Anthony Michalski and Jack Anderson each homered and Dylan Rotz pitched seven strong innings as the Mars baseball team picked up a big section win over Armstrong, 10-4, Monday afternoon.

Michalski also had a pair of singles and drove in two.

Anderson hit a two-run homer and also drove in another run for the Planets (7-4, 6-1).

Armstrong 011 001 1 — 4 6 1

Mars 200 026 x — 10 11 1

W: Dylan Rotz 7IP (3K, 2BB). L: Hickman 5IP (5K, 3BB).

Armstrong: Zane Dudek 2-1B

Mars (7-4. 6-1): Anthony Michalski 2-1B HR 2-RBI, Frank Crafka 3-1B 2-RBI, Jack Anderson HR 3-RBI, Brandon Wetherholt 2-1B RBI

Wednesday: Obama at Mars

Karns City 10, Forest Area 0 — Jimmy Thompson tossed a six-inning no-hitter, striking out 11 as the Gremlins rolled.

Tyler Yough collected two hits and drove in two runs and Marcus Lantz also had a pair of RBI for Karns City (6-4).

Forest Area 000 000 x — 0 0 6

Karns City 220 231 x — 10 5 1

W: Jimmy Thompson 6IP (11K, 0BB). L: Schwab 4IP (2K, 2BB).

Karns City: Tyler Yough 2-1B 2-RBI, Marcus Lantz 1B 2-RBI

Thursday: Clarion at Karns City

Slippery Rock 6, Oil City 3 — Derek Van Dyke hit a pinch-hit, two-run double to break the game open and lead the Rockets to this win.

Dylan Dingel got the win, striking out seven while not walking a batter in six innings.

Ricky Mineo got the save, striking out two in the seventh for Slippery Rock (8-2).

Slippery Rock 201 030 0 — 6 6 3

Oil City 000 003 0 — 3 8 3

W: Dylan Dingel 6IP (7K, 0BB). L: Ruby 5IP (3K, 1BB). SV: Ricky Mineo 1IP (2K, 1BB)

Slippery Rock (8-2): Danny Williams 2-1B RBI, Derek Van Dyke 2B 2-RBI, Kyle Benson 2B

Oil City: Shapin 2-1B, Ruby 2-1B

Thursday: Shaler at Slippery Rock

Butler 9, Hempfield 2 — The Golden Tornado erupted for seven runs in the top of the sixth inning in this non-section road win.

Brandon Fleeger threw five shutout innings for the victory, striking out six and walking one.

Jacob Slomers, Cade Negley and Ryan Lynn each had two singles for Butler (8-4), which has won five straight.

Butler 010 017 0 — 9 11 4

Hempfield 000 001 1 — 2 6 2

W: Brandon Fleeger 5 IP (6K, 1BB). L: Anderson 5 IP (2K, 1BB).

Butler (8-4): Jacob Slomers 2-1B, Cade Negley 2-1B, Ryan Lynn 2-1B

Hempfield: Fiedor 4-1B RBI

Wednesday: Pine-Richland at Butler

Softball

Celia Knappenberger homered and also struck out nine in seven strong innings in the circle as Knoch continued to roll with a 5-1 win over Uniontown.

Abigail Black tripled and Natalie Brown doubled for Knoch (11-1, 6-1).

Knoch 201 000 2 — 5 12 1

Uniontown 100 000 0 — 1 4 1

W: Celia Knappenberger 7IP (9K, 1BB). L: Lynsi Urani 7IP (1K, 2BB).

Knoch (11-1, 5-1): Celia Knappenberger HR, Abigail Black 3B 2-1B, Natalie Brown 2B, Erin Luffy 2-1B, Sydney Natili 2-1B

Uniontown (0-9, 0-6): Milissa Lucas 2-2B

Today: Derry at Knoch

Slippery Rock 10, Iroquois 6 — Hannah Wilson and JoElla Neal each doubled to lead the Rockets.

Ayslyn Duffy got the win, striking out six in seven innings.

Slippery Rock 201 150 1 — 10 9 5

Iroquois 300 003 0 — 6 6 2

W: Ayslyn Duffy 7IP (6K, 3BB). L: Jackula 7IP (7K, 7BB).

