Knoch scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning and rode that offensive spurt to a 7-2 softball win over Deer Lakes Thursday afternoon.

Lizz King doubled and drove in three runs for the Knights (4-0) while Chelsea Martin struck out five batters in relief.

In other action:

• Seneca Valley gave up a run in the top of the eighth inning in a 1-0 defeat to Montour.

Dana Hughes singled and doubled for SV while Julie Marlowe singled twice in the loss.

• Freshman pitcher Chelsea Filer struck out 10 in seven innings and Katie Stewart went 4-for-4 with an RBIto lead Grove City to a season-opening victory over Sharon, 10-4.

• Martina Burk collected four hits, including a double, and struck out seven in seven innings to lead Moniteau to a 13-5 win over Keystone.

Deer Lakes 020 000 0—2 6 5Knoch 500 002 x—7 10 4WP: Stephanie Fincher (4 IP) 4 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Julia Mueller (6 IP) 3 strikeouts, 3 walks

Deer Lakes

(3-1): Garrich HR, Maiolo 1B

Knoch (4-0): Zoe Hughes 1B 2B 2RBI, Lizz King 2B 3RBI, Meghan Bastin 2-1B

Today: Knoch at Moniteau

Montour 000 000 01—1 4 1Seneca Valley 000 000 00—0 6 1WP: Kapp (8 IP) 3 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Lauren Pennell (8 IP) 5 strikeouts, 1 walk

Montour: Goerl 2B R

Seneca Valley (1-2): Dana Hughes 1B 2B, Julie Marlowe 2-1B

Tuesday: Seneca Valley at Upper St. Clair

Sharon 100 001 2—4 9 xGrove City 220 312 x—10 10 6WP: Chelsea Filer (7 IP) 10 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Markee Juranovich (6 IP) 4 strikeouts, 2 walks

Sharon: Juranovich 3-1B

Grove City (1-0): Katie Stewart 4-1B, RBI; Kristen Kowalsky 2-1B

Saturday: Saegertown at Grove City

Moniteau 301 053 1—13 15 6Keystone 310 001 0—5 12 6WP: Martina Burk (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: Barrett (6 IP) 9 strikeouts, 2 walks

Moniteau (1-1): MeganCampbell 2-1B, 3B; Burk 3-1B, 2B; Brandi Neff 3B, 2B; Sara Vinca 2-1B; Stephanie Bonzo 2B

Keystone: Craig 3-1B;Clark 2-1B

Today: Knoch at MoniteauBaseballZach Zollner, Wes Hillegas and Mitch Conner each doubled for Mars as the Planets (4-2) crushed visiting Riverview, 12-1 in five innings Thursday.Hillegas also picked up the win on the mound, striking out three batters in four innings.In other action:• Knoch gave up 10 second inning runs in a 12-7 loss to Deer Lakes.Justin Thompson singled twice and doubled for the Knights (3-2).• Joe Black scored Butler's lone tally in a 5-1 loss at Mt. Lebanon. Brian Warheit worked four innings on the mound for the Tornado (2-2).

Riverview 000 10x x—1 5 3Mars 205 5xx x—12 13 0WP: Wes Hillegas (4 IP) 3 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Gus Benusa (2 We IP) 2 strikeouts, 1 walk

Riverview (6-2): Dave Kaye 2B

Mars (4-2): Zach Zollner 2B, Wes Hillegas 2B, Mitch Conner 2B

Monday: Mars at Blackhawk

Knoch 000 041 2—7 11 2Deer Lakes 1(10)0 001 x—12 12 2LP: Dan Pickard (1 IP) 1 strikeout, 3 walks

Knoch (3-2): Justin Thompson 2-1B 2B

Today: Knoch @ Beaver

Butler 000 001 0—1 5 2Mt. Lebanon 201 110 x—5 5 2LP: Brian Warheit (4 IP) 2 strikeouts, 1 walk

Butler (2-2): Joe Black 1B RBI, Brandon Johnston R

Saturday: Butler at Ellwood CityTrack and FieldJen Boyd captured the long and triple jumps as the Seneca Valley girls team won six of seven field events to outlast Shaler 81-69 Thursday. DaLynn Mills won the 100-meter dash and high jump and helped the 400 relay team to another win.In the boys meet, Dan Dickey, Mitch McGrew and Tim Miles each won two individual events in the Raiders' 105-45 win.

