Kelsey Rice had nine kills, Amy Achesinski had eight kills and Kala Schnur had 21 assists to power the Butler volleyball team to a 25-20, 25-18, 25-21 sweep over North Hills Tuesday.

Butler (7-5, 3-3) plays Thursday at Shaler.

Mars 3, Northgate 0

- Jodi Leopold notched a double-digit kill night as the Planets remained unbeaten in section play at 8-0 with a 25-19, 25-19, 25-17 win.

Mars (8-3 overall) travels to Ambridge Thursday.

Knoch 3, Quaker Valley 0 -

Carly Whisler had six kills and Kirsten Brant had seven service points to key the Knights' 26-24, 25-10, 25-17 triumph.

Leanne Wiefling added seven service points and 11 assists for the Knoch (6-2, 6-2), which plays at Northgate Thursday.

Pine-Richland 3, Seneca Valley 1 -

The Raiders dropped their first match of the season in this section matchup Tuesday.

Seneca Valley (5-1) will play at North Hills today.

Mars 23, Freedom 34 (boys); Mars 15, Freedom 50 (girls) -Cody Kier led the boys race with a winning time of 17 minutes, 36 seconds while the Planets girls squad picked up the first seven places to blank the Bulldogs Tuesday.The Mars boys team improved to 8-3 overall, 3-2 in the section while the girls are 10-1, 4-1.Boys Top 10Cody Kier (M) 17:36, Michael Lewis (F) 18:24, Dan Pierre (M) 18:30, Ryan Richards (F) 18:37, Adam Smetana (M) 18:44, Mark Stenner (M) 19:30, Drew Lewis (F) 19:42, Karl Zellars (M) 19:49, Justin Stadelmyer (M) 19:50, Matt Monteloanico (F) 20:16Girls Top 10Brittany Zaborowski (M) 21:11, Courtney Moran (M) 21:35, Chloe Pierre (M) 22:09, Kaitlin Thompson (M) 22:11, Katie Dederer (M) 22:32, Kerri Allen (M) 23:31, Jen O'Brien (M) 24:13, Katy Sands (F) 25:33, Jackie Knopp (F) 25:40, Juliet Smith 25:41Pine-Richland 26, Knoch 31; Knoch 28, Shaler 29 (boys); Pine-Richland 15, Knoch 50; Shaler 23, Knoch 32 (girls) -Thanks to overall top-five performances by Artie Black and Frankie Moxie, the Knights (9-6, 1-4) earned a split in this double dual meet.The Knights girls (4-11, 0-5) dropped their meets to the Rams and Titans.Boys Top 10Sheletano (S) 17:12, Artie Black (K) 17:20, Carter (S) 17:49, Regan (PR) 18:03, Frankie Moxie (K) 18:26, Seranen (PR) 18:26, McCormick (PR) 18:30, Ben Hutterer (K) 18:47, Logan (S) 18:59, Peters (PR) 19:04Girls Top 10Zozos (S) 21:06, Hubbard (PR) 21:26, Juan (S) 21:46, Mango (PR) 22:02, Walker (S) 22:10, Holt (PR) 22:11, Pinnell (PR) 22:31, Nuillelass (PR) 22:39, Kane (PR) 22:45, Bliz (PR) 23:01Moniteau 15, A-C Valley 50; Cranberry 26, Moniteau 32 (girls); Cranberry 18, Moniteau 39 (boys) -Alyssa Deal and Amy Gladd finished first and second to help the Warriors down the Falcons but just fell short against the Berries.In the boys meet, Aaron Smith placed third overall for the Warriors.Moniteau will travel to Karns City for a 4:30 p.m. makeup meet Thursday.Girls Top 10Alyssa Deal (M) 20:21, Amy Gladd (M) 20:41, Robin Tharisha (Cr) 21:10, Courtney Barr (Cr) 21:19, Jenny Fenko (Cr) 21:29, Mandy O'Neil (Cr) 21:41, Alison Metz (M) 22:04, Maggie Weaver (Cr) 22:47, Lindsay Johns (Cr) 23:36, Samantha Kristufek (M) 23:52Boys Top 10Zach Smith (Cr) 16:51, Alden Sims (Cr) 17:38, Aaron Smith (Mo) 17:42, Jason Niederriter (Cr) 17:51, Patrick Johnson (Cr) 18:05, Mark Camgemi (Cr) 18:09, Eric Hillard (M) 18:26, Chris Switzer (M) 18:36, Andy Cunningham (Cr) 18:39, Matt O'Malley (M) 18:40Union-Clarion-Limestone -Union's Brett Moore (18:05) and Megan Booth (23:21) took first place in the boys and girls competitions in a cross country meet against Clarion-Limestone Tuesday.Girls Top 10Megan Booth (U) 23:21, Lisa Speer (CL) 23:21, Laura Jones (CL) 23:24, Jamie Wyatt (CL) 23:51, Samantha Detrick (CL) 23:56, Asten Himes (U) 25:14, Brianna Bell (CL) 25:39, Christan Morrison (CL) 25:53, Dani Zahoran (CL) 27:06, Nicoletta Aliberto (CL) 27:29Boys Top 10Brett Moore (U) 18:05, Adam Plucinski (CL) 18:34, Jason Custer (U) 20:18, Adam Yeany (CL) 20:50, Brogan Gearhart (U) 20:55, Andy Fescemyer (CL) 21:09, Mike Peters (U) 22:41, Josh Bowser (U) 24:40, Matt Morris (U) 25:46Slippery Rock 22, Grove City 35 (boys); Slippery Rock 15, Grove City 48 (girls) -Clint Orloski won the boys race for the Rockets (4-1) and Janelle Hartzell won the girls race for Slippery Rock (3-2).The Rockets run at Titusville Tuesday.Boys Top 10Clint Orloski (SR) 18:10, Zach Hoagland (GC) 18:59, Rob Whitt (SR) 19:24, Nick Konchar (GC)B 19:27, Ryan Beilstein (SR) 19:30, Kevin Kauffman (SR) 19:31, Dan Hartzell (SR) 19:34, Charlie Baier (GC) 19:41, Chase Conti (SR) 19:47, Adam Stillwaggon (GC) 19:56Girls Top 10Janelle Hartzell (SR) 23:52, Brittany Lyons (SR) 23:53, Jill Laux (SR) 23:59, Sarah Thompson (SR) 24:08, Amanda Kellogg (SR) 24:11, Niki Greenwald (GC) 24:18, Ally Plummer (SR) 24:21, Calley Bridges (SR) 24:36, Sarah Opp (SR) 25:06, Abbey Consbruck (GC) 26:17Karns City 20, Rocky Grove 26; Karns City 15, Franklin 43; Karns City 15, Venango Catholic 50 (boys) -The Gremlins improved to 7-0 and host Moniteau Thursday. Hannah Beck of Karns City won the girls junior high meet.Boys Top 10Bill Burk (RG) 18:32, Travis Fiscus (KC) 18:35, Chris Prokay (KC) 18:36, Travis Hendell (KC) 18:44, Andrew Harmon (KC) 19:03, Chris Harmon (KC) 19:05, Dan Aughenbaugh (RG) 19:21, Nick Perrine (F) 19:31, Josh Beichtol (F) 20:11, Jeremiah Gadsby (RG) 20:12Girls Top 10Beth Gadsby (RG) 22:01, Alicia Sloss (RG) 22:03, Fazan Martin (VC) 22:21, Kathleen Martin (F) 22:32, Genny Davis (KC) 22:40, Alison Weller (RG) 23:11, Caitlyn Beil (RG) 23:12, Sarah McNellie (VC) 23:19, Megan Lutz (VC) 23:49, Misty Byler (F) 24:21

