Artie Black and Kyle Reeping placed 1-2 to lead the Knoch boys cross country team to a 19-42 victory over Mars on Friday.

In the girls meet, Mars' Courtney Moran, Chloe Pierre, Amara Czech-Thompson and Kaitlin Thompson grabbed the top four spots to aid the Planets' 20-35 victory.

Boys Top 10

Artie Black (K) 17:29, Kyle Reeping (K) 17:42, Cody Kier (M) 17:43, Ben Hutterer (K) 18:38, Chris Recio (K) 18:46, Devin Howes (M) 19:24, Cory Steinhagen (K) 19:35, Brian Tacket (K) 19:55, C.J. Burns (K) 20:11, Vincent Moxie (K) 20:23

Girls Top 10

Courtney Moran (M) 23:07, Chloe Pierre (M) 23:52, Amara Czech-Thompson (M) 24:06, Kaitlin Thompson (M) 24:07, Amber Wilks (K) 24:17, Kayla Davis (K) 24:54, Nicole Fleishner (K) 25:45, Sarah Robb (K) 25:57, Melissa Balsinger (K) 26:0, 7Beth Pecar 26:09

Colton Davis had 16 tackles, but Union opened its varsity football season with a 33-0 loss to Cambridge Springs Friday night in Rimersburg.The Golden Knights managed only three first downs.Grove City 17, Harbor Creek 5 -No details were available at press time.

Mars 2, Southmoreland 2 -Derek Workman and Bob McKinney scored a goal each for the Planets.

Highlands 3, Knoch 2 -Chelsea Gibson and Tiffany Allen scored singles wins for the Knights (0-1) Thursday.Highlands 3, Knoch 2Singles:Chelsea Gibson (K) def. Brianna Berenson 6-2, 6-1; Tiffany Allen (K) def. Morgan Welsh 6-3, 6-1; Kelsey Magee (H) def. Laura Winters 6-0, 6-2Doubles:Sarah Mark-Deanna Mazur (H) def. Kristen Gagen-Sarah Cypher 6-3, 6-1; Courtney Becker-Emily Kolek (H) def. Bethany Soloski-Emily Sale 6-1, 6-0