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Morrow strikes out 10 in Moniteau's 3-0 victory

Nick Morrow struck out 10 batters and Travis Shaffer tripled and drove in a run as Moniteau picked up its second win of the season with a 3-0 shutout of Venango Catholic, in high school baseball Thursday afternoon.

Cory Campbell and Dakota Campbell each collected an RBI for the Warriors (2-6).

In other games:

n Matt Allen and Matt Stimac each drove in three runs and Coty McGregor struck out eight batters in going the distance as Karns City rolled to a 13-4 victory over Clarion-Limestone.

Venango Cath. 000 000 0—0 4 1Moniteau 000 012 x—3 5 0WP: Nick Morrow (7 IP) 10 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Reed (6 IP) 7 strikeouts, 1 walk

Venango Catholic: Solle 2-1B

Moniteau (2-6): Travis Shaffer 3B RBI, Cory Campbell 1B RBI, Dakota Campbell RBI

Monday: Clarion at Moniteau

C.-Limestone 020 020 0—4 7 2Karns City 320 431 x—13 15 2WP: Coty McGregor (7 IP) 8 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Garrett Stewart (2 IP) 1 strikeout, 2 walks

Clarion-Limestone: Zorranno 1B, 2-R HR

Karns City (5-3): Matt Allen 1B, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI; Matt Stimac 3-1B, 2B, 3 RBI; Chad Bell 3-1B, RBI; Saxon Parker 1B, 3B, RBI

Saturday: Karns City at ShenangoSoftballMartina Burk pitched a complete game with 13 strikeouts and added two hits and two RBI as Moniteau downed Clarion 7-3.Sara Vinca had a home run, a double, a single, three runs and an RBI for Moniteau.In other games:n Samantha Pyle singled three times, Britnee Miller singled twice and Ashton Pakutz had a two-base hit in Karns City's 7-0 shutout of Cranberry.• Brenna McPherson singled for Butler's lone hit as North Allegheny dumped the Golden Tornado 11-0 in five innings.n Erica Gardner struck out 11 batters, walked two and allowed three hits in the A-C Valley's 11-4 win over East Forest.

Moniteau 200 110 3—7 13 3Clarion 100 002 0—3 9 1WP: Martina Burk (7 IP) 13 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: Walters (7 IP) 5 strikeouts, 3 walks

Moniteau (6-4): Sara Vinca HR, 2B, 1B, 3 RBI, R; Amber Neff 2-1B, RBI, R; Martina Burk 2-1B, 2 RBI

Clarion: Kiser 3B, 1B

Today: Redbank Valley at Moniteau

Cranberry 000 000 0—0 7 2Karns City 100 231 x—7 12 0WP: Brandi Dunkel (7 IP) 2 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Rhea Miller (6 IP) 7 strikeouts, 3 walks

Cranberry: Casey Morrow 1B 2B

Karns City (3-5): Erica Fallacker 1B, Allyson Kepple 1B, Samantha Bly 1B, Haley Callihan 1B, Brandi Dunkel 1B, Jessica Spafford 1B

Today: Redbank Valley at Karns City

North Allegheny 332 30x x—11 9 0Butler 000 00x x—0 1 1WP: Kelly Baxter (5 IP) 1 strikeout, 1 walk.

LP: Stacy Reges (3 IP) 1 strikeout, 5 walks

North Allegheny (8-4, 1-3): Brittany Bennett 1B 3B 4RBI R

Butler (0-11, 0-4): Brenna McPherson 1B

Today: Seneca Valley at Butler

A-C Valley 105 014 0—11 4 4East Forest 100 003 0—4 3 4WP: Erica Gardner (7 IP) 11 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Weiss (3 IP) 6 strikeouts, 7 walks

A-C Valley (3-5, 3-4): Jacque Kriley HR, RBI, 2R

East Forest: Erin Foley 2B

Monday: Redbank Valley at A-C ValleyTrack and Field

Freeport 78, Apollo-Ridge 71 (boys); Freeport 124, Apollo-Ridge 26 (girls)— Freeport's boys won five of the seven field events to help push the Yellowjackets (5-2) past the Vikings.In the girls meet, Dana Turley, Kristen Prazenica and Marisa DeSalvo each won two individual events to lead the Yellowjackets (7-0).

BoysFreeport 78, Apollo-Ridge 713,200-meter relay: Apollo-Ridge (Rotto, Wheatley, Altomose, Bandurak) 9:11;

110-meter hurdles: Kerr (AR) 19.1;

100-meter dash: Mat Caripolti (F) 11.0;

1,600-meter run: Altomose (AR) 5:08;

400-meter dash: Reddy (AR) 56.4;

400 meter relay: Freeport (Nate Kotecki, Mat Caripolti, Brady Sherrieb, A.J. Vidra) 45.9;

300-meter hurdles: Bandurak (AR) 46.8;

800-meter run: Mike DeLibero (F) 2:14;

200-meter dash: Bandurak (AR) 24.8;

3,200-meter run: Matt Thaemert (F) 11:22;

1,600-meter relay: Freeport (Mike DeLibero, Tom Douglas, Mike Woitas, Brian Tague) 3:48

High jump: Ryan Scheestel (F);

Long jump: Brady Sherrieb (F) 20-2;

Triple jump: Nate Kotecki (F);

Shot put: Baer (AR) 40-7;

Discus: Brezenski (F) 121-2½;

Javelin: Coleman (AR) 166-3;

Pole vault: Zane Bowser (F) 11-0

GirlsFreeport 124, Apollo-Ridge 263,200-meter relay: Freeport (Jordan Dunn, Christine Marty, Kirsten Knappenberger, Kristen Prazenica) 11:25;

100-meter hurdles: Dana Turley (F) 17.3;

100-meter dash: Petrilla (AR) 13.6;

1,600-meter run: Kristen Prazenica (F) 5:52;

400-meter dash: Kayla Eckman (F) 1:06.4;

400 meter relay: Freeport (Nia Austin, Cassie Woods, Rachel Mattioli, Maurielle Blake) 54.6;

300-meter hurdles: Dana Turley (F) 50.2;

800-meter run: Kristen Prazenica (F) 2:41;

200-meter dash: Kayla Eckman (F) 28.3;

3,200-meter run: Kristen Prazenica (F) 13:42;

1,600-meter relay: Freeport (Dana Turley, Samantha Campbell, Kayla Eckman, Jordan Dunn) 4:32

High jump: Andrea McQueen (F) 4-4;

Long jump: Maurielle Blake (F) 15-6;

Triple jump: Altmire (AR) 33-7;

Shot put: Marisa DeSalvo (F) 36-7½;

Discus: Marisa DeSalvo (F) 107-0½;

Javelin: Liska (AR) 95-0;

Pole vault: Merrissa Malcolm (F) 9-6Boys Volleyball

Butler 3, Bethel Park 2— Devin Koehring had 12 kills and six blocks as the Tornado pulled out a 16-25, 25-23, 17-25, 25-21, 15-11 victory against the Black Hawks.Ryan Collins had 22 passes and Shawn Vincent added 28 assists for Butler (6-4, 2-3).Butler's junior varsity team won 2-1 to improve to 9-0.Girls LacrosseDespite receiving one goal apiece from Cara Sabo, Elizabeth Small, Angela Junker, Yuki Schaper and Katie Sloan, Butler dropped a 13-5 decision to Quaker Valley.Amanda Dillon and Caitlin West contributed assists for the Golden Tornado (1-8).

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