Gabby Carney had eight kills and five blocks and Lauren Maher 10 aces, six kills and two blocks to lead the Butler girls volleyball team to a 11-25, 25-17, 25-13, 25-17 victory over North Hills Thursday.

Mackenzie O'Donnell added three kills and two blocks and Kiana Green three kills and three blocks for Butler (2-1, 1-1), which will compete at the Shaler Tournament Saturday.

Seneca Valley 3, Mars 2 — For the Planets, Jaden Zimmer and Abby Matusik had 13 kills each, Emily King six blocks, Mel Dinderman 21 digs and Katie King 30 assists.

Karns City 3, Venango Catholic 0 — Kristen Smith contributed 14 assists and four kills to lead the Gremlins to a 25-9, 25-16, 25-10 triumph.

Kendyll Smith added nine kills for the Gremlins (1-1), Heather Henry four kills and Leah Bullman 12 service points and two kills.

Knoch 3, Highlands 0 — Taylor Tabacchi had 20 service points as the Knights rolled to a 25-6, 25-7, 25-13 section victory.

Celina Sanks had eight kills and Schaely Renfrew added six kills for Knoch (3-0, 2-0).

A-C Valley 3, West Forest 0 — Alexis Linamen totaled nine service points and five kills as the Falcons (1-0) won by scores of 25-4, 25-5 and 25-18.

Meredith Snyder added seven assists and five kills and Emily Quaill five goals.

The Falcons' junior varsity team also won, 2-0.

Slippery Rock 3, Greenville 0 — Heather Urbaniak had 12 kills and Taylor Stamm 25 assists to power the Rockets to a 29-27, 25-22, 25-12 victory.

The Rockets had also claimed the recent 19-team Slippery Rock Tournament, defeating Knoch in the finals 25-23, 18-25, 15-11.

Slippery Rock defeated A-C Valley and Knoch downed Corry by identical 2-1 scores in the semifinals.

Urbaniak and Laura Hilliard had 46 and 43 kills, respectively, while Stamm had 108 assists and Jordan McCauley 23 kills.

Slippery Rock will play at Hickory Tuesday.

Karns City 24, Ford City 31 (boys); Ford City 25, Karns City 30 (boys) — Matt Slagle and Evan McGarvey went 1-2 to lead the Gremlins boys team to the season-opening win while, on the girls side, Lacee Scheerbaum and Drew Barnhart went 1-2, but the Sabers grabbed the next five spots to pull out the win.Karns City will return to action Tuesday at A-C Valley.Boys Top 10Matt Slagle (KC) 18:26, Evan McGarvey (KC) 18:52, Nick Sedlacek (FC) 20:04, John Garing (KC) 21:10, Matt Sweeney (FC) 21:19, John Milanak (FC) 23:22, Tom Delancey (FC) 23:40, Grant Curdo (KC) 24:39, Josh Stewart (KC) 24:45, Jake Burnett (FC) 25:09Girls Top 10Lacee Scheerbaum 23:10, Drew Barnhart (KC) 24:12, Claire Smathers (FC) 24:35, Leah Hilty (FC) 26:01, Taylor Relich (FC) 26:57, Katie Cujas (FC) 27:11, Blair Willard (FC) 27:26, Abby Smith (FC) 30:40, Kassidy Atwood (KC) 34:41, Olivia Klein (KC) 37:25Boys SoccerMars 3, Highlands 0 — Spencer Posey scored two goals from assists by Matt White and White added a goal from an assist by Posey to lead the Planets. Joe Kelly recorded the shutout in net.Knoch 1, Freeport - 0 — Nick Kadunce accounted for the game's lone goal off a helper from Alex Slomer in the closing minutes of this section win.Knoch (2-2, 2-0) also received strong defensive play from Josh Burd, Devin Sherman, Ben Lope and Daniel Hinchberger.Seneca Valley 5, Mt. Lebanon 1 — Ryan Vilella, Anthony Crivelli, Liam Jackson, Brad Hart and Andrew Mascio each scored goals for the Raiders (3-0).

