Freeport junior Ally DeJidas hit for the cycle, scoring three runs and driving in four in the process, as the Yellowjackets defeated Valley 9-3 in high school softball play Thursday.

Ashleigh Schmidt also had a strong effort at the plate with a single, double and four runs scored.

Freeport improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in section games.

Knoch 8, Highlands 0 — Amanda Fischer starred in the circle and at the plate for the Knights (3-1, 2-1).

Fischer pitched a four-hit shutout while striking out 11. Offensively, she contributed three hits, including a triple.

Quinn Hughes added two singles and a double in the win.

Knoch 303 000 2 — 8 12 0

Highlands 000 000 0 — 0 4 3

W: Amanda Fischer 7IP (11K, 1BB). L: Cochran 7IP (4K, 4BB).

Knoch (3-1, 2-1): Amanda Fischer 2-1B 3B, Quinn Hughes 2-1B 2B, Chalee Durand 1B 2RBI

Friday: Knoch at Ryle (Ky.)

Seneca Valley 7, Pine-Richland 1 — Karli Hacker totaled three hits, including a double, and drove in three runs as the Raiders (3-3, 2-2) earned a Section 3-6A victory at home.

Claire Zimmerman allowed just one run on three hits while striking out six and walking two in a complete-game win.

Pine-Richland 000 001 0 — 1 3 2

Seneca Valley 200 032 x — 7 9 0

W: Claire Zimmerman 7IP (6K, 2BB). L: Devinney 6IP (3K, 5BB).

Pine-Richland: Slebonik 3B R

Seneca Valley (3-3, 2-2): Morgan Aloi 2-1B 2R, Karli Hacker 2-1B 2B 3RBI

Friday: Butler at Seneca Valley

North Allegheny 11, Butler 1 — Lauren Hesidenz tripled and drove in the lone run for Butler (2-4, 0-4) in this road defeat. Makenna Negley added a base hit in the loss.

Baseball

A four-run fourth inning spurred the Knights to an 8-5 win Wednesday at Greensburg Salem.

Ethan Sloane went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three RBI to pace Knoch (4-0, 3-0). Andy Pipes had four hits and scored twice and Alex Altmire also scored two runs.

Starting pitcher Jack Bartek earned the win, Gavin Phillips worked 1.2 innings of relief and Pipes was credited with a save.

Track and Field

Mars swept Armstrong, the boys winning 103-47, the girls 97-53. Hunter Boyd won the shot put and discus for the Planet boys. Kinsley Bitzer took the 100 hurdles and long jump for the girls.

Boys

Mars 103, Armstrong 47

3,200 relay: Mars (Elijah Cook, Clayton Pfeifer, John Zervos, Zachary Leachman) 9:39.52; 110 hurdles:Hunter Shanty (A) 16.12; 100 dash: Chris Check (M) 11.25; 1,600 run: Mattithia Burtt (A) 5:15; 400 run: Max Quaicoe (M) 55.76; 400 relay: Mars (Sam Beam, Chris Check, Max Kasowski, Chuck Green) 45.69; 300 hurdles: Hunter Shanty (A) 42.27; 800 run: Elijah Cook (M) 2:10; 200 dash: Clay Chisolm (A) 23.33; 3,200 run: Zachary Leachman (M) 10:07; 1,600 relay: Mars 3:57.09

Shot put: Hunter Boyd (M) 42-5.5; Discus: Hunter Boyd (M) 112-10; Javelin: Jack Harsch (M) 137-1; High jump: Jacob Brake (M) 5-4; Long jump: Drew Schlegel (M) 19-10; Triple jump: Alex Chen (M) 36-11; Pole vault: Clay Chisolm (A) 12-0

Girls

Mars 97, Armstrong 53

3,200 relay: Mars (Camille Bromley, Ashley Edwards, Haylee Fredericks, McKenna Bowes) 11:18.51; 100 hurdles: Kinsley Bitzer (M) 15.61; 100 dash: Lindsey Langraf (A) 12.28; 1,600 run: Camille Bromley (M) 5:55; 400 run: Gracie Dunaway (M) 1:05.86; 400 relay: Mars 53.19; 300 hurdles: Josie Landgraf (A) 57.62; 800 run: Jaylen Callipare (A) 2:47.6; 200 dash: Lindsey Landgraf (A) 26.89; 3,200 run: McKenna Bowes (M) 12:01; 1,600 relay: Mars 4:54.11

