Butler walks off with 2-1 win over Indians

April 28, 2018 Last Updated: April 28, 2018 10:49 AM High School

Kat Rudolph drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead Butler to a 2-1 section win over North Hills Friday afternoon.

The game-winning hit made a winner out of Ali Graham in the circle. Graham scattered eight hits over seven innings.

Graham also had a RBI single for the Golden Tornado.

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Butler 100 000 1 — 2 5 2

W: Ali Graham

Butler: Faith Hansotte 1B, Graham 1B RBI, Lauren Hesidenz 1B, Kat Rudolph 1B RBI

Monday: Butler at Knoch

Knoch 12, Derry 1 — Celia Knappenberger hit a three-run home run and drove in five in the Knights’ rout.

Monica Gourley added a triple and three singles for Knoch (8-4, 5-3).

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W: Erin Luffy 5IP (4K, 1BB). L: Alexis Jellison 5IP (2K, 2BB).

Knoch (8-4, 5-3): Celia Knappenberger HR 1B 5-RBI, Monica Gourley 3B 3-1B, Amanda Fisher 2-1B, Luffy 2-1B, Abby Black 2-1B

Derry: Hannah Wedow 2B

Monday: Butler at Knoch

Boys Volleyball

Cody Schnur had 12 kills and Tyler Rankin added 35 assists as Butler swept Beaver County Christian School 25-12, 25-18, 25-18.

The Golden Tornado improved to 13-1 and will host undefeated North Allegheny Tuesday.

Tennis

Grove City received three 6-0, 6-0 wins on the way to a 5-0 sweep over Kennedy Catholic.

Grove City 5,

Kennedy Catholic 0

Singles: Will Kemeny (GC) d. Julian Hudson 6-0, 6-0; Will Rastatter (GC) d. Cory Hazz 6-0, 6-0; Levi Aldstadt (GC) d. Owen Cianci 6-1, 6-3

Doubles: Peter Birmingham/Mason Wise (GC) d. Jordan Link/Cameron Neimi 6-0, 6-0; Max Boshaw/Matt Gerwick (GC) won by default

Baseball

Knoch 12, Deer Lakes 0 — Jack Bartek scattered six hits in tossing the shutout for the Knights (9-1, 8-1) Thursday. He also homered and drove in two runs.

Sharon 6, Slippery Rock 4 — David Duffalo had a run-scoring single for the Rockets in this Thursday game, but a four-run Sharon sixth inning made the difference.

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W: Sadowski 5IP (3K, 0BB). L: Chase Wilkerson 0IP (0K, 0BB).

Sharon: Nick Weisen 2-1B, Attalah 2B