A.J. May pulled out the first set of his singles match against Patrick O'Connor of Seneca Valley, 7-6, before taking care of his foe in the second set to help Butler to a 5-0 win over the Raiders in high school tennis action Friday afternoon. Butler is now 4-4.

Singles: A.J. May (B) d. Patrick O'Connor 7-6, 6-0; Henry May (B) d. Michael Garczynski 6-2, 6-2; Devin Fitz (B) d. Michael Baxa 6-0, 6-1

Doubles: Cam Sedwick-Troy Bell (B) d. Sean Yanez-Eric Abbott 6-3, 6-4; Tony Santilo-Ethan Turner (B) d. Alex Garczynski-Jacob Yankel 6-4, 6-1

Joe Barnhart pitched seven strong innings and Ryan Lauster had a pair of hits, including a double, as Slippery Rock opened the season with a 5-1 home win over Shenango. Barnhart scattered five hits, struck out five and walked just two in a complete-game win.Shenango 000 001 0 — 1 5 1Slippery Rock 400 100 x — 5 11 1W: Joe Barnhart 7IP (5K, 2BB). L: Kendall 3.1IP (1K, 2BB).Shenango: McCormick 1B RBISlippery Rock (1-0): Ryan Lauster 1B 2B, Josh Bowser 2-1B RBI, Jason Rockburn 2-1B, Matt Badger 2BMonday: Cambridge Springs vs. Slippery Rock, 7 p.m. at Kelly Automotive Park

The Karns City boys and girls track and field teams opened the season with dominating wins over Clarion-Limestone, 138-12 (boys) and 130-20 (girls).BoysKarns City 138, Clarion-Limestone 123,200 relay: Karns City (Mohney, Snyder, Curdo, Garing) 9:54; 110 hurdles: Ethan Conto (KC) 16.8; 100 dash: Logan Moroney (KC) 11.2; 1,600 run: Conrad Snyder (KC) 5:23; 400 run: Dakota Mohney (KC) 55.0; 400 relay: Karns City (Kepple, Moroney, Moore, Rhoades) 45.1; 300 hurdles: Wyatt Everetss (KC) 43.4; 800 run: Laird (CL) 2:22.0; 200 dash: Moroney (KC) 23.2; 3,200 run: Grant Curdo (KC) 12:22; 1,600 relay: Karns City (Mohney, Dunmyre King, Everetts) 3:52Shot put: Ed Craig (KC) 36-10¾; Discus: Maverick Kelsea (KC) 100-9; Javelin: Kelsea (KC) 133-11; High jump: Chandler Turner (KC) 5-6; Long jump: Zach Moore (KC) 19-8½; Triple jump: Everetts (KC) 38-1½; Pole vault: Conto (KC) 9-0GirlsKarns City 130, Clarion-Limestone 203,200 relay: Karns City (Sinz, McCartney, Jones, Schumacher) 11:35.3; 100 hurdles: Wolfe (KC) 17.2; 100 dash: Wood (KC) 13.2; 1,600 run: McCartney (KC) 6:05; 400 run: Schumacher (KC) 1:02; 400 relay: Karns City (Coyle, A. Gibson, Hegedus, Wood) 52.7; 300 hurdles: Wolfe (KC) 54.4; 800 run: Schumacher (KC) 2:30.5; 200 dash: Wood (KC) 27.8; 3,200 run: McCartney (KC) 12:52; 1,600 relay: Karns City (Downs, Jones, Troutman, Schumacher) 4:33Shot put: Kriebel (KC) 27-3; Discus: Stoughton (KC) 79-8½; Javelin: Kriebel (KC) 83-7; High jump: Troutman (KC) 4-10; Long jump: Troutman (KC) 15-4; Triple jump: Stitt (CL) 32-3½; Pole vault: Setzenfand (KC) 6-0

Butler 3, Shaler 0 — The Golden Tornado (3-0, 2-0) defeated the Titans 27-25, 25-20, 25-22 Thursday night as Andrew Paterno had 33 assists, Matt Huey and Matt Rudski 15 kills each.Butler hosts Pine-Richland Tuesday night.