Brittany Zaborowski and Katie Dederer finished third and eighth, respectively, to lead the Mars girls cross country team to a first-place performance at the Freedom Cross Country Invitational at Brush Creek Park Wednesday.

There were 25 teams in the girls race.

In the boys meet, the Planets finished fourth out of 26 teams, led by Cody Kier's fifth-place showing with a time of 17 minutes, 58 seconds.

The boys junior varsity team also garnered first place out of 14 schools as four runners placed in the top 10 and seven in the top 30.

Mars Varsity Girls

3-Brittany Zaborowski 21:19, 8-Katie Dederer 22:18, 10-Courtney Moran 22:32, 14-Chloe Pierre 22:59, 21-Kaitlin Thompson 23:29, 33-Kerri Allen 24:20, 61-Jen O'Brien 26:16

Mars Varsity Boys

5-Cody Kier 17:58, 20-Dan Pierre 19:04, 30-Adam Smetana 19:34, 58-Mark Stenner 20:30, 61-Justin Stadelmyer 20:32, 73-Alex Kokkinakis 20:55, 85-Jon Randza 21:30

Mars Boys JV

2-Sean Fox 21:15, 3-Karl Zellars 21:35, 7-Brian Beck 22:09, 8-Mike Lewis 22:11, 18-Justin Sable 22:53, 23-Matt Cesare 22:53, 27-Phil Karavlan 23:47

Grove City 4, Conneaut Valley 0 -The Eagles (13-0-2, 10-0-2) received two goals each from Ashley McKnight and Helen Phipps. McKnight added an assist.Slippery Rock 4, Hickory 0 -Jence Rhoads and Liz Bicehouse both scored twice for the Rockets.The shutout was shared by goalies Robin Craig and Allison Perry.Karns City 4, Brookville 3 -Brittni Grenninger scored twice while Michelle Sweeney and Adrienne Olzak each scored once for the Gremlins (15-4), who outshot the Raiders 35-10.