Knoch freshman Laura Greb beat Katherine Marks of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1, to win the WPIAL Class AA girls singles tennis championship Friday afternoon at North Allegheny High School.

Greb cruised to the final, beating Alexandria Friedlander of Winchester Thurston, 10-0, in the first round.

She then beat Devyn Campbell of Beaver in the quarterfinals, 10-3.

In the semifinals, Greb also won by straight sets with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over her Knoch teammate, Brooke Bauer.

Bauer, also a freshman, won the consolation match to give Knoch two of the top three finishers in WPIAL Class AA.

Greb and Bauer both move on to the PIAA Class AA girls tennis championships, which will be held Nov. 3 and 4 at the Hershey Racquet Club.

Football

Jake Sarver booted a 34-yard field goal to give Freeport a 10-7 lead in a conference showdown against Seton-La Salle, but Lionel Deanes scored two late touchdowns for the Rebels to secure the 21-10 win and move all alone into first place in the Allegheny Conference.

Deanes had all three scores for Seton La-Salle (7-0, 6-0).

Austin Romanchak scored the lone touchdown for Freeport (5-2, 4-1) on an 8-yard run that tied the game at 7-7 midway through the third quarter.

New Castle 42, Knoch 21 — Ivan Stapchuck returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown that tied the score at 14-14 in the first half, but the Red Hurricane pulled away.

New Castle (5-3, 5-2) scored 28 unanswered points after the Stapchuck return, including a touchdown run from quarterback Marcus Hooker and his two scoring tosses to Mark Torsello (16 yards) and Josh Thomason (19).

Knoch quarterback Jake Herrit scored on a pair of touchdown runs — from 12 yards out to open the scoring in the first quarter and from two yards out in the fourth quarter.

Sharpsville 20, Slippery Rock 9 — Vito Pilosi rushed for 72 yards and Hunter Prementine scored on a 3-yard run in the Rockets' loss.

Nathaniel Willison also hit a 24-yard field goal in the second quarter that gave Slippery Rock (3-5) a 9-7 lead.

But Sharpsville (5-3) scored just before the half and put the game away with a fourth-quarter touchdown.

Slippery Rock managed just 132 yards of offense.

Grove City 46, Fairview 13 — Trey Adams scored a pair of touchdowns and the Eagles also scored touchdowns on defense and special teams in this rout.

Nick Murawski started the scoring with a 77-yard interception return.

Qadir Muhammad then returned a punt 64 yards for a touchdown and a 13-0 lead.

Adams' scores came from 6 and 8 yards out for Grove City (8-0).

Grove City quarterback Brady Callahan only attempted three passes, completing two of them to Logan Lutz, including a 28-yard touchdown.

Brookville 44, Union/A-C Valley 6 — Lucas Bowser threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Isaac Yoder, but the Falcon Knights fell to 1-7 overall.

Greg Duncan was also a bright spot for Union/A-C Valley with 76 yards on nine carries.

Brookville's offense was too potent, doubling up the Falcon Knights in total yards.

Boys Soccer

Tate Mohney scored on a pass from Adam Blose to lift Butler to a 2-1 victory at McDowell Thursday night.

Luca Fusca scored the first goal for the Golden Tornado (10-5), with Mohney credited with the assist.