Erica Gardner pitched a five-inning no-hitter, striking out seven and walking two as the A-C Valley softball team routed Venango Catholic 10-0 Thursday afternoon.

Karly Kaufman hit a two-run homer during the five-run fifth inning for the Falcons (3-6).

Kaufman also tallied a single, a double and 5 RBI.

In other games:

• Liz Dorogy singled twice, doubled, tripled, scored four runs and drove in three as the Seneca Valley softball team (17-1) beat Moon 13-5.

• Ashley Lominski's fifth-inning grand slam was not enough as Moniteau fell to Brookville 5-4 in eight innings.

Venango Catholic 000 00x x—0 0 5A-C Valley 135 1xx x—10 11 1E. Giles and N. Giles; Erica Gardner and Kayla Milford.

W: Gardner (7 K, 2 BB.

L: E. Giles (1 K, 4 BB).

A-C Valley (3-6): Karly Kaufman HR 2B 1B 5-RBI, Jessica Kriley 2-1B

Today: Cranberry at A-C Valley

Seneca Valley 320 031 4—13 15 2Moon 003 010 1—5 5 3Lauren Pennell and Megan McCormick; Kamalich, Morrow (6, 1 K, 1 BB) and Bitsko.

W: Pennell (9 K, 5 BB).

L: Kamalich (6 K, 4 BB).

Seneca Valley (17-1): Liz Dorogy 2-1B 2B 3B 4R 3 RBI, Dana Hughes 2-1B 3R, Jackie Mangola 2B 3B 3R 2 RBI, Courtney Grootegoed HR 3 RBI, Megan McCormick 2-1B 4 RBI, Nicole Lollo 1B 2B RBI, Kelsey Gray 1B 2B R

Moon (13-6): Bitsko 1B 2B

Next: WPIAL Quad A playoffs, TBA

Moniteau 000 040 00—4 8 4Brookville 012 100 01—5 6 2Martina Burk and Amber Neff; Dietrich and Keph.

W: Dietrich (10 K, 0 BB).

L: Burk (7 K, 1 BB).

Moniteau (8-7): Ashley Lominski GSHR, Ashley Pisor 3-1B, Martina Burk 2-1B

Brookville: Cook 3B

Monday: East Forest at Moniteau

Jesse Mangel pitched a three-hitter, striking out six and walking two in seven innings as the A-C Valley baseball team defeated Moniteau 4-1.Cruz Eshenbaugh pitched well in the loss, striking out eight.Zane Slater tripled for Moniteau (7-6), which was coming off an 11-1 win over West Forest on Wednesday.<B>A-C Valley 101 020 0—4 10 2Moniteau 000 000 1—1 3 2</B>Jesse Mangel and Nick McGuirk; Cruz Eshenbaugh and Joe Stiner. <B>W:</B> Mangel (6 K, 2 BB. <B>L:</B> Eshenbaugh (8 K, 2 BB).<B>A-C Valley:</B> Mangel 2-1B RBI, McGuirk 2B 1B 2-RBI<B>Moniteau (7-6):</B> Zane Slater 3B, Dakota Campbell 1B, Adam Cousins 1B<B>Today:</B> Moniteau at Union

Elizabeth Small scored three goals, Yuki Schaper scored twice and Julie Holt had a strong game in net as Butler crushed McDowell, 11-3.Also scoring for the Tornado were Shawna Herbert, Nicole Smolen, Nicole Cancilla, Traci Kuntz, Mackenzie Houk and Sara Schweiger.Butler will carry a 6-10 record into next Thursday's game against Seneca Valley.<B>Seneca Valley 10, North Allegheny 3</B> — The Raiders improved to 14-1 with the win and will travel to Pine- Richland on Monday.

Seneca Valley defeated Bethel Park, 3-0. No other details were provided.Junior High SoftballAmber Steinheiser's RBI double accounted for Butler's lone run in an 11-1 loss to Shaler Wednesday.Butler (8-6) will host Burrell today.