The Knoch boys cross country team had a memorable afternoon Tuesday.

With wins over Seneca Valley (28-30) and Hampton (25-30), the Knights accomplished four feats.

It marked the first time the Knights have ever defeated both Hampton and Seneca Valley.

The two victories gave Knoch a total of 17 wins on the season, a school record.

Knoch finishes runner-up in Section 3-AAA with a 6-1 record, second only to North Allegheny.

The win over Seneca Valley means Knoch defeated the seven other teams in Butler County this season.

"Since we went up against and defeated the other teams in the county, we consider ourselves to be county champions," said Knoch coach Wess Brahler.

Tuesday's wins were led by Artie Black's first-place time of 17 minutes, 23 seconds.

Kyle Reeping finished second and Ben Hutterer third to give the Knights a sweep of the top three.

SV's boys gained a split by defeated Hampton 25-30.

Seneca Valley won the girls competitions, 15-48 over Knoch and 23-38 over Hampton.

The Raiders' Megan Powell paced the field with a time of 20:24.

Boys Top 10:

1-Artie Black (K) 17:23, 2-Kyle Reeping (K) 17:31, 3-Ben Hutterer (K) 17:43, 4-Lea (H) 17:44, 5-Chris Cipro (SV) 17:57, 6-Dan Dickey (SV) 17:58, 7-Mahony (H) 18:11, 8-Louis Butler (SV) 18:14, 9-Cam Stauffer (SV) 18:27, 10-Lu (H) 18:35

Girls Top 10:

1-Megan Powell (SV) 20:24, 2-Antosdewski (H) 21:12, 3-Pancowski (H) 21:16, 4-Emily Wolfarth (SV) 21:22, 5-Kelsey Sullivan (SV) 21:26, 6-Lauren Bezier (SV) 21:42, 7-Joelle Scarnati (SV) 21:42, 8-Hunkley (H) 23:02, 9-Yolien Peeters (SV) 23:09, 10-Kunkle (K) 23:33

Warriors drop three of four

- The Moniteau boys team dropped a pair of 27-28 decisions to Brookville and Kane.

Eric Hillard placed second overall in the meet with a time of 18 minutes, six seconds.

On the girls side, the Warriors topped Kane 19-40, but fell to Brookville 20-39.

Amy Gladd was Moniteau's top finisher, coming in fourth place with a time of 23:28.

Boys Top 10:

Gabe Wonderling (Brookville) 18:03, Eric Hillard (Moniteau) 18:06, Cameron Moran (Kane) 18:41, Aaron Smith (Moniteau) 18:44, Chris Haight (Kane) 18:45, Matt O'Malley (Moniteau) 19:17, Marcus Giles (Brookville) 19:34, Matt Blankenship (Kane) 19:49, Carson Kepler (Kane) 19:50, Andrew Frank (Brookville) 19:50

Girls Top 10:

Jessica Swonger (Brookville) 20:44, Katie Turnbull (Brookville) 21:29, Alaina Kennedy (Brookville) 22:19, Amy Gladd (Moniteau) 23:28, Meghan Moore (Kane) 23:35, Samantha Kristufek (Moniteau) 24:31, Rebecca Dinger (Brookville) 24:39, Nikki Stiner (Moniteau) 24:50, Liz Frontino (Brookville) 25:22, Sheila Sunderland (Brookville) 26:53

Mars

- Brittany Zaborowski placed first with a time of 22:32 to lead Mars to a 21-42 win over Sewickley Academy.

On the boys side, Mars beat New Brighton 18-42, but fell to Sewickley Academy 27-29.

Cody Kier finished second for Mars with a time of 18:58.

Boys Top 10:

Kenny Burgess (SA) 18:11, Cody Kier (M) 18:58, Devin Howes (M) 19:50, Ben Griffith (NB) 19:57, Ben McCormick (SA) 20:02, Steve Tehovnik (SA) 20:09, Nick Blodis (SA) 20:15, Alex Kokkinakis (M) 20:42, Justin Stadelmyer (M) 20:42, Jon Randza (M) 21:02.

Girls Top 10:

Brittany Zaborowski (M) 22:32, Courtney Moran (M) 23:54, Nikki Beccich (SA) 24:05, Chloe Pierre (M) 24:37, Sara Wessel (NB) 24:51, Meredith Kinney (SA) 25:05, Shannon Grisnick (NB) 25:14, Amara Czech-Thompson (M) 25:46, Kylie Winkleblack (SA) 26:04, Beth Pecora (M) 26:17

Titusville 28, Slippery Rock 29 (girls); Titusville 15, Slippery Rock 50 (boys) -

Jill Laux placed second for the Rockets' girls, but the squad dropped a one-point decision. In the boys meet, Titusville nabbed the top seven places to roll to the win.

Slippery Rock (4-2 girls, 2-4 boys) will compete at Saturday's Rocky Grove Invitational.

