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Knights win twice

Seneca Valley's Madison Kozlowski (11) battles for possession with Pine-Richland's Lauren Deasy during the Raiders' 1-0 girls soccer loss Wednesday night at NexTier Stadium.
CC teams net sweep at Freeport Invite

Knoch's boys and girls cross country teams both won the Freeport Invitational, held at Harrison Hills on Wednesday afternoon.

On the girls' side, Knoch's Shannon Evanchek placed first overall with a time of 20 minutes, 13 seconds.

On the boys' side, Van McCarren led the Knights with a second-place finish of 17:10.

Girls

Team ScoresKnoch 34, Greensburg-Salem 46, Freeport 58, Kiski Area 88, Highlands 99

Top Ten1-Shannon Evanchek (Kn) 20:13; 2-Kayla Zboran (F) 20:14; 3-Joleen Kunkle (Kn) 20:50; 4-Emilee Hartwick (Kn) 20:51; 5-Shaina Contic (GS) 21:03; 6-Becca Dudek (F) 21:31; 7-Laura Rosner (GS) 21:34; 8-Tena Pettit (Kn) 22:29; 9-Stephanie Davis (GS) 22:45; 10-Kelli Williams (H) 22:52

Boys

Team ScoresKnoch 39, Greensburg-Salem 44, Kiski Area 75, Freeport 81, Highlands 86

Top Ten1-Ryan Kennedy (KA) 16:49; 2-Van McCarren (Kn) 17:10; 3-K.J. McCrea (Kn) 17:13; 4-Sean Schake (GS) 17:39; 5-Richard Lednak (KA) 17:46; 6-Alex Cetnar (Kn) 18:08; 7-Ryan Trout (GS) 18:22, 8-Kevin Keppel (F) 18:24, 9-Ben Grove (H) 18:35; 10-Zach Klueber (GS) 18:45

<B>Slippery Rock 4, Conneaut Valley 0 — </B>Cody Wolinski scored two goals for the Rockets in this Tuesday game. Scott Laborie and Braden Sloan had a goal each and Tyler Little made eight saves in goal.

Mars featured 14 players who scored a goal, led by Karli Paracca with two, in a 15-0 win over Valley.In Tuesday's game, Mani Brueckner scored in a 1-0 win over Hampton.<B>Karns City 6, Clarion 0 — </B>Breann Wood scored three goals for the Gremlins in their season opener. Erin McCue, Maggie McKain and Emily Jones added a goal each.Lauren Downs had two saves in goal. Karns City hosts Brookville at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Billy Bender (36) and Cameron Ozarski (39) both fired sub-40 scores to lead Mars to a 200-223 win over Deer Lakes at Rittswood Golf Course.<B>Mars (200):</B> Billy Bender 36, Cameron Ozarski 39, Christian Locher 40, Josh Bartley 42, Ben Mullins 43<B>Highlands 216, Freeport 218 — </B>Tyler Thomas had a 41 for the Yellowjackets (6-3, 5-1).<B>Freeport (218): </B>Tyler Thomas 41, Devin Earney 42, Robbie Miller 42, Ryley Cowan 46, Richard Vandruff 47<B>Highlands (216): </B>Tyler Negley 38, John Wygonik 40, Nick DeCroo 44, Jeremy Fox 47, Zac Scott 47<B>North Allegheny 205, Butler 209 — </B>Corey Morabito shot a 37 for the Golden Tornado (3-3, 2-3) in this Tuesday loss. Anthony Paterno shot a 41, Phil Schultz 42, David Paterno 43 and Jeremy Gohn 46.<B>Redbank Valley 219, Union 249 — </B>David Graham paced the Golden Knights (0-4) with a 45 in this Tuesday match.<B>Union 249: </B>David Graham 45, Shawn Burns 48, Derek Shirey 49, Larissa Roberts 52, Derek Priester 55<B>Redbank Valley 219: </B>Tyler Ruby 40, Brady Bailey 43, Malachi Shrecengost 44, Tyler Toy 46, Sammi Dinger 46<B>Seneca Valley 200, North Allegheny 206</B> — Blake Miller fired a 37 to lead the Raiders (4-3, 4-2).Seneca Valley also beat Shaler 210-241 on Tuesday.<B>Seneca Valley (200): </B>Blake Miller 37, Tyler Beck 38, Mike McNulty 39, Tim Martin 39, Jordan Kelly 47<B>North Allegheny (206):</B> Evan O'Brien 38, Colton Fedell 40, Alex Hendrickson 42, Clif Dietrick 42, John McCabe 44<B>A-C Valley 203, Slippery Rock 211 —</B> Logan Wetzel shot a 34 to lead the Falcons (5-0) at Foxburg Country Club.<B>Slippery Rock (211):</B> Brett Rinker 37, Bobby Paczkowski 39, Alex Sparn 41, Brian Giesler 44, Gus McDowell 50<B>A-C Valley (203):</B> Logan Wetzel 34, Allan Eaton 40, Landon DeLisio 41, Joe Callender 42, Blayne McGuirk 46<B>Central Catholic 207, Butler 224 —</B> The Tornado (3-4 overall) fell at Edgewood Country Club.<B>Butler (224):</B> Corey Morabito 41, David Paterno 41, Anthony Paterno 44, Phil Schultz 46, Jake Campbell 52<B>Punxsutawney 213, Union 265</B> — Windy conditions at Punxsutawney Country Club doomed Union (0-5).Shawn Burns and David Graham each shot a 49.<B>Union (265):</B> Shawn Burns 49, David Graham 49, Larissa Roberts 53, Derek Shirey 56, Derek Priester 58<B>Punxsutawney (213):</B> Ian Miller 41, Brandon Mancuso 42, Jesse Verdill 43, Ryan States 43, David Roberts 44

Paige Wojdyla fired a 40 to lead Seneca Valley in a 195-269 win over Hopewell.<B>Seneca Valley (195):</B> Paige Wojdyla 40, Steph Bullis 47, Jenn Suder 49, Alex Steighner 59<B>Hopewell (269):</B> Alexxis Langton 63, Darby Gaull 67, Ryann Mihalik 69, Kaitlyn Kennedy 70<B>Butler 195, Pine-Richland 218 — </B>Marissa DeCola shot a 35 for the Golden Tornado at Hiland Golf Course.<B>Butler (195): </B>Marissa DeCola 35, Rebecca Shakely 47, Tori Hesidence 55, Meredith Harbison 58<B>Pine-Richland (218): </B>Marissa Holdcroft 53, Shannon Hiles 53, Elizabeth Tomczak 54, Ellen Gazel 58

Stephanie Gross collected 28 assists, Julia Kleinfelder eight service aces and Jessi Boldy had 16 digs, but Knoch fell to Indiana 3-1.The Knights lost by scores of 25-23, 21-25, 20-25 and 17-25.Girls Tennis<B>Pine-Richland 5, Seneca Valley 0 — </B>The Raiders were shut out Tuesday .<B>Singles: </B>Taylor Perz (P-R) def. Elisa Parks 6-1, 6-0; Marlys Bridgham (P-R) def. Alexis Brockway 6-0, 6-0; Daniela Osio (P-R) def. Kirsten Garczynski 6-0, 6-0<B>Doubles:</B> Amy O'Donnell-Katie Riley (P-R) def. Julia Vandrak-Shelby Resch 6-3, 6-3; Claire Vetter-Laura Feger (P-R) def. Amy Kinzler-Lexi Rudolph 6-3, 6-1

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