Bethany Hay and Codi Reed launched grand slams in the top of the ninth inning as Knoch's softball team won 19-8 at Kittanning Thursday afternoon.

The game was tied at 7 after seven innings of play before both teams tallied a run in the eighth.

Also hitting home runs for the Knights were Karsan Simpson and Chandler Krelow.

Reed pitched all nine innings to earn the victory, striking out five and not walking a batter.

Knoch 101 01221(11) — 19 20 4

Kittanning 330 100 010 — 8 x x

W: Codi Reed 9 IP (5K, 0BB). L: Toy 1/3 IP (0K, 5BB).

Knoch (7-6, 3-4): Bethany Hay 3-1B GSHR, Codi Reed 1B GSHR, Chandler Krelow 2-1B 2-2B HR, Karsan Simpson 2-1B HR, Abbi Smithmyer 3-1B 2B, Sarah Steedle 2-1B

Kittanning (3-5, 3-4): Schall 1B 2B, Johnson 3-1B HR

Tuesday: Indiana at Knoch

Seneca Valley 8, Fox Chapel 4 — Junior Alyssa Panza singled, doubled and drove in two runs as the Raiders (3-5) picked up a much-needed section victory.

Sammy Crilley struck out six and walked one in a complete-game win.

Fox Chapel 000 000 4 — 4 7 4

Seneca Valley 400 013 x — 8 10 3

W: Sammy Crilley 7 IP (6K, 1BB). L: Bungo 6 IP (4K, 0BB).

Fox Chapel (1-8, 1-9): Olbrich 2-1B

Seneca Valley (3-5, 3-5): Jessica Neill 3-1B, Cassie Bachik 2-1B, Alyssa Panza 1B 2B 2RBI, Aubrey Baehr 2B, Sarah Blagg 2B RBI, Ashley Kappeler 1B

Saturday: Seneca Valley at Blackhawk

Mars 10, Highlands 5 — Taylor Rotz tallied 12 strikeouts for the Planets (6-5, 6-1). On offense, Erin Hershman singled twice and homered and Blake Kitt singled twice and doubled.

Mars 102 007 0 — 10 13 0

Highlands 010 003 1 — 5 8 4

W: Taylor Rotz 7 IP (12K, 3BB). L: Gabby Miller 5+ IP (4K, 2BB).

Mars (6-5, 6-1): Blake Kitt 2-1B 2B 3R, Erin Hershman 2-1B HR 3RBI, Niki Schlegel 2-1B

Highlands (4-3, 4-3): Dakoda Yaworski 2-1B

Today: Mars at Pine-Richland

Conneaut 21, Slippery Rock 0 — Jordan McCauley had the lone hit for the Rockets.

Conneaut (10)29 xxx x — 21 14 0

Slippery Rock 000 xxx x — 0 1 2

W: Blair 3 IP (5K, 2BB). L: Morgan Longdon 2 IP (3K, 12BB).

Conneaut: Baker 2B 3B 4R

Slippery Rock: Jordan McCauley 1B

Saturday: Slippery Rock at Mercer

Fred Pastoria captured the high jump, long jump and pole vault as Freeport's boys breezed past Ford City 131-19.Dava Jack led Freeport's girls to a 116.5-33.5 win with victories in the 100 hurdles and 100 dash.BoysFreeport 131, Ford City 193,200 relay: Freeport (Colin Meehan, Ryan Miller, Brandon Breier, Josh Brestensky) 9:35; 110 hurdles: Dylan Hochbein (F) 17.2; 100 dash: Brendan Lynch (F) 11.8; 1,600 run: Colin Meehan (F) 4:55; 400 run: Josh Brestensky (F) 54.0; 400 relay: Freeport (Mike Teorsky, Jake Babilon, Fred Pastoria, Brendan Lynch) 46.5; 300 hurdles: Dylan Hochbein (F) 43.8; 800 run: Josh Brestensky (F) 2:35; 200 dash: Brendan Lynch (F) 23.1; 3,200 run: Noah Bowser (F) 12:18; 1,600 relay: Freeport (Dylan Hochbein, Logan Thimons, Brandon Hochbein, Brandon Breier) 3:46Shot put: Brian Welsh (F) 40-5.25; Discus: McHadden (FC) 125-3; Javelin: Cole Hepler (F) 157-3; High jump: Fred Pastoria (F) 5-10; Long jump: Fred Pastoria (F) 19-9; Triple jump: Pepler (FC) 37-7.5; Pole vault: Fred Pastoria (F) 13-0GirlsFreeport 116.5, Ford City 33.53,200 relay: Freeport (Becca Dudek, Megan Palko, Nicole Miller, Katie Hill) 11:27; 100 hurdles: Dava Jack (F) 17.0; 100 dash: Dava Jack (F) 13.6; 1,600 run: Kayla Zboran (F) 5:37; 400 run: Brittney Bianco (F) 1:08.0; 400 relay: Freeport (Danika Durand, Zoe Soilis, Dava Jack, Erica Jack) 54.1; 300 hurdles: Grace Ward (F) 50.9; 800 run: Becca Dudek (F) 2:42; 200 dash: Gledysiewski (FC) 29.0; 3,200 run: Kayla Zboran (F) 12:29; 1,600 relay: Freeport (Alexis Foran, Zoe Soilis, Grace Ward, Brittney Bianco) 4:40Shot put: Macy Smolic (F) 33-11.5; Discus: Taylor Hochbein (F) 100-5; Javelin: Willyard (FC) 106-11; High jump: Michaela Bowser (F) 4-8; Long jump: Danika Durand (F) 15-10; Triple jump: Freeman (FC) 32-7; Pole vault: Gladysiewski (FC) 8-0

