Rhiannon Kosar singled and blasted a two-run home run to help lift the Butler softball team to an 11-6 victory over visiting Fox Chapel.

Noel Pfabe added two singles, two doubles and a run batted in for the Golden Tornado (5-10, 3-8), who collected 15 hits.

Fox Chapel 020 130 0 — 6 7 0

Butler 230 150 x — 11 15 2

W: Emily McDonald 4.2 IP (1K, 1BB). L: Bungo 3.1 IP (2K, 2BB).

Fox Chapel: Nestel HR

Butler (5-10, 3-8): Noel Pfabe 2-1B 2-2B RBI, Rhiannon Kosar 1B HR 2RBI, Mackenzie O’Donnell 1B 2B RBI

Today: Butler at Seneca Valley

Cranberry 10, Karns City 6 — Taylor Downs doubled three times, but the Gremlins (6-3) fell to the host Berries.

Karns City 012 102 0 — 6 8 x

Cranberry 323 101 x — 10 10 x

W: Nelson 7 IP (11K, 1BB). L: LeeAnn Gibson 6 IP (6K, 7BB).

Karns City (6-3): Morgan Deal 1B 2B, Taylor Downs 3-2B, Jordan Downs 1B 2B

Cranberry: Shreck HR

Today: Clarion at Karns City

BaseballKarns City suffered its first defeat of the season, a 16-6 loss at Cranberry in six innings.Zach Moore doubled and homered for the Gremlins (11-1).Karns City 020 111 x — 6 7 6Cranberry 810 223 x — 16 12 3W: Cyphert 6 IP (13K, 1BB). L: Holden Martin 3 IP (1K, 3BB).Karns City (11-1): Zach Moore 2B HR, Nathan Weckerly 1B 2BCranberry: A. Hanna 1B HR, K. Hanna 1B HR, Willison 4-1BThursday: A-C Valley vs. Karns City at Pullman ParkHampton 4, Mars 1 — The Planets (9-7, 6-2) were held to just the one run on four hits by Talbot pitcher Joe Vita.David Bednar doubled and scored a run for Mars.Mars 010 000 0 — 1 4 1Hampton 101 020 x — 4 6 1W: Joe Vita 7 IP (5K, 0BB). L: Nathan Furl 5 IP (6K, 5BB).Mars (9-7, 6-2): David Bednar 2B R, Josh Bartley RBIHampton (12-2, 8-0): Zach Staszak 2-1B 2RBIToday: Mars at Valley

Boys TennisIn Grove City’s 4-1 loss to Hickory, Matt Welker’s singles win was the lone victory for the Eagles (13-2, 6-2).Hickory 4, Grove City 1Singles: 1-Matt Welker (GC) def. Ross Rosati 6-1, 6-0; 2-John Smaltz (H) def. Evan Lowers 6-0, 6-2; 3-Michael Funera (H) def. Chris Adams 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2Doubles: 1-Nick Petrochko-Nelson Murphy (H) def. Frankie Bassani-Dylan Motta 6-3, 6-7(5) 6-4; 2-Stephen Petrochko-Zack Walters (H) def. Kyle Yeakle-Andrew McCracken 6-3, 6-3

Track and FieldBoth Slippery Rock teams dropped decisions to Hickory. The Rocket boys fell 108-42 and the girls by a 100-48 count.Winning for the boys was Andrew Maxwell in the 3,200-meter run (11:04), Shane Kirkwood in the high jump (6-1) and Andrew Furrh in the long jump (20-11.25).Taking first place for the girls was Ellie Mularski in the javelin (92-6), Molly Joyce in the high jump (4-7), Heather Urbaniak in the 100 hurdles (16.11), Megan Stephenson in the 100 dash (13.19), Aster Chmielewski in the 300 hurdles (49.63) and Sarah Kadlubek in the 800 run (2:38).

Girls LacrosseMegan Crawford and Bailey Kraus each scored six goals as Butler routed Vincentian 19-7.Reanna Everton added four goals for the Golden Tornado (7-8, 3-5).