Knoch's Kory Wood, left, tries to keep from being knocked off the ball by Kittanning's Isaac John Thursday in the Knights' 8-0 victory.

Evan Gomez and Danica Snyder captured first place in their respective divisions as the Butler boys cross country team defeated Knoch 23-35 and Hampton 27-28 while the girls team claimed a 24-33 triumph over Knoch and a 22-33 decision over Hampton Tuesday.

The Knoch girls squad defeated the Talbots 26-30 while the boys team lost 24-33.

Boys Top 10Evan Gomez (B) 16:43, K.J. McCrea (K) 16:56, Bryan Shields (H) 16:58, Chris Grooms (B) 16:59, Van McCarren (K) 17:09, Mark Schweigl (H) 17:48, Tyler Cranmer (B) 17:52, Nathan Sloan (H) 18:06, Jack Reidy (H) 18:07, Trey Neveux (B) 18:15

Girls Top 10Danica Snyder (B) 19:58, Emily Hertweck (K) 20:05, Jolene Kunkel (K) 20:22, Trisha Brandt (B) 20:28, Emily Rabeneld (H) 20:37, Hampton 20:38, Alexis Swiergol (B) 20:39, Holly Kiefer (B) 20:51, Shannon Evanchec (K) 20:58, Audra Sawyer (H) 21:14

Freeport 16, Kittanning 47; Freeport 22, Greensburg Central Catholic 39 (boys); Freeport 21, Kittanning 40; Freeport 25, Greensburg Central Catholic 30 (girls) — Kayla Zboran was the overall winner of the girls race by 1 minute, 47 seconds to pace the Yellowjackets (3-1, 3-1).In the boys meet, Kevin Keppel, Steven Posney and Colin Meehan finished second through fourth, respectively, to lead Freeport (2-2, 2-2).

Boys Top 10Andrew Schilb (GCC) 17:59, Kevin Keppel (F) 18:17, Steven Posney (F) 19:16, Colin Meehan (F) 19:28, Jake Very (GCC) 19:35, Zach Will (F) 19:49, Conner Gossett (K) 19:52, Ryan Armitage (F) 20:11, Joey Sadecky (F) 20:22, Kyle Zboran (F) 20:43

Girls Top 10Kayla Zboran (F) 19:41, Meghan Obusek (GCC) 21:28, Megan Kidder (K) 21:39, Hayley Davis (F) 21:57, Ellen Jameson (GCC) 22:18, Becca Dudek (F) 22:29, Bridget Malley (GCC) 22:34, Emily Kutch (K) 23:25, Carol Amadee (F) 23:41, Rosalyn Tan (GCC) 23:44

Slippery Rock 16, Greenville 42 (boys); Greenville 18, Slippery Rock 43 (girls) — The Rockets boys team (3-0) remained unbeaten Tuesday with a victory over Greenville.Ryan Thompson led the team with a time of 18:22.The SR girls dropped their first meet of the season.Top junior high runners for SR: Clayton Cupec of for the boys (12:45) and Tiffany Fox for the girls (13:58).

Boys Top 10Ryan Thompson (SR) 18:22, Jason Anna (SR) 18:23, Alex Flecker (SR) 18:56, Caleb Bickel; (SR) 19:41, Nathan Demarest (G) 20:01, Dylan Parsons (SR) 20:47, Alex Dawes (G) 20:48, Matthew Hecking (G) 20:49, Adam Riddle (SR) 21:06, Dylan Foley (G) 21:13

Girls Top 10Courtney Slavic (G) 22:55, Namami Mano (G) 23:39, Alexis Barry (G) 23:41, Susan Timko (SR) 23:45, Linda Roldan (G) 24:19, Alexis Reeher (SR) 24:30, Emily Marshall (G) 24:37, Lexi Reimold (G) 25:08, Madelyn Dangrow (G) 25:16, Catherine Hogan (G) 25:54

Karns City 22, Clarion-Limestone 33 (boys); Clarion 22, Karns City 34; Clarion-Limestone 27, Karns City 28 (girls) — Matt Slagle finished first overall for the Gremlins boys (3-1). Karns City's girls slipped to 1-2.

Boys Top 10Matt Slagle (KC) 18:55, Evan McGarvey (KC) 19:09, Grant Schirmer (C-L) 19:15, Ethan McGarvey (KC) 20:23, Darren Best (KC) 20:53, L.J. Fickenworth (C-L) 21:05, Sawyer Klepfer (C-L) 21:12, Ben Dulavitch (C-L) 22:06, Cody Kamerer (C-L) 22:21, Amos Moon (C-L) 22:25

Girls Top 10Kellie Wyatt (C-L) 21:15, Cailyn Lingwall (C) 21:45, Lacey Scheerbaum (KC) 23:26, Mercy Kroh (C) 23:38, Paige Zuck (C-L) 24:56, Emma Giering (C) 25:24, Kara Durkan (C) 25:29, Ain-Soph Williams (KC) 25:32, Nicole Beck (KC) 25:43, Kelsey Leadbetter (C-L) 25:55

Moniteau 21, A-C Valley 38 (boys); Moniteau 16, A-C Valley 42 (girls) — Alex Edmonds placed first to lead the Warriors boys.Nate Best finished second for A-C Valley.In the girls race, Heather Porter finished third for the Warriors.Sara Lander of Venango Catholic and Emily Baughman of Keystone finished 1-2 in the girls meet. Neither school had a complete team.

