A-C Valley's Logan Wetzel and Blayne McGuirk fired a 75 and a 78, respectively, at the opening round of theDistrict 9 Golf Championships Monday to help the Falcons finish in second place at Clarion Oaks.

The duo will advance to Saturday's second round, also at Clarion Oaks, along with Union's Travis Anthony (76) and Moniteau's Mitch Hunter (79).

Punxsutawney won Monday's 32-team event with a three-player score of 234, followed by A-C Valley and Bradford (236).

A-C Valley (236, T-2nd): Logan Wetzel 75, Blayne McGuirk 78, Allan Eaton 83

Union (242, 5th): Travis Anthony 76, Eddie Stewart 81, Scott Booth 85

Moniteau (252, 7th):Mitch Hunter 79, Ethan Fowler 88, Jeremy Ritts 85

Karns City (293): Tucker Preston 88, Tim Johnson 95, Tyler Walters 110

<B>Seneca Valley 200, Ellwood City 221 — </B>Brooke Arrington carded a 44 to pace the Raiders at Connoquenessing Country Club.Seneca Valley (7-4) will host Center Wednesday.<B>Ellwood City (221):</B>Amanda Whalen 49, Maggie McKenna 55, Jessica Irwin 55, Liz Smith 62<B>Seneca Valley (200):</B> Brooke Arrington 44, Paige Wojdyla 48, Jenn Suder 52, Nicole Eaton 56

Becky Smith had 11 kills as Butler toppled Oakland Catholic 25-17, 25-14, 20-25, 25-21 Monday night.Abbie Druschel added six blocks and Steph Mock had 15 digs for the Golden Tornado (6-2, 5-2).<B>Knoch 3, Hampton 0</B> — Sara Montgomery turned in a solid all-around match with nine kills, eight service points, three aces and six blocks to lead the Knights to the 25-17, 25-15, 25-20 section win.Jessica Gross added 18 assists for Knoch (4-5, 3-3).

Elissa McCune and Sarah Cessar each scored three goals as Slippery Rock routed Kennedy Catholic 8-0.Danielle Wissinger added two goals for the Rockets.<B>Butler 3, North Hills 0 — </B>Chelsey Rock had two goals and Nikki Hladik had a goal and an assist to lead the Tornado to the section win.Taylor Troyan made six saves for Butler, which hosts Knoch Wednesday.<B>Karns City 6, Keystone 0</B> — Six Gremlins scored goals in this KSAC rout.Cristen Futcher, Brooke Miller, Kyrstin Bowser, Nicole Harmon, Kaitlyn Lakin and Millie McKain all found the net for Karns City (6-4, 4-1).

<B>Butler 5, Knoch 0 — </B>Madison Kerr, Heather Santa and Katie Straub swept the singles matches to key the Tornado's win. .<B>Singles:</B> Madison Kerr (B) def. Katie Conlon 6-2, 6-0; Heather Santa (B) def. Sarah Cypher 6-0, 6-1; Katie Straub (B) def. Brooke Ross 6-1, 6-1<B>Doubles:</B> Jamie Daum-Rachel Wilson (B) def. Jenna Kanterman-Peggy Kanterman 6-1, 6-3; Cassie Houk-Markie Harrison (B) def. Abby Conlon-Emily Sale 0-6, 6-4, 7-5

Slippery Rock placed four runners in the top 20 and brought home the third-place trophy from the Cochranton Invitational over the weekend.Jacob Spurk placed sixth for the Rockets, while Owen Bowser was ninth, Jackson Udy 11th and Ryan Thompson 20th.Jessica Bennett finished ninth in the girls race for Slippery Rock, which finished fifth as a team.In junior varsity action, Luke Shaffer finished second and Dylan Parson eighth for the boys, Kate Brozenic finished 10th for the girls.Slippery Rock competes Tuesday at Reynolds.