The SlipperyRock HighSchool baseball team bludgeoned Franklin by hitting four home runs and pounding out 17 hits in four innings on the way to a 20-5 rout Thursday afternoon.

Mark White hit a grand slam and Sean Ray, Billy Messer and Jared Kline also homered for the Rockets.

JoshCress, who picked up the win on the mound, drove in four runs with two doubles for SlipperyRock (6-5 overall, 3-5 in the region.)

In other games:n A five-run seventh inning sealed Blackhawk's 8-0 victory over Mars, which had only two hits in the game.• Saxon Parker's grand slam in the bottom of the fourth inning helped Karns City to a 14-4, five-inning victory against Venango Catholic.

Slippery Rock 72(10) 1xx x—20 17 0Franklin 005 0xx x—5 4 1WP: Josh Cress (4 IP) 3 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: David Williams (3 IP) 1 strikeout, 1 walk

Slippery Rock (6-5, 3-5): Ryan Hays 2-1B; Mark White HR, 1B, 4-RBI; SeanRay HR, 2-1B; Brandon Ray 2B, 2-1B, 3-RBI; Billy Messer HR, 1B, RBI; Josh Cress 2-2B, 4-RBI; Jared Kline HR, 1B, 3-RBI

Franklin: Scott Saunders 1B, 2-RBI

Monday: Commodore Perry at Slippery Rock

Blackhawk 100 200 5—8 11 0Mars 000 000 0—0 2 0WP: Bable (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: D.J. Cannon (6 1/3 IP) 3 strikeouts, 1 walk

Blackhawk: Denman 2B, HR; Bable 2-run HR

Mars (8-6, 4-4): Mitch Connor 1B; D.J. Cannon 1B

Today: Mars at New Castle

Venango Cath. 011 20x x—4 4 3Karns City 321 8xx x—14 x xWP: Saxon Parker (5 IP) 4 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Siegoz (X\c IP) 0 strikeouts, 2 walks

Venango Catholic: Eckurt 1B HR 2RBI

Karns City (6-5, 6-4): Saxon Parker 1B GS 5RBI, Matt Stimac 1B 2-2B 3RBI, Cody Williams 1B 2B 3RBI, Chad Bell 1B 3B 3RBI

Today: Clarion at Karns CitySoftballBrittany Showers pitched a five-hitter, striking out 15, as the Freeport softball team cruised to a 4-0 win over Apollo-Ridge.Megan Doerfler tripled and singled, and Jess Rykaceski and Bethany Gent each doubled for the Yellowjackets (8-4, 7-3).In other games:• Brittany Berkopec homered, doubled, scored three runs and added an RBI while Monica Glomb fanned 12 batters, walked none and allowed two hits in Mars' 10-0, five-inning victory over Highlands.The Planets (10-2, 6-0) picked up their 10th consecutive win.• Kristen Kowalsky singled in Courtney Chutz in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Grove City a 10-9 win over Hickory.

Apollo-Ridge 000 000 0—0 5 1Freeport 111 010 x—4 7 1WP: Brittany Showers (7 IP) 15 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Crystal Burrell (6 IP) 5 strikeouts, 2 walks

Apollo-Ridge: Guthrie 3B

Freeport (8-4, 7-3): Megan Doerfler 3B, 1B; Jess Rykaceski 2B; Bethany Gent 2B

Monday: Burrell at Freeport

Highlands 000 00x x—0 2 3Mars 424 00x x—10 9 0WP: Monica Glomb (5 IP) 12 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Grimes (2 IP) 0 strikeouts, 1 walk

Highlands: Wolfe 1B; Kordes 1B

Mars (10-2, 6-0): Brittany Berkopec HR, 2B, RBI, 3 R; Kristin Scheller 3B, 1B; Brooke Davidson 1B, 2 R, RBI

Today: Kittanning at Mars

SlipperyRock 100 020 0—3 6 3Meadville 401 105 x—11 8 1WP: Gerhart (7 IP) 4 strikeouts, 4 walks.

