Girls from the Slippery Rock High and Grove City High cross country teams compete during Tuesday's meet, which was won by the Eagles.

Slippery Rock's boys cross country team captured its first Region 2 championship Tuesday.

But it didn't come easily.

Taking on Grove City in a showdown for the region title, the Rockets wound up in a 28-28 tie, but won the meet because their sixth-place runner, Eddie Schrieber, crossed the finish line before Grove City's.

Grove City's Jacob Kildoo won the boys meet with a time of 17 minutes, 46 seconds. The Eagles' Megan Degraaf won the girls meet in 21:37.

Slippery Rock's boys are 6-0 while the Rockets are 4-2. Slippery Rock hosts the Region 2 championship meet at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Boys Top 10Jacob Kildoo (GC)17:46, Owen Bowser (SR)17:59, Ryan Sestak (GC)18:02, Tom Bollinger (GC)18:03, Nate King (SR)18:04, Dan Hartzell (SR)18:46, Jackson Udy (SR)18:56, Jacob Spurk (SR)18:57, John Stewart (GC)19:02, Eddie Schrieber (SR)19:17

Girls Top 10Megan Degraaf (GC)21:37, Becky Consbruck (GC)21:58, Sarah Chuzie (GC)22:05, Andrea Shaffer (SR)22:59, Jonna Schaper (GC)23:08, Calley Bridges (SR)23:17, Megan Boartz (GC)23:35, Chelsea Hensel (GC)23:36, Nicole Wizorek (GC)23:37, Rebecca McClure (GC)23:50

Mars (boys) 24, Indiana 32, Mars 15, Ford City 50; Indiana 15, Mars 43 (girls), Mars 15, Ford City 50 — The Planets boys improved to 13-2 overall, 8-0 in section, while the girls moved to 11-4, 7-1.

Boys Top 10J. Stadelmyer (M)18:33, Browe (I)18:44, Lewis (M)18:47, Milner (I)18:50, B. Stadelmyer (M)19:20, Hardt (M)19:30, Hefner (I)19:35, Lansberry (I)19:44, Kandza (M)20:05, Funderlich (M)20:07

Girls Top 10Bujdis (I)20:12, Angelo (I)21:56, Coleman (I)22:42, Reeger (I)23:12, Bell (I) 23:17, S. Brandon (M)23:21, G. Pierre (M) 23:23, M. Perri (M)23:31, Doran (I)24:13, C. Pierre (M)24:45

Karns City 16, Venango Catholic 43; Karns City 16, A-C Valley 44 (Boys) — The Gremlins'

Aaron McGarvey, Chris Harmon, Bryce Foreback and Ethan McGarvey claimed the top four spots in these KSACmeets at Karns City.Jordan Best led A-C Valley with a sixth-place finish while Sarah Young led the Karns City girls with a second-place finish and Nicole Marshall of A-C Valley was third.

Boys Top 10Aaron McGarvey (KC) 18:39, Chris Harmon (KC) 19:12, Bryce Foreback (KC)20:05, Ethan McGarvey (KC) 20:07, Mike McNellie (VC) 20:32, Jordan Miller (AC) 20:46, Ben Freeman (VC) 20:57, Richard Brown (KC) 21:09, Evan Best (AC) 21:31, Nate Wolbert (Key) 21:33

Moniteau 19, Clarion-Limestone 37; Moniteau 19, Clarion 40 (boys); Clarion-Limestone 15, Moniteau 48; Clarion 17, Moniteau 39 (girls) — Moniteau's Eric Hillard won the boys race with a time of 19:05 to highlight a top-three sweep as they took five of the top nine places.

Boys Top 10Eric Hillard (M) 19:05, Tony Miller (M) 19:11, Andrew Edmonds (M) 19:28, Casey Strawcutter (C) 19:51, Lee Foltz (C) 19:55, Travis Steel (CL) 19:59, Grant Schimer (CL) 20:09, Dylan Kristufek (M) 20:43, Hunter McClevish (M) 20:55, L.J. Fickenworth (CL) 20:56.

