Zoe Pawlak had 15 kills, 10 blocks and 20 service points as the Freeport volleyball team overcame a first-game loss to down Mars 21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-16 Thursday night.

Ashley Sample added 16 points and 13 kills and Megan Sweeny had 11 points, 13 kills and four blocks for the Yellowjackets (9-1), who avenged a loss to Mars earlier in the season.

The Planets (9-1) received 12 kills from Abby Matusik, 10 kills from Jaden Zimmer and 33 digs from Melanie Dinderman.

Slippery Rock 3, Wilmington 0 — Carly Shearer had 11 kills as the Rockets continued to dominate the region with a 25-9, 25-15, 25-8 win.

Laura Hilliard added 10 kills, Heather Urbaniak nine kills for Slippery Rock (9-0).

Megan Little also had a big match for the Rockets with 24 service points, two aces and five digs.

Knoch 3, Avonworth 0 — Celina Sanks had 12 points, eight aces and nine kills as the Knights rolled to a 25-10, 25-11, 25-14 sweep.

Katie Bozzo added seven kills and 14 assists and Kara Fitzpatrick pitched in 15 points and five aces for the Knights (10-5).

A-C Valley 3, North Clarion 1 — Meredith Snyder paced the Falcons to a 25-13, 22-25, 26-24, 25-18 victory with 21 assists, 14 service points, nine digs, seven kills and three blocks.

Emily Quail had 20 assists, while Kelsey Boocks tallied eight kills and six blocks. Alexis Linamen and Jess Calendar each had 12 kills and Makayli Terwilliger added nine. Abby Wetzel recorded a team-leading 14 digs for A-C Valley (10-1), which plays at Karns City on Tuesday.

Cole Hepler fired an 85 at the Gold Course of the Cedarbrook Golf Club to help the Freeport boys golf team to a fourth-place finish at the WPIAL Class AA Team Golf Championships Thursday afternoon.Burgettstown claimed the title with a 411.Freeport (447): Cole Hepler 85, Robbie Miller 86, Audrey Clawson 88, Richard VanDruff 91, Luke Mariotti 97, Ryley Cowan 102

Seneca Valley 3, Butler 1 — Ryan Vilella scored twice and Liam Jackson added a goal to lift the Raiders past the Golden Tornado.Seneca Valley (11-4-1, 8-3-1) returns to action Saturday at Mars.Details for Butler (6-9-1, 3-8-1) were unavailable.Slippery Rock 1, Sharon 0 — Josh Jones' goal, assisted by Aaron Gerken, held up as the Rockets blanked Sharon.Zach Latorre had six saves in goal for Slippery Rock (7-6-1, 6-2).

Karns City 8, Wilmington 1 — Emily LoPresti racked up four goals and Breann Wood scored three times to lead the Gremlins.Caterina LoPresti also scored and Morgan Deal recorded three saves for Karns City (15-0), which hosts Freeport on Tuesday.

Chris Georgiadas and Scott Slaney earned top-eight finishes as the Mars boys cross-country team won the MAC Invitational.The Planets' 96 points topped a field of 21 teams and edged second-place Moon by two points.The Mars girls team took fifth of 17 squads with 107 points and was led by Maggie McChesney with a time of 21:54. Moon totaled 50 points on the way to a first-place finish.Zach Hunkele (third, 19:12) and Jacob Porter (eighth, 19:36) were medalists for the Mars JV team.

1st of 21 teams, 96 points7. Chris Georgiadas, 17:29; 8. Scott Slaney, 17:30; 20. Frankie Petrini, 18:03; 21. Nathan Mrdjenovich, 18:05; 40. Gage Zimmerman, 18:56; 41. Brendan Knox, 19:34; 59. Mitch Compart, 19:34.

5th of 17 teams, 107 points15. Maggie McChesney, 21:54; 19. Shannon McChesney, 22:04; 24. Jessica Monberg, 22:22; 30. Liz Smialek, 22:32; 38. Reilly Butler, 22:58; 39. Maria Monberg, 23:03; 41. Amanda Alikhani, 23:23