High school roundup: Advance collects pair of wins at baseball tourney

Freshman Dawson Mayo helped the Advance baseball team pick up a pair of wins during pool play at the Malden Invitational on Friday.

The Hornets defeated Malden 3-2 when Mayo capped a seventh-inning rally with the go-ahead hit. Advance also beat Holcomb 3-0 behind a shutout performance from Mayo on the mound.

Advance scored all three of its runs in the seventh inning against the host Green Wave to earn the win. Mayo was 2 for 4 at the plate, while teammates Preston Wuebker and Brian Whitson were 2 for 3.

Whitson earned the win on the mound. He pitched all seven innings, striking out six and walking none.

Mayo pitched all seven innings against Holcomb. He struck out 12 and walked one while allowing just two hits. Advance, which had three hits in the game, scored all three of its runs in the first inning with the help of Holcomb errors.

The Hornets improved to 7-5 with the victories.

Advance 000 000 3 -- 3 7 1

Malden 001 010 0 -- 2 5 2

WP -- Brian Whitson. LP -- Toby Miller. 2B -- Green (M). Multiple hits -- Advance: Dawson Mayo 2-4, Preston Wuebker 2-3, Brian Whitson 2-3.

Holcomb 000 000 0 -- 0 2 3

Advance 300 000 0 -- 3 3 0

WP -- Dawson Mayo. LP -- Ryan Swain.

Farmington 3, Jackson 1

Ryan Harvey drove home the Indians' only run of the game in the bottom of the first inning in a home loss.

Michael Houchin took the loss on the mound despite allowing just one earned run in the game. He struck out five and walked two.

Devin Austin had two hits for Jackson.

Farmington 012 000 0 -- 3 4 0

Jackson 100 000 0 -- 1 5 4

LP -- Michael Houchin. Multiple hits -- Jackson: Devin Austin 2-3.

Hillsboro 5, Jackson 4

Jackson fell to Hillsboro in its second game of the day.

No. 3 hitter Ryan Harvey was 2 for 4 for the Indians. He had a double, a triple and two RBIs.

Tyler Slinkard pitched the complete game for Jackson, allowing four earned runs while walking five and striking out five.

Jordan Hadden and Dante Vandeven also had two hits apiece for Jackson, which outhit Hillsboro 8-7.

Hillsboro 120 100 1 -- 5 7 1

Jackson 003 010 0 -- 4 8 5

LP -- Tyler Slinkard. 3B -- Ryan Harvey (J). 2B -- Josh Barber (J), Harvey (J). Multiple hits -- Jackson: Jordan Hadden 2-4, Ryan Harvey 2-4, Dante Vandeven 2-4.

SOFTBALL

Bernie 4, Advance 0

Five errors doomed the Hornets in a game that featured just five hits combined between the teams.

"I think Bernie came focused and ready to roll," Advance coach James Hamlin told the Dexter Daily Statesman. "Their girl threw the ball extremely well. We as a team have to have 12 girls focused the whole time to be successful, and today we just didn't have that in the batter's box or on the field. Hannah Clark threw a pretty good game, but we made some mental errors behind her and she got a couple of pitches up she wished she had back.

Clark pitched the complete game and allowed three hits. Krystal James had a double to lead the Hornets' offense.

Advance 000 000 0 -- 0 2 5

Bernie 120 100 X -- 4 3 2

WP -- Blakely Bradshaw. LP -- Hannah Clark. 2B -- Tatum Stone (B), Krystal James (A). Multiple hits -- Bernie: Stone 2-3.

GIRLS SOCCER

Perryville 2, Fredericktown 0

Maria Thieret and Allison Moldenhauer scored goals in the Pirates' victory.

Thieret scored in the first half and Moldenhauer added an insurance goal after the intermission.

Goalkeeper Taylor Pingel did not have to make a save in recording the shutout for Perryville (5-4-1).

-- From staff reports