LP: Shanea White (6 IP) 3 strikeouts, 7 walks

Slippery Rock (3-6): Sam Volponi 2-R

Meadville: Crider 3-R

Monday: Slippery Rock at Hickory

Hickory 200 220 30— 9 10 6Grove City 302 101 21—10 8 9WP: Chelsea Filer (8 IP) 9 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Logan Rock (5 IP) 2 strikeouts, 2 walks

Grove City (6-4, 3-2): Chelsea Filer 2B 2RBI, Katie Stewart 2-1B 3RBI, Maggie Orr 2-1B RBI 3R

Today: Titusville at Grove CityTrack and Field

Deer Lakes 82, Freeport 68 (girls); Deer Lakes 93, Freeport 57 (boys)— Despite wins by Kristen Prazenica in the 800 and 3,200 and Marisa DeSalvo in the shot put and discus, the Freeport girls team (8-1, 8-1) dropped its first meet of the season to the Lancers.In the boys meet, six different Yellowjackets (5-3, 5-3) won events, including five in the field events.

BoysDeer Lakes 93, Freeport 573,200-meter relay: Deer Lakes (Williams, Wettach, Sabo, Haschke) 9:03;

110-meter hurdles: Persinger (DL) 16.3;

100-meter dash: Becker (DL)11.3;

1,600-meter run: Haschke (DL) 4:53;

400-meter dash: Craven (DL) 53.9;

400 meter relay: Deer Lakes (Holtz, Persinger, Latronica, Becker) 45.2;

300-meter hurdles: Persinger (DL);

800-meter run: Matt DeLibero (F) 2:12.6;

200-meter dash: Becker (DL) 23.5;

3,200-meter run: Williams (DL) 11:15;

1,600-meter relay: Deer Lakes (Haschke, Latronica, Becker, Persinger) 3:32.3

High jump: Holtz (DL) 5-10;

Long jump: Brady Sherrieb (F) 20-5;

Triple jump: Nate Kotecki (F) 42-6½;

Shot put: Ferber (DL) 44-2;

Discus: Josh Brezinski (F) 120-6;

Javelin: Brian Zimmerman (F) 175-2;

Pole vault: Zane Bowser (F) 10-0

GirlsDeer Lakes 82, Freeport 683,200-meter relay: Deer Lakes (Pavlik, Young, Wozniak, Dugan) 10:31;

100-meter hurdles: Leonard (DL) 16.2;

100-meter dash: Brooks (DL) 13.0;

1,600-meter run: Melanie Lutz (F) 5:37;

400-meter dash: Parks (DL) 1:02.9;

400 meter relay: Deer Lakes (Blose, Rodella, Gulbin, Brroks), 51.9;

300-meter hurdles: Rodella (DL)48.9;

800-meter run: Kristen Prazenica (F) 12:50;

200-meter dash: Brooks (DL) 27.5;

3,200-meter run: Kristen Prazenica (F);

1,600-meter relay: Deer Lakes (Blose, Baker, Brooks, Rodella) 4:17

High jump: Leonard (DL) 5-0;

Long jump: Maurielle Blake (F) 15-1¾;

Triple jump: Mittermeier (DL) 34-1;

Shot put: Marisa DeSalvo (F) 35-9½;

Discus: Marisa DeSalvo (F) 109-3;

Javelin: Hought (DL) 94-0;

Pole vault: Fass (DL) 8-0Boys Volleyball

Shaler 3, Butler 2 – Shawn Vincent tallied 43 assists and five blocks, Chris Falbo had 11 kills and Cody Clark had 15 passes for the Golden Tornado, who lost by scores of 25-21, 21-25, 28-26, 23-25 and 14-16.Girls LacrosseShannon Quail and Lindsay Flavion each scored three goals as the Seneca Valley girls lacrosse team downed Shaler 10-5.Michelle Quail, Ashley Argyros, AdrianSteele and Alyssa St.Clair each scored goals for the Raiders (8-3).

North Allegheny 12, Butler 5 — Elizabeth Small scored two goals and Cara Sabo, Meg McCoskey and Becca Crissman each scored a goal for Butler (1-11).