Madden Clement struck out nine in five innings and Cooper Baxter tripled and homered Wednesday to lead Butler to a 7-2 Section 1-6A baseball win at Pine-Richland.

The Golden Tornado (8-1, 4-1) trailed 2-1 through five frames before scoring five times in the sixth. Clement had a double, single and RBI while Baxter scored two runs. Brady Gavula had a pair of singles and two RBI.

Ethan Trettel had two singles, Conner McTighe a triple and RBI for Butler. Colin Casteel was the winning pitcher in relief, striking out two in two innings.

The teams meet again at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Pullman Park.

Butler 010 005 1 — 7 11 0

Pine-Richland 101 000 0 — 2 2 2

W: Colin Casteel 2IP (2K, 1BB). L: S.Heckert 1IP (1K, 0BB)

Butler: Cooper Baxter HR 3B 2-R, Madden Clement 2B 1B RBI, Colin Patterson 1B, Conner McTigfhe 3B RBI, Brady Gavula 2-1B 2-RBI, Ethan Trettel 2-1B RBI, Lance Slater 1B

Pine-Richland: O.Henne 2-1B 2-RBI

Thursday: Pine-Richland at Butler

Knoch 5, Freeport 4 — The Knights rallied from an early two-run deficit to win this road game in eight innings. Angelo DeLeonardis pitched the final 3.2 innings, striking out four to get the win.

Eli Sutton had a double and two singles for Knoch, raising his batting average to .600. His single drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth. Isaac Roddy and Anthony Grafton were both hit by pitches with the bases loaded to give the Knights a 5-2 lead in the inning. Freeport’s rally in the bottom of the frame fell short.

Softball

Winning pitcher Mackenzie Parks had two doubles, two singles and six RBI as Allegheny-Clarion Valley (2-1) rolled past Union, 19-4.

Meah Ielase had two doubles, a single and scored four runs while Bella Ielease contributed a home run, single, four RBI and two runs scored.

Union 301 — 4 5 1

A-C Valley — 19 15 1

W: Mackenzie Parks 3IP (3K, 2BB). L: Walzak 2IP (1K, 3BB)

Union: Wetzel 1B R, Solida 1B RBI

A-C Valley: Meah Ielase 2-2B 1B 4-R RBI, Avah Burke 2B 1B 4-R 2-RBI, Mavkenzie Parks 2-2B 2-1B 3-R 6-RBI, Lexi Bauer 1B 3B 3-R 2-RBI, Bella Ielease HR 1B 2-R 4-RBI

Thursday: Keystone at A-C Valley

Boys Tennis

Mars’ Luke Raymundo and Tim Jayamohan reached the title match in Section 2-AA doubles Wednesay before dropping a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 decision to Beaver’s Andrew Cavett and Grady Johnson.

Raymundo and Jayamohan defeated teams from Ambridge and Beaver by scores of 10-0 and 10-2, respectively, before knocking off Central Valley’s Ryan Kerr and Andrew Yankello 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinal round.

Track and Field

Griffin Booher earned first place in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs while helping Karns City’s 4x800 relay team to victory as the Gremlin boys defeated Redbank Valley, 87-63.

McKenna Martin won the 100 dash and long jump as KC’s girls defeated Redbank, 78-72.

Moniteau’s 4x800 relay team of Abbey Jewart, Catherine Kelly, Jenna Zendron and Hannah Burgoon began a meet with Cranberry with a winning time of 11 minutes, 31 seconds. The Warriors went on to defeat the Berries, 97-53.

On the boys side, Cody Daniels claimed the high jump, triple jump, long jump, and 110 hurdles events as Moniteau bowed to Cranberry, 85-65.

