Tyler Kowalkowski had two singles and knocked in four runs Wednesday as Mars closed its baseball regular season with an 8-6 win at Blackhawk.

The Planets, who tied for second in section play, handed the Cougars their first loss of the year. Frank Craska was the winning pitcher.

Mars 102 100 4 — 8 8 3

Blackhawk 003 000 3 — 6 7 4

W: Frank Craska 4IP (3K, 3BB). L: Andrew McClymonds 3IP (3K, 0BB).

Mars (12-5, 9-3): Jon Wetherholt 2B 1B 2-RBI, Tyler Kowalkowski 2-1B 4-RBI

Blackhawk (16-1): Andrew McClymonds 2-1B 2-RBI

Next: Mars in WPIAL playoffs, TBA

Slippery Rock 2, Hickory 0 — Ricky Mineo picked up the win on the mound and also helped himself with an RBI triple as the Rockets blanked the Hornets.

David Duffalo went 3-for-3 with three singles for Slippery Rock (8-6, 6-4).

Slippery Rock 010 000 1 — 2 7 0

Hickory 000 000 0 — 0 4 1

W: Ricky Mineo 4.1IP (8K, 4BB). L: Hayden Gallagher 6IP (5K, 5BB). SV: Ian Balquist 2.2IP (2K, 0BB)

Slippery Rock (8-6, 6-4): Mineo 3B RBI, David Duffalo 3-1B

Hickory: Andrew Day 3B, Tyler Mellott 2B

Friday: Slippery Rock at Meadville

Softball

Four Karns City players homered Wednesday as the Gremlins rolled past Union, 17-3.

Emoly Wolfe, Mackenzie Dunn, Kate Allen and Emily Huff hit round-trippers for KC (17-3). Wolfe had three RBI in the contest.

Karns City (12)20 12x x — 17 14 2

Union 003 00 x — 3 3 1

W: Logan Byers 3IP (7K, 0BB). L: M.Cumberland .2IP (1K, 4BB).

Karns City (17-3): Emily Wolfe HR 1B 3-RBI 2-R, Alyssa Stitt 1B RBI 2-R, Mackenzie Dunn HR 1B 2-RBI 2-R, Kate Allen HR 2-RBI, Taylor Ekis 1B 2-R, Sami Grazioli 1B, Emily Chiappini 1B, Emma Clark 2B 2-R, Emily Huff HR 2-R, Lindsay Karenbauer 1B, Mackenzie Shay @B 2-RBI, Logan Byers 1B

Union: J.Zitzmabn 2B 2-RFBI, B.Murphy 1B, M.Cumberland 1B

Friday: Karns City at Blackhawk

Knoch 15, Riverside 3 — The Knights banged out 22 hits in this game and scored nine runs in the first inning. Emma Brandstetter led the way with a five-hit performance, including a double and triple.

Knoch 900 006 x — 15 22 1

Riverside 011 001 x — 3 5 1

W: Erin Luffy 7IP (9K, 2BB). L: A.Bailey 4IP (1K, 1BB).

Knoch (12-5, 7-3): Emma Brandstetter 3-1B 2B 3B, Quinn Hughes 4-1B, Amanda Fischer 3-1B, Lauren Dellarosa 2B 1B, Katie Fordenbacher 2-1B, Marissa Melius 2-1B

Riverside: E.Beachum 2B, B.Halry 2B, T.Schmidt 2B

Thursday: Knoch at Freeport

Slippery Rock 8, Hickory 3 — The Rockets improved their record to 11-4 on Tuesday.

Hannah Wilson singled and tripled, Brynn Horner singled and doubled and Ayslyn Duffy added a triple to lead the Rocket offense.

Cheyenne Hindman was the winning pitcher.

Track and Field

Moniteau's Jake Patton broke a pair of records last weekend at the Oil City Invitational. He snapped his own record by running the 110-meter hurdles in 14.81 seconds.

He broke the school record in the 300-meter hurdles — set by Zack Thompson in 2006 — by running a 39.82.

Moniteau's Cambrie Campbell won the javelin with a toss of 133 feet, 7 inches and the discus with a throw of 105 feet. She was second in the shot put.

Other Warrior placers in the meet were Ryan Heller (2nd in shot put), James Parenti (2nd in discus), Kyle Norling (3rd in pole vault), Steven Fawcett (4th in 800) and Ethan McDevitt (4th in 300 hurdles, 5th in high jump).