Seneca Valley junior golfer Blake Miller fired a 79 at the WPIAL boys individual semifinals at Ponderosa Golf Club in Beaver County Wednesday afternoon.

The performance tied Miller for ninth place. The top 12 advance to the WPIAL finals, to be held Wednesday at Treesdale Golf Club.

Failing to advance were Butler golfers Phil Schultz (81), Corey Morabito (82) and Conner Gray (85).

Knoch 223, Highlands 246 — The Knights (9-5) were paced by Stefan Carlsson's 39.

Knoch (223): Stefan Carlsson 39, Josh Hennig 43, Jack Boros 46, Chris Kier 46, Austin Campbell 49

Highlands (246): Tyler Negley 44, Tyler Szymkiewitz 45, Zac Scott 47, Zach Reb 52, John Crisafro 58

Forest Area 224, Karns City 236 — Tucker Preston shot a 40 for the Gremlins, who finished the season with a winning record of 6-5.

Karns City (236): Tucker Preston 40, Trevor Beham 46, Tanner Kerschbaumer 47, Kaden Young 50, Mike Riley 53

Forest Area (224): Gary Fye 37, Mitch Obenrader 40, Alex Smail 44, Dylan Young 51, Ty Turba 52

Girls GolfButler 175, Seneca Valley 219 — Marissa DeCola shot a 2-under-par 34 to lead Butler at Connoquenessing Country Club.The win gives the Golden Tornado (11-1) a share of the section title.Butler will wrap up the regular season Monday against Peters Township and then will open the WPIAL playoffs Oct. 10.Jaelyn Arrington shot a 48 to lead the Raiders in their final match of the season.

Butler (175): Marissa DeCola 34, Tori Hesidence 44, Abby Dumbaugh 48, Rebecca Shakely 49

Seneca Valley (219): Jaelyn Arrington 48, Meghan McNulty 54, Alex Steighner 57, Catie Dillon 60

Boys SoccerSlippery Rock 2, Grove City 1 — Cole McCandless scored two second-half goals and the Rockets held of the Eagles for a big section victory.Mike Stutz and Braden Sloan had assists for Slippery Rock (8-1, 2-0).Thomas Hummel scored the only goal for Grove City (7-1, 1-1).

Karns City 8, Forest Area 1 — Evan McGarvey and Justin Ryan had two goals and two assists each for the Gremlins (8-1, 8-0). Anthony Easley added two goals, Eric Easley and Tyler Michael one each.Karns City has scored 55 goals in nine games. David Olszak made nine saves for the Gremlins, who host DuBois Central Catholic Monday.

Girls SoccerKnoch 3, Indiana 0 — Olivia Sharbaugh and Danielle Sharbaugh each scored goals as the Knights remained unbeaten.The third goal was an own-goal by Indiana.Maranda Tano made three saves and recorded a shutout for Knoch (9-0-1).

Shaler 4, Butler 0 — The Golden Tornado (1-8, 0-6) were blanked in this section matchup.Butler will host North Allegheny Saturday.

VolleyballFreeport 3, Montour 1 — Ashley Sample had 17 kills, 16 points and three aces as the Yellowjackets beat Montour 30-28, 25-20, 20-25, 25-9.Lynsey Gugino added six kills, 39 assists and three blocks and Jessica McFadden pitched in 31 digs for Freeport (8-0, 7-0).

Cross CountryKarns City 24, Clarion-Limestone 32; Karns City 26, Clarion 30 (girls) — The Gremlin girls improved to 4-1. Only four Karns City boys competed, but Evan McGarvey and Matt Slagle finished 1-2 in the race.Karns City hosts Cranberry Tuesday.

Boys Top 10Evan McGarvey (KC) 19:10, Matt Slagle (KC) 19:27, Sawyer Kleffer (C-L) 19:56, Cody Klemmer (C-L) 20:34, Kyle Kaiser (C-L) 20:44, Dale Frampton (C-L) 20:56, Jesse Shumaker (C-L) 20:57, Ben Dulavitch (C-L) 21:19, Michael Lavan (C) 21:29, Austin Murphy (KC) 22:02

Girls Top 10Kelsey Leadbetter (C-L) 21:49, Emily Schumacher (KC) 22:06, Mercy Kroh (C) 22:24, Abby Steele (C-L) 22:38, Lacee Scheerbaum (KC) 22:59, Emma Giering (C) 23:15, Emily Jones (KC) 23:42, Ashley Hummell (C) 24:44, Audrey Hummell (C) 24:45, Drew Barnhart (KC) 24:55

Private SchoolsPortersville Christian 3, First Baptist Christian 2 (boys soccer) — Matt Cumberland scored both goals for First Baptist.

Portersville Christian 3, First Baptist Christian 1 (girls volleyball) — Raquel Marti had 16 serves and three aces for First Baptist while Hildi Burleigh had seven assists, Heather Johnson five kills and two blocks.