Mars' Chris Check runs to a win in the 100-meter dash for the Planets in a 103-47 triumph over Knoch Thursday afternoon. Check also finished first in the 200 and anchored the winning 1,600 relay for Mars.

Chris Check and Zachary Leachman ran to multiple event wins as the Mars boys track and field team cruised to a 103-47 win over Knoch on a chilly, but sunny, Thursday afternoon at Knoch.

Check won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.29 seconds and also captured the 200 with a time of 23.79.

Check anchored a leg of the Planets' winning 1,600-meter relay as well.

Leachman won the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4 minutes, 49.05 seconds. He also claimed first in the 3,200-meter run at 10 minutes, 58.97 seconds.

Leachman ran the anchor leg of the Mars' winning 3,200-meter relay.

On the girls side, Gracie Dunaway finished first in both the 100 and 200 to lead the Planets to an 86-63 victory over the Knights.

Knoch got multiple wins by Abby Kopac (shot put and discus and Hannah Rowe (high jump and long jump).

Boys

Mars 103, Knoch 47

3,200 relay: Mars (Elijah Cook, Clayton Pfeifer, John Zervos, Zachary Leachman) 8:56; 110 hurdles: Blake Edwards (M) 15.84; 100 dash: Chris Check 11.29; 1,600 run: Leachman (M) 4:49.05; 400 run: Cook (M) 55.08; 400 relay: Mars (Sam Bean, Check, Max Kasowski, Green) 46.87; 300 hurdles: Nash Michaski (K) 43.15; 800 run: John Zervos (M) 2:14.02; 200 dash: Check (M) 23.79; 3,200 run: Leachman (M) 10:58.97; 1,600 relay: Mars (Cook, Kasowski, Bean, Check) 3:45.44

Shot put: Dalton Reed (K) 44-1½; Discus: Joshua Rohland (K) 101-5½; Javelin: Hunter Boyd (M) 111-11½; High jump: Green (M) 5-6; Long jump: Drew Schlegel (M) 19-10; Triple jump: Alex Chen (M) 36-2½; Pole vault: Michalski (K) 10-6

Girls

Mars 86, Knoch 63

3,200 relay: Mars (Kelli Jancay, Ashley Edwards, Brooke Dean, McKenna Bowes) 10:48; 100 hurdles: Kinsley Bitzer (M) 16.88; 100 dash: Gracie Dunaway (M) 12.88; 1,600 run: Bowes (M) 5:34.01; 400 run: Lindsey Fanton (K) 1:06.63; 400 relay: Mars 54.38; 300 hurdles: Kaylynn Bumbaugh (K) 57.28; 800 run: Bowes (M) 2:39.10; 200 dash: Dunaway (M) 28.41; 3,200 run: Camille Bromley (M) 12:42.01; 1,600 relay: Knoch 4:35.36

Shot put: Abby Kopac (K) 35-4; Discus: Kopac (K) 99-7; Javelin: Abby Pospisil (K) 95-8; High jump: Hannah Rowe (K) 5-2; Long jump: Rowe (K) 14-10; Triple jump: Carsyn Hetzler (M) 32-2; Pole vault: Ruby Watson (M) 6-6

Freeport 127, Valley 21 (boys); Freeport 131, Valley 14 (girls) — The Yellowjackets had a slew of winners in this sweep.Austin Kemp Luke Kennedy and Johnathan Asay highlighted the boys rout with wins in multiple events.On the girls side, Lurena Stewart and Sidney Shemanski paced their blowout win.Both teams are now 1-0.BoysFreeport 127, Valley 213,200 relay: Freeport (Alec Parker, Josh McCoy, Logan Ziemkiewicz, Brett Jones) 9:26; 110 hurdles: Luke Kennedy (F) 15.8; 100 dash: Jared Buzzell (V) 11.7; 1,600 run: Johnathan Asay (F) 4:57; 400 run: Buzzell (V) 55.0; 400 relay: Freeport (Jake Sarver, Nevin DeCroo, Brodey Woods, Austin Romanchak) 47.9; 300 hurdles: Kennedy (F) 44.4; 800 run: Parker (F) 2:10; 200 dash: Romanchak (F) 24.2; 3,200 run: Asay (F) 11:02; 1,600 relay: Valley 3:57Shot put: Austin Kemp (F) 45-5; Discus: Kemp (F) 123-11; Javelin: Anthony Aulicino (F) 124-8; High jump: Miles Troup (F) 5-1; Long jump: Ricky Hunter (F) 17-9½; Triple jump: Romanchak (F) 36-4½; Pole vault: Tyler Wonders (F) 9-6GirlsFreeport 131, Valley 143,200 relay: Freeport (Lurena Stewart, Sarah Lipniskis, Maggie Hollobaugh, Sidney Shemanski) 11:01; 100 hurdles: Ariana Clark (F) 20.5; 100 dash: De'asha James (V) 14.6; 1,600 run: Lipniskis (F) 6:12; 400 run: Hannah Thomas (F) 1:11.4; 400 relay: Freeport (Marisa Borino, Sarah Liput, Asti Brestensky, Ashley Sullivan) 56.9; 300 hurdles: Stewart (F) 53.4; 800 run: Shemanski (F) 2:36; 200 dash: James (V) 29.6; 3,200 run: Hollobaugh (F) 13:37; 1,600 relay: Freeport (Stewart, Liput, Thomas, Shemanski) 4:48Shot put: Sophia Lowers (F) 25-1; Discus: Jeanunna Karabinas (F) 73-6; Javelin: Sarah Copeland (F) 68-3; High jump: Lauren Lampus (F) 4-10; Long jump: Sullivan (F) 14-4; Triple jump: Mackensey Jack (F) 29-3; Pole vault: Asti Brestensky (F) 7-0BaseballAndy Pipes, Dylan Swarmer, Ben McMillen and Sean McGill each had multiple-hit games as Knoch's offensive onslaught led to a 13-0, five-inning win over Highlands to open the section season.Seven players had at least one RBI for the Knights (2-0, 1-0).Jack Bartek got the win, tossing five shutout innings.He allowed only three hits and struck out five.TennisMatt McMaster earned a singles win and the doubles tandem of Trevor Bell and Tyler Bell also picked up a win for Butler in a 3-2 loss to Pine-Richland.Pine-Richland 3, Butler 2Singles: Matt McMaster (B) d. Young Kim 6-4, 7-5; Jared Roskin (PR) d. Reed Krueger 6-0, 6-1; Ethan Chan (PR) d. Cam Barto 6-3, 6-4Doubles: Trevor Bell/Tyler Bell (B) d. Mike Brudy/Jason Minicozzi 6-1, 6-3; A.J. Silip/Eliot Alexander (PR) d. Nate Errington/Juston Bajema 6-1, 6-4Girls LacrosseMaycee Wondering scored all four goals for Freeport in a 14-4 setback to Latrobe.Maddie Ravotti stopped 11 shots in goal for the Yellowjackets.Boys VolleyballButler fell in a big early season clash with North Allegheny Thursday night, 25-19, 25-21, 25-16.The Golden Tornado (5-1, 3-1) will be in action again Friday night at home against Altoona in a non-section match.

Knoch hurdler Kaylynn Brumbaugh races to a victory in the 300-meter hurdles. The Knights' girls fell to Mars, 86-63.