Madison Rotto pitched a no-hitter, striking out 14, as the Freeport softball team earned a 6-0 victory over Northgate Thursday for its first win of the season.

Miranda Lingelbach singled twice and Amanda Mientus tripled for the Yellowjackets (1-1).

In other games:

• Erica Thrower and Olivia Vasey each doubled, but Butler's late rally fell short in a 7-5 road loss to Pine-Richland.

• Autumn Barber smacked a three-run homer and Brittany Berkopec had a two-run shot, but Mars surrendered three runs in the bottom of the seventh in an 8-7 loss to Indiana.

Northgate 000 000 0—0 0 5Freeport 011 221 x—6 7 1W: Madison Rotto 7 IP (14 K, 5 BB).

L: Tammy Mack

Freeport (1-1): Miranda Lingelbach 2-1B; Amanda Mientus 3B

Today: Leechburg at Freeport

Butler 200 003 0—5 3 3Pine-Richland 200 140 x—7 9 3W: Dovey 7 IP (8 K, 3 BB).

L: Amanda Skidmore 4 IP (3 K, 5 BB).

Butler (1-1): Erica Thrower 2B; Olivia Vasey 2B; Sadie Marak 1B; Jenna Geibel SB

Pine-Richland: King 3-1B; Dovey 3-1B

Tuesday: Butler at North Allegheny

Mars 310 000 3—7 10 5Indiana 210 101 3—8 7 2W: Melissa Wilson 7 IP (5 K, 2 BB).

L: Rachel Pastorek 22/3 IP (2 K, 2 BB).

Mars (0-2, 0-2): Autumn Barber HR, 3 RBI; Brittany Berkopec HR, 2 RBI

Indiana: Kim Dreischalick 3-for-4, HR

Monday: Mars at Deer Lakes

Stush Antoszyk had three hits and Dale Gallo singled twice and drove in a run, but Knoch fell to Deer Lakes 3-1 in its season opener.In other games:• Luke Gruber hit a grand slam home run to key a big third inning as Mars rolled to a 10-5 win over Richard Winn in Columbia, S.C.The Planets (1-1) lost toCalhoun Academy Wednesday 4-3 in eight innings.Mars will play Keystone Oaks in South Carolina today at 12:30 before heading home.<B>Knoch 010 000 0—1 9 4Deer Lakes 201 000 x—3 4 2W:</B> James Connely 3 IP (5 K, 1 BB). <B>L:</B> Andrew Wirtz 2 IP (1 K, 1 BB).<B>Knoch (0-1):</B> Stush Antoszyk 3-1B; Dale Gallo 2-1B, RBI<B>Deer Lakes:</B> Ben Plocki 1B, 2B, 2-RBI<B>Today:</B> Knoch at Freeport<B>Mars 007 000 3—10 11 2Richard Winn 202 010 0—5 8 1W:</B> D.J. Delucia 4¾ (5 K, 2 BB). <B>L:</B> Coleman 2 IP (1 K, 1 BB).<B>Mars (1-1):</B> Lee Lawver 2B, 1B, RBI; Justin Van Cherry 2B, 1B; Delucia 2-1B; Luke Gruber HR, 4-RBI<B>Richard Winn:</B> Rawes 2B, 3B<B>Today:</B> Mars vs. Keystone Oaks<B>WednesdayMars 001 000 11—3 9 5Calhoun 100 110 02—4 5 1one out when winning run scoredW:</B> Andrew Rush 2 1/3 (3 K, 5 BB). <B>L:</B> Robinson<B>Mars:</B> Chris Herold 2B, 2-1B

<B>Seneca Valley 3, Shaler 0 — </B>In Section 2 action, the Raiders swept the visiting Titans in straight sets 25-18, 25-13, 25-14.<B>North Allegheny 3, Butler 0 — </B>The Tigers swept the Tornado 25-10, 25-12, 25-21 in section play. Butler (1-1, 1-1) will travel to Bethel Park Tuesday.

