David Bednar tossed a no-hitter while going 3-for-3 at the plate — including a double and four RBIs — as the Mars baseball team blanked Hampton 7-0 on Monday.

Bednar did walk nine batters but fanned eight in going the distance.

Matt Eperesi doubled and singled, Dylan Stewart added a single and two RBIs and Alex Smith two hits, two runs scored and an RBI for the Planets.

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Sharpsville 13, Slippery Rock 1 — A nine-run second inning helped the Blue Devils to the five-inning win.

Mars 030 001 3 — 7 10 1Hampton 000 000 0 — 0 0 0W: David Bednar 7 IP (8K, 9BB).

L: John Arnold 5.1 IP (5K, 2BB).

Mars (4-1, 1-0): Matt Eperesi 1B, 2B; Alex Smith 2-1B, 2R; David Bednar 2-1B, 2B, 4 RBI; Dylan Stewart 1B, 2 RBI; Ben Erdahl 1B; Josh Bartley 1B

Wednesday: Indiana at Mars

Sharpsville 090 040 x — 13 7 1Slippery Rock 000 10x x — 1 2 5W: Yarabinec 4 IP (8K, 0BB).

L: Mitch Robinson 1.2 IP (0K, 4BB).

Sharpsville (3-0): Yarabinec HR; Popatak 2B, 2 BB

Slippery Rock (1-2): Ryan Northcott 1B; Travis Lauster 1B

Wednesday: Slippery Rock at Warren

SoftballKarsan Simpson had two hits and scored two runs to power Knoch to an 8-4 victory over Ford City.In other action:• Maggie McKain and Jensen Bachman both doubled and Clara Stoughton had two base hits, but Karns City fell 11-3 to visiting Punxsutawney.• Shaler raced out to a 3-0, first-inning lead and went on to post a 9-0 section victory over Butler

Ford City 101 020 0 — 4 4 3Knoch 070 010 x — 8 6 2W: Codi Reed 5 IP (1K, 1BB).

L: A. Markilinski 6 IP (3K, 4BB).

Ford City: A. McAfoose 2HR, 3 RBI, 3R; Prazenica 2B

Knoch (3-0): Karsan Simpson 2-1B, 2R

Thursday: Knoch at Hampton

Punxsutawney 103 312 1 — 11 12 2Karns City 000 300 0 — 3 7 5W: Ashley Bacha 7 IP (13K, 1BB).

L: Lauren Downs 7 IP (4K, 2BB).

Punxsutawney: Chelsea Encehollm 1B 2B 3B, Sydney Phillips 2-1B 2B

Karns City (0-2): Maggie McKain 2B, Jensen Bachman 2B, Clara Stoughton 2-1B, Lauren Downs 1B, Morgan Deal 1B, Alex Boyle 1B

Thursday: Venango Catholic at Karns City

Butler 000 000 0 — 0 6 3Shaler 301 320 x — 9 9 0W: Smiers 7 IP (5K, 0BB).

L: Hope Wonderling 4 IP (4K, 7BB).

Butler (1-3): Amanda Steinheiser 3-1B; Tessla Koebler 2-1B

Shaler: Russo 3-2B

Wednesday: Pine-Richland at Butler

Track and FieldKeenan Rankin won the javelin with a throw of 146-9 as Union defeated Cranberry, 78-63, but fell to Redbank Valley, 82-56, in KSAC action.

BoysUnion 78, Cranberry 63Redbank Valley 82, Union 56Track Events3,200-meter relay: Cranberry 9:17.5;

110 hurdles: Hinterliter (RV) 18.06;

100 dash: Strothers (RV) 11.6;

1,600 run: Zacherl (C) 4:59;

400 dash: Sheatz (C) 57.7;

400 relay: Redbank Valley 46.9;

300-meter hurdles: Hinterliter (RV) 50.33;

800-meter run: Spence (C) 2:14.1;

200-meter dash: Hetrick (RV) 24.85;

3,200-meter run: Zacherl (C) 11:02.21;

1,600-meter relay: Cranberry 3:51.59;

Field EventsHigh jump: Spence (C) 5-10;

Long jump: Unger (RV) 17-19.5;

Triple jump: Heller (C) 39-4;

Shot put: Bailey (RV) 39-6.5;

Discus: Blouser (RV) 106-11;

Javelin: Keenan Rankin (U) 146-9;

Pole vault: Holibaugh (RV () 10-0

Boys Volleyball

North Allegheny 3, Butler 0 — Xavier Krause had 16 kills and 16 passes and Cole Chamberlain 11 assists, but it was the Tigers who came away with the 25-9, 25-18, 25-23 section victory.Butler won the junior varsity match 25-15, 25-20.Butler (2-1, 2-1) will host Pine-Richland today.

Girls Lacrosse

Butler 10, McDowell 7 — Megan Kunst had three goals and Maggie Dellen and Casey Murdick two goals and one assist apiece to lead the Tornado.Kathryn Hitchan tallied two goals and Bailey Kraus added one goal and one assist for Butler (3-2), which plays at Hampton Wednesday.

Boys Tennis

Grove City 5, Rocky Grove 0 — The Eagles (2-1, 2-1) lost just two games in this region matchup.

Singles: Matt Welker (GC) def. Austen Burnett 6-0, 6-0; Steven Hunter (GC) def. Isaac Coon 6-0, 6-0; Adam McCracken (GC) def. Henry Gent 6-0, 6-1

Doubles: Conner Smith-Evan Lowers (GC) def. Josh Winger-Colton Miller 6-0, 6-0; Dylan Motta-Chris Adams (GC) def. Tyler Warrington-Tyler Ferricks 6-1, 6-0

Junior Varsity Baseball

Butler 21, North Hills 10 — Jake Stoner had two doubles, two singles, five RBIs and four runs scored and Ryan Denny added three singles with five runs scored and two RBIs.Nick Patten had a single, double and two RBIs and Mike Hepler two singles and an RBI for Butler, which also saw Nick Russo record five strikeouts in the final two innings.