Seneca Valley's Dana Hughes slides into second as Butler's Jenna Geibel applies the tag during the Raiders' 6-0 win over the Golden Tornado in high school softball action Friday.

Courtney Grootegoed tossed a two-hit shutout as playoff-bound Seneca Valley blanked Butler 6-0 in high school softball action Friday afternoon.

Tina Mangola singled and doubled for the Raiders (11-7, 6-4), who clinched the fourth spot in the section and a WPIAL playoff berth.

Carly Ziegler and Kelly Anzaldi collected the only two hits for the Golden Tornado.

Grootegoed, just a sophomore, struck out thre and walked two in seven innings of work.

Butler starter Karra White struck out one, but issued eight walks and eight hits.

Grootegoed also showed her prowess at the plate, collecting two singles.

It was the Section 1-AAAA finale for both teams. Butler finishes its season winless at 0-18.

Butler 000 000 0—0 2 2Seneca Valley 110 202 x—6 8 1WP: Courtney Grootegoed (7 IP) 3 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: White (6 IP) 1 strikeout, 8 walks

Butler (0-18, 0-10): Anzaldi 1B, Ziegler 1B

Seneca Valley (11-7, 6-4): Dana Hughes 1B, Julie Marlowe 1B, Chelsea Leasure 1B, Courtney Grootegoed 2-1B, Tina Mangola 1B 2B

Tuesday: Seneca Valley @ Ellwood City

AdamBrydon sqeezed in BillyMesser with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Slippery Rock High School baseball team won its fourth straight game with a 4-3 win over OilCity.Mark White got the win on the mound for the Rockets (9-5, 6-5), striking out six and walking just two in the complete game outing.Ryan Hays and JoshCress each singled twice and drove in a run for SlipperyRock.Elsewhere:• Seneca Valley rolled past Shaler, 9-2. The win keeps the Raiders in sole possession of first place in Section 1-AAAA with a record of 8-2. No other details were provided.<B>Oil City 011 001 0—3 5 0SlipperyRock 001 201 x—4 8 2WP:</B> Mark White (7 IP) 6 strikeouts, 2 walks. <B>LP:</B> Tanner Hall (6 IP) 3 strikeouts, 1 walk<B>OilCity:</B> Reisel 2-1B<B>SlipperyRock (9-5, 6-5):</B> Ryan Hays 2-1B, RBI; JoshCress 2-1B, RBI<B>Monday:</B> SlipperyRock at Hickory

The Knoch girls 3,200-meter relay team of Libby Burris, Kayla Davis, Audrey Scott and Amanda Sharbaugh posted a time of 10 minutes, 17.19 seconds for a third place finish at the Pine-Richland Invitational Friday night.Sarah Cooper also placed third in the discus with a throw of 102 feet, 4 inches and also placed seventh in the shot (31-11).CarolCress was fourth in the shot put (34-8) and seventh in the javelin (96-6).Scott also placed sixth in the 1,600 with a time of 5:37.19.Burris placed seventh in the 800 (2:30.5), Beth Stock seventh in the discus (93-9) and Emily Huselton eighth in the 100 (12.82) to round out the Knights' placers.