Eric Christensen's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth inning plated Austin Leffler with the eventual winning run as Knoch slipped by Highlands, 3-2, in high school baseball Friday afternoon.

Justin Demek singled, doubled and had two RBI for the Knights (7-5, 4-3).

In other games:

• After spotting Hampton a 4-0 lead in the first inning, Mars came back to defeat the Talbots, 6-4, in five innings. Inclement weather shortened the game.

Highlands 011 000 0—2 8 1Knoch 000 201 x—3 5 2WP: Kevin Bacon (6 IP) 4 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: P.J. Fleck (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 4 walks

Knoch (7-5, 4-3): Justin Demek 1B 2B 2RBI

Wednesday: Hampton at Knoch

Mars 015 00x x—6 13 1Hampton 400 00x x—4 6 0WP: Chip Hasek (4Z\c IP) 2 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Wilson (2X\c IP) 1 strikeout, 0 walks

Mars (8-5, 4-3): D.J. Cannon 1B 2B, Adam Spithaler 2B HR 2RBI

Hampton: McGinnis 2B, Beatty HR

Tuesday: Blackhawk at MarsSoftballSeneca Valley's Courtney Grootegoed homered and Chelsea Leasure tallied three singles as the Raiders blanked Butler, 10-0, in five innings.In other games:• Bethany Gent drove in Brittany Showers with the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning to lead Freeport to a 7-2 section win over Deer Lakes.Showers picked up the win, striking out 11 in 10 innings for the Yellowjackets (6-3, 5-2).• Moniteau collected five extra-base hits in an 11-2 thrashing of Redbank Valley.Amber Neff tripled and drove in three runs and Ashley Pisor doubled and singled for the Warriors (7-4).

Seneca Valley 220 06x x—10 10 2Butler 000 00x x—0 0 4WP: Courtney Grootegoed (4 IP) 5 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Stacy Reges (4X\c IP) 1 strikeout, 3 walks

Seneca Valley: Chelsea Leasure 3-1B, Courtney Grootegoed HR

Saturday: Butler at Blackhawk

Redbank Valley 200 000 x—2 3 6Moniteau 131 312 x—11 15 1WP: Sara Vinca (6 IP) 10 strikeouts, 4 walks.

LP: Bullers (5 2/3 IP) 7 strikeouts, 7 walks

Redbank Valley: Magnotti 1B, 3B

Moniteau (7-4): Amber Neff 3B, 21B, 3-RBI; MeganCampbell 1B, 3B; Martina Burk 2B, 2-1B; Ashley Pisor 2B, 3B

Wednesday: Moniteau at West Forest

Freeport 001 100 000 5—7 13 0Deer Lakes 010 000 100 0—2 8 7WP: Brittany Showers (10 IP) 11 strikeouts, 4 walks.

LP: Jenny Maiolo (2 IP) 1 strikeout, 0 walks

Freeport (6-3, 5-2): Stephanie Leslie 3B, 2-1B; Katie Gaydos 3-1B; Bethany Gent 2B, RBI; Showers 2-1B

Deer Lakes: Brielle Gaurrich 2B, 1B

Monday: Freeport at Greensburg Central Catholic

The duos of Adam Kowalski-Andrew Direnzo and Andrew Sykes-Dave Uram both grabbed victories as Butler shut out Shaler, 5-0 on Friday.<B>Singles</B>1-Steve Shetter (B) def. J.T. Lytle 6-0, 6-1; 2-Doug Pichler (B) def. Joe Kline 6-2, 6-3; 3-Wes Hortert (B) def. Joe Delancey 6-2, 6-4<B>Doubles</B>1-Adam Kowalski-Andrew Direnzo (B) def. Nick Bennardo-Rick Tomer 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; 2-Andrew Sykes-Dave Uram (B) def. Gabe Mangold-Dan McLaughlin 6-4, 7-5In other matches:• Mars saw its No. 1 and No. 2 doubles teams both finish in second place at the Midwestern Athletic Conference Championships, held Friday at Beaver High School.The No. 1 team of Jon Natale and Adam Dillner beat New Brighton (10-4) and Quaker Valley (10-2) before disposing of Blackhawk 7-6, 6-1 in the semifinals. Natale and Adam Dillner then fell to a duo from Montour in the finals, losing 6-1, 2-6, 6-1.The Planets' No. 2 doubles team of Andy Knauff and Andrew Dillner received a first-round bye before handling Ambridge (10-4).The duo defeated Montour in the semifinals 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 before losing the title match to Quaker Valley 6-4, 6-4.