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Seneca Valley goalkeeper Brian Pudio (1) makes a save against North Allegheny during the Raiders' 3-2 boys soccer victory Thursday night.

Danielle Wissinger scored eight goals and moved closer to the Slippery Rock High girls soccer goal scoring record as the Rockets routed visiting Sharon 12-0.

Wissinger now has 87 goals in her career, good for second place on the school's all-time list.

Jence Rhoads is the career goal scoring leader with 105.

Casey Dudek also had two goals for Slippery Rock (8-1-1, 5-0).

<B>Knoch 1, Freeport 0 (OT) </B>— Alex Slomer scored the only goal of the match with 8:42 remaining in the second overtime to lift the Knights.Andy Fritz had eight saves in goal for Knoch (6-3, 5-3).<B>Seneca Valley 3, North Allegheny 2</B> — The Raiders (7-4, 4-2) moved into second place in the section with this win.No other information was available.

<B>Butler 3, Shaler 2 </B>— Gabby Carney, Suzy Klann and Mackenzie O'Donnell each had 14 kills as the Golden Tornado rallied for a 25-10, 22-25, 26-28, 25-17, 15-11 section win.Carney also had five blocks for Butler (3-3, 2-3), which will play in the State College Tournament this weekend.<B>Freeport 3, Burrell 0</B> — Megan Sweeney had 26 service points, including six aces, as the Yellowjackets rolled to a 25-11, 25-9, 25-9 victory.Ashley Sample had 10 kills and Taylor Schrecengost added 10 points, three aces and eight kills for Freeport (9-0, 8-0).<B>Knoch 3, Hampton 0</B> — Celina Sanks had 15 kills and 10 service points as the Knights swept Hamption 25-11, 25-23, 25-10.Mindy Norris added 10 points and 11 digs and Stephanie Gross pitched in 26 assists and 12 digs for Knoch (6-3, 4-1).<B>Karns City 3, Moniteau 1 </B>— Cristen Smith recorded 24 assists and 16 service points to lead the Gremlins to a 20-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-15 victory.Heather Henry tallied nine kills and eight service points, while Erin Wiles had eight digs and nine points. Taylor Armstrong added 15 points from the service line.Katie Brehm had 13 kills and 11 blocks and Mariah Clark added 10 kills and 16 blocks for the Warriors (3-5), who will host Union Monday.Karns City (5-2) hosts Keystone on Tuesday.<B>A-C Valley 3, Union 0</B> — Emily Quaill had 13 service points, including 10 aces, and 13 assists in the 25-14, 25-17, 25-18 Falcon sweep.Tricia Kerlin and Kelsey Boocks each added 11 kills and Makayli Terwilliger had six kills for A-C Valley (6-1).

<B>Knoch 5, St. Joseph 0 </B>— The Knights earned a sweep to improve to 9-4 overall and 8-1 in the section.<B>Singles:</B> Katie Conlon (K) d. Natalie Hetu 6-0, 6-0; Brooke Ross (K) d. Jessica Sedak 6-0, 6-4; Peggy Kanterman (K) d. Emily Jordan 6-3, 6-1<B>Doubles:</B> Emily Ortiz-Katie King (K) d. Megan Misera-Emily Schuler 6-0, 6-2; Patricia Pivaronis-Alice Gordon (K) d. Jenna McGreary-Joie Zabek 6-0, 6-0<B>Butler 5, North Hills 0 — </B>The Golden Tornado swept this Wednesday match.<B>Singles: </B>Courtney Gallagher (B) def. Helen Varys 6-1, 6-1; Abbey Turner (B) def. Courtney Porto 6-4, 6-0; Rebekah Bright (B) def. Jacquilyn Brink 6-2, 6-0<B>Doubles: </B>Laura Brestensky-Zoery McCafferty (B) def. Kristen Peschka-Kendall Uhler 6-2, 6-1; Megan Kunst-Gretchen Wilson (B) def. Sarah Brunner-Mary Dunbar 6-1, 6-1

<B>Seneca Valley 209, Shaler 241</B> — Brennan Bench fired a 39 to pace the Raiders to victory at Pheasant Ridge Golf Club.Seneca Valley (7-4) returns to action on Monday against Fox Chapel at Cranberry Highlands Golf Course.<B>Seneca Valley (209):</B> Brennan Bench 39, Mike Trotta 40, Gavin Evans 42, Cole Bondo 44, Ian Tracy 44<B>Shaler (241):</B> Alex Tanfield 40, Gerad Greco 48, Ryan Ochsenhirt 49, Cameron Eildhauer 51, Ryan Byers 53<B>Union 254, Moniteau 274 </B>— Shane Murphy shot a 48 to lead the Golden Knights to this win at Clarion Oaks.<B>Union (254):</B> Shane Murphy 48, Chase Shirey 51, Derel Priester 50, Trevor Corle 53, Trenton Shirey 52<B>Moniteau (274):</B> Jared Fay 58, Alicia Fowler 57, Don Cravenoff 54, Matt Marterella 50, Marcus Fry 55<B>McDowell Invitational </B>— Brett Rinker shot a 78 to finish fifth overall for Slippery Rock at the McDowell Invitational at Whispering Woods Golf Club in Erie.The Rockets finished eighth out of 21 teams in the tournament with a 357.Cathedral Prep won the team title, firing a 314.Jimmy Lasher of General McLane set a tournament record with a 5-under-par 67 to win the individual title.

Butler's junior varsity suffered two losses recently, 213-231 to Mars at Rittswood and 212-232 to Pine-Richland at Krendale. Rish Cammisa had a 43 and Gabe Baroffio a 46 against Mars, Corey Pizor a 42 and Baroffio a 44 against P-R.<B></B>

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