Artie Black not only won the race Tuesday, but he also helped the Knoch boys cross country team to win the war.

Black's time of 16 minutes, 32 seconds was not only good enough for first place, but also it helped the Knights defeat Butler 26-31 and North Hills 28-29 for the first time in the program's 18-year history.

North Hills also defeated Butler 22-35.

"It was a tremendous effort on the boys side," said Knoch coach Wess Brahler. "We knew it would be close and knew it would be tough but the kids came through."

In the girls race, Butler's Karen Geibel was the overall winner as Butler defeated Knoch 16-46 but lost to North Hills 25-33 while North Hills also defeated Knoch 15-46.

With the boys win, Knoch improves to 11-1 overall and 2-1 in the section.

The Knoch girls fell to 2-10, 0-3. Both Knoch teams will compete in Saturday's Lakeview Invitational.

Boys Top 10:

Artie Black (K) 16:32, O'Hare (NH) 16:39, Kyle Reeping (K) 17:03, Sencak (NH) 17:20, Steve Monnie (B) 17:27, Ben Hutterer (K) 17:36, Valh (NH) 17:37, Porter (B) 17:39, Rob Miller (B) 17:42, Chris Recio (K) 17:46

Girls Top 10:

Karen Geibel (B) 20:44, Tess Crispin (B) 21:00, Mebda (NH) 21:00, McIntyre (NH) 21:09, Mebda (NH) 21:21, Ogden (NH) 21:43, Simonton (NH) 22:15, Haley (NH) 22:43, Sarah Clouse (B) 22:49, King (B) 22:52

Mars 23, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 33; Mars 22, Riverside 35 (boys); Mars 17, OLSH 41; Mars 15, Riverside 50 (girls) -

Mars' Cody Kier and Brittany Zaborowski each won their respective races to lead both Planets teams to a pair of victories.

The Mars girls team improved to 6-2, 3-1, the boys are 5-3, 3-1.

Boys Top 10:

Cody Kier (M) 17:39, Devin Walsh (Ri) 18:43, Devin Howes (M) 18:52, Justin Stadelmyer (M) 19:00, Mark Grogan (O) 19:17, Jeff Rosser (O) 19:23, Jon McElwain (Ri) 19:29, Alex Kokkinakis (M) 19:30, Greg Rosser (O) 19:32, Justin Brown (Ri) 19:39

Girls Top 10:

Brittany Zaborowski (M) 21:14, Courtney Moran (M) 22:11, Kaitlin Thompson 23:29, Chloe Pierre (M) 23:44, Michelle Zilavy (Ri) 24:18, Mary Beth Martin (O) 24:36, Mary Sexton (O) 24:59, Emily Nagel (M) 25:14, Jessica Moran (M) 25:49, Liz Jarokcki (O) 26:29

Meadville 18, Slippery Rock 41 (boys); Slippery Rock 25, Meadville 34 (girls) -

The Rockets' Janelle Hartzell finished first and Jill Laux took third to lead Slippery Rock to a win in the girls' competition.

Dan Hartzell was Slippery Rock's top finisher in the boys race, finishing fifth. Slippery Rock's girls are now 2-1, the boys fall to 1-2.

Boys Top 10:

1-Joe Mato (M) 17:09, 2-Andy Geist (M) 17:24, 3-Zac Ross (M) 18:11, 4-Clark Peterson (M) 18:27, 5-Dan Hartzell (SR) 18:52, 6-Pete Eilenfeldt (SR) 18:56, 7-Mac Bowser (SR) 19:01, 8-Adam Shade (M) 19:20, 9-Zach Lindeman (M) 19:39, 10-Sean Unize (M) 19:50

Girls Top 10:

1-Janelle Hartzell (SR) 21:27, 2-Meghan Butters (M) 21:29, 3-Jill Laux (SR) 21:41, 4-Abby Schinmmer (M) 21:49, 5-Caitlyn Hancox (M) 21:52, 6-Amanda Kellogg (SR) 21:56, 7-Calley Bridges (SR) 22:05, 8-Sarah Opp (SR) 22:18, 9-Andrea Schaffer (SR) 22:30, 10-Sarah Thompson (SR) 22:47

Freeport 25, Riverview 32, Greensburg Central Catholic 20, Freeport 40 (boys); Greensburg Central Catholic 27, Freeport 28, Riverview 23, Freeport 33 (girls)

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Despite Freeport's loss in the boys meet, Brendan Reilly earned the top spot with a finish of 17:36.

