Jacob Wolak made a run at it, but fell one stroke short.

The Slippery Rock senior — the only four-time PIAA qualifier in the program’s history — carded a 72-67-139 to place second at the PIAA 2A Boys Golf Championship Tuesday at Penn State University. He was 5-under-par for the tournament.

Rockets coach Merle Whitmer talked with an assistant coach on Monday night, wondering how Wolak would respond to a three-hole trip-up earlier in the day.

“He knew he was capable of winning,” Whitmer said. “He very well could have.”

Nick Ciocca of Devon Prep shot a 70-68-138 to beat him out. Ciocca had to sink a five-and-a-half-foot putt to avoid a playoff with Wolak. Slight mishaps — namely a missed two-foot putt on Hole No. 11 — ended up costing the latter.

Whitmer said the greens were slick and the wind chill was in the 30s.

“To play in that kind of weather ... it was something else, but it was a lot of fun,” Whitmer said.

Knoch’s Mitch Davies finished 45th with a 161 while Moniteau’s Jacob Felsing and Freeport’s Nate Covey tied for 49th with a 167. Moniteau’s Dawson Wallace was 71st with a 188.

In Class 2A girls, Freeport’s Lillie Snow finished 23rd with a 185. Karns City’s Chloe Fritch finished 29th with a 194.

Class 3A

Butler’s Hunter Swidzinzski tied for sixth in the PIAA boys championship with a 73-75-148, 4-over-par. Mars’ Blake Bertolo was 43rd with a 157.

On the girls side, Seneca Valley’s Lihini Ranaweera tied for 15th with a 160. Raider teammate Madison Sharek claimed 23rd with a 167.

Boys Soccer

Junior forward Dylan Murphy scored both goals for Butler as the Golden Tornado defeated Pine-Richland, 2-1, recently to complete the regular season. Mason Anderson and Nick Niebauer had assists on the goals.

The Tornado (12-4-2, 8-4-2) finished in fourth place in Section 1-4A and will compete in the upcoming WPIAL playoffs. Butler is 10-1-2 in its last 13 games.

Girls Soccer

Karns City dominated St. Marys, 7-0, as McKenna Martin netted four markers and added an assist. Cece Morrow, Sophia Bonetto, and Hanna Dailey also scored goals. Emma Dailey, Emily Griffiths, and Paige Dodd were among the five girls with an assist.

Girls Volleyball

Thanks in part to six kills and five aces from Marissa Pry, Moniteau downed Union in three sets. The scores were 25-15, 25-14, and 25-8.

Hanna Migliorisi recorded five kills and an ace, while Sophia Fleeger had two kills, three aces, and six assists.

Mars 3, Butler 0 — Brynn Cornibe had seven kills, but Butler dropped a 25-14, 25-8, 25-11 decision at Mars. Molly Wogan had three blocks and two digs, Sarah Lucas eight digs for the Golden Tornado (6-10, 1-7), who still qualified for the WPIAL playoffs.

Freeport 3, Ligonier Valley 0 — Sydney Selker had 12 kills and nine service points for the Yellowjackets in this 25-6, 25-6, 25-11 victory. Cassidy Dell contributed eight kills, 24 assists, two blocks and seven service points, Josie Russo nine kills and three blocks, Natalie Volek three kills and 12 service points.

Freeport defeated Mars, 3-1, Monday night. Match scores were 25-15, 25-22, 24-26, 25-15. Dell had 13 kills and 22 assists, Selker nine kills and 15 service points, Russo six kills and three blocks, Leah Schreckengost six kills and 13 service points.

The Yellowjackets (14-2, 12-0) play Thursday at Burrell.

Redbank Valley 3, A-C Valley 1 — Lexi Ruckdeschel tallied nine kills, six blocks and six aces for the Falcon Knights, who were on the wrong end of a 25-18, 27-25, 23-25, 25-22 score. Mackenzie Parks had seven kills and 10 digs, Jenna Stefanacci 15 assists and four kills.

A-C Valley (8-7) plays Thursday at Moniteau.

Clarion 3, Karns City 0 — The Gremlins were swept on the road by scores of 25-21, 25-13, and 25-10. Rosalie Carden had one kill, three assists, and six digs in the loss, while Natalie Hess added two kills.

Hockey

Tyler Garvin, Marshall Hewitt, Andrew and Alec Malichky all scored goals as Seneca Valley defeated Baldwin, 4-3 recently. Goaltender Johnathon Nichols made 22 saves.

Now 3-1, the Raiders host Central Catholic at 7 p.m. Monday at the Baierl Ice Complex.

Cross Country

Vikror Zahn won the overall boys race with a time of 17 minutes, 37 seconds as Slippery Rock defeated Sharon. The Rocket boys tallied 15 points while Sharon did not field a full team. Slippery Rock’s girls won, 20-42,

Both Rocket teams are 4-2 on the season.

Boys Top 5: 1-Viktor Zahn (SR) 17:37, 2-Anthony Robare (SR) 18:15, 3-Leshan Chen (SR) 18:49, 4-Justin Sims (S) 19:13, 5-Hunter Doerflinger (SR) 19:54.

Girls Top 5: 1-Abby Douglas (S) 20:36, 2-Tessa Syzmanski (SR) 20:57, 3-Lexi Doerflinger (SR) 21:59, 4-Raely Sajohn (SR) 23:07, 5-Leah Perez (SR) 23:41