Boys Top 10Alex Edmonds (M) 18:44, Nate Best (AC) 19:17, Robert Brehm (M) 19:28, Evan Miller (M) 19:58, Andrew Evans (M) 20:03, Justin Rothen (AC) 20:04, Jordan Miller (AC) 20:12, Josh Franiewski (M) 20:25, Tyler Kristufek (M) 21:42, Devin Nassy (M) 21:50Girls Top 10Sara Lander (VC) 21:58, Emily Baughman (K) 23:32, Heather Porter (M) 24:05, Taylor Shaffer (M) 24:21, Krista Snyder (M) 24:58, Nikki Yeckel (M) 25:31, Emily Milford (AC) 24:40, Emily Rider (M) 26:10, Racheal Viertel (AC) 26:37, Cortney Catterall (M) 27:05

<B>Slippery Rock 4, Wilmington 1</B> — Casey Dudek, Morgan Siebka, Alyssa Waryanka and Danielle Wissinger each scored goals for the Rockets (8-1, 6-0).Goalkeeper Jordan Marks recorded eight saves for Slippery Rock.

Garrett Gabriel recorded his fourth straight shutout in Mars' 6-0 win over Deer Lakes.Brendan Frank (2), Yulian Lutsiv (2), Spencer Posey and Josh Brake scored goals for the Planets.<B>Butler 2, Shaler 0 — </B>Regis Collins and Trey Robinson scored for the Golden Tornado.Goalie Kevin Knechtel got the shutout for Butler.<B>Knoch 8, Kittanning 0 — </B>Kory Wood, Trevor Gordon, James Conklin and Klaus Ondrizek each scored two goals for the Knights (7-3, 5-3).<B>Mars 4, Knoch 0 — </B>Planets goalkeeper Garrett Gabriel recorded his third shutout of the week Saturday as defenders Preston Brown, Luke Sowers and Chad Knox contributed to the victory.Alex Perri, Yulian Lutsiv, Brendan Frank and Josh Brake scored for the Planets.

<B>Seneca Valley 3, Butler 0 — </B>The Raiders swept the rival Golden Tornado 25-16, 25-19, 25-18.Cate Seman had 13 kills and Meghan Drambel had 10 kills for Seneca Valley (9-1, 5-1).Amanda Skidmore paced Butler (3-4, 3-3) with 11 kills.<B>Freeport 3, Highlands 0 — </B>The Yellowjackets (8-0, 7-0) won by scores of 25-4, 25-4, 25-7 as Taylor Schrecengost had 18 service points, three kills and two blocks.Lynsey Gugino had 10 service points, two kills and 24 assists, Ashley Semple had seven service points, six kills and two blocks, and Anna Christy had 12 service points and 18 assists.<B>Moniteau 3, Forest Area 1 — </B>The Warriors won 23-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-10, as Katie Brehm had 14 kills, Mariah Clark had six kills, Ashley Brehm had seven digs and Jenna Vidic had five aces.<B>Knoch 3, Deer Lakes 1 — </B>Lea Welker had 11 service points and nine kills, and Julia Kleinfelder added nine kills as the Knights downed the Lancers 25-13, 19-25, 26-24, 25-16.Mindy Norris added 12 service points for Knoch (3-4, 3-2).

Seneca Valley's Mike McNulty tied for third place by shooting a 77 in the WPIAL individual semifinals Tuesday at St. Jude Golf Club.McNulty is one of 12 golfers who will play in the WPIAL Championships next Wednesday at Longue Vue Golf Club in Verona.SV's Tim Martin and Blake Miller both missed the cut, firing 87s.• Blayne McGuirk's 40 helped A-C Valley grab a pair of wins at Oakview Golf Club.The Falcons (168 strokes) defeated Grove City and Slippery Rock, which both ended with 170s. The Eagles finished ahead of the Rockets, thanks to a fifth-place tiebreaker.Grove City's Ryan Prokay earned medalist honors with a 36.Alex Sparn led the Rockets with a 37.<B>A-C Valley (168):</B> Blayne McGuirk 40, Logan Wetzel 42, Allan Eaton 42, Joe Callender 44<B>Grove City (170):</B> Ryan Prokay 36, Dylan Osborne 44, Jason Revesz 45, Ben Lucas 45<B>Slippery Rock (170):</B> Alex Sparn 37, Brett Rinker 40, Brian Giesler 46, Bob Paczkowski 47<B>Knoch 206, Freeport 210 — </B>Robbie Miller earned medalist honors with a 37 for the Yellowjackets (10-7, 8-4), but the Knights (10-2, 9-2) prevailed.<B>Knoch (206):</B> Chad Tudor 38, Stefan Carlsson 40, Nate Travis 41, Gavin Lachesky 42, Josh Hennig 45<B>Freeport (210):</B> Robbie Miller 37, Richard Vandruff 42, Cole Hepler 42, Luke Mariotti 44, Joseph Luchesa 45<B>Moniteau 226, Union 230 — </B>The Warriors' Heath Lominski led all golfers with a 38 while Derek Shirey was the top Knights scorer with a 41.<B>Moniteau (226):</B> Heath Lominski 38, Mitch Hunter 40, Justin McNiesh 46, Jared Say 50, John Cravenor 52<B>Union (230):</B> Derek Shirey 41, Shawn Burns 42, David Graham 46, Larissa Roberts 49, Derek Priester 52.