Mars runner Zachary Leachman leads the pack during a cross country meet with Butler and North Hills Tuesday at Mars Middle School. Leachman wound up winning the boys race.

Mars' Zach Leachman and McKenna Bowes placed first in the boys and girls event, respectively, in a cross country meet against Butler and North Hills Tuesday afternoon.

On the girls' side, Bowes came in at 20 minutes, 53 seconds, leading the Planets to a 27-28 win over Butler and a 19-38 victory over North Hills.

Butler's Chelsey Kabel was third overall at 21:57, helping the Golden Tornado to a 17-41 win over North Hills.

Leachman bested the boys with a time of 17:02. The Planets defeated North Hills 16-47, but fell to Butler 26-30. The Golden Tornado were paced by Aden Dressler, who finished second overall at 17:48. Butler also defeated North Hills 15-48.

Boys Top 51-Zach Leachman (M) 17:02, 2-Aden Dressler (B) 17:48, 3-Skyler Vavro (B) 17:50, 4-Sage Vavro (B) 17:53, 5-Clayton Pfeifer (M) 18:51

Girls Top 51-McKenna Bowes (M) 20:53, 2-Camille Bromley (M) 21:36, 3-Chelsey Kabel (B) 21:57, 4-J. Cichra (B) 22:00, 5-Liz Simms (B) 22:06Freeport sweeps Deer Lakes, Geibel — Joshua McCoy and Maggue Hollobaugh each placed first for the Yellowjackets as the boys won 21-37 over Deer Lakes and 15-50 over Geibel and the girls won 19-42 over Deer Lakes and 15-50 over Geibel.

Boys Top 51-Joshua McCoy (F) 19:18, 2-Josh Yourish (DL) 19:56, 3-Jacob Schaeffer (F) 20:03, 4-Erik Bodily (F) 20:12, 5-Blair Beck (F) 21:02

Girls Top 51-Maggie Hollobaugh (F) 23:25, 2-Becca Hollobaugh (F) 24:42, 3-Sonnett Robertson (DL) 26:34, 4-Kaitlyn Ritter (F) 27:24, 5-Jessica Windows (DL) 27:39Grove City 15, Slippery Rock 50 (boys); Grove City 24, Slippery Rock 33 (girls) — Harley Pflugh placed second for the Rockets' girls as the Eagles earned a sweep.

Boys1-Jonah Powell (GC) 17:37, 2-Cade McEwen (GC) 18:55, 3-Joe Somora (GC) 19:07, 4-Gabe Nicholes (GC) 19:13, 5-Chad Helminlach (GC) 19:13, 6-Christian Sosa (SR) 19:24

Girls1-Maddie Biddle (GC) 23:04, 2-Harley Pflugh (SR) 22:16, 3-Becca Krenzer (GC) 24:00, 4-Marie Bikel (SR) 24:37, 5-Ellie Chuzie (GC) 25:02Karns City runners fare well — Sarah Weiland won the girls race and Gavin Schmoll was second in the boys race for Karns City, who ran against Keystone in a race that was unscored because Keystone didn't have a complete team.

Boys Top 51-Conrad Lloyd (K) 21:12, 2-Gavin Schmoll (KC) 22:46, 3-Caleb Barkes (K) 22:48, 4-Quincy Hannold (K) 24:17, 5-Eli Evans (KC) 24:30

Girls Top 51-Sarah Weiland (KC) 27:41, 2-Tara Bahlaugh (K) 29:16, 3-Amanda Shook (KC) 29:34, 4-Willow Mortimer (KC) 33:53, 5-Emily Mauer (KC) 34:57Clarion-Limestone 20, Moniteau 35 (boys) — Dakota Funfer was the top finisher for Moniteau at third place.Jenna Blauser placed fourth for the Warriors' girls in a race that was unscored because Clarion-Limestone had only three runners.

Boys Top 51-Braden Rankin (CL) 21:27, 2-Couslin Corbin (CL) 22:23, 3-Dakota Funfer (M) 22:32, 5-Cam Hankey (CL) 24:16

Girls Top 51-Morgan McNaughton (CL) 24:08, 2-Hannah Rittenhouse (CL) 25:05, 3-Jesse McCracken (CL) 27:03, 4-Jenna Blauser (M) 27:37, 5-Madi Cumberland (M) 28:26

Boys SoccerJeremiah Smith scored two goals, including the match-clincher midway through the second half, as Knoch toppled Indiana, 3-2.Ian Robb also scored for the Knights (3-4-2, 2-3-1).Slippery Rock 1, Warren 1 — Ryan Sproat scored the tying goal with 33 minutes remaining in the first half, but neither team scored again as the Rockets (2-2-1) and Dragons played to a tie late Tuesday night.

