Freeport's 16 hits bury Highlands
Natalie King and Maya Borghol both had three hits to aid Freeport's 16-hit onslaught in a 14-4 softball win at Highlands Friday afternoon.
Autumn Powell and Borghol both drove in three runs and Sydney Selker scored three times for the Yellowjackets (2-2, 1-0).
Freeport 012 341 3 — 14 16 2
Highlands 000 202 0 — 4 5 2
W: Sydney Selker 7 IP (7K, 8BB).
Freeport (2-2, 1-0): Autumn Powell 1B 2B 3RBI, Abby DeJidas 2-1B 2R RBI, Natalie King 3-1B R RBI, Maya Borghol 2-1B 2B 2R 3RBI, Aimee Heasley 3B 2R 2RBI
Monday: McKeesport at Freeport
Knoch 5, Greensburg Salem 4 —Lindsay Edwards doubled and tripled in Knoch's 5-4 win over host Greensburg Salem.
Madi Gardner added three hits for the Knights (2-2, 1-0).
Bailey Rickenbrode ledKnoch in the circle. She surrendered four runs on two hits over seven innings, striking out four.
Baseball
Gateway scored five runs in the fourth inning and held on to defeat Butler, 6-5.
Mattix Clement had two singles, Colin Patterson a three-run homer for the Golden Tornado (4-2).
Butler 003 000 2 — 5 8 2
Gateway 000 501 x — 6 6 1
W: Longo 5.2IP (8K, 4BB). L: Logan Koegler .2IP (1K, 3BB).
Butler (4-2): Mattix Clement 2-1B, Colin Patterson HR 3-RBI
Gateway: Denmchak 3-1B 2-RBI, Schultz HR 2-RBI
Monday: Butler at Central Catholic
Oil City 6, Slippery Rock 2 — Colin McCune had two singles for the Rockets, who lost despite surrendering only three hits in this road game.
Slippery Rock 001 100 0 — 2 4 1
Oil City 004 020 x — 6 3 1
W: Charlie Motter 6.1IP (7K, 4BB). L: Cameron Cygan 2IP (1K, 3BB).
Slippery Rock (2-1): Shane Thompson 1B, Colin McCune 2-1B, Brett Galcik 1B
Oil City: Coen Bearer 1B. AJ Angros 1B, Conor Highfield 1B
Monday: Sharon at Slippery Rock
In Thursday's 16-2, five-inning defeat of Keystone, Karns City's Mallick Metcalfe struck out six, walked none and surrendered just one hit over four innings.
Metcalfe added three base hits for the Gremlins.
Keystone 000 20x x — 2 1 3
Karns City 319 3xx x — 16 12 4
W: Mallick Metcalfe 4 IP (6K, 0BB). L: Heeter 2.2 IP (3K, 6BB).
Keystone: Elder 1B
Karns City: Mallick Metcalfe 3-1B, Hunter Troutman 1B 3B
Boys Tennis
Mars senior Nathan Skomo finished runner-up in No. 3 singles play at the MAC Tournament, held at Beaver Area High School.
Boys Volleyball
Butler dropped a 3-0 decision to visiting McDowell by scores of 25-15, 25-22 and 25-15.
The Golden Tornado (3-2) travel to Seton LaSalle on Monday.