Slippery Rock took a 2-0 lead over Knoch through the first half and held on for a 3-2 boys soccer victory on Tuesday.

Ben Magliocca, Luc LaChance and Mark Cessar scored for the Rockets (4-2), while Magliocca and Cessar also recorded assists. Jason Bluedorn made eight saves for Slippery Rock.

It marked the first defeat for the Knights (3-1-2), who received goals from Nick Kadunce and Brandon Vargo.

Butler 1, Pine-Richland 0 — John Fleming scored on a header off of a corner kick from Wes Eckstein as the Golden Tornado improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the section.

Adam Voelker earned the shutout in net.

Shady Side Academy 3, Mars 1 — The Planets (3-2, 2-1) fell to the Indians in this Section 2-AA clash.

Girls Volleyball

Freeport beat Knoch 3-0 by scores of 25-20, 25-20 and 25-21.

The Yellowjackets were led by Zoe Pawlak, who posted 12 kills, 13 service points, four aces and four blocks. Alexis Schrecengost has 12 service points, nine kills and two blocks.

Freeport (3-0) was also aided by Megan Sweeny’s 14 service points, four kills and three blocks, 11 service points and 18 digs from Brittney Bianco and 18 service points from Emily Toy.

Knoch’s Celina Sanks tallied 17 kills and 10 blocks and Katie Bozzo nine kills and 17 assists.

Grove City 3, Sharon 0 — The Eagles coasted to a 25-12, 25-7, 25-13 win behind eight aces, 18 service points and nine digs from Jenn Ferguson.

Jordyn Wyllie had a team-high seven kills, while Corianne Hyduchak and McKenzie Fagan added five apiece. Arianna Sprando tallied 15 assists and Stephanie Risch had a team-high 10 digs for Grove City.

Union 3, Venango Catholic 0 — The Damsels picked up wins of 25-10, 25-20, 25-20 en route to a sweep on Monday.

Beau Rankin led the way with 13 assists and six aces. Leah Conner tallied five kills and 11 service points, while Kassie McGarrity had 11 service points and three aces.

Mars 3, Valley 0 — The Planets cruised to this Section 4-AA win by scores of 25-14, 25-13 and 25-15.

Natalie Grice led the way with 12 assists and teammate Alexi Zika had eight kills, eight digs, and five service aces.

Clarion 3, A-C Valley 0 — The Falcons fell by scores of 25-16, 25-17 and 25-22.

Makayli Terwilliger posted a team-high eight kills, while Jess Callender had eight service points and four kills. Sadie Longo added eight service points, three aces and a team-high five assists for the Falcons (1-2).

Also for A-C Valley, Melanie Lewis chipped in six service points and two aces, Halee Wetzel eight digs and Katie Stumpner six digs and two kills.

The A-C Valley JV team (3-0) won 25-7, 17-25, 25-12..

Hickory 3, Slippery Rock 1 — Brooklyn Walsh recorded six aces, but the Rockets fell 22-25, 26-24, 25-21, 25-22.

Slippery Rock (1-1, 0-1) will look to bounce back Thursday at Greenville.

Moniteau 3, Venango Catholic 1 — The Warriors (1-1) won by scores of 25-14, 21-25, 25-23 and 25-23. No other details were available.

Cross Country

Karns City’s Emily Schumacher finished first overall with a time of 21 minutes, 57 seconds as the Gremlin girls defeated Keystone 23-33.

In the boys’ meet, A-C Valley topped Keystone 26-32, paced by John Anderson’s first-place time of 20:32. KC beat the Falcons 23-38 as John Garing placed third overall for the Gremlins.

The meet also included runners from Union.

Boys Top 10

1-John Anderson (ACV) 20:32, 2-Beau Rankin (U) 20:55, 3-John Garing (KC) 21:08, 4-Dave Olszak (KC) 21:20, 5-Nick Baughman (Key) 21:32, 6-Brock Schoeppner (Key) 21:54, 7-Tom Amsler (ACV) 23:09, 8-Conrad Snyder (KC) 23:23, 9-Jordan Kreur (U) 23:57, 10-Brady Thompson (Key) 24:30

Girls Top 10

1-Emily Schumacher (KC) 21:57, 2-Emily Jones (KC) 25:06, 3-Shannon Quaill (ACV) 26:08, 4-Erin Logue (ACV) 28:10, 5-Tabby Deitz (U) 28:47, 6-Kelly Daugherty (Key) 29:10, 7-Shannon Roberts (U) 29:22, 8-Abby Wolfe (KC) 30:19, 9-Racheal Viertel (ACV) 30:42, 10-Brooke Mays (Key) 30:45

North Clarion 19, Moniteau 37 (boys); North Clarion 16, Moniteau 39 (girls) — Moniteau’s boys were led by Jake Taciuch’s third-place time of 20:43, while the girls were paced by Allison DeMatteis (fifth, 24:21).

