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KC softball rips East Forest

Lauren Downs struck out seven of the 10 batters she faced and Karns City produced 16 singles while routing East Forest, 17-0, in three innings.

Morgan Deal had three of the singles and Sabrina Johns drove in two runs for the Gremlins (3-3).

Karns City 3(10)4 xxx x — 17 16 0East Forest 000 xxx x — 0 1 0W: Lauren Downs 3IP (7K, 0BB).

L: J.McLaughlin 3IP (3K, 8BB).

Karns City (3-3): Morgan Deal 3-1B 2-RBI, Kara Kerschbaumer 2-1B, Sabrina Johns 2-1B 2-RBI, Alex Boyle 2-1B, Clara Stoughton 2-1B, Saydie Moore 1B, Taylor Ritzert 1B, Emily Schumacher 1B, Mattea Conto 1B, Lauren Downs 1B

East Forest: J. McLaughlin 1B

Thursday: West Forest at Karns City

Derek Sadowski struck out 10 and tossed a one-hitter over four innings as Karns City blew out East Forest, 19-0.Ethan Williams had three singles and six RBIs to pace a 13-hit Gremlin attack.Elsewhere:• Union's 11-run first inning was good enough to defeat Clarion 11-4. Jake Gezik and Brett Trithart both singled and doubled for the Golden Knights (3-1).<B>Karns City 075 7xx x — 19 13 0East Forest 000 0xx x — 0 1 1W:</B> Derek Sadowski 4IP (10K, 0BB). <B>L:</B> Jack Jackowitz 2.1IP (3K, 5BB).<B>Karns City (6-1):</B> Ethan Williams 3-1B 6-RBI, Wyatt Everetts 3B 2-RBI, Brandyn Bowser 2B 3B 2-RBI, Matt Yough 2B 1B RBI<B>East Forest:</B> Tuski 1B<B>Thursday:</B> West Forest vs. Kasrns City, 6:45 p.m., Pullman Park<B>Clarion 112 000 0 — 4 4 2Union (11)00 000 x — 11 12 1W:</B> Kaden McGregor 2.1 IP (4K, 3BB). <B>L:</B> Kirkland 0.2 IP (0K, 1BB).<B>Clarion:</B> Kirkland 2-1B<B>Union (3-1):</B> Brandon Stitt 2-1B, Brett Trithart 1B 2B, Taylor Smith 2-1B, Kaden McGregor 2B, Jake Gezik 1B 2B, Perry Kriebel 1B, Shawn Hazlett 1B, Kane McCall 2B<B>Today:</B> Redbank Valley at Union

