The Mars baseball team grabbed a Section 2-5A title with a 6-2 triumph on the road at Hampton Tuesday. Matt Mroz started on the mound for the Planets and turned in five innings of work, punching out eight Talbot batters and allowing only one walk.

Jake Johnson led the way offensively, driving in two runs and coming across twice himself. Johnny Fratto, Zach Orosz, and Ty Garver all notched an RBI, as well.

Mars will close out its regular season schedule with a home tilt against Blackhawk Thursday.

Mars 040 200 0 — 6 8 0

Hampton 020 000 0 — 2 4 3

W: Matt Mroz 5IP (8K, 1BB). L: Cam Marshalwitz 4IP (3K, 3BB).

Mars (14-4, 11-1): Jake Johnson 1B 2RBI 2R, Johnny Fratto RBI, Ty Garver RBI, Zach Orosz RBI

Thursday: Mars vs. Blackhawk

Butler 11, Knoch 1 — The Golden Tornado’s offense had a banner night against the non-conference foe Knights.

Colin Patterson and Cooper Baxter both hit homers in the five-inning win, while Lance Slater, James Desmond, and Madden Clement each had doubles. Butler totaled a dozen hits.

Knoch 000 01 — 1 4 3

Butler 323 03 — 11 12 2

W: Mac Schnur 4IP (4K, 2BB). L: Jackson Pacek 1.2IP (1K, 1BB).

Knoch: Angelo DeLeonardis 1B 2B RBI, Brady Wozniak 2-1B, Isaac Roddy R

Butler (11-5): Ethan Trettel 2-1B 2R, Madden Clement 2B 2-1B 3R 3RBI, Cooper Baxter HR 2RBI 1R, Connor McTighe 1B RBI, Colin Patterson HR 1B 2RBI R, Kyle Yost R, Liam McElroy 1B R, James Desmond 2B RBI R, Lance Slater 2B R

Wednesday: Butler at Moon

Softball

Freeport pitchers Sydney Selker and Autumn Powell combined to no-hit visiting St. Joes in an 11-0 home victory on Tuesday.

Four different Yellowjacket girls — including Natalie King and Jenna Selker — recorded extra-base hits. Abby DeJidas and Sydney Selker both tripled and singled, and the latter added three innings in the circle. Selker also fanned seven.

Knoch 9, Greensburg Salem 0 — Lindsay Edwards and Sennett Purcell both had multi-hit performances in this Knights shutout win.

Fox Chapel 5, Butler 3 —

The Golden Tornado finished the season by bowing in a non-section home matchup with the Foxes. Even with a dominant performance by the visitors’ Mackenzie Borkovitch, who struck out 17 batters and allowed only two hits, Butler forced an extra inning.

Forest Area 12, Allegheny-Clarion Valley 1 — The Falcons dropped this one in six frames as the visiting Fires racked up 20 knocks. Mackenzie Parks spent 5.2 innings in the circle and hit a solo home run in the third in the defeat.

A-C Valley will close its schedule at Clarion next Wednesday.

A-C Valley 001 000 — 1 2 2

Forest Area 231 024 — 12 20 1

W: Izabelle Flick 6IP (8K, 2BB). L: Mackenzie Parks 5.2IP (2K, 2BB).

A-C Valley (4-10): Mackenzie Parks HR RBI, Lexi Bauer 1B

Forest Area: Madison McFarland HR 2-2B 1B 4RBI 3R, Emily Aites 2B 3-1B 2RBI, Alexis Oswald 2B 1B 5RBI 2R

Track and Field

The undefeated Karns City’s boys track and field team claimed a KSAC crown in a dominating showing against North Clarion. Levi Hawk, Griffin Booher, Noah Mourer, Braden Slater, Micah Rupp, and Luke Cramer all won multiple events.

Boys

Karns City 122½, North Clarion 27½

3,200 relay: Karns City (Andrew Callihan, Adam Smith, Noah Mourer, Reid Campbell) 11:13.7; 110 hurdles: Levi Hawk (KC) 16.9; 100 dash: Johnston (NC) 11.3; 1,600 run: Griffin Booher (KC) 4:55.2; 400 run: Billy Kelly (KC) 54.8; 400 relay: Karns City (Luke Cramer, Braden Slater, Billy Kelly, Zach Kelly) 1:09.6; 300 hurdles: Levi Hawk (KC) 46.5; 800 run: Griffin Booher (KC) 2:13.3; 200 dash: Hotchkiss (NC) 23.2; 3,200 run: McFarland (NC) 11:05.4; 1,600 relay: Karns City (Levi Hawk, Noah Mourer, Lucas Yaskia, Braden Slater) 4:27.1

Shot put: Luke Garing (KC) 38-10; Discus: Austin Brown (KC) 113-2; Javelin: Luke Cramer (KC) 135-2; High jump: Micah Rupp (KC) 5-8; Long jump: Cooper Coyle (KC) 19-2; Triple jump: Micah Rupp (KC) 39-6½; Pole vault: Landon Wilson (KC) 11-6

The Gremlin girls saw Natalie Hess (400-meter relay, long jump), Rossi McMillen (400 relay, high jump), and Leah Wilson (triple jump, pole vault) all chip in and win a pair of events, but the effort fell just short of a team victory.

North Clarion won on a tie-breaker.

Girls

Karns City 75, North Clarion 75

3,200 relay: North Clarion 1:16; 100 hurdles: Rossi McMillen (KC) 16.5; 100 dash: Lerch (NC) 13.0; 1,600 run: Scott (NC) 6:07; 400 run: G. Babington (NC) 1:03; 400 relay: Karns City (Ashley Fox, Natalie Hess, McKenna Martin, Rossi McMillen) 51.8; 300 hurdles: Best (NC) 51.3; 800 run: S. Babington (NC) 2:36; 200 dash: Lerch (NC) 27.6; 3,200 run: Siegel (NC) 13:23; 1,600 relay: North Clarion

Shot put: Ketner (NC) 32-2; Discus: Haylie Karenbauer (KC) 94-11; Javelin: Ashley Fox (KC) 119-11½; High jump: Rossi McMillen (KC) 4-9; Long jump: Natalie Hess (KC) 14-10; Triple jump: Leah Wilson (KC) 29-4; Pole vault: Leah Wilson (KC) 8-6

Volleyball

Butler won the first and third sets and battled for five in its visit to Fox Chapel Tuesday night. The Golden Tornado (7-7) lost by scores of 25-23, 25-16, 25-19, 25-18, 20-18.

Cam Ray had 32 assists, Max Gianneski 15 kills, and Tyler Figlioli 12 digs in the losing effort.

Butler plays Seneca Valley at home on Thursday night.