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Knoch girls dominate Ellwood City

Erin Pettit netted two goals and added three assists to lift the Knoch girls soccer team to a 10-0 shutout of Ellwood City Wednesday afternoon.

Amanda Sharbaugh and Amber Spreng both added two goals, with Sharbaugh also contributing an assist for the Knights (4-5-1, 4-2-1).

A-C Valley 207, Karns City 244 -Sean Foust fired a 38 to lead the Falcons to the KSAC win at St. Jude. Logan McCracken's 41 led the Gremlins.A-C Valley (8-0-1, 8-0) will host Keystone at Foxburg Country Club Friday.A-C Valley (207):Sean Foust 38, Shawn Courson 41, Cody Anthony 41, Ted Marron 42, John Kaufman 45Karns City (244):Logan McCracken 41, Nathan Shirey 46, Beau Bachman 49, Saxon Parker 51, Matt Hillwig 57Grove City 200, Sharon 221 -Zach Nesbit and Cameron Peterson each carded a 37 to lead the Eagles to the dual match win at Sharon Country Club.Grove City (6-2 in team play) will have a Region 2 match at Lakeview Monday.Grove City (200):Cameron Peterson 37, Zach Nesbit 37, Zach Frankenburg 40, Kelly Chutz 42, Derek Forese 44Sharon (221):Jared Neal 40, Mark Drabick 43, Mike Porterfield 44, Don Koewacich 47, Matt Snizek 47Mars 183, Seneca valley 193 (girls) -Marissa Glew shot a 37 for the Planets to lead the way while Shannon O'Halloran had a 46 to pace the Raiders (6-3) at Connoquenessing Country Club.Mars (183):Marissa Glew 37, Lauren Glew 41, Brittany Jones 49, Megan Gibson 56Seneca Valley (193):Shannon O'Halloran 46, Chelsie Schade 48, Sam Craig 49, Jilly Brandy 50

Slippery Rock 5, Titusville 0 -Goalkeeper Joe Bryan recorded his fifth straight shutout for the Rockets (5-0-1) Tuesday.Dusty Hribal, Min Woo Chung, Mike Ramirez, Craig Bicehouse and Bryan scored for Slippery Rock.The Rockets travel to Corry today.

Karns City 20, Union 42 (boys); Union 15, Karns City 50 -Union's Brett Moore was the overall winner with a time of 13 minutes, 46 seconds, but the Gremlins took the next six places, led by Travis Hendell, who was two seconds behind Moore.In the girls race, Redbank Valley's lone runner Tristen Rankin won with a time of 17:38, but Union's Megan Booth was second and Karns City's Hannah Beck was third.Boys Top 10:Brett Moore (U) 13:46, Travis Hendell (KC) 13:48, Chris Harmon (KC) 15:07, Dale Grimm (KC) 15:51, Justin Smith (KC) 15:51.8, Eric Kriebel (KC) 17:01, Charlie Beck (KC) 17:03, Ryan Bowser (U) 17:23, Jonathan Burns (KC) 17:26, Brogan Gearhart (U) 17:29Girls Top 10:Tristen Rankin (RV) 17:38, Megan Booth (U) 19:36, Hannah beck (KC) 20:26.8, Samantha Ryan (KC) 21:10, Courtney Fredricks (U) 21:31, Amanda Barger (U) 21:34, Jenna Holden (U) 22:21, Brittney Hoover U) 22:56, Sarah Meyers (U) 23:06, Abby Hawks (U) 23:39

North Hills 3, Butler 2 -Kristin Cypher won at No. 1 singles and Courtney Kerr and Angie Byrns teamed at No. 1 doubles for the Tornado's two wins.Butler (8-4) will play at North Allegheny Friday.Singles:Kristin Cypher (B) def. Brianna Schatzel 6-0, 6-1; Carrie Lippert (NH) def. Maggie McGinnis 7-5, 6-2; Athena Pappis (NH) def. Katherine Sylvia 6-1, 6-0Doubles:Courtney Kerr-Angie Byrns (B) def. Maria Cardone-Marcy Held 6-4, 6-2; Emily Fritsch-Emily Sidago (NH) def. Elisa Nesbitt-Hannah Roccki 7-6, 6-4Butler's junior varsity (4-5) blanked Seneca Valley 5-0 as Alicia Double, Melanie Sessa and Kelly Oesterling won singles matches. Ashley Dills and Mandy Courson, Lauren Southworth and Jaimie Dunn won in doubles.

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