<B>North Allegheny 4, Butler 1 — </B>Matt Slamecka won at No. 1 singles to account for the Tornado's lone victory.<B>Singles:</B> Matt Slamecka (B) def. Matt Smith, default; Matt Kosovec (NA) def. Evan Kowalski 6-3, 7-6; Sam Gill (NA) def. Stefan Kemp 6-0, 6-2<B>Doubles:</B> Kyle Kalchthaler-Bennett Salvatora (NA) def. Andrew Sykes-Emil Kemp 6-1, 6-2; Nick Dulac-Joe Macaluso (NA) def. Andrew Hazlett-Kemper May 7-5, 6-2<B>Grove City 5, Rocky Grove 0 — </B>The Eagles (2-0) dropped only seven total games and cruised to victory in this shutout over the Orioles. Grove City's junior varsity also prevailed 6-2.<B>Singles:</B> Matt Kiser (GC) def. Brian Meyers 6-0, 6-0; Josiah Welker (GC) def. Melissa McCutcheon 6-2, 6-0; Chris Stutz (GC) def. Ryan Carim 6-0, 6-1<B>Doubles:</B> Derek Fredrickson/Luke Spears (GC) def. Jeremy Brown/T.J. Macekany 6-1, 6-1; Brady Beech/Drew Clausen (GC) def. Ryan Kenamauth/Kelv Sakalocski 6-1, 6-1

Conor Barrett and Jen Boyd each won the high jump, long jump and triple jump for the Seneca Valley boys and girls teams to lead the Raiders to a sweep of Shaler Wednesday.Barrett led the boys to a 103½-46½ win over Shaler while Boyd helped the girls down the Titans 89-61.<B>BoysSeneca Valley 103½, Shaler 46½3,200-meter relay:</B> Seneca Valley 9:19; <B>110-meter hurdles:</B> Casey (S) 17.04; <B>100-meter dash:</B> Campisino (SV) 11.36; <B>1,600-meter run:</B> Davis (SV) 4:43.43; <B>400-meter dash:</B> Campisino (SV) 53.35; <B>400 meter relay:</B> Shaler 47.86; <B>300-meter hurdles:</B> Casey (S) 43.81; <B>800-meter run:</B> Stauffer (SV) 2:08; <B>200-meter dash:</B> Campisino (SV) 23.69; <B>3,200-meter run:</B> Davis (SV) 10:40; <B>1,600-meter relay:</B> Shaler 3:47<B>High jump:</B> Barrett (SV) 6-6; <B>Long jump:</B> Barrett (SV) 19-0; <B>Triple jump:</B> Barrett (SV) 42-2; <B>Shot put:</B> Rose (SV) 43-2; <B>Discus:</B> Kramer (SV) 123-10; <B>Javelin:</B> Stillitano (S) 154-8; <B>Pole vault</B>: Casey (S) 10-0<B>GirlsSeneca Valley 89, Shaler 613,200-meter relay:</B> Seneca Valley 10:43; <B>100-meter hurdles:</B> Cerminara (SV) 17.24; <B>100-meter dash:</B> Delerme (SV) 14.20; <B>1,600-meter run:</B> Powell (SV) 5:29.95; <B>400-meter dash:</B> Lopresti (SV)1:01.5; <B>400 meter relay:</B> Shaler 52.55; <B>300-meter hurdles:</B> Baron (SV) 50.72; <B>800-meter run:</B> Lopresti (SV) 2:38.44; <B>200-meter dash:</B> Sieminski (SV)28.17; <B>3,200-meter run:</B> Powell (SV)11:57.63; <B>1,600-meter relay:</B> Shaler 4:24<B>High jump:</B> Boyd (SV) 5-0; <B>Long jump:</B> Boyd (SV) 14-9½; <B>Triple jump:</B> Boyd (SV) 32-9; <B>Shot put:</B> Thomas (S) 32-11½; <B>Discus:</B> Malia (S) 96-11; <B>Javelin:</B> Dimucci (S) 104-10; <B>Pole vault</B>: Arnold (S)8-6

Natalie Kalnas scored five goals and Melissa Ball added four as Seneca Valley crushed Bethel Park 21-2.Also scoring for the Raiders (1-1) were Amy Cross, Lindsay Flavion, Berta Miller, Adrienne Steele, Nicole Roche, Emily Carlo, Andrea St. Clair and Mallory Dailey.Katie Sterling had a strong game in net for SV.The Raiders JVs won 11-2.