Boys Top 10

1-Isaac Wilson (NC) 17:53, 2-Scott Delaney (NC) 20:09, 3-Jake Taciuch (M) 20:43, 4-Isaiah Griebel (NC) 21:08, 5-Isaac Kaye (NC) 22:02, 6-Jacob Fullerton (M) 22:10, 7-Devon Farmer (NC) 22:10, 8-Austin Stoops (M) 23:18, 9-Zach Morgan (M) 25:41, 10-Dayton Carroll (NC) 26:02

Girls Top 10

1-Jill Wallace (NC) 21:37, 2-Abbie Schmader (NC) 22:17, 3-Maggie Schwabenbauer (NC) 22:43, 4-Meghan Higgins (NC) 24:00, 5-Allison DeMatteis (M) 24:21, 6-Michaela Higgins (NC) 24:35, 7-Kristin McDeavitt (M) 25:09, 8-Samantha Hall (M) 25:46, 9-Emily Rider (M) 26:12, 10-Mercedes Wallace (M) 26:19

Boys Golf

Nick Hardt and Jake Kronenwetter both fired a 39 at Rittswood Golf Course as Mars (7-4) defeated Knoch 201-213.

Chris Kier paced Knoch with a 39.

Knoch (213): Chris Kier 39, Christian Evanchec 42, Ben Thoma 43, Devin Campbell 44, Dominic Bozzo 45

Mars (201): Nick Hardt 39, Jake Kronenwetter 39, Josh Bartley 40, Ben Mullins 40, Dane Zortman 43

Seneca Valley 203, North Hills 221 — This road win for the Raiders (5-3, 4-2) was highlighted by Evan Hangliter’s 35.

Seneca Valley (203): Evan Hangliter 35, Ross Bondo 39, Andy Smathers 42, Ryan Senka 43, Tyler Leake 44

North Hills (221): Garrett Dutt 40, Alex Bowen 45, Nick Smith 45, Danny White 45, John Stuckert 46

Kittanning 201, Freeport 201 — The Wildcats won in a playoff at Buffalo Golf Course. Cole Hepler’s 39 led the Yellowjackets (8-2, 4-2).

Kittanning (201): Christian Miller 37, Noah Kunst 38, Cole Davis 41, Noah Spang 41, Nathan Falchetti 44

Freeport (201): Cole Hepler 39, Audrey Clawson 40, Mickey Frazetta 40, Matt Swartz 41, Justin Hildebrand 41

Butler 201, Shaler 217 — At Butler Country Club, Gabe Baroffio earned medalist honors with a 37 for the Golden Tornado (6-4, 3-4).

Shaler (217): Cam Bildhauer 40, Ryan Oschenhirt 41, John Romanowski 44, David Rieg 46, Nick Cavacini 46

Butler (201): Gabe Baroffio 37, Nic Leone 38, Tommy Dimun 39, Jake Campbell 41, Luke Tomasovic 46

Grove City’s Matt Gordon shot a 76 to lead the Eagles to a third-place finish at a District 10, Region 3 match at Wanango Golf Course.

Slippery Rock placed fourth.

1-Warren 324, 2-Meadville 328, 3-Grove City 329 (Matt Gordon 76, Kyle Shingledecker 83, Jordan Anderson 84, Derek Saylor 86), 4-Slippery Rock 347 (Zac McCue 84, Sam Isacco 87, Matt Badger 88, Ken Rall 88), 5–Oil City 348

Girls Tennis

Zoe McCafferty and Gretchen Wilson won at No. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, as Butler beat Seneca Valley 3-2.

Picking up the other victory for Butler (5-3, 4-3) was the doubles team of Olivia Girdano and Emma Brestensky.

Butler 3, Seneca Valley 2

Singles: 1-Zoe McCafferty (B) def. Jane Vandrak; 2-Gretchen Wilson (B) def. Allie Head 6-4, 6-1; 3-Melissa Karidis (SV) def. Maggie Moses 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles: 1-Olivia Girdano-Emma Brestensky (B) def. Allie Grence-Alissa Hill 6-3, 5-7, 6-2; 2-Savanna Grinder-Ana Jovanovic (SV) def. Brooke Peitre-Tessa Klotz 6-1, 6-1.