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Brownsville battles but falls to Seton LaSalle, 2-1

WASHINGTON – Brownsville played its first playoff softball game since 2012 on Thursday afternoon and early on it appeared the 10th-seeded Lady Falcons might be on their way to winning and advancing to the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals. But unfortunately for the Lady Falcons (11-6), ...

H-S Athlete of the Week: Ava Clark, Brownsville

Name: Ava Clark School: Brownsville Class: Junior Sport: Softball Clark’s week: Clark has had an array of memorable performances this softball season with the latest coming last Thursday when she recorded 10 strikeouts, including the 500th of her career, in a 6-3 win at California. Also ...

Local roundup: Clark rings up 500th strikeout in Brownsville victory

The milestones keep coming for Brownsville’s Ava Clark. The junior pitcher, who surpassed Stacey Knox’s school record of 376 strikeouts earlier this season, recorded career strikeout No. 500 in the playoff-bound Lady Falcons’ 12-5 win at California Thursday. Brownsville improved to ...

Near perfect

WAYNESBURG – With his hands on his head and a wry smile on his face Waynesburg Central softball coach Jim Armstrong said, “One more pitch.” That was the difference between Gina Tedrow and perfection Wednesday afternoon. A two-out, two-strike grounded single to right field in the ...

High hopes

BROWNSVILLE – Brownsville’s softball team has come excruciating close to making the WPIAL playoffs the past two seasons. The Lady Falcons finished one game out of a playoff spot in 2022 and tied for fourth place last year but lost out on a tiebreaker with Keystone Oaks. This year ...

Local roundup: Clark fires 1-hitter as Brownsville blanks Bentworth

Ava Clark fired a one-hit shutout, singled twice and knocked in a run as Brownsville blanked visiting Bentworth to earn a key Section 4-2A softball victory Friday. Clark struck out 15, including 2024 WPIAL batting champion Sydney Gonglik twice, and walked none. Alexa Pellick and Mia ...