Ray's grand slam powers Rockets past Sharon

March 30, 2006 Last Updated: March 30, 2006 01:49 PM High School

It was Brandon Ray's day.

Ray hit a grand slam in the top of the first inning and cruised through three innings on the mound as the SlipperyRock HighSchool baseball team downed Sharon 6-1 Wednesday afternoon.

Ray also scored two runs for the Rockets (2-0).

His brother, Sean Ray, had two hits and scored two runs for SlipperyRock.

In other games:

• AustinLeffler continued his hot hitting for Knoch, homering for the second consecutive day and driving in three runs, but the Knights fell 6-5 to Burrell.

Leffler has 11 RBI in four games this season for Knoch (3-1).

• The Seneca Valley baseball team fell to Mt. Lebanon 8-6. No other information was provided.

Slippery Rock 402 000 0—6 4 0Sharon 100 000 0—1 3 1WP: Brandon Ray (3 IP) 3 strikeouts, 3 walks. LP: Revale (2 IP) 2 strikeouts, 2 walks

SlipperyRock (2-0): Brandon Ray HR, 4-RBI, 2-R;SeanRay 2-1B, 2-R

Sharon: Chad Johnson 1B,RBI

Saturday: Mercer at SlipperyRock

Knoch 003 020 0—5 5 3Burrell 102 101 x—6 5 1WP: AaronBrown (6 We IP) 11 strikeouts, 5 walks. LP: JordanShoop (2 IP) 2 strikeouts, 1 walk

Knoch (3-1): Austin Leffler 1B, HR, 3-RBI; DanPickard 2-1B

Burrell: Mangini 1B, 2-2B

Today: Knoch atDeer Lakes

West Shamokin 100 130 2—7 5 2Moniteau 001 000 0—1 5 3WP: Steffy (3 Qe IP) 4 strikeouts, 4 walks. LP: Cruz Eshenbaugh (6 IP) 5 strikeouts, 2 walks

West Shamokin: Nagy 2-1B, Hill 2B, Hankey 1B, Roseccance 2B

Moniteau (0-3): Josh Howland 1B, Cory Campbell 2-1B, Garth Kohlmeyer 1B, Matt Wardle 1B

Friday: Keystone at Moniteau

Chelsea Martin struck out seven while getting the win in relief as Knoch took a 10-4 win from Freeport Wednesday.Tiffany Allen had a pair of doubles for the Knights (3-0).Elsewhere:• Liz Dorogy had a double, a triple and 3 RBI as Seneca Valley routed Woodland Hills 13-0.• Trisha Hollerman singled and doubled, and Jen Fleming drove in a run and had two hits, but Butler fell in its season opener 10-4 to Gateway.Stacy Reges picked up the loss, striking out three and walking no one in six innings of work.Freeport 100 200 1—4 5 3Knoch 001 603 x—10 7 0WP: Chelsea Martin (5 IP) 7 strikeouts, 3 walks. LP: Stephanie Leslie (7 IP) 5 strikeouts, 2 walksFreeport: Stephanie Leslie 2BKnoch (3-0): Tiffany Allen 2-2B, Jackie Brodeur 1B, Stephanie Fincher 3B, Meghan Bastin 2-1B, Jade Thrower 2BToday: Deer Lakes at KnochSeneca Valley 126 40x x—13 15 2Woodland Hills 000 00x x—0 3 1WP: Lauren Pennell (3 IP) 1 strikeout, 0 walks. LP: Pistera (4 IP) 1 strikeout, 3 walksSeneca Valley (1-1): Dana Hughes 1B, 2B, 2-RBI; Julie Marlow 2B; Courtney Grootegoed 3B, 2-RBI; Chelsea Leasure 2B, 1B, 2-R, 2-RBI; Ali Intihar 2-1B, 2-R; Liz Dorogy 2B, 3B, 3-RBI, 2-RToday: Montour at Seneca ValleyButler 010 011 1—4 7 5Gateway 050 005 x—10 9 2WP: Brady O'Reilly (7 IP) 5 strikeouts, 1 walk. LP: StacyReges (6 IP) 3 strikeouts, 0 walksButler (0-1): Trisha Hollerman 1B, 2B; Jen Fleming 2-1B, RBI; Ashley Holmes 2BGateway: Jessi DiVittorio 1B, HRToday: Riverside at Butler

Moniteau (girls) 78, New Castle 61 — Alyssa Deal, Haley McFeaters and Kendra Hall each won two events for the Warriors in this Tuesday meet.Moniteau 78, New Castle 61100-meter hurdles-Amanda Gladd (M)18.97; 100 meters-Micaletti (NC)13.23; 1,600 meters-Alyssa Deal (M)5:22; 400 meters-Haley McFeaters (M)1:01.62; 400-meter relay-New Castle 53.39; 300-meter hurdles-Johnson (NC)55.90; 800 meters-Alyssa Deal (M)2:27; 200 meters-Haley McFeaters (M)27.99; 3,200 meters-Michelle Gebhart (M)15:19; 1,600 meter relay-Moniteau (Amy Gladd, Haley McFeaters, Amanda Gladd, Alyssa Deal) 4:30.54Shot put-Kendra Hall (M)32-9; Discus-Kendra Hall (M)99-2 ; Javelin-Amber Dillaman (M)89-7; Long jump-Sams (NC)14-1 ; Triple jump-Sams (NC)32-10 ; High jump-Wise (NC)4-8; Pole vault-Micaletti (NC) 7-0

Hempfield 3, Butler 0 — The Golden Tornado (1-1) dropped this Tuesday match 25-13, 25-12, 25-19. Butler hosts Hopewell on Friday.

Mars 3, Quaker Valley 2 — The Planets (3-1, 2-1) won both doubles matches to pull out the victory. Mars hosts Neshannock today.Singles:Annie Houghton (QV)def. Chris Morgan 6-3, 6-1; Carter Powell (QV)def. Ian Welsh 6-2, 6-3; Billy Welsh (M)def. Greg Dwyer 6-4, 7-5Doubles:John Natale-Adam Dillner (M)def. Tom Edwards-Logan Stetzer 6-2, 6-3; Andrew Knauff-Stephen Smail (M)def. Mike Condita-Andrei Marinescu 6-2, 6-1Grove City 4, Sharon 1 — The Eagles (2-0) stayed unbeaten and travel to Hickory Friday.Singles:Brad Palanski (S)def. Matt Kiser 6-1, 6-1; Mike Youngo (GC)def. Carl Frank 6-3, 7-5; Chris Weber (GC)def. Mark Drabick 6-2, 6-2Doubles: Dan Spears-Joshua Lynn (GC)def. Warren Reed-Mitch Colson 6-1, 6-0; John Clawson-Joe Hazy (GC)def. David Hart, Will Palmer 6-0, 6-0Butler 4, Shaler 1 — The Golden Tornado (2-3) swept the singles matches. Butler plays today at Indiana.Singles: Andrew Thompson (B)def. Derek Whitten 6-0, 6-0; Steve Shetter (B)def. Joe Kline 6-0, 6-0; Wes Hortert (B)def. Rich Tomer 6-2, 6-3Doubles: Adam Kowalski-Andrew Direnzo (B)def. Nick Bennardo-J.T. Lytle 6-3, 7-5; Gabe Mangold-Dan McLaughlin (S)def. Doug Pichler-Dave Uram 2-6, 6-4, 7-6