Claire Zimmerman tossed a three-hit shutout and also doubled home a pair of runs in the first inning as the Seneca Valley softball team remained unbeaten with a 5-0 win Thursday afternoon over North Hills.

Zimmerman struck out two and didn't walk a batter in the victory. The Raiders' defense also played error-free.

Seneca Valley improved to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the section and will travel to Hempfield Monday.

North Hills 000 000 0 — 0 3 0

Seneca Valley 400 100 x — 5 8 0

W: Claire Zimmerman 7IP (2K, 0BB). L: Lauren Barnes 6IP (1K, 0BB).

North Hills: Chutko 2B

Seneca Valley (6-0, 3-0): Kearson Wagner 2-1B, Julia Ehrman 2-1B, Madison Hans 2-1B RBI, Zimmerman 2B 2-RBI

Monday: Seneca Valley at Hempfield

Butler 6, Fox Chapel 1 — Madelyn Chapla homered and doubled and Shelby Barnett tossed a two-hitter to help the Golden Tornado notch their first win.

Butler (1-3) scored four in the top of the seventh to put the game away.

Autumn Pettinato also doubled for the Golden Tornado.

Butler 020 000 4 — 6 5 1

Fox Chapel 100 000 0 — 1 2 5

W: Shelby Barnett 7IP (7K, 1BB). L: Mackenzie Borkovich 7IP (6K, 2BB).

Butler (1-3): Autumn Pettinato 2B, Makenna Negley 1B, Madelyn Chapla HR 2B, Katie White 1B

Friday: Armstrong at Butler

Karns City 15, Keystone 0 — Makenzie Shay tossed a three-inning perfect game and Mackenzie Dunn homered, doubled and drove in three for the Gremlins.

Emily Wolfe also had a three-RBI day in the Karns City onslaught.

Keystone 000 xxx x — 0 0 3

Karns City (10)32 xxx x — 15 12 0

W: Makenzie Shay 3IP (2K, 0BB). L: Johnston 2.1IP (0K, 7BB).

Karns City: Emily Wolfe 2-1B 3-RBI, Mackenzie Dunn HR 2B 3-RBI, Taylor Ekis 2B RBI, Kate Allen 2-1B, Garrah Milochik 2B, Emily Huff 2B 2-RBI

Knoch 12, Blackhawk 0 — Quinn Hughes tripled and singled and Amanda Fischer and Brynnae Coe combined for the shutout in the romp for the Knights (4-0, 2-0).

Knoch 029 1xx x — 12 10 x

Blackhawk 000 0xx x — 0 3 x

W: Amanda Fischer 2IP (3K, 0BB). L: Faller 4IP (2K, 2BB).

Knoch (4-0, 2-0): Quinn Hughes 1B 3B, Erin Luffy 2-1B, Marissa Melius 2-1B, Monica Gourley 2-1B

Blackhawk: Stomer 2B

Monday: Quaker Valley at Knoch

North Catholic 19, Beaver Falls 2 — Adrienne Nardone doubled, singled twice and drove in eight runs to pace the Trojanettes.

Liana Morreale got the win for North Catholic (2-2, 1-1). She struck out eight in three innings.

North Catholic 26(11) xxx x — 19 14 1

Beaver Falls 002 xxx x — 2 2 2

W: Liana Morreale 3IP (8K, 2BB). L: Corradi 3IP (2K, 6BB).

North Catholic (2-2, 1-1): Adrienne Nardone 2B 2-1B 8-RBI, Morreale 3-1B 2-RBI, Abby Sutton 4-R

Friday: Chartiers Houston at North Catholic

Baseball

Guy DeLeonardis had a pair of hits, including a double, but Knoch lost for the first time this season, 9-3 to Plum.

Sean McGill also had a pair of hits and Isaac Love knocked in two for the Knights (4-1, 1-1).

Track and Field

Butler freshman Tyler Rekich won the long jump and triple jump as the Golden Tornado boys picked up wins over North Hills (129-21) and Fox Chapel (113-37).

