Dougherty finishes 4th
Freeport senior Audrey Dougherty shot a 13-over par 86 to finish in a tie for fourth place at the WPIAL Class AA girls golf championships Tuesday at Rolling Hills Country Club in Peters Townships.
She finished 10 shots back of Greensburg Central Catholic's Olivia Zamburno, who repeated as champion.
Dougherty has qualified for the PIAA Western Regional all four years of her career.
In Class AAA, Mars' Bridget Merten finished tied for eighth place by shooting a 10-over par 83.
Seneca Valley Invitational — Seneca Valley's Andy Smathers shot a 71 at Cranberry Highlands, but lost to defending state and this year's WPIAL champion Jason Li of Sewickley Academy in a scorecard playoff.
The Raiders also finished third behind Sewickley Academy and Fox Chapel in the four-team tournament.
Seneca Valley Invitational
Team Standings
1-Sewickley Academy 382, 2-Fox Chapel 383, 3-Seneca Valley 384, 4-Central Catholic 389
Seneca Valley: Andy Smathers 71*, Tyler Leake 75, Derek Schlick 76, Adam Bushee 79, Scott Hangliter 83
* Lost to medalist Jason Li (SA) on a scorecard tiebreaker
Cross CountyThe Seneca Valley girls cross country team clinched the section title with a pair of wins over Mars (16-39) and Knoch (20-35).Knoch's Mandi Moxie placed first in the girls race, but the Raiders had the next five finishers to secure the sweep.The Knoch boys swept Seneca Valley (29-31) and Mars (19-36) behind the top three finishers of Brandon Brumski, Max Freyermuth and John Ejzack.Knoch 29, Seneca Valley 31Seneca Valley 18, Mars 32Knoch 19, Mars 36Boys Top 101-Brandon Brumski (K) 17:52, 2-Max Freyermuth (K) 17:57, 3-John Ejzack (K) 17:58, 4-Grant McCarthy 18:08, 5-Seth Ketler (SV) 18:17, 6-Caleb Keys (M) 18:22, 7-Seneca Valley (no name available) 18:23, 8-Alex Dixon (SV) 18:30, 9-Nate Pettit (SV) 18:31, 10-Trey Razanauskus (SV) 18:33Seneca Valley 16, Mars 39Seneca Valley 20, Knoch 35Knoch 23, Mars 32Girls Top 101-Mandi Moxie (K) 20:44, 2-Julia Kooser (SV) 21:14, 3-Mariah Mack (SV) 21:15, 4-Rachel Hensler (SV) 21:15, 5-Emma Lizewski (SV), 6-Seneca Valley (no name available) 22:09, 7-Camille Bromley (M) 22:21, 8-Megan Aaron (SV) 22:29, 9-Julie Hoggey (SV) 22:30, 10-Jordan Kyle (SV) 22:40Slippery Rock sweeps Wilmington — Slippery Rock's boys and girls teams improved to 2-2 with 27-30 and 22-37 wins over Wilmington, respectively.Nick Shea led the Rockets' boys by finishing third with a time of 19 minutes, 10 seconds while Tabitha Donaldon led the girls by finishing second in 23:14.Slippery Rock 27,Wilmington 30Boys top 101-Brett Whitty (W), 18:42; 2-Calvin Gealy (W), 18:45; 3-Nick Shea (S), 19:10; 4-Mack Taylor (S), 19:24; 5- Bradley Yarington (S), 19:34; 6-Jacob (W), 19:58; 7; 7-Wyatt Heyl (S), 20:30; 8-Ben Shumway (S), 21:23; 9-Evan Maxwell (S), 21:23; 10. Zach Wilson (S), 21:32Slippery Rock 22,Wilmington 37Girls top 101-Mei Williams (W), 22:54; 2-Tabitha Donaldson (S), 23:14; 3-Charlie Caldwell (S), 24:43; 4. Becky Anna (S), 24:53; 5. Brooke Schaffer (S), 25:26; 6. Taylor Flicker (W), 26:20; 7. Alexandra Glauch (W), 26:31; 8. Addy Birkes (S), 27:02; 9. Quinn Burkardt (S), 27:25; 10. Paige Martin (S), 27:33.Moniteau boys, girls pick up wins —Wyatt Geibel and Cloey Wallace placed first with times of 20:48 and 23:27, respectively, to help the Warriors beat Union and Karns City.The Moniteau boys beat Karns City 24-33 and Union 19-42. On the girls' side, the Warriors beat the Gremlins 21-38 and there was no team score against the Damsels.Moniteau 24, KC 33Moniteau 19, Union 42Boys top 101-Wyatt Geibel (M), 20:48; 2-Conrad Snyder (K), 20:56; 3-Grant Curdo (K), 21:34; 4-Seth Nicodemus (M), 21:50; 5-Alex Conn (M), 21:53; 6- Vinny Gazzo (U), 21:54; 7-Kristian Vogle (U), 22:13; 8-Nathan Wright (M), 22:22; 9-Alex Weber (K), 22:34; 10-Sean Wallace (M), 22:40.Moniteau 21, KC 38Girls top 101-Cloey Wallace (M), 23:27; 2-Ashlyn