Artie Black set a Knoch school record with a time of 17 minutes, 48 seconds to finish third and lead the Knights' boys team to a cross country sweep against Ford City, Highlands and Freeport Tuesday.

Melanie Lutz finished second overall for Freeport in the girls race.

Knoch 20, Ford City 43

Knoch 23, Highlands 32

Knoch 26, Freeport 33

Boys Top 10

1-Shane Sarver (F) 17:13, 2-Andy McClalland (FC) 17:32, 3-Artie Black (K) 17:48, 4-Brendan Reilly (F) 18:03, 5-Frankie Moxie (K) 18:27, 6-Ben Hutterer (K) 18:35, 7-Shaun Visnesky (F) 18:45, 8-Ryan Urik (H) 18:51, 9-Mike Nold (H) 19:28, 10-Doug Porter (H) 19:36

Knoch 17, Ford City 44

Highlands 23, Knoch 34

Freeport 27, Knoch 30

Girls Top 10

1-Lindsay Pugh (H) 21:28, 2-Melanie Lutz (F) 21:58, 3-Kirsten Knappenberger (F) 22:13, 4-Kristin Stango (H) 22:41, 5-Kristen Prazenica (F) 22:46, 6-Amber Wilks (K) 23:22, 7-Dana McCarren (K) 23:37, 8-Lauren Koharchik (H) 23:57, 9-Melissa Balsiger (K) 24:05, 10-Anne Johnczak (H) 24:09

MAC meet

- Mars' Brittany Zaborowski placed sixth with a time of 21:34 to help the Planets' girls finish in third place at the MAC meet at Brush Creek.

The Planets finished behind West Allegheny and Quaker Valley.

Cody Kier led the boys team, finishing seventh at 18:02. The team ended in fifth place, with West Allegheny winning the boys' competition as well.

The Mars boys JV team finished third overall.

Following are Mars' top varsity finishers:

Girls

6-Brittany Zaborowski 21:34, 10-C. Moran 22:00, 21-K. Dederer 22:47, 23-C. Pierre 22:57, 41-K. Thompson 24:21, 45-K. Allen 24:33, 57-J. O'Brien 25:58

Boys

7-Cody Kier 18:02, 22-A. Smetana 19:16, 27-D. Pierre 19:28, 50-M. Stenner 20:26, 60-A. Kokkananis 20:49, 69-J. Stadelmyer 21:06, 80-J. Randza 21:40

Moniteau 26, Rocky Grove 33 (boys); Rocky Grove 21, Moniteau 31 (girls); Moniteau 27, Venango Christian 28 (girls)

- Alyssa Deal won the girls race with a time of 20:17 to lead the Warriors to a split against Rocky Grove and Venango Christian.

Moniteau 26, Rocky Grove 33

Boys Top 10

1-Bill Burk (RG) 18:26, 2-Chris Switzer (M) 19:08, 3-Dan Aughenbaugh (RG) 19:10, 4-Eric Hilliard (M) 19:20, 5-Aaron Smith (M) 19:23, 6-Jeremiah Gadsby (RG) 19:37, 7-Matt O'Malley (M) 19:42, 8-Andy Weichey (M) 19:56, 9-Doug Gephart (M) 20:13, 10-Michael Pope (M) 20:42

Rocky Grove 21, Moniteau 31

Moniteau 27, Venango Christian 28

Girls Top 10

1-Alyssa Deal (M) 20:17, 2-Alicia Sloss (RG) 21:43, 3-Beth Gadsby (RG) 22:29, 4-Emily Berry (RG) 23:20, 5-Tara McNellie (VC) 23:20, 6-Alison Weller (RG) 23:45, 7-Megan Lutz (VC) 23:53, 8-Alison Metz (M) 24:04, 9-Katie McNellie (VC) 24:53, 10-Samantha Kristufek (M) 25:04

Slippery Rock 19, Franklin 42 (boys); Slippery Rock 18, Franklin 45 (girls)

- Clint Orlosky and Allison Plummer each placed first as the Rockets swept Franklin.

Slippery Rock 19, Franklin 42

Boys Top 10

1-Clint Orlosky (SR) 16:41, 2-Robert Whitt (SR) 17:20, 3-Nick Perrine (F) 17:29, 4-Chase Conti (SR) 17:50, 5-Dan Hartzell (SR) 17:51, 6-Alex Desko (F) 17:52, 7-Jeff Lyons (SR) 18:14, 8-Kevin Kauffman (SR) 18:21, 9-Doug Goetz (SR) 18:40, 10-Nate Frye (F) 18:41

Slippery Rock 18, Franklin 45

Girls Top 10

1-Allison Plummer (SR) 20:25, 2-Brittney Lyons (SR) 20:32, 3-Kathleen Martin (F) 20:35, 4-Calley Bridges (SR) 20:53, 5-Jill Laux (SR) 20:54, 6-Janelle Hartzell (SR) 21:08, 7-Amanda Kellogg (SR) 21:10, 8-Sarah Thompson (SR) 21:20, 9-Sarah Opp (SR) 21:57, 10-Misty Byler (F) 22:46

Karns City 19, Cranberry 39 (boys) -

Travis Hendell placed first with a time of 18:12 to lead the Gremlins (4-0) to the victory.