Boys

Karns City 87, Redbank Valley 63

3,200 relay: Karns City (Stroup, Wilson, Harmon, Booher) 10:00.00; 110 hurdles: Gardlock (RV) 16.26; 100 dash: Kahle (RV) 11.53; 1,600 run: Booher (KC) 5:10.87; 400 run: B.Kelly (KC) 56.12; 400 relay: Karns City (Cramer, Slater, B.Kelly, Z.Kelly) 46.18; 300 hurdles: Gardlock (RV) 46.27; 800 run: Booher (KC) 2:24.52; 200 dash: Slater (KC) 23.69; 3,200 run: Stroup (KC) 11:43.01; 1,600 relay: Karns City (Wilson, Campbell, B.Kelly, Z.Kelly)

Shot put: Wagner (RV) 48-½; Discus: Wagner (RV) 164-1; Javelin: Cramer (KC) 163-7; High jump: Rupp (KC) 5-10; Long jump: Mansfield (RV) 20-11½; Triple jump: MacTaggert (KC) 35-1; Pole vault: Spence (RV) 11-0

Girls

Karns City 78, Redbank Valley 72

3,200 relay: Karns City (Chloe Fritch, Taylor Dailey, Emma Dailey, Brooke Rumbaugh) 11:41.00; 100 hurdles: Fink (RV) 19.14; 100 dash: McKenna Martin (KC) 13.47; 1,600 run: Brooke Griffiths (KC) 6:39.97; 400 run: Smathers (RV) 1:11.41; 400 relay: Redbank Valley 52.62; 300 hurdles: Rossi McMillen (KC) 54.43; 800 run: Emma Dailey (KC) 2:54.20; 200 dash: Harmon (RV) 27.05; 3,200 run: Brooke Griffiths (KC) 14:53.59; 1,600 relay: Redbank Valley 4:34.27

Shot put: Huffman (RV) 31-9; Discus: Foringer (RV) 97-6; Javelin: Ashley Fox (KC) 123-3 ; High jump: Rossi McMillen (KC) 5-1; Long jump: McKenna Martin (KC) 15-4; Triple jump: Davis (RV) 30-1; Pole vault: Henry (RV) 9-0

Boys

Cranberry 85, Moniteau 65

3,200 relay: Cranberry 9:37; 100 hurdles: Cody Daniels (M) 16.5; 100 dash: Cranberry 11.9; 1,600 run: Cranberry 4:47; 400 run: Delong (C) 58.5; 400 relay: Moniteau (Isaac Thompson, Isaiah Thompson, Connor Alfreno, Logan Campbell) 50.25; 300 hurdles: Miller (C) 46.3; 800 run: Cranberry 2:29; 200 dash: Wry (C) 24.5; 3,200 run: Miller (C) 12:31; 1,600 relay: Cranberry 4:02

Shot put: Dakota (C) 37-8¾; Discus: Jason Loos (M) 102-1; Javelin: Kevin (C) 122-2; High jump: Cody Daniels (M) 6-0; Long jump: Cody Daniels (M) 19-5; Triple jump: Cody Daniels (M) 38-6; Pole vault: Finch (C) 10-6

Girls

Moniteau 97, Cranberry 53

3,200 relay: Moniteau (Abbey Jewart, Catherine Kelly, Jenna Zendron, Hannah Burgoon) 11:31; 100 hurdles: Wry (C) 18.57; 100 dash: Katelyn Reott (M) 13.65; 1,600 run: Hannah Burgoon (M) 5:45; 400 run: Jenna Zendron (M) 1:03.86; 400 relay: Moniteau (Allie Pry, Davina Pry, Addison Tenney, Rylee Long) 58.35; 300 hurdles: Allie Pry (M) 52.61; 800 run: Montgomery (C) 2:36; 200 dash: Rylee Long (M) 29.02; 3,200 run: Hannah Burgoon (M) 13:34; 1,600 relay: Cranberry 4:50

Shot put: Autumn Stewart (M) 31-1; Discus: Megan Wise (M) 82-10; Javelin: Stover (C) 101-11; High jump: Hart (C) 4-6; Long jump: Ciona Deprano (M) 15-6; Triple jump: Rylee Long (M) 33-3; Pole vault: Victoria Pry (M) 8-0