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Mangola leads the way in Raiders' victory

Seneca Valley's Melissa Ball has the stick knocked out of her hands by Pine-Richland's Melissa Frey Thursday in the Raiders' 9-7 lacrosse victory.

Jackie Mangola singled twice, drove in a run and also scored a run as the Seneca Valley softball team remained unbeaten with a 3-1 win over section rival Pine-Richland Thursday afternoon.

Lauren Pennell picked up the win in the circle, striking out four and walking four in seven innings. She surrendered just five hits.

Nicole Lollo had an RBI triple for the Raiders (10-0, 7-0).

In other games:

• Samantha Pyle homered and Erica Fallecker singled and doubled in Karns City's 14-0, five-inning win over host Cranberry.

• Grove City's Chelsea Filer outdueled KennedyCatholic's Katie Ritchey, striking out 14 batters in seven innings to give the Eagles a 2-1 win.

Tara Walmsley singled, doubled and drove in both runs for Grove City (5-2, 3-1).

• Amanda Sheppeck singled twice, doubled and tripled to lead Knoch to an 11-3 win over Indiana. Michelle Steinmiller added three singles to the Knights' 18-hit attack.

• Martina Burk pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out eight and not walking a batter as Moniteau blanked Clarion, 7-0.

• Jessica Kriley collected three singles and Erica Gardner struck out nine batters in A-C Valley's 6-2 win over East Forest.

Seneca Valley 002 001 0—3 7 1Pine-Richland 000 000 1—1 5 1WP: Lauren Pennell (7 IP) 4 strikeouts, 4 walks.

LP: Dishler (7 IP) 5 strikeouts, 1 walk

Seneca Valley (10-0, 7-0): Jackie Mangola 2-1B, RBI, R; Courtney Grootegoed 2B, RBI; Nicole Lollo 3B, RBI; Ashley Watkins 1B, R; Dana Hughes 2B; Liz Dorogy 1B, R

Pine-Richland: King 2-1B, R

Saturday: North Allegheny at Seneca Valley

Karns City 414 50x x—14 13 0Cranberry 000 00x x—0 1 1WP: Ashton Pakutz (5 IP) 10 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Rhea Miller (4⅓ IP) 3 strikeouts, 7 walks

Karns City (2-2): Samantha Pyle HR, Allyson Kepple 2B, Brandi Dunkle 1B 2B, Erica Fallecker 1B 2B, Ashton Pakutz 1B 2B, Alyssa Williams 2B, Haley Callihan 2-1B, Samantha Bly 1B, Breanna Bowser 1B

Cranberry: Diebert 2B

Saturday: Karns City at DuBois Central Catholic

Kennedy Cath. 000 001 0—1 3 2Grove City 000 101 x—2 5 0WP: Chelsea Filer (7 IP) 14 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Katie Ritchey (6 IP) 11 strikeouts, 0 walks

Kennedy Catholic: Emily Friedrich 1B, R; Ritchey 1B, RBI

Grove City (5-2, 3-1): Filer 1B, 2B; Tara Walmsley 1B, 2B, 2-RBI

Today: Grove City at Slippery Rock

Knoch 002 124 2—11 18 5Indiana 000 300 0—3 8 4WP: Chelsea Martin (7 IP) 2 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Katie Harley (7 IP) 8 strikeouts, 1 walk

Knoch (7-2, 5-2): Amanda Sheppeck 2-1B 2B 3B, Michelle Steinmiller 3-1B, Kirsten Brant 2B 3B

Indiana (3-5, 2-5): Joelle Wisniewski 1B 2B

Today: Mars at Knoch

Clarion 000 000 0—0 2 3Moniteau 311 002 x—7 6 3WP: Martina Burk (7 IP) 8 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Walters (6 IP) 0 strikeouts, 3 walks

Clarion: Stroup 1B, Eagleton 1B

Moniteau (4-3): Amber Neff 1B 2B, Maura McCaslin 1B 2R 3 RBI, Stephanie Bonzo 1B R RBI, Ashley Pisor 2B

Saturday: Moniteau @ Kittanning

East Forest 000 100 1—2 5 2A-C Valley 302 100 x—6 5 2WP: Erica Gardner (7 IP) 9 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Kandray (6 IP) 2 strikeouts, 6 walks