Butler 210, Blackhawk 211 -Collin Randall grabbed medalist honors for the Golden Tornado (5-11), who play today at New Castle.Butler (210):Collin Randall 37, Nick Blymiller 41, Andrew Shakeley 43, Brandon Johnston 44, Mat Maloy 45Blackhawk (211):Chris Peterson 40, Jordan Roorback 41, Matt Stapanian 42, Nick Visnick 43, Ryan Pursifull 45

Slippery Rock 2, Commodore Perry 1 -Min-Woo Chung and Ryan Zarichnak scored for the Rockets (10-1-1, 3-0), who host Oil City Thursday. Mark Lauffer scored for Commodore Perry.Seneca Valley 1, North Allegheny 0 (double overtime)- Ahmad Salim scored with just 58 seconds left in the second overtime to lift the Raiders (6-5-1, 5-4) to a win over section rival North Allegheny late Monday night.Junior David Monteleone got the shutout in goal for Seneca Valley.

Courtney Kerr, Jocelyn Kerr and Kristin Cypher each won their singles matches to lead the Butler girls tennis team (10-7, 4-5) to a 3-2 victory over Gateway.Butler 3, Gateway 2Singles:Courtney Kerr (B) d. Eric Bollura 6-2, 6-0; Jocelyn Kerr (B) d. Shelly Shaw 6-0, 6-0; Kristin Cypher d. Ashley Shineberg 6-1, 6-0.Doubles:Lauren Fox-Megan Raj (G) d. Angie Byrnes-Ashley Grenek 7-6 (6-2), 7-5; Stephanie Miller-Sarah Lavigne (G) d. Katie Goettler-Ashlee Green 6-3, 2-6, 6-1