Maggie Olshenske scored the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning on an error as the Mars softball team edged Highlands, 7-6, Tuesday afternoon.

Olshenske had four hits to pace the Planets' 17-hit attack.

Mallory Eperesi and Marina Manupelli each had triples and Suzanne Papik and Jordyn Douglas also had three hits for Mars (8-4, 7-1).

Niki Schlegel pitched all nine innings for the win, striking out eight and walking two. Schlegel also had a double at the plate.

Highlands 000 500 100 — 6 12 1

Mars 000 240 001 — 7 17 3

Two outs when winning run scored

W: Niki Schlegel 9IP (8K, 2BB). L: Cochran 3.2IP (3K, 0BB).

Highlands: Cochran 2B 2-1B RBI, Kuniak 2B 1B, Cebula 2B 1B RBI, Lohler HR 2B 3-RBI

Mars: Suzanne Papik 2-1B 2B, Mallory Eperesi 3B RBI, Schlegel 2B, Marina Manupelli 3B RBI, Isabella Berkopec 2-1B, Jordyn Douglas 2B 2-1B, Lindy Lee 2B, Maggie Olshenske 4-1B

Thursday: Mars at Knoch

Indiana 1, Knoch 0 — Shelby Bruggeman managed the only hit against Indiana pitcher Lauren Bertig in this section loss for the Knights (7-8, 4-5).

Celia Knappenberger took the tough-luck loss, giving up just four hits and striking out six in six innings.

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Indiana 100 000 x — 1 4 3

W: Lauren Bertig 7IP (8K, 0BB). L: Celia Knappenberger 6IP (6K, 0BB).

Knoch (7-8, 4-5): Shelby Bruggeman 1B

Indiana: Logan Everett 2B, Brianna Dillon 1B RBI

Thursday: Mars at Knoch

Slippery Rock 8, Hickory 3 — Marie Bosch homered twice and drove in five as the Rockets pulled into a first-place tie with the Hornets atop the region after this win.

Joella Neal added three hits, including a double, and Lexis Vogan also doubled for Slippery Rock (7-2).

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Hickory 100 000 2 — 3 5 1

W: Cheyenne Hindman 7IP (3K, 6BB). L: Mariott 7IP (6K, 1BB).

Slippery Rock (7-2): Marie Bosch 2-HR 5-RBI, Joella Neal 2-1B 2B RBI, Lexis Vogan 1B 2B RBI 3-R, Hindman 2-1B, Macy McCall 2B

Hickory: Gallagher HR 1B 2-R

Thursday: Franklin at Slippery Rock

Karns City 9, Keystone 1 — Taylor Ritzert smashed a triple, double and single to lead the Gremlins.

Taylor Downs picked up the win with eight strikeouts and no walks for Karns City (5-2).

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Karns City 022 140 x — 9 11 0

W: Taylor Downs 7IP (8K, 0BB). L: Black 2IP (4K, 3BB).

Keystone: Carrow 2-3B

Karns City (5-2): Taylor Ritzert 2B 3B 1B, Clara Stoughton 2-1B, Alyssa Gibson 2-1B, Ashley Coon 2B

Friday: Karns City at Venango Catholic

Baseball

Matt Yough struck out 15 batters and threw a six-inning no-hitter during Karns City's 10-0 home win over Keystone.

Tyler Dunn also hit an inside-the-park home run for the Gremlins (6-2).

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Karns City 211 312 x — 10 10 2

W: Matt Yough 6IP (15K, 0BB). L: Friedman 5IP (4K, 4BB).

Keystone: None.

Karns City (6-2): Tyler Dunn 1B HR RBI, Holden Martin 1B, Evan Stitt 2-1B, Hunter Schaffner 2-1B, Jimmy Thompson 1B.

Thursday: Karns City at Union

Moniteau 13, Union 1 — Derek Boben tossed a five-inning no-hitter for the Warriors.

Josh McBride and Jake McBride each had a pair of hits and a RBI and Aaron Marterella drove in three for the Warriors (6-2, 6-1).

Moniteau 201 28x x — 13 8 1

Union 000 01x x — 1 0 2

W: Derek Boben 5IP (7K, 1BB). L: Hank Murphy 3IP (0K, 2BB).

Moniteau (6-2, 6-1): Josh McBride 2-1B RBI, Aaron Marterella 1B 3-RBI, Jake McBride 2-1B RBI

Union: None

Thursday: Moniteau at Clarion-Limestone

Boys tennis

Butler swept the singles matches on the way to a 4-1 win over Neshannock.

The Golden Tornado won four of their final five to finish the season at 7-5 overall.

Butler 4, Neshannock 1

Singles

Devin Fitz (B) def. Nik Bentkowski 6-2, 6-0; Henry May (B) d. Michael DuBois 6-1, 6-1; Cam Sedwick (B) d. Aaron Maggi 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles

Matt McMaster-Nicholas Condon (B) d. Alex Clark-Zack Barnes 6-1, 6-2; Brandon Ong-Tanner Lehett (N) d. Reed Kruger-Elijah Errington 7-6, 7-6

Grove City 5, Sharon 0 — Grove City's Ryan Motta didn't concede a game to help Grove City sweep.

The Eagles improved to 8-4 overall and 4-4 in region play.

Grove City 5, Sharon 0

Singles

Chris Adams (G) def. Luke Rueberger 6-0, 6-1; Andrew Conley (G) by default;-Ryan Motta (G) def. Christian Sumner 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

Jacob Schilling/Tanner McKnight (G) def. Blake Lutton/Kyle Sumner 6-0, 6-1; Will Rastatter/Will Kemeny (G) def. Mike Fair/Jacob Hackett 6-0, 6-2

Volleyball

Chris Fiorina and Nash Bryan each had 10 kills to lead Butler to a 25-17, 25-20, 25-10 sweep of Pine-Richland.

Track and Field

Mars was defeated in the WPIAL Class AAA team semifinals Tuesday at North Allegheny.

The host Tigers cruised into Monday's finals in boys and girls, topping the Planets and West Allegheny. Mars' boys took a 108-42 loss while the girls were handed a 132-18 defeat.