Lauren Snyder tallied A-C Valley's lone hit as the Falcons (7-8) dropped a 5-0 District 9 Class A first-round softball playoff game at Clarion Monday.

Karly Kaufman struck out three and walked three in the loss.

A-C Valley 000 000 0—0 1 1Clarion 100 013 x—5 5 2W: Walters 7IP (11 K, 1 BB).

L: Karly Kaufman (3 K, 3 BB).

A-C Valley (7-8): Lauren Snyder 1B

Clarion: Kelly Peterson 2-1B R RBI

Hilary Rihn tallied five goals and Jessica Protzman and Brooke Balliet both scored four times in Knoch's 20-11 win over Winchester Thurston in the Knights' season finale.Paige Macadeag scored three goals, Kate Werling two and Krissy Harbison and Chelsea Yursic each tallied one goal.Goalie Hannah Zibert had 26 saves for Knoch (5-14).

In a WPIAL Class AAA quarterfinal playoff match, Seneca Valley was swept by Penn Hills, 3-0.No details were available.