Alex Ziegler had four singles and Colin Williamson added two singles and a double as the Butler baseball team pounded out 19 hits in a 14-5 win at Pine-Richland Wednesday afternoon.

The Golden Tornado (7-0, 2-0) scored six runs in the first inning against the Rams (4-2, 1-1) to help starting pitcher Colin McKee get the win.

The senior right-hander sruck out eight and walked three.

Mick Fennell added a single and a triple for Butler.

Dalton Koebler also had a big game at the plate for the Golden Tornado with a double and two singles.

Pine-Richland closed the gap to 8-5 with a five-run fifth inning, but the Golden Tornado pulled away with four runs in the top of the sixth and two more in the top of the seventh.

Butler will have a week off before it hosts Shaler April 11.

In other action:

• C.J. Weigand homered, doubled and drove in two runs, but Mars fell to section foe Indiana 9-4.

Nick Comfort got the loss, but struck out five in two innings of work for the Planets (4-2, 1-1).

Derek Shields homered for Indiana (1-4, 1-1).

• Gavin Herald and Josh Doody each doubled, but Grove City fell to Sharon 5-3.

Torin Smith also had two hits for the Eagles (1-3).

Winning pitcher Geno Merolillo and Joe Tomko homered as Sharon remained unbeaten.

• Seven errors doomed Slippery Rock to a 14-0 loss to Warren in five innings.

The Rockets (1-3) managed just four singles against the Dragons.

Butler 600 204 2 — 14 19 2Pine-Richland 000 050 0 — 5 5 2W: Colin McKee 5IP (8K, 3BB).

L: Quiring 3.1IP (3K, 1BB).

Butler (7-0, 2-0): Colin Williamson 2-1B 2B, Alex Ziegler 4-1B, Mick Fennell 1B 3B, Dalton Koebler 2-1B 2B

Pine-Richland (4-2, 1-1): Clark 1B 2B

Wednesday: Shaler at Butler

Indiana 032 101 2 — 9 11 0Mars 100 011 1 — 4 7 3W: Sean Thompson 5IP (3K, 4BB).

L: Nick Comport 2IP (5K, 1BB).

Indiana (1-4, 1-1): Derek Shields HR 1B 2-RBI, Daniel Clark 2B 1B, Trent Ream 2B RBI

Mars (4-2, 1-1): C.J. Weigand HR 2B 1B 2-RBI, Josh Bartley 2B, Dylan Stewart 2-1B

Monday: Mars at Blackhawk

Sharon 001 310 0 — 5 9 1Grove City 100 100 1 — 3 6 1W: Geno Merolillo 4IP (6K, 4BB).

L: Ryan Grace 5IP (2K, 3BB).

Sharon (4-0): Antjhony Martwinski 2B, Joe Tomko 2-2B HR, Geno Merolillo HR 2-RBI

Grove City (1-3): Torin Smith 2-1B, Gavin Herald 1B 2B, Josh Doody 2B

Today: Grove City at Commodore Perry

Slippery Rock 000 00x x — 0 4 7Warren 104 9xx x — 14 10 0W: Dorunda 4IP (3K, 1BB).

L: Cody Stevenson 3.2IP (2K, 2BB).

Slippery Rock (1-3): Andrew Geraltowski 1B, Stevenson 1B, Ryan Northcott 1B, Jake Arienzo 1B

Warren: Danielson 2B 2-1B, Dorunda 2B 1B, Morrison 3B

Tuesday: Reynolds at Slippery Rock

Track and FieldIn Tuesday action, Forrest Barnes won the 100 and 200 meters, Tom Kocur the long jump and triple jump as Seneca Valley's boys defeated North Hills, 108-42. The Indians won the girls meet, 76-74.

