Tornado netter in semifinal
Butler No. 1 singles player Reagan Sommariva reached the section semifinals Wednesday in girls tennis action.
Sommariva defeated Seneca Valley's Haley Davenziner 10-0 in the first round, then topped Mars' Emily Ivory 10-7 in the second round to get to the semifinals.
Semifinal action gets under way at 1 p.m. Thursday at North Allegheny. Butler No. 2 singles player Lexi Chappel dropped a 10-1 decision to Moon's No. 1 player.
Girls Golf
Freshman Paige Scott carded a 39 Wednesday to lead Butler to a 178-242 victory over Kiski Area.
The Golden Tornado host Armstrong Thursday at Hiland Golf Course.
Butler (178): Paige Scott 39, Maggie Feczko 46, Emilee Altman 47, Chloe Paulisick 46, Landis Ruth 47
Kiski Area (242): Bella Mercurio 49, Taylor Williams 58, Sarah Martin 62, Haley Custer 73, Abby King 77
Boys Golf
Chris Sicher's 38 and Cody Killian's 39 paced Mars to a 211-227 win over Armstrong at Kittanning Country Club.
The Planets improved to 6-3 on the season.
Mars (211): Chris Sicher 38, Cody Killian 39, Shea Moffa 41, Andrew Seles 46, Simon Schuller 47
Armstrong (227): Anthony Loob 41, Noah Oliver 42, Noah Cypher 44, Nick Gauran 50, Owen Brison 50
Hampton 204, Knoch 226 — The Knights (2-4) received a 39 from Beau Rusnak and a 40 from Cory Voltz.
Knoch (226): Beau Rusnak 39, Cory Voltz 40, Ryan McClellan 46, Mike Kohl 49, Luke Bartek 52
Hampton (204): Cal Cummins 35, Matt Ruzomberka 36, Brendan Erka 42, Harry Hamlin 44, Arianna Erka 47
Seneca Valley 187, Shaler 234 — Zach Brown continued his strong play with a 1-under 35 at Lakevue North.
The Raiders (7-1) received a trio of 37s from Mark McNulty, Ryan Bartos and Todd Hangliter.
Seneca Valley (187): Zach Brown 35, Mark McNulty 37, Ryan Bartos 37, Todd Hangliter 37, Jimmy Stoltenberg 41
Shaler (234): Zach Hernon 45, John Schimmel 46, Tom Carlson 47, Dylan Matthews 48, Matt Phelps 48
Girls SoccerKayla Daugherty, Emily Raine and Amanda Lewis each scored twice in Slippery Rock's 8-0 victory over visiting Conneaut (Ohio).Ellie Reiser and Hannah Burtner also found the net for the Rockets.Gateway 2, Knoch 0 — Jewel Robertson made seven saves in net for the Knights (1-3, 1-3).Pine-Richland 6, Butler 1 — No details were available from this section loss for the Tornado (2-2-1, 1-2).Junior HighButler lost its boys and girls cross country meets to Mars and Pine-Richland.The top three finishers for the Golden Tornado boys were Joel McCloskey, Gideon Goettler and Drew Griffith. Carmen Skal placed first among Butler's girls, followed by Ava Brewster and Maddie Semmler.
