Knoch's girls soccer team improved to 5-0 this season with a 3-0 blanking of Deer Lakes Wednesday.

Melissa Spreng, Ruthanna Leffler and Krista Burdett scored for the Knights.

Knoch plays at Burrell Friday.

Karns City 2, DuBois Area 0 — Breann Wood and Emily Olszak scored for the Gremlins (4-0-1).Alyssa King added one assist and Emily Schumacher tallied five stops in the shutout.

Mars 10, Indiana 0 — Mani Brueckner scored four goals as the Planets routed the Indians.

North Hills 1, Butler 0 — The Golden Tornado dropped to 0-4 overall and 0-3 in the section in this narrow defeat.Boys Golf

Seneca Valley 202, Butler 210 — The Raiders (5-2), led by Cole Bondo's 38, prevailed over the Tornado (5-3, 4-3) in this section matchup at Hiland Golf Course.Phil Schultz paced Butler with a 37.

Seneca Valley (202): Cole Bondo 38, Blake Miller 39, Brennan Bench 39, Gavin Evans 43, Tyler Gilbert 43

Butler (210): Phil Schultz 37, Jake Campbell 42, Corey Morabito 43, Conner Gray 43, Gino Baroffio 45

Freeport 215, Leechburg 246 — The Blue Devils' Matt Barto earned medalist honors with a 36, but the Yellowjackets used a balanced attack in the section triumph at Buffalo Golf Course.Robbie Miller led Freeport (11-1, 8-1) with a 38.

Leechburg (246): Matt Barto 36, Mike Kawka 45, Wyatt Smith 46, Tyler Swarmer 50, Tyler Waltenbaugh 69

Freeport (215): Robbie Miller 38, Richard VanDruff 41, Josh Luchesa 43, Luke Mariotti 45, Ryley Cowan and Greg Newman 48Boys Soccer

Mercer 3, Slippery Rock 2 — The Rockets (5-1) suffered their first loss in overtime. Cole McCandless and Ben Hawley scored for Slippery Rock.Slippery Rock plays at Kennedy Catholic Tuesday.Girls Volleyball

Karns City 3, Forest Area 0 — The Gremlins doused the Fires by scores of 25-18, 25-8 and 25-16.Kristen Smith sparked KC (2-1) with 10 assists, Kendyll Smith had five kills, Leah Bullman four kills and Taylor Armstrong nine service points and two kills.Cross CountryMars swept a triangular, the boys (5-0) defeating Ford City 15-50 and Indiana 25-35, the girls (4-1) defeating Indiana 20-38 and Ford City 15-50.The Planets compete in the Slippery Rock Invitational Saturday.

Boys Top 10: Tyler Zoloesik (I) 17:11, Adam Lenzeo (I) 17:28, Sean Gannon (M) 17:30, Scott Slaney (M) 17:32, Chris Georgiadis (M) 17:37, Gage Zimmerman (M) 18:32, John Caraway (M) 18:53, Ryan Winner (M) 19:03, Ryan Lougher (I) 19:10, Frankie Petrini (M) 19:22

Girls Top 10: Budos (I) 20:20, Shannon McChesney (M) 22:10, Salina Smialek (M) 22:18, Maggie McChesney (M) 23:08, Bethany Catanzaro (M) 23:20, Maria Monberg (M) 23:25, Dingerman (I) 23:26, Wilson (I) 23:47, Katie Williams (M) 23:56, Smith (I) 24:02n Karns City competed in a triangular with North Clarion and Union, but was not involved in any team scoring.Last week, the Gremlin boys defeated Ford City 25-32 and lost to Blairsville 23-32. The Lady Gremlins defeated Ford City 17-41. Karns City travels to Moniteau Tuesday.Top 10 finishers from Wednesday's meet follow:

Boys Top 10: Nick Schmader (NC) 18:21, Matt Slagle (KC) 18:52, Evan McGarvey (KC) 19:24, Beau Rankin (U) 20:29, Joel Cyphert (NC) 20:38, Corey Burkhart (NC) 20:52, Evan Cyphert (NC) 21:58, Shawn Hazlett (U) 22:49, Deven Farmer (NC) 23:24, Jordan Grear (U) 23:48

Girls Top 10: Jill Wallace (NC) 21:09, Lacee Scheerbaum (KC) 23:32, Meghean Higgins (NC) 25:20, Ain-Soph Williams (KC) 25:24, Drew Barnhart (KC) 27:03, Nicole Beck (KC) 27:51, Paige Whimer (U) 28:51, Kylene Dodge (U) 31:33, Karlee Zacherl (U) 31:49, Kayla Mills (NC) 32:20Girls TennisBrooke Ross captured her singles match and the doubles team of Katie Conlon and Peggy Kanterman also was victorious, but Knoch dropped a 3-2 decision to Ellis School.The Knights (7-3, 6-1), though, earned a 5-0 sweep of St. Joseph on Tuesday.

Ellis School 3, Knoch 2Singles: Maeve McCallister (E) d. Abby Conlon 6-4, 6-2; Tessa McCardell (E) d. Alyssa King 6-4, 6-4; Brooke Ross (K) d. Laina Cross 4-6, 6-1, 6-1

Doubles: Katie Conlon-Peggy Kanterman (K) d. Sage Lincoln-Charniese Edwards 6-2, 6-3; Leah Kazar-Lanie Edwards (E) d. Melissa Stearns-Hannah Pfeiffer 6-2, 6-0

Tuesday's matchKnoch 5, St. Joseph 0Singles: Alyssa King (K) d. Natalie Heto 6-0, 6-0; Brooke Ross (K) d. Jessica Sebak 6-0, 6-0; Melissa Stearns (K) by forfeit

Doubles: Katie Conlon-Peggy Kanterman d. Nicole Fazio-Emily Jordan 6-0, 6-0; Patricia Pivaronas-Alice Gordon (K) d. Patty Schuler-Emily Schuler 6-1, 6-1Private Schools

First Baptist Christian 3, Robinson Township 0 (boys soccer) — Tommy Barnhart scored two goals and Matt Cumberland one. Cumberland and Edison Park each had an assist.

Harvest Baptist Academy 3, First Baptist Christian 1 (girls volleyball) — Heather Johnson had six aces, Hildi Burleigh three assists, Noelle Garrson five kills and two blocks in this 18-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-20 loss.