The Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers will challenge the Serra Catholic Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Chartiers-Houston took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Bethlehem Center a 6-0 shutout. The Buccaneers haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.
Brady Robaugh
| 04/02/25 vs Bethlehem Center | 4 |
| 04/26/24 vs Carmichaels | 2 |
| 04/16/24 vs Bentworth | 2 |
| 04/09/24 vs Bethlehem Center | 2 |
| 03/27/25 @ Burgettstown | 1 |
Brady Robaugh looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
On the hitting side, Justus Buckingham was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. Aaron Walsh was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Chartiers-Houston was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Serra Catholic got the win against Eden Christian Academy on Tuesday by a conclusive 13-1. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by ten runs or more this season.
Tyler Skaggs was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. That triple was his first of the season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Owen Dumbroski, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Aiden Corbett, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with five RBI and one double.
Serra Catholic pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.4 runs on average over those games. As for Chartiers-Houston, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 3-2.
