Isaiah Johnson blasted a three-run home run in the top of the sixth inning, helping Mars' baseball team turn a close game into a 9-2 rout of host Deer Lakes on Monday.

David Anderson struck out 11 in six innings for the victory, which moved the Planets (7-4 overall) to 6-2 in the Section 5-AAA standings.

Mars 110 203 2 — 9 14 1

Deer Lakes 110 000 0 — 2 3 0

W: David Anderson 6 IP (11K, 5BB). L: Lubick 5.1 IP (5K, 2BB).

Mars (7-4, 6-2): Zarek Simkovich 1B 2B, David Anderson 2-1B 2B RBI, Anthony Michalski 2-1B, Isaiah Johnson 1B HR 3RBI

Deer Lakes (6-9, 3-6): Lubick 2-1B

Wednesday: Mars at Valley

Knoch 4, Valley 2 — Jeremy Frazier's complete game included seven strikeouts and two walks as the Knights scored this Section 5-AAA win on the road.

Knoch 021 000 1 — 4 11 0

Valley 000 002 0 — 2 5 0

W: Jeremy Frazier 6 IP (7K, 2BB). L: Frame 7 IP (4K, 1BB). S: Nick Guercio

Knoch (8-4, 7-2): P.J. Gourley 3-1B R, Addis Crouch 2-1B RBI, Derek McGill 1B RBI, Dom Bucko 1B RBI

Valley (6-7, 3-5): Iellimo 1B 2RBI

Wednesday: Freeport at Knoch

Summit Academy 7, Sto-Rox 6 — The Knights (1-8, 1-6) earned their first win of the season in this Section 3-AA meeting.

[naviga:h3]Softball[/naviga:h3]

A-C Valley entered its last at-bat trailing host Brookville by one run. But RBIs from Cami McNany and Halee Wetzel gave the Falcons a 6-5 lead.

Katie Stumpner then pitched a scoreless bottom of the seventh to cap the win, which improved the Falcons to 3-4.

A-C Valley 020 101 2 — 6 10 2

Brookville 200 030 0 — 5 7 3

W: Katie Stumpner 7 IP (1K, 4BB). L: McManigle 7 IP (3K, 3BB).

A-C Valley (3-4): Halee Wetzel 1B RBI, Cami McNany 2B R RBI, Lauren McNany 2-1B R, K. Eaton 3B R

Brookville: Powell 2-1B R, Kirkwood 2-1B R

Today: A-C Valley at Clarion-Limestone

Karns City 10, Keystone 5 — LeeAnn Gibson tallied three hits for the Gremlins (5-2), including a home run, and teammate Ashley Coon singled twice and tripled.

Karns City 140 112 1 — 10 15 2

Keystone 220 100 0 — 5 9 8

W: Taylor Downs 7 IP (3K, 4BB). L: Stiller 7 IP (4K, 4BB).

Karns City (5-2): LeeAnn Gibson 2-1B HR, Ashley Coon 2-1B 3B, Taylor Downs 1B 3B

Keystone: Callendar 1B HR, Hurst 1B 2-3B

Today: Karns City at Clarion

Knoch 7, Avonworth 4 — Jessi Reed helped her own cause with a grand-slam home run in the bottom of the second inning in this non-section victory.

Reed allowed all four Avonworth runs in the top of the seventh inning. She struck out four and did not walk a batter.

Avonworth 000 000 4 — 4 6 2

Knoch 241 000 x — 7 8 4

W: Jessi Reed 7 IP (4K, 0BB).

Avonworth (9-4): Helffrich 2-2B

Knoch (11-2): Jessi Reed GSHR, Celia Knappenberger 1B 3B

Wednesday: Oakland Catholic at Knoch

Moniteau 10, Clarion-Limestone 0 — Kennedy DeMatteis pitched her second no-hitter of the season, this one lasting six innings.

DeMatteis struck out 14 and was only one walk from a perfect game.

Cortney Claypoole singled, doubled twice and homered while driving in five runs for the undefeated Warriors (10-0).

