Emily McDonald helped put a dent in the North Hills softball team's playoff hopes.

The Butler junior pitched seven shutout innings and struck out two to help the Golden Tornado earn a 6-0 Section 3-AAAA home win Thursday.

Rachel Rebmann belted a three-run home run in the first inning to put Butler (4-7, 3-7) ahead. Jen Miller and Hannah Hays also doubled.

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Butler 401 100 x — 6 10 2

W: Emily McDonad 7IP (2K, 0BB). L: Shannon Wittig 6IP (5K, 0BB).

North Hills (6-5, 4-5): Mekenzie Saban 1B

Butler (4-7, 3-7): Rachel Rebmann HR, Hanna Hays 1B 2B, Emily McDonald 1B, Jen Miller 1B 2B, Madi Graham 1B, Rhiannon Kosar 1B, Anna Heade 1B

Saturday: Butler at Hempfield

Karns City 3, Cranberry 2 — Taylor Downs struck out six to help lead the Gremlins (5-0, 4-0) to a KSAC win over the Berries.

Alyssa Gibson, Taylor Downs, Taylor Ritzert, LeeAnn Gibson and Clara Stoughton had hits for KC.

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Karns City 102 000 x — 3 5 x

W: Taylor Downs 6 1/3IP (6K, 1BB). L: Bracinas 6IP (5K, 4BB).

Cranberry: Swartzfager 3 1B

Karns City (5-0, 4-0): Alyssa Gibson 1B, Taylor Downs 1B, Taylor Ritzert 1B, LeeAnn Gibson 1B, Clara Stoughton

Friday: Karns City at A-C Valley

Moniteau 10-23, A-C Valley 0-3 — The Warriors pounded out 30 hits to sweep a Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference doubleheader at home against the Falcons.

Kennedy DeMatteis earned the win in Game 1, striking out 11 batters. She also hit a double and drove in a run.

Cortney Claypoole drove in four runs between both games and doubled three times.

Taylor Hasychak, who picked up the win in the nightcap for the Warriors (11-0, 4-0), also drove in four runs between both games.

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Moniteau 400 15 — 10 10 0

W: Kennedy DeMatteis 7IP (11K, 2BB). L: Stumpner 5IP (0K, 7BB).

A-C Vallley: Danielle Kaufman 1B

Moniteau (11-0, 4-0): Kennedy DeMatteis 2B 2 RBIs, Cortney Claypoole 2 2B 1B 2 RBIs, Sara Hull 2B 2 RBIs, Taylor Hasychak 2B RBI

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A-C Valley 021 0 — 3 7 3

W: Taylor Hasychak 4IP (2K, 0BB). L: Stumpner 1IP (0K, 3BB).

Moniteau: Gabby Stewart 2B 2 RBIs, Kennedy DeMatteis 3 1B 2 RBIs, Kristina DeMatteis 3 1B 3 RBIs, Cortney Claypoole 1B 2B 2 RBIs, Sara Hull 2 1B 3 RBIs, Taylor Hasychak 2 1B 3 RBIs, Kayla Campbell 2 1B 2 RBIs, Alazia Greaves 3 1B 2 RBIs

A-C Valley: Kayla Cratty 2 1B, Danielle Kaufman 1B RBI

Monday: Moniteau at Aliquippa

Mars pitcher Cameron Smith continues to baffle opposing batters.Smith fanned 12 batters and allowed two hits in seven innings pitched to help the Planets beat Highlands 6-1 in Section 5-AAA action.Josh Bartley and Jake Swiatek both drove in two runs for Mars (8-5, 5-2).Highlands 001 000 0 — 1 2 2Mars 101 040 x — 6 11 2W: Cameron Smith 7IP (12K, 1BB). L: Tyler Alworth 5IP (4K, 0BB).Highlands (2-9, 2-5): Cory Rezak 2B, Mike Helgert 1BMars (8-5, 5-2): Noah Gasparin 2B, Ty Reginelli 3 1B, Matt Parrish 1B 2B, Josh Bartley 2 1B, Nathan Furl 1B, Jake Swiatek 2 1BMonday: Hampton at Mars