Karns City's lone girl, Genny Davis, placed second at 22:52.

Boys Top 10

Travis Hendell (KC) 18:12, Travis Fiscus (KC) 18:13, Zac Smith (C) 18:16, Chris Prokay (KC) 18:30, Andy Harmon (KC) 18:44, Jason Neiderriter (C) 18:45, Chris Harmon (KC) 18:49, Dale Grimm (KC) 19:05, Patrick Johnson (C) 19:12, Alden Sims (C) 19:29

Seneca Valley 195, Knoch 214 -Eric Hajduk's 38 helped to pace the Raiders at Saxon Golf Course.Seneca Valley (8-2) will face Pine-Richland Thursday at Treesdale Golf and Country Club.Seneca Valley (195):Eric Hajduk 38, Kevin Day 39, Mike Riederer 39, Brett Spagnola 39, Wes Roberts 40Knoch (214):Tom Gillespie 41, Cam Fusco 42, Rob Gillespie 43, Kevin Zitzman 43, Nate Rihn 45Karns City 239, Keystone 247 -Logan McCracken fired a 40 at St. Jude to lead the Gremlins.Nathan Shirey added a 45 for Karns City (3-8).Karns City 239:Logan McCracken 40, Nathan Shirey 45, Shannon Christie 48, Blake Armstrong 54, Shane Vensel 52.Keystone 247:Brett Weaver 42, Ben Colontonio 49, Cody Bonnet 54, Pete Lutz 52, Braden White 50.Cranberry 195, Moniteau 203 -Tyler Hunter medaled with a 34, for the Warriors (2-8).Moniteau 203:Tyler Hunter 34, Devin Christie 40, Nathan Markle 41, Eric Fort 43, Jerred Carr 45Cranberry 195:Braden Harmon 39, Steve Persing 37, A.J. Gaw 39, Dusty Fry 40, Zach Shaffer 40North Hills 197, Butler 214- Aaron Ordy fired a 41 for the Golden Tornado (4-8, 2-8).Butler 214:Aaron Ordy 41, Colin Randall 43, Brandon Johnson 43, Andrew Shakely 43, Joe Palermo 44.North Hills 197:Kevin Locante 38, Bill Weeks 39, Rob Jamison 39, John Powell 40, Eric Gardner 41

Nikki McElroy and Brittni Grenninger both scored three goals and added two assists as Karns City defeated Keystone 9-1.Britney Green scored a goal and had three assists while Jessica Smith and Julianne Scott both scored once for the Gremlins (8-1).Mars 1, Knoch 1 -Glennis Robash of Mars scored the equalizer for the Planets (5-5-1, 3-3-1).Mars will host Valley today.

Greg Walter recorded his eighth shutout of the season as the Slippery Rock High School boys soccer team defeated Sharon 3-0.Mark Speicher, Seth Bodie and Drew Craig all scored goals for the Rockets (8-1-1).Knoch 2, Highlands 0 -James Morrow and Ben Greiner scored goals for the Knights (6-2, 6-1), while Eric Steighner contributed an assist.Pine-Richland 2, Seneca Valley 0 -The loss dropped the Raiders' record to 6-4 overall, 4-3 in section play.

Jenny Robinson had 18 kills and Carly Whisler added 13 kills as Knoch outlasted Hampton in a five-set marathon, 21-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-27, 15-12.Kariane Stuebgen added 12 kills for the Knights (4-2).Redbank Valley 3, A-C Valley 1 -Annie Hickman had 14 kills and eight blocks and Cassie Morrison had 15 points and seven kills but the Bulldogs prevailed 22-25, 25-19, 25-22, 27-25.The Falcons (2-3) play at North Clarion Thursday.Union 3, Moniteau 1 -Haley McFeaters had 83 assists in defeat for the Warriors as the Damsels won by scores of 25-20, 25-11, 17-25, 25-20.Sarah Bagdes-Canning and Melissa Ciochetto tallied six and five kills, respectively for Moniteau (2-3).Slippery Rock 3, Wilmington 1- Sarah Yakima had nine points, nine digs and nine kills to lead the Rockets to a 25-17, 25-20, 25-12 win.Hillary Pritz added nine points and seven kills for the Rockets (3-2).

Butler's doubles team of Courtney Kerr and Jocelyn Kerr lost to Lauren Diveos and Sara Longo 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 at the WPIAL Section Doubles consolation match Tuesday at Lakeview.With the win, the Hampton duo grabbed the third and final spot to advance to next week's finals.Butler will host Pine-Richland today.