Karns City senior Rebecca Pennington placed second in the District 9 Class AA Girls Cross Country Championship Meet, held Saturday in Ridgway.

Pennington finished the course in a time of 19 minutes, 52.1 seconds. Amanda Foster of St. Marys won the event in 19:16.9.

“They competed against each other in a couple of invitationals this season and we knew it was going to come down to those two today,” said KC coach Colin Gaiser.

Pennington is one of the district’s five individual runners who qualified for the state championship meet, scheduled for Saturday in Hershey.

“Rebecca is one of the hardest working kids we’ve had,” added Gaiser. “She’s dedicated herself to the sport. It wasn’t meant to be today, but we’re just proud of her for getting to the state meet. I know she has high hopes there. She wants to medal (top 25).”

In the Class AA boys race, Gavin Schmoll led Karns City with a 28th-place effort of 21:12.

In Class A, A-C Valley/Union’s Abigail Barris paced her team with a 22nd-place time of 22:49.

Moniteau’s Madison Cumberland was 39th with a time of 24:41.

In Class A boys, Vinny Gazzo of A-C Valley/Union came in 56th overall at 20:14.

Jake Burgoon of Moniteau was 59th (20:15).

Grove City’s boys team earned five of the top 15 places — led by Jonah Powell’s sixth-place effort of 16:17 — as the Eagles took second place in the District 10 Class AA championship meet at Buhl Park in Sharon.

Grove City finished with 59 points. Harbor Creek won the district title with 38 points. Both teams will compete at the state meet.

Other top finishers for Grove City included Joe Somora (11th, 17:09), Tobias Jones (13th, 17:13), Luke Owrey (14th, 17:14) and Ben Jones (15th, 17:15).

Rounding out the scoring for the Eagles were Mason Murray (26th, 17:42) and Chad Helmininack (33rd, 18:11).

Slippery Rock’s boys were led by Tim Holtz and his 43rd-place time of 18:35.

Girls

Harley Pflugh was 17th overall for Slippery Rock with a finish of 20:43.

Grove City’s Kelly Somora ran a time of 21:26 to place 28th.

Girls Volleyball

Grove City scored a sweep of Greenville by scores of 25-16, 25-20 and 25-22 in a District 10 Class AA quarterfinal playoff at Meadville High School.

The Eagles advance to the semifinals where they will face Corry, a 3-0 victor over Harbor Creek.

General McLane 3, Slippery Rock 0 — The Rockets saw their season come to a close against the top-seeded Lancers in a District 10 Class AAA quarterfinal at Cochranton High School.