Karns City's Matt Slagle leads the pack on his way to a first-place finish during Tuesday's cross country meet with Moniteau. The Gremlins boys and girls teams defeated the Warriors.

Karns City's Matt Slagle and Lacey Scheerbaum placed first overall in their respective cross country meets as the Gremlins boys defeated Moniteau 28-29 and the girls downed the Warriors 25-37 on Tuesday.

Boys Top 101-Matt Slagle (KC) 19:21, 2-Evan McGarvey (KC) 19:31, 3-Robert Brehm (M) 19:53, 4-Ethan McGarvey (KC) 20:36, 5-Evan Miller (M) 20:50, 6-Alex Edmonds (M) 21:37, 7-Josh Franiewski (M) 22:07, 8-Corey Haney (M) 22:21, 9-Darren Best (KC) 22:34, 10-Anthony Conn (M) 22:42

Girls Top 101-Lacey Scheerbaum (KC) 22:09, 2-Emily Schumacher (KC) 24:21, 3-Taylor Shaffer (M) 25:13, 4-Ain-Soph Williams (KC) 25:45, 5-Emily Jones (KC) 26:01, 6-Krista Snyder (M) 26:23, 7-Heather Porter (M) 27:26, 8-Drew Barnhart (KC) 27:47, 9-Nicole Beck (KC) 27:56, 10-Sarah Miller (M) 28:03n The Freeport girls

team edged Southmoreland, led by a third-place finish by Becca Dudek, but it fell to Shady Side Academy.The Freeport boys were swept by Southmoreland and Shady Side Academy.Kevin Keppel placed third in the boys race for the Yellowjackets.

Southmoreland 20, Freeport 36;Shady Side Academy 20, Freeport 37Boys Top 101-Jack Bagemary (SSA) 18:15, 2-Robert Smith (SM) 19:00, 3-Kevin Keppel (F) 20:33, 4-Mike Garlowich (SM) 20:39, 5-Max Young (SSA) 20:44, 6-Josh Dei (SM) 21:03, 7-Rory Keefer (SM) 21:58, 8-Adam D'Angelo (SSA) 22:03, 9-Adi Krupski (SSA) 22:13, 10-Stephen Posney (F) 22:19

Shady Side Academy 23, Freeport 35;Freeport 27, Southmoreland 29Girls Top 101-Emily Lamm (SSA) 23:33, 2-Rikki Brown (SM) 25:16, 3-Becca Dudek (F) 25:24, 4-Jessica Duhan (SM) 25:51, 5-Hayley Davis (F) 26:15, 6-Liz Roll (SSA) 26:17, 7-Maria Garlowich (SM) 26:32, 8-Ali Sarner (SSA) 27:20, 9-Sara Policastro (SSA) 27:49, 10-Kristen Olander (SSA) 27:49• The A-C Valley boys were swept by Cranberry and Keystone while the girls lost to Cranberry and Venango Catholic.Nate Best finished fifth in the boys race for A-C Valley.

Cranberry 16, A-C Valley 46Keystone 15, A-C Valley 50Boys Top 101-Morgan Huegel (C) 18:52, 2-Casey Spence (C) 19:00, 3-Ryan Zacherl (C) 19:13, 4-Brian Heller (C) 19:46, 5-Nate Best (ACV) 19:48, 6-Kyle Boocks (C) 20:18, 7-Shawn Raybuck (C) 20:36, 8-Justin Rothen (ACV) 20:42, 9-Dan Kahle (C) 20:44, 10-Drew Evans (VC) 21:08

Cranberry 15, A-C Valley 50Venango Catholic 15,A-C Valley 50Girls Top 101-McKenna Spence (C) 20:36, 2-Sarah Lander (VC) 23:07, 3-Lexi Green (C) 23:53, 4-Suzanne Senko (C) 24:34, 5-Katie Hogg (C) 24:51. 6-Marissa Peterson (C) 25:02, 7-Emily Baughman (K) 25:16, 8-Lauren Bell (C) 25:35, 9-Mollie Carothers (C) 25:47, 10-Ashley Groner (C) 26:57

North Allegheny 17, Mars 44; Hampton 23, Mars 33 (boys); North Allegheny 15, Mars 50; Hampton 15, Mars 45 (girls) — The Planets dropped a pair of section meets to the Tigers and Talbots.Sean Gannon placed sixth overall (18 minutes, 13 seconds) and Chris Georgiadis was seventh (18:19) to pace the boys squad (5-3) while Maggie McChesney was the top finisher (16th, 23;10) for the girls team (4-4).

