Will Bednar struck out 15 in seven stellar innings as the Mars baseball team downed Fox Chapel, 3-1, Thursday afternoon.

Jon Wetherholt doubled for the Planets in the pitcher’s duel.

Frank Craska had an RBI-single for Mars (7-4, 5-2).

Mars 003 000 0 — 3 3 1

Fox Chapel 000 100 0 — 1 +4 1

W: Will Bednar 7IP (15K, 1BB). L: Ryan Wagner 3IP (0K, 3BB).

Mars (7-4, 5-2): Jon Wetherhold 2B, Frank Craska 1B RBI, Tyler Kowlakowski 1B

Fox Chapel: Noah Marks 2B, Mitch Miles 2-1B

Saturday: Mars at Kiski, 11 a.m.

Karns City 9, Brockway 0 — Nolan Riley pitched a one-hitter with 10 strikeouts as the Gremlins (8-0) remained unbeaten.

Logan Pistorius contributed a bases-clearing double and Riley a two-run triple.

Tino Inlong’s single in the top of the fifth inning kept Riley from a no-hitter.

Brockway 000 000 0 — 0 1 5

Karns City 303 030 x — 9 6 3

W: Nolan Riley 7 IP (10K, 0BB). L: Inlong 3 IP (1K, 2BB).

Softball

Kearson Wagner singled four times, scored twice and drove in five runs in Seneca Valley’s 14-1 thumping of Pine-Richland.

Claire Zimmerman allowed just the one run on six hits to grab the pitching win.

Seneca Valley 303 202 4 — 14 15 0

Pine-Richland 100 000 0 — 1 6 0

W: Claire Zimmerman 7 IP (7K, 2BB). L: Hall 4 IP (1K, 3BB).

Seneca Valley (8-3, 6-2): Kearson Wagner 4-1B 2R 5RBI, Morgan Aloi 2-1B HR 4R 2RBI, Julia Ehrman 3-1B 3R, Mandy Magill 2-1B 3R 3RBI

Pine-Richland: Miller 1B 2B, Slebonick 2-1B

Saturday: Seneca Valley at Central Mountain

North Allegheny 8, Butler 5 — Ali Graham homered and Faith Hansotte doubled and drove in two runs, but the Golden Tornado fell in this section clash.

Autumn Pettinato added three singles for Butler.

North Allegheny 200 140 1 — 8 11 2

Butler 012 011 0 — 5 9 3

Butler: Ali Graham HR RBI, Faith Hansotte 2B 2-RBI, Autumn Pettinato 3-1B, Payton Wheeler 1B RBI, Makenna Negley 1B RBI, Maddie Burke 1B, Julia Gibson 1B

Freeport 20, South Allegheny 2 — The Yellowjackets banged out 23 hits in this five-inning section rout.

Maya Borghol homered, doubled and drove in four runs. Ally DeJidas also homered and Ashleigh Schmidt went 5-for-5 with a pair of doubles.

Freeport 475 04x x — 20 23 0

South Allegheny 002 00x x — 2 6 2

W: Tori Radvan 3IP (2K, 1BB). L: Woytovich 2+IP (1K, 3BB).

Freeport (8-0, 7-0): Maya Borghol HR 2B 2-1B 4-RBI, Ally DeJidas HR 1B, Jenna Hilderbrand 3B 2-1B, Ashleigh Schmidt 2-2B 3-1B 2-RBI, Jenna Manke 2-2B 1B 3-RBI

South Allegheny: Pasinski 2B

Friday: East Allegheny at Freeport

Clarion 17, Union 2 — The Damsels’ two hits were a double from Bella Murphy and a single from Sierra Salvo.

Knoch was swept in a doubleheader by defending state champion Mount Pleasant by scores of 2-0 and 13-3.

Game 1

Knoch 000 000 0 — 0 1 1

Mt. Pleasant 000 002 x — 2 4 2

W: Alincic 7 IP (10K, 1BB). L: Amanda Fischer 6 IP (5K, 0BB).

Mt. Pleasant: Poulich 3B RBI, Smithnosky 2-1B RBI

Knoch: Emma Brandstetter 1B

Game 2

Mt. Pleasant 052 42x x — 13 16 2

Knoch 000 21x x — 3 5 2

W: Uncapher 5 IP (6K, 2BB). L: Celia Knappenberger 5 IP (5K, 1BB).

Mt. Pleasant: Kubusky 1B HR, Uncapher 2-2B

Knoch (7-4, 4-3): Abby Black 2-1B, Emma Brandstetter 3B, Olivia Bissari 2B

Friday: Knoch at Derry

Boys Tennis

Grove City rolled to a 4-1 victory over Oil City.

The Eagles’ doubles tandem of Peter Birmingham and Mason Wise won 6-0, 6-0.

Grove City 4, Oil City 1

Singles: Will Kemeny (GC) d. Jett McGregor 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Will Rastatter (GC) d. Alex Klapec 6-1, 2-6, 7-5; Caleb Gardner (OC) d. Matt Gerwick 6-1, 6-2

Doubles: Peter Birmingham/Mason Wise (GC) d. Aaron Gotses/Hunter Warner 6-0, 6-0

Boys Volleyball

Cody Schnur had four blocks and eight kills as Butler defeated Pine-Richland, 3-0. Scores of the match were 25-19, 25-14, 25-17.

Tyler Rankin had 19 assists for the Golden Tornado (12-1, 8-1), who host Beaver County Christian Friday night before hosting a key match vs. North Allegheny Tuesday.