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Knappenberger flips perfect game

Knoch senior Celia Knappenberger, shown here in action last season, tossed a five-inning perfect game Tuesday against Derry.
Knoch girls blank Derry; Moniteau's Patton sets record

Celia Knappenberger tossed a five-inning perfect game Tuesday as Knoch shut out Derry, 11-0, in softball action at Laura Doerr Park.

Knappenberger contributed three singles and three RBI offensively for the Knights (2-0). Amanda Fischer had two triples and a single.

Erin Luffy and Abby Black both had a double and single in the win.

Derry 000 00 — 0 0 0

Knoch 245 0x —11 14 0

W: Celia Knappenberger 5IP (4K, 0BB). L: Maddie Berger 4IP (1K, 1BB).

Derry: No hits

Knoch (2-0): Amanda Fischer 2-3B 1B, Erin Luffy 2B 1B, Abby Black 2B 1B, Celia Knappenberger 3-1B 3-RBI, Monica Gourley 1B, Quinn Hughes 1B, Emma Brtandstetter 1B, Marissa Melius 1B

Wednesday: Indiana at Knoch

Pine-Richland 6, Butler 3 — Ali Graham had a triple and RBI, Julia Gibson a double, single and RBI for Butler.

Faith Hansotte and Peyton Wheeler both contributed a double and single for the Golden Tornado (2-2), who host Shaler Wednesday.

North Hills 6, Seneca Valley 1 — Morgan Aloi had a pair of singles for the Raiders (2-2, 1-1). Maddie Tosperico had three doubles for North Hills.

North Hills 003 201 0 — 6 10 0

Seneca Valley 100 000 0 — 1 5 5

W: McNickle 7IP (6K, 3BB). L: Claire Zimmerman 4IP (4K, 2BB).

North Hills (2-1, 2-1): Maddie Tosperico 3-2B

Seneca Valley (2-2, 1-1): Morgan Aloi 2-1B

Wednesday: Seneca Valley at North Allegheny

Karns City 17, Moniteau 4 (five innings) — A 10-run second inning ignited the Gremlins to this win at Karns City's Diehl Stadium.

Alyssa Stitt smacked a three-run homer for KC and Logan Byers drove in four runs.

Moniteau 200 11x x — 4 4 1

Karns City 1(10)2 4xx x — 17 16 2

W: Logan Byers 5 IP (2K, 1BB). L: Eiler 3 IP (3K, 8BB).

Moniteau: Claypoole 2-1B R

Karns City: Alyssa Stitt 1B HR, Logan Byers 4RBI

Today: A-C Valley at Karns City

Baseball

Matt Fuller singled and Jack Anderson walked, both scoring on wild pitches in the 11th inning as Mars won a 6-4 decision at Armstrong.

Frank Craska had three singles and an RBI for the Planets (3-2). Winning pitcher Will Bednar struck out 11 and walked none in six scoreless innings.

Mars 201 100 000 02 — 6 14 3

Armstrong 020 200 000 00 — 4 8 4

W: Will Bednar 6IP (11K, 0BB). L: Josh Leighton 1IP (1K, 1BB).

Mars (3-2): Frank Craska 3-1B RBI, Joe Craska 2B 1B, Tyler Kowalkalski 2B 1B, Jon Weatherholt 2-1B

Armstrong: Noah Cyphert 2B 1B, Josh Hepler 2-2B, Paul Cyphert 2B 1B 4-RBI

Thursday: Kiski vs. Mars, Kelly Automotive Park, 2:30 p.m.

Track and Field

Jake Patton ran a time of 15.04 in the 110-meter hurdles to set the school record as the Moniteau boys bested Union, 120-29.

Patton eclipsed the mark of 15.21 set by Vance Farren in 2005.

Patton also won the 200 and the 300-meter hurdles for the Warriors.

On the girls side, Cambrie Campbell paced Moniteau with wins in the shot put, discus and javelin in the Warriors' 131-19 win.