Shot put: Faith Vickinovac (M) 29-10; Discus: Kayla Zeidler (M) 77-5; Javelin: Abby Grooms (A) 80-6; High jump: Samantha Myers (A) 4-10; Long jump: Kinsley Bitzer (M) and Anita Kaul (M) 14-2.5; Triple jump: Carsyn Hetzler (M) 32-0; Pole vault: Lindsey Landgraf (A) 8-6

Cranberry 78, A-C Valley 57 (boys); A-C Valley 78, Cranberry 58 (girls) — The Falcon girls used a foursome of Morgan Campbell, Chloe Dittman, Brooke Irwin and Allison Sherman to win the 4x400 relay over the Berries.

The boys were paced by junior Briar Kentzel, who won the 100 and 200 and ran a leg of the winning 1,600 relay quartet.

Boys

Cranberry 78, A-C Valley 57

3,200 relay: no event; 110 hurdles: Hepler (C) 18.4; 100 dash: Kentzel (ACV) 11.4; 1,600 run: Austin (ACV) 5:07; 400 run: Stahlman (C) 55.5; 400 relay: Cranberry 46.4; 300 hurdles: McQuaide (C) 45.8; 800 run: Fisher (C) 2:11; 200 dash: Kentzel (ACV) 23.6; 3,200 run: Fisher (C) 10:47; 1,600 relay: A-C Valley (Price, Kentzel, Snyder, Powell)

Shot put: Oliver (C) 37-2; Discus: Terwilliger (ACV) 103-5; Javelin: Oliver (C) 138-.5; High jump: Merwin (ACV) 5-6; Long jump: Stahlman (C) 18-6; Triple jump: Russell (C) 38-11.5; Pole vault: no event

Girls

A-C Valley 78, Cranberry 58

3,200 relay: Cranberry 11:21; 100 hurdles: Fox (ACV) 16.5; 100 dash: Fox (ACV) 12.7; 1,600 run: Ziegler (C) 6:05; 400 run: Irwin (ACV) 1:07; 400 relay: no event; 300 hurdles: Fox (ACV) 51.4; 800 run: Berry (C) 2:43; 200 dash: Fox (ACV) 27.9; 3,200 run: Ziegler (C) 13:01; 1,600 relay: A-C Valley (Irwin, Campbell, Sherman, Dittman) 4:40.1

Shot put: Wice (C) 28-0; Discus: Wice (C) 75-7; Javelin: Defibaugh (ACV) 81-8; High jump: Lewis (ACV) 4-6; Long jump: Dittman (ACV) 14-3; Triple jump: Campbell (ACV) 30-9.5; Pole vault: no event

Moniteau 95, Redbank Valley 55 — Manny McLean earned a trio of first-place efforts for the Warriors, taking the 400 run, long jump and helping the 4x800 team to victory.

Boys

Moniteau 95, Redbank Valley 55

3,200 relay: Moniteau (Wright, McLean, Fawcett, Grossman) 9:00; 110 hurdles: Patton (M) 14.87; 100 dash: Kahle (RV) 11.22; 1,600 run: Fawcett (M) 5:21; 400 run: McLean (M) 53.85; 400 relay: Redbank Valley 48.27; 300 hurdles: Patton (M) 41.9; 800 run: Fawcett (M) 2:19; 200 dash: Patton (M) 23.32; 3,200 run: Fricko (RV) 12:23; 1,600 relay: Moniteau (McDeavitt, Wright, Fawcett, Patton) 3:48

Shot put: Heller (M) 49-8; Discus: Parenti (M) 152-10; Javelin: Rupp (RV) 136-2; High jump: Hetrick (RV) 5-8; Long jump: McLean (M) 18-3.5; Triple jump: McDeavitt (M) 39-5.5; Pole vault: Grossman (M) 11-0

Austin Kemp won the shot put and discus to help Freeport's boys dominate in wins over Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic, Leechburg and Springdale on Wednesday.

