The Knoch softball team pounded out 11 hits and rolled to a 9-5 win over section foe Kittanning on a blustery Tuesday afternoon to remain undefeated this season.

The Knights got an RBI triple from Abbi Smithmyer and also received doubles from Jhoey DeWalt and Abbie Thrower.

Britni Brandstetter picked up the win, striking out four in seven innings of work.

The Knights are now 5-0 overall and 2-0 in Section 5-AAA. Knoch won just four games last season and two in 2010.

In other action:

• Kalene Ireland hit a home run in the second inning, but Slippery Rock (1-3) lost to Mercer by a score of 7-5.

Kittanning 101 003 0 — 5 6 2Knoch 210 600 x — 9 11 6W: Britni Brandstetter 7IP (4K, 2BB).

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

Kittanning (5-3, 1-1): Schall 1B 2-R

Knoch (5-0, 2-0): Abbi Smithmyer 3B RBI, Jhoey DeWalt 2B 1B RBI, Abbie Thrower 2B 1B RBI, Brandstetter 2-1B, Bethany Hay 2-1B RBI, Karsan Simpson 1B 2-RBI

Thursday: Knoch at Highlands

Mercer 104 101 0 — 7 6 2Slippery Rock 031 010 0 — 5 4 2W: Province 7 IP (5K, 2BB).

L: Kotomski 7 IP (8K, 2BB).

Slippery Rock (1-3): Kalene Ireland HR, Cathy Vogan 2B

Thursday: Slippery Rock at Meadville

BaseballMac Megahan went 4-for-4 with a double and three stolen bases as Knoch outlasted Deer Lakes 8-5.Knoch (4-3, 2-0) pounded out 14 hits, including six doubles.Gavin Miller picked up the win, striking out four in three innings of relief.Elsewhere:• Sean White struck out eight batters and did not issue a walk in six innings in Slippery Rock's 5-0 victory over Reynolds.Joe Barnhart pitched a scoreless seventh inning to complete the shutout.

Knoch 100 410 2 — 8 14 2Deer Lakes 001 301 0 — 5 10 1W: Gavin Miller 3IP (4K, 1BB).

L: Fredley 4IP (2K, 2BB).

Knoch (4-3, 2-0): Mac Megahan 3-1B 3-SB 2B, Taylor Sharer 2B 2-1B, Justin Grossman 2B, Chase Voltz 2B, Eddie Stockert 2B, Miller 2B

Deer Lakes: Bagley 3B

Today: Knoch at Highlands

Reynolds 000 000 0 — 0 3 4Slippery Rock 320 000 x — 5 5 5W: Sean White 6 IP (8K, 0BB).

L: Thompson 1 IP (1K, 2BB).

Reynolds: Engstrom 1B

Slippery Rock (2-3): Mitch Robinson 1B, 2-2B, 3 RBI

Friday: Slippery Rock at Oil City

Track and FieldThe Freeport boys and girls squads each captured 17 of 18 events in rolling past Ford City 127-23 and 138-12, respectively.Brendan Lynch and Colin Meehan were double individual winners for Freeport in the boys meet while Lynsey Gugino, Aly Moore, Kayla Zboran and Bronte Soul did like wise on the girls side.Freeport (both 3-0) will return to action along with Deer Lakes at Shady Side Academy Thursday.• Kyle Trinch won both hurdles events as well as the long and triple jumps as the Grove City boys doubled up Slippery Rock 100-50 while the Rockets' Emily Campbell swept the throwing events in the 95-55 loss to the Eagles.Eliza Lowe and Mackenzie Fagan won two events each for Grove City.

BoysFreeport 127, Ford City 23Track Events3,200-meter relay: Freeport (Josh Brestensky, Ryan Miller, Mitch O'Shell, James Woodhall) 10:05;

110 hurdles: Mike Troup (F) 18.9;

100 dash: Brendan Lynch (F) 11.7;

1,600 run: Colin Meehan (F) 5:28;

400 dash: Josh Brestensky (F) 56.5;

400 relay: Freeport (Mike Teorsky, Travis Hall, Ethan Morrison, Brendan Lynch) 47.0;

300-meter hurdles: Steven Lassinger (F) 48.7;

800-meter run: Josh Brestensky (F) 2:34.4;

200-meter dash: Brendan Lynch (F) 24.7;

3,200-meter run: Colin Meehan (F) 11:09;

1,600-meter relay: Freeport (Vince Russo, Ben Goldinger, Andrew Romanchak, Brandon Breier) 4:47

Field EventsHigh jump: Fred Pastoria (F) 5-6;

Long jump: Alex Wolfe (F) 16-9.5;

Triple jump: Nick Spangler (F) 37-2;

Shot put: Brian Welsh (F) 38-2;

Discus: McHaddon (FC) 107-9;

Javelin: Josh Luchesa (F) 130-11;

Pole vault: Alec Stivers (F) 10-0.

