Armed and dangerous.

That’s the Weymouth baseball and softball teams in a nutshell. The baseball squad is led by Holy Cross-bound ace Jack Reyes, while Jill Ondrick is a junior softball ace who has already committed to South Carolina.

“Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good,” said Weymouth athletic director Rob O’Leary. “We’re fortunate that we have two of the best pitchers in the league. Kids are seeing what we are doing in Weymouth and they want to be a part of it and that’s a tribute to the coaches we have.”

Clearly that appealed to Ondrick, who transferred home after earning MVP honors in the Catholic Central League as a sophomore at Archbishop Williams. Wildcat head coach Vanessa Haen heard the rumors about Ondrick coming to Weymouth, but she wasn’t about to jump the gun.

“I heard things last spring, but I wasn’t going to believe it until she was actually on the roster here,” Haen said. “I coach in a youth league in Weymouth, so I’ve known her for a while. She’s a very level-headed kid, very cool and calm on the mound.”

Reyes has been a mainstay on the Weymouth baseball team for a while. Head coach Joe Paolucci knew he had something special in Reyes by watching how he handled adversity as a sophomore.

“He started for us in our second playoff game against Bridgewater-Raynham and it’s one of the best games I’ve ever seen anyone pitch,” Paolucci said. “We lost the game 1-0 and the next day, I saw him out at a facility working to prepare for his next start with his club team.”

That mentality and work ethic got him on the radar of several colleges. Holy Cross was able to win the services of the senior standout as Reyes committed there a while back.

“One of the big things was definitely the coaching staff, I was able to develop a personal connection with them,” Reyes said. “I wanted to stay local so my family and friends could come see me play and Holy Cross is a great school, a place where I could see myself playing.”

Paolucci has no doubts Reyes can contribute as a freshman at Holy Cross next year.

“The big thing is his ability to throw strikes, he can throw three pitches consistently for strikes,” Paolucci said. “My pitching coach Brendan Poirier keeps track of the pitches and Jack is right around 70 percent. This year he hasn’t walked a batter in 14 innings and last year, he only walked six guys.”

The uber-talented Ondrick opened some eyes on the summer circuit as a freshman. One thing led to another and Ondrick found herself playing for the Louisville Sluggers 18U, one of the top softball programs in the country.

“I was playing for a local club team in Georgia and they reached out to me to come join them for the summer and fall season,” Ondrick said. “They really helped me with the recruiting which is what I wanted.”

The recruitment ended last November when Ondrick gave a verbal commitment to play at South Carolina, a team which is currently ranked No. 13 in the country with a 35-11 record.

“I was definitely looking to play somewhere with warmer weather,” the junior said. “I really felt good about the coaching there and that was a big reason why I was drawn there.”

As for who earns the nod as the best pitcher at Weymouth High, Reyes is quick to lavish praise on Ondrick.

“Maybe Jill, she’s probably better,” Reyes said with a laugh. “She’s really good, throws the ball hard and gets a lot of outs that way.”

Ondrick is equally complimentary toward the baseball standout.

“He’s very calm and focused on the mound when he’s pitching. His body language is good and he’s got a great mentality on the mound.”

Diamond dandies

Jeremy Krendel became the first St. Mark’s pitcher in 12 years to toss a no-hitter, blanking Middlesex 8-0 in an Independent School League contest. The Endicott-bound hurler fanned eight and allowed two baserunners. The last Lion to accomplish the feat was Sean McLaughlin, who no-hit Brooks 1-0 in 2013.

Whittier did something no other team has done this year: score against Shawsheen. The Vikings broke the Rams’ streak of six straight shutouts by pushing across a run, but it didn’t faze Shawsheen in a 12-1 win.

It was a tag-team effort for BC High as Eddie Kates, Matt Reardon, Anthony Dufour and Brody Beale combined on a no-hitter against Barnstable, winning 6-0. … Weymouth’s Will Pratt earned MVP honors at the Weymouth Tournament, going 6-for-8 in two games, including a 3-for-4 effort with three RBI in a 12-2 win over Middleboro in the finals.

The Ormond sisters had a special day against Lexington. Olivia Ormond threw a no-hitter, striking out 14 and Amelia Ormond was 2-for-3 with a run scored for Belmont, who edged Lexington.

Tessa Francis pitched nine innings, striking out 13 and giving up four hits while driving in the winning runs with a two-run double in the ninth as Marblehead defeated Danvers, 2-0.