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Wetherholt keys Mars triumph

J.J. Wetherholt homered, singled and collected four RBI Thursday as Mars defeated North Hills, 10-1, in baseball action.

Alex Heavner pitched five innings for the victory. North Hills was limited to four hits.

Jon Quinn had a double and single, Rowen Fletcher two singles for the Planets.

Mars 102 043 0 — 10 10 2

North Hills 001 000 0 — 1 4 3

W: Alex Heavner 5IP (1K, 1BB). L: Ranallo 5IP (4K, 3BB).

Mars (9-4, 4-2): Rowen Fletcher 2-1B, J.J. Wetherholt HR 1B 4-RBI, Jon Quinn 2B 1B

North Hills: Garth 1B RBI

Monday: Mars at South Fayette

Softball

Courtney Stewart and Andy Eiler combined on a three-hitter as Moniteau defeated Clarion, 18-8, in five innings.

Amanda Dailey led the Warriors’ 14-hit attack with three singles and a double. Dolcey Shunk added a triple and double.

Clarion 005 03x x — 8 3 2

Moniteau (10)30 32x x — 18 14 4

W: Courtney Stewart 3IP (2K, 4BB). L: Constantino 3IP (1K, 6BB).

Clarion: Vegg 2B 1B

Moniteau (4-8): Dolcey Shunk 2B 3B, Amanda Dailey 2B 3-1B, Lexi Miller 2B, Victoria DeMatteis 2-1B

Friday: A-C Valley at Moniteau

North Catholic 12, Hopewell 2 — Halle Book had a double, single and five RBI while Adrienne Nardone had a homer, double and two RBI for the Trojanettes.

Hopewell 000 200 x — 2 2 1

North Catholic 204 303 x — 12 7 3

W: Liana Morreale 6IP (8K, 8BB). L: K.Weller 2.1IP (1K, 3BB).

Hopewell: L.Day 1B, R.Lewis 1B 2-RBI

North Catholic (6-6, 4-4): Adrienne Nardone HR 2B 2-RBI, Megan Grill 2B 1B, Halle Book 2B 1B 5-RBI

Monday: North Catholic at Ellwood City

Franklin 12, Slippery Rock 1 — The Rockets were limited to two hits. Franklin scored seven runs in the third inning to break the game open.

Franklin 307 02x x — 12 6 4

Slippery Rock 100 00x x — 1 2 3

W: Gracie Stryffeler 5IP (8K, 0BB). L: Paige Gresgott 2.1IP (1K, 7BB).

Franklin: Brandy Atwell 2-1B 3-RBI, Kyla Hart 2-1B RBI, Hallie Fitzgerald 1B RBI, Camdon Brashor 1B RBI

Slippery Rock: Julia Hart 1B, Julianna Hutchinson 1B

Boys Volleyball

Butler became the first team to win a set against North Allegheny this season, but the Golden Tornado (5-8, 3-5) dropped a 3-1 decision to the Tigers.

Scores of the match were 16-25, 19-25, 25-23, 13-25.

Kaleb Wojnar had 15 assists for Butler while Jordan Ray had 10. Dennis Goodwine had nine kills, Logan Donnel three blocks.

Butler travels to Shaler Tuesday.

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