Sierra Kaufman paced Knoch with four goals and two assists in a 17-3 home win over Yough.Emily Zilka and Kelsie Petit both added three goals while Kara Fitzpatrick and Savannah Steffen had two goals apiece.Rounding out the scoring were Kaitlyn Crimbchin, Mandi Boldy and Elizabeth Butler.Blackhawk 12, Butler 11 — Bailey Kraus scored five goals for the Golden Tornado, putting her over 100 for her varsity career.Also scoring for Butler (4-6) were Megan Crawford (three), Reanna Everton (two) and Krysta Moore.

Holden Martin pitched a five-inning no-hitter, striking out nine and walking just two in Karns City's 14-0 blanking of East Forest at Pullman Park.Martin and Wyatt Everetts both singled and doubled at the plate for the Gremlins (8-0).East Forest 000 00x x — 0 0 0Karns City 235 4xx x — 14 9 1W: Holden Martin 5 IP (9K, 2BB). L: Dittman 3 IP (4K, 4BB).Karns City (8-0): Nathan Weckerly 2-1B, Holden Martin 1B 2B, Wyatt Everetts 1B 2B, Tyler Kepple 2BMonday: Vincentian vs. Karns City at Pullman Park

Grove City's doubles teams of Dylan Motta-Ravi Patel and Kyle Yeakle-Andrew McCracken were both victorious in a 4-1 win over Kennedy Catholic.Grove City 4, Kennedy Catholic 1Singles: 1-Matt Welker (GC) def. Nickolo Lima 6-0, 6-0; 2-Evan Lowers (GC) def. Andre Antonescu 6-1, 7-6(2); 3-Jesse Kirila (KC) def. Chris Adams 6-4, 6-4Doubles: 1-Dylan Motta-Ravi Patel (GC) def. Stephens Edge-Drew Grabigel 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; 2-Kyle Yeakle-Andrew McCracken (GC) def. John McGonigle-Blase Hudson 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3North Hills 3, Butler 2 — Picking up wins for the Golden Tornado were A.J. May in singles and the duo of Troy Bell and Cam Sedwick in doubles action.North Hills 3, Butler 2Singles: 1-A.J. May (B) def. Dan Schmidt 6-4, 7-5; 2-Jared Wink (NH) def. Ethan Turner 6-0, 6-0; 3-Ryan Balog (NH) def. Bryan O'Donnell 6-0, 6-3Doubles: 1-Mike Chutko-Grant Traeger (NH) def. Devin Fitz-Gavin Shuler 6-1, 6-0; 2-Troy Bell-Cam Sedwick (B) def. Craig Deng-Brian Lovasik 6-1, 6-3

Matt Huey totaled 12 kills and Jared Boyer 10 passes as Butler swept North Hills by scores of 25-14, 25-23 and 25-21.Andrew Paterno added 32 assists for the Tornado (5-3, 4-3).

Mars 16, Shaler 10 — The Planets (4-2) received five goals from Blake Thompson and three from Will King in this Wednesday victory. Owen Vasbinder, Zac Sicher and Hunter Mincer scored two each.Jake Porter and Gino Crognale scored a goal each for the Planets, who host Fox Chapel Monday.