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Grove City 2nd in PIAA cross country

The Grove City High boys cross country team placed second at the PIAA Class AA Cross Country Championships Saturday in Hershey.

The Eagles were paced by three runners in the top 50.

Braydon Pyle led the way with a time of 16 minutes, 56 seconds to place 28th. Aaron Benka (32nd) and John Paul Depew (45) were the other top finishers for Grove City.

York Suburban won the Class AA boys title.

Knoch was fourth, led by Preston Carlsson with a time of 17:02, good enough for 33rd place.

Slippery Rock's Andrew Maxwell was the top area boys finisher, in 13th place with a time of 16:35.

Seneca Valley's Mike Kolor was 23rd in the Class AAA race at 16:24.

On the girls side, Seneca Valley was sixth as a team in the Class AAA race, led by a 20th-place finish by Rachel Hensel (19:10).

Mariah Mack was 23rd (19:13) and Julia Kooser 28th (19:20) for the Raiders.

Knoch was 11th in the Class AA race.

Mandi Moxie placed 25th with a time of 19:52 to become only the second Knoch female runner to earn a medal at the state meet.

In Class A, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic's Rylee Kopchak was 21st with a time of 20:08.

Class AAABoysTeam results1-North Allegheny 72, 2-Conestoga 119, 3-Cardinal O'Hara 134, 4-Downington West 152, 5-Easton 201Individual Top 101-Jake Brophy (Central Bucks East) 15:24, 2-Kevin Hames (Cardinal O'Hara) 15:38, 3-Andrew Marston (Conestoga) 15:40, 4-Matt McGoey (North Allegheny) 15:47, 5-Colin Abert (Easton) 15:47, 6-Casey Comber (Hatboro Horsham) 15:48, 7-Sam Webb (Pennsbury) 15:49, 8-Hunter Wharrey (North Allegheny) 15:52, 9-Zach Brehm (Carlisle) 16:03, 10-Henry Sappey (Downington West) 16:07Seneca Valley: 23-Mike Kolor 16:24, 75-Tanner Quiggle 17:01,Butler: 64-Josh Rader 16:55, 133-Noah Beveridge 17:23

Class AAAGirlsTeam results1-Pennsbury 68, 2-Unionville 73, 3-Cardinal O'Hara 104, 4-North Alleghany 149, 5-Mount Lebanon 175, 6-Seneca Valley 189Individual Top 101-Brianna Schwartz (Shaler) 17:39, 2-Olivia Sargent (Pennsbury) 17:48, 3-Madeleine Davison (North Allegheny 17:57, 4-Marissa Sheva (Pennridge) 18:05, 5-Kelsey Potts (Mount Lebanon) 18:08, 6-Olivia Young (Unionville) 18:32, 7-Alexis O'Shea (West Allegheny) 18:33, 8-Hannah Molloy (Pennsbury) 18:36, 9-Brooke Hutton (Coatesville) 18:36, 10-Aislinn Devlin (Downington West) 18:46Seneca Valley: 20-Rachel Hensler 19:10, 23-Mariah Mack 19:13, 28-Julia Kooser 19:20, 134-Lauren Sauer 20:40, 150-Isabelle Biase 20:56, 175-Emma Sledge 21:23, 190-Maty Zeckzer 21:35

Class AABoysTeam results1-York Suburban 86, 2-Grove City 117, 3-Scranton Prep 123, 4-Knoch 170, 5-Mt. Carmel Area 199, 9-Mars 243Individual Top 101-Dominic Hockenbury (Lake-Lehman) 16:01, 2-Jack Di Cintio (Wyomissing) 16:14, 3-Daniel Green (James Buchanan) 16:15, 4-Simon Smith (Towanda) 16:18, 5-Kyle Shinn (Wyomissing) 16:26, 6-Sean Hilverding (Waynesburg Central) 16:28, 7-Nathan Morgan (Lakeland) 16:30, 8-Ben Evans (Scranton Prep) 16:30, 9-Jack Tidball (Tunkhannock Area) 16:30, William Kachman (Bedford) 16:31Grove City: 28-Braydon Pyle 16:56, 32-Aaron Benka 17:00, 45-John Paul Depew 17:14, 66-Ryan Budnik 17:29, 98-Dillon McConnell 17:47, 106-Ben McKnight 17:49, 135-Jacob Powell 18:06Knoch: 33-Preston Carlsson 17:02, 46-Max Freyermuth 17:14, 60-Brandon Grumski 17:25, 63-John Ejzak 17:27, 160-Aidan Neigh 18:27, 162-Paul Kasunic 18:28, 167-Nathaniel Pettit 18:31Mars: 55-Nathan Mrdjenovich 17:21, 56-Brendan Knox 17:22, 107-Jacob Porter 17:49, 120-Ben Luce 17:56, 153-Zack Hunkele 18:21, 170-Evan Deddo 18:32, 186-Caleb Keys 18:52Slippery Rock: 13-Andrew Maxwell 16:35

Class AAGirlsTeam results1-Villa Maria 60, 2-Scranton Prep 117, 3-Quaker Valley 122, 4-Northwestern Lehigh 159, 5-Dallas 180, 11-KnochIndividual Top 101-Ally Rome (Dallas) 18:44, 2-Lindsey Oremus (Dallas) 18:49, 3-Mackenzie Jones (Danville)19:06, 4-Jade Bellotti (Uniontown) 19:14, 5-Kayla Connelly (Lansdale Catholic) 19:15, 6-Claire Brown (Villa Maria) 19:17, 7-Maggie Toczko (Tunkhannock Area) 19:21, 8-Riley Kwiatowski (Greensburg Salem) 19:24, 9-Leanne Weaver (Boiling Springs) 19:25, 10-Angel Barber (East Pennboro Area) 19:27Knoch: 25-Mandi Moxie 19:52, 125-Rachael Wittmer 21:30, 134-Lauren Karenbauer 21:40, 148-Ashlyn Carlsson 21:54, 155-Abby Jones 22:00, 164-Mandy Hunt 22:25, Brooke Zukowski 23:05Grove City: 76-Katie Jaskowak 20:44, 113-Olivia Lowe 21:15Slippery Rock: 94-Tabitha Donaldson 20:59

Class ABoysA-C Valley: 157-John Anderson 19:00

Class AGirlsCardinal Wuerl North Catholic: 21-Rylee Kopchak 20:08Moniteau: 129-Gabby Stewart 22:27, 174-Samantha Hall 23:56VolleyballSeneca Valley won a thrilling, five-set match over Mount Lebanon to earn a spot in the PIAA Class AAA playoffs, which begin Tuesday.The Raiders will play McDowell at 7 p.m. at Meadville High School.Elk County Catholic 3, A-C Valley 0 — The Falcons fell 25-18, 25-23, 25-21 in the District 9 Class A playoffs.

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