Girls TennisKnoch's No. 2 doubles team of Jadyn Brown/Bri Walchesky won a wild match against Derry's Kenzie Burd/Tara Perry as part of the Knights' 5-0 sweep of the Trojans.Brown and Walchesky prevailed 6-1, 11-13, 10-7 as Knoch improved to 11-0 overall and 7-0 in section play.Singles: 1-Laura Greb (K) def. Juliet Tatone 6-0, 6-0; 2-Brooke Bauer (K) def. Amber Sterrett 6-0, 6-0; 3-Emma West (K) def. Leah Perry 6-1, 6-0Doubles: 1-Libby Conlon/Alex Jaksec (K) def. Emily Dominick/Ekaterina Trimble 3-6, 6-4, 10-7; 2-Jadyn Brown/Bri Walchesky (K) def. Kenzie Burd/Tara Perry 6-1, 11-13, 10-7 Mars 4, Butler 1 — Emily Ivory and Isabella Gaydosh both earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory in singles play for Mars.Amelia Haley, who had to retire from her No. 1 singles match, won the title at the MAC Tournament Friday as the Planets were co-champs with Moon.The doubles team of Maddie Lussier and Emma Nelson were also champions. Singles: 1-Reagan Sommariva (B) def. Amelia Haley by forfeit; 2-Emily Ivory (M) def. Lexi Chappel 6-1, 6-1; 3-Isabella Gaydosh (M) def. Sydney Hanratty 6-1, 6-1Doubles: 1-Lauren Lussier/Lauren Miko (M) def. Natalie Cherry/Caravelle Losch 6-3, 6-0; 2-Maddie Lussier/Emma Nelson (M) def. Aubrey Cavaliero/Bekah Kalaberer 6-3, 6-0

Girls SoccerKayla Daugherty scored on a direct kick and Emily Raine put the match away with a goal off an assist from Samantha Harriett with less than six minutes remaining to give the Rockets a 2-0 win over Greenville.Julia Hart had five saves to notch her third shutout of the season.North Catholic 3, Avonworth 2, 2OT — Tori Michalski scored all three goals for the Trojanettes in this Monday victory.

Boys GolfCory Voltz earned medalist honors with a 37 Tuesday, but Knoch (5-4) took a 208-220 loss against Shady Side Academy.Beau Rusnak and Mike Kohl both shot 43, Jack Bartek and Luke Bartek 48. The Knights play Thursday at Cranberry Highlands.Slippery Rock shot a 378 to finish third in the Marquette Savings Bank Golf Invitational at Meadville Country Club. Walker Allen led the Rockets with an 87 while Logan Wolak shot a 94.Nate Tack finished tied for fourth with a 43 for Moniteau, which finished tied with Clarion for second place in a KSAC MegaMatch.Brock Weigle shot a 44 for A-C Valley/Union.

Girls GolfPaige Scott fired a 42, but Butler fell to Fox Chapel 191-206.Butler (206): Paige Scott 42, Maggie Feczko 50, Chloe Paulisick 49, Landis Ruth 65Fox Chapel (191): Jessica Paper 48, Erin Drahnak 43, Nina Busch 46, Nicole Garcia Tunon 54

Girls VolleyballA-C Valley scored a sweep of Moniteau, defeating the Warriors by scores of 25-16, 25-13 and 25-3.Olivia Boocks had eight kills and 11 digs for the Falcons.Emily Wetzel added 22 service points, seven aces and 20 assists and Kylee Eaton pitched in 11 points, four aces, 14 kills, eight digs and two blocks.Samantha Broerman tallied six blocks for Moniteau and Carolyn Kelly added four blocks.Karns City 3, North Clarion 0 — Emily Wolfe had nine kills and 11 digs and Alyssa Stitt had 13 digs and three aces as the Gremlins earned a 25-16, 25-22, 25-12 sweep.Rayna Miller added five kills and four aces for Karns City.Union 3, Forest 0 — Morgan Cumberland had 11 service points and 10 aces as the Damsels swept the Fires 25-7, 25-11, 25-6.Bryn Davis added six kills for Union (5-1).Knoch 3, Ambridge 0 — The Knights remained undefeated with a 25-18, 25-13, 25-14 win over the Bridgers.Hannah Rowe totaled 16 kills, Kennedy Christy nine kills and Skylar Burkett five kills and 13 service points for the Knights (7-0, 5-0).

Private SchoolsElijah White had two goals and an assist as the Portersville Christian School soccer team defeated Cornerstone Christian Academy, 6-2.Audrey Shandick, Caleb Yeager and Tucker Vouga also scored for PCS (8-1).