The Summit Academy football team is just one win away from its first trip to the WPIAL playoffs.

Earl Zarpeles threw touchdown passes of 83 and 34 yards to Kasil Butler and also ran for a 44-yard score as the Knights upset Laurel 28-14 Saturday afternoon.

Zarpeles finished 8-of-14 passing for 229 yards and also ran for 52 yards on just four carries.

Summit Academy (4-4 overall, 3-3 in the Tri-County North Conference) jumped out to 14-0 lead and built a 21-7 advantage midway through the third quarter following a 38-yard scoring run by Delaney Huggins.

The Knights rolled up 399 total yards against Laurel (5-3, 3-3).

Butler caught five passes for 171 yards for Summit.

If the Knights beat Riverside Friday night, they will earn the third and final playoff spot from the conference.

Brittni Grenninger scored two goals as Karns City beat Clearfield 2-0 Saturday afternoon.The Gremlins (15-2) also got assists from Allison Kepple and Julieanne Scott.Knoch 4, Plum 1- Amanda Sharbaugh, P.J. Abels, Maria Adler and Libby Burris each scored goals to lead the Knights.Mars 9, Jeannette 0- Brittany Zaborowski scored four goals and goalkeeper Stephanie Romanias got her ninth shutout of the season as the Planets closed out their season with a dominating win.Emma Bugel and Audrey Cope each scored two goals and Glennis Robash added a goal and two assists for Mars (11-6-1).Norwin 5, Butler 1- The Golden Tornado (10-6-1) will close out their season at Franklin Regional tonight.Butler has been outscored 11-2 in its last two contests.Seneca Valley 2, Franklin Regional 0- The Raiders recorded their eighth shutout of the season.Seneca Valley (10-2-4) will close out the regular season Tuesday night at Ambridge.

Artie Black placed first with a time of 16 minutes, 35 seconds to lead the Knoch boys cross country team to the championship in the Rocky Grove Invitational Saturday.The Knights had three runners in the top five.Kyle Reeping placed fourth with a time of 17:07 and Ben Hutterer fifth, coming in at 17:26.Knoch had 62 points, edging second-place Titusville by six.On the girls side, Slippery Rock placed third as a team.The Rockets were led by senior Jill Laux, who placed 13th with a time of 21:06.Eighth-grader Alyssa Holmes placed 16th with a time of 21:17 for Slippery Rock.General McLane won the girls championship with 39 points, including four runners in the top 11.Rocky Grove InvitationalBoysTeam Standings1-Knoch 62, 2-Titusville 68, 3-General McLane 82, 4-West Allegheny 99, 5-Cochranton 129.Knoch:1-Artie Black 16:35, 4-Kyle Reeping 17:07, 5-Ben Hutterer 17:26, 19-Chris Recio 17:57, 33-Cory Steinhager 18:33, 38-C.J. Burns 18:42, 42-Brian Tackett 18:52GirlsTeam Standings1-General McLane 39, 2-West Allegheny 92, 3-Slippery Rock 101, 4-Union City 129, 5-Merver 152, 11-Knoch 260Slippery Rock: 13-Jill Laux 21:06, 16-Alyssa Holmes 21:17, 22-Andrea Shaffer 21:41, 24-Amanda Kellogg 21:47, 26-Sarah Thompson 21:48, 30-Sarah Opp 21:57, 54-Ally Plummer 23:39.Knoch: 40-Alyssa Kunkel 22:46, 48-Amber Wilks 23:19, 51-Dana McCarren 23:27, 56-Nicole Fleishner 23:43, 65-Sarah Robb 24:47, 70-Kristin Robb 25:14, 74-Kayla Davis 26:12