C-L 000 000 x — 0 0 3

Moniteau 330 202 x — 10 16 0

W: Kennedy DeMatteis 6 IP (14K, 1BB). L: Kiser 6 IP (1K, 0BB).

Moniteau (10-0): Kennedy DeMatteis 2-1B R 3RBI, Cortney Claypoole 1B 2-2B HR 2R 5RBI, Gabby Stewart 3-1B 2B 3R, Alyssa Dailey 2-1B 2B 2R

Today: Moniteau at Forest Area

[naviga:h3]Boys Volleyball[/naviga:h3]

Butler cruised to a 3-0 sweep of Gateway, with Nash Bryan contributing 11 kills.

Matt Wetzel had 16 assists and Dan Kline eight digs for Butler (9-3), which defeated the Gators by scores of 25-12, 25-12 and 25-20.

[naviga:h3]Boys Tennis[/naviga:h3]

Grove City dropped a 3-2 decision to Greenville. The Eagles' wins came from the doubles duos of Will Kemeny/Will Rastatter and Jeff Biddle/Peter Birmingham.

Greenville 3, Grove City 2

Singles: 1-Trent McErlane (G) def. Tanner McKnight 6-1, 6-2; 2-Hunter Urey (G) def. Jasper Franken 7-6, 6-2; 3-Connor Hamm (G) def. Noah Lilly 6-3, 6-1

Doubles: 1-Will Kemeny/Will Rastatter (GC) def. Blake Reynolds/Vijay Perry 6-3, 6-3; 2-Jeff Biddle/Peter Birmingham (GC) def. Grant Williams/Aarron Gelvin 7-6, 6-4

[naviga:h3]Track and Field[/naviga:h3]

Bobby Jendrejewski threw 44 feet and 141-7 to win the shot put and discus, respectively, as Freeport's boys rolled to a 112-37 win over Burrell.

The Yellowjacket girls received wins in the long jump and triple jump from Jade Clinton in an 83-63 victory over the Bucs.

Boys

Freeport 112, Burrell 37

3,200 relay: Freeport (Alec Parker, Johnathan Asay, Kevin Lynch, Rob Reichenbaugh) 9:13; 110 hurdles: Dylan Hochbein (F) 15.1; 100 dash: Ryan (B) 11.3; 1,600 run: Asay (F) 4:54; 400 run: Ian Miller (F) 54.4; 400 relay: Burrell 47.5; 300 hurdles: Dylan Hochbein (F) 38.8; 800 run: Reichenbaugh (F) 2:06.2; 200 dash: Ryan (B) 24.1; 3,200 run: Asay (F) 11:22; 1,600 relay: Freeport (Lynch, Dean Cyphert, D. Hochbein, B. Hochbein) 3:42.5

Shot put: Bobby Jendrejewski (F) 44-0; Discus: Jendrejewski (F) 141-7; Javelin: Barone (B) 141-9; High jump: B. Hochbein (F) 5-4; Long jump: D. Hochbein (F) 20-2½; Triple jump: Mike Fredley (F) 39-4; Pole vault: Miller (F) 12-6

Girls

Freeport 83, Burrell 63

3,200 relay: Freeport (Sarah Lipniskis, Lexi Dell, Maggie Ward, Kim Mixon) 10:53; 100 hurdles: Victoria Delk (F) 17.1; 100 dash: Scherer (B) 11.9; 1,600 run: Lipniskis (F) 5:50; 400 run: Zoe Soilis (F) 1:03.3; 400 relay: Burrell 50.9; 300 hurdles: Olearchick (B) 49.7; 800 run: Mixon (F) 2:33.2; 200 dash: Scherer (B) 25.2; 3,200 run: Spohn (B) 13:44.6; 1,600 relay: Burrell 4:12.3

Shot put: Weimer (B) 42-8; Discus: Weimer (B) 133-10; Javelin: Zoe Pawlak (F) 124-1; High jump: Abby Rummel (F) 4-10; Long jump: Jade Clinton (F) 14-6½; Triple jump: Clinton (F) 31-5; Pole vault: Asti Brestensky (F) 7-0