Melanie Lutz was the top Yellowjacket in girls competition, finishing fourth.

Freeport's boys are now 4-4, 2-2. The girls are 5-3, 2-2.

Boys Top 10:

1-Brendan Reilly (F) 17:36, 2-Rudy Chelednik (G) 17:48, 3-Mike Wong (G) 18:34, 4-Mike Vitale (G) 18:38, 5-Joe Lantzy (G) 18:40, 6-John Matta (G) 18:46, 7-Shaun Visnesky (F) 19:06, 8-Gary Gent (R) 19:13, 9-Mike Stevens (G) 19:17, 10-Matt Thaemert (F) 19:19

Girls Top 10:

1-Hannah Lash (G) 20:11, 2-Allison Garda (R) 20:39, 3-Chrissy Ostroski (R) 20:41, 4-Melanie Lutz (F) 20:54, 5-Kristen Prazenica (F) 21:27, 6-Tyler Myers (R) 21:43, 7-Maggie Gibson (G) 22:03, 8-Kirsten Knappenberger (F) 22:13, 9-Jill Krupey (G) 22:30, 10-Vincenza Pimpinella (G) 22:48

Moniteau sweeps

- The Warriors boys and girls cross country teams both picked up two victories in a tri-meet.

The Moniteau boys beat Clarion 17-44 and Keystone 20-39, led by a first-place finish by Eric Hillard.

The Warriors girls toppled Clarion 21-33 and Clarion-Limestone 26-29. Amy Gladd finished first in that meet.

Boys Top 10:

1-Eric Hillard (M) 18:04, 2-Aaron Smith (M) 18:49, 3-Dalton Hill (K) 19:24, 4-Matt O'Malley (M) 19:39, 5-Ben Blank (M) 20:16, 6-Brian Long (K) 20:50, 7-Levi Null (Cl) 20:51, 8-Adam Yeany (C-L) 20:52, 9-Dylan Kirkpatrick (C-L) 20:53, 10-Casey Strawcutter (Cl) 21:38

Girls Top 10:

1-Amy Gladd (M) 23:46, 2-Marie Rhoades (Cl) 24:12, 3-Samantha Kristufek (M) 24:31, 4-Jillian Rhoads (C-L) 25:03, 5-Laura Jones (C-L) 25:07, 6-Nikki Stiner (M) 25:27, 7-Brianna Bell (C-L) 25:42, 8-Brittany Foos (Cl) 25:43, 9-Lisa Speer (C-L) 26:51, 10-Michelle Gebhart (M) 26:52

Scott Herman's overtime goal lifted Knoch to a 3-2 win over section rival Kittanning Tuesday afternoon.Adding goals for the Knights (7-0) were Eric Steighner and Buddy Carr.Butler 1, Hampton 0 -Kevin McCune's first-half goal and Tim Duffy's play in net helped to keep Butler undefeated.The Tornado (10-0, 5-0) host Seneca Valley Thursday.Karns City 4, DuBois 0 -Dan Thuronyi had two goals and Mark Ferguson and Cody McElravy had one apiece for the Gremlins.Andrew Harmon added two assists and Zack Sadowski had one assist for Karns City (6-1, 6-0), who host East Forest Thursday.Grove City 6, Franklin 0 -Gordon Craig scored three goals for the Eagles (4-2-2), with Mark Steen and Derek Brown adding one each. Jake Muse was credited with an assist as a Franklin player knocked a ball into his own net.Jeremy Gildersleeve got the shutout in goal. Grove City plays at Titusville Thursday.Seneca Valley 4, North Hills 0 -Kyle Connell, K.J. Gorman, Shane Kunder and Ryan Zipf scored for the Raiders (4-3, 4-1), who play at unbeaten Butler Thursday night.