Boys

Moniteau 120, Union 29

3,200 relay: Moniteau (Manny McLean, Steven Fawcett, Nathan Wright, Ryley Grossman) 9:45; 110 hurdles: Jake Patton (M) 15.04; 100 dash: Lucas Bowser (U) 12.3; 1,600 run: Fawcett (M) 5:00; 400 run: McLean (M) 53.8; 400 relay: Moniteau (Kobe McLean, Kyle Norling, Alex Bell, Michael Bell) 50.0; 300 hurdles: Patton (M) 40.7; 800 run: Fawcett (M) 2:14.0; 200 dash: Patton (M) 23.7; 3,200 run: Jake Burgoon/Jake Pry (M) 12:39; 1,600 relay: Moniteau (Wright, McLean, Fawcett, Patton) 3:45

Shot put: James Parenti (M) 41-6; Discus: Parenti (M) 133-4; Javelin: David Stamm (M) 120-0; High jump: Cumberland (U) 5-6; Long jump: Ethan McDeavitt (M) 18-5½; Triple jump: McDeavitt (M) 37-6½; Pole vault: Grossman (M) 11-0

Girls

Moniteau 131, Union 19

3,200 relay: Moniteau (Alex Hartle, Madison Cumberland, Jenna Blauser, Haley Pry) 12:03; 100 hurdles: Kendall Grossman (M) 20.0; 100 dash: Abby Davis (M) 14.1; 1,600 run: Jenna Baluser (M) 6:56; 400 run: Hannah Atzeni (U) 1:05.7; 400 relay: Moniteau (Abby Davis, Camille Baptiste, Megan Mentel, Kendall Grossman) 58.4; 300 hurdles: Tayinna Johnson (M) 54.7; 800 run: Harris (U) 2:48; 200 dash: Tayinna Johnson (M) 30.0; 3,200 run: Alex Hartle (M) 15.06; 1,600 relay: Moniteau (Carolyn Kelly, Mia Loos, Logan Barnhart, Zoey Hillwig) 5:16

Shot put: Cambrie Campbell (M) 36-2½; Discus: Campbell (M) 106-2; Javelin: Campbell (M) 125-9; High jump: Hailey Campbell (M) 4-2; Long jump: Kendall Grossman (M) 14-8½; Triple jump: Collette Grossman (M) 28-6; Pole vault: Kendall Grossman (M) 10-6

Karns City 120, A-C Valley 30 (boys); Karns City 80, A-C Valley 69 (girls) — Ryan Truax won a pair of events for the Gremlin boys.

Rebecca Pennington was a multiple winner for the Karns City girls.

A-C Valley's Emma Fox won four events for the Falcons.

Boys

Karns City 120, A-C Valley 30

3,200 relay: Karns City 10:13; 110 hurdles: Eric Pfeifer (KC) 18.9; 100 dash: Ryan Truax (KC) 11.6; 1,600 run: Zach Austin (AC) 5:05; 400 run: Truax (KC) 55.2; 400 relay: Karns City 47.0; 300 hurdles: Anthony Kamenski (KC) 45.8; 800 run: Eli Evans (KC) 2:32.8; 200 dash: Hunter Jones (KC) 24.1; 3,200 run: Gavin Schmoll (KC) 13:12.2; 1,600 relay: Karns City 3:50.3

Shot put: Nolan (KC) 41-8½; Discus: Nolan (KC) 113-3; Javelin: Terwilliger (AC) 90-4; High jump: Price (AC) 5-0; Long jump: Tanner Merwin (AC) 18-9; Triple jump: Rowe (KC) 36-4½; Pole vault: Colwell (KC) 5-6

Girls

Karns City 80, A-C Valley 69

3,200 relay: Karns City (Knoll, Pennington, McCanna, Dunn) 11:28.6; 100 hurdles: Emma Fox (AC) 16.7; 100 dash: Fox (AC) 13.1; 1,600 run: Rebecca Pennington (KC) 5:41.4; 400 run: Brooke Irwin (AC) 1:06.9; 400 relay: Karns City 55.8; 300 hurdles: Fox (AC) 51.8; 800 run: Pennington (KC) 2:35.5; 200 dash: Fox (AC) 27.8; 3,200 run: Pennington (KC) 12:30.2; 1,600 relay: Karns City 4:38.3

Shot put: Ellie Thompson (AC) 27-1; Discus: Cheeseman (KC) 96-5; Javelin: Knox (KC) 83-11; High jump: Terwilliger (AC) 4-7; Long jump: Madelyn Dittman (AC) 15-6½; Triple jump: Slotter (AC) 32-2; Pole vault: Karns City n/a

Mars 81, Kiski Area 69 (Boys); Kiski Area 91, Mars 59 (girls) — Zachary Leachman and Hunter Boyd won multiple events in the Planet boys win.

