C.J. Singleton raced to a first-place finish with a time of 16 minutes, 33 seconds to help the Butler boys cross country team to its first section title since 1993 in 26-30 and 16-47 wins over North Allegheny and Shaler.

Sage Vavro placed third with a time of 16:50.

The Butler girls split with North Allegheny and Shaler, falling to the Tigers, 18-42, and downing the Titans, 21-40.

Autumn Pettinato was the top Butler finisher with a time of 21:08.

The Butler girls finished 5-2 and tied for second place in the section.

Boys Top 5

1-CJ Singleton (B) 16:33, 2-Daniel McGoey (NA) 16:46, 3-Sage Vavro (B) 16:50, 4-Andrew Kollitz (NA) 17:31, 5-Timothy Patterson (B) 17:39

Girls Top 5

1-Hannah Lindgren (NA) 20:21, 2-Keeley Misutka (NA) 20:50, 3-Alexa Sundgren (NA) 20:59, 4-Autumn Pettinato (B) 21:08, 5-Maura Mlecko (NA) 21:58

North Clarion swept Karns City, the boys winning 17-43, the girls by a 15-50 count.

Boys Top 5

1-Jacob Bauer (NC) 18:38, 2-Kaine McFarland (NC) 20:21, 3-Braden Custer (NC) 21:09, 4-Aaron Lencer (NC) 21:15, 5-Andrew Callihan (KC) 21:41

Girls Top 5

1-Katie Bauer (NC) 22:56, 2-Jordtyn Hendrickson (NC) 22:59, 3-Kayla Aaron (NC) 23:29, 4-Nicole Fair (NC) 23:50, 5-Rachel Bauer (NC) 23:52, 9-Sara Weiland (KC) 27:51

Knoch's girls tennis shut out Springdale, 5-0, Tuesday to wrap up its fourth consecutive section championship.The Knight seniors have not lost a regular season match in four years.The WPIAL playoff pairings will be announced Monday.Knoch 5, Springdale 0SinglesSpringdale defaulted at No. 1 and 2; Caroline Ejzak (K) def. Liz Puskar 6-0, 6-0DoublesLibby Conlon-Ally Bauer (K) def. Kenzie Shock-Corrina John 6-0, 6-0; Jadyn Brown-Riley W5ynn (K) dfef. Serena Walsh-Emily Mattarochia 6-0, 6-0North Catholic 3, Indiana 2 — The Trojanettes improved to 5-2 in section play and clinched a WPIAL playoff spot. The team hosts Ellis in its final section match Wednesday.North Catholic 3, Indiana 2SinglesReagan Sommariva (NC) def. Erin Okey 6-0, 6-1; Lily Carone (I) def. Mara Brak 6-2, 6-2; Riley Pylant (NC) def. Hannah Steel 6-0, 6-0DoublesTori Drevna-Sophie Stumm (NC) def. Mackenzie McGee-Kate Kuzneski 7-5, 6-2; Maggie Medvetz-Teresa Javato (I) def. Ava Perock-Christabelle Intong 6-1, 6-2

Seneca Valley sophomore Nolan Nicklas carded a 79 at the WPIAL Class AAA championship at Fox Chapel Golf Club. The effort tied him for 22nd place out of 36 golfers.Mars senior Cody Killian shot an 82 and tied for 26th.Fox Chapel's Scott Bitar won the district title with a 4-under 66.Seneca Valley 205, Quaker Valley 222 — Ryan Bartos earned medalist honors for the Raiders with a 38.Seneca Valley 205: Ryan Bartos 38, Jimmy Stoltenberg 41, Trevor Botta 41, Todd Hangliter 42, Cameron Martin 43Quaker Valley 222: Aidan Bulger 41, Kyle Rice 43, Eva Bulger 45, Adam Tanabee 46, Luke Melisko 47

A-C Valley improved to 9-1 with a 3-0 win over Clarion-Limestone. Scores were 25-12, 25-13, 25-5.Tarra Stefanacci had 16 service points and two aces for the Falcons. Meah Ilease contributed 10 service points, an ace and five kills.Emily Wetzel had seven service points, five aces, 11 digs and 10 assists, Andrea Meals six kills and a block, Mia Sherman five kills.The Falcons host Sharpsville Thursday.Shaler 3, Butler 0 — The Golden Tornado dropped this match 25-23, 25-23, 25-23. Ava Carney had 16 kills and 13 digs for Butler.Taylor Welter had 12 kills for Butler (2-6) while Gabby Lucas had 28 digs, Sophia Lucas 13 assists, 19 digs and two aces.Knoch 3, Hampton 0 — Hannah Rowe had 11 kills and Skylar Burkett and Kennedy Christy each added eight kills to keep the Knights undefeated with a 25-12, 25-18, 25-17 victory.Burkett also had 13 service points for Knoch (11-0, 9-0).Slippery Rock 3, Hickory 2 — Virginia Recchia had 39 assists and 19 digs to lead the Rockets to a marathon 25-22, 15-25, 19-25, 25-21, 15-11 win.Annika Peale and Savana Meyerott each added 10 kills and Lexis Prementine pitched in nine kills and 30 digs.Taylor Balint also had a huge night with 50 digs.Karns City 3, Forest 0 —Emily Huff had seven kills and Peyton Turner added 12 assists for the Gremlins in a 25-8, 25-8, 25-6 win.Redbank Valley 3, Union 0 — The Golden Knights lost 25-15, 25-18, 25-21. Morgan Cumberland had 10 assists, Dominika Logue five kills and two aces, Emma Pritchard three aces for Union.Keystone 3, Moniteau 1 — Aslyn Pry had eight kills and Logan Barnhart 11 assists for the Warriors in a 7-25, 26-24, 16-25, 13-25 loss.

McKenna Martin scored three goals as Karns City rolled to a 4-0 win over Wilmington.Alexis Moore added a goal and two assists and Emma Dailey and Ally Fennell also had assists for Karns City.Slippery Rock 6, Grove City 1 — Emily Raine scored a pair of goals in this win.Isabelle Willison, Amanda Lewis, Emma Hays and Olivia Elliott also scored for the Rockets.

Stephen Papik scored two goals and Dane Beller also scored as Mars shook off a slow start for a 3-1 win over Shaler.The Titans led 1-0 before the Planets (11-0-1) tied it up just before the half.Freeport 13, Derry 0 — Hunter Hardin scored six goals in the Yellowjackets' rout.Isaac Wetzel also had three goals, Cole Kovac two — his first two varsity goals — Luke Heider one and Dan Lynch added the final goal and three assists for Freeport (9-4-1, 7-3-1).

Addison Stewart scored three goals to lead Freeport to an 8-5 victory over Sewickley Academy in its varsity season opener.