Knights claim 11th straight victory

May 05, 2015 Last Updated: May 05, 2015 10:42 AM High School

Knoch managed all of its offense in the top of the fifth frame in a 4-2 baseball win over Mars on Monday.

Addis Crouch’s double sparked the inning, while Logan Hickey, Alex Stobert and Jordan Kowalski (two) drove in the runs.

Stobert earned the pitching win after striking out nine and allowing just two runs on three hits in a complete game for the section-champion Knights (14-1, 11-1).

Ty Reginelli singled and had an RBI for Mars (10-7, 8-4).

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W: Alex Stobert 7 IP (9K, 0BB). L: Derouin 4.1 IP (2K, 2BB).

Knoch (14-1, 11-1): Addis Crouch 1B 2B R, Logan Hickey 1B RBI, Alex Stobert 1B RBI, Jordan Kowalski 1B 2RBI, Chris Law 2B

Mars (10-7, 8-4): Ty Reginelli 1B RBI

Wednesday: Kiski Area at Knoch

Karns City 5, Clarion-Limestone 2 — Tyler Dunn and Cullen Williams each had a triple and Alessandro Marotta pitched five strong innings in the Gremlins’ win.

Evan Stitt also had a pair of hits for Karns City (9-2).

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W: Alessandro Marotto 5IP (3K, 1BB). L: Hummell 5IP (1K, 2BB).

Clarion-Limestone: Puzzuti 1B, Hawthorne 1B, Zacherl 1B, Acree 1B

Karns City (9-2): Tyler Dunn 3B 1B RBI, Evan Stitt 2-1B, Cullen Williams 3B

Wednesday: Karns City at Redbank Valley

Moniteau 19, North Clarion 0 (five innings) — Derek Boben (three innings) and Jake McBride (two) combined for a five-inning no-hitter as the Warriors crushed the Wolves.

McBride and Cody Skiver both had four RBI for Moniteau (7-2, 7-1).

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

Moniteau (7-2, 7-1): Jake McBride 3-1B 4RBI, Kaleb Eshenbaugh 1B 2-2B 2RBI, Nathan Hoshak 2-1B, Cody Skiver 1B 2B 4RBI

Wednesday: Forest Area vs. Moniteau at Butler County Community College

Softball

Elayna Nagy hit a two-run home run in the top of the fifth inning to give Seneca Valley the lead for good in a 7-4 win over Butler.

The game was originally scheduled for today, but was moved up to Monday to beat the forecast of rain.

Nikki Matz and Julia Zezinka each had three hits for the Raiders (12-3, 11-3).

Amanda Webb had a pair of hits to lead Butler (7-9, 6-8) in its final game of the season.

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Butler 004 000 0 — 4 8 2

W: Nikki Matz 7IP (4K, 0BB). L: Emily McDonald 7IP (5K, 1BB).

Seneca Valley (12-3, 11-3): Nikki Matz 3-1B, Julia Zezinka 3-1B 2-RBI, Jess Neill 2B 1B, Elayna Nagy HR 2-RBI, Morgan Aloi 1B, Ashley Kappeler 1B RBI, Katie Hickman 1B RBI

Butler (7-9, 6-8): Amanda Webb 2-1B, Ali Graham 1B, Noel Pfab 1B, McDonald 1B, Rachel Rebmann 1B, Kait Barnett 1B, Anna Heade 1B

Wednesday: Blackhawk at Seneca Valley

Moniteau 7, Cranberry 2 — Kennedy DeMatteis had three doubles and also struck out nine and tossed a one-hitter in the circle to lead the Warriors (12-1).

Kristina DeMatteis, Sara Hull and Cortney Claypoole also had doubles for Moniteau.

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W: Kennedy DeMatteis 7IP (9K, 2BB). L: Barcinas 7IP (7K, 4BB).

Moniteau (12-1): Gabby Stewart 2-1B 2-R, Kennedy DeMatteis 3-2B 3-RBI, Kristina DeMatteis 2B 2-R RBI, Sara Hull 2B 1B RBI, Cortney Claypoole 2B RBI

Cranberry (11-2): Kiefer 1B

Wednesday: Pine-Richland at Moniteau

Karns City 10, Clarion-Limestone 0 (six innings) — Taylor Downs allowed just three hits in this shutout win for the Gremlins (6-2).

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W: Taylor Downs 6 IP (5K, 1BB). L: Kiser 5 IP (4K, 1BB).

Clarion-Limestone: Kiser 2B