Butler 104, Knoch 46 (boys); Butler 110, Knoch 40 (girls)—Rob Miller won the 800 and 1,600 while 10 other Tornado individuals won events to lead Butler.In the girls meet, Butler's Kendall Butch won the triple and high jumps and pole vault, while Hannah Rekich and Lea Renwick won two events each. The Knights captured all three relays.

Mars 114, Springdale 27 (Boys); Mars 107, Springdale 38 (girls)— The Planets boys won 16 of 18 events to roll to the win over the Dynamos, while the Mars girls team had eight different individual winners.

BoysSeneca Valley 105, Shaler 453200-meter relay: Seneca Valley (Kevan Kelleher, Chris Cipro, Cam Stauffer, Cy Fleming) 8:42;

110-meter hurdles: Dan Dickey (SV) 16.43;

100-meter dash: Chris Eden (SV) 11.37;

1,600-meter run: Chris Cipro (SV) 4:48;

400-meter dash: Mitch McGrew (SV) 53.4;

400 meter relay: Shaler 44.71;

300-meter hurdles: Dan Dickey (SV) 40.87;

800-meter run: McKee (S) 2:12.62;

200-meter dash: Miller (S) 23.47;

3,200-meter run:Louis Butler (SV) 10:38;

1,600-meter relay: Seneca Valley (Mitch McGrew, Dan Stanley, Kevan Kelleher, Dan Dickey) 3:41

GirlsSeneca Valley 81, Shaler 693200-meter relay: Shaler 10:26;

100-meter hurdles: Annie Fiscus (SV) 16.88;

100-meter dash: DaLynn Mills (SV) 12.63;

1,600-meter run: Zozos (S) 5:31.52;

400-meter dash: Hoy (S) 1:02.4;

400 meter relay: Seneca Valley (DaLynn Mills, Jenny Jergel, Logan Gamelier, Aly Triscuit) 51.83;

300-meter hurdles: Derbis (S) 50.92;

800-meter run: Ruan (S) 2:37;

200-meter dash

: Bennit (S) 27.78;

3,200-meter run:Zozos (S) 11:29;

1,600-meter relay: Shaler 4:23

High jump: DaLynn Mills (SV) 5-2;

Long jump: Jen Boyd (SV) 15-11.5;

Triple jump: Jen Boyd (SV) 33-11;

Shot put: Chelsey Pavlick (SV) 32-4;

Discus: Malia (S) 92-7.5;

Javelin: Ashley Turici (SV) 117-0;

Pole vault: Bria Nelko (SV)8-0

BoysButler 104, Knoch 46

3200-meter relay: Knoch (Ben Hutterer, Artie Black, Brian Tackett, Kyle Reeping) 8:25;

110-meter hurdles: Brian Burka (B) 15.7;

100-meter dash: Fred Pinto (B) 11.3;

1,600-meter run: Rob Miller (B) 4:42;

400-meter dash: Kevin Flaherty (K) 51.6;

400 meter relay: Butler (Fred Pinto, Fair, Casey Piper, Golec) 45.6;

300-meter hurdles: Luke Tabacchi (K) 42.3;

800-meter run: Rob Miller (B) 2:09.2;

200-meter dash: Casey Piper (B) 23.4;

3,200-meter run: Steve Monnie (B) 10:31;

1,600-meter relay: Knoch 3;38.2

High jump: Wise (K) 5-8;

Long jump: David McCollough (B) 19-9.75;

Triple jump: Mike Martin (B) 43-1.5;

Shot put: McElhinney (B) 44-1;

Discus: Nolan Brink (B) 137-9;

Javelin: Junior Dunn (B) 183-2;

Pole vault: Andy Strutt (B) 12-0

GirlsButler 110, Knoch 403200-meter relay: Knoch (Libby Burris, Scott, Robb, McCrea) 10:30;

100-meter hurdles: Hannah Rekich (B) 16.2;

100-meter dash: Lea Renwick (B) 12.6;

1,600-meter run: Tess Crispin (B) 5:56.2;

400-meter dash: Kristen Robb (K) 1:04.5;

400 meter relay: Knoch (Maria Adler, Huselton, Robb, Hill) 54.1;

300-meter hurdles: Hannah Rekich (B) 49.8;

