Strong arm, solid bat

April 29, 2011 Last Updated: April 29, 2011 02:19 PM High School

Butler's Dustin DeFransis (24) works from a low angle against PR in their men's volleyball match on Thrursday.

Amanda Skidmore tallied three hits, including a home run, helping her own cause in Butler's 6-3 high school softball win over North Hills on Thursday.

Skidmore pitched a complete game, striking out four in the section victory.

Butler (4-4, 2-4) will play games at Pine-Richland and North Allegheny on Saturday.

In other games:

• Codi Reed tossed a complete-game shutout and added a single and double to lead Knoch to a 3-0 victory over Kittanning.

• Anna Christy went 4-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI in Freeport's 7-0 win over West Shamokin.

Micaela Kurn earned the win, fanning nine in a complete game shutout.

• Jordan McCauley led Slippery Rock's 21-hit attack, smacking two singles and a pair of doubles in a 14-11 win at Franklin.

• Heather McMillen drove in five runs in Moniteau's 14-0, five-inning win over A-C Valley.

• Despite two home runs and a double from Brooke Hiles, Karns City was outslugged by host Cranberry 20-12 in KSAC action.

North Hills 000 002 1 — 3 8 1Butler 012 030 x — 6 8 0W: Amanda Skidmore 7 IP (4K, 1BB).

L: Rectenwald 7 IP (3K, 0BB).

North Hills: Warsing 1B 2B R, Zozos 2-1B

Butler (4-4): Amanda Skidmore 2-1B HR 2R 2RBI, Hannah Henry 1B R, Amanda Steinheiser 1B 2R, Angie Reddick 1B RBI

Saturday: Butler at Pine-Richland, 2 p.m.; Butler at North Allegheny, 7 p.m.

Kittanning 000 000 0 — 0 5 0Knoch 001 101 x — 3 6 2W: Codi Reed 7 IP (4K, 1BB).

L: Edwards 7 IP (5K, 3BB).

Kittanning: Edwards 2B

Knoch (3-5, 2-4): Codi Reed 1B 2B, Haley Bastin 2B, Jhoey DeWalt 2-1B

Today: Knoch at Highlands

West Shamokin 000 000 0 — 0 3 4Freeport 201 211 x — 7 10 2W: Micaela Kurn 7 IP (9K, 1BB).

L: Lasslo 6 IP (2K, 0BB).

West Shamokin: Wilson 2B

Freeport (6-4, 5-3): Anna Christy 3-1B 2B 2R 3RBI, Taylor Massert 1B 2B R RBI

Today: Freeport at Ford City

Slippery Rock 512 240 0 — 14 21 9Franklin 012 220 4 — 11 8 3W: Stephanie Kotomski 7 IP (3K, 2BB).

L: Hoobler 7 IP (6K, 6BB).

Slippery Rock (2-6): Melea Mauthe 2-1B, Katie Myers 1B 2-2B, Kalene Ireland 2-1B, Jordan McCauley 2-1B 2-2B, Nicole Zimmel 2-1B 2B, Kailiegh Dorrier 2-1B, Erica Umstead 3-1B

Franklin: Green 3B, Woods 2B, Zurcher 1B 2B, Fowler 1B 2B, Peifer 1B 3B

Monday: Slippery Rock at Titusville

A-C Valley 000 00x x — 0 5 3Moniteau 128 3xx x — 14 10 0W: Holly Colosimo 5 IP (6K, 1BB).

L: Nicole Wetzel 2 IP (1K, 6BB).

A-C Valley: Kelsie Russell 2-1B

Moniteau (4-1): Brittney Fallen 1B 2B 2R 2RBI, Heather McMillen 3-1B 2R 5RBI, Chloe Eshenbaugh 2B 2R 3RBI, Sydney Boben 2B 2R 2RBI

Today: Moniteau at Brookville

Karns City. 732 000 0 — 12 12 5Cranberry 440 165 0 — 20 15 2W: White 7 IP (4K, 6BB).

L: Breezzie Rich 2 IP (1K, 3BB).

