Knoch sophomore Jordan Geist uncorked a throw of 69 feet, 1 inch in the shot put to set a personal best and Baldwin Invitational record Friday afternoon.

Geist won the shot put at the prestigious Penn Relays April 24 with his previous-best throw of 67-1¼.

Tennis

The Mars boys tennis team edged Peters Township 3-2 in the WPIAL Class AAA quarterfinals to advance.

Softball

Nikki Matz tossed a two-hit shutout as Seneca Valley cruised to a 6-0 section win over Moon.

Elayna Nagy led the Raiders (11-3, 10-3) at the plate with three hits. Matz also had a pair of singles.

Seneca Valley 121 100 1 — 6 9 1

Moon 000 000 0 — 0 2 1

W: Nikki Matz 7IP (3K, 0BB). L: Sisco 7IP (5K, 7BB).

Seneca Valley (11-3, 10-3): Elayna Nagy 3-1B, Matz 2-1B, Jess Neill 1B, Maddie Schultz 1B, Julia Zezinka 1B, Tori Pfab 1B

Tuesday: Seneca Valley at Butler

Mars 3, Oakland Catholic 1 — Niki Schlegel struck out six in seven inning of work and Isabella Berkopec went 3-for-3 to lead the Planets.

Oakland Cath. 000 001 0 — 1 5 1

Mars 011 001 x — 3 12 1

W: Niki Schlegel 7IP (6K, 0BB). L: NA

Mars: Suzanne Papik 3B 1B, Isabella Berkopec 3-1B, Amanda Pfeifer 3B, Marina Manupelli 2-1B, Alexa Schmidhamer 1B RBI

Monday: Mars at Knoch

Karns City 13, Venango Catholic 1 — Ashley Coon homered and drove in two runs as the Gremlins rolled.

Taylor Downs picked up the win, striking out five in five innings, and Jordan Downs added three singles

Karns City 500 80x x — 13 10 0

Venango Cath. 000 01x x — 1 2 3

W: Taylor Downs 5IP (5K, 0BB). L: Andre 5IP (3K, 6BB)

Karns City (6-2): Ashley Coon HR 2-RBI, Jordan Downs 3-1B, Alyssa Gibson 2-1B

Monday: Clarion-Limestone at Karns City

Baseball

Matt Yough singled and drove in two runs and Evan Stitt and Cody Deal each had doubles as Karns City edged Venango Catholic, 5-3.

Eric Dodd picked up the win on the hill for the Gremlins, striking out five in five innings. Marcus Lantz earned the save.

Karns City was coming off a 19-0 win over Union Thursday. In that win, Holden Martin struck out 14 in six innings of work and Yough tripled, singled and drove in five.

Karns City 002 210 0 — 5 8 3

Venango Cath. 003 000 0 — 3 6 0

W: Eric Dodd 5IP (5K, 0BB). L: Felmlee 5IP (1K, 5BB). SV: Marcus Lantz 2IP (1K, 0BB)

Karns City (8-2): Cody Deal 2B, Evan Stitt 2B RBI, Matt Yough 1B 2-RBI, Dom Callihan 1B RBI

Venango Catholic: Felmlee 2B, Plumer 2B, Peuleo 2B

Monday: Clarion-Limestone at Karns City

Mars 10, Highlands 0 — Zarek Simkovich homered, doubled, single and drove in five runs in this rout for the Planets.

Ryan Leshinsky and Brendan McKaveny also homered for Mars (8-3).

Luke Rouda tossed a five-hit, six-inning shutout.

Mars 103 123 x — 10 11 0

Highlands 000 000 x — 0 5 0

W: Luke Rouda 5IP (6K, 2BB). L: Magdenic 4IP (4K, 1BB).

Mars (8-3): Zarek Simkovich HR 2B 1B 5-RBI, Ty Reginelli 2-1B, Ryan Leshinsky HR 1B 3-RBI, Brendan McKaveny HR RBI, Jake Swiatek 2B

Monday: Mars at Knoch