Girls Top 10:

Stacy Stevenson (T) 21:55, Jill Laux (SR) 21:59, Calley Bridges (SR) 22:01, Deanne Teitz (T) 22:08, Laura Koller (T) 22:23, Maggie Rapp (T) 22:28, Amanda Kellogg (SR) 22:41, Janelle Hartzell (SR) 22:57, Andrea Shaffer (SR) 22:59, Sarah Thompson (SR) 23:01

Boys Top 10:

Andi Osborne (T) 17:40, Jeff Wright (T) 18:28, Ed Rectenwald (T) 18:39, Cody Croward (T) 18:38, Rob Dellon (T) 18:41, Cory Henderson (T) 18:45, Ian McCurry (T) 19:05, Peter Eilendfeldt (SR) 19:20, Dan Hartzell (SR) 19:24, Mac Bowser (SR) 19:52

Cranberry 20, Union 43 (boys); Cranberry 15, Union 50 (girls) -

Brett Moore was the overall winner by 21 seconds in the boys race, but the Berries cruised to the win. Meghan Booth placed fifth overall in the girls' race for the Damsels.

Boys Top 10:

Brett (Moore (U) 18:18, Jason Niederriter (Cr) 18:39, Patrick Johnson (Cr) 18:42, Andy Cunningham (Cr) 19:18, Charlie Huegel (Cr) 19:26, Alden Sims (Cr) 19:31, Nate Lalley (Cr) 19:32, Chase Mitchell (Cr) 19:40, Caine Mitchell (Cr) 19:52, Will Stigletz (Cr) 20:41

Girls Top 10:

Tristen Rankin (Re) 21:06, Jenny Senko (Cr) 21:24, Trisha Tobin (Cr) 23:48, Maggie O'Neil (Cr) 24:34, Megan Booth (U) 25:06, Aly Sandrock (Cr) 26:15, Kourtney Fredrick (U) 26:20, Amanda Barger (U) 26:36, Sandy Gaston (Cr) 27:19, Casey Siverling (Cr) 28:04

Karns City 17, Clarion 42 (boys), Karns City 15, Keystone 50, Karns City/Clarion-Limestone was no contest -

Travis Hendell, Chris Harmon and Dale Grimm swept the top three places for the Gremlins (8-0, 6-0 in the KSAC).

Boys Top 10:

1-Travis Hendell (KC) 18:04, 2-Chris Harmon (KC) 19:05, 3-Dale Grimm (KC) 20:17, 4-Casey Strawcutter (C) 20:41, 5-Justin Smith (KC) 21:01, 6-Andrew Harmon (KC) 21:01, 7-Eric Kriebel (KC) 21:01, 8-Travis Steele (C-L) 21:03, 9-Jordon Savage (C) 21:10, 10-Levi Null (C) 21:15

Mars 3, Riverview 0 -In a match the Planets (13-1, 9-0) won by scores of 25-11, 25-15 and 25-18, Kelly Berry led the way with nine kills and seven blocks.Karns City 3, Venango Catholic 0 -Haley Callihan had 21 serves and Courtney Slagle averaged five hits for the Gremlins (6-4) in their 25-11, 25-10, 25-11 victory.The Gremlins junior varsity (8-2) scored a 25-15, 25-21 win.Freeport 3, Burrell 0 -The Yellowjackets (13-0, 11-0) won by scores of 25-14, 25-9, 25-13.Cranberry 3, Moniteau 0 -Kristen Baronetski had eight digs and three kills, but the Warriors (6-5) lost 18-25, 12-25, 10-25. Amber Dillaman added three blocks and Cassie Wiest three kills.Slippery Rock 3, Reynolds 1 -Jess Speicher had nine kills, Kristen Staugh six points and 36 assists and Amy Siwik had 11 points, 11 aces, six digs and 13 kills to power the Rockets.Erica Gabreski added 15 kills, Marlena Lipko five points and five digs and Cursty McClure six kills for Slippery Rock.A-C Valley 3, East Forest 1 -The Falcons won 25-16, 20-25, 25-21, 25-9 in this KSAC match.The junior varsity also prevailed 25-19, 25-16.

Grove City 7, Oil City 0 -Gordon Craig scored four goals to lead the Eagles (7-2-4) to this District 10 win.Nico Hutchison scored two goals, Sam Gargasz added one and Justin Gildersleeve gained the shutout in net.Mars 2, Highlands 1 -Adam Dillner scored the overtime goal that lifted the Planets (11-4-1, 10-2) to the win.Jon Natale scored in regulation to pull the Planets even.Burrell 4, Knoch 3 -Scott Herman scored twice and Justin Heinle added the other goal, but the Knights (11-2, 10-2) fell to the Bucs in Section 2-AA action.

Jenna Rinker, a Slippery Rock High School freshman, recently qualified for the girls District 10 Championship slated this week at Riverside Golf Club in Cambridge Springs.Rinker placed 12th out of 40 girls at North Hills Golf Course in Corry last week, carding a 103 for 18 holes.