Gracie Dunaway and Ruby Watson each won two events for the Mars girls in a loss.

Boys

Mars 81, Kiski 69

3,200 relay: Kiski 8:39.7; 110 hurdles: Blake Edwards (M) 16.2; 100 dash: Jack Collecchi (K) 11.4; 1,600 run: Zachary Leachman (M) 4:43.2; 400 run: Chris Check (M) 54.5; 400 relay: Kiski 45.1; 300 hurdles: Blake Edwards (M) 44.3; 800 run: Nick Gabrielli (K) 2:05.1; 200 dash: Ryan Hastings (K) 24.3; 3,200 run: Leachman (M) 10:10.1; 1,600 relay: Mars (Elijah Cook, Max Kasowski, Sam Bean, Chris Check) 3:41.0

Shot put: Hunter Boyd (M) 39-6½; Discus: Boyd (M) 110-8; Javelin: Jack Harsch (M) 129-0; High jump: Chuck Green (M) 5-8; Long jump: Collechi (K) 21¼; Triple jump: Heinle (K) 40-1; Pole vault: Stephen Stewart (M) 10-0

Girls

Kiski 91, Mars 59

3,200 relay: Kiski 10:34.5; 100 hurdles: Chelsea Harris (K) 17.4; 100 dash: Gracie Dunaway (M0 13.0; 1,600 run: Kierra Schreffler (K) 5:30.0; 400 run: Kaitlyn Pietrusinski (M) 1:06.6; 400 relay: Kiski 53.6; 300 hurdles: Bria Giovanelli (K) 51.1; 800 run: McKenna Bowes (M) 2:37.2; 200 dash: Dunaway (M) 27.0; 3,200 run: Scheffler (K() 12:21.2; 1,600 relay: Kiski 4:31.2

Shot put: Jean Starr (K) 31-9½; Discus: Kayla Zeidler (M) 78-10; Javelin: Starr (K) 112-10; High jump: Ruby Watson (M) 4-6; Long jump: Emilee Waldrop (M) 14-8¾; Triple jump: Carsyn Hetzler (M) 32-6½; Pole vault: Watson (M) 6-6

Knoch 78, Armstrong 71 (boys); Knoch 109, Armstrong 40 (girls) — Christopher Klobuchir won a pair of events to pace the Knight boys to a narrow win.

Kaylynn Brumbaugh, Hannah Rowe and Abby Kopac won multiple events for the Knights' girls.

Boys

Knoch 78, Armstrong 71

3,200 relay: Knoch 9:25; 110 hurdles: Green (K) 16.28; 100 dash: Klobuchir (K) 11.75; 1,600 run: McIntosh (K) 5:00.95; 400 run: Chilsolm (A) 54.77; 400 relay: Armstrong 47.34; 300 hurdles: Green (K) 43.29; 800 run: McIntosh (K) 2:19.31; 200 dash: Klobuchir (K) 23.98; 3,200 run: Valasek (A) 23.98; 1,600 relay: Knoch 3:46.79

Shot put: Reed (K) 42-10; Discus: Rowland (K) 112-6¾; Javelin: Aretz (A) 129-9; High jump: Woodside (A) 4-10; Long jump: Klingensmith (A) 18-1; Triple jump: Woodside (A) 35-2½; Pole vault: Chisolm (A) 11-6

Girls

Knoch 109, Armstrong 40

3,200 relay: Knoch 11:09.25; 100 hurdles: Brumbaugh (K) 18.57; 100 dash: Nelson (A) 13.82; 1,600 run: Barnes (K) 5:54.82; 400 run: Kilgore (A) 1:11.77; 400 relay: Knoch 56.71; 300 hurdles: Brumbaugh (K) 56.51; 800 run: Fanton (K) 2:38.87; 200 dash: Shearer (K) 29.67; 3,200 run: Barnes (K) 13:52.57; 1,600 relay: Knoch 4:38.17

