Knoch's girls volleyball team improved to 7-1 overall, 6-1 in section play with a 3-0 win over Deer Lakes Wednesday night.

Kirsten Brant had 23 service points and 10 assists, Ashley Thrower 13 points and five kills, Carly Whisler 12 kills and Leanne Wiefling seven points and seven assists to lead the Knights to a 25-10, 25-4, 25-13 win.

Butler 3, Plum 2 -

The Golden Tornado (4-6) won this non-section match 12-25, 19-25, 25-18, 25-23, 15-13. Abby Herrit had 12 kills and 13 digs, Amy Achesinski 14 kills and Yuki Schaper 22 digs.

Butler will compete in the Seneca Valley Tournament Saturday.

Union 3, Moniteau 1 -

Kristin Baronetski had 11 digs and nine kills, but the Warriors still fell 16-25, 27-25, 9-25, 22-25 Tuesday.

Randi Campbell had eight digs, Cassie Wiest had seven digs, Amber Dillaman had five blocks and Haley McFeaters had five kills for Moniteau (3-4 in the KSAC).

Butler 25, Mt. Lebanon 31 (boys); Butler 27, Mt. Lebanon 31 (girls) -Both Golden Tornado teams are 4-2 and host Hampton Oct. 5. Butler's Rob Miller won the boys race in this Tuesday meet while Jessica Vernon won the girls race.Boys Top 10:Rob Miller (B), Steve Monnie (B), Caputo (ML), Griffin (ML), Mike Dinger (B), Ben Porter (B), Dan Kleifgem (ML), M. Harwick (ML), J. Johnston (ML), Willie Laue (B)Girls Top 10:Jessica Vernon (B), Tess Crispin (B), Karen Geibel (B), E. Datillo (ML), M. Reath (ML), B. Robbins (ML), L. Reitler (ML), A. McGinty (ML), E. Yourd (ML), Ashley King (B), Marie Rumbauigh (B)Union -The Golden Knight boys swept Clarion, Keystone and Clarion-Limestone while the girls defeated Clarion in a four-team met Tuesday.Boys Top 10:Brett Moore (U) 17:57, Dalton Hill (K) 18:38, Levi Null (CL) 19:44, Casey Strawcutter (CL) 20:22, Adam Yeany (C-L) 20:50, Dylan Kirkpatrick (C-L) 21:05, Travis Steele (C-L) 21:27, Nate Wolbert (K) 21:45, Tristen Ramkin (K) 21:57, Shoayb Rankin (K) 22:03Girls Top 10:Marie Rhoades (CL) 23:16, Laura Jones (C-L) 23:33, Jillian Rhoads (C-L) 23:53, Brianna Bell (C-L) 24:10, Lisa Speer (C-L) 24:27, Brittany Foor (CL) 25:28, Meagan Booth (U) 25:51, Jamie Wyatt (C-L) 27:09, Courtney Frederick (U) 27:33, Amanda Barger (U) 27:39Mars at MAC Invitational -The Planet boys placed fifth out of 20 schools while the girls were seventh out of 19 schools in this meet at Brush Creek Park.Cody Kier placed seventh for the Mars boys in 18:15 while teammate Devin Howes was 19th in 19:07. Brittany Zaborowski was fourth for the Mars girls in 21:08 with teammate Courtney Moran placing 19th in 22:46.

The Mars girls golf team recorded a pair of wins Tuesday and Wednesday, beating Ambridge 199-217 and North Allegheny 166-170 to improve to 10-0.No other information was available.

Knoch 4, Blackhawk 2 -Amanda Sharbaugh tallied three goals for the Knights (6-5-1), two of them coming on assists from P.J. Abels.Amanda Bartell added a goal in the win.Slippery Rock 4, Mercer 1 -Jence Rhoads led this win with three goals scored, while Beth Johnson scored once.Kelsey Drennen and Brittney Miller both had an assist for the Rockets (10-4, 6-0).Butler 2, Fox Chapel 0 -Lisa Rodgers earned the shutout in net while Jamie Albert and Lindsay Hohn both scored goals for the Golden Tornado (7-3-1, 4-3-1).Kelly Hilderbrand had two assists in the victory.

The Butler girls tennis team was swept by Pine-Richland to fall to 8-5 on the season.Singles:Sarah Lynch (PR) d. Courtney Kerr 6-0, 6-1; Blakeley Mall (PR) d. Krista Cypher 0-6, 7-5, 10-6; Shelby Merilli (PR) d. Megan McGinnis 7-5, 6-1.Doubles:Bridgett Loiselle-Kelli Robinson (PR) d. Angela Byrnes-Catherine Sylvia 6-1, 7-5; Marla DePaulis-Sarah Strollo (PR) d. Elisa Nesbitt-Melanie Ward 6-2, 6-2.