Murrysville Star notebook: Franklin Regional baseball scoring runs in bunches
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Saturday, April 5, 2025 | 11:01 AM
Franklin Regional’s Luke Williams scores the winning run in the sixth inning against Kiski Area on April 1.
Through six games, Franklin Regional had scored more runs than any baseball team in the WPIAL.
The Panthers (5-1) had 68 runs and had reached double digits four times, including back-to-back 18-run games.
They outscored Penn Hills 36-3 in a two-game Section 1-5A sweep. In the second game, Jonah Willochell pitched a four-inning no-hitter, with 10 strikeouts, while Brady Yarabinetz doubled twice and drove in three runs, NJ Ramchandran homered and knocked in five runs, Trey Muhitch doubled and had two RBIs, and Chase Lemke went 3 for 3 with a triple and four runs.
Ethan Raver and Lemke had three hits apiece, Raver with three doubles and Lemke with a triple, while Ramchandran also tripled and drove in two in an 18-3, three-inning win in the first game of the series, the Panthers’ home opener.
Girls lacrosse wins
The Franklin Regional girls lacrosse team posted an 11-2 win over Indiana. Isabella Ioannou had three goals and Anna Ioannou and Ingrid Varley each added two for the Panthers (3-1).
Boys lacrosse wins
Grant Novotny and Nicholas Renda each scored two goals to pace the Franklin Regional boys lacrosse team to their first win of the season, 6-5 over Chartiers Valley.
Thompson, Camacho in nationals
Ohio University redshirt junior Garrett Thompson and Edinboro grad student Colton Camacho, a pair of Franklin Regional graduates, competed in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships last month in Philadelphia.
Thompson, the fourth seed at 174 pounds, went 1-1 in both the winners and consolation brackets. He finished the season with a 30-7 record. Camacho, a 133-pounder, went 0-2 despite leading both of his matches.
Youth wrestling
A Franklin Regional contingent brought home medals from the Pennsylvania Junior High Championships in Johnstown.
Rob Waller finished fifth at 85 pounds in the 10-under division, while Silas Corcetti finished eighth at 105 pounds (12U), Camden Randolph was sixth at 95 pounds, Bryson Schlagel took fifth at 105.
Schlagel also came in sixth at the Keystone State Championships at Penn State.
Bill Beckner Jr. is a TribLive reporter covering local sports in Westmoreland County. He can be reached at bbeckner@triblive.com.
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