Despite a home run from Weston Hillegas and two doubles from Adam Spithaler, the Mars baseball team will miss the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs after a 12-8 loss to Hampton Wednesday afternoon.

Hampton's six-run second inning did in the Planets (11-9, 7-7).

In other games:

• Cam Fusko contributed three singles to Knoch's 16-hit attack, as the Knights (9-10, 6-8) closed their season with a 13-2 thumping of Highlands.

• Grove City erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the third inning in putting away Hickory, 15-2, in five innings.

Hampton 060 330 0—12 14 1Mars 000 330 2—8 8 3WP: Barberich (6 IP) 3 strikeouts, 4 walks.

LP: Chip Hasek (1Z\c IP) 2 strikeouts, 2 walks

Hampton: McGinnis 2-1B 2B, Beatty 2B

Mars (11-9, 7-7): Adam Spithaler 2-2B, Weston Hillegas HR

Knoch 340 030 3—13 16 2Highlands 010 001 0—2 5 6WP: Zach Mayes (5 IP) 0 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Bonnett (3 IP) 2 strikeouts, 0 walks

Knoch (9-10, 6-8): Austin Leffler 2-1B 2B, Zach Mayes 2-1B 2B, Cam Fusko 3-1B, Justin Demek 1B 2B, Derek Clark 2B 3B

Highlands: Barch HR

Hickory 200 00x x—2 3 1Grove City 317 4xx x—15 12 0WP: Bob Revesz (3 IP) 3 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: Jim Neil (2+ IP) 2 strikeouts, 4 walks

Hickory: Dave Leon 2-2B

Grove City (12-3, 9-1): Jesse Alfreno 2-1B 2RBI, Beau Fisher 2-1B, Dan Keil 1B 2B 3RBI, Brad Ballantine 2B 2RBI, Derek Forese 1B 2RBI, Ryan Devine 1B 2RBI

Friday: Meadville at Grove City (doubleheader)SoftballLiz Dorogy singled, tripled and doubled twice to lead Seneca Valley to a 10-3 victory over Moon in non-section play Wednesday.In other games:• Karns City saw its playoff hopes come to an end with an 11-9 loss to Keystone.Jessica Spafford singled and tripled for the Gremlins (7-10, 5-5).• Kristin Scheller scored the game's lone run on a steal of home in the top of the sixth inning to give Mars a 1-0 win over North Hills.• Despite a home run and two singles from Sara Vinca, Moniteau dropped a 3-1 decision to Neshannock.• Grove City's Chelsea Filer struck out 10 and walked two in a 10-2 victory over Meadville in the first game before seeing a no-hitter into the seventh disappear in a 3-1 loss in the nightcap.

Moon 000 021 0—3 4 4Seneca Valley 004 105 x—10 13 2WP: Courtney Grootegoed (6 IP) 4 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Longo (4 IP) 0 strikeouts, 3 walks

Moon: Walsh 2-1B

Seneca Valley (13-7): Liz Dorogy 1B 2-2B 3B, Nicole Lollo 2-1B 2B, Aly Intihar 1B 2B, Chelsea Leasure 2B, Jackie Mangola 2B, Courtney Grootegoed 2B

Keystone 102 023 3—11 11 3Karns City 020 023 2—9 12 4WP: Barrett (5 IP) 6 strikeouts, 5 walks.

LP: Brandi Dunkle (2Z\c IP) 1 strikeout, 3 walks

Keystone: Sath 2B, Mathews 2-1B

Karns City (7-10, 5-5): Jessica Spafford 1B 3B, Samantha Bly 1B 2-2B, Samantha Pyle 2B, Haley Callihan 2-1B, Katrina Arendosh 2-1B

Monday: Karns City at Clarion

Mars 000 001 0—1 3 1North Hills 000 000 0—0 3 1WP: Monica Glomb (7 IP) 14 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Louanne Wigand (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 1 walk

Mars (15-3): Kristin Scheller 2B R SB, Brittany Berkopec 1B 2B

North Hills: Kelly Cummings 2B

Neshannock 001 100 1—3 6 3Moniteau 100 000 0—1 8 1WP: Kimmel (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Martina Burk (7 IP) 4 strikeouts, 2 walks

Neshannock: L. Sansone 3B, 1B

Moniteau (12-5): Sara Vinca HR, 2-1B; Amber Neff 2-1B; Martina Burk 2-1B; Ashley Pisor 1B

Wednesday: Brookville at Moniteau

Game OneMeadville 010 001 0—2 5 3Grove City 322 300 x—10 6 4WP: Chelsea Filer (7 IP) 10 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Gerhart (4 IP) 0 strikeouts, 8 walks

Meadville: Henderson 2-1B; Van Tuil 2-1B

Grove City: Kari Barnes 2-1B, 2 RBI; Chelsea Filer 2-1B

Game TwoMeadville 000 000 3—3 3 3Grove City 000 001 0—1 5 2WP: Carlson (7 IP) 2 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Chelsea Filer (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 1 walk

Meadville: Frantz 2-R 1B

Grove City (10-6, 7-4): Tara Walmsley 2B, 1B; Chelsea Filer 2B, RBI; Jessie Hodge 1B, R

Friday: Grove City at Hickory

Oil City 150 201 2—11 9 0Slippery Rock 000 000 0—0 3 2WP: Olszowka (7 IP) 12 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Shanea White (6 IP) 3 strikeouts, 6 walks

Oil City: Olszowka 2-2B 3R

Slippery Rock (4-10): Samantha Valponi 2-1B, Erin Ferguson 1B

Today: Freedom at Slippery RockJunior High LacrosseThe Butler boys team improved to 12-1 with wins over Bethel Park and North Hills recently.Jarrod Oesterling scored three goals in an 8-3 win over Bethel Park. Cody Conklin added two goals, while Craig Slomers, Cole Harvey and J.P. Janicki had one each.Janicki and Nathan Barthlow scored three goals each in a 15-2 win over North Hills. Oesterling and Seth Dillon added two goals each, while Zach Harrison, Slomers, Harvey, Tyler Kotch and Cody Conklin had one each.