North Catholic’s Christopher Faber and A-C Valley/Union’s Joe Rapp are in the medal hunt after the first round of the PIAA Individual Golf Championships on Monday at Penn State Golf Courses.

Faber is tied for sixth at 1-over 73 and Rapp is 2-over 74, tied for ninth, in the Class 2A boys tournament. Scranton Prep’s Cole Pwell and Annville-Cleona’s Ben Allwein lead the pack at 3-under.

North Catholic’s Riley Kontul is tied for 13th with a first-round score of 12-over 84. She is four shots outside the top 10 and a medal spot.

The second round will be held Tuesday, with the team championships Wednesday.

North Catholic advanced to Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 2A team final with a 3-2 victory against Winchester Thurston.

Winning for the Trojanettes was Macaria Stall in singles play and the doubles teams of Kaitlyn Abel/Leah Kernan and Claire Elliott/Gabby Kress.

Dakota Schnur and Molly Rudish both scored for Butler as the Golden Tornado closed the regular season with a 2-0 victory over Hampton.

Butler will enter the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs with an overall record of 8-8-1.

Freeport 2, Burrell 1 — The Yellowjackets (13-2-1, 10-1-1) clinched the WPIAL Section 2-2A championship with this win over the Bucs, last year’s district and state runners-up.

Maggie Conger scored both goals with Cecelia Schlegel and Ella McConville contributing assists.

Mars 4, North Hills 0 — The Planets (13-1-1) capped the regular season with this blanking of the Indians.

Jade Breese scored twice, while Mackenzie Powell and Miley Gratton both added a goal. Brielle Krepin recorded two assists and Carly McKenna contributed one assist in the win.

The shutout marked Mars’ 11th of the season and its sixth in the last seven games.

North Catholic continued its dominant season with a 9-0 pasting of Mohawk.

The Trojans (14-1-2, 11-0-2) who clinched the WPIAL Section 2-2A title with the win, received three goals from Jackson Schlegel and two courtesy of Ethan Parnell, who added a pair of assists.

Goalkeepers Logan Mueser and John Shifter combined for the shutout in net.

A-C Valley’s Lexi Altman tallied 19 assists, reaching 800 in her varsity career, in the Falcons’ sweep of North Clarion.

The victory was earned by scores of 25-23, 25-11 and 25-21.

Gianna Louise added nine kills and Jacci Dehart eight kills in the victory.

Union 3, Tidioute Charter 0 — The Damsels’ Lilly Hayden posted 12 digs and now has a school-record 1,009 for her career.

Adrianna Kriebel added six aces and four kills. Kolstin Wetzel contributed eight kills.

Fairview 3, Moniteau 1 — The Warriors won the second set but could not overcome the Tigers from District 10.

Senior Emily Matz reached 600 career digs in the loss, and junior Maddy Eury achieved 500 in the same category.