Butler runners win at SV
Sage Vavro ran a time of 16 minutes, 54 seconds to place first as the Butler boys cross country team earned a sweep of Seneca Valley (19-39) and Pine-Richland (15-47) Tuesday afternoon.
Four of the top five finishers were Butler runners.
On the girls side, Seneca Valley earned the sweep, beating Butler 22-37 and Pine-Richland 17-44.
Dylan Kirchner was the top finisher for the Raider girls, placing second with a time of 20:57.
Butler's Autumn Pettinato placed first overall with a time of 20:56.
Butler 19, Seneca Valley 39
Butler 15, Pine-Richland 47
Seneca Valley 21, P-R 39
Boys Top 5
1-Sage Vavro (B) 16:54, 2-Noah Peterson (SV) 17:13, 3-C.J. Singleton (B) 17:18, 4-Skyler Vavro (B) 17:52, 5-Tim Patterson (B) 18:05
Seneca Valley 22, Butler 37
Butler 25, Pine-Richland 31
Seneca Valley 17, P-R 44
Girls Top 51-Autumn Pettinato (B) 20:56, 2-Dylan Kirchner (SV) 20:57, 3-Lizzy White (SV) 21:16, 4-Gabrielle Kutchma (SV) 21:18, 5-Price (P-R) 21:21Slippery Rock's cross country teams improved to 2-0 Tuesday with victories over Sharpsville.The Rocket boys won 19-40 as Kristian Sosa won the race in 19 minutes, 34 seconds. The girls claimed a 24-31 triumph as Harley Pflugh won the race in 22:26.Slippery Rock runs at Grove City next Tuesday.Slippery Rock 18, Sharpsville 40Boys Top 51-Kristian Sosa (SR) 19:34, 2-Dennis Bickel (SR) 19:50, 3-Timmy Holtz (SR) 20:21, 4-Miodiag (S) 20:48, 5-Clark Schwartz (SR) 21:02Slippery Rock 24, Sharpsville 31Girls Top 51-Harley Pflugh (SR) 22:26, 2-Lauren Baylor (S) 23:14, 3-Marie Bickel (SR) 24:39, 4-Lyndzie Springirth (S) 25:18, 5-Samantha Frazier (SR) 25:38Moniteau and A-C Valley's boys ran to a 28-28 deadlock while the Falcon girls defeated the Warriors, 25-34.Moniteau 28, A-C Valley 28Boys Top 51-Dakota Funfer (M) 21:27, 2-Doug Huffman (ACV) 22:15, 3-Ethan Kummer (M) 22:26, 4-Jacob McElhoes (AXCV) 22:34, 5-Cody Brown (M) 22:38A-C Valley 25, Moniteau 34Girls Top 51-Hannah Burgoon (M) 24:04, 2-Jenna Blauser (M) 25:27, 3-Alyana Ford (ACV) 26:46, 4-Avah Burke (ACV) 26:51, 5-Hailey Theuret (ACV) 27:26
Dakota King scored four goals and Nate Rondinelli three as Karns City defeated Forest, 7-2.King had two assists, Alex Irvine, Kaden Scherer and Rondinelli one each. The Gremlins improved to 4-0 on the year.Butler 3, Pine-Richland 1 — Emery Douthett, Carson Knight and Josh Burlingham each scored for the Golden Tornado in this section win.Mars 4, Indiana 2 — Austin Rocke scored two goals, Steven Papik and Nabil Lablou one each for the Planets. Lablou, Seth Grady, Dane Beller and Gabe Singh had assists.Mars (4-1) hosts North Hills Thursday.Deer Lakes 5, Freeport 2 — Hunter Hardin and Isaac Wetzel scored for the Yellowjackets (2-1-1, 1-1-1), who took their first loss of the season.
Freeport (3-0, 2-0) made quick work of Valley, winning by scores of 25-9, 25-4 and 25-9.Isabella Russo had 10 kills for the Yellowjacketrs while Mackensey Jack had 28 service points and five kills, Tori Radvan eight kills and six service points, Maddie Clark 35 assists and seven service points.Freeport hosts East Allegheny Thursday.Hickory 3, Slippery Rock 0 — Taylor Balint had 31 digs as Slippery Rock fell to Hickory, 25-16, 25-20, 25-15.Lexis Prementine added 26 digs and Makenna Shaner 22 digs for the Rockets.A-C Valley 3, North Clarion 0 — Meah Ielase had 19 service points, three aces, five digs and four kills to lead the Falcons to a 25-7, 25-5, 25-10 win.Hannah Farrington added 17 points and two aces and Tarra Stefanacci pitched in nine assists and nine digs for the Falcons (3-0).North Hills 3, Butler 1 — The Indians prevailed by scores of 25-22, 20-25, 26-24 and 25-22.Ava Carney led Butler's effort with 16 kills and 20 digs.Taylor Welter added 10 kills and Sophia Lucas eight kills and 28 digs for the Golden Tornado (0-3).Clarion 3, Karns City 0 — The Gremlins dropped this match by scores of 25-12, 25-14 and 25-7.Ashley Fox had 12 digs, Emily Huff seven digs and three kills, Cassidy Nolan three kills and two blocks for Karns City.Knoch 3, Central Valley 0 — The Knights (4-0, 3-0) won this match 25-13, 25-7 and 25-9. Kennedy Christy had 21 service points and seven kills, Skylar Burkett 13 points and 11 kills.Knoch plays at Mars on Thursday.Union 3, Venango Catholic 0 — Dominika Logue had 10 kills and Drew Davis 23 service points in the Damsels' 25-8, 25-22, 25-9 win.
