Two freshmen came up with big hits to help the Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic baseball team advance with a 2-0 win over Rochester Tuesday afternoon at Chippewa Field.

Jack Anderson doubled in a run in the sixth and Danny Lynch singled in the sixth to plate runs for the sixth-seeded Trojans (14-7).

“To have two freshmen come up in those spots and really deliver is phenomenal,” CWNC coach John Haggerty said.

North Catholic will meet No. 14 Bishop Canevin in the quarterfinals next week. The Crusaders advanced with a 9-3 upset win over third-seeded Vincentian Academy.

Nick Tunstall earned the win for the Trojans, striking out seven batters in seven innings of work.

“I was trying to go after everybody,” Tunstall said. “Until they proved me wrong, I needed to put in a first-pitch strike and see what happened.”

North Catholic added the insurance run with aggressive running. Tyler Morris drew a lead-off walk in the sixth and stole second.

He later scored on Lynch's single.

“That's our brand of baseball,” Haggerty said. “We know we'll win more than we lose. We know if we stay aggressive and play that small-ball type of mentality that we'll create wins and opportunities to win ball games.”

Rochester 000 000 0 — 0 4 0 North Catholic 000 011 x — 2 7 0

W: Nick Tunstall 7IP (7K, 1BB). L: Chaz Verrico 6IP (K, BB).

Rochester (7-9): Chaz Verrico 2-1B, Hunter Wolent 2B, Jesse Jamery 1B

North Catholic (14-7): Danny Lynch 2-1B RBI, Nick Tunstall 1B, Jack Anderson 1B 2B, Nick Nyman 1B, Robet Schad 1B

Next: North Catholic vs. Bishop Canevin, time date and place to be determined

Softball

Macy McCall singled, doubled and scored three runs as Slippery Rock wrapped up a District 10 playoff berth with an 8-6 win at Conneaut.

Cheyenne Hindman picked up the win for the Rockets (12-2, 6-1), striking out six and scattering four hits in seven innings.

Slippery Rock 140 110 1 — 8 9 4

Conneaut 010 040 1 — 6 4 5

W: Cheyenne Hindman 7IP (6K, 4BB). L: Sarah Blair 7IP (4K, 2BB).

Slippery Rock (12-2, 6-1): Macy McCall 1B 2B 3-R RBI, Taylor Moesta 1B 2B RBI, Megan Mingione 2-1B RBI, Hindman 2-1B RBI

Conneaut: Raven Magrino 3B

Thursday: Hickory at Slippery Rock

Karns City 14, Clarion 3 — Ashley Coon belted a pair of home runs and also tripled and singled twice in the Gremlins' rout.

Taylor Downs picked up the win, striking out eight, and also tripled for Karns City (10-2).

Clarion 101 001 x — 3 3 2

Karns City 310 514 x — 14 16 2

one out when mercy run scored

W: Taylor Downs 6IP (8K, 2BB). L: Lexis Constantine 5.1IP (K, BB).

Karns City (10-2): Ashley Coon 2-HR 3B 2-1B, Taylor Ritzert 2-2B, Taylor Downs 3B, Saydie Moore 2B 1B, Brittany Coyle 3B

Thursday: Moniteau at Karns City

Monessen 5, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 4 — The Greyhounds eliminated the Trojans in a WPIAL Class A first-round playoff game.

Track and FieldFive Slippery Rock High track and field athletes posted first-place finishes at the recent Mercer County Invitational.Placers in the meet for the Rockets follow:Boys400 meters-1st: Brady Kadlubek 51.18800 meters-1st: Brady Kadlubek 2:023,200 meters: 1st-Andrew Maxwell 10:11300 hurdles: 1st-Nate Popejoy 40.8, 2nd-Gunner Copleman 41.91Triple jump: 3rd-Seth Beels 37-11Girls300 hurdles: 1st-Emily Kersten 49.24Triple jump: 1st-Amie Cravener 29-6.5Long jump: 2nd-Jenna Heitzenrater 15-5.5100 hurdles: 3rd-Claudia Allen 16.25High jump: 3rd-Jenna Heitzenrater 4-8Boys VolleyballButler saw its season come to an end with a 3-1 loss to Upper St. Clair in a WPIAL Class AAA first-round playoff at North Allegheny High School.The Golden Tornado (9-7) won the first set 25-20, but dropped the next three by scores of 27-25, 25-22 and 25-19.