In the second game, Catonsville's Michelle Ashbury tossed a five-hit shutout. HCC's Christina Mehaffie gave up only one earned run, one walk and three hits.
Jess Patey had a hit in each game for HCC (4-3, 0-2).
Desirae Sullivan, the cleanup hitter for Catonsville, had clutch hits in both wins. Sullivan belted a two-run homer in the first inning of the first game, then ripped an RBI double in the first inning of the second game.
-- By JACK HILL III
Staff Correspondent
Catonsville 6-2, HCC 0-0
Game 1
Catonsville 201 003 0 -- 6 7 1
HCC 000 000 0 -- 0 2 4
Strube and Richards. Waltman and Holmes.WP -- Strube. LP -- Waltman (1-2). HR: Catonsville -- Sullivan (first, one on).
Game 2
Catonsville 100 100 0 -- 2 3 1
HCC 000 000 0 -- 0 5 3
Ashbury and Blackston. Mehaffie and Holmes. WP -- Ashbury. LP -- Mehaffie (2-1).
COLLEGE BASEBALL
HCC splits with Cecil
NORTH EAST, Md. -- Hagerstown Community College scored four runs in the sixth inning of the second game of a doubleheader to secure a 10-8 victory over Cecil Community College.
John Byram (2-0) came on in relief and hurled three shutout innings as the Hawks rallied. Matt Greene had two hits and three RBIs and John Barrett added two hits.
HCC (17-5) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the opener, but Cecil hit the Hawks with an eight-run second inning on the way to a 13-7 win.
Daniel Heatwole hit his first home run of the year in the first inning with a runner aboard. Barrett had two hits and Travis Sluger had a pair of hits for the Hawks.
Cecil 13-8, HCC 7-10
Game 1
HCC 320 002 0 -- 7 8 2
Cecil 081 130 x -- 13 9 2
Bertschinger, Hayes (2), Hoffman (5) and Cook; Williams, Sumpter (5), Sheehan (6) and Johnson. WP -- Williams; LP -- Bertschinger (3-2). HR -- HCC: Heatwole (1st, one on).
Game 2
HCC 011 404 0 -- 10 9 3
Cecil 401 300 0 -- 8 9 1
Haupt, Ponn (4), Byram (5) and Everhart; Brooks, Bretz (5), Croft (6) and Black. WP -- Byram (2-0), LP -- Bretz. HR -- C: Baldini (1st, one on), Johnson (1st, one on).
Shepherd drops two
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. -- Shepherd University gave up plenty of runs in a doubleheader loss to Mount Olive, 18-4 and 17-5.
Brett Caplan had a two-run homer for the Rams in the first game and former Jefferson star Brian Collins had a pair of hits. Former Williamsport star Tyler Beard had a pair of hits for the Rams in the second game.
COLLEGE TRACK
Dragon Invitational
COLUMBIA, Md. -- Hagerstown Community College's Liz Ross qualified for the NJCAA national meet by finishing first in the women's shot put (12.91 meters) at the Dragon Invitational at Howard Community College.
Also for HCC, Jebre Parker was second in the men's shot put (13.62), Wade Miller was fifth in the men's 1,500 meters (4:19.11) and sixth in the men's 800 (2:05.53), Kyle Shreves was fifth in the 400 (53.42) and Ryan Shifler was 10th in the 1,500 (4:31).
YOUTH LEAGUES
Hagerstown Junior Basketball
Junior Division 'A' All-Star
Blue 56, Red 51
Blue: Edwards 11, Maesser 3, Ober 2, Powell 9, Schoeck 12, Redman 7, Yayck 12.
Red: Adkin 4, Anderson 10, Byard 7, Carbaugh 2, Fleetwood 2, Freeman 15, Hampton 4, Hill 2, Jackson 1.
Junior Dvision 'B' All-Star
Blue 72, Red 51
Blue: Abbott 4, Henson 6, Johnson 10, Keyes 16, Medley 7, Robertson 4, Shaper 6, Silva 2, Smith 4, Wilt 13.
Red: Chrsity 2, Karlen 6, King 8, Kinter 7, Kidanenariam 10, Leatherman 10, Myers 3, Scott 5.
Elementary All-Star
Red 58, Blue 56
Red: Barr 6, Burkholder 2, Crosby 8, Harrell 10, Lazich 16, Provitt 4, Stubbs 12.
Blue: Akaya 10, M. Carey 8, P. Carey 13, Schrieber 6, Smith 6, Steiner 11, Walker 2.
12U Baseball
Baltimore Blue Claws 6, Hagerstown Senators 4
Senators: Jeremiah Younker, Wyatt Scriever 2 hits each.
Hagerstown Senators 11, Catonsville Cubs 0
Senators: Riley Arnone 3 hits, HR; Jordan Stonebreaker, Colby Byers 2 hits each.