In the girls' meet, Lucy Link won the long and triple jumps in Butler's wins over Fox Chapel (105-45) and North Hills (123-27).

Boys

Butler 113, Fox Chapel 37

Butler 129, North Hills 21

3,200 relay: Butler (Depew, Slear, Vavro, Dressler) 8:42.9; 110 hurdles: Manchester (B) 15.55; 100 dash: McDonough (NH) 11:34; 1,600 run: Patterson (B) 4:48.4; 400 run: Gratzmiller (B) 52.83; 400 relay: Butler (Manchester, Seybert, Brown, Marcella) 43.58; 300 hurdles: Rekich (B) 44.83; 800 run: Depew (B) 2:08.7; 200 dash: Marcella (B) 23.53; 3,200 run: Dressler (B) 10:06.08; 1,600 relay: Butler (Brown, Seybert, Reddick, Gratzmiller) 3:35.10

Shot put: Goodwine (B) 49-7.5; Discus: Pomykata (B) 120-7; Javelin: Arbanas (B) 138-4; High jump: Montag (B) 5-8; Long jump: Rekich (B) 19-5; Triple jump: Rekich (B) 40-7; Pole vault: Codispot (B) 13-8

Girls

Butler 105, Fox Chapel 45

Butler 123, North Hills 27

3,200 relay: Butler (Autumn Pettinato, Chelsea Kabel, Jen Cichra, Liz Simms) 10:15.20; 100 hurdles: Anna Baxter (B) 16.77; 100 dash: Carnerule (FC) 12.49; 1,600 run: Sisson (FC) 5:20; 400 run: Liz Simms (B) 59.67; 400 relay: Butler (Alli Morrow, Emma Stewart, Taylor Timmons, Gabby Boden) 51.54; 300 hurdles: xxxx; 800 run: Simms (B) 2:30.89; 200 dash: Carnerule (FC) 26.34; 3,200 run: Sisson (FC) 11:41.82; 1,600 relay: Butler (Boden, Timmons, Weiland, Simms) 4:14.91

Shot put: Yeager (FC) 30-11½; Discus: Forbes (B) 94-3; Javelin: Pettinato (B) 107-5; High jump: Ali Altman (B) 4-10; Long jump: Lucy Link (B) 33-2; Triple jump: Link (B) 15-5; Pole vault: Sam Pennrod (B) 9-8

Moniteau's James Parenti broke his own school record in the discus Wednesday with a heave of 169 feet, six inches to help the Warriors handle Union with a final score of 114-32.

Union's Quintin Weaver earned first place in the 1,600 and 800 runs.

Boys

Moniteau 114, Union 32

3,200 relay: Moniteau (Steele, Kummer, Kelly, Burgoon); 110 hurdles:Norling (M) 16.2; 100 dash:McDeavitt (M) 12.1; 1,600 run: Weaver (U) 5:16; 400 run:M. Bell (M) 58.5; 400 relay:Moniteau (Thompson, Daniels, Kelly, McLean) 53.2; 300 hurdles:McDeavitt (M) 43.5; 800 run: Weaver (U) 2:15; 200 dash: Norling (M) 24.9; 3,200 run:Mason (U) 13:02; 1,600 relay:Moniteau (A. Bell, K. McLean, M. Bell, Burgoon)

Shot put: Parenti (M) 48-9; Discus:Parenti (M) 169-6; Javelin:Martino (M) 134-4; High jump: McDeavitt (M) 5-6; Long jump:Daniels (M) 14-8; Triple jump:Kelly (M) 25-9; Pole vault:Norling (M) 13-0

Girls Lacrosse

Mayce Wonderling scored all eight goals for Freeport in an 8-6 win over Greensburg Salem.

Madison Ravotti had 18 saves for the Yellowjackets.

Boys Volleyball

Butler dropped to 2-2 overall and 1-2 in section play with a 3-1 loss to Shaler.

The Golden Tornado were defeated by scores of 25-23, 14-25, 10-25 and 11-25.