High school sports roundup: North Catholic has big day at county cross country meet

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August 24, 2025 Last Updated: August 25, 2025 02:31 PM Sports

Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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North Catholic’s Madeline Meeuf took first place with a time of 20:34.79 in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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North Catholic’s Tessa Driehorst, right is congratulated by first place winner and fellow teammate Madeline Meeuf after taking second with a time of 20:53.48 in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Butler’s Anna Belle Witt crosses the finish line first for her team taking 47th place with a time of 25:34.69 in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Moniteau’s Brinn Kirschner is picked up after collapsing at the finish line in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Seneca Valley volunteer parent Joyce Harrell, left, supports runners of various schools including Freeport’s Kaleb Bodily in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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North Catholic’s Tyler Carroll took first place with a time of 16:29.62 in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Butler’s Bryson Myrlie took 17th place with a time of 19:32.91 in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Karns City’s Trevor Rumbaug, left, passes Seneca Valley’s Riley Smith as they approach the finish line in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Moniteau’s Baylen Rock cools himself off after finishing the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Freeport runner enjoy watermelon after a cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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North Catholic’s Madeline Meeuf took first place with a time of 20:34.79 in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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North Catholic’s Tessa Driehorst, right is congratulated by first place winner and fellow teammate Madeline Meeuf after taking second with a time of 20:53.48 in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Butler’s Anna Belle Witt crosses the finish line first for her team taking 47th place with a time of 25:34.69 in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Moniteau’s Brinn Kirschner is picked up after collapsing at the finish line in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

Rob McGraw
Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Seneca Valley volunteer parent Joyce Harrell, left, supports runners of various schools including Freeport’s Kaleb Bodily in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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North Catholic’s Tyler Carroll took first place with a time of 16:29.62 in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Butler’s Bryson Myrlie took 17th place with a time of 19:32.91 in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Karns City’s Trevor Rumbaug, left, passes Seneca Valley’s Riley Smith as they approach the finish line in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Moniteau’s Baylen Rock cools himself off after finishing the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Freeport runner enjoy watermelon after a cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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Local county teams Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Moniteau, North Catholic, Seneca Valley, and Slippery Rock participated in the Butler County 5K Fall Classic Scrimmage cross country meet on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School. Robert McGraw/Butler Eagle.

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North Catholic’s Madeline Meeuf (20:34.79), Tessa Driehorst (20:53.48), Anna Morris (20:59.90) and Caroline Sell (21:03.79) took the top four places of the girls’ side at Saturday’s Butler County 5K Fall Classic cross country meet at Seneca Valley.

With a time of 21:11.96, Slippery Rock’s Leah Perez took fifth. The Trojanettes’ Sydney Dunn (21:22.95) and Ava Sparacino (21:32.14) rounded out the top 7. Elise Cilik (8th, 21:45.86) had Seneca Valley’s best time; while Freeport’s Elizabeth Wesolosky (21st, 23:08.68), Moniteau’s Alexis Kirschner (23rd, 23:34.39) and Karns City’s Megan Hartle (27th, 23:55.54) led their teams.

— On the boys’ side, North Catholic’s Tyler Carroll (16:29.62) and Jack Steineman (16:45.03) finished 1-2. Freeport’s David Kristine (3rd, 17:07.02), Seneca Valley’s Riley McGee (4th, 17:14.93), Karns City’s Noah Weiland (5th, 18:20.65) and Slippery Rock’s Hunter Doerflinger (6th, 18:28.71).

— Butler junior Brendan Eicher finished 11th in the 5,000-meter finals at the HOKA Showcase Invitational at Ohio’s Riverside High School on Saturday night.

Junior Brendan Eicher (11th, 16:03.20) and seniors Ethan Thomas (15th, 16:10.66) and Logan Rogers (43rd, 16:49.31) medaled for the Golden Tornado, whose boys finished sixth at the meet. Zari Golojuh (65th, 20:27.53) was the best finisher for Butler’s girls, who placed 20th.

North Catholic’s Tessa Driehorst, right, is congratulated by first-place winner and fellow teammate Madeline Meeuf after taking second with a time of 20:53.48 in a cross country meet Saturday at Seneca Valley High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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Boys soccer

Spencer Valasek notched a hat trick and Conor Rumbaugh and Carson Rowley also scored goals as Freeport downed Jeanette 5-0 on Saturday.

Henry Good had a pair of saves for the Yellowjackets (1-0) in the shutout. Freeport visits Shady Side Academy on Tuesday.

Fairview 4, Mars 1 — The Planets (1-1) suffered their first loss of the young season. They welcome in Hampton on Tuesday.

Girls soccer

Liv Halliday netted a pair of Mars and Miley Gratton added another to give the Planets a 3-0 win over Kiski on Saturday. Mars (2-0) will host Yough on Monday.

DuBois 5, Karns City 2 — Aubrey Price’s two goals weren’t enough for the Gremlins (1-1), who play Punxsutawney at home on Tuesday.

Girls tennis

Evelyn Marche, Macaria Stall and Anna Ravotti had singles wins as North Catholic downed Mars 4-1 on Friday. Claire Elliott and Kaitlyn Abel had a doubles victory for the Trojanettes, while Elaina Riegler and Grace Nam paired up to win one for the Planets.