Slippery Rock (4-3): Hannah Wilson 2B, JoElla Neal 2B

Today: Conneaut Area at Slippery Rock

Track and Field

John Asay won a pair of events as the Freeport boys downed Deer Lakes 87-54.

The Yellowjacket girls also emerged with an 80-61 win.

Boys

Freeport 87, Deer Lakes 54

3,200 relay: Freeport (John Asay, Logan Ziemkiericz, Kevin Lynch, Rob Reichenbaugh) 8:36; 110 hurdles: Bridge (DL) 16.2; 100 dash: Dorman (DL) 11.8; 1,600 run: John Asay (F) 4:50; 400 run: Kevin Lynch (F) 54.1; 400 relay: Deer Lakes; 300 hurdles: Luke Kennedy (F) 43.0; 800 run: Rob Reichenbaugh (F) 2:08; 200 dash: Febinger (DL) 23.4; 3,200 run: John Asay (F) 10:40; 1,600 relay: Freeport (Luke Kennedy, Malique Nadzam, Kevin Lynch, Rob Reichenbaugh) 3:36

Shot put: Austin Kemp (F) 40-5; Discus: Noah Freeman (F) 121-1; Javelin: Kedich (DL) 144-0; High jump: Febinger (DL) 6-5; Long jump: Austin Romanchak (F) 18-11; Triple jump: Mike Fedley (F) 38-10½

Girls

Freeport 80, Deer Lakes 61

3,200 relay: Freeport (Sarah Lipniskis, Lexi Dell, Sidney Shemanski, Kim Mixon) 10:44; 100 hurdles: Cutright (DL) 18.4; 100 dash: Galbraith (DL) 13.5; 1,600 run: Morrison (DL) 5:40; 400 run: Kim Mixon (F) 1:05.2; 400 relay: Freeport (Megan Rossey, Kylie Shiring, Ashley Sullivan, Marissa Borino) 54.1; 300 hurdles: Cutright (DL) 52.6; 800 run: Sidney Shemanski (F) 2:34; 200 dash: Galbraith (DL) 29.0; 3,200 run: Rebecca Hollobaugh (F) 13:40; 1,600 relay: Freeport (Ariana Clark, Lurena Stewart, Maggie Ward, Sidney Shemanski) 4:35

Shot put: Mischen (DL) 34-1; Discus: Spence (DL) 96-5; Javelin: Stump (DL) 92-0; High jump: Allison Norris (F) 4-6; Long jump: Galbraith (DL) 15-4; Triple jump: Jade Clinton (F) 31-11

Girls Lacrosse

Taylor Carr and Brenna Moore each scored five goals as Knoch cruised to a 21-7 win over Winchester Thurston.

Kennedy Eurich added four goals, Emily Govan three and Emma Jackson and Kailey Andrasko two each for the Knights.

Boys Tennis

Butler closed out the season with a 5-0 sweep of Armstrong.

Matt McMaster and the doubles tandem of Trevor Bell and Tyler Bell each recorded 6-0, 6-0 wins for the Golden Tornado (7-5).

Butler 5, Armstrong 0

Singles: Matt McMaster (B) d. Noland Turko 6-0, 6-0; Nate Errington (B) d. Caiden Dunlap 6-1, 6-0; Elijah Errington (B) d. Gio Romeo 6-0, 6-1

Doubles: Trevor Bell-Tyler Bell (B) d. Chase Anderson-Johna Shafer 6-0, 6-0; Reed Krueger-Jake Zangas (B) d. Dane Taylor-Jace Rearic 6-4, 7-6

Grove City 4, Sharon 1 — Levi Aldstadt won an epic singles match to lead the Eagles.

All three sets between Aldstadt and Sharon's Colin Grago went to a tiebreaker with Aldstadt winning the decisive third set 7-6 (12-10).

Grove City 4, Sharon 1

Singles: Will Kemeny (GC) d. Ben Baron 6-0, 6-3; Zach Cattron (S) d. Jasper Franken 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (10-6); Levi Aldstadt (GC) d. Colin Grago 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (12-10)

Doubles: Mason Wise-Peter Birmingham (GC) d. John Stephenson-Max Baron 6-0, 6-0; Charlie Nesbit-Ian Pavelek (GC) d. Peter Stigliani-Justin Stanek 6-1, 6-0