Andrew Shakely and Collin Randall each carded a 38 and Grant Nagle had a 39 to lift the Butler boys golf team to a 199-221 section victory over Northgate on Thursday.

The win clinches Butler's first WPIAL playoff appearance since 2002.

The Golden Tornado (10-2) will host North Allegheny Wednesday for the section championship.

Butler (199): Andrew Shakely 38, Collin Randall 38, Grant Nagle 39, Matt Maloy 42, Antonio Baroffio 42.

Northgate (221): Clayton Rask 40, Matt Milbert 42, Jim Miller 42, Brian Armstrong 48, Katie Rihn 49.

Shady Side Academy 203, Mars 216 — Despite a 39 from Greg Hilscher, the Planets (7-2, 6-2) fell to the Indians.

Mars (216): Greg Hilscher 39, Ian Finney 43, Steven Tracey 43, Chris Weber 44, R.J. Hardt 47

Shady Side Academy (203): Jay Roystos 39, Ben Kander 39, Ben Cohen 41, Beau Bergman 42, Brendan Eisenbrant 42Volleyball

Mars 3, Freedom 0 — Emily Grice and Ellen Kenitz had seven kills apiece to power the Planets (8-3, 7-1) to a 25-12, 25-17, 25-18 victory.

Rocky Grove 3, A-C Valley 2 — Lauren Snyder had five kills, Sadie Carr four and Erica Rothen three for the Falcons, but they were edged out by the Orioles 25-20, 21-25, 24-26, 25-22, 15-12.The Falcons (1-4) led 21-15 in the fourth set before the Rocky Grove comeback. A-C Valley's junior varsity team won 2-0.

North Clarion 3, Moniteau 1 — The Warriors (1-8, 1-6) snared the first set, but North Clarion bounced back to post the KSAC win.Boys Soccer

Knoch 5, Deer Lakes 0 — Adam Sharbaugh, Doug Vogus, Kevin Wood, Josh Hashmi and Tony Doyle each tallied a goal to pace the Knights (7-4, 6-2) to the section win.

Karns City 2, East Forest 0 — Aaron McGarvey scored both goals while John Burns added an assist and Joe King the shutout in net for the Gremlins (9-2).Girls Soccer

Karns City 6, Keystone 0 — Michelle Sweeney netted three goals, Julieanne Scott two goals and Allyson Kepple the other to lead the Gremlins (9-2, 7-0) to the KSAC triumph.Cross Country

Mars 15, Blackhawk 50 (boys); Mars 25, Blackhawk 30 (girls) — The Mars girls team (11-1, 3-1), led by Gabrielle Pierre, Samantha Brandon and Michelle Perri, grabbed the first three places and held off the Cougars for the win.Blackhawk secured the next six places before Mars wrapped up the next two spots, which was good enough for the win.The Planets boys team improved to 9-3, 2-2 with their win.

Boys Top 10: Chris Alikhani (M) 18:33, Justin Stadelmyer (M) 18:34, Cody Kier (M) 18:35, Brandon Stadelmyer (M) 18:40, Mike Lewis (M) 18:44, Kale Cimperman (M) 18:55, Marc Funderlich (M) 18:57, Justin Stable (M) 20:05, Joe Parkinson (B) 20:25; Jay Slater (M) 20:32

Girls Top 10: Gabrielle Pierre (M) 20:56, Samantha Brandon (M) 20:59, Michelle Perri (M) 21:08, Blackhawk (21:23), Blackhawk 21:41, Blackhawk 22:00, Blackhawk 22:05, Blackhawk 22:21, Blackhawk 22:31, Rachel Pinkerton (M) 23:01