Artie Black finished 11th with a time of 16 minutes, 49 seconds to help the Knoch boys cross country team to a sixth-place finish in the 54-team Tri-State Coaches Meet at Slippery Rock University Thursday.

Kyle Reeping placed 18th and Ben Hutterer was 38th for the Knights.

The Butler boys were 10th, with Steven Monnie coming in 34th place with a time of 17:15.

Chris Cipro paced Seneca Valley's 18th place finish, coming in 27th with a time of 17:05.

On the girls side, Megan Powell finished 16th for Seneca Valley with a time of 19:39. That helped the Raiders place fifth in the meet.

Kelsey Sullivan was 30th for Seneca Valley.

Jessica Vernon paced Butler's 14th place finish, placing 40th with a time of 20:20.

Tri-State Coaches Meet

Boys

Team results

1-North Allegheny 123, 2-Pittsburgh Central Catholic 142, 3-Norwin 208, 4-Gateway 213, 5-Baldwin 244, 6-Knoch 257, 10-Butler 314, 18-Seneca Valley 494, 31-Mars 953

Knoch:

11-Artie Black 16:49, 18-Kyle Reeping 16:54, 38-Ben Hutterer 17:19, 90-Chris Recio 17:56, 97-Cory Steinhagen 18:03, 170-C.J. Burns 18:40, 192-Brian Tackett 18:50

Butler:

34-Steven Monnie 17:15, 43-Ben Porter 17:23, 49-Robert Miller 17:28, 62-Michael Dinger 17:37, 126-William Laue 18:14, 140-Jonathan Fleming 18:22, 148-David Karls 18:23

Seneca Valley:

27-Chris Cipro 17:05, 64-Dan Dickey 17:41, 110-Louis Butler 18:09. 138-Cam Staufer 18:20, 155-J.D. Mazzocco 18:27, 158-Ben Ronallo 18:31, 176-Vince Ulizio 18:42

Mars:

44-Cody Kier 17:25, 149-Devin Howes 18:24, 223-Justin Stadelmyer 19:07, 258-Ales Kokkinakis 19:28, 279-Michael Lewis 19:50, 298-Jonathan Randza 20:18, 316-Justin Sable 20:47

Girls

Team results

1-Latrobe 79, 2-Mt. Lebanon 103, 3-North Allegheny 11 8, 4-North Hills 281, 5-Seneca Valley 309, 14-Butler 435, 24-Mars 672

Seneca Valley:

16-Megan Powell 19:39, 30-Kelsey Sullivan 20:02, 77-Emily Wolfarth 20:58, 84-Joelle Scarnati 21:06, 102-Lauren Bezier 21:32, 159-Tolleen Peeters 22:29, 192-Nicole Gostkowski 23:02

Butler:

40-Jessica Vernon 20:20, 64-Karen Geibel 20:47, 94-Theresa Crispin 21:26, 112-Elizabeth Graham 21:43, 125-Chelsea Cooper 21:55, 134-Ashley King 22:02, 157-Sarah Clouse 22:27

Mars:

72-Brittany Zaborowski 20:56, 104-Courtney Moran 21:35, 138-Chloe Pierre 22:06, 149-Kaitlin Thompson 22:17, 209-Amara Czech-Thompson 23:17, 249-Jessica Moran 24:13, 256-Beth Pecora 24:24

Freeport's Brendan Reilly (17:25) and Melanie Lutz (20:05) took the top spots in the boys and girls competitions, respectively, as both Yellowjacket teams prevailed in a meet with Ford City, Laurel, Kittanning and Knoch.

Knoch entered its junior varsity team in the boys race and the Knights finished in second place, with Vince Moxie taking the fourth spot with a time of 18:34.

On the girls side, Knoch's Alyssa Kunkel led the Knights with a fourth-place time of 22:27.

Boys Top 10:

1-Brendan Reilly (F) 17:25, 2-Andy McClelland (FC) 17:29, 3-Matt Thaenert (F) 18:26, 4-Vince Moxie (K) 18:34, 5-Shaun Visnesky (F) 18:37, 6-Tyler Schotsch (L) 18:46, 7-Steve Edwards (K) 19:06, 8-Matt Fincher (K) 19:06, 9-Luke Tabacchi (K) 19:38, 10-Alex Wheeler (F) 19:55

Girls Top 10:

1-Melanie Lutz (F) 20:05, 2-Kristen Prazenica (F) 20:39, 3-Kirsten Knappenberger (F) 21:47, 4-Alyssa Kunkel (K) 22:27, 5-Dana McCarren (K) 22:44, 6-Christine Marty (F) 23:14, 7-Kaylee Johns (FC) 23:29, 8-Nicole Fleishner (K) 23:49, 9-Sara Bintrim (L) 23:58, 10-Sara Robb (K) 24:20

Marisa Glew's 83 led the Mars girls at the WPIAL championships as the Planets finished in third place with a 366 behind Peters Township and Upper St. Clair at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Belle Vernon.Lauren Glew tallied an 84, Brittany Jones had a 92, Corrine Dye managed a 107 and Megan Gibson a 108. Each team's top four scores were counted toward the total.Glew will compete at the PIAA individual state finals Monday and Tuesday at Springwood Golf Course in York.

Anna Foust had 24 digs and Stephanie Leslie had 10 service points and 28 assists as Freeport remained perfect this season with a 25-18, 25-17, 25-17 win over Ford City.Kelly Acre added 18 points, three aces, two blocks and three kills; Ashley Stover had seven kills, two blocks, 10 points and two aces; Marissa DeSalvo had seven points, five blocks, five kills and one ace; and Dana Turley had six kills and nine points for the Yellowjackets (17-0 overall, 14-0 in the section).Mars 3, Deer Lakes 0 —Kelly Berry had nine kills and Jodi Leopold had nine kills and 21 digs to key the Planets' 25-18, 25-10, 25-6 win.Mars finished the regular season with a 17-1 overall record, 12-0 in the section and await today's WPIAL playoff pairings.Wilmington 3, Slippery Rock 0 —Jess Speicher had seven digs and eight kills, Kristen Staugh had 21 assists and Erica Gabreski had eight points, eight digs and six kills for the Rockets, but Wilmington won 25-20, 25-15, 25-22.Amy Siwik added five kills, Marlena Lipko had five digs and Monica Drobezko had six digs for Slippery Rock (6-5).Knoch 3, Hampton 0— Zoe Hughes had nine kills and seven service points to lead the Knights to a 28-26, 25-18, 25-20 win.Carly Whisler added six kills and 11 points, Kirsten Brant 16 points and Renee Crimbchin 13 points for Knoch (11-3, 8-3).Clarion-Limestone 3, A-C Valley 0 —The Lions swept the Falcons in this KSAC match 25-18, 25-4, 25-19.C-L also captured the junior varsity game 25-22, 25-23.

Slippery Rock 3, Hickory 1 —Brittney Miller had one goal and two assists and Brittany Freiters and Kelsey Drennan one goal apiece and a strong defensive effort helped lead the Rockets to the division title.Slippery Rock (12-0) will play at Mercer Monday.

Slippery Rock 7, Sharon 0 —Ryan Gerken scored two goals for the Rockets, while Matt Durso, Mike Ramirez, Craig Bicehouse, Jarod Agostino and Tyler Mohler scored one each.Matthew Doerr and Dusty Hribal recorded assists.The Rockets play at Kennedy Catholic Saturday.