Mars' Alex Hornfeck and Jake Richardson both took first place at the Midwestern Athletic Conference Wrestling Tournament, held Friday and Saturday at Hopewell High School.

Hornfeck defeated Quaker Valley's John Rocco Kazalas by a 9-0 major decision in the 126-pound final.

Richardson prevailed in a 2-0 decision against Moon's Nick Acuna to win the 138-pound bracket.

Both efforts helped Mars finish fifth out of 15 teams.

Following are the Planets who placed at the event.

1st place: Alex Hornfeck (126 pounds), Jake Richardson (138); 2nd: Nolan Wicker (120); 3rd: Aidan Leshinsky (132); 4th: Max Aubrecht (220); 5th: Sean McElhinny (160), Isaiah Johnson (182), Nick Schriver (195); 6th: Noah Hunkele (106); 7th: Nathan Gribble (285); 8th: Alex Chen (113).

Competitive Spirit

Karns City won the District 9 medium-division title Saturday at DuBois Area High School.

The Gremlins advance to the state championship event, scheduled for Jan. 20-21 in Hershey.

Also moving on is A-C Valley, which placed second behind Elk County Catholic in the small division.

Indoor Track and Field

Butler's girls earned three first-place finishes at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association Meet at Edinboro University.

Chelsey Kabel and Maggie Welty teamed with Erin LeMay and Mariah Geibel to take the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 10:36.08.

Kabel and Welty were also on the winning distance medley relay (14:35.48), along with Maegan Emanuel and Carly Bauer.

Individually, Alexis Leech won the 400 dash with a time of 1:00.83.

At a meet held at Slippery Rock University, Taylor Weaver won the pole vault at 10 feet and Liz Rakers the shot put at 32-1.

Following are the Butler girls who placed over the weekend.

TSTCA Meet

(at Edinboro University)

200 dash: 3-Shana Hoy 27.65, 4-Alexis Leech 27.68; 400 dash: 1-Alexis Leech 1:00.83, 5-Maddie Tonini 1:03.83; 800 run: 4-Erin LeMay 2:36.06; 1600 run: 2-Maggie Welty 5:35.03; 3000 run: 3-Megan McClymonds 13:10.58; 800 relay: 2-Butler (Savannah Miller, Shana Hoy, Maegan Emanuel, Alexis Leech) 1:52.61; 1600 relay: 2-Butler (Maddie Tonini, Mariah Geibel, Anna Baxter, Alexis Leech) 4:22.69; 3200 relay: 1-Butler (Erin LeMay, Mariah Geibel, Chelsey Kabel, Maggie Welty) 10:36.08; Distance Medley relay: 1-Butler (Maggie Welty, Maegan Emanuel, Chelsey Kabel, Carly Bauer) 14:35.48; High jump: 3-MacKenzi Popovich 4-8; Long jump: 5-MacKenzi Popovich 15-0; Triple jump: 5-MacKenzi Popovich 32-0; 7-Tabetha Wilbert 31-9.5; Shot put: 3-Jena Reinheimer 37-2

Slippery Rock Invitational

Pole vault: 1-Taylor Weaver 10-0; Shot put: 1-Liz Rakers 32-1, 3-Paris Johnson 28-11; High jump: 3(tie)-Adi McGarrah and Jade Stepanian 4-6; 800 relay: 6-Butler (Julia Drotleff, Heidi Bednarz, Jade Stepanian, Abby Bella) 2;06.09; 1600 relay: 6-Butler (Erin Gianneski, Julia Drotleff, Abby Bella, Heidi Bednarz) 5:09.16; Long jump: 7-Adi McGarrah 14-8.5

Slippery Rock's Ryan Putorti broke his own school record in the boys 60 dash, running a 7.67 at a meet hosted by Youngstown State University.

Sierra Nagy bettered her school record in the girls long jump with a third-place finish of 16-5.

Also on the girls side, Brady Dalton finished fourth in the 60 hurdles (9.75) and Kayla Latoza placed fourth in the triple jump (30-10.5).

Boys Basketball

Karns City dismantled visiting West Shamokin, defeating the Wolves 60-38.

Noah Pollock scored 13 points for the Gremlins (8-3) and Ian McElroy had 11 points and dished out six assists.

Eric Dodd contributed 11 points and Chandler Turner had 12 rebounds.

Private Schools

Alexis Barnhart had 14 points and 10 rebounds, but the First Baptist Christian girls basketball team fell 29-23 to Cornerstone.

Michaella Roth scored seven points and had eight steals while teammate Nicole Hartman snagged nine rebounds.