Butler had little trouble topping Pine-Richland in boys volleyball action Thursday, sweeping the Rams by scores of 25-11, 25-12 and 25-21.

Max Gianneski dropped 14 kills on P-R, Alex Moncello had 32 assists and Andrew Archer served up three aces.

Adam Kaufman added 18 digs for the Golden Tornado (7-3, 4-2), who will compete in the Upper St. Clair tournament this weekend.

Seneca Valley 3, Fox Chapel 0 — The Raiders swept the Foxes by scores of 25-17, 25-18 and 25-16.

Grant Hoover tallied 13 kills and Steven Mazur 13 assists for SV (7-2, 5-2).

Peter Breski added 11 assists and Matt DeGraaf five blocks in the win.

North Hills 6, Knoch 5 — The host Indians plated two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to earn this non-section victory.

Knoch led 3-0 entering the bottom of the third before North Hills scored a pair in that frame and two more in the fifth to cut its deficit to 5-4.

Brady Wozniak, Jacob Stallsmith and Ryan McCurdy each had two hits for Knoch (3-10).

Knoch 021 200 0 — 5 8 1

North Hills 002 020 2 — 6 6 2

Track and Field

Daniella Farkas came in first place in both hurdle events and contributed to a pair of relay victories as Union/A-C Valley’s girls defeated Clarion-Limestone, 96-49, on Wednesday.

JP Blauser paced the Falcon Knights in the boys meet, taking the 300 hurdles, long jump and aiding the 4x800 relay win in a 111-37 victory over C-L.

Boys

Union/A-C Valley 111, Clarion-Limestone 37

3,200 relay: Union/A-C Valley (Blauser, Bashline, Yerkey, Willet) 10:29; 110 hurdles: Roxbury (U/ACV) 15.94; 100 dash: Skibinski (U/ACV) 11.3; 1,600 run: Megnin (CL) 5:32; 400 run: I.Morganti (U/ACV) 1:01; 400 relay: Clarion-Limestone 49.2; 300 hurdles: Blauser (U/ACV) 46.3; 800 run: Donovan (U/ACV) 2:41; 200 dash: S.Morganti (U/ACV) 23.4; 3,200 run: Bashline (U/ACV) 13:31; 1,600 relay: Union/A-C Valley (Morganti, Roxbury, Fox, Skibinski) 3:45

Shot put: Chalmers (U/ACV) 47-10; Discus: Chalmers (U/ACV) 157-6; Javelin: Hummel (CL) 153-5; High jump: Smith (U/ACV) 6-4; Long jump: Blauser (U/ACV) 18-4; Triple jump: Fox (U/ACV) 39-9.75; Pole vault: Union/A-C Valley

Girls

Union/A-C Valley 96, Clarion-Limestone 49

3,200 relay: Clarion-Limestone 12:28; 100 hurdles: Farkas (U/ACV) 17.32; 100 dash: Ithen (U/ACV) 13.83; 1,600 run: Jackson (CL) 6:24; 400 run: Myers (U/ACV) 1:13; 400 relay: Union/A-C Valley (Farkas, Ithen, Evans, Bliss) 54.5; 300 hurdles: Farkas (U/ACV) 50.6; 800 run: Jackson (CL) 2:39; 200 dash: Evans (U/ACV) 30.5; 3,200 run: Radaker (CL); 1,600 relay: Union/A-C Valley (Bliss, Farkas, Morrison, Whitcomb) 4:45

Shot put: Kindel (U/ACV) 26-8.5; Discus: Mahle (CL) 72-8; Javelin: Bliss (U/ACV) 127-6; High jump: Ferguson (CL) 4-4; Long jump: Ithen (U/ACV) 15-7.5; Triple jump: Whitcomb (U/ACV) 30-4; Pole vault: Union/A-C Valley

Both Knoch teams picked up a pair of wins Wednesday against Springdale and Burrell.

The girls defeated the Dynamos (146-3) and the Bucs (97-53).

Knoch’s boys beat Springdale (116-16) and Burrell (91-59). No other details were provided.

Boys Tennis

Butler earned a 5-0 sweep of Knoch, including wins from the doubles teams of Thomas Sheptak/Ryan Conaway and Wyatt Morgus/Patryk Lyon.

Butler 5, Knoch 0

Singles: 1-Andrew Bocci (B) def. Quinlin Howison 6-1, 6-1; 2-Ben Busler (B) def. Jake Santora 6-3, 6-2; 3-Jackson Morgus (B) def.Isaac Brace 6-3, 6-4

Doubles: 1-Thomas Sheptak/Ryan Conaway (B) def. Mason Hoffman/Haydn Hughes 6-1, 6-2; 2-Wyatt Morgus/Patryk Lyon (B) def. Dominic Frye/Tobias Reynolds 5-7, 6-3, 7-6

Softball

Lindsay Edwards belted two doubles and drove in two runs while Madi Gardner singled, doubled and had one RBI to lead Knoch to a 7-4 section victory over visiting Indiana.

The result lands Knoch (5-5, 4-0) in first place in Section 1-4A.

Marlee Fraser struck out six in the complete-game win for the Knights.

Redbank Valley 4, A-C Valley/Union 0 — Bulldog pitcher Mackenzie Foringer kept the Falcon Knights off the scoreboard, allowing just four hits and striking out eight.

Mackenzie Parks doubled twice for A-C Valley/Union (6-4).

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Redbank Valley 003 010 x — 4 6 1

WP: Foringer 7 IP (8K, 1BB). LP: Mackenzie Parks 6 IP (3K, 3BB).

A-C Valley/Union (6-4): Mackenzie Parks 2-2B

Redbank Valley: Bella Orr 2-1B 2RBI, Paytin Polka 2-1B RBI