Anthony Michalski’s sacrifice fly scored Isaiah Johnson in the bottom of the fifth inning with what proved to be the winning run in Mars’ 3-2 baseball victory over Kiski Area Tuesday afternoon at Kelly Automotive Park.

Will Bednar worked three scoreless innings of relief for the victory, striking out three. Doogie Cannon started on the mound for Mars (4-2, 3-0) and pitched four innings.

Kiski Area 200 000 0 — 2 4 1

Mars 020 010 x — 3 4 0

W: Will Bednar 3 IP (3K, 0BB). L: Kiebler 5.2 IP (6K, 2BB).

Kiski Area: Poleski 1B 2RBI

Mars (4-2, 3-0): Isaiah Johnson 2-1B R, Dylan Rotz 2B RBI

Today: Mars at North Hills

Armstrong 14, Karns City 5 — The River Hawks broke open a close game with six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Tyler Yough singled twice and tripled for the Gremlins (2-3).

Karns City 040 100 0 — 5 8 1

Armstrong 303 161 x — 14 16 1

W: Parisi 4 IP (1K, 3BB). L: Jimmy Thompson 3 IP (2K, 1BB).

Karns City (2-3): Tyler Yough 2-1B 3B, Jacob King 1B 2B

Armstrong: Crafton 3-1B 2B, Dudek 2B 3B

Thursday: Karns City at Kiski Prep

Pine-Richland 5, Butler 0 — The Golden Tornado (3-3, 0-2) were held to three hits by Rams pitcher Ryan Okuda.

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Pine-Richland 000 212 x — 5 7 0

W: Ryan Okuda 7 IP (8K, 1BB). L: Connor Ollio 4.1 IP (4K, 4BB).

Butler (3-3, 0-2): Jacob Keene 2B

Pine-Richland (8-1, 2-0): Troy LaNeve 1B 2B 2RBI, Joe Bolick 2-1B R

Today: Butler at North Allegheny

Moniteau 15, A-C Valley 0 — The Warriors continued to roll with this three-inning defeat of the Falcons.

Derek Brown struck out six with no walks and allowed just one hit to earn the pitching win.

A-C Valley 000 xxx x — 0 1 3

Moniteau 14(10) xxx x — 15 7 1

W: Derek Brown 3 IP (6K, 0BB). L: Thompson 1.2 IP (0K, 3BB).

A-C Valley: Isaiah Seeker 1B

Moniteau: Jake Jewart 1B R RBI, Lee DeMatteis 1B R 3RBI, Bryan Kusner 2RBI, Josh Adamson 3B RBI, Lake Pry 1B 2RBI, Andrew Dulya 1B 3R 2RBI, Chance Nagy 1B R 2RBI, Brice Williams 1B 2R RBI

Knoch 6, Yough 3 (eight innings) — The Knights scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning to win this section battle.

Dom Bucko picked up the win, striking out six in three innings of relief.

Brandon Kowalski, Derek McGill and Alex Altmire each had a double for the Knights (3-2, 3-1). Ethan Sloane had a pair of RBI.

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Yough 001 010 01 — 3 3 1

W: Dom Bucko 3 IP (6K, 0BB). L: O’Rourke 1.2 IP (0K, 0BB).

Knoch (3-2, 3-1): Alex Altmire 2B 1B, Brandon Kowalski 2B 1B RBI, Derek McGill 2B RBI, Ethan Sloane 1B 2-RBI

Boys Volleyball

Cody Schnur dropped 12 kills and Tyler Rankin had 32 assists to lead Butler to a 3-0 sweep of visiting Fox Chapel.

Dan Kline tallied 14 digs and Andrew Chwalik three blocks for the Golden Tornado, who prevailed 25-14, 25-17, 26-24.

In a match against North Allegheny last Thursday, Butler (5-2, 3-2) dropped the third and final game by a score of 25-20. The score was listed incorrectly in Friday’s Butler Eagle.

Boys Lacrosse

Evan Schaffhauser scored six goals as Freeport downed Greensburg Central Catholic, 14-5.

Sean Fennel and Braith Kiser each scored a pair of goals for the Yellowjackets (4-4).

Softball

Amanda Fischer struck out seven, walked one and allowed no runs on five hits as Knoch crushed host Indiana, 8-0.

Monica Gourley went 4-for-4 and Celia Knappenberger doubled and homered for the Knights (8-1, 3-1).

Knoch 003 020 3 — 8 12 0

Indiana 000 000 0 — 0 5 3

W: Amanda Fischer 7 IP (7K, 1BB). L: Lauren Bertig 7 IP (4K, 2BB).

Knoch (8-1, 3-1): Celia Knappenberger 2B HR, Avery Keller 1B 3B, Erin Luffy 1B 2B, Sydney Natili 2B, Monica Gourley 4-1B

Indiana: Cleo McMahan 2B

Thursday: Highlands at Knoch