Shot put: Kopac (K) 32-10; Discus: Kopac (K) 97-4; Javelin: Pospisil (K) 97-8; High jump: Rowe (K) 5-0; Long jump: Rowe (K) 14-10½; Triple jump: Cihonski (K) 25-6¼; Pole vault: Cippel (A) 6-6

Slippery Rock 113, George Junior Republic 36 (boys); Slippery Rock 120, Commodore Perry 29 (girls) — Rod Williams and Hunter Prementine each won a pair of events to propel the Rockets' boys.

On the girls side, Anna Kadlubek won the 100 and the 200 to pace Slippery Rock.

Boys

Slippery Rock 113, GJR 36

3,200 relay: Slippery Rock (Riley Lewis, Vito Pilosi, Green, Sosa) 9:15; 110 hurdles: Nick Gills (SR) 17.74; 100 dash: Rod Williams (SR) 11.54; 1,600 run: Kristen Sosa (SR) 4:59.24; 400 run: Ryan Putorti (SR) 53.84; 400 relay: Slippery Rock (Chase Wolinski, Nathan Hyatt, Eithan Beckwith, Williams) 45.42; 300 hurdles: Seth Slater (SR) 44.6; 800 run: Chad Green (SR) 2:22; 200 dash: Williams (SR) 24.45; 3,200 run: Ken Bickel (SR) 11:31; 1,600 relay: Slippery Rock (Wolinski, Kid Scarborough, Gills, Slater) 3:53

Shot put: Sean Northcott (SR) 118-8; Discus: Northcott (SR) 40-3½; Javelin: Jewett (GJR) 115-5½; High jump: Holmes (GJR) 6-0; Long jump: Hunter Prementine (SR) 19-6; Triple jump: Prementine (SR) 40-7; Pole vault: Logan Long (SR) 9-6

Girls

Slippery Rock 120, Commodore Perry 29

3,200 relay: Slippery Rock (Shea, Raine, Brackeyy, Pflugh) 11:16; 100 hurdles: Macy McCall (SR) 16.14; 100 dash: Anna Kadlubek (SR) 13.04; 1,600 run: Harley Pflugh (SR) 5:55; 400 run: Ashley Shea (SR) 1:07.81; 400 relay: Slippery Rock (Allen, Kadlubek, Tessa McHattie, Sierra Nagy) 53.14; 300 hurdles: Claudia Allen (SR) 54.71; 800 run: Tara Peterson (CP) 2:45; 200 dash: Kadlubek (SR) 27.41; 3,200 run: Pflugh (SR) 13:09; 1,600 relay: Slippery Rock (Shea, Ackerman, McDermott, Kadlubek) 4:41.82

Shot put: Maryanne Ackerman (SR) 30-2; Discus: Walker (CP) 86-9; Javelin: Fritz (CP) 86-11.5; High jump: Jenna Heitzenrater (SR) 4-5; Long jump: Kira Bellis (SR) 14-5; Triple jump: Emma McDermott (SR) 32-2; Pole vault: Samantha Gillen (SR) 7-6

Boys Tennis

Will Kemeny, Will Rastatter and Charlie Nesbit all won in singles play as Grove City (2-2, 1-1) blanked Titusville, 5-0.

Grove City 5, Titusville 0

Singles

Will Kemeny (GC) def. Shane Steffy 6-3, 6-0; Will Rastatter (GC) def. Charlie Evans 6-2, 6-0; Charlie Nesbit (GC) def. Mary-Kay Masiker 6-2, 6-3

Doubles

Peter Birmingham-Mason Wise (GC) def. Blaise Bromley-Brant Enright 6-0, 6-0; Jasper Franken-Levi Aldstadt (GC) def. Bryce Preston-Sam Prichard 6-1, 6-4

Boys Volleyball

Nash Bryan had 12 kills and Cody Schnur three blocks as Butler (7-1, 3-1) defeated McDowell 3-0.

Tyler Rankin had 18 assists for the Golden Tornado, who won the games 25-18, 25-21, 25-15. Butler hosts Fox Chapel Thursday.

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