BoysSeneca Valley 108, North Hills 42Track Events3,200-meter relay: Seneca Valley 9:22;

110 hurdles: Ubinger (NH) 17:03;

100 dash: Barnes (SV) 11.11;

1,600 run: Foster (SV) 4:44;

400 dash: Philogene (SV) 53.88;

400 relay: Seneca Valley 46.65;

300-meter hurdles: Ubinger (NH) 42.52;

800-meter run: Foster (SV) 2:09;

200-meter dash: Barnes (SV) 23.08;

3,200-meter run: Quiggle (SV) 10:32;

1,600-meter relay: North Hills 3:46

Field EventsHigh jump: Bostick (NH) 6-0;

Long jump: Kocur (SV) 18-9;

Triple jump: Kocur (SV) 37-2;

Shot put: Ketterer (SV) 43-5;

Discus: Plazek (NH) 122-4;

Javelin: Muto (SV) 149-3;

Pole vault: Cashdollar (SV) 13-0

GirlsNorth Hills 76, Seneca Valley 74Track Events3,200-meter relay: North Hills 10:03;

100 hurdles: Stebbins (SV) 16.7;

100 dash: O'Connell (NH) 12.61;

1,600 run: Margo Malone (NH) 5:19;

400 dash: O'Connell (NH) 59.73;

400 relay: Seneca Valley 51.73;

300 hurdles: Neal (NH) 48.51;

800 run: Mary Malone (NH) 2:25;

200 dash: O'Connell (NH) 26.45;

3,200 run: Margo Malone (NH) 11:36;

1,600 relay: Seneca Valley 4:12

Field EventsHigh jump: McAndrew (SV) 4-8;

Long jump: McAndrew (SV) 16-45;

Triple jump: McAndrew (SV) 35-43;

Shot put: Yale (SV) 33-3;

Discus: Mihole (NH) 9-53;

Javelin: Rutkowski (SV) 113-5;

Pole vault: Brinn (NH) 9-6

Girls LacrosseMorgan Midkiff scored three goals as the Seneca Valley girls lacrosse team edged Sewickley Academy 7-6.

Hampton 16, Butler 11 — Maggie Dellen scored four goals and Casey Murdick added four assists in this loss.Megan Kunst also had three goals and an assist for the Golden Tornado (3-3).Boys Tennis

Butler 5, Gateway 0 — The Golden Tornado swept this Tuesday match.

Butler 5, Gateway 0Singles: Will Nesbitt (B) def. Tommy Harris 6-0, 6-1; Zac McCafferty (B) def. Brad Shear 6-1, 6-0; AJ May (B) def. Joey Beiter 6-2, 6-0

Doubles: Dave Bright-Eric May (B) def. Robin DShah-Matt Shapiro 6-3, 6-4; Henry May-Ethan Turner (B) def. Jim Park-Sai Gopi 6-2, 6-2

Hampton 5, Knoch 0 — The Knights fell to 2-8 overall and 0-7 in the section with this loss.

Hampton 5, Knoch 0Singles: Mike Pfefferle-Gallot (H) def. Jack Boros 6-2, 6-2; Jonathan Harrison (H) def. Mike Karns 6-0, 6-0; Tommy Jones (H) def. Jean Houzet 6-1, 6-1

Doubles: Robert Hedges-Paul Sherer (H) def. Jordan Hall-Wes Moore 6-1, 6-0; Eric Millstone-Ryan Gallagher (H) def. Ben Andrews-Bob Larrimer 6-1, 6-1

Grove City 5, Oil City 0 — The Eagles rolled to this region victory to improve to 3-1 on the season.

Grove City 5, Oil City 0Singles: Matt Welker (GC) def. Gregg Slye 6-0, 6-1; Steven Hunter (GC) def. Adam Strickland 6-3, 7-6 (4); Adam McCracken (GC) def. Randy Bearer 6-0, 6-1

Doubles: Conner Smith-Evan Lowers (GC) def. Andrew Scott-Rich Foster 6-1, 6-2; Dylan Motta-Chris Adams (GC) def. Louden Buchanan-David Crawford 6-1, 6-0