Butler's boys volleyball season ended Wednesday night with a tight 3-1 loss to Hempfield in a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal match at North Allegheny.

The Golden Tornado (13-9) won the second game 25-15, but dropped the other three by margins of 25-22, 29-27 and 26-24.

“We had our opportunities. We just didn't get it done,” Butler coach Lew Liparulo said. “But we played well.

“It was a great match.”

Tyler Gillis had 10 kills for the Golden Tornado. Carson Stein had 13 digs and 12 passes, Kaleb Wojnar 26 assists.

Eli Sutton went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored, but Knoch wasn't able to scratch across enough runs in a 3-2 loss to Quaker Valley in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs at Fox Chapel.Zack McMillen and Brady Wozniak each drove in runs for the Knights.Brayden Hageter got the loss on the mound, but pitched well. He gave up just two earned runs in six innings of work.The Knights (10-11) lost for the seventh time in eight games.<b>Moniteau 11, Redbank Valley 5 —</b> Branson Carson had a double, two singles and two RBI for the Warriors. Winning pitcher Brady Thompson homered, singled and collected three RBI.Tanner Williams had two singles and two RBI, AJ McElravy a double and two RBI, Jakub Otman a double, two singles and two runs scored, Keagan Book two singles and an RBI.<b>Slippery Rock 8, Greenville 3 —</b> The Rockets (11-5) concluded the regular season with a victory at home. Ryan Montgomery had two singles and an RBI.Winning pitcher Shane Thompson struck out four in 4 2/3 innings.Greenville 011 010 0 — 3 6 6Slippery Rock 200 420 x — 8 10 0W: Shane Thompson 4.2IP (4K, 6BB). L: Bryce Stubert 3.2IP (3K, 2BB)Greenville: Jack Strausser 2-1BSlippery Rock (11-5): Shane Thompson 2B RBI, Ryan Montgomery 2-1B RBI, John Sabo 2-1B

Ashley Fox homered, singled and had four RBI as Karns City rolled past Redbank Valley, 11-1, in five innings.Jessica Dunn had a pair of doubles and two RBI, Garrah Milochik two doubles, a single and two runs scored. Winning pitcher Marra Patton contributed two doubles and an RBI.Redbank Valley 100 00x x — 1 5 1Karns City 307 01x x — 11 15 1W: Marra Patton 5IP (5K, 1BB). L: B.Holben 4IP (0K, 1BB)Redbank Valley: G.Dinger 2-1B, B.Rearick 1B B.Holben 1B RBI, T.Bowser 1BKarns City: Zoe King 2B 2-R, Garrah Milochik 2-2B 1B RBI, Jessica Dunn 2-2B 2-RBI 2-R, Ashley Fox HR 1B 4-RBI 2-R, Marra Patton 2-2B RBI, Sarah Patton 1B RBI, Katie McGinnis 1B, Megan Whitmire 1B, Rossi McMillen 1B RBI, Ally Walker 1B RBI<b>Yough 3, Freeport 2 —</b> The Yellowjackets ended their season at 10-7 overall with a 3-2 eighth-inning loss to Yough in a first-round WPIAL Class 4A playoff game at Norwin.Freeport was limited to four hits.Freeport 101 000 00 — 2 4 3Yough 002 000 01 — 3 6 0L: Sydney Selker 7.1IP (11K, 8BB)Freeport (10-7): Autumn Powell 1B RBI, Abby DeJidas 1B, Maya Borghol 1B, Sydney Selker 3B RBIYough: No statistics available<b>A-C Valley 11, Forest 8 —</b> Lexi Bauer had four hits — including a double and triple — and knocked in two runs for the Falcons.Andrea Meals and Kenzie Parks both had three hits, combining for five RBI.A-C Valley 140 015 0 — 11 19 3Forest 201 203 0 — 8 8 1W: Kenzie Parks 7IP (2K, 4BB). L: NNatalie Meyers 7IP (6K, 2BB)A-C Valley (4-7): Lexi Bauer 2B 3B 2-1B 2-RBI 2-R, Andrea Meals 2B 3B 1B 2-RBI 2-R, Maddie Hurrelbrink 3B 1B 2-RBI, Kenzie Parks 3-1B 3-RBIThursday: A-C Valley at Keystone<b>Sharon 11, Slippery Rock 1 —</b> Sharon scored six runs in the first inning of this Tuesday game. Caitlin Kunsman doubled for the Rockets, who were held to four hits.

Wes Scurci scored 11 goals as Mars built a 19-3 lead at the half and cruised to a 29-3 win over Franklin Regional in the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs.The Planets improved to 17-0 with the victory and will play South Fayette in the next round Monday.