Nate Silvis' triple in the bottom of the sixth inning drove in Ryan Austin with the eventual winning run as A-C Valley nipped Venango Catholic for a 6-5 baseball victory Friday afternoon.

The Falcons received a strong performance from starting pitcher John Sallee. Though he was tagged with a no-decision, Sallee struck out 10 batters in 4 Qe innings.

John Kaufman tallied two singles, a home run and four runs batted in for the Falcons (1-0).

In other games:

• Dan Keil smacked a two-run home run and Jesse Alfreno drove in four more runs as Grove City won a five-inning, rain-shortened game at Laurel, 11-4.

• Garth Kohlmeyer and Nick Morrow each tallied singles and Moniteau starter Josh Howland struck out two in two-plus innings as Moniteau and Keystone were tied 6-6 after five innings of play.

The game was called because of bad weather and will be resumed at a later date.

Venango Cath. 001 031 0—5 8 3A-C Valley 301 101 x—6 10 2WP: Jesse Mangel (2 We IP) 2 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: Reed (2 IP) 0 strikeouts, 1 walk

Venango Catholic: Reed 2-1B 2R

A-C Valley (1-0): John Kaufman 2-1B HR 2R 4RBI, Nate Silvis 1B 3B RBI, Kyle Stewart 2-1B RBI

Tuesday: Moniteau at A-C Valley

Grove City 006 32x x—11 8 4Laurel 012 01x x—4 6 2WP: Bob Revesz (3 IP) 5 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Hans Ostermyer ( Qe IP) 0 strikeouts, 1 walk

Grove City (1-0): Jesse Alfreno 2-1B 4RBI, Beau Fisher 2-2B, Derek Forese 2B, Ross Trinch 3B, Dan Keil HR 2RBI

Laurel: Tyler Womer 3-1B

Monday: Oil City at Grove City

SoftballMonica Glomb struck out 10 and Hannah Taggart tripled as Mars hung on for a 4-3 win over Pine-Richland FridayBrie Berkopec added a double and a single for the Planets (1-2).

Pine-Richland 000 002 1—3 5 1Mars 100 300 x—4 5 1WP: Monica Glomb (7 IP) 10 strikeouts, 1 walk. LP: Dovey (6 IP) 7 strikeouts, 1 walk

Pine-Richland: King 2B

Mars (1-2): Hannah Taggart 3B; Brie Berkopec 2B, 1B

Monday: Mars at Butler

Boys VolleyballShawn Vincent tallied nine assists and Devin Koehring contributed seven kills as Butler (2-1) downed Hopewell in straight sets by scores of 27-25, 25-15 and 25-19.The Golden Tornado also prevailed in the junior varsity match, 2-0.