Pete Craska hit his first career varsity home run — a grand slam — and added a second homer in Mars' 11-2 baseball victory over Central Valley Monday.

Craska had six RBI in the game.

Matt Mroz had three singles, Caiden Schmitt a double, single and three RBI for the Planets.

Central Valley 001 001 0 — 2 3 0

Mars 020 603 x — 11 14 2

W: Alex Heavner 4IP (9K, 4BB). L: J.Bible 6IP (5K, 4BB).

Central Valley: D.Galatis 2-1B, L.Connolly 1B

Mars: Teddy Ruffner 1B, Mitchell Schultz 2-R RBI, Pete Crasjka 2-HR 6-RBI 2-R, John Fratto 2-1B, Trey Wagner 1B 2-R, Zach Orosz 2-1B, Matt Mroz 3-1B, Lucas Kuremsky 1B RBI, Caiden Schmitt 2B 1B 3-RBI

Butler 5, Pine-Richland 4 — Winning pitcher Cooper Baxter had a triple and single, David Leslie a pair of doubles for the Golden Tornado.Butler (7-3, 4-1) hosts Pine-Richland Tuesday night.Butler 021 020 0 — 5 12 3Pine-Richland 001 000 3 — 4 5 2W: Cooper Baxter 4.2IP (4K, 2BB). L: Jack McGuire 6IP (6K, 1BB).Butler (7-3, 4-1): David Leslie 2-2B, Cooper Baxter 3B 1B, Connor McTighe 3-1B, Brady Gavula 3-1BPine-Richland: Tyler Armstrong HR 1B 2-RBI, Sean Connolly 2BTuesday: Pine-Richland at Butler

Meadville 7, Slippery Rock 5 — Meadville scored twice in the ninth inning to get the win over the Rockets (2-4).Meadville 100 004 002 — 7 10 4Slippery Rock 010 021 100 — 5 8 4W: Brady Walker 4.2IP (5K, 4BB). L: Colin McCune 2.2IP (3K, 2BB).Meadville: Cadian Holeva 2B RBI, Tyler Blood 2-1B RBI, Jacob Smith 2-1B 2-RBISlippery Rock (2-4): Brett Galcik 2-1B, Walker Vogan 2-1BTuesday: Slippery Rock at Conneaut

Paige Gresgott struck out 11 and homered for Slippery Rock in a 9-4 loss to rival Grove City.Gresgott and Ciana D'Antoni had three hits each for Slippery Rock.Slippery Rock 210 100 0 — 4 10 4Grove City 420 102 x — 9 5 2W: L.Jones 7IP (2K, 1BB). L: Paige Gresgott 7IP (11K,7BB).Slippery Rock: Paige Gresgott HR 2-2B RBI, Ciana D'Antoni 1B 2B 3B RBI, Samantha Meredith 1B, Anna Greer 2B 2-RBI, Olivia Andreas 2-1BGrove City: L.Jones 3-RBI, R.Eaton 2-RBI

Butler's boys improved to 8-0 this season with a 135-11 win at Shaler.Landon Kretzer won all three throwing events for the Golden Tornado. Lucas Slear won the 200 and 400 meters, also running a leg of two winning relays.Guinness Brown ran the 300-meter hurdles for the first time and won the event. He also won the 100.Butler's girls, also 8-0, cruised to a 140-10 victory. Kenna Jackson had a personal best in the shot put, as did Maisy Gibson in the javelin.Taylor Timmons won the 400 meters with a season-best time and was part of the winning 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay teams.Butler hosts the 56th annual Butler Invitational Friday (boys) and Saturday (girls).<b>BoysButler 135, Shaler 11</b>3,200 relay: Butler (Drew Griffith, Sage Vavro, Owen Davis, Lucas Slear) 9:55; 110 hurdles: Presley Ornelas (B) 16.33; 100 dash: Guinness Brown (B) 11.09; 1,600 run: Cole Lyons (B) 4:51; 400 run: Lucas Slear (B) 52.44; 400 relay: Butler (Luca Fusca, Landon Lacey, David Graef, Braydon Young) 45.85; 300 hurdles: Guinness Brown (B) 40.92; 800 run: Ryder Kriley (B) 2:10; 200 dash: Lucas Slear (B) 23.49; 3,200 run: Raine Gratzmiller (B) 11:16; 1,600 relay: Butler (Tyler Stoops, Carter Simko, Mick Kreinbucher, Lucas Slear) 3:52Shot put: Landon Kretzer (B) 44-10.5; Discus: Landon Kretzer (B) 134-10; Javelin: Landon Kretzer (B) 163-9; High jump: Jordan Stutz (B) 5-8; Long jump: Tyler Rekich (B) 20-8; Triple jump: Ryan Porch (B) 39-7; Pole vault: Ryan Bernardi (B) 12-0<b>GirlsButler 140, Shaler 10</b>3,200 relay: Butler (Krislyn Green, Addi Thomas, Kara Kemple, Samantha Cornell) 10:55.10; 100 hurdles: Emma Lehman (B) 16.78; 100 dash: Alli Morrow (B) 13.19; 1,600 run: Jen Cichra (B) 5:24.10; 400 run: Taylor Timmons (B) 1:01.00; 400 relay: Butler (Taylor Timmons, Alli Morrow, Gabby Boden, Emma Lehman) 51.01; 300 hurdles: Emma Lehman (B) 46.86; 800 run: Jen Cichra (B) 2:35; 200 dash: Gabby Boden (B) 26.98; 3,200 run: Ava Brewster (B) 11:56.22; 1,600 relay: Butler (Samantha Penrod, Lauren Bowden, Marissa Traggiai, Taylor Timmons) 4:33Shot put: Kenna Jackson (B) 36-8; Discus: Sarayne Forbes (B) 111-2; Javelin: Maisy Gibson (B) 111-10; High jump: Katie Ban (B) 5-2; Long jump: Alli Morrow (B) 16-3; Triple jump: Megan Baggetta (B) 35-9; Pole vault: Samantha Penrod (B) 10-6