Allegany holds off Hedgesville; Northern, Frankfort, East Hardy, Paw Paw win; Petersburg falls

2 Allegany built an early lead and found the offense it needed late to defeat Hedgesville, 12-9, on Monday. The Campers (4-0) jumped out to a 5-1 edge after two innings. Hedgesville (4-3) clawed to within 5-4 in the third and 9-8 entering the seventh.

Allegany answered the scoreboard pressure with three insurance runs in the seventh on RBIs by Cole Ricker, Kryan Freeman and Liam Buck. Kohen Madden and Buck both had three hits and three RBIs, Daulton Harper singled twice and had three ribbies, and Buck and Dylan Irons doubled. Madden was the winning pitcher, allowing eight runs (three earned) on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings of work, striking out six and walking two.

Sebastian Stewart notched the save in relief. He inherited a bases-loaded, one-out jam in a 9-6 game in the sixth and limited the damage. Allegany out-hit Hedgesville, 12-11, and made four errors to the Eagles' one.

Hedgesville's Jay Viands belted a solo home run, and Bryan French and Jaden Wilcox went 2 for 4 with three RBIs each. Wilcox was dealt the loss for Hedgesville. Allegany is at Petersburg (1-1) on Wednesday at 4:30 p.