Cuyahoga Heights and Perry both won district softball titles on Friday and will play in the regional semifinals next week.
The Red Wolves defeated Maplewood in a Division VII district championship game at Berea.
Cuyahoga Heights broke a scoreless tie with a run in the top of the fourth inning, and the Red Wolves added runs in the fifth and sixth, before closing out the scoring with two runs in the seventh.
Aly Williams led the charge at the plate as she finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three runs batted in. Her seventh-inning two-run inside-the-park home run gave the Red Wolves a three-run cushion heading into the bottom of the seventh.
Nevaeh Reyes finished 2-for-3 with a run scored, and Giada Presot was 2-for-4 with a double.
Skylar Sane went the distance in the circle. She allowed two earned runs on four hits and struck out four.
The Red Wolves will play the winner of the Monroeville-Norwalk St. Paul district championship game on Wednesday at Avon Lake. First pitch is at 5:00 p.m.
Perry defeated Edgewood in an All-Chagrin Valley Conference district championship at Mentor on Friday.
The Pirates led 5-0 after four innings and then held off the Warriors down the stretch.
Elise Strahan led the Pirates at the plate as she finished 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored. Madeline Infalvi, Arianna Rogers, Morgan Winters, Sydney Collins, and Sophie Sivon each had one hit for the Pirates. Rogers tripled, and Winters hit a double.
Sivon earned the pitching victory after allowing two earned runs on five hits with 10 strikeouts.
Lucianne Paolillo went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored to lead the Edgewood offense. She also pitched all six innings, allowing five earned runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts.
The Pirates will play the winner of the Mogadore Field/West Branch district championship game in a regional semifinal on Wednesday at Dalton. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