GirlsFreeport 138, Ford City 12Track Events3,200-meter relay: Freeport (Becca Dudek, Hayley Davis, Megan Palko, Brittany Bianco) 11:48;

100 hurdles: Lynsey Gugino (F) 17.2;

100 dash: Aly Moore (F) 14.0;

1,600 run: Kayla Zboran (F) 5;53.0;

400 dash: Megan Manke (F) 1:06.3;

400 relay: Freeport (Danielle Woitas, Bronte Soul, Erica Jack, Aly Moore) 57.7;

300 hurdles: Lynsey Gugino (F) 53.6;

800 run: Becca Dudek (F) 2:49.0;

200 dash: Danielle Woitas (F) 29.4;

3,200 run: Kayla Zboran (F) 12:43.0;

1,600 relay: Freeport (Lynsey Gugino, Natalie Martin, Lydia Gasienski, Grace Ward) 5:05.0

Field EventsHigh jump: Aly Moore (F) 4-8;

Long jump: Bronte Soul (F) 15-6.5;

Triple jump: Bronte Soul (F) 31-9.5;

Shot put: Caitlin Chaffman (F) 30-0.5;

Discus: Taylor Hochbein (F) 98-7;

Javelin: Beal (FC) 102-7

Pole vault: Kristen Musloe (F) 7-0

BoysGrove City 100, Slippery Rock 50Track Events3,200-meter relay: Grove City 8:33.0;

110 hurdles: Kyle Trinch (GC) 15.2;

100 dash: Davis Dimit (SR) 11.5;

1,600 run: Dan Jaskowak 4:55.0;

400 dash: Ty Udy (SR) 53.6;

400 relay: Grove City 49.1;

300-meter hurdles: Kyle Trinch (GC) 41.6;

800-meter run: Ryan Thompson (SR) 1:58.3;

200-meter dash: Hanna (GC) 24.8;

3,200-meter run: Jason Anna (SR) 10:25.0;

1,600-meter relay: Slippery Rock (Kadlubek, Kirkwood, Udy, Thompson) 3:57

Field EventsHigh jump: Mason

Depeal (GC) 6-0;

Long jump: Kyle Trinch (GC) 19-2.5;

Triple jump: Kyle Trinch (GC) 40-8;

Shot put: Travis Kroner (SR) 46-5;

Discus: Craig (GC) 133-9;

Javelin: Jake Wyllie (GC) 121-1;

Pole vault: Jake Wyllie (GC) 12-0

GirlsGrove City 95, Slippery Rock 55Track Events3,200-meter relay: Grove City 10:27.0;

100 hurdles: Eliza Lowe (GC) 14.9;

100 dash: Eliza Lowe (GC) 13.0;

1,600 run: Jessica

Bennett (SR) 5:50.0;

400 dash: Lauren Decker (GC) 1:04.7;

400 relay: Grove City 55.0;

300 hurdles: Joyce (SR) 52.9;

800 run: Anna Cessar (SR) 2:36.0;

200 dash: Courtney Corbin (GC) 27.7;

3,200 run: Lindsey Knaby (GC) 13:27.0;

1,600 relay: Grove City 4:34.0

Field EventsHigh jump: Mackenzie Fagan (GC) 4-7;

Long jump: Kelly Baglia (GC) 14-7.5;

Triple jump: Mackenzie Fagan (GC) 30-1.5;

Shot put: Emily Campbell (SR) 35-4;

Discus: Emily Campbell (SR) 92-8;

Javelin: Emily Campbell (SR) 83-5;

Pole vault: Evyn Selden (GC) 8-0

Boys VolleyballSteve Stauffer totaled 16 assists and Xavier Krause 13 kills as Butler swept visiting Gateway by scores of 25-14, 25-16 and 25-20.Josh Kaufman added 15 passes for the Golden Tornado (4-1, 3-1), which also won the junior varsity match 2-0.

Seneca Valley 3, Pine-Richland 0 — Chad Albert had 10 kills, Eric Speicher seven kills and five blocks, Brian Pudlo five kills and five aces and Max McCloskey 25 assists in the Raiders' 25-12, 25-18, 25-9 victory.

Boys LacrosseTanner Kotch scored six goals and had seven assists to lead Butler to a 20-9 win at North Hills.J.J. Raab added five goals and Cody Bachman four goals and one assist.Seth Horwat, Jake Whann and Ian Bergbigler each played well defensively for Butler (3-2, 3-0).In junior varsity action, Clay Bachman and Jamison Smith combined to score six goals and hand out six assists in Butler's 9-0 win.

Girls LacrosseKelly Cundiff scored four goals and Morgan Midkiff added three as Seneca Valley eked out an 8-7 win over Quaker Valley.Haile Sandor stopped 10 shots in goal for the Raiders (5-1).