Emily Watson scattered six hits over seven innings and Sarah Blagg had a single and a double to lead the Seneca Valley softball team to a 3-1 win over section rival Pine-Richland Friday afternoon.

The only run Watson surrendered was unearned.

Elsewhere:

• Karsan Simpson had two doubles and four RBI, but Knoch squandered a 6-0 lead in the seventh inning in a 7-6 loss in eight innings to Valley.

Jhoey DeWalt also had three singles for the Knights (9-3, 4-3).

• Kara Kershbaumer went 5-for-5 with two doubles, but Karns City could not overcome 10 errors in a 17-13 loss to Cranberry.

Seneca Valley 010 010 1 — 3 3 1Pine-Richland 100 000 0 — 1 6 2W: Emily Watson 7IP (4K, 2BB).

L: Haley Morgan 7IP (3K, 4BB).

Seneca Valley (12-3, 8-2): Sarah Blagg 1B 2B, Kelsey Mislan 1B R

Pine-Richland: Hannah McNulty 3-1B

Monday: North Allegheny at Seneca Valley

Valley 000 000 61 — 7 8 2Knoch 201 003 00 — 6 7 2W: Carly Bonk 8IP (6K, 1BB).

L: Brittni Brandstetter 8IP (9K, 3BB).

Valley: Belitskus 2B 3-RBI, Bonk 2B, Katrina George 2B, Jensen York 2B

Knoch (9-3, 4-3): Karsan Simpson 2-2B 4-RBI, Jhoey DeWalt 3-1B, Bethany Hay 2-1B

Monday: Highlands at Knoch

Cranberry 013 324 4 — 17 15 1Karns City 320 107 0 — 13 14 10W: Hogue 7IP (5K, 5BB).

L: Lauren Downs 7IP (3K, 2BB).

Cranberry: Hogue 2B 21B, Swartzfager 2-1B, Shreffler 3B 1B

Karns City (4-4, 4-2): Kara Kershbaumer 2-2B 3-1B, Lauren Mildren 2B 1B, Lauren Downs 2-1B

Tuesday: Karns City at A-C Valley, doubleheader

BaseballBen Erdahl singled and drove in two key runs in a four-run fourth inning as Mars edged Valley 4-2.Nathan Furl picked up the win and Nick Comport pitched the final 1 1/3 to pick up the save for the Planets (11-3, 8-1).In other action:• Mac Megahan homered and Caleb Thorn had a key pinch-hit two-run double as Knoch downed Highlands.Justin Grossman picked up the win for the Knights (9-6, 7-3).

Mars 000 400 0 — 4 7 2Valley 000 011 0 — 2 5 2W: Nathan Furl 5.2IP (5K, 5BB).

L: John Bonk 4IP (6K, 2BB).

Mars (11-3, 8-1): Matt Eperesi 1B, Nick Comport 2B, Sam Swiatek 1B RBI, Ben Erdahl 1B 2-RBI

Valley (7-7, 4-6): Kyle Huffman 2-1B, Dominic Guzzi 1B RBI

Tuesday: Hampton at Mars

Highlands 201 000 2 — 5 9 1Knoch 021 402 x — 9 9 0W: Justin Grossman 4IP (2K, 1BB).

L: Borkowski 4IP (1K, 6BB).

Highlands: Targent HR, Scott HR 1B, Shiring 2-1B

Knoch (9-6, 7-3): Mac Megahan HR 1B, Zach Koller 2-1B, Luke Kroneberg 2-1B, Caleb Thorn 2B 2-RBI

Monday: Knoch at Valley

Girls LacrosseMindy Norris scored five goals and Mandi Boldy added three goals and an assist as Knoch bested North Hills 17-10.

Boys VolleyballXavier Krause had 15 kills as Butler swept Hempfield 25-12, 25-17, 25-13.Cole Chamberlain added 15 assists and Steve Staufer 14 assists for the Golden Tornado (9-2, 7-2).