Girls Top 10Megan Grove (C) 21:04, Kellie Wyatt (CL) 21:56, Cailyn Lingwall (C) 22:30, Marie Rhoades (C) 23:11Leah Flickenger (CL) 23:41, Reesie Elliott (C) 23:42, Lisa Speer (CL) 23:42, Jamie Wyatt (CL) 24:19, Brianna Bell (CL) 24:32, Nicole Wieszczyk (CL) 26:46

Seneca Valley's best score was an 81 as the Raiders failed to advance to the WPIAL team finals after finishing sixth out of eight teams with a score of 411 Tuesday during the semifinal match at Krendale Golf Course.Shady Side Academy bested the field with a 384 as the top three teams advance.SV's Matt Vogt, Dave Roberts and Luke Martin each carded an 81, John Raymus had an 83 and Connor McCaffrey had an 85.Mars placed ninth out of nine teams at Village Green Golf Course with a score of 430.Derek Hillegas led Mars with a 79, Jason Fitzpatrick had an 84, Ian Finney an 85, Jon Brown an 89 and Mike Parrish a 93.This was the first time in program history that the Planets qualified for the team playoffs.

The Karns City Gremlins are used to conference titles.But they also manage to do it in style.KC received goals from six different players en route to a 6-0 home win over Clarion-Limestone. The victory clinches a fourth straight Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference crown for the Gremlins (16-1, 16-0)Cory Terwilliger, Nick Lopresti, Aaron McGarvey and three defenders, Zach Sadowski, John Burns and Cody Zabicki, each scored a goal.Chris Harmon added three assists and Josh Grenninger made six saves in the shutout.Karns City will close its regular season on Thursday with a trip to Punxsutawney.

<B>Slippery Rock 7, Titusville 0 — </B>Elissa McCune scored four goals and had an assist while teammate Mel Prelec added three goals and an assist for the Rockets (12-0-1).Sarah Cessar contributed two assists and Ashley Fuller had one assist while goalie Ali Doyle earned the shutout.<B>Karns City 7, Forest Area 0 —</B> Julieanne Scott scored twice to lead the Gremlins (14-3-1) over the Fires.Also scoring in the win were Hannah Beck, Millie McKain, Michelle Sweeney, Allyson Kepple and Brooke Miller.

Becky Smith had 12 kills and SamHarris added 15 digs as Butler routed New Castle 25-6, 25-7, 25-10.Katie Willison added seven aces for the Golden Tornado (9-5, 6-5), who will close their season Thursday at home against Seneca Valley.<B>Cranberry 3, KarnsCity 1</B> — Ashley Campbell had 22 kills, but the Gremlins fell 25-21, 18-25, 15-25, 18-25.Emily Calender added seven kills, six digs and four blocks, and Maureen McGreevey pitched in 19 kills and five blocks for Karns City (9-4).<B>Knoch 3, Quaker Valley 0 — </B>Liz Ogershok and Michelle Steinmiller had nine service points each to lead the Knights.Zoe Hughes added eight kills and six service points, and Ashley Neurohr had six kills and five service points for Knoch (15-1, 10-1).<B>Clarion 3, A-CValley 0 — </B>The Falcons (8-7, 5-6) lost 25-17, 25-12, 25-12 despite getting 10 points, two kills and a block from Erica Rothen. Katie Quaill added eight points and Kristen Rose had six. Lauren Snyder had two blocks. A-CValley won the JV match 25-17, 24-26, 25-11.A-C Valley plays at Cranberry Thursday.

<B>Upper St. Clair 5, Butler 0 —</B> The Golden Tornado lost this WPIAL first-round team playoff to the Panthers. Butler qualified for the playoffs for the second straight season.<B>Singles</B>1-Liz Hough (USC) def. Carolyn Shetter 6-3, 6-1; 2-Katie Liss (USC) def. Madison Kerr 6-1, 6-1; 3-Molly O'Grady (USC) def. Heather Santa 6-1, 6-0.<B>Doubles</B>1-Meredith Corst-Brittany Russell (USC) def. Katherine Sylvia-Hannah Roccki 6-1, 6-1; 2-Christine Schmoyer-Elyse Schmitt (USC) def. Rachel Wilson-Jaime Daum 6-2, 6-2