Karns City pushed across a run in the ninth inning and held on for a wild 15-14 softball victory Monday at Cranberry.

The teams combined to produce 34 hits and nine home runs. The Gremlins scored five runs in the first inning, Cranberry eight runs in the fourth.

Zoe King hit two home runs for Karns City. Kate Allen, Taylor Ekis and Garrah Milochik hit one each.

Karns City 520 022 301 — 15 19 3 Cranberry 010 802 300 — 14 15 8

W: Mackenzie Dunn 5.1IP (5K, 2BB). L: Plummer 7IP (1K, 2BB).

Karns City: Emily Wolfe 1B, Alyssa Stitt 2B 2-1B 4-R, Mackenzie Dunn 2-2B 2-RBI, Garrah Milochik HR 1B 3-RBI 3-R, Kate Allen Hr 2B 1B 3-RBI 2-R, Taylor Ekis HR 2B 1B 2-RBI, Zoe King 2-HR 4-RBI, Brittney Friters 2-1B

Cranberry: A.Watson 2B, M.Cornelius HR 3-RBI, K.Bruce 3B, R.McCauley 2B 1B, M.Schreck HR 1B 2-RBI 3-R, M.Hadden HR 2-1B 3-RBI 3-R, E.Duncan HR 1B 2-RBI, Plummer 3-1B

Knoch 5, Central Valley 0 — Amanda Fischer struck out seven and scattered four hits in tossing the shutout for the unbeaten Knights (10-0, 8-0).

Erin Luffy homered, doubled and scored three runs. Marissa Melius, Monica Gourley and Fischer had two hits each for Knoch.

Knoch 300 110 0 — 5 11 0

Central Valley 000 000 x — 0 7 0

W: Amanda Fischer 7IP (7K, 4BB). L: Abigail Botello 7IP (0K, 1BB).

Knoch (10-0, 8-0): Marissa Melius 2-1B, Erin Luffy 2B HR 3-R, Monica Gourley 2-1B, Amanda Fischer 2-1B, Bailety Rickenbrode 1B, Brynnae Coe 1B, Sophie Brandon 1B

Central Valley: Tomasins Sciaretta 1B, Marissa Crea 1B, Kylie Magnotta 1B, Breannan Colville 1B, Macy Greco 1B, Brooke Haller 1B, Abigail Botello 1B

Tuesday: Knoch at Quaker Valley

A-C Valley 17, Forest Area 1 — Brogan Armagost drove in three runs in this five-inning rout for the visiting Falcons (7-0).

Baylee Blauser struck out nine in the win.

A-C Valley 720 53x x — 17 13 1

Forest Area 000 01x x — 1 4 2

W: Baylee Blauser 5 IP (9K, 6BB). L: Ginnery 5 IP (0K, 5BB).

A-C Valley (7-0): Brogan Armagost 3-1B 2R 3RBI, Cami McNany 2-1B 2R RBI, Andrea Meals 3B 2R RBI, Emily Wetzel 1B 3B R RBI

Forest Area: Ginnery 2-1B

Wednesday: A-C Valley at Clarion

Baseball

Jack Bartek struck out six in three innings as Knoch rolled to a 13-1, five-inning victory over Indiana.

Ethan Sloane had a triple and three RBI, Eli Sutton three RBI and Blaze Voltz two singles and an RBI.

Knoch 00(11) 11 x — 13 9 1

Indiana 000 10x x — 1 5 2

W: Jack Bartek 3IP (6K, 1BB). L: A,Caporossi 2.1IP (2K, 0BB).

Knoch (9-3, 5-3): Ethan Sloane 3B 3-RBI, Eli Sutton 3-RBI, Blaze Voltz 2-1B RBI, Isaac Love 1B, Sean McGill 1B RBI, Braden Tristani 1B RBI, Jack Bartek 1B RBI

Tuesday: Yough at Knoch

Karns City 14, Cranberry 9 — Tyler Yough and Connor Schaffner both collected four RBI and Jake Weckerly homered and drove in three runs for the Gremlins (8-4), who plated five runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the Berries.

Karns City 051 200 015 — 14 16 5

Cranberry 120 032 010 — 9 9 5

W: Steve O'Donnell 3 IP (4K, 0BB). L: Lavrich 3.2 IP (2K, 1BB).

Karns City (8-4): Steve O'Donnell 2-1B, Tyler Yough 1B 2B 4RBI, Connor Schaffner 3-1B 4RBI, Jake Weckerly 2-1B HR 3RBI

Cranberry: Forrest 2-1B 2RBI, O'Neill 2-1B RBI

Wednesday: Karns City at Clarion-Limestone