Summit's Rodriguez fans 18 in win
Summit Academy’s Wilfredo Rodriguez fanned 18 batters in a complete-game, 4-2 baseball win over visiting West Shamokin Monday afternoon.
Rodriguez’s effort included no walks and just two hits given up. He tallied a single and triple at the plate.
Dallas Kelley added a pair of doubles for the Knights (1-1, 1-0), who visit Freeport on Wednesday.
Softball
Abbi Thrower singled, doubled and tripled in Knoch’s 12-2, six-inning victory over Simon Kenton (Ky.) Sunday afternoon in Kentucky. Codi Reed earned the win, striking out five and walking none in six innings of work.
The Knights went 2-1 while in the Bluegrass State, also beating Highlands (Ky.) 6-5 and losing to Boone County (Ky.) 4-3.
Knoch 212 331 x — 12 x x
Simon Kenton 000 200 x — 2 x x
W: Codi Reed 6IP (5K, 0BB). L: Perry 6IP (0K, 3BB).
Knoch: Bethany Hay 2-1B 3B, Chandler Krelow 1B 2B, Codi Reed 2B, Abbi Thrower 1B 2B 3B, Avery Keller 2-1B 3B
Today: Knoch at Kittanning
Knoch 001 000 2 — 3 7 2
Boone Co. 100 020 1 — 4 7 0
W: Knotts 7IP (6K, 1BB). L: Shelby Bruggeman 2IP (1K, 0BB).
Knoch: Bethany Hay 1B 3B, Chandler Krelow 2-1B
Knoch 210 300 0 — 6 9 0
Highlands, Ky. 000 203 0 — 5 5 2
W: Jessi Reed 1IP (1K, 0BB). L: Spencer 7IP (0K, 0BB).
Knoch: Shelby Bruggeman 2-1B, Abbie Smithmyer 3-1B, Schaely Renfrew 2-1B
Track and Field
Both Mars teams defeated Valley and Highlands.
Zach Hunkele earned wins in the boys 1,600 and 3,200 runs as Mars overwhelmed the Vikings (114-30) and Golden Rams (89-57).
The Planet girls were led by Ali Goetz, who won the shot put, discus and javelin. Mars defeated Valley 110-39 and Highlands 106-43.
Boys
Mars 114, Valley 30
Mars 89, Highlands 57
3,200 relay: Mars (Petrilina, Bradley, Johansson, Deddo) 10:02.3; 110 hurdles: Dijerich (V) 18:06; 100 dash: Jackson (H) 11.42; 1,600 run: Hunkele (M) 5:10; 400 run: Kronenweter (M) 55.41; 400 relay: Highlands 46.12; 300 hurdles: Bair (M) 44.8; 800 run: Zimmerman (M) 2:13; 200 dash: Jackson (H) 23.4; 3,200 run: Hunkele (M) 11:52; 1,600 relay: Mars (Bayuk, Rinaman, Kingsley, Zangaro) 3:46
Shot put: Spurlock (M) 40-5.5; Discus: Love (H); Javelin: Love (H) 138-8.5; High jump: Zangaro (M) 5-4; Long jump: Flick (H) 19-6.5; Triple jump: Marchese (M) 40-11.5; Pole vault: Battin (M) 11-6
Girls
Mars 110, Valley 39
Mars 106, Highlands 43
3,200 relay: Mars (Colussy, L. Jaeger, M. Jaeger, LaRocca) 10:48.7; 100 hurdles: Walters (V) 16.7; 100 dash: Walters (V) 12.7; 1,600 run: Weaver (M) 6:16; 400 run: Dean (M) 1:06.3; 400 relay: Mars (Hnaph, Lisman, Funderlich, Honchorek) 54.3; 300 hurdles: Walters (V) 46.7; 800 run: Sommers (M) 2:47; 200 dash: Paracca (M) 26.8; 3,200 run: Emily Weaver (M) 13:53; 1,600 relay: Valley 4:37
Shot put: Goetz (M) 33-0.5; Discus: Goetz (M) 85-11; Javelin: Goetz (M) 91-5; High jump: Papik (M) 4-6; Long jump: Dennis (M) 15-6.5; Triple jump: Nichols (M) 29-3; Pole vault: Shebat (M) 8-0
Boys Tennis
Evan Lowers’ victory at No. 2 singles was the lone win for Grove City in a 4-1 loss at Greenville.
Greenville 4, Grove City 1
Singles: 1-Mercer Martin (GV) def. Chris Adams 2-6, 7-6, 6-2; 2-Evan Lowers (GC) def. Trent McErlane 6-3, 6-3; 3-Joey Safner (GV) def. Jacob Shilling 6-0, 6-4.
Doubles: 1-David Jeffries-Jon Stapchuck (GV) def. Andrew McCracken-Frankie Bassani 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; 2-Joseph Wizorek-Michael Wizorek (GV) def. Steven Shi-Tanner McKnight 6-2, 6-2
Girls Lacrosse
Despite eight goals from Megan Crawford, Butler suffered a 15-14 overtime loss at Latrobe.
Kayla Widenhofer, Abbey Murdick and Reanna Everton each scored twice for the Golden Tornado (2-1).
Shaler 17, Mars 7 — Bella Alampi scored three times and contributed an assist for the Planets.
Also scoring for Mars were Margaret Manjerovic, Kelly O’Connell, Lilly Marcoux and Shannon Doyle.