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Dominant Run: SR cross country team cruises; Mars girls soccer routs Montour

Mars midfielder Ellie Coffield works the ball down field against Montour Thursday night at the Mars Athletic Complex. The Planets routed the Spartans, 10-1.

Slippery Rock's boys cross country team earned the top five places, led by Kenneth Bickel's pace of 20 minutes and 16 seconds, as the host Rockets defeated Sharon 15-50 Thursday afternoon.

Marie Bickel had Slippery Rock's best effort in the girls meet, placing fourth in a 29-30 loss to the Tigers.

Girls Top 51-Gianna Labbiento (SH) 22:13, 2-Natalie Ostenheimer (SH) 22:28, 3-Abby Douglas (SH) 23:01, 4-Marie Bickel (SR) 24:20, 5-Samantha Frazier (SR) 24:30

Boys Top 51-Kenneth Bickel (SR) 20:16, 2-Leshan Chen (SR) 21:37, 3-Jesse Miller (SR) 21:50, 4-Zane McCleland (SR) 21:50, 5-Jack Spence (SR) 21:52

Jacob Felsing of Moniteau continued his strong season at Thursday's KSAC Mega Match, shooting a 39 to place second individually at Clarion Oaks Country Club.Only Clarion-Limestone's Hayden Siegel had a lower score with a 34.As a team, Moniteau's 242 strokes placed the Warriors third out of eight teams.C-L won with 220 strokes.Chason Rugg added a 47 for Moniteau.Evie Bliss and Max Southworth both shot a 51 for A-C Valley/Union.Karns City's Alex Olczak carded a 52.<b>Butler 211, Knoch 252 —</b> Ryan Porch managed a 40 for the Golden Tornado at Butler Country Club.Cory Voltz paced Knoch (2-7) with a 42.Knoch (252): Cory Voltz 42, Ryan Barnes 51, Mitch Davies 51, Price McDonald 53, Jordan Crites 55Butler (211): Ryan Porch 40, Hunter Swidzinski 42, Lucas Slear 42, Colin Patterson 43, Tyler Figlioli 44<b>Fox Chapel 185, Freeport 228 —</b> Jack Mason carded a 40 on the back nine at Buffalo Golf Course for the Yellowjackets (2-7).Fox Chapel (185): Zach Paper 35, Owen Delaney 36, Eli Yofan 37, Aidan Oehrle 38, Max Johnson 39Freeport (228): Jack Mason 40, Nate Covey 43, Paul Zecca 46, Eli Abbott 47, Kade Kronen 52<b>District 10, Region 2 —</b> Slippery Rock's 338 strokes placed the Rockets behind only Hickory's 319 at Oak Tree Golf Club near West Middlesex.SR's Jack Hadley shot a career-low 78, tying Grove City's Toby Matson for the second-lowest score of the event.Jake Wolak added an 81 for the Rockets, Logan Wolak 82 and Nick Ayres 97.

Paige Scott shot a 37 to lead Butler to a 183-238 win over Armstrong.Butler (183): Paige Scott 37, Chloe Paulisick 48, Landis Ruth 48, Ainsley Plant 50Armstrong (238): Macie Lorigan 49, Emma Shuttleworth 64, Caitlyn Wheat 62, Sophia Dobransky 63

Emma Johns tallied 10 assists to help Karns City topple Venango Catholic 3-0.Ashley Fox added three aces, two kills and three digs in the 25-12, 25-19 and 25-14 victory.Natalie Hess contributed four kills, Rosalie Carden four aces and six kills and Jessica Dunn three aces for the Gremlins.<b>North Hills 3, Butler 2 —</b> Taylor Welter had 21 kills and 10 digs for the host Golden Tornado (0-2).Sophia Lucas added 30 assists and 25 digs, Megan Penrod 34 digs, Justine Forbes nine kills and four blocks.<b>Knoch 3, Burrell 1 —</b> Mykenzie Werner had 14 kills and 17 service points as the Knights won 26-24, 24-26, 25-8, 25-9.Quinn Hughes added nine kills and Riley Danner 15 service points for Knoch (1-2).<b>Greenville 3, Slippery Rock 1 — Virginia Recchia had 16 digs and 15 assists, but the Rockets fell 16-25, 19-25, 25-19, 22-25.Reagan Duffy pitched in 17 digs and seven service points for Slippery Rock.<b>Union 3, North Clarion 0 —</b> Dominika Logue had six kills and four aces and Morgan Cumberland added 14 assists for the Damsels.<b>Cranberry 3, Moniteau 2 —</b> Aslyn Pry had 18 kills and four blocks in the Warriors' 16-25, 25-23, 20-25, 25-12, 12-15 setback.

Dakota King scored a pair of goals to lead Karns City to a 5-0 victory over West Shamokin.

Chloe Weiland scored the game-winner with 20 minutes remaining to lift Butler to a 2-1 road win over Pine-Richland.The Golden Tornado (2-0) trailed 1-0 before Maci Lineman knotted the match at 1-1 late in the first half.<b>Mars 10, Montour 1 —</b> Gracie Dunaway tallied three goals and Caroline Wroblewski scored twice in Mars' rout.

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