Rockets fare well in meet

April 23, 2018 Last Updated: April 23, 2018 10:10 AM High School

McDermott, Allen win events in Hermitage

Slippery Rock's Emma McDermott and Claudia Allen both earned a first-place finish at Saturday's Hermitage Track and Field Invitational.

McDermott won the girls long jump with a distance of 16 feet, three inches while Allen was tops in the 100 hurdles at 16.01 seconds.

The efforts helped the Rockets place second in the girls team standings with 87 points. Hickory won the team title with 130 points.

Following are the Slippery Rock athletes who earned a medal by placing in the top eight:

Boys

400 relay: 3-Slippery Rock (Chase Wolinski, Nathan Hyatt, Pat Shea, Ryan Putorti) 44.93; 1,600 relay: 7-Slippery Rock (Seth Slater, Kid Scarborough, Chase Wolinski, Eithan Beckwith) 3:44.51

Shot put: 6-Sean Northcott 45-7; Discus: 8-Sean Northcott 134-8; Triple jump: 6-Hunter Prementine 39-10; Pole vault: 8-Matt Hartz 10-0

Girls

3,200 relay: 4-Slippery Rock (Megan Brackett, Emily Raine, Harley Pflugh, Ashley Shea) 10:48.39; 100 hurdles: 1-Claudia Allen 16.01; 100 dash: 2-Anna Kadlubek 13.02, 7-Tessa McHattie 13.46, 8-Sierra Nagy 13.47; 400 run: 8-Ashley Shea 1:05.23; 400 relay: 2-Slippery Rock (Claudia Allen, Anna Kadlubek, Tessa McHattie, Sierra Nagy) 51.75; 300 hurdles: 5-Claudia Allen 50.74; 3,200 run: 3-Harley Pflugh 12:25.59; 1,600 relay: 6-Slippery Rock (Emma McDermott, Ashley Shea, Kira Bellis, Anna Kadlubek) 4:27.18

Shot put: 4-Maryann Ackerman 34-5.5; High jump: 3-Jenna Heitzenrater 5-1; Long jump: 1-Emma McDermott 16-3; Triple jump: 2-Emily Sarver 34-3.75, 5-Ashley Wherthey 33-2.5

Girls Lacrosse

Butler picked up its third win of the season by edging Villa Maria, 11-10.

Eliza Drohan paced the victory with six goals while Rylie Cranmer and Haley Knass both scored twice.

Maggie Fugh added one score for the Golden Tornado (3-6).

Baseball

Hunter Fitzingo tallied nine strikeouts with no walks and just two hits allowed in Moniteau's 12-0, five-inning win at Clarion.

Jake Jewart tallied two hits, including a double, with three runs scored and one batted it. Nathan Sosigian added a pair of base hits and two RBI for the Warriors (6-3).

Conneaut 10, Slippery Rock 3 — The Eagles managed four runs in both the third and fourth innings in this defeat of the Rockets.

Dylan Dingel went 4-for-4 at the plate for the Rockets (3-3, 1-1).

Conneaut 014 401 0 — 10 10 1

Slippery Rock 300 000 0 — 3 7 2

W: Andrew 5.2 IP (3K, 2BB). L: Dylan Dingel 2 IP (2K, 2BB).

Conneaut: Gabel 2-1B 3RBI, Hearn 2B, Reiser 2B

Slippery Rock (3-3, 1-1): Dylan Dingel 4-1B, Derek Van Dyke 2B, Noah Smithbauer 1B

Monday: Oil City at Slippery Rock

Softball

Faith Hansotte had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and drove in two runs to help Butler defeat Highlands 9-3.

Lauren Hesidenz contributed two doubles and three RBI and Julia Gibson singled twice and drove in two.

Karns City 16, Union 1 — Mackenzie Dunn and Alyssa Stitt both homered as the Gremlins routed the Damsels.

Stitt finished the game with four runs scored and five RBI while Dunn scored three times and drove in three. Karns City 7, Redbank Valley 5 — In Saturday's second game, KC trailed 5-4 before taking the lead for good with a three-run fifth inning.

Logan Byers was the winning pitcher with six strikeouts and just one walk in a complete game.

Union 000 1xx x — 1 2 5

Karns City 262 6xx x — 16 9 0

W: Makenzie Shay 4 IP (5K, 1BB). L: Cumberland 1.2 IP (0K, 3BB).

Union: Cumberland 1B R, Murphy 1B

Karns City: Alyssa Stitt 1B 2B HR 4R 5RBI, Mackenzie Dunn 2-1B HR 3R 3RBI, Wolfe 3R 2RBI, Ekis 2B R, Clark 2B RBI

Redbank Valley 120 020 0 — 5 9 3

Karns City 120 130 x — 7 11 3

W: Logan Byers 7 IP (6K, 1BB). L: M. Hetrick 6 IP (5K, 0BB).

Redbank Valley: Shaffer 3-1B R 2RBI, D. Hetrick 1B 2B R 2RBI

Karns City: Logan Byers 2-1B, Alyssa Stitt 2-1B 2R, Allen 2-1B 2R, Huff 2B, Grazioli 2B R RBI, Neff 2B

Boys Lacrosse