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Grove City nets 4th straight region title

Matt Gordon scattered six hits and Grove City clinched its fourth consecutive region baseball title with a 5-1 victory over Slippery Rock Wednesday.

Chauncey Miller homered for the Eagles (11-5, 8-0). Gordon struck out eight in the win, the Eagles’ ninth in 10 games.

Slippery Rock 000 010 0 — 1 6 2Grove City 301 001 x — 5 5 0W: Matt Gordon 6.1IP (8K, 4BB).

L: Connor Hogue 6IP (3K, 4BB).

Slippery Rock: Sean White 2-1B, Joe Barnhart 2-1B, Cody Stephenson 2B

Grove City (11-5, 8-0): Tyler Devine 2-1B RBI, Matt Gordon 1B 2-RBI, Chauncey Miller HR

Friday: Grove City at Meadville

SoftballFreeport exploded for 23 hits, highlighted by Karlie Hill’s 5-for-5 day at the plate with three RBI, in rolling to a 13-1 victory over Riverview.The Yellowjackets (14-3) completed their regular season schedule.In other action:• Jordan McCauley had a triple and two doubles as Slippery Rock remained red hot with a 13-6 win over Grove City.Katie Myers also had two doubles for the Rockets (7-7, 5-3), who have won five straight region games and have scored eight or more runs in nine consecutive contests.• Morgan Deal had two triples and a pair of singles as Karns City bludgeoned Keystone 12-2.Clara Stoughton also had a triple for the Gremlins (5-7), who are still alive in the District 9 Class AA playoff race.• Erin Pennington hit a grand slam for Butler as the Golden Tornado ended their season with an 8-4 win at Kiski Area.

Freeport 030 023 5 — 13 23 2Riverview 100 000 0 — 1 4 2W: Alyssa Meta 7IP (4K, 1BB).

L: Condron 7IP (0K, 1BB).

Freeport (14-3): Alyssa Meta 2-1B 2B, Karlie Hill 5-1B 3-RBI, Mikayla Kurn 4-1B, Ashley Sample 2-1B, Emily Lindsey 3B, Taylor Massart 2B 1B

Riverview: Condron 2B

Next: WPIAL playoffs

Slippery Rock 004 400 5 — 13 14 7Grove City 201 002 1 — 6 3 1W: Stephanie Kotomski 7IP (3K, 8BB).

L: Patricka Berkman 4IP (6K, 4BB).

Slippery Rock (7-7, 5-3): Jordan McCauley 2-2B 3B, Katie Myers 2-2B, Kaleigh Dorrier 2B, Nicole Zimmel 2B

Grove City: Aubrey McCoy 2B

Today: Hickory at Slippery Rock

Keystone 020 00x x — 2 6 0Karns City 124 41x x — 12 13 2one out when mercy rule run scoredW: Lauren Downs 5IP (2K, 2BB).

L: Bowser 4.1IP (3K, 5BB).

Keystone: Reed 2-1B, Greathouse 2B

Karns City (5-7): Morgan Deal 2-3B 2-1B, Lauren Mildren 2B, Clara Stoughton 3B, Kara Kershbaumer 2-1B, Jordan Downs 2-1B, Jensen Bachman 2-1B

Today: Redbank Valley at Karns City

Butler 107 000 0 — 8 5 3Kiski Area 101 010 1 — 4 9 3W: Hope Wonderling 7IP (4K, 3BB).

L: Greece 2.1IP (3K, 2BB).

Butler (5-14): Erin Penniongton GS-HR, Amanda Steinheiser HR 1B 2-R, Teslla Koebler 2B RBI, Rachel Rebmann 1B

Kiski Area: Meffie HR, Antone HR

Girls LacrosseBailey Kraus and Kathryn Hitchan each scored three goals and Megan Kunst had two as Butler eked out an 11-10 win over Knoch.Mandi Boldy paced the Knights with four goals and an assist while Mindy Norris added four goals.Butler (9-8) will travel to play Vincentian today. Should the Golden Tornado win, they will at least force a tie with Blackhawk for the final playoff spot.

Track and FieldThe Moniteau boys secured a share of the KSAC title with a 99-51 win over North Clarion Tuesday night.The Warriors finished 8-0-1 and tied atop the standings with Karns City.

BoysMoniteau 99, North Clarion 51Track Events3,200-meter relay: Moniteau 10:02;

110 hurdles: Kirkwood (NC) 16.2;

100 dash: Kirkwood (NC) 11.6;

1,600 run: Schmader (NC) 4:58;

400 dash: Anthony Conn (M) 56.3;

400 relay: Moniteau 48.8;

300-meter hurdles: Kirkwood (NC) 42.7;

800-meter run: Evan Miller (M) 2:22;

200-meter dash: Trevor Shaffer (M) 24.9;

3,200-meter run: Schmader (NC) 11:32;

1,600-meter relay: Moniteau 3:50

Field EventsHigh jump: Tony Genaway (M 5-6;

Long jump: Kyle Armagost (M) 19-1;

Triple jump: Tony Genaway (M) 39-11

Shot put: Obenrader (NC) 50-10;

Discus: Obenrader (NC) 133-8;

Javelin: Armagost (M) 177-9;

Pole vault: Stephen Hagg (M) 11-6

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