Carmody scores 2,000th for Mars

January 29, 2018 Last Updated: January 29, 2018 09:21 AM High School

Planets defeat Sewickley, 67-48

Robby Carmody scored 32 points and Mars got off to a quick start Sunday in defeating Sewickley Academy, 67-48, at Montour.

Carmody scored his 2,000th career point in the game.

Cade Hetzler added 12 points and Andrew Recchia 10 for the Planets. Mars had a 25-11 lead after one quarter and a 41-23 halftime edge.

SEWICKLEY ACADEMY 48

David Groetsch 9, Isiah Warfield 9, Will Nocito 2, Isaioah Smith 14, Jeff Roesing 4, Nate Ridgfeway 10.

MARS 67

Cade Hetzler 12, Michael Carmody 7, Andrew Recchia 10, Brandon Caruso 6, Robby Carmody 32.

Sew. Academy 11 12 8 17 — 48

Mars25 16 9 17 — 67

Tuesday: Montour at Mars

Grove City 50, Erie First Christian Academy 34 — Isaac Thrasher scored 16 points and Brayden Martin added 11 to lead Grove City past EFCA Saturday.

The Eagles improved to 13-3 overall. EFCA slipped to 9-9. Grove City outscored EFCA 27-12 in the second half.

GROVE CITY 50

A.J. Miller 3, Isaac Thrasher 16, Kade Persinger 5, Martin Beatty 7, Brayden Martin 11, Marcos Cibtron 4, Caden Mattocks 4.

EFCA 34

Pazarac 2, Montefiori 5, Cica 12, Stokic 5, Smith 2, Collins 2, Moye 6.

Grove City 17 6 15 12 — 50

Home13 9 8 4 — 34

Wednesday: Hickory at Grove City

Girls Basketball

Emma Bair tallied 15 points, seven rebounds and five blocks Saturday as Moniteau defeated Clarion-Limestone, 53-36.

The win was the fourth in a row for the Warriors (10-7). Moniteau had a 16-0 lead after the first quarter.

Kristen Auvil scored 10 points and had seven rebounds, Izzy Bair netted 10 points, Aslyn Pry six steals.

MONITEAU 53

Emma Bair 15, Izzy Bair 10, Kristen Aulvil 10, Alyn Pry 5, Kaitee Chesonis 3, Muia Loos 2, Andii Arblaster 2, Alex Hartle 2, Bailey Hartle 2.

CL-LIMESTONE 36

Ball 4, Burns 5, Clark 11, Maddy Craig 12, Kennemuth 4.

Moniteau 16 12 14 11 — 53

Cl-Limestone0 10 13 13 — 34

Tuesday: Monuiteau at A-C Valley

Grove City 36, Franklin 32 — Abby Biddle scored 17 points and Clara Hannon 11 as Grove City won on the road Saturday.

The Eagles scored only eight points in the first half, yet held an 8-7 lead.

GROVE CITY 36

Clara Hannon 11, Emma Isenberg 3, Becca Santom 2, Abby Biddle, Katie McDowell 2, Lily Burtch 1.

FRANKLIN 32

Hoffman 6, Calderone 3, Martin 2, Baker 11, M.Grodnick 2, P.Grodnick 8.

Grove City 3 5 15 13 — 36

Franklin2 5 12 13 — 32

Monday: Grove City at Meadville

Upper St. Clair 50, Seneca Valley 45 — The Raiders dropped this game at the Bethel Park Classic. Maddie Karchut scored 13 points and McKenna Gross 10.

SENECA VALLEY 45

Gretchen Koken 6, Jaden Davinsizer 7, Maddie Karchut 13, McKenna Gross 10, Karlie Martin 6, Lexi Peffer 3.

UPPER ST. CLAIR 50

Individual scoring unavailable.

Seneca Valley 8 6 12 19 — 45

Upper St. Clair 7 18 16 9 — 50

Monday: North Allegheny at Seneca Valley

Bishop Canevin 54, CW North Catholic 40 — The Trojanettes (15-1) suffered their first loss of the season at the Bethel Park Classic despite getting 21 points and 12 rebounds from Dani Short.

CW NORTH CATHOLIC 40

Ashley Robbins 2, Emmas Pospisil 6, Kylee Lewansdowski 7, Tess Myers 2, Dani Short 21, Kari Karanikos 2.

BISHOP CANEVIN 54

Bri. Allen 19.

CWNC 4 9 12 15 — 40

Bishop Canevin12 11 10 21 — 54

Monday: CWNC at Valley

Private Schools

Alexis Barnhart tallied 14 points, 16 rebounds and 10 steals to lead the First Baptist Christian girls basketball team to a 61-25 win over Harvest Baptist.

Michaella Roth scored 24 points, Nicole Hartman 10 points and 19 rebounds.

Indoor Track

Noah Beveridge won the 3,000-meter event and the Golden Tornado took first places in a pair of relays during the Tri-State Track Coaches Association indoor meet Friday night at Edinboro University.

Beveridge ran the 3,000 in eight minutes, 44.75 seconds. That ranks him No. 2 in the state in that event and qualifies him for the Pennsylvania Indoor State Championships.

Butler's boys 4x400 meter relay team of Cade Gratzmiller, Rob Hays, Ryan Marcella and Jake Wolfrum took first place, as did the Tornado girls 4x400 relay unit of Gabrielle Boden, Chesna Tomko, Anna Baxter and Maddie Tonini.

Butler's placers in the meet follow.Girls

4x400 relay: 1-Gabrielle Boden, Chesna Tomko, Anna Baxter, Maddie Tonini 4:13.78

4x200 relay: 2-Gabrielle Boden, Chesna Tomko, Emma Stewart, Maddie Tonini 1:51.04

4x800 relay: 2-Chesna Tomko, Erin LeMay, Emma LeMay, Mariah Geibel 10:08.61

Shot put: 3-Jena Reinheimer 39-5.5

Mile: 4-Maggie Welty 5:29.75

High jump: 5-Emma Stewart 4-11

Distance medley: 5-Erin LeMay, Maegan Emanuel, Emma LeMay, Chelsey Kabel

Long jump: 7-Mackenzi Popovich 15-2.5

400 meters: 8-Maddie Tonini 61.59

Triple jump: 8-Maggie Sarvey 31-8

Boys