Opening day was one month ago. Beth-Center has managed to play one high school softball game so far. ONE. And, while the Bulldogs’ situation may be the most-impacted by Mother Nature’s opening month wrath, it is by far not the only program hampered by the repeated rains and flooding in the two-county area. Monday’s slate of action opens the second month of the regular season with some area squads needing to make up lots of section gmaes.
Softball: 6A Canon-McMillan (3-1) is in a three-way tie for second with Hempfield and North Allegheny. The Big Macs play three times this week, five the following week.
5A Trinity (1-1) and Peters Township (1-1) are in a five-way tie in Section 4. Both have three games on this week’s schedule.
4A Ringgold (0-2) trails the field in Section 2.
3A McGuffey (1-1) and Waynesburg (0-1) have both lost to Section 4 leader South Park. The HIghlanders have three games this week, including a set with Seton-La Salle (1-1). The Raider play four times including two with Brownsville.
2A Bentworth (3-0) and Beth-Center (1-0) are tied with unbeaten OLSH atop Secion 3 entering the week. The Bearcats play three straight days finishing the week at home against OLSH. The Bulldogs have four games on this week’s docket starting against Wash High (1-3) on Monday. The Little Prexies’ win at Fort Cherry last week is just the second varsity win in nearly a decade. Fort Cherry is winless in four section starts but has four shots at ending that drought this week.
1A Section 2 starts the week with three unbeatens, a pair of one-loss teams and two others looking for their first wins. Chartiers-Houston (3-0), Carmichaels (2-0) and Mapletown (1-0). The Mikes and Maples each play for times this week with the Bucs on the field three times, including a Tuesday/Friday home-and-home with the Mikes. West Greene (1-1) faces the two winless teams, Avella (0-2) and California (0-4), then takes on Mapletown. Jeff-Morgan (1-1) has games with CHHS and Carmichaels, then plays the bottom two teams.