Moniteau girls volleyball's Emily Matz celebrates reaching 500 career kills after a win over Cranberry Area on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, at Moniteau High School. Submitted photo

A pair of WPIAL cross country medal hopefuls from Butler County tested themselves one final time before the PIAA racing postseason begins.

Mars’ Hailey Long and Butler’s Brendan Eicher ran Saturday at the Virginia XC Showcase in Mechanicsville, Va., in the top-tier showcase races.

Long came in 25th in the girls showcase with a 17:49.4. The senior was 55.5 seconds behind champion Kathryn Froelich, of Peters Township. Eicher finished 63rd in the boys showcase with a time of 15:59.2. Another WPIAL championship contender, Quaker Valley’s Jonah Montagnese, came in second (14:56.1).

Butler great Drew Griffith owns the top time in Virginia XC Showcase history with a 14:21 in 2023.

Moniteau’s Emily Matz reached the 500-kill mark Saturday morning in the Warriors’ final home match of the regular season. Matz knocked down 12 kills in a 3-0 sweep of Cranberry Area (25-12, 25-13, 25-18) and added 14 digs, three blocks and two aces.

Moniteau’s Alyssa Thompson added 14 digs and seven kills, and Maddy Eury dished out 20 assists and had nine digs and two aces.

Matthew Liscinsky had a goal and three assists to lead North Catholic to a 6-0 win over Ellwood City on the Trojans’ senior night. Shane Schollaert scored twice. Jackson Schlegel, Ryan Mueser and Ethan Parnell also scored.

North Catholic popped Slippery Rock 8-0 on three goals from Frankie Liberati and two goals and an assist from Megan Heinbach. Megan Endler added a goal and two assists.

Seneca Valley 4, Fort LeBoeuf 0 — The Raiders closed out the regular season two two goals from Sophia Lawryk and one apiece from Leah D’Amico and Joslyn Grillo.

Summit Academy fell to 0-8 after a 51-6 loss to Northgate. No stats were provided.