Cody Killian's 36 sparked Mars to a 205-236 victory over Freeport at Buffalo Golf Course.Blake Bartolo added a 37 for the Planets.Jack Mason paced the Yellowjackets (6-5) with a 44.Freeport (236): Jack Mason 44, Jordan Fischer 46, Dominic Kurn 47, Paul Zecca 47, Nick Rusek 52Mars (205): Cody Killian 36, Blake Bartolo 37, Max Solich 43, Simon Schuller 44, Dan Mitchell 45Slippery Rock 160, Titusville 204 — Walker Allison earned medalist honors with a 37 for the Rockets.Slippery Rock (160): Walker Allison 37, Logan Wolak 39, Jack Hadley 41, Jacob Wolak 43Titusville (204): Wayde Diegelman 49, Kasen Neely 50, Nate Lindquist 52, Tyler Van Epps 53KSAC Mega Match — Ethan McDeavitt shot a 43 top finish tied for second as Moniteau placed second behind Clarion at Wanango Country Club.Nate Tack and Jacob Felsing each shot a 48 to place tied for eighth for the Warriors.Team Standings1-Clarion 226, 2-Moniteau 252, 3-Clarion-Limestone 271, 4-Keystone 287, 5-Cranberry 320, 6-Venango Catholic 354, 7-Karns City 485, 8-Forest 500, 9-A-C Valley/Union 501Individual Top 101-Josh Craig (Clarion) 41, 2t-Kaden Park (Clarion-Limestone 43, 2t-Ethan McDeavitt (Moniteau) 43, 4-Kyle Porciello (Clarion) 44, 5-Luke Staub (Clarion) 45, 6-Hayden Siegel (Clarion-Limestone) 46, 7-Jackson Fox (Clarion) 47, 8t-Nate Tack (Moniteau ) 48, 8t-Jacob Felsing (Moniteau) 48, 10t-Mitch Geiger (Clarion) 49, 10t-Steven Kline (Cranberry) 49Knoch 226, Kiski 232 — Cory Voltz shot a 39 to lead the Knights (5-5, 4-4).Knoch (226): Cory Voltz 39, Mike Kohl 40, Ethan Ellis 47, Nate Jakovac 49, Gabe Cornetti 51Kiski (232): Sean Adamski 42, Ryan Rametta 44, Billy Perroz 45, Cambell Curry 47, Joe Collini 54Seneca Valley 198, Grove City 214 — Ryan Bartos and Todd Hangliter shared medalist honors for the Raiders with 36.Seneca Valley (198): Ryan Bartos 36, Todd Hangliter 36, Jimmy Stoltenberg 40, Trevor Botta 41, Austin Albert 45Grove City (214): David Dennis 37, Troy Loughry 41, Tanner Hohman 44, Jack Donahue 46, Sam Norris 46Pine-Richland 209, Butler 225 — Brayden Setnar shot a 40 to pace the Golden Tornado in a loss.Butler (225): Brayden Setnar 40, Tyler Robinson 45, Parker Worsley 46Pine-Richland (209): Donnie Professori 39, Nick Piper 42, Matt Lennon 42
Emily Ivory and Lauren Miko each cruised to singles wins to key Mars' 4-1 win over North Catholic.Butler native Reagan Sommariva picked up the only win for North Catholic at the No. 1 singles spot.Singles1-Reagan Sommariva (NC) d. Isabella Gaydosh 6-3, 6-2; 2-Emily Ivory (M) d. Mara Brak 6-1, 6-1; 3-Lauren Miko (M) d. Riley Pylant 6-0, 6-1Doubles1-Emma Nelson/Julia McCarty (M) d. Tori Drevna/Bella Kunsak 6-0, 6-1; 2-Riya Cherlakola/Alexandra Knotts (M) d. Ava Perock/Sophie Strumm 6-1, 6-0