Karns City (3-5): Brooke Hiles 2HR, 2B; Ceanca Everetts 2B, 3B; Kate Williams 2-1B, Kara Kerschbaumer 2-1B; Lauren Downs 1B; Breezzie Rich 1B; Alex Boyle 2B

Cranberry: Schaffer 3-1B, 2B; Allen 2-1B, 2B

Saturday: Karns City at Moniteau

Knoch's Jack Boros and Nick Pfeiffer placed third at the Section 3-AA doubles tournament at Sewickley Academy, earning a spot at next Thursday's WPIAL Championships.After falling to Sewickley's Kleeman and Monschek 6-3, 6-0 in the semifinals, Boros and Pfeiffer rebounded with a dominating 6-2, 6-0 victory over Quaker Valley's John Means and Garret Powell in the third-place consolation match.Earlier in the day, Boros and Pfeiffer, a junior and senior respectively, defeated Mars' Mac Clyde and Chad Hoey 10-4 in first-round action.Knoch's duo then beat Winchester Thurston's Gabe Isaacson and Tim Hebon 10-5 in the second round to advance to the semifinals against Sewickley Academy.

Both Freeport squads improved to 8-0 and claimed section titles in defeating Apollo-Ridge — the boys by a 98-52 count, the girls 119-30.Derek Durand won both hurdle events and the high and long jump to pace the Yellowjackets' boys squad while Lynsey Gugino won both hurdle events and the high jump for the girls.Elsewhere:• Ryan Thompson won the 800, 1,600 and was on the winning 3,200 relay team, but the Slippery Rock boys track team fell to Hickory 103-47.The girls results were unavailable, but Slippery Rock did win all three relay events against the Hornets.• Josh Franiewski won both hurdle events as Moniteau's boys defeated Redbank Valley 109-41.BoysFreeport 98, Apollo-Ridge 52Track Events3,200-meter relay: Freeport (Kevin Keppel, Eric Snyder, Tahlon Kirkland, Garrett Blake) 10:08.7; 110 hurdles: Derek Durand (F) 14.9; 100 dash: Smith (AR) 10.9; 1,600 run: Kevin Keppel (F) 5;15; 400 dash: Garrett Blake (F) 53.1; 400 relay: Apollo-Ridge 44.5; 300-meter hurdles: Derek Durand (F) 43.1; 800-meter run: Garrett Blake (F) 2:14; 200-meter dash: Gerardi (AR) 23.6; 3,200-meter run: Worst (AR) 11:49; 1,600-meter relay: Apollo-Ridge 6:05Field EventsHigh jump: Derek Durand (F) 5-8; Long jump: Derek Durand (F) 20-3.5; Triple jump: Smith (AR) 41-4; Shot put: Cody McClelland (F) 44-3.25; Discus: Cody McClelland (F) 126-0; Javelin: Josh Luchesa (F) 151-4; Pole vault: Shane Singer and Fred Pastoria (F) 11-0GirlsFreeport 119, Apollo-Ridge 30Track Events3,200-meter relay: Freeport (Kristie Teorsky, Taylor Bombalski, Nicole Miller, Brittany Bianco) 11:07.4; 100 hurdles: Lynsey Gugino (F) 16.7; 100 dash: Chelsea Chaffman (F) 13.1; 1,600 run: Kayla Zboran (F) 5:49; 400 dash: Taylor Bombalski (F) 1:08.5; 400 relay: Freeport (Kamri Brestensky, Danica Durand, Nicolette Blake, Chelsea Chaffman) 53.2; 300 hurdles: Lynsey Gugino (F) 54.0; 800 run: Hepler (AR) 2:38; 200 dash: Chelsea Chaffman (F) 28.0; 3,200 run: Carol Amadee (F) 13:47; 1,600 relay: Apollo-Ridge 6:04Field EventsHigh jump: Lynsey Gugino (F) 4-6; Long jump: Bronte Soul (F) 15-8.5; Triple jump: Bronte Soul (F) 35-3; Shot put: Caitlin Chaffman (F) 30-1.25; Discus: Caitlin Chaffman (F) 97-5; Javelin: Coleman (F) 99-9; Pole vault: Kristen Musloe (F) 8-0BoysHickory 103, Slippery Rock 47Track Events3,200-meter relay: Slippery Rock (Brock Sloan, Jason Anna, Eric Beachem, Ryan Thompson) 8:49; 110 hurdles: Ward (H) 16.42; 100 dash: Jackson (H) 11.37; 1,600 run: Ryan Thompson (SR) 4:56; 400 dash: Trosch (H) 53.42; 400 relay: Hickory 44.42; 300-meter hurdles: Ward (H) 43.93; 800-meter run: Thompson (SR) 2:08.9; 200-meter dash: Peguese (H) 23.8; 3,200-meter run: Alex Flecker (SR) 10:45.75; 1,600-meter relay: Hickory 3:45.05Field EventsHigh jump: Madrey (H) 6-2; Long jump: Trosch (H) 19-5.75; Triple jump: Marzano (H) 39-5.25; Shot put: Bell (H) 55-2; Discus: Bell (H) 138-3.5; Javelin: May (H) 137-4; Pole vault: Belko (H) 10-0*Girls results unavailableBoysMoniteau 109, Redbank Valley 41Track Events3,200-meter relay: Moniteau (Drew Yeckel, Cody Keene, Alex Edmonds, Evan Miller) 10:00; 110 hurdles: Josh Franiewski (M) 16.5; 100 dash: Strothers (RV) 11.6; 1,600 run: Haines (RV) 5:17; 400 dash: Alex Edmonds (M) 55.7; 400 relay: Moniteau (Franiewski, Dustin Geagan, Justin Snodgrass, Tyler Kristufek); 300-meter hurdles: Franiewski (M) 44.9; 800-meter run: Alex Edmonds (M) 2:09; 200-meter dash: Strothers (RV) 24.2; 3,200-meter run: Haines (RV) 11:59; 1,600-meter relay: Moniteau (Nassy, Meals, Murano, Keene) 4:29Field EventsHigh jump: Jonathan Loos (M) 5-10; Long jump: Tony Genaway (M) 17-1; Triple jump: Tony Genaway (M) 37-2; Shot put: Crawford (RV) 41-10; Discus: Kykle 122-1 Davidson; Javelin: Kyle Armagost 159-5; Pole vault: Tyler Kristufek (M) 12-0

