Tina Mangola hit a home run and freshman Courtney Grootegoed had two singles as the Seneca Valley High softball team opened the season with a 2-0 win over Hempfield Tuesday.

Megan Wise got the win, scattering five singles over seven innings. She didn't strike out a batter, but walked just one for the shutout.

In other action:

Freeport used a 16-hit attack, including three by Bethany Gent, to roll past Knoch 14-3 in five innings.

Hempfield 000 000 0 - 0 5 1

Seneca Valley 011 000 x - 2 6 2

WP:

Megan Wise (7 IP) 0 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP:

Shaheen (6 IP) 4 strikeouts, 2 walks

Hempfield (0-1):

Guzik 1B; Shaheen 1B; Potucko 1B; Robertson 1B; Webber 1B

Seneca Valley (1-0):

Ali Intihar 1B; Julie Marlow 1B, RBI; Tina Mangola HR, RBI; Courtney Grootegoed 2-1B; Liz Dorogy 1B, R

Today:

Woodland Hills at Seneca Valley

Knoch 210 00x x - 3 2 5

Freeport 634 1x x -14 16 2

WP:

Brittany Shower (5 IP) 4 strikeouts, 4 walks.

LP:

Stephanie Fincher (4 IP) 1 strikeout, 2 walks

Knoch (0-2):

Lizz King 2B, Kirsten Brant 3B

Freeport (1-0):

Bethany Gent 2-1B, 2B; Jenny Fair 1B, 2B; Laura Garlitz 1B, 2B; Michelle Micklow 2B, 3B

Today:

Greensburg Central Catholic at Freeport

Freeport 92½, Mars 57½ (girls); Freeport 95, Mars 55 (boys)-Lacey Cochran won all three sprint events and Dana Turley took both hurdles events to lead the Freeport girls to the win. Brittany Zaborowski led Mars with wins in the 800, 1,600 and two relay events.In the boys meet, Kiel Conjack won both hurdles events for the Yellowjackets.BoysFreeport 95, Mars 55Running events110-meter high hurdles:1-Kiel Conjack (F) 16.7;100-meter dash:1-Carl Bowser (F) 11.8;1,600-meter run:1-Shane Sarver (F) 4:37;400-meter run:1-Steve Jackson (M) 53.3;300-meter intermediate hurdles:1-Conjack (F) 43.0;800-meter run:1-Ian Kaminski (F) 2:11;200-meter dash:1-Josh Schreckengost (F) 24.3;3,200-meter run:1-Sarver (F) 10:05Relay events3,200-meter:1-Freeport (Sarver, Mike Delibero, Brendan Reilly, Kaminski) 9:01;400-meter:1-Freeport (Conjack, Schreckengost, J.J. Johns, Bowser) 46.5;1,600-meter:1-Mars (Martin, Roos, Lynch, Jackson) 3:51.8Field eventsShot put:1-Thompson (M) 38-8½;Discus:1-Fetterhoff (M) 112-10;Javelin:1-Juda (M) 120-10;Pole Vault:1-t-Matt Bolowitz, Kyle Friend (F) 8-0;High jump:1-Mundy (M) 5-8;Long jump:1-Lynch (M) 18-9;Triple jump:1-Nate Kotecki (F) 39-10GirlsFreeport 92½, Mars 57½Running events100-meter high hurdles:1-Dana Turley (F) 17.4;100-meter dash:1-Lacey Cochran (F) 13.1;1,600-meter run:1-Brittany Zaborowski (M) 5:40;400-meter run:1-Cochran (F) 1:01.6;300-meter low hurdles:1-Turley (F) 53.0;800-meter run:1-Zaborowski (M) 2:31;200-meter dash:1-Cochran (F) 27.1;3,200-meter run:1-Melanie Lutz (F) 12:50Relay events3,200-meter:1-Mars (Frisbee, Yeo, Higgins, Zaborowski) 10:32;400-meter:1-Mars (Lamendola, Chakin, Eidenshink, Carpenter) 53.9;1600-meter:1-Mars (Frisbee, Zaborowski, Carpenter, Utz) 4:23Field eventsShot put:1-Jamie Shockey (F) 34-6½;Discus:1-Bonnie Merchant (F) 82-7;Javelin:1-Emily Ferko (F) 91-9;Pole Vault:1t-Amy Walker, Katelyn Macurdy (F) 7-6;High jump:1-Kerrie Clark (F) 4-8;Long jump:1-Maurielle Blake (F) 15-3¼;Triple jump:1-Heltman (M) 32-7

The duos of Andrew Direnzo-Doug Pichler and Adam Kowalski-Frank Young won their respective matches as Butler swept Riverside 5-0 Tuesday afternoon.The Golden Tornado (2-0) will open Section 2-AAA play today at North Allegheny.SinglesIke Backstrom (B) def. Kevin Jennings 6-0, 6-0; Andrew Thompson (B) def. Isaac Shaffer 6-0, 6-1; Steve Shetter (B) def. Justin Lipsak 6-0, 6-0.DoublesAndrew Direnzo-Doug Pichler (B) def. Steve Fenton-Matt Jacobs 6-2, 6-1; Adam Kowalsk-Frank Young (B) def. Chad Alberth-Adam Custozzo 6-1, 6-1.Knoch 3, Center 2- The Knights (1-1) swept the singles matches as No. 1 Evan Shaffer recovered for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 win to send his team to its first victory of the season.SinglesEvan Shaffer (K) def. Eric Halavanga 1-6, 6-4, 6-1; Ben Zimmerman (K) def. Jacob Elliott 6-1, 6-0; Adam Napora (K) def. Chase Berger 6-4, 6-2DoublesBrendan O'Brien-Josh Kondik (Ce) def. Tony Doyle-Josh Hashmi 7-5, 5-7, 7-6; Luke Sisson-Justin Gantz (Ce) def. Cory Brown-Aaron Ramsey 6-1, 6-4