East Forest: Kala Paulsen 1B R SB

A-C Valley: Jessica Kriley 3-1B SB, Tiffany Lieberum 2R

Dustin Uhlman hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Butler some breathing room on the way to an 8-5 win over Kiski Area Thursday.Uhlman also doubled in the win.Dallas O'Donnell picked up the victory, striking out six and walking no one in five innings of relief.In other games:• Beau Zack went 3-or-3 with three RBI as Freeport downed WestShamokin 7-4.Bryan Huth picked up the win and Justin Bollinger earned the save.• Bob Revesz went 4-for-4 with a home run and picked up the win on the mound, striking out nine in six innings as Grove City swatted Hickory 13-4.Tyler Moser hit a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning to get the Eagles (7-0, 2-0) rolling.• Blackhawk tallied two runs in the bottom of the seventh to nip Mars, 6-5.<B>Kiski Area 210 001 1—5 11 2Butler 004 004 x—8 10 1WP:</B> Dallas O'Donnell (5 IP) 6 strikeouts, 0 walks. <B>LP:</B> Pavlik (3⅓ IP) 1 strikeout, 4 walks<B>Kiski:</B> Gadola 2-1B, 2B<B>Butler (5-4, 1-3):</B> Dustin Uhlman 2B, HR, 2-RBI; Jordan Roycroft 2-1B; O'Donnell 2-1B; Ryan Geibel 1B, 2B<B>Today:</B> Seneca Valley at Butler<B>West Shamokin 300 000 1—4 7 2Freeport 020 104 x—7 9 2WP:</B> Bryan Huth (6 IP) 2 strikeouts, 2 walks. <B>LP:</B> Walker (2/3 IP) 0 strikeouts, 0 walks<B>West Shamokin:</B> Chestnutt 2-1B<B>Freeport (5-3, 2-1):</B> BeauZack 3-1B, 3-RBI; Ryan Siegel 2B; J.P. Samay 2B; Josh Schreckengost 2B; Huth 2B<B>Today:</B> Freeport at Deer Lakes<B>Hickory 002 002 0—4 7 2Grove City 621 112 x—13 12 2WP:</B> Bob Revesz (6 IP) 9 strikeouts, 4 walks. <B>LP:</B> Ross Voisey (1 IP) 3 strikeouts, 1 walk<B>Hickory:</B> Brian Szabo 2-1B<B>Grove City (7-0, 2-0):</B> Ryan Devine 1B, 2B, 2-RBI; Revesz 2-2B, 1B, HR; Ross Trench HR, 2-RBI, 4-R; Tyler Moser 2B, HR, 4-RBI; Brad Ballentine 2B<B>Today:</B> Grove City at Oil City<B>Mars 050 000 0—5 7 1Blackhawk 001 210 2—6 7 0WP:</B> Signore (4 IP) 1 strikeout, 1 walk. <B>LP:</B> Chip Hasek (1 IP) 0 strikeouts, 2 walks<B>Mars (3-5, 0-2):</B> Josh Bender 1B 2B, D.J. Cannon 1B 2B<B>Blackhawk:</B> Verlihan 2B, Signore 2B, Falkowski HR 2 RBI<B>Today:</B> Knoch at Mars

Stephanie Yeo claimed three events as the Mars girls team ousted Riverview 91-44.The boys team, led by Bill Bair and Cody Kier, also emerged with a 96-44 win over Riverview.<B>BoysMars 96, Riverview 443,200-meter relay:</B> Mars 9:28; <B>110-meter hurdles:</B> Diocco (R) 16.87; <B>100-meter dash:</B> Bair (M) 11.81; <B>1,600-meter run:</B> Kier (M) 4:54; <B>400-meter dash:</B> Jackson (M) 56.80; <B>400 meter relay:</B> Mars 47.30; <B>300-meter hurdles:</B> Diocco (R) 44.47; <B>800-meter run:</B> Stadelmeyer (M)2:13; <B>200-meter dash:</B> Bair (M)22.88; <B>3,200-meter run:</B> Keir (M)10:47; <B>1,600-meter relay:</B> Mars 3:48<B>High jump:</B> Piocquidio (M) 5-6; <B>Long jump:</B> Piocquidio (M) 19-1.75; <B>Triple jump:</B> Flowers (R) 37-4.25; <B>Shot put:</B> Thompson (M) 44-2; <B>Discus:</B> Thompson (M) 115-3; <B>Javelin:</B> Flemming (R) 146-10; <B>Pole vault</B>: Flowers (R) 8-6<B>GirlsMars 91, Riverview 443,200-meter relay:</B> Riverview 10:39; <B>100-meter hurdles:</B> Jeremko (M) 19.7; <B>100-meter dash:</B> Cooper (M) 13.94; <B>1,600-meter run:</B> Morgan (M) 6:02; <B>400-meter dash:</B> Yeo (M) 1:07.20; <B>400 meter relay:</B> Mars 55.83; <B>300-meter hurdles:</B> Favo (R) 56.44; <B>800-meter run:</B> Yeo (M) 2:37; <B>200-meter dash:</B> Cooper (M) 27.50; <B>3,200-meter run:</B> Garda (R)12:22; <B>1,600-meter relay:</B> Mars 4:41<B>High jump:</B> Yeo (M) 4-8; <B>Long jump:</B> Heltman (M)13-11.25; <B>Triple jump:</B> Gallagher (R) 30-9.75; <B>Shot put:</B> Truby (R)25-4; <B>Discus:</B> Roth (M) 89-2; <B>Javelin:</B> Broskey (M) 91-7; <B>Pole vault</B>: Rozzi(M)8-0

Lindsay Flavion recorded four goals and an assist, and Natalie Kalnas had two goals as Seneca Valley (8-0, 4-0) claimed the top spot in the section with a 9-7 victory over Pine-Richland.Melissa Ball had a goal and an assist, and Ashley Argyros and Roberta Miller each scored once.

Luke Lombardo registered 28 assists and Andrew Willison added 13 kills as Butler Bethel Park 3-0.Cody Clark added 13 passes for the Golden Tornado (3-6, 1-4).

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