Fri. Pa. boys’ roundup: Stipa stellar in return

Sean Stipa endured Tommy John surgery last season, so he had to wait awhile to make his varsity baseball debut on the mound for Marple Newtown.

The worth was wait it for the senior who pitched four innings and beat host Episcopal Academy, 7-2, in a nonleague game Friday.

Stipa struck out three and led the Tigers to their fourth road win in a five-day span.

Tim Menninger and Anderson Good combined on a two-hitter and lifted Chestnut Hill Academy to a 10-2 win over visiting Friends' Central.

Menninger pitched the first six innings, struck out three and walked two while Good pitched the final inning and added a strikeout with two walks.

Cody Lawton went 5 for 5 and drove in four runs for Church Farm in a 22-8 win over host Valley Forge.

Public. Malik Joe drove in three runs including a pair in the fifth inning to boost Gratz to an 8-6 win over visiting Southern.

On the mound, winning pitcher Khalil Brown struck out 10 and walked one over five innings.

Daurys Rodriguez struck out 10 over six innings and hit an RBI double for Bartram in a 7-5 win over host Mariana Bracetti.

In a game that featured 26 strikeouts, Olney prevailed over host Philadelphia Academy Charter, 4-1.

Winning pitcher Johnny Pagan struck out 14 while Trevor Newcomb struck out 12.

Shaun Devlin struck out 15 in a complete-game effort and led Freire Charter to an 11-8 win over visiting Randolph.

Kyle Davis ripped an RBI triple and a solo home run to spark Boys' Latin to an 8-2 win over visiting Lamberton.

Adam Hoskins went 3 for 3 with a double, scored twice and drove in five runs to lead Central to an 11-1 win over visiting Lincoln.

Tavon Holloway picked up a pair of doubles and led Del-Val Charter to a 17-4 win over host West Philadelphia.

Suburban One National. Chris Rupprecht pitched a five-inning no-hitter and led Pennsbury to a 10-0 win over visiting Bensalem. Rupprecht struck out 10 and walked four.

Starting pitcher Justin Emrich picked up an RBI single in the third inning and lifted Abington past host William Tennent, 2-1.

Suburban One Continental. Brad Hess struck for three singles for Pennridge in a 4-3 win over visiting Central Bucks South.

Matt Hanson hit a two-run homer in the first inning and a grand slam in the second inning to boost Central Bucks West to a 16-8 win over visiting Souderton.

Del-Val. Ed Thornton collected two singles for Chichester in a 5-4 win over host Glen Mills.

Ches-Mont. J.R. McArdle capped a four-run seventh-inning rally with a two-run single and earned the win as Octorara edged visiting Kennett, 4-3.

Cory Snyder scored the game-winning run in the fourth inning and Avon Grove held on to beat visiting Downingtown West, 7-6.

Andy Kirkland blasted his fourth home run in five games and lifted Unionville past visiting Sun Valley, 4-3.

A triple by Greg Corialos drove in the go-ahead run in the fourth inning and West Chester East went on to beat visiting Bishop Shanahan, 6-1.

Pioneer Athletic. Andrew Gehringer hit a bases-loaded single with nobody out in the seventh inning and handed Boyertown a 5-4 win over visiting Perkiomen Valley.

Joey Casselberry belted a double to help Methacton beat host Phoenixville, 7-1.

Brad Solomon drove in two runs with two singles and sparked Owen J. Roberts to a 12-2 win over host Pottsgrove.

Friends Schools. Ethan Ostroff scored off a single by Josh Myers to tie the game and later scored on an error after a Myers bunt single as Abington Friends beat visiting Academy of the New Church, 8-7.

Brian Henry went the distance and struck out seven while giving up two hits and a walk for Shipley in a 3-1 win over visiting Westtown.

Julius Mouser scored twice and assisted on a pair of goals as Shipley beat visiting Chestnut Hill Academy in a nonleague game, 6-3, for its 19th straight win.

Council Rock South and La Salle hooked up in a tense encounter and when the smoke cleared, South had a 3-2 win over the Explorers in the opening round of the Greater Philadelphia Challenge at Awbury Recreation Center.

Every match went three sets with Christian Lutschaunnig leading the way with a 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) victory at No. 1 singles for the Golden Hawks.

In other first-round action:

Chris Androla and Marvin Tarmashchuk Heward Drayton came through with a tough 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 victory at No. 1 singles and propelled Haverford School to a 4-1 win over Central.

Harry Nimoityn and Dan Getman earned a 6-1, 6-1 vicrtory at No. 1 doubles for Episcopal Academy in a 5-0 win over St. Joseph's Prep.