It was a big day for the Knoch boys and girls cross country teams.

With wins over Freeport and Riverview, the Knights' girls wrapped up their second consecutive section championship.

“It's pretty special,” said Knoch boys and girls cross country coach Wess Brahler. “Our girls work so hard. This was our goal coming in and they stayed focused through a lot of challenges. They are very resilient and deserved what they accomplished.”

Elyse Chess won the girls race for Knoch with a time of 20 minutes, 24 seconds.

The Knights (11-0, 10-0) took four of the top five places.

On the boys side, Mike Formica broke the Knoch school record with a time of 16:17.

He broke the previous mark of 16:32, which was set by Max Freyermuth in 2016.

Knoch (8-2, 7-2) beat Freeport and Shady Side Academy, but fell to Riverview, which secured the section title.

GirlsKnoch 20, Freeport 35; Knoch 15, Riverview 42; Freeport 17, Riverview 40

Top 51-Elysse Chess (K) 20:24, 2-Emma Haugh (K) 20:36, 3-Yumiko Kuo (K) 21:22, 4-Ann Lindsay (F) 21:58, 5-Jocelyn Holko (K) 22:00

BoysKnoch 22, Freeport 37; Knoch 18, Shady Side Academy 43; Riverview 23, Knoch 33; Riverview 18, Freeport 42; Freeport 22, Shady Side Academy 37

Top 51-Mike Formica (K) 16:17, 2-Mason Osch (R) 17:23, 3-Paker Steele (R) 17:32, 4-Daniel Deal (K) 17:41, 5-Ty Laughlin (R) 18:00- Seneca Valley's girls and boys both dominated, taking the top five spots in both meets in defeating Mars and Hampton by four identical 15-50 scores.Gabby Kutchma paced the girls race with a time of 20:32.Noah Petersen placed first for the boys in 17:23.

GirlsSeneca Valley 15, Hampton 50; Seneca Valley 15, Mars 50; Mars 19, Hampton 36

Top 51-Gabby Kutchma (SV) 20:32, 2-Dylan Kirchner (SV) 20:33, 3-Bailey Royhab (SV) 20:40, 4-Abby Kreber (SV) 20:42, 5-Ruthie Hughes (SV) 20:44

BoysSeneca Valley 15, Hampton 50; Seneca Valley 15, Mars 50; Hampton 21, Mars 40

Top 51-Noah Petersen (SV) 17:23, 2-Eli DeWitt (SV) 17:23, 3-Jonah DeWitt (SV) 17:40, 4-Sebastian Wary (SV) 18:12, 5-Austin Tatusko (SV) 18:17- Hickory claimed victory over Slippery Rock's girls (17-45) and boys (18-41).Samantha Frazier and Kenneth Bickel placed fourth for the Rocket girls and boys, respectively.

Girls Top 51-Ashleigh Stephenson (H) 21:33, 2-Ali Stephens (H) 21:55, 3-Christen Boren (H) 22:14, 4-Samantha Frazier (SR) 22:39, 5-Macie Horvath (H) 22:49

Boys Top 51-Cole Frazier (H) 17:57, 2-Matthew Jordan (H) 18:03, 3-Tommy Hunyazi (H) 18:28, 4-Kenneth Bickel (SR) 18:43, 5-Ben Swanson (H) 19:45

North Allegheny 28, Butler 31 (boys); North Allegheny 19, Butler 44 (girls) — Despite three of the top five finishers in the boys race, the Golden Tornado were edged.CJ Singleton was the overall winner with a time of 15:30. Sage Vavro was second and Skyler Vavro fifth for Butler.On the girls side, Jennifer Cichra was second overall for Butler.

Girls Top 51-Misutka (NA) 18:37, 2-Jennifer Cichra (B) 19:07, 3-Kynaston (NA) 19:18, 4-Mlecko (NA) 19:45, 5-Hennen (Shaler) 19:48

Boys Top 51-CJ Singleton (B) 15:30, 2-Sage Vavro (B) 15:51, 3-Kossuth (NA) 16:08, 4-Wolfe (NA) 16:10, 5-Skylar Vavro (B) 16:12

Cranberry 28, Moniteau 30 (girls) — Hannah Burgoon won the girls race, but the Warriors were edged by just two points.

Girls Top 51-Hannah Burgoon (M) 22:33, 2-Ashlyn Shultz (C) 22:50, 3-Jenna Blauser (M) 23:02, 4-Ella Bay Rivers (C) 23:53, 5-Jenna Zendron (M) 24:28

Mars sophomore Blake Bertolo carded a 76 to tie for seventh place at the WPIAL Class 3A individual golf championship at South Hills Country Club.The effort earns him a spot in the state final later this month in York.Moon senior Justin Scally won the WPIAL championship with a two-under-par 69.

Aslyn Pry had four aces and 10 kills to lead Moniteau to a 3-0 win over Venango Catholic. Scores were 25-10, 25-11, 25-10.Emily Zang had six aces, Logan Barnhart five aces, three kills and 20 assists, Ciona dePrano an ace and five kills for the Warriors.<b>Hempfield 3, Butler 2 —</b> Taylor Welter had 19 kills and Maisy Gibson eight kills for the Golden Tornado (1-6). Scores were 17-25, 25-15, 16-25, 25-22, 15-10.<b>Hampton 3, Knoch 1 —</b> Madison Raypush had six kills and Quinn Hughes added 11 service points and 10 blocks, but the Knights (3-5, 2-5) fell 22-25, 25-21, 13-25, 11-25.<b>Slippery Rock 3, Sharon 0 —</b> Tiffany Madison had seven kills, four blocks and nine digs to lead the Rockets to a 25-18, 25-16, 25-11 sweep.Virginia Recchia pitched in 25 assists and 14 service points; Klara Wilson 10 digs and four aces; and Makenna Shaner six kills and three aces for Slippery Rock (2-4).<b>Cranberry 3, Karns City 0 —</b> Ashley Fox had 16 digs and Morgan Smith eight kills in the Gremlins loss.<b>Clarion 3, A-C Valley 0 —</b> Andrea Meals had three kills and Rachel Cullen six digs in a 25-8, 25-9, 25-8 loss for the Falcons.<b>Freeport 3, Highlands 0 —</b> Amber Shiring had 19 service points and three kills for the Yellowjackets (6-2) in their 25-4, 25-6, 25-9 win. Emily Schmidt had 17 points and 10 assists.Abby DeJidas added 10 service points and five digs, Abby Rusak and Josie Russo five kills each, Erica Lampus six kills and 10 service points.<b>Keystone 3, Union 0 —</b> No details were available.

Garrett Risch scored Freeport's lone goal in a 3-1 loss to Indiana.Goalkeeper Sebastian Cordier made eight saves for the Yellowjackets, including a penalty kick.