Dave Casteel and Brian Routhieaux each shot a 37 to lead the Mars boys golf team to a 198-199 win over Valley Thursday at Buffalo Golf Course.

Steve Smail added a solid 39 for the Planets (8-4).

The victory came a day after Mars downed Kittanning by a score of 214-225 on Wednesday.

Mars 198:

Dave Casteel 37, Brian Routhieaux 37, Steve Smail 39, Jeff Baur 42, R.J. Hardt 43

Valley 199:

Pat Brennan 38, Derek Gavrish 38, Scott Spencer 39, Casey Jackson 39, Joey Mandak 45

Pine-Richland 203, Butler 216 -

The Golden Tornado (3-6, 6-6) dropped this match at Treesdale Golf Club, despite Collin Randall's 39.

Pine-Richland 203:

Mitch Mercer 38, Steve Blemker 38, Evan Affinite 41, Dave Owens 42, John Larkins 44

Butler 216:

Collin Randall 39, Matt Maloy 42, Christian Mato 44, Andrew Shakely 45, Nick Blymiller 46

Karns City 3, East Forest 0 -Zach Fleeger earned his seventh shutout in eight games for the Gremlins, who improve to 7-1, 7-0 in the KSAC.Scoring in the win were Mark Ferguson, Charlie Beck and Dan Thuronyi.Chad Zabicki contributed two assists.Mars 5, Knoch 1 -Greg Tabisz scored two goals while teammates Jon Natale, Andrew Dillner and Bob McKinney each added one score for the Planets (5-1 in section).Scoring Knoch's lone goal was Doug Logan.There is now a three-way tie in Section 2-AA between Mars, Knoch and Burrell.

Slippery Rock 5, Grove City 1 -Melanie Prelac, Kelsey Drennen, Brittney Miller and Jence Rhoads each scored for the Rockets (4-0).

Mars 3, Hampton 0 -The Planets picked up the sweep by scores of 25-11, 28-26 and 25-22.Kelly Berry had 11 kills and Meghan Kosar tallied nine kills for Mars (6-1, 5-0).Freeport 3, Kittanning 0 -Winning by scores of 25-17, 25-18 and 25-15, the Yellowjackets (7-0, 6-0) stayed perfect on the season.Kelly Acre had five kills and four blocks, Dana Turley tallied six kills and Marissa DeSalvo managed 13 service points, two kills and two blocks.Hickory 3, Slippery Rock 1 -The Rockets (2-2) lost this match by scores of 19-25, 24-26, 25-23 and 18-25.Cursty McClury contributed 12 kills, Erica Gabreski had six digs and eight kills, Amy Siwik had 10 kills and Kristin Staugh totaled 36 assists.Moniteau 3, North Clarion 0 -The Warriors (3-3) picked up this road win by scores of 25-13, 25-15 and 25-14.Kristin Baronetski finished with five aces and six kills, Kendra Hall totaled six digs and 15 points and Haley McFeaters had three kills and three blocks.Karns City 3, Keystone 1 -This KSAC match went to the Gremlins (4-1) by scores of 25-19, 20-25, 25-21 and 25-15.Haley Callihan managed six kills and Anna Bullman had 15 service points in the win.The Gremlins lost the junior varsity match, 2-0.

Butler's junior varsity (4-6) dropped a 3-2 decision Wednesday to North Hills. Rachel Wilson won in singles and the Golden Tornado doubles team of Jaimie Daum and Jeannine Hollobaugh was victorious.