Jason Rockburn helped the Slippery Rock High School baseball team clinch the Region 6-AAA title in exciting fashion Wednesday at home.

He hit a single with no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring Travis Lauster to help the Rockets escape with an 8-7 win over Meadville.

Slippery Rock trailed 7-5 after the Bulldogs plated four runs in the top of the seventh.

Meadville 101 010 4 — 7 11 3

Slippery Rock 100 004 3 — 8 10 6

Winning run scored with no outs

W: Ricky Mineo 2IP (0K, 2BB). L: Prince 0IP (0K, 1BB).

Meadville: Redding 2-1B, Prufkowski 1B 2-2B.

Slippery Rock (14-1, 7-0): Jason Bennett 2-1B, Travis Lauster 1B 2B, Jason Rockburn 1B, Josh Bowser 2B.

Monday: Conneaut at Slippery Rock

Moniteau 17, Forest Area 2 — Cory Powell had two hits and drove in three runs to help the Warriors (8-2, 8-1) beat the Fires.

Forest Area 002 — 2 4 3

Moniteau 89x — 17 11 0

W: Aaron Marterella 3IP (5K, 0BB). L: Dixon 2IP (0K, 6BB).

Forest Area: Dittman 1B 2-RBI

Moniteau (8-2, 8-1): Josh McBride 1B 2B RBI, Marterella 3-1B 4-RBI, Cory Powell 1B 2B 3-RBI, Austin Blauser 1B 2-RBI

Today: Union at Moniteau

Karns City 14, Redbank Valley 6 — Tyler Dunn collected three hits, including a home run, while scoring four runs and driving in four for the Gremlins (10-2).

Matt Yough and Cullen Williams also homered in the win.

Karns City 510 301 4 — 14 14 0

Redbank Valley 021 020 1 — 6 9 2

W: Matt Yough 5 IP (6K, 4BB). L: Schimp 4 IP (3K, 3BB).

Karns City (10-2): Cody Deal 1B 3R, Tyler Dunn 1B 2B HR 4R 4RBI, Alessandro Marotto 2-1B 2B, Matt Yough HR, Cullen Williams 1B HR 2RBI, Colton Hawk 2B R

Redbank Valley: Shoemaker 2-1B, Shumaker 2-1B

Monday: Karns City at A-C Valley

Softball

Kennedy DeMatteis pitched a four-hit shutout in Moniteau’s 5-0 victory over visiting Pine-Richland.

Her outing included six strikeouts and just one walk.

Kristina DeMatteis homered for the Warriors (13-1) and Sara Hull singled twice and scored twice.

Pine-Richland 000 000 0 — 0 4 4

Moniteau 100 202 x — 5 10 0

W: Kennedy DeMatteis 7 IP (6K, 1BB). L: Flynn 6 IP (2K, 0BB).

Pine-Richland: Martin 2B

Moniteau (13-1): Kennedy DeMatteis 2B RBI, Kristina DeMatteis 1B HR 2R, Sara Hull 2-1B 2R

Friday: Meadville at Moniteau

Seneca Valley 1, Blackhawk 0 — Morgan Aloi drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the fourth inning, scoring Maddie Schultz with the game’s lone run.

Nikki Matz allowed just three hits and struck out five in a complete-game victory for the Raiders (13-3).

Blackhawk 000 000 0 — 0 3 2

Seneca Valley 000 100 x — 1 5 1

W: Nikki Matz 7 IP (5K, 1BB). L: Shaffer 6 IP (5K, 2BB).

Seneca Valley (13-3): Nikki Matz 2-1B

Today: Seneca Valley at Mars

Karns City 9, Redbank Valley 0 — Taylor Downs quieted the Bulldog bats, allowing just five hits in this shutout.

Clara Stoughton doubled and tripled for the Gremlins (7-2), while Ashley Coon singled twice and doubled.

Karns City 401 301 0 — 9 14 1

Redbank Valley 000 000 0 — 0 5 1

W: Taylor Downs 7 IP (1K, 1BB). L: Burkett 7 IP (4K, 0BB).

