North Catholic’s Jack Steineman ran a time of 15 minutes, 29.62 seconds to win the Class 2A boys cross country title at Thursday’s TSTCA Championships, held at White Oak Park.

John Hart of Freeport was third (16:24.44). Knoch’s Connor McCool was fourth (16:25.60) and his teammate, Carter French was 19th out of 217 runners.

In Class 3A, Butler’s Brendan Eicher came in with a time of 16:08.47 to place fifth out of 288 boys.

The effort helped the Golden Tornado finish fifth out of 29 teams. Landon Slear placed 20th and Mateo Saspe 39th for Butler.

Seneca Valley was fourth, with Chase LaPaglia finishing 26th. Teammates Ian Wahl (32nd) and Cameron Cramer (35th) both placed in the top 40.

Mars featured a 17th-place finish from Evan Lewis and Aiden Gloystein came in 37th as the Planets were sixth in the team standings.

In the Class 2A girls meet, North Catholic’s Nora Narwold was fourth (19:32.69).

Butler’s Class 3A efforts included Zari Golojuh (26th, 19:45.86) and Avery Sintz (28th).

KSAC Championships — Moniteau’s Peyton Beck was the top local finisher on the boys side, turning in a fourth-place time of 17:06.32 in a meet hosted by Brookville High School.

Karns City was paced by Noah Weiland, who finished sixth out of 54 runners.

In the girls meet, Moniteau’s Alexis Kirschner was fifth (21:28.53) and teammate Zetta Snyder was 10th.

Hopewell scored three minutes into overtime to defeat Knoch 1-0 in a WPIAL Class 2A preliminary-round playoff on the Vikings’ field.

Ryan Karwoski made 11 saves for the Knights

Freeport closed the regular season with a sweep of Burrell by scores of 25-22, 25-15 and 25-11.

Emily Boylan dropped 13 kills on the Bucs. Jayme Radvan added 10 kills.

Caylee Zembrzuski dished out 27 assists for the unbeaten Yellowjackets (20-0).

The win was the 450th for Freeport coach Tom Phillips.

Hampton 3, Knoch 1 — The Knights (10-7, 9-5) fell despite a 28-kill night from Emersyn Jones.

Maelan Bajuszik had 20 assists in the loss, which came by scores of 23-25, 25-20, 25-16 and 25-20.

Slippery Rock 3, Grove City 1 — The Rockets won by scores of 22-25, 25-20, 25-19 and 25-22

Savannah Smith had 14 kills to lead the way. Lexi Caldwell had 35 assists and Lyla Runtas 20 digs to pace Slippery Rock’s defense.