Josh Rader won the boys race with a scintillating time of 16 minutes, 47 seconds as the Butler boys cross country team beat Mars, 23-32, and toppled Shaler, 16-47, Tuesday afternoon.

The Mars boys were led by Brendan Knox, who finished second with a time of 16:58 to help the Planets salvage a split with a 18-45 win over Shaler.

The Butler girls also earned a sweep, winning 25-30 over Mars and 20-43 over Shaler.

Maggie Welty finished second for the Golden Tornado with a time of 20:06.

Mars' top finisher was Sydney Cole, who placed fourth with a time of 21:09. The Planets beat Shaler 20-43.

Boys Top 10

1-Josh Rader (B) 16:47, 2-Brendan Knox (M) 16:58, 3-Patrick Fullerton (B) 17:26, 4-Nathan Mrdienovich (M) 16:27, 5-Noah Beveridge (B) 17:31, 6-Adam Knauer (B) 17:31, 7-Johnson (S) 17:49, 8-Ben Luce (M) 18:07, 9-Chris Boyd (B) 18:14, 10-Jacob Porter (M) 18:22

Girls Top 10

1-Schwartz (S) 18:20, 2-Maggie Welty (B) 20:06, 3-Kelsee Callihan (B) 21:02, 4-Sydney Cole (M) 21:09, 5-Erin LeMay (B) 21:14, 6-Shannon McChesney (M) 21:34, 7-Natalie Petrini (M) 21:54, 8-Emma Gentile (M) 21:58, 9-Belle Losch (B) 22:01, 10-Lindsey Brand (M) 22:06.

Karns City 21, Moniteau 34 (boys); Moniteau 25, Karns City 32 (girls) — The Moniteau and Karns City boys and girls cross country teams split a dual meet.

Boys Top 10

1-Wyatt Geibel (M), 19:46; 2-Grant Curdo (K), 20:13; 3-Conrad Snyder (K), 20:24; 4-John Garing (K), 21:03; 5-Bryce Ellenberger (K), 21:15; 6-Alex Conn (M), 21:22; 7-Eli Cowalski (K), 21:30; 7-Austin Stooks (M), 21:50; 9-Cameron Weaver (U), 22:11; 10-Jake Fullerton (M), 22:14.

Boys Top 10

1-Chloe Wallace (M), 23:16; 2-Gabriella Stewart (M), 23:48; 3-Rebecca Pennington (K), 23:57; 4-Ashlynn Hildebrand (K), 24:14; 5-Allison DeMatteis 24:20; 6-Kayla Hildebrand (K), 24:41; 7-Kaitlyn Fleeger (K), 25:02; 8-Sam Hall (M), 25:31; 9-Emma Bair (M), 26:11; 10-Alex Hartle (M), 27:20.

Freeport 22, Indiana 35; Freeport 18, Ford City 39 (Boys); Freeport 18, Ford City 41; Indiana 26, Freeport 30 (girls) — Noah Bowser finished second and three of the top five finishers were Yellowjackets in the boys sweep.

Kim Mixon placed third for the Freeport girls in the split.

Boys Top 10

1-Sam Lenze (I) 17:39, 2-Noah Bowser (F) 18:04, 3-Johnathan Asay (F) 18:19, 4-Nathan McCombs (F) 19:19, 5-Hunter Wolfe (FC) 19:20, 6-Tyler Ben (F) 19:27, 7-Glen Smathers (FC) 19:33, 8-Joe Weaver (I) 19:39, 9-Mark Wagner (I) 19:40, 10-Caleb Bowser (F) 19:44

Girls Top 10

1-Melanie Zolocsik (I) 20:08, 2-Kacey Raible (I) 20:20, 3-Kim Mixon (F) 21:39, 4-Natalie Dell (F) 22:09, 5-Megan Palko (F) 22:20, 6-Jess Lenze (I) 22:26, 7-Katie Hill (F) 23:15, 8-Taylor Relich (FC) 23:29, 9-Taylor Thomas (I) 23:45, 10-Catie Eiyas (FC) 24:28

Ben Andrews, Val Panger and Henry Palmer each scored twice to help Knoch rout West Shamokin, 8-1, in a Section 2-AA match.Andrews also added three assists for Knoch (10-3, 8-2).Seneca Valley vs. North Hills, ppd. — The Raiders and Indians were postponed due to lightning. The match has been rescheduled for Oct. 13 at a time to be determined.

Molly Joyce scored a pair of goals as a slew of Rockets also found the net in a 9-1 win over Sharpsville.Bailey Boyd, Jenny Dudek, Abby Magliocca, Skyler Hinchberger, Lilly Weitzel, Claudia Allen and Barbie Cessar also scored for Slippery Rock (7-4, 3-1).

Dominic Bozzo shot a 36 to help lead Knoch to a 191-230 win over Valley.Aiden Albert also shot a 37 for the Knights (8-9, 2-8).Knoch (191): Dominic Bozzo 36, Aiden Albert 87, Ben Thoma 38, Christian Evanchec 40, Jimmy Ellis 40.Valley 230: Nick Licata 41, Rodger Gestner 45, Josh Denham 47, Adam Johnson 48, Parker Sheamon 49.Freeport 213, Deer Lakes 213 — Justin Hildebrand and Dylany Clinton beat Jake Roberts and Dylan Clinton in a two-hole tiebreaker for the Yellowjackets.Hildebrand shot a 40 to lead Freeport.Freeport (213): Justin Hilderbrand 40, Dylan Clinton 42, Cory Bird 43, Derek Jack 43, Ryan Carcia 45Deer Lakes (213): Jiri Galecki 38, Jake Roberts 39, Connor Chirdon 41, Brandon Philistine 43, Alex Beswick 52Meadville 313, Grove City 391 — Matt Burchard earned medalist honors for Meadville in an event at Meadville Country Club that included Greenville (375) and Titusville (377).Jackson Glenn carded a 92 for Grove City.Grove City 391: Jackson Glenn 92, Daniel Lucas 95, Jordan Anderson 101, Kyle Shingledecker 103Meadville 313: Matt Burchard 74, Zack Ford 76, Kyle Luben 79, James Mulen 84

Katie Stumpner had 10 digs and five kills to help A-C Valley sweep Venango Catholic 25-9, 25-12, 25-8.Melanie Lewis had nine service points, Kiersten Rothen 10 assists and Morgan Cratty nine kills for the Falcons (7-2).A-C Valley's JV team won 25-7, 25-7.Knoch 3, Highlands 0 — Kiley Hajek had 12 kills as the Knights rolled 25-17, 25-12, 25-10.Katie Bozzo added 16 service points and six kills and Carly Bozzo pitched in with 14 digs for Knoch (9-2, 7-1).Freeport 3, Valley 0 — Karlie Hill had 29 service points and four aces as the Yellowjackets dominated in a 25-11, 25-16, 25-6 victory to stay undefeated.Lydia Gasienski added nine service points and three kills and Morgan Ruppersberger six kills and three blocks for Freeport (11-0, 7-0).Moniteau 3, East Forest 0 — Stephanie McCall had six kills and Nicole Auvil added 14 service points as the Warriors won 25-7, 25-13, 25-11.Brittany Lindsay added five kills for Moniteau.Karns City 3, North Clarion 1 — The Gremlins won 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20. Paige Mennor had 21 service points and three aces.Cheyenne Troutman led Karns City (5-2) with 11 kills.Mars 3, Hampton 0 — The Planets swept the Talbots. No other information was available.