Karns City (7-2): Ashley Coon 2-1B 2B, Clara Stoughton 2B 3B

Redbank Valley: Rearick 2-1B

Today: Karns City at Cranberry

Slippery Rock 8, Corry 7 (eight innings) — Hannah Wilson reached on an error when the Beavers threw the ball wide of first base and down the right-field line, allowing the freshman to come all the way around to score the deciding run in the top of the eighth inning.

The game began on Tuesday, but was suspended after the second inning due to rain.

The Rockets improved to 10-2 overall and 4-1 in region games.

Slippery Rock 520 000 01 — 8 7 4

Corry 160 000 00 — 7 4 1

W: Cheyenne Hindman 8 IP (4K, 2BB). L: Williams 8 IP (3K, 1BB).

Slippery Rock (10-2, 4-1): Hope Schnell 2-2B R RBI, Cheyenne Hindman 1B 2B R, Alexis Vogan 3B R, Joella Neal 1B R RBI

Corry: Zaczkiewicz 2B R

Today: Slippery Rock at Grove City

Mars 13, Fox Chapel 3 — Suzanne Papik, Mallory Eperesi and Maggie Olshenske each had three hits as the Planets crushed the Foxes.

Olshenske also drove in three runs for Mars (10-5).

Fox Chapel 201 00x x — 3 5 1

Mars 803 11x x — 13 17 1

Two out when mercy run scored

W: Niki Schlegel 5IP (2K, 2BB). L: Zemenkowski 2.1IP (2K, 2BB).

Fox Chapel: Feeney 1B 2B, Holben 3B 1B RBI

Mars: Suzanne Papik 3-1B RBI, Mallory Eperesi 2B 2-1B RBI, Maggie Olshenske 2B 2-1B 3-RBI, Isabella Berkopec 2-1B 2-RBI, Lindy Lee 2B 1B 2-RBI, Jordyn Douglas 2-1B

Boys Tennis

Mars missed out on a trip to the state playoffs, losing to Mount Lebanon 4-1 in the WPIAL Class AAA team consolation match at Bethel Park High School.

Track and Field

Josh Jones won the 1,600 and 800 and Andrew Maxwell won the 3,200 run in 9:59 to lead Slippery Rock to an 89-61 win over Hickory.

The Rockets girls suffered their first loss of the season in a 92-57 setback to the Hornets.

Boys

Slippery Rock 89, Hickory 61

3,200 relay: Slippery Rock (Jones, Shea, Cessar, Henry) 11:04 110 hurdles: Urbaniak (SR) 15.54; 100 dash: Eziashi (H) 11.47; 1,600 run: Jones (SR) 4:40; 400 run: Kadlubek (SR) 51.29; 400 relay: Hickory (Stanbook, Black, Hause, Crawford) 44.5; 300 hurdles: Popejoy (SR) 41.41; 800 run: Jones (SR) 2:06; 200 dash: Exiashhi (H) 23.0; 3,200 run: Maxwell (SR) 9:59; 1,600 relay: Slippery Rock (Urbaniak, Jones, Cessar, Popejoy) 3:37

Shot put: Blaire (H) 53-0; Discus: Blaire (H) 160-5; Javelin: Lubarski (H) 132-4; High jump: Kirkwood (H) 5-3; Long jump: Porter (SR) 19-3½; Triple jump: Beels (SR) 38-4; Pole vault: Burton (SR) 12-6

Girls

Hickory 92, Slippery Rock 57

3,200 relay: Hickory 11:15; 100 hurdles: Dalton (SR) 16.79; 100 dash: Stephenson (SR) 13.2; 1,600 run: Bible (H) 5:37; 400 run: Roth (SR) 1:01; 400 relay: Hickory 50.7; 300 hurdles: Grober (H) 47.0; 800 run: Bible (H) 2:27; 200 dash: Russon (H) 27.25; 3,200 run: Donaldson (SR) 13:01; 1,600 relay: Hickory 4:28

Shot put: Marchand (H) 43-11.5; Discus: McKinley 133-3; Javelin: Collier (H) 125-4; High jump: Heitzenrater (SR) 4-9; Long jump: Greenberg (H) 15-5; Triple jump: Roth (SR) 31-4; Pole vault: Fustus (H) 8-3