Mars 3, Knoch 2-The Planets won this battle of section unbeatens 25-19, 22-25, 20-25, 25-19, 15-13, despite trailing the final game 8-4 at one point.Kelly Berry had 19 kills and 17 blocks for Mars (4-0) while Jodi Leopold had 12 kills and 16 digs. Lacee Beitler and Alyssa Skoff had 14 digs each.Pine-Richland 3, Butler 0 -Despite 12 digs from Yuki Schapher and nine kills and eight digs from Abby Herrit, the Tornado lost to the Rams 25-14, 25-9, 25-15.Amy Achesinski added four kills for Butler (3-4, 1-2), which play at North Allegheny Thursday.Slippery Rock 3, Sharon 0 -The Rockets (2-1) won the match 25-9, 25-8, 25-8. Jess Speicher had 15 service points, while Kristen Staugh added 23 assists and Erica Gabreski had 10 kills.Monica Grobecko scored eight points, Cursty McClure had 10 service points and five kills, and Amy Siwik had six kills and 11 points.Freeport 3, West Shamokin 0 -The Yellowjackets (7-0, 6-0) won the match 25-14, 25-13, 25-18 as Kelly Acre had 16 service points, four aces, four blocks and three kills.Dana Turley had 10 kills and five blocks, Marissa DeSalvo had 11 kills and three blocks, Katelyn Macurdy had 13 service points and six kills and Stephanie Leslie 32 assists and three kills.Karns City 3, Moniteau 0 -Karns City took this match from rival Moniteau by scores of 25-16, 25-20 and 25-20.Leading the way for the Gremlins (3-1) were Stephanie Isacco with 39 passes, Courtney Slagle with seven blocks and Laura Kepple with 30 passes.Moniteau (2-3) received strong performances from Kristin Baronetski (eight digs), Kendra Hall (14 points, five digs) and Haley McFeaters (four blocks).Karns City won the junior varsity match, 2-0.Mars 3, Knoch 2- Zoe Hughes had 20 points, but the Knights fell to Mars 19-25, 25-22, 25-20, 19-25, 13-15 in a five-set marathon.Leanne Wiefling and Kirsten Brant each added 17 points for Knoch, which lost for the first time this season to fall to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the section.Grove City 3, Greenville 0- Jenna Kelly had nine kills and Sheila Ogden added 21 points and five aces as the Eagles won 25-14, 25-12, 25-10.Ashley Patterson added six assists and five blocks for Grove City (4-1).Union 3, A-C Valley 0- The Falcons swept this KSAC match 25-6, 25-12, 25-14. No other information was provided.

Mars 197, Kittanning 221 -The Planets' Dave Casteel shot a course-record 32 at Rittswood. Mars improved to 6-3 overall, 4-2 in section.Mars:Dave Casteel 32, Brian Routhieaux 40, R.J. Hardt 40, Greg Hilscher 42, Jeff Bauer 43Kittanning:Nick Kludowski 40, Carl Peters 40, Kyle Adams 44, Lee Heilman 48, Pat Daisley 49Butler 209, Seneca Valley 211-The Tornado's Collin Randall earned medalist honors by firing a 40 in this section matchup at the Butler Country Club.Butler (6-5, 3-5) will play Pine-Richland at Treesdale.Seneca Valley (211):Kevin Day 41, Eric Hajduk 41, Brett Spagnola 42, West Roberts 42, Kirk Pappas 45Butler (209):Collin Randall 40, Nick Blymiller 41, Matt Maloy 42, Antonio Baroffio 43, Christian Mato 43Rocky Grove 229, Moniteau 239 -The Warriors (3-5) received 45s from Devin Christy and Eric Fort.Moniteau:Devin Christy 45, Eric Fort 45, Cody Slater 49, Cody Stewart 52, Paul Thompson 48Rocky Grove:Sam Saeli 39, Dallas Coxson 44, Sean Carleton 46, Tim Burk 48, Matt Hadden 52Knoch 200, Highlands 222 -Tom Gilliespie and Joe Sopcisak each carded a 39 for the Knights (6-2), who play at Highlands today.Knoch:Tom Gillespie 39, Joe Sopcisak 39, Rob Gillespie 40, NateRihn 41, Evan Shaffer 41Highlands:Brad Cieslinski 36, Dave Butterbaugh 44, Jared Sims 45, Mike Sertig 48, Courtney Koroes 49