St. Albans' Osborne remains undefeated

Margaret Osborne still is unbeaten.

The hard-throwing St. Albans pitcher improved her record to 12-0by firing a three-hit shutout in the Class AAA No. 2 Red Dragons' 4-0 win over Parkersburg Monday.

Osborne struck out seven with no walks. Meanwhile, freshman firstbaseman Markayla Caudill was going 3-for-3 at the plate with a tripleand two RBI.

St. Albans is 12-0.

In other softball games Monday:

Poca 4, Sherman 3 -Kami Hedrick drove in the game-winning run inthe bottom of seventh inning for the Dots.

With the game tied at 3-3, Ande Runnion reached on an error withone out and Hedrick, a senior, doubled to left field to drive in thewinning run.

Hedrick drove in three runs for Poca (9-5) and junior pitcherBrianna Winter earned the win. Sherman is 4-4.

Nitro 4, Hurricane 3 - The Wildcats took an early 3-0 lead andheld on for the road win.

Andrea Smith and Candace Baldwin each had two hits for Nitro.Hurricane falls to 3-9.

Ravenswood 7, Williamstown 0 - Junior right-hander Katie Burgesspitched a perfect game in leading the Red Devils to the home win.

Burgess (9-4) struck out 10, while Kylie Wolfe and Alyssa Paintereach had a pair of hits for Ravenswood (10-4).

Guyan Valley 12, Scott 8 - The Bobcats pounded out 18 hits for thehome victory.

Shayla Pullen drove in four runs for Guyan Valley, while BrittanySlone, Lacy Davidson, Kelly Slone and Tara Garretson each had threehits for Guyan Valley (5-3).

Clay County 16-15, Calhoun County 0-3 - The Panthers claimed apair of easy mercy-rule victories on the road, sweeping adoubleheader.

In the first game, Alyssa Hively and Erica Schoolcraft each hadthree hits ands Holly Pearson drove in four runs for Clay.

In game two, Amy McLaughlin hit her second home run of thedoubleheader and drove in three runs for Clay (8-4).

Beckley 5, Riverside 4 - A bases-loaded walk in the bottom of theseventh inning spelled disaster for the visiting Warriors.

Beckley rallied for three runs in the seventh for the come-from-behind win.

For Riverside (7-3), Emily Pritt and Lisa Boswell were each 2-for-4.

Point Pleasant 10, Sissonville 1 -Tessa Wyant had a huge day forthe visiting Black Knights.

She went 3-for-3 with a homer, double and six RBI to lead PointPleasant (9-2).

Kayla Shobe struck out nine and also went 3-for-3 with a doubleand triple.