CWNC's Joe Kearney was the top overall finisher in the 100-meter dash and the long jump.

In the girls' meet, Lurena Stewart won the 300 hurdles and contributed to the top 4x800 and 4x400 relay teams as Freeport defeated the same three schools.

Riley Kopchak, of CWNC, was first overall in the 1,600 and 3,200 runs.

Boys

Freeport 131, Leechburg 17

Freeport 123, C.W. North Catholic 26

Freeport 138, Springdale 11

C.W. North Catholic 74, Springdale 41

C.W. North Catholic 72, Leechburg 46

3,200 relay: Freeport (Alec Parker, Joshua McCoy, Brett Jones, Logan Ziemkiemicz) 9:15; 110 hurdles: Luke Kennedy (F) 16.6; 100 dash: Kearney (NC) 11.2; 1,600 run: Johnathan Asay (F) 4:42; 400 run: Summers (NC) 56.3; 400 relay: Freeport (Jake Sarver, Nevin DeCroo, Brodey Woods, Austin Romanchak) 46.1; 300 hurdles: Luke Kennedy (F) 42.4; 800 run: Johnathan Asay (F) 2:09; 200 dash: Austin Romanchak (F) 23.7; 3,200 run: Baker (NC) 11:17; 1,600 relay: Freeport (Miles Troup, Mario DeVivo, Logan Ziemkiewicz, Luke Kennedy) 4:01

Shot put: Austin Kemp (F) 45-9; Discus: Austin Kemp (F) 122-6; Javelin: Bert Kardos (L) 125-5; High jump: Brandon Green (S) and Nevin Decroo (F) 5-2; Long jump: Joe Kearney (NC) 22-6; Triple jump: Austin Romanchak (F) 38-3; Pole vault: Tyler Wonders (F) 8-0

Girls

Freeport 141, Springdale 8

Freeport 87, C.W. North Catholic 62

Freeport 116, Leechburg 33

C.W. North Catholic 100, Springdale 26

C.W. North Catholic 80, Leechburg 44

3,200 relay: Freeport (Lurena Stewart, Sarah Lipniskis, Maggie Hollobaugh, Sydney Shemanski) 10:59; 100 hurdles: Jade Vrable (S) 19.3; 100 dash: Mackensie Fello (L) 13.1; 1,600 run: Riley Kopchak (NC) 5:29; 400 run: Cannon (NC) 1:10.1; 400 relay: North Catholic 54.2; 300 hurdles: Lurena Stewart (F) 53.0; 800 run: Sydney Shemanski (F) 2:30; 200 dash: Beidler (NC) 28.3; 3,200 run: Riley Kopchak (NC) 12:05; 1,600 relay: Freeport (Lurena Stewart, Sarah Liput, Hannah Thomas, Sydney Shemanski) 4:45

Shot put: Sophia Lowers (F) 26-0; Discus: Jeanunna Karibinos (F) 72-7; Javelin: Antonia Shaffer (NC) 94-0; High jump: Lauren Lampus (F) 4-10; Long jump: Ancosky (L) 13-10.5; Triple jump: Cammie Bennick (F) 30-9; Pole vault: Asti Brestensky (F) and Carlie Giori (F) 7-0

Boys Volleyball

Butler improved to 8-1 overall and 4-1 in section play with a sweep of visiting Fox Chapel.

Cody Schnur had six kills and three blocks for the Golden Tornado, who downed the Foxes by scores of 25-9, 25-17 and 25-16.

Tyler Rankin had 23 assists in the win and Dan Kline chipped in eight digs.

Boys Lacrosse

Sean Fennel scored six goals for Freeport as the Yellowjackets held on for a 14-12 win over Meadville.

Brennon Riley and Garret Schaffhauser netted three goals each while Braith Kiser had two goals and a season-high seven assists.

Greg Smith and Nick Mattivi split time in goal and made 10 saves.

Freeport (5-2) plays at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic Tuesday.