Ali Lotz won three events as the Slippery Rock girls downed Greenville 101-49.On the boys side, Ryan Thompson won a pair of events and also was on two winning relay teams as the Rockets dropped the Trojans 84-56.Elsewhere:• Lydia Dennis, Emily Thomas and Sabrina Edwards each won two events as the Mars girls (7-1) rolled to a 90-60 win over Hampton.<B>BoysSlippery Rock 84, Greenville 56Track Events3,200-meter relay:</B> Slippery Rock (Brock Sloan, Braden Sloan, Ty Udy, Ryan Thompson) 8:20; <B>110 hurdles: </B>Davis Dimit (SR) 16.1; <B>100 dash: </B>Greenville 11.28; <B>1,600 run: </B>Thompson (SR) 4:42; <B>400 dash: </B>Greenville 50.1; <B>400 relay: </B>Greenville 46.89; <B>300-meter hurdles: </B>Dimit (SR) 44.26; <B>800-meter run: </B>Thompson (SR) 1:58.3; <B>200-meter dash: </B>Braden Sloan (SR) 24.5; <B>3,200-meter run: </B>Anna (SR) 10:27.7; <B>1,600-meter relay: </B>Slippery Rock (Brock SLoan, Braden Sloan, Udy, Thompson) 3:31.0<B>Field EventsHigh jump: </B>Brady Kirkwood (SR) 5-10; <B>Long jump: </B>Sam Furrh (SR) 19-2; <B>Triple jump: </B>N/A; <B>Shot put:</B> Travis Korner (SR) 48-5;<B> Discus:</B> Kroner (SR) 131-1; <B>Javelin:</B> Greenville N/A; <B>Pole vault: </B>Greenville 11-6<B>GirlsSlippery Rock 101-49Track Events3,200-meter relay: </B>Slippery Rock (Sarah Kadlubek, Anna Cessar, Olivia Green, Jessica Bennett) 10:36; <B>100 hurdles: </B>Ali Lotz (SR) 16.68; <B>100 dash: </B>Greenville 13.2; <B>1,600 run: </B>Bennett (SR) 5:37; <B>400 dash: </B>Green (SR) 1:05.1; <B>400 relay: </B>Greenville 54.3; <B>300 hurdles: </B>Molly Joyce (SR) N/A; <B>800 run: </B>Anna Cessar (SR) 2:34; <B>200 dash: </B>Greenville N/A; <B>3,200 run:</B> Bennett (SR) 12:24; <B>1,600 relay: </B>Slippery Rock (Michaela Ripley, Kadlubek, Green, Joyce) 4:37<B>Field EventsHigh jump: </B>Greenville N/A; <B>Long jump: </B>Lotz (SR) 15-8; <B>Triple jump: </B>Lotz (SR) 32-9; <B>Shot put:</B> Emily Campbell (SR) 35-8; <B>Discus: </B>Bre Northcott (SR) 104-1; <B>Javelin: </B>Northcott 103-6; <B>Pole vault:</B> N/A<B>GirlsMars 90, Hampton 60Track Events3,200-meter relay: </B>Hampton 10:17; <B>100 hurdles: </B>Sabrina Edwards (M) 16.9; <B>100 dash: </B>Cook (H) 12.8; <B>1,600 run: </B>Alm (H) 5:16; <B>400 dash: </B>Cook (H) 1:01.5; <B>400 relay: </B>Mars (Erica Hans, Krista Check, Angelina Prato, Edwards) 53.6; <B>300 hurdles: </B>Edwards (M) 49.1; <B>800 run: </B>Reilly Butler (M) 2:29; <B>200 dash: </B>Cook (H) 26.8; <B>3,200 run:</B> Arnold (H) 12:05; <B>1,600 relay: </B>Hampton 4:15<B>Field EventsHigh jump: </B>Sarah Doyle (M) 4-10; <B>Long jump: </B>Lydia Dennis (M) 16-8; <B>Triple jump: </B>Dennis (M) 35-1; <B>Shot put:</B> Emily Thomas (M) 29-5; <B>Discus: </B>Thomas (M) 95-11; <B>Javelin: </B>Mani Brueckner (M) 103-4; <B>Pole vault:</B> Liz Carpenter (M) 7-6

Butler crushed Allderdice 22-0.The Tornado received two goals and three assists from Chandler Harvey, while Jake Harrison, Jamison Smith and Clint Regal each had two goals as well.Sebastian Moran added a goal and two assists.Ian Bergbigler and Trevor Monteleone sparked Butler's defense while Cy Neely and Josh Jablonski shared the shutout in net for the Tornado (5-2, 4-0).

Morgan Midkiff scored eight goals and also had an assist as Seneca Valley routed Franklin Regional 16-8.Kelly Cundiff added three goals and three assists for the Raiders (7-1).

<B>Seneca Valley 3, Butler 0</B> — Chad Albert had 10 kills, Brian Pudlo nine kills and four blocks, Eric Speicher three blocks and Tim Pecora nine digs to lead the Raiders to the 25-13, 25-17, 25-13 section victory.Butler (5-2, 4-2) received 10 kills from Xavier Krause and 12 assists from Cole Chamberlain.The Raiders junior varsity team also won, 25-15, 25-23.

Zach Collins' base hit in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in the winning run as Butler defeated Brashear 3-2.Ryan Vero and T.J. Rice combined to strike out 11 batters and surrender just one earned run on the mound for Butler.

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