Knoch's Ben Andrews (7) moves past Freeport's Dylan Kerstan during the Knights' 2-0 boys soccer victory Tuesday night. Andrews scored one of Knoch's tallies.

Seneca Valley didn't let a late goal by North Allegheny shake it.

The Raiders' boys soccer team held on for the last 15 minutes to earn a 2-1 win in their Section 2-AAA opener.

Connor McCandless put Seneca Valley (3-0, 1-0) ahead 2-0 midway through the second half.

Matt Saluga scored the Raiders' first goal.

Slippery Rock 5, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 0 — Matt Dempsey scored twice to help the Rockets win on the road.

Ben Magliocca, Mark Cessar and Josh Jones also scored for Slippery Rock (1-0).

Sean Beeching made three saves for Slippery Rock, which handed the Trojans (0-3) their third straight loss.

Knoch 2, Freeport 0 — Ben Andrews and Kris Matus each scored goals to lead the Knights (2-1, 1-0).

Mars 3, Deer Lakes 0 — Dale Glavin recorded a shutout in goal to lift the Planets.

Ian McNany scored two goals and Nick Cimini also scored for Mars.

Slippery Rock had plenty of offense. Mercyhurst Prep had just a little bit more.The Rockets dropped their season-opening game to the Lakers, 5-4.Jenny Dudak, Bailey Boyd, Lilly Weitzel and Alaina McDermott scored for Slippery Rock. Molly Joyce had two assists.

Knoch dropped a close Section 8-AAA match 197-206 to Pine-Richland at Saxon Golf Course.Devin Campbell led the Knights (3-4, 1-4) with a 37.Pine-Richland 197: Austin Matz 36, Nate Yadkovich 38, Connor Whiter 40, Chris Rust 41, Chris Cato 42.Knoch 202: Devin Campbell 39, Logan Hickey 39, Jimmy Ellis 40, Dom Bozzo 41, Aiden Albert 43.Campbell also led Knoch with a 37 in its 189-196 loss to Shady Side Academy last Friday.Shady Side Academy 189: Will Nemahon 36, Sean Grumley 37, Jack Katarincic 37, Pat Bush 39, C.J. Keim 40.Knoch 196: Devin Campbell 37, Dominic Bozzo 38, Aiden Albert 38, Logan Hickey 40, Christian Evanchec 43.Pittsburgh Central Catholic 193, Seneca Valley 194 — The Vikings snared a close Section 8-AAA win at Cranberry Highlands.Ross Bondo led Seneca Valley (4-2, 3-1) by shooting a 1-over par 36. Cranberry Township resident Nicklaus Cuny led Central Catholic with a 35.Pittsburgh Central Catholic 193: Nicklaus Cuny 35, Jake Smithco 35, Joe Pronio 38, Bill Baner 40, Daniel Smith 45.Seneca Valley 194: Ross Bondo 36, Evan Hangliter 36, Tyler Leake 39, Garrett Schlick 40, Andy Smathers 43.

Bridget Merten fired a 3-under-par 33 at Black Hawk Golf Course to lead Mars to a 176-195 win.Natalie Welsh fired an even-par 36 for the Planets (3-2, 1-2).Mars (176): Bridget Merten 33, Natalie Welsh 36, Myah McGinnis 53, Allison Bruce 54Blackhawk (195): Courtney Vannoy 48, Danielle Durbin 49, Maya Urgitus 49, Abbey Benden 49Butler 211, Seneca Valley 220 — Hannah Folk shot a 44 to pace the Golden Tornado.Courtney Wahlstrom had the low score for the Raiders with a 47.Butler (211): Hannah Folk 44, Abby Dumbaugh 53, Maddy Temple 56, Liz Rakers 50Seneca Valley (220): Courtney Wahlstrom 47, Meghan McNulty 53, Meghan Dillon 54, Lauren Mahany 66

Grove City 20, Slippery Rock 43 (boys); Grove City 25, Slippery Rock 33 (girls) — The Eagles swept the season-opening District 10, Region 2 meet for both teams.Boys top 101-Andrew Maxwell (S), 16:14; 2-Ryan Budnik (G), 17:06; 3-Aaron Benka (G), 17:06; 4-Dillon McConnell (G); 5-John-Paul DePew (G), 17:07; 6-Brayden Pyle (G), 17:10; 7-Ben McKnight (G), 17:18; 8-Jacob Powell 17:38; 9-Elijah DePew (G), 17:45; 10-Matt Fassinger (G), 18:24.Girls top 101-Olivia Lowe (G), 20:41; 2-Tabitha Donaldson (G), 20:43; 3-Maddi Hamilton (G), 20:43; 4-Hannah Lindey (S), 21:32; 5-Adeline Burkes (S), 22:01; 6-Mikayla Wimer (G), 22:13; 7-Kelly Somora (G), 23:05; 8-Rachel Hennerlin (G), 23:30; 9-Hannah Sanfrad (G), 24:07; 10- Breanna Walters (S), 24:25.Clarion Invitational — The Karns City girls cross country team placed third and the boys fourth out of six teams with scores of 85 and 94, respectively.Cranberry won both the boys and girls meets with scores of 25 and 31, respectively.Rebecca Pennington came in first for the Karns City girls, placing 11th with a time of 25 minutes, 44 seconds. Ashlyn Hildebrand (26:13), Kayla Hildebrand (26:30), Kaitlyn Fleeger (27:05) and Olivia Mauer (33:56) also competed for the Gremlins.Brice Ellenberger was the Gremlins' top finisher, placing 15th with a time of 21:04.Grant Curdo (22:05), Eli Kowalski (23:45), Tim Sigwoth (24:31), Alec Weber and Kentin Codispot (26:44) came in behind Ellenberger.

Cassie McKernan, Cassie Berteotti and Hannah Both each had nine kills as Mars held off Butler 25-20, 17-25, 25-20, 25-27, 15-10.Maria Nicassio added eight kills and Julia Zimmer had 36 assists and five aces for the Planets.Alecia Zika also had 21 digs for Mars.No individual stats for Butler were available.Franklin 3, Grove City 2 — Grove City girls volleyball nearly rallied from a 2-0 deficit, but dropped a five-set match 22-25, 19-25, 25-23, 25-12, 6-15 to Franklin.Jordyn Wyllie led the Eagles with 10 kills, while Caral Cinton contributed five.Hannah Santom handed out 22 assists, while Belle Chiodo and Adrianna Adams each had 12 service points.Knoch 3, Burrell 0 — Katie Bozzo had 10 kills and 10 assists and Kiley Hajek added 11 kills, seven block and nine service points to lead the Knights to a 25-21, 25-19, 25-13 win.Alley Kerkan added 13 service points for Knoch (1-0).

Butler was swept by Moon 5-0 to fall to 2-3 on the season.Singles: Cam Beer (M) d. Gretchen Wilson 6-1, 6-1; Erika Fernau (M) d. Mercedes Belch 6-1, 6-0; Rachel Letterman (M) d. Jenna Kuntz 6-0, 6-0.Doubles: Lexi Ciccone-Olivia Napoleone (M) d. Jill Ford-Andrea Malacaman 6-1, 6-0; Audrey Kamenski-Amanda Friello (M) d. Tessa Klotz-Brianna Anthony 6-1, 6-3