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SR cross country claims invitational

Nate King's fourth-place time of 16 minutes, 35 seconds helped the Slippery Rock High School boys cross country capture first place at the Cochranton Invitational on Saturday.

There were 20 District 10 schools at the event.

Owen Bowser also finished in the top 10, placing 10th at 17:06.

Slippery Rock's Jackson Udy (16th), Jacob Spurk (20th) and Dan Hartzell (25th) all finished in the top 25.

Slippery Rock's girls finished ninth out of 20 teams and were led by Andrea Shaffer's 14th-place time of 20:40.

The Rockets will visit Titusville on Tuesday.

Slippery Rock H.S.Boys Top 54-Nate King (16:35), 10-Owen Bowser (17:06), 16-Jackson Udy (17:27), 20-Jacob Spurk (17:39), 25-Dan Hartzell (17:50)

Girls Top 514-Andrea Shaffer (20:40), 17-Rachel Richter (20:47), 49-Susan Timko (22:06), 64-Brittany Richter (23:00), 65-Sarah Grabner (23:03)

<B>Knoch 7, Riverside 3 —</B> Knoch's Amanda Sharbaugh scored two goals to go over 100 career scores.Alex Gordon and Amanda Bartell both added two goals and Audrey Scott chipped in with one goal.

<B>Butler 202, Northgate 285 —</B> Andrew Shakely's 37 and Steven Feczko's 39 led the Golden Tornado (6-9) to this win on Friday.Butler was defeated by North Allegheny on Wednesday, 190-210.<B>Butler (202):</B> Andrew Shakely 37, Steven Feczko 39, Jacob Shewalter 40, Antonio Baroffio 42, Zach Pennington 44<B>Northgate (285):</B> Dylan DiDomenico 52, Bryan Fischer 55, Scott Taverso 55, Clayton McCue 57, Stephan Stresser 60

<B>Mars 1, Pine-Richland 0 —</B> Sophomore Michael Page scored the game's only goal and junior goalkeeper Joe Haefner earned another shutout for the Planets (10-2-1).<B>Karns City 5, Forest Area 0 —</B> The Gremlins (10-1) received a hat trick from Aaron McGarvey while Chris Harmon and Ethan McGarvey both added one score.Kristian Crosby and Aaron McGarvey had assists and J.J. Grenninger had the shutout in net.<B>Knoch 2, Burrell 1 —</B> Doug Vogus and Adam Sharbaugh both scored and Kevin Wood and Travis Tasker had an assist.Steven Frey earned the win in net with eight saves for the Knights (10-1-3, 7-1-1).

<B>Laurel 31, Summit Academy 28 —</B> Laurel's Jonathan Johnson booted a 25-yard field goal with eight seconds left as the Spartans handed the Knights (3-2, 3-1) their first Tri-County North Conference defeat of the season, Saturday in Herman.Summit Academy's LaRon Green completed eight of 12 passes for 184 yards, including touchdown passes of 58 and 61 yards.Green also rushed the ball 15 times for 61 yards and a pair of touchdowns.<B>Laurel 31, Summit Academy 28Laurel 7 13 8 3—31Summit Academy 6 0 16 6—28L SA</B>19 First Downs 1446-234 Rushes-Yards 32-123124 Passing Yards 1846-13-0 Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) 8-12-0358 Total Yards 3071-1 Fumbles/Lost 2-18-89 Penalties-Yards 5-44<B>First Quarter</B>SA — David Lawrence 58 pass from LaRon Green (run failed), 9:45L — Andrew DeRosa 11 run (Jonathan Johnson kick), 5:31<B>Second Quarter</B>L — DeRosa 1 run (Johnson kick), 7:47L — Dane Naughton 23 pass from Tyler Forbes (kick failed), 5:09<B>Third Quarter</B>SA — Theo Betts 61 pass from Green (Mark Mitchell pass from Green), 7:46SA — Green 44 run (Lawrence run), 3:53L — DeRosa 2 run (DeRosa run), :00<B>Fourth Quarter</B>SA — Green 1 run (run failed), 1:51L — Johnson 25 field goal, :08<B>Individual Statistics</B><B>Passing:</B> Laurel, Tyler Forbes 6-13-124-0; Summit Academy, LaRon Green 8-12-184-0.<B>Rushing:</B> Laurel, Andrew DeRosa 22-104, Steve Waskin 19-108, Tyler Forbes 5-22; Summit Academy, Theo Betts 9-36, LaRon Green 15-61, David Lawrence 5-19.<B>Receiving:</B> Laurel, Jacob Dando 3-52, Dane Naughton 2-49, Steve Waskin 1-23; Summit Academy, Terry Davis 3-43, David Lawrence 1-58, Mark Mitchell 1-22, Theo Betts 3-61.

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