Freeport 196, St. Joseph 235 — At Buffalo Golf Course, Richard VanDruff fired a 38 to pace the Yellowjackets' (7-2, 5-0) effort.St. Joe's (235): Dave Schnur 37, Mitch Farrell 45, Nick Pleva 48, Dan Sullivan 48, Matt Cornetti 57Freeport (196): Richard VanDruff 38, Robbie Miller 39, Audrey Clawson 39, Cole Hepler 40, Greg Newman 40Keystone 188, A-C Valley 196 — Landon Delisio shot a 36 to lead the Falcons (3-2) in this loss at Hi-Level.A-C Valley (196): Landon Delisio 36, Noah Morgan 39, Ian Seaton 43, Jackson Shook 40, Justice Seeker 38Keystone (188): Andrew Turk 35, Beau Shetler 38, Amber Hess 37, Ryan Wolbert 37, Cameron Henry 41Union 240, Redbank Valley 240 — For the second time in two weeks, the Golden Knights founds themselves in a match decided by a tiebreaker.Last week Union lost to Karns City by tiebreaker. This time, it won thanks to a 52 by Trent Shirey.Trevor Corle led the Golden Knights with a 43.Union (240): Derek Priester 51, Zach Hepler 49, Trevor Corle 43, Chase Shirey 47, Hank Murphy 50, Trent Shirey 52.Redbank Valley (240): Vinny Montanari 49, Josh Shick 41, Blaze Hilderbrand 54, Ryan Niccola 57, Anna Dukovich 49, John Woodall 47Venango Catholic 245, Moniteau 252 — At Cross Creek Resort, each team had three golfers shoot a round of 48, but Venango catholic went on to post the KSAC win.Moniteau (252): Jared Say 48, Matt Marterella 48, Marcus Fry 48, Brit Simmons 53, Aleisha Fowler 55Venango Catholic (245): Nathan Dudzic 48, Brady Kingston 48, Scott Toy 48, Luke Plumer 50, Jonah Jones 51Seneca Valley 195, Butler 211 — Evan Hangliter and Brennan Bench both carded a 38 to help the Raiders (3-3, 3-2) win at Cranberry Highlands.Connor Gray paced Butler with a 39.Butler (211): Connor Gray 39, Tommy Dimun 41, Jake Campbell 42, Sam Weston 44, Gino Baroffio 45Seneca Valley (195): Evan Hangliter 38, Brennan Bench 38, Blake Miller 39, Mike Trotta 39, Travis Becker 41

Hickory 3, Grove City 2 — Meredith Trent and Reba Duran earned wins at No's. 2 and 3 singles to account for the Eagles scores in a battle of unbeatens as both teams entered the match at 6-0.Singles: Marissa Works (H) def. Abby Casalnova 6-2, 1-6, 6-6 (7-2); Meredith Trent (GC) def. Allie Newmeyer 6-0, 6-2; Reba Duran (GC) def. Sharon Mettee 7-5, 6-1Doubles: Lauren Kizak & Nikki Morgenstern (H) def. Alexis Delligatti & Stephanie Krofcheck 6-2, 6-4; Lauren McGonigle & Rachel Mettee def. Maddie Jazwinski & Katie Kosick 6-2, 6-3Mars 4, Butler 1 — Zoey McCafferty claimed the No. 2 singles match for the Tornado's lone win of the match against the Planets.Butler will host Seneca Valley on Monday.Singles: Kaitlyn Craig (M) def. Laura Brestensky 6-3, 7-6 (7-1); Zoey McCafferty (B) defeated Liz Carpenter 2-6, 7-5, 6-0; Kayla King (M) def. Gretchen Wilson 6-1, 6-3Doubles: Alanna Michalski-Breanna Beck (M) def. Rebekah Bright & Molly Moses 6-3, 6-3; Shireen Ghaznavi -I. Lushihi (M) def. Emma Brestensky & Olivia Girdano 6-3, 6-4

Butler 185, Ambridge 241 —Abby Dunbaugh earned medalist honors in keying the Tornado win.Butler (185): Abby Dunbaugh 42, Tori Hesidence 44, Edith Andersson 45, Diedra Anthony 54Ambridge (241): Allison Ross 55, Janelle Persuite 59 Natalie Erwin 62, Maya Niven 65

First Baptist Christian School 4, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf 2 (boys soccer) — Brent Block scored 2 goals and Ben Miller and Adam Mueller had goal one apiece while Hannah Roth added one assist.First Baptist Christian School 3, WPSD 0 (volleyball) — Kenzi Uber had nine service points and eight kills, Noelle Garrison 12 aces and nine kills and Hildi Burleigh 15 assists to power FBCS.