Blake Friday and C.J. Weigand both had three hits and Nick Comport added two home runs and five RBI as Mars crushed Valley 15-5 in five innings.Aaron Lozzi added a single, home run, three runs scored and four batted in for the Planets (8-1, 7-1).Elsewhere:• Brody Shick and Taylor Smith each doubled, but Union couldn't overcome an early 4-0 deficit in a 5-1 loss to Venango Catholic.Valley 400 01x x — 5 3 1Mars 040 (10)1x x — 15 16 1W: Nick Bushee 4 1/3 IP (3K, 5BB). L: John Bonk 3 2/3 IP (6K, 4BB).Valley (4-6, 3-5): Billy Clark HR 4RBI, Zarley Zalewski 2BMars (8-1, 7-1): Blake Friday 3-1B 2R, Nick Comport 2HR 5RBI, C.J. Weigand 1B 2B 3B R RBI, Matt Eperesi 2-2B, Ethan Lambert 3R, Kevin Giallonardo 1B 2B R 2RBI, Aaron Lozzi 1B HR 3R 4RBIToday: Indiana at MarsVenango Cath. 400 000 1 — 5 5 1Union 000 100 0 — 1 5 5W: Jared Ruth 7IP (11K). L: Taylor Smith (2K).Venango Catholic: Matt Kohn 2-1B, Ben Guth HR 2-RBIUnion: Brody Shick 2B, Taylor Smith 1B 2B

Mike Dreher had 10 kills, Dustin DeFrancisis 17 assists and Xavier Krause eight passes to power Butler to a 25-11, 25-12, 25-3 victory over Pine-Richland.The junior varsity team also won 25-13, 25-18.Butler (9-2, 7-2) will play at North Allegheny Tuesday.

Paige Corathers scored five goals and Taylor Mayeda had four in Seneca Valley's 17-9 victory over Pine-Richland.Morgan Midkiff and Sam Struss both had three scores and Kelly Cundiff two for the Raiders (8-1, 5-1).Butler 12, Hempfield 4 — Bailey Kraus had three goals and Casey Murdick and Alyssa Olenick added two apiece as Butler rolled past the Spartans.Maggie Dellen, Kathryn Hitchan, Lydia Klutinoty, Ali Houk and Maci Williams each had one goal for Butler (5-4).