SV cross country gets 4th in Hershey
Seneca Valley's boys cross country team placed fourth at the PIAA Class AAA championship meet Saturday in Hershey.
The Raiders, who won the WPIAL team title last month, were the only squad from Western Pennsylvania to place in the top five. SV finished with 202 points. Council Rock North won the state title with 76 points. The Class AAA boys field included 239 runners.
Seneca Valley was led by sophomore Sam Owori's 30th-place finish in 16 minutes, 40 seconds. He was followed by Seth Ketler (34th), Trey Razanauskas (73rd), Christian Resch (90th) and Alex Dixon (120th).
Butler junior Noah Beveridge placed fifth overall at 15:59 to lead the Golden Tornado to 15th place in the team standings.
In Class AAA girls, Butler's Maggie Welty was 12th at 18:54.
Knoch's Max Freyermuth placed ninth in the Class AA boys race with a time of 16:47.
Junior Rylee Kopchak finished 26th (20:07) to help Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic's girls place seventh as a team in Class A.
Following are results from the PIAA Cross Country Championships.
Class AAA
Boys (239 runners)
5-Noah Beveridge (B) 15:59, 30-Sam Owori (SV) 16:40, 34-Seth Ketler (SV) 16:46, 48-Brett Brady (B) 16:55, 73-Trey Razanauskas (SV) 17:06, 90-Christian Resch (SV) 17:13, 120-Alex Dixon (SV) 17:26, 135-Robbie Hays (B) 17:35, 156-Steven Patterson (B) 17:47, 183-Aden Dressler (B) 18:06
Girls (213 runners)
12-Maggie Welty (B) 18:54, 96-Megan Aaron (SV) 20:23, 131-Abby Lizewski (SV) 20:52
Class AA
Boys (238 runners)
9-Max Freyermuth (K) 16:47, 31-Johnathan Assay (F) 17:16, 66-Tyler Quinn (GC) 17:47, 68-John Ejzak (K) 17:47
Girls (224 runners)
78-Rebecca Pennington (KC) 21:04, 117-Rachael Wittmer (K) 21:25, 139-Harley Pflugh (SR) 21:41
Class A
Girls (217 runners)
26-Rylee Kopchak (CWNC) 20:07, 72-Annabelle Nielson (CWNC) 21:28, 100-Lucy Waskiewicz (CWNC) 22:05, 126-Isabella Jones (CWNC) 22:32, 135-Brooke Carmazzi (CWNC) 22:42
[naviga:h3]Football[/naviga:h3]
Grove City senior tight end A.J. Turner caught eight passes for 133 yards and two touchdowns as the Eagles escaped a District 10 Class 5A semifinal with a 27-23 win over Fort LeBoeuf at Meadville High School's Bender Field.
Turner's first score came on a 20-yard pass from Kameron Patterson that put the Eagles up 14-3 in the second quarter.
The duo hooked up again in the third period for a 55-yard score, giving GC a 21-10 edge.
Grove City (10-1) will face Meadville (9-2) in the district championship game on Saturday.
Grove City 27, Fort LeBoeuf 23Grove City 7 7 7 6 — 27Fort LeBoeuf 3 7 7 6 — 23GC FL20 First Downs 1137-162 Rushes-Yards 38-150252 Passing Yards 9817-29-1 Comp.-Att.-Int 6-20-2414 Total Yards 2482-2 Fumbles-Lost 1-06-60 Penalty Yards 5-45First QuarterFL — Corey Badaracco 39 field goalGC — Trey Adams 2 run (Wyatt Grimm kick)Second QuarterGC — A.J. Turner 20 pass from Kameron Patterson (Wyatt Grimm kick)FL — Jared Kula 1 run (Badaracco kick)Third QuarterGC — Turner 55 pass from Kameron Patterson (Grimm kick)FL — Kula interception return (Badaracco kick)Fourth QuarterGC — Cordell Sanders interception return (kick failed)FL — Kula 1 run (kick blocked)Individual StatisticsRushing: Grove City, Trey Adams 22-84, Cordell Sanders 7-38, Kameron Patterson 7-38, Qadir Muhummad 1-16. Fort LeBoeuf, Jared Kula 30-125, Tyler Scott 5-23, Corey Shields 2-1, James Lewis 1-1.Passing: Grove City, Kameron Patterson 17-29-252-1. Fort LeBoeuf, Corey Shields 6-19-98-2, Ryan Rapp 0-1-0-0.Receiving: Grove City, A.J. Turner 8-133, Nick Davies 4-60, Trey Adams 2-31, Qadir Muhammad 2-19, Brayden Martin 1-9. Fort LeBoeuf, Ryan Rapp 3-24, Jared Kula 2-23, Isaac Crowell 1-51.[naviga:h3]Girls Volleyball[/naviga:h3]Knoch kept its season alive with a 3-0 sweep of South Fayette in the WPIAL Class AAA consolation game at Baldwin High School.The Knights defeated the Lions by scores of 32-30, 25-23 and 25-18.Sarah Armahizer had 12 kills in the win, Hannah Rowe seven kills, Bethany Nulph six kills and Kerrie Fitzpatrick 10 service points.The Knights will open the state playoffs against District 10 champion Fort LeBoeuf on Tuesday.Coudersport 3, A-C Valley 0 — A-C Valley fell in the District 9 Class A title game played at St. Marys High School.Coudersport dominated the first set 25-11 before closing the match with 25-17 and 25-16 wins.A-C Valley, which defeated Clarion 3-1 in the semifinals earlier on Saturday, will face District 10 champion Maplewood in the first round of the state playoffs on Tuesday.
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