C.J. Singleton, Sage Vavro and Skyler Vavro each placed in the top 10 to help the Butler boys cross country team to a second-place finish at the WPIAL Class AAA Cross Country Championships Thursday at California (Pa.) University.

Singleton finished fifth overall with a time of 16 minutes, 22 seconds. Sage Vavro was seventh (16:30) and Skyler Vavro ninth (16:50) for the Golden Tornado, who finished with 88 points.

“We haven't had that many in the top 10 since 1981 when kids went two, three, four and six,” said Butler boys and girls cross country coach Rick Davanzati. “That team placed second at the state meet. This group is kind of special.”

North Allegheny won the team title with 66 points.

The Seneca Valley boys were third, paced by an eighth-place finish by Noah Petersen (16:32).

Both Butler and Seneca Valley qualified as a team for the PIAA Cross Country Championships.

The highest local individual placer was Zachary Leachman of Mars, who finished third with a time of 16:10.

In the Class AAA girls race, Seneca Valley placed second with two top-10 finishers.

Dylan Kirchner placed ninth and Gabrielle Kutchma was 10th. They both had the same time of 20:16.

The Raiders qualified as a team for the state meet.

Butler was fifth as a team and Jennifer Cichra (13th) and Autumn Pettinato (14th) each qualified for the PIAA meet.

In Class AA, the Knoch girls placed third and qualified for the state meet.

Senior Sammy Jo Barnes placed fourth with a time of 20:27.

The Knoch boys also qualified two runners for the PIAA championships. Aaron Plyler was 22nd and Braden Zukowski was 23rd.

The North Catholic girls had three runners in the top 10 in Class A, led by Alaina Hicks' second-place finish at 20:45.

The Trojanettes placed third as a team and will be off to the PIAA championships.

Julia Zalenski was third (20:53) and Emma MacDonald was 10th (21:50).

Girls

WPIAL Class A

Team Results

1-Vincentian Academy 104, 2-OLSH 112, 3-North Catholic 122, Serra Catholic 167, New Brighton 184

North Catholic: 2-Alaina Hicks 20:45, 3-Julia Zalenski 20:53, 10-Emma MacDonald 21:50, 43-Isabella Madonna 24:02, 64-Riley Orr 25:37, 84-Rebekah Bollman 27:09, Anna Spalvieri 27:17

WPIAL Class AA

Team Results

1-South Fayette 51, Greensburg Salem 111, Knoch 131, Avonworth 150, Brownsville 173, 17-Freeport 401

Knoch: 4-Sammy Jo Barnes 20:27, 21-Elyse Chess 21:51, 23-Yumiko Kuo 22:06, 40-Amelia Walls 23:20, 43-Grace Bogacz 23:40, 52-Jaydon Crawford 24:01, 56-Jocelyn Holko

Freeport: 28-Anita Bhat 22:30, 41-Maggie Hollobaugh 23:31, 96-Nora Mahan 25:56, 101-Autumn Franks, 135-Sophia Hower 28:08, 136-Jessica Leonard 28:11, 148-Caitlin Bjalobok 20:27

WPIAL Class AAA

Team Results

1-North Allegheny 41, 2-Seneca Valley 89, 3-Upper St. Clair 123, 4-Pine-Richland 159, 5-Butler 196, 23-Mars 619

Seneca Valley: 9-Dylan Kirchner 20:16, 10-Gabrielle Kutchma 20:16, 16-Bailey Royhab 20:30, 25-Karsyn Spears 20:48, 29-Lizzy White 21:01, 53-Grace Graner 22:01, 59-Abby Kreber 22:14

Butler: 13-Jennifer Cichra 20:24, 14-Autumn Pettinato 20:26, 35-Chelsey Kabel 21:13, 55-Kara Kemple 22:07, Aubree Tack 22:44, Krislyn Green 22:52, 98-Samantha Cornell 23:00

Mars: 45-Kelli Jancay 21:40, 123-Emma Hornfeck 23:41, Josie Schneider 24:35, 152-Eliza Matusek 24:56, 155-Rebecca Roberts 25:00, 158-Meredith Wawrzysnki 25:04, 163-Kalin Wilson 25:10

Boys

WPIAL Class AA

Team Results

1-New Castle 79, South Fayette 94, 3-Indiana 116, 4-Ringgold 117, 5-Uniontown 150, 9-Knoch 269, 10-North Catholic 334, 15-Freeport 445

Knoch: 22-Aaron Plyler 17:58, 23-Braden Zukowski 17:54, 69-Mike Formica 19:03, 72-Luke Klutschkowski 19:12, 83-Ethan Wymer 19:38, 87-Holden Stallsmith 19:51, 90-Daniel Deal 19:57

North Catholic: 40-Joe Harmanos 18:29, 50-Zach Cozza 18:44, 76-Ben Capozzi 19:22, 80-Zachary Baker 19:35, 88-Owen Schessler 19:52, 123-Tommy Zentner 21:02, 163-Andrew Schafale 23:06

Freeport: 62-Ben Perka 18:56, 70-Jacob Schaeffer 19:04, 78-Blair Beck 19:23, 108-Samuel Kristine 20:23, 127-Ben Trudgen 21:15, 128-James Hower 21:15, 141-Tyler Moretti 21:40

WPIAL Class AAA

Team Results

1-North Allegheny 66, 2-Butler 88, 3-Seneca Valley 163, 4-Mt. Lebanon 197, 5-Fox Chapel 209, 12 Mars 368

Butler: 5-CJ Singleton 16:22, 7-Sage Vavro 16:30, 9-Skyler Vavro 16:50, 13-Timothy Patterson 17:01, 54-Ryder Kriley 18:12, 60-Cole Lyons 18:23, 70-Raine Gratzmiller 18:32

Seneca Valley: 8-Noah Petersen 16:32, 26-Eli Dewitt 17:29, 37-Mateo Murra 17:41, 44-Adam Owori 18:00, 48-Sebastian Wary 18:04, 53-Tyler Mill 18:11, 63-Justin Domencic 18:27

Mars: 3-Zachary Leachman 16:10, 56-Dylan Becker 18:14, 77-Jack Olshenske 18:35, 101-Ryan Steigerwald 19:03, 131-John Dunn 19:23, 176-Connor McChesney 20:23, 199-Anuj Kaul 21:45