Olivia Vissari had her game of a lifetime.

Alex Heavner is having his season of a limetime.

Knoch's senior second baseman and Mars' senior ace pitcher are being recognized as the Butler Eagle's Female and Male Athletes of the Week, accordingly.

Vissari is hitting .600 this season as the Knights' leadoff hitter in softball. She said her main job at the plate “is to get on base and set things up for the next hitter.”

She went above and beyond that in a game against Freeport last week.

A left-handed hitter, Vissari hit the second pitch of the game to the opposite field and over the left field fence. Batting again later in that first inning, she pulled a pitch down the right field line, well over the fence for a grand slam.

A softball player since age 5, Vissari had never hit a home run before.

“Not over the fence, annyway,” she said. “I just got into a groove that day. That first home run, I just hit the ball hard. I wasn't trying to hit it out.

“The grand slam, I didn't know if it'd be fair or foul, so I just started running. When I saw it was a home run, I couldn't believe it.”

Vissari wasn't done yet. When she came to the plate in the third inning, she hammered a two-run homer, this time to center field.

“I started freaking out at that point,”she said, laughing.

She added a walk and single to her day at the plate, tallying four hits, seven RBI and four runs scored in a 20-9 Knoch victory.

She plans to attend Butler County Community College to study nursing next year — and play softball.

And her job will continue to be getting on base.

As for the three-home run game?

“I'm, going to remember that one for a long, long time,” Vissari said.

While dominating hitters on the mound this spring, Heavner will remember an outing on the mound for Mars during his sophomore baseball season.

“We were playing West Allegheny in the playoffs,” he said. “That was my first year on the varsity and I was called up to pitch some because that was the year Will Bednar got hurt and couldn't pitch for us.

“We already had two pitchers use their 105-pitch limit that night, it was the 11th inning, pushing midnight, and I was called on to pitch with a guy already on base. I remember being jittery warming up. I was so nervous.

“I came in and struck out their best hitter, then got another good hitter to pop up to get out of the inning. That was the most stress I ever felt in a game in my life. I've been comfortable with every situation I've pitched in since,” Heavner added.

His numbers bear that out.

A solid hitter as a third baseman, Heavner is batting .280 with six doubles, a pair of homers and 23 RBI — more than respectable numbers. He homered and doubled in one game, collected two singles and three RBI in another against Penn Hills last week.

Pitching-wise, his statistics are off the charts.

Heavner allowed two hits in 5.1 innings pitched in a 13-1 win over Penn Hills, oddly calling that outing “probably my worst of the season.”

Heavner has allowed only four runs all season. He is 5-0 with a 0.94 earned run average, 46 strikeouts in 29.2 innings pitched.

Opposing batters are hitting only .084 against him.

“That's my special stat,” he said proudly.

Heavner has walked 28, including eight in that outing against Penn Hills.

“That's why it was my worst,” he said. “But that playoff game two years ago definitely set me up for this year.

“My fastball went from 76 (miles per hour) to 87 freshman to sophomore year. That's when I became primarily a pitcher.”

Heavner will continue his academic and baseball career at Marietta (Ohio) College, where he plans to study business management.