The doubles team of A.J. May and Devin Fitz provided the lone bright spot for Butler in a 4-1 home loss to North Allegheny.Fitz and May beat Andrew Xu and Stephen Chuirazzi 7-6, 2-6, 7-6. The Golden Tornado fell to 6-8 on the season.North Allegheny 4, Butler 1Singles1-Ryan Marczak (N) def. Tony Santilo 6-4, 6-2; 2-Eric Mi (N) def. Ethan Turner 6-1, 6-4; 3-Anmol Anand (N) def. Brock Hinton 6-3, 6-0Doubles1-A.J. May and Devin Fitz (B) def. Andrew Xu and Stephen Chuirazzi 7-6, 2-6, 7-6; 2-Eric Huang and Michael Helkowski (N) def. Cam Sedwick and Henry May 6-2, 6-2Greenville 4, Grove City 1 — Evan Lowers earned the Eagles' (8-3, 2-3) only win in a region loss to Greenville.Greenville 4, Grove City 1Singles1-Seth Jaussen (GRE) def. Chris Adams 7-5, 6-3; 2-Evan Lowers (GRO) def. Mercer Martin 6-4, 6-3; 3-Trent McErlane (GRE) def. Frankie Bassani 2-6, 6-2, 6-3Doubles1-David Jeffries and Jon Stapchuck (GRE) def. Andrew McCracken and Tanner McKnight 6-4, 6-1; 2-Jing Wu and Joey Safner (GRE) def. Jacob Shilling and Jed Grimm 6-3, 6-1

Freeport's girls team rolled over Apollo-Ridge 134-14 to captured the Section 7-AA title. Michaela Bowser spurred the Yellowjackets (7-0, 7-0) to a win.Bowser won high jump (4-8), triple jump (32-9) and long jump (15-9).On the boys' side, Apollo-Ridge nudged Freeport 77-73, handing the Yellowjackets (6-1, 6-1) their first loss of the season.BoysApollo-Ridge 77, Freeport 733,200 relay: Freeport (Brestensky, Reichenbaugh, Nadzam, Lassinger) 9:24; 110 hurdles: D. Hochbein (F) 16.1; 100 dash: Zelonka (A) 11.4; 1,600 run: Meehan (F) 4:48; 400 run: Butz (A) 53.6; 400 relay: Apollo-Ridge 44.6; 300 hurdles: D. Hochbein (F) 41.0; 800 run: Lassinger (F) 2:09.4; 200 dash: Zelonka (A) 23.2; 3,200 run: Meehan (F) 11:06; 1,600 relay: Apollo-Ridge 3:39Shot put: Nothuagel (A) 41-11; Discus: Jendrejewski (F) 114-0; Javelin: Blystone (A) 149-7; High jump: Tipton (A) 6-4; Long jump: Tipton (A) 21-7; Triple jump: Tipton (A) 39-9; Pole vault: Hubert (F) 10-6GirlsFreeport 134, Apollo-Ridge 163,200 relay: Freeport (Hill, Clinton, Ward, Bianco) 11:18; 100 hurdles: E. Jack (F) 16.1; 100 dash: D. Jack (F) 13.0; 1,600 run: Dudek (F) 5:52; 400 run: Shiring (F) 1:05.3; 400 relay: Freeport (Martin, D. Jack, Kloes, E. Jack) 54.7; 300 hurdles: Ward (F) 49.6; 800 run: Mixon (F) 2:33.3; 200 dash: Biondo (F) 28.5; 3,200 run: White (A) 13:28; 1,600 relay: Freeport (Soilis, Biondo, Delk, Arnold) 4:40.2Shot put: Pawlak (F) 34-3 1/2; Discus: Smolic (F) 91-7; Javelin: Pawlak (F) 120-11; High jump: Bowser (F) 4-8; Long jump: Bowser (F) 15-9; Triple jump: Bowser (F) 32-9; Pole vault: Martin (A) 8-0

Matt Huey had eight blocks and 20 kills to lead Butler to a 25-22, 25-21, 23-25, 25-12 road win over Pine-Richland.Andrew Paterno also had 34 assists for the Golden Tornado (9-2, 7-2). Josh Kauffman had nine passes and Chris Fiorina contributed 12 digs.