved to 2-3 in section games and overall, while LH fell to 0-6, 0-5.

The Lady Raiders plated seven runs in the second inning on three walks, a couple of LH errors and back-to-back two-RBI hits by Milissa Lucas (single) and Bailey Hoover (double). Forsythe’s homer in the third made it an 11-0 Lady Raider lead before LH responded with three runs in the fourth and fifth and two more in the sixth to keep the game going.

“It should have been a 10-run game, but we had to play all seven because of a couple of simple errors that we committed,” Forsythe added.

Uniontown travels to Southmoreland today before hosting Derry in a make-up game on Wednesday and hosting Yough Thursday. LH is home to Greensburg Salem today and travels to Mount Pleasant Thursday.

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