Mike McNulty of Seneca Valley fired a 73 to earn medalist honors at the WPIAL Division I, Section 3 Individual Tournament.Teammates Tim Martin and Blake Miller each shot an 83 to finish fourth and fifth, respectively.The only other section golfers to advance to next Tuesday's semifinals were North Allegheny's Kevin O'Brien (76) and Kurt Gingrich (80).<B>Mars 199, Valley 217 —</B> Cameron Ozarski carded a 37 to lead the Planets.Mars' Christian Locher won the Division I, Section 8 title by shooting a 75 Monday. He and teammate Billy Bender (81) advance to the next round.<B>Valley (217):</B> Bill Clark 35, Reggie Barnett 43, Brandon Ledoux 45, Luke Felack 46, Jake Rayburg 48<B>Mars (199):</B> Cameron Ozarski 37, Christian Locher 39, Josh Bartley 39, Ben Mullins 39, Billy Bender 45<B>Knoch 196, Kittanning 199 —</B> Jared Hennig and Matt Eshelman each fired a 38 for the Knights (7-2).<B>Knoch (196):</B> Jared Hennig 38, Matt Eshelman 38, Jack Boros 39, Stefan Carlsson 40, Gavin Lachesky 41<B>Kittanning (199):</B> Tim Barto 37, Troy Schall 38, Evan Cravener 39, Mike Hickman 42, Jordan Klodowski 43<B>Clarion-Limestone 229, Karns City 232 —</B> The Lions' Matt Wiescheck earned medalist honors in the win over the Gremlins (3-3).<B>Clarion-Limestone (229):</B> Matt Wiescheck 37, Brandon Bell 40, Tyler Beer 44, Jordan Zuck 50, Chris Henry 58<B>Karns City (232):</B> Tucker Preston 41, Tanner Kerschbaumer 45, Kayden Young, Trevor Beham 49, Mike Riley 51<B>A-C Valley 194, Moniteau 232 —</B> Blayne McGuirk shot a 33 for the Falcons, while Mitch Hunter paced the Warriors with a 36.<B>A-C Valley (194):</B> Blayne McGuirk 33, Logan Wetzel 38, Ryan Bartley 39, Allan Eaton 42, Landon Delisio 42<B>Moniteau (232):</B> Mitch Hunter 36, Austin Meals 47, Heath Lominski 48, Justin McNiesh 49, Jared Say 52, Wil Foster 52

<B>Seneca Valley 192, Shaler 203 — </B>Jenn Suder and Paige Wojdyla shared medalist honors for the Raiders (9-2, 5-2) with a 42.<B>Seneca Valley (192): </B>Jenn Suder 42, Paige Wojdyla 42, Stephanie Bullis 50, Catherine Bellich 58<B>Shaler (203): </B>Sydney Smyers 46, Aila Bradford 50, Laura Fragapane 51, Mallory Stack 56

Mars won a thriller over Knoch in five games, 25-23, 25-15, 23-25, 25-27, 15-11.Jessi Boldy had 40 digs for Knoch (1-4, 1-2) and Julia Kleinfelder added nine kills.No individual statistics were available for the Planets.<B>Butler 3, Hampton 0 —</B> Christina Farmer had 12 kills, and Meghan Studds and Alexis Krause added eight and seven kills, respectively, to power the Tornado (2-3) to the 25-15, 25-18, 25-15 victory.<B>Freeport 3, Apollo-Ridge 0 —</B> Taylor Schrecengost had 12 service points and seven kills, and Ashley Sample's 10 points and five kills keyed the Yellowjackets 25-12, 25-3, 25-18.Rachel Grubbs added seven points, five kills and four blocks, and Jessica McFadden had 21 points for Freeport (6-0, 5-0).

<B>Knoch 5, Ford City 0 — </B>The Knights (10-1, 9-1) breezed to victory.<B>Singles: </B>1-Brooke Ross (K) def. Tori Hendrickson 6-1, 6-3; 2-Alyssa King (K) def. Lauren Halahurich 6-1, 6-4; 3-Alexandra Muck (K) def. Paige Brocious 6-1, 6-4<B>Double</B>s: 1-Peggy Kanterman/Abby Conlon (K) def. Irene Hooks-Cress Geauka 6-0, 6-0; 2-Kiki Gordon-Kassie Fissore (K) def. Sam Young-Emily Lunz 6-0, 6-1

Seven players scored for Mars in a 7-0 victory over Highlands.Josh Brake, Alex Perri, Brendan Frank, Luke Sowers, Nick Luce, Michael Cline and Matt White all found the net for the Planets (4-3-1, 2-2-1).<B>Karns City 8, Cranberry 0 —</B> Justin Ryan scored three goals and Kristian Crosbie netted two in the Gremlins' win.Evan McGarvey, Ethan McGarvey and Matt Slagle each scored a goal.The McGarveys each had two assists, while Crosbie and Andre Johnston each had one.