Hildebrand (K), 24:28; 3-Emma Bair (M), 24:56; 4-Allison DeMatteis (M), 25:01; 5-Gabby Stewart (M), 25:09; 6-Hanna Knoll (K), 25:16; 7-Kaila Hildebrand (K), 25:41; 8-Madison Cumberland (M), 26:54; 9-Sam Hall (M), 27:34; 10-Alex Hartle (M), 28:26.Freeport splits tri-meet — The Yellowjackets boys team improved to 4-2 with wins over Shady Side Academy and Amstrong. The girls fell to the Indians, but beat the River Hawks.Johnathan Asay led Freeport by finishing third in 17:22. Natalie Dell also finished third for the Yellowjackets in 22:01.Freeport 28, SSA 28*Freeport 23, Armstrong 32SSA 27, Armstrong 30Boys top 101-Gannon Leech (S), 16:55; 2-Nathan Goldner (A), 17:19; 3-Johnathan Asa (F), 17:22; 4-Conner Columbo (S), 17:48; 5-Noah Bowser (F), 18:12; 6-Hunter Wolfe (A), 18:15; 7-Alex Parker (F), 18:18; 8-Caldwell Holden (S), 18:29; 9-Brendan McLaughlan (S), 18:48; 10-Tyler Ben (F), 19:06.SSA 24, Freeport 31SSA 19, Armstrong 40Freeport 22, Armstrong 37Girls top 101-Jeanne Lauer (S), 21:21; 2-Lindsay Stauber (S), 21:44; 3-Natalie Dell (F), 22:01; 4-Maria Dobransky (A), 22:31; 5-Lurena Steart (F), 22:57; 6-Emily Natoli (S), 23:11; 7-Megan McInerney (S), 23:33; 8-Taylor Relich (A), 23:44; 9-Rebecca Hollobaugh (F), 23:46; 10-Ariana Clark (F), 23:53.
HockeyThree third-period goals lifted Seneca Valley to a 5-3 season-opening win over Central Catholic at the Alpha Ice Complex.Alexander Crilley (two), Chris Lipnicky, Braden White and Connor Williams all scored goals for the Raiders.Alyssa Peterson earned the win in net for Seneca Valley, stopping 28 shots.
Boys soccerCaleb Brake scored with seven minutes remaining in double overtime to help Mars beat Shady Side Academy 3-2 in Section 2-AA action.Andrew Dominjanni and Andrew Diefenbacher also scored for the Planets (11-0-1, 9-0).Freeport 2, Deer Lakes 1 — Bryce Hanby and Robbie Reichenbaugh scored to help the Yellowjackets overcome a second-half deficit and earn a Section 2-AA win.The Yellowjackets (6-6, 4-4) fell behind 1-0 when Nick Caro scored five minutes into the second half for the Lancers (4-5-2, 4-3-2).Hansby tied the game four minutes later and Reichenbaugh scored the game-winner seven minutes after that.Knoch 5, West Shamokin 0 — Caleb Robb scored a pair of goals to lift the Knights.Henry Palmer, Stephen Grumski and Kris Matus also scored for Knoch (5-4-2, 4-3-1).Butler 3, Pine-Richland 0 — The Golden Tornado picked up a crucial road win in Section 2-AAA play. Butler is now 7-5 overall, 3-5 in Section 2-AA.
Girls SoccerLily Weitzel scored five goals as Slippery Rock won a wild match against Sharpsville, 7-4.Elena McDermott and Brooke Campbell also scored goals for the Rockets (4-8, 1-3).
VolleyballEmily Hegedus had 18 service points and 10 kills as Karns City swept Moniteau 25-14, 25-17, 25-10.Brooke Moore added 14 assists and Mackenzie Craig had five blocks.Grove City 3, Sharon 0 — Hannah Santom had eight kills and 18 assists in the Eagles' 25-18, 25-13, 25-19 win over the Tigers.Knoch 3, Highlands 0 — Alley Kerkan had 21 service points as the Knights rolled to a 25-2, 25-6, 25-10 victory.Julie Zilka pitched in 19 service points and Sarah Armahizer added 11 kills for Knoch (9-1, 7-1).Freeport 3, Valley 0 — Morgan Ruppersberger collected 11 kills in the Yellowjackets' 25-14, 25-12, 25-6.Maggie Ward had 22 assists and three aces, Maddie Christy five acesa nd Hannah Connor five kills for Freeport (9-0, 7-0).Conneaut Area 3, Slippery Rock 0 — Katie McClymonds had 34 digs in the Rockets' 25-15, 25-13, 25-15 loss.A-C Valley 3, Union 0 — The Falcons cruised in a 25-19, 25-14, 25-12 sweep. Halee Wetzel had 19 service points and six aces for the Falcons (10-0).Josey Terwilliger had 11 kills for A-C Valley, while Katie Stumpner had 15 digs and 10 kills.North Allegheny 3, Seneca Valley 1 — The Tigers beat the Raiders in a section matchup. No other information was available.
