Brandon Zarichnak (10) of Slippery Rock knocks the ball past a Wilmington defender during the Rockets' 6-1 boys soccer win Monday. Zarichnak scored a goal in the contest.

Allyson Kepple and Samantha Ryan both tallied goals while Kayce Grimm and Julieanne Scott added assists as the Karns City girls soccer team prevailed against Brookville, 2-1.

Karns City (4-2), which defeated Hempfield 7-1 and lost to Altoona 4-2 at the Altoona Tournament over the weekend, will play at Clarion Wednesday.

Blackhawk 3, Knoch 2 — Despite goals from Amanda Sharbaugh and Brea Thrower, the Knights (2-6) dropped this home game to the Cougars.

<B>Slippery Rock 6, Wilmington 1 — </B>Ryan Hyatt had two goals and Ryan Gercken and Michael Ramirez had one goal and one assist each to power the Rockets.Neil Smith, and Brandon Zarichnak also scored for Slippery Rock (4-1-1), which will play at Bradford on Thursday.<B>Karns City 4, Brookville 1 — </B>Aaron McGarvey had two goals and two assists and Cory Terwilliger added two goals to key the Gremlins in this KSAC matchup.Karns City (5-1, 5-0) will return to action Wednesday at Clarion-Limestone.<B>Grove City 5, Sharon 1 — </B>Chris Murone scored three goals for the Eagles (4-1), while Mark Jaskowak and Bobby Kowalsky also netted goals.Shaun Barr had an assist for Grove City, which also won the junior varsity contest 7-0.

As a team, Butler recorded 38 kills, 15 blocks and 66 digs to lead the Golden Tornado to a dramatic five-set victory over Shaler Monday night.Butler (3-2) won the match 19-25, 25-23, 25-19, 23-25, 15-9.The Golden Tornado junior varsity team also recorded a win by scores of 25-15, 25-14.<B>Blackhawk Invitational </B>— Senior outside hitter Zoe Hughes was named MVPof the Blackhawk Invitational as Knoch won the 12-team tournament Saturday.The Lady Knights defeated top-seeded Blackhawk 2-1 in the championship game.

Nick Cress' 77 lifted Slippery Rock to a third-place finish at the Region 2 Mega-Match Monday at The Country Club in Meadville. As a team, Slippery Rock finished with 326 strokes.Grove City's Derek Forese was co-medalist with a 72, but the Eagles placed fifth with a 330..<B>Slippery Rock (326):</B> Nick Cress 77, Jeff Tracy 80, Brian Geisler 83, Shawn Beatty 86<B>Grove City (330):</B> Derek Forese 72, Steve Deyarmin 78, Ryan Prokay 87, Shane Gilmore 93<B>Team Standings (Overall)</B>1-Titusville 47 points, 2-Grove City 40, 3-Meadville 31, 4(tie)-Slippery Rock/Franklin 30, 6-Lakeview 17, 7-Oil City 12, 8-Maplewood 9

<B>Shannon O'Halloran's 45 paced Seneca Valley to a 209-237 win over rival North Allegheny at Highland Country Club.</B>Seneca Valley (209): Shannon O'Halloran 45, Kristen Drevna 53, Brooke Arrington 55, Stephanie Bullis 56<B>North Allegheny (237):</B> Claire Johnson 53, Laura Barnes 55, Tara Broderick 61, Ann Koebly 68

Butler (8-3) was blanked by Pine-Richland Monday, 5-0.<B>Singles</B>1-Sarah Lynch (PR) def. Carolyn Shetter 6-1, 6-3; 2-Olivia Heim (PR) def. Madison Kerr 6-0, 6-2; 3-Shelby Merilli (PR) def. Heather Santa 6-0, 6-0<B>Doubles</B>1-Katherine Sylvia-Hannah Roccki (B) lost 7-5, 6-0; 2-Meshay Marks-Sam Paluch (PR) def. Racheal Wilson-Rosel Nesbitt 6-0, 6-0