Mars continued its torrid pace on the baseball field Wednesday, winning a 13-1 decision at Penn Hills in six innings.

The Planets (9-5, 6-3) have won four straight games, outscoring their opponents 56-4 over that stretch.

JJ Wetherholt and Johnny Fratto combined for six hits, five RBI and five runs scored against Penn Hills. Mitchell Schultz hit a two-run homer.

Winning pitcher Alex Heavner allowed two hits in 5.1 innings and collected two hits and three RBI at the plate.

Mars 212 026 x — 13 17 0

Penn Hills 000 100 x — 1 2 3

W: Alex Heavner 5.1IP (2K, 8BB). L: J.Zambito 3IP (4K, 0BB)

Mars: Teddy Ruffner 3B 1B RBI, JJ Wetherholt 2B 2-1B 3-RBI 2-R, Mitchell Schultz HR 2-RBI, Pete Craska 2-1B 2-R, Johnny Fratto 2-3B 1B 2-RBI 3-R, Alex Heavner 2-1B 3-RBI, Caiden Schmitt 2-1B 2-RBI, Trey Wagner 1B,Zach Orosz 1B

Penn Hills: J.Gerken 2B, J.Zambito 1B

Karns City 9, Forest Area 2 — Conner Schaffner had three singles and Zach Blair allowed one hit in four innings for the Gremlins.

Karns City (7-4) broke the game open with a six-run sixth inning.

Forest Area 000 101 0 — 2 3 5

Karns City 000 036 x — 9 12 0

W: Zach Blair 4IP (2K, 2BB). L: M.Schmader 5IP (4K, 0BB)

Forest Area: I.Gilara 1B, J.Daum 1B, A.Hartle 1B

Karns City (7-4): Conner Schaffner 3-1B, Mallick Metcalfe 2-1B 2-RBI, Mitchell Waldroup 1B 2-RBI, Cole Sherwin 2-1B

Monday: Clarion at Karns City

Softball

Olivia Vissari belted three home runs — including a grand slam — to lead Knoch to a 20-9 victory over Freeport.

Vissari had seven RBI in the game. Madi Gardner also homered and collected five RBI.

Taylor Davis and Brynnae Coe had three-hit games for the Knights. Autumn Powell had four hits and Sydney Selker three, including a homer, for the Yellowjackets.

Knoch 808 04 x — 20 15 2

Freeport 102 33 x — 9 12 3

W: Bailey Rickenbrode 5IP (2K, 2BB). L: Sydney Selker 2.1IP (0K, 5BB)

Knoch: Olivia Vissari 3-HR 7-RBI 4-R. Taylor Davis 3-1B 2-R, Lindsay Edwards 2-1B 2-R, Bailey Rickenbrode 1B 2-R, Quinn Hughes 1B RBI 2-R, Brynnae Coe 3-1B 2-RBI 3-R, Madi Gardner HR 5RBI 2-R, Sophie Brandon 1B RBI 3-R

Freeport: Natalie King HR 3-RBI 3-R, Sydney Selker HR 2-1B 2-RBI 3-R, Ajtumn Powell 4-1B 2-RBI, Maya Borghol 1B RBI, A.DeJidas RB, S.Urik 2-1B

Seneca Valley 5, Butler 0 — Maddie Gross struck out eight in five innings as Seneca Valley shut out Butler.

Kelsey Ogin struck out three for Butler and both teams managed only three hits.

Karns City 14, Forest Area 4 — Marra Patton had three RBI and winning pitcher Allison Walker scored three runs for the Gremlins.

Forest Area 112 00x x — 4 4 4

Karns City 190 31x x — 14 12 5

W: Allison Walker 3IP (4K, 1BB). L: N.Meyers 4.2IP (0K, 4BB)

Forest Area: J.Wagner 2B RBI, M.Boheme 1B, M.Mcfarland 1B RBI, N.Meyers 1B RBI

Karns City: Zoe King 2B 2-RBI, Garrah Milochik 1B RBI, J.Dunn 1B RBI, Ashley Fox 2B RBI, Marra Patton 1B 3-RBI 2-R, Megan Whitmire 2-2B 1B RBI 2-R, Allison Walker 2B 1B RBI 3-R, J.Polczynski 2B 1B 2-RBI

Boys Volleyball

Noah Diamond had seven kills to lead Butler to a 3-0 victory over Latrobe. Scores were 25-17, 25-16, 25-16.

Carson Stein had 11 passes and Kaleb Wojnar 19 assists for Butler (9-6, 5-4), which plays in the Meadville Tournament Saturday.

Track and Field

North Catholic's Trevor Paschall won the 100, 200 and 400 meter races for the boys, Tara Lucot the 400, 800 and long jump for the girls, during the WPIAL Class AA team semifinal meet at Shenango.

Shenango won both meets to advance to the team finals. Riverview, Burrell and New Brighton also competed.

Moniteau swept its meet with Keystone, the boys winning 92-58, the girls 139.2-10.1.

Hannah Burgoon won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters for the Warrior girls. David Stamm swept the throwing events, Cody Daniels the jumping events for the boys.

Boys

Moniteau 92, Keystone 58

3,200 relay: Keystone 12:32; 110 hurdles: Alex Bell (M) 16.2; 100 dash: Michael Bell (M) 11.9; 1,600 run: Buzard (K) 5:13; 400 run: Sell (K) 54.5; 400 relay: Monitau (I.Thompson, A.Bell, M.Bell, D.Stamm) 45.0; 300 hurdles: Alex Bell (M) 41.9; 800 run: Buzard (K) 2:17; 200 dash: Michael Bell (M) 24.2; 3,200 run: Hansford (K) 11:35; 1,600 relay: Moniteau (A.Bell, E.Young Jr., D.Funfer, M.Bell) 3:50

Shot put: David Stamm (M) 40-0.5; Discus: David Stamm (M) 115-0; Javelin: David Stamm (M) 162-1; High jump: Cody Daniels (M) 5-4; Long jump: Cody Daniels (M) 18-0; Triple jump: Cody Daniels (M) 38-8; Pole vault: Luke Barnhart (M) 9-0

Girls

Moniteau 139.2, Keystone 10.1

3,200 relay: Moniteau (Catherine Kelly, Ashley Huffman, Jenna Blauser, Hannah Burgoon) 13.02; 100 hurdles: Logan Barnhart (M) 18.4; 100 dash: Mariska Shunk (M) 14.5; 1,600 run: Hannah Burgoon (M) 6:03; 400 run: Ciona Deprano (M) 1:13; 400 relay: Moniteau (Allie Pry, Rylee Long, Mariska Shunk, Zoey Hillwig) 56.5; 300 hurdles: Allie Pry (M) 56.7; 800 run: Hannah Burgoon (M); 200 dash: Zoey Hillwig (M) 30.3; 3,200 run: Hannah Burgoon (M) 13:30; 1,600 relay: Moniteau (Isabella Osborne, Molly Grossman, Cheyenne Curl, Davina Pry) 5:39

Shot put: Autumn Stewart (M) 29-11; Discus: Megan Wise (M) 90-2; Javelin: Autumn Stewart (M) 79-11; High jump: Hailey Campbell (M) 4-8; Long jump: Ciona Deprano (M) 13-11.5; Triple jump: Rylee Long (M) 30-.5; Pole vault: Victoria Pry (M) 7-3