Karns City softball rallies past Butler; Golden Tornado volleyball improves to 14-3: Roundup
Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) celebrates as she is met by her teammates at home plate after hitting a home run against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the fourth inning, Karns City softball rallied to earn a 5-3 victory over Butler on Thursday at Diehl Stadium.
The decisive frame came in the bottom of the sixth when the Gremlins plated four runs to break a 1-1 tie.
Abigail Dunlap led off with a solo home run and Ronni Radaker hit a three-run bomb later in the inning.
Butler’s comeback attempt featured a run-scoring double from Kyra Olivares in the top of the seventh.
Radaker also doubled in the game and drove in four runs. Carley Conto went 3 for 3 and scored twice for KC (11-4).
Olivares was 4 for 4 at the plate and had two RBIs for Butler (1-16). Chloe Schoentag added two hits.
Baseball
Dante Pelloni tallied Knoch’s lone hit in a 7-0 loss to Pine-Richland.
Logan Plummer struck out 11 Knights in the victory.
Avonworth 8, Mars 4 — The Planets allowed three runs in the second inning and never caught up to the Antelopes.
Tyler Rennebeck hit a solo home run for Mars. Danny Murray and Landon Hein both added two hits.
Boys volleyball
Avery Rudolph had 20 assists and Maddox McCall 18 digs to lead Butler to a sweep of Deer Lakes by scores of 25-17, 25-21 and 25-13.
Jacob Proudfoot and Andrew Slaugenhoup both tallied nine kills and two aces for the Golden Tornado (14-3). Kohl Salata chipped in two blocks.
Seneca Valley 3, Moon 0 — No other details were available from the Raiders’ victory against the Tigers.
Track and Field
Aidan Fox won the long and triple jumps and also ran a leg on the winning 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams, but Union/A-C Valley’s boys fell to Redbank Valley 82-68.
Maddy Dehart took first place in the girls shot put and javelin, but the Falcon Knights dropped an 80-64 decision to the Bulldogs.
Flag football
Ava Pulliam threw seven touchdown passes in Mars’ 45-44 loss to Pine-Richland.
Miley Gratton caught four of the scoring tosses, Cassidy Batchelor two and Gemma Fratto one.
Girls lacrosse
Mars topped Freeport 21-1, with Joey Spehar assisting Jocelynn Johns’ lone goal for the Yellowjackets.
Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Mikayla Crouch (18) celebrates after scoring a run against Karns City in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Mikayla Crouch (18) pitches against Karns City in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Mikayla Crouch (18) pitches against Karns City in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Kyra Olivares (26) tags Karns City’s Addison Burrows (2) in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Khloe Brown (4) catches the ball at first base against Karns City in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) pitches against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) pitches against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) pitches against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) pitches against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City’s Ronni Radaker (18) catches a hit from Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City’s Carley Conto (10) hits the ball against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Alexis Myers (25) tags Karns City’s Ronni Radaker (18) at third base in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Kinsley Smith (10) tags Karns City’s Addison Fox (15) in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Mikayla Crouch (18) celebrates in a softball game against Karns City Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) celebrates as she is met by her teammates at home plate after hitting a home run against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Annalyn Schnur (19) runs to home plate in a softball game against Karns City Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) attempts to catch a ball at first base against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Mikayla Crouch (18) celebrates after scoring a run against Karns City in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Mikayla Crouch (18) pitches against Karns City in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Mikayla Crouch (18) pitches against Karns City in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Kyra Olivares (26) tags Karns City’s Addison Burrows (2) in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Khloe Brown (4) catches the ball at first base against Karns City in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) pitches against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) pitches against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) pitches against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) pitches against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City’s Ronni Radaker (18) catches a hit from Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City’s Carley Conto (10) hits the ball against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Alexis Myers (25) tags Karns City’s Ronni Radaker (18) at third base in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City defeated Butler 5-3 in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Kinsley Smith (10) tags Karns City’s Addison Fox (15) in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Mikayla Crouch (18) celebrates in a softball game against Karns City Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) celebrates as she is met by her teammates at home plate after hitting a home run against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Annalyn Schnur (19) runs to home plate in a softball game against Karns City Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Karns City’s Abigail Dunlap (23) attempts to catch a ball at first base against Butler in a softball game Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Karns City High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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