800-meter run: t-Abby Herrit (B) and Megan McCrea (K) 2:32.4;

200-meter dash: Lea Renwick (B) 27.2;

3,200-meter run: Ashley King (B) 12:50;

1,600-meter relay: Knoch 4:24.9

High jump: Kendall Butch (B) 5-2;

Long jump: Lyndsy Day (B) 16-2.25;

Triple jump: Kendall Butch (B) 33-6.5;

Shot put: Amy Achesinski (B) 33-10;

Discus: Katherine Sylvia (B) 94-1;

Javelin: Maria Baroffio (B) 98-1;

Pole vault: Kendall Butch (B) 10-6

BoysMars 114, Springdale 273200-meter relay: Mars (B. Stadelmeyer, Standish, Montag, J. Stadelmeyer) 9:29;

110-meter hurdles: Logan Giger (M) 18.12;

100-meter dash: Bill Bair (M)11.46;

1,600-meter run: J. Stadelmeyer (M) 5:11;

400-meter dash: Derek Workman (M) 54.3;

400 meter relay: Mars (Bill Bair, Steve Jackson, Ryan Stephan, Keil) 45.18;

300-meter hurdles: Logan Giger (M) 46.36;

800-meter run: Derek Workman (M) 2:12;

200-meter dash: Bill Bair (M)23.88;

3,200-meter run:B. Stadelmeyer (M) 12:08;

1,600-meter relay: Mars (Luke Martin, Justin Pioquidio, Roos, Workman) 3:49

High jump: Ian Mundy (M) 5-10;

Long jump: Justin Pioquidio 19-2.75;

Triple jump: Tim Frye (M) 38-3.25;

Shot put: Josh Thompson (M) 39-5;

Discus: Kern (S) 116-1;

Javelin: Dan Lynch (M) 131-9;

Pole vault: Tim Frye (M)11-0

GirlsMars 107, Springdale 383200-meter relay: Mars (Gressong, Doyle, Leopold, Pierre) 11:37;

100-meter hurdles: Beck (M)19.66;

100-meter dash: Gajdosil (S) 13.87;

1,600-meter run: Chloe

Pierre (M) 6:21;

400-meter dash: Julie Utz (M) 1:02.19;

400-meter relay: Mars (Jones, Barnes, Folke, Carpenter) 54.77;

300-meter hurdles: Vergerio (S) 56.12;

800-meter run: Brittany Zaborowski (M) 2:26;

200-meter dash: Barnes (M) 28.5;

3,200-meter run:Chloe Pierre (M)13:35;

1,600-meter relay: Mars (Heltman, Barnes, Carpenter, Zaborowski) 4:26.94

High jump: Stephanie Yeo (M) 5-0;

Long jump: Brittany Zaborowski (M) 15-2.5;

Triple jump: Laura Heltman (M) 31-7;

Shot put: Everett (M) 31-3.5;

Discus: Lather (S) 87-2;

Javelin: Morelli (S) 91-6;

Pole vault: Grucholak (S) 6-0Boys TennisAndrew Thompson, Steve Shetter and Doug Pichler swept the singles matches to lift Butler to a 3-2 road win at Indiana. The trio's opponents won a total of nine games.The Golden Tornado moves its overall record to 3-3.

Singles1-Andrew Thompson (B) def. Sam Jockel 6-2, 6-0; 2-Steve Shetter (B) def. Adam Kensey 6-0, 6-2; 3-Doug Pichler (B) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles1-Luke Miller-Joe Appolonia (I) def. Adam Kowalski-Andrew Direnzo 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; 2-Brendan Hurd-Adam Watters (I) def. Andrew Hazlett-Matt Sylvia 7-6, 4-6, 7-6Girls LacrosseDespite two goals each from Becca Crissman and Nicole Smolen, Butler (0-3) dropped a 7-6 overtime decision to North Hills.Also scoring for the Tornado were Susan Davidson and Elizabeth Small. Goalie Julie Holt finished the game with 13 saves.Boys VolleyballDan Beebe managed 44 assists and Mike Emling tallied had 13 kills as Seneca Valley beat Our Lady of Sacred Heart, three games to one by scores of 22-25, 26-24, 25-10 and 25-17.P.J. Duffy added three blocks for the Raiders (2-0).