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Knoch boys notch 7-0 win

Slippery Rock High's Max Glinsky, left, and Grove City's Bobby Kowalski both go up for the ball Tuesday. The Rockets and the Eagles played to a 5-all tie.

Adam Sharbaugh scored three goals Tuesday as the Knoch boys soccer team shut out Deer Lakes, 7-0.

Travis Tasker added two goals for the Knights (3-0, 2-0), while Kevin Wood and Nick Pfeiffer netted one each.

Naru Pfeffer and Cullen Hinderliter combined for six saves in goal. Knoch plays at Kittanning Thursday.

Slippery Rock 5, Grove City 5 — The Rockets (3-0-1) rallied to tie despite losing three players to red cards in the first half.Mike Ramirez scored three goals, and Dan Jeon and Devin Hribal each added one goal and two assists. Slippery Rock hosts Mercer Thursday.

Mars 2, Kittanning 1 — The Planets received penalty kick goals from Andy Knauff and Michael Page.

<B>Karns City 6, Keystone 0 — </B>Brooke Miller had two goals while Emily Olszak, Chelsy Zabicki, Shenoa Hendell and Millie McKain had one apiece to lead the Gremlins.Cristen Futcher added a pair of assists for Karns City (3-1), who will host Wilmington Thursday.

<B>Moniteau 203, Karns City 244 — </B>Jeremy Ritts carded a 36 to take medalist honors for the Warriors (5-0).<B>Moniteau (203):</B>Jeremy Ritts 36, Mitch Hunter 38, Ethan Fowler 39, Andy Walls 44, Mike Saper 46<B>Karns City (244):</B>Tim Johnson 43, Tyler Walters 48, Tucker Preston 49, Zach Seybert 49, Brad Fuhrer 55<B>Seneca Valley 200, Butler 203 — </B>The Raiders improved to 5-2 and host North Hills Thursday at Cranberry Highlands. Butler (4-4, 3-4) will host Pine-Richland at the Butler Country Club Thursday.<B>Seneca Valley (200):</B>Matt Vogt 37, Blake Henderson 39, Mike McNulty 40, Connor McCaffrey 42, Sean Dailey 42<B>Butler (203):</B>Christian Mato 37, Antonio Baroffio 39, Steve Feczko 41, Nathan Moses 42, Corey Morabito 44<B>Knoch 199, Mars 207 —</B> Knoch's R.J. Sepich fired a 37 to lead the win at Saxon Golf Course. Derek Hillegas' 39 led the Planets.<B>Mars (207):</B> Derek Hillegas 39, Jason Fitzpatrick 40, Christian Locher 42, Mike Parrish 42, Brendan Blakeney 44<B>Knoch (199):</B> R.J. Sepich 37, Jared Hennig 39, Korey Schorr 40, Joe Boros 41, Jack Boros 42<B>Freeport 205, Summit Academy 273 — </B>Zack McQueen paced the Yellowjackets (8-1, 6-1) with a 38. Freeport hosts unbeaten West Shamokin Thursday.<B>Freeport (205):</B>Zack McQueen 38, Tyler Pajerski 41, Dane Bargerstock 41, Blaine Smith 41, Neal DeCroo 44<B>Summit Academy (273):</B> Stephen Richardson 50, Jordan Harvey 50, Dennis Pate 54, Patrick Crespo 57, Chad Stroud 62<B>A-CValley 217, Clarion-Limestone 230</B> — Logan Wetzel and Blayne McGuirk each shot a 40 to lead the Falcons (6-1) to another victory.<B>A-CValley (217): </B>Logan Wetzel 40, AlanEaton 45, Blayne McGuirk 40, Luke McCall 46, C.J. Adams 46<B>Clarion-Limestone (230): </B>Jordan Zuck 45, Matt Wielszczyk 50, Jake Leadbetter 43, Brandon Bell 48, Billy Kelley 44

<B>Montour 28, Mars 29 (boys); Mars 20, Montour 43 (girls) — </B>Nick Edinger won the boys race in 17 minutes, 51 seconds for the Planets. Mars will compete in Saturday's Slippery Rock Invitational at Cooper's Lake.<B>Boys Top 10</B>Nick Edinger (Mars) 17:51, Jake Montag (Mars) 18:15, Adam Krenpasky (M)18:20, Ryan Cobb (M)18:22, Chris Alikhani (Mars) 18:47, Nathan Thomas (M)19:01, Rich Carmichael (M)19:15, Jeff Turner (M)19:25, Anthony Stavish (M)19:34, Chris Hardt (Mars) 19:40, Sean Gannon (Mars) 19:51<B>Girls Top 10</B>Nicole Ciesliak (M)20:30, Samantha Brandon (Mars)21:42, Brynn Workman (Mars) 22:34, Gabri Perri (Mars) 22:36, Polly Hanczewski (Mars) 22:48, Robyn Theuer (Mars) 23:34, Salina Smaliek (Mars) 23:35, Cathleen Matuzak (Mars) 24:10, Liz Parsons (Mars) 24:11, Amy Ziccardi (M)24:29<B>Karns City 22, Moniteau 34 (boys) —</B> The Gremlins ended with the top three finishers, led by Bryce Foreback's time of 19:26.Tony Miller led Moniteau with a fourth-place finish (19:58) and Chris Deitz led Union by placing seventh (20:45).In the girls competition, which did not feature team scores, KC's Sarah Young led the way at 24:17.Moniteau was paced by Taylor Shaffer, who was second at 27:02, and Union by Vanessa Bartoe, who was eighth at 29:14.<B>Boys Top 10</B>1-Bryce Foreback (KC) 19:26, 2-Ethan McGarvey (KC) 19:28, 3-Dillan Surrena (KC) 19:29, 4-Tony Miller (M) 19:58, 5-Darren Best (KC) 20:25, 6-Andrew Edmonds (M) 20:34, 7-Chris Deitz (U) 20:45, 8-Phil Kristufek (M) 21:26, 9-Cameron Adams (U) 21:39, 10-Dylan Kristufek (M) 21:54<B>Girls Top 10</B>1-Sarah Young (KC) 24:17, 2-Taylor Shaffer (M) 27:02, 3-Melissa Ebbitt (KC) 27:06, 4-Ain-Soph Williams (KC) 28:37, 5-Courtney Catterall (M) 28:38, 6-Nicole Beck (KC) 28:39, 7-Mimi Haney (M) 28:57, 8-Vanessa Bartoe (U) 29:14, 9-Hillary Marshall (M) 29:17, 10-Fontaine McCanna (U) 29:19

<B>Keystone 3, Moniteau 1 —</B> The Warriors (0-3) lost this KSAC showdown by scores of 18-25, 25-23, 23-25 and 19-25.Billie Jo Brehm had five kills and 11 blocks for Moniteau, Kathleen Harding had four kills and three blocks, and Alison Overly had two kills.<B>Ambridge 3, Knoch 0 —</B> Jessica Gross had three service aces and two kills for the Knights (1-2, 1-1), who lost by scores of 29-27, 25-17 and 25-15.<B>A-C Valley 3, Clarion-Limestone 1 — </B>Erika Rothen, Erin Larimore and Karly Kaufman had 17 service points apiece to pace the Falcons to the 25-23, 19-25, 25-23, 25-21 KSAC victory.Rothen and Lauren Snyder had 12 kills each while Kelly Davis had 14 points and Sam Kerlin seven blocks and 11 points. for A-C Valley (2-0).The Lions' junior varsity team prevailed 25-18, 15-19.

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