Jaicks HR lifts Planets

May 05, 2006 Last Updated: May 05, 2006 08:47 PM High School

Seneca Valley's Erin Bernhard does battle against North Allegheny in lacrosse play Thursday. Bernhard scored three goals, giving her 102 for her career, in the Raiders' victory.

Bernhard scores 100th goal for SV lacrosse

Charlie Jaicks belted a three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning to lift Mars to a crucial 6-5 Section 1-AAA win over Ellwood City in high school baseball play Thursday afternoon.

Adam Spithaler and Zach Zollner both doubled for the Planets (10-8, 6-6).

Elsewhere:

• Knoch dropped a pivotal Section 1-AAA contest at New Castle, 6-3. The loss takes the Knights' record to 5-7 in section play.

• Jesse Alfreno went 3-for-4 with a single, triple and home run in Grove City's 11-1, six-inning rout of Titusville.

• Karns City exploded for 13 runs in the first inning in a 16-1, three-inning drubbing of West Forest.

Mike Lopresti homered for the Gremlins (9-5, 8-4).

Ellwood City 300 200 0—5 7 0Mars 002 400 x—6 10 1WP: Eric Turkovich (3 IP) 4 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Davis (6 IP) 3 strikeouts, 1 walk

Ellwood City: Lodovico 2B

Mars (10-8, 6-6): Adam Spithaler 2B, Zach Zollner 2B, Charlie Jaicks HR

Monday: Mars @ Knoch

Knoch 000 000 3—3 8 2New Castle 001 005 x—6 7 3WP: Sansone (7 IP) 6 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Kevin Bacon (5 IP) 1 strikeout, 1 walk

Knoch (8-9, 5-7): Austin Leffler 1B 2B

New Castle: Motto 1B 2B

Monday: Mars @ Knoch

Titusville 100 000 x—1 4 1Grove City 800 003 x—11 13 0WP: Bob Revesz (5 IP) 8 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Travis Burton (X\c IP) 0 strikeouts, 3 walks

Titusville: Ryan Smith 2-1B

Grove City (11-2, 8-1): Jesse Alfreno 1B 3B HR 3RBI, Derek Forese 1B 2B 3RBI, Dan Keil 2-1B 2RBI

Tuesday: Grove City @ Erie McDowell

Karns City (13)30 xxx x—16 10 1West Forest 001 xxx x—1 3 2WP: Mike Lopresti (2 IP) 4 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Perrett (X\c IP) 0 strikeouts, 2 walks

Karns City (9-5, 8-4): Mike Lopresti HR, Matt Allen 2-1B 2RBI, Coty McGregor 1B 2-2B 3RBI

West Forest: Perrett HR

Tuesday: Karns City @ Rocky Grove

Freeport's Stephanie Leslie struck out nine and added two singles and a double at the plate, but the Yellowjackets (10-6) fell to Highlands, 4-1.In other games:• HaleyCallihan and Jess Spafford each had triples, but Karns City fell to Rocky Grove 12-3.Freeport 100 000 0—1 7 3Highlands 000 040 x—4 3 1WP: Mark (7 IP) 3 strikeouts, 0 walks. LP: Stephanie Leslie (4 IP) 9 strikeouts, 0 walksFreeport (10-6, 9-4): Stephanie Leslie 2-1B 2B, Brittany Showers 2BHighlands: Mark 2BMonday: Deer Lakes @ FreeportRocky Grove 335 100 0—12 11 1Karns City 210 000 0—3 8 5WP: Lowry (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 4 walks. LP: Brandi Dunkle (7 IP) 5 strikeouts, 5 walksRocky Grove: Huff 3B, 1B; Berkhardt 2B, 1BKarns City (5-9, 4-4): HaleyCallihan 3B; Jess Spafford 3B; Samantha Bly 2-1BSaturday: Karns City atSlipperyRockClarion 110 140 0—7 6 2A-C Valley 000 002 0—2 2 6WP: Walters (7 IP) 10 strikeouts, 4 walks. LP: Erica Gardner (7 IP) 1 strikeout, 4 walksClarion: Kylynn Smith 2-1BA-C Valley (3-9, 3-8): Allie Atwood 1B, Alicia Palmer 1BMonday: A-C Valley @ Redbank Valley

Erin Bernhard scored three goals and surpassed 100 goals in her career as the Seneca Valley girls lacrosse team toppled North Allegheny 10-7 Thursday night.Bernhard now has 102 career goals for the Raiders, who improved their record to 9-3 overall with just one loss in the section.

Shawn Vincent recorded 27 assists and Cody Clark 20 passes, but they weren't enough as the Butler boys volleyeball team fell to North Allegheny 25-19, 25-27, 25-14, 25-21 Thursday night.Devin Koehring added 10 kills and eight blocks for the Tornado (9-6, 4-5).Seneca Valley 3, Shaler 0 — The Raiders defeated the Titans in this Section 2 matchup by scores of 25-20, 25-22 and 25-22. No other details were provided.