High School Round Up | February 4, 2012
Summit Academy claims section title, 68-48
The Summit Academy boys basketball team clinched the Section 2-AA championship Friday night after the Knights coasted to a 68-48 win over Laurel.

High School Round Up | February 2, 2012
Moniteau falls short against C-L, 68-56
Kyle Armagost had 15 points and 11 rebounds and Ethan Pry added 15 points, but the Moniteau boys basketball team dropped a 68-56 decision to KSAC North leader Clarion-Limestone Wednesday.

High School Round Up | January 31, 2012
Moniteau rolls; Knoch tops Valley
Fontaine Glenn paced the Moniteau girls basketball team by scoring 13 points in a 54-28 defeat of host Union Monday night.

High School Round Up | January 30, 2012
Damsels rout West Shamokin
Sierra Smith scored 24 points as the Union girls basketball team routed West Shamokin 64-39 Saturday night.

High School Round Up | January 28, 2012
Armagost triple-double lifts Moniteau
Kyle Armagost recorded a triple-double with 24 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists as the Moniteau boys basketball team shook off a sluggish start in a 69-53 win over Keystone Friday night.

High School Round Up | January 27, 2012
Knoch, Freeport win big
Knoch's girls basketball team featured four players scoring in double figures — led by 12 apiece from Kate Miller and Brooke Armahizer — as the Knights picked up a 60-41 section victory at Highlands Thursday night.

High School Basketball | January 26, 2012
Finding a way
CHERRY TWP — It looked more like an MMA cage match than a high school basketball game.

High School Round Up | January 26, 2012
KC boys nip Cranberry, 68-66
Despite not having its leading scorer in Tucker Preston (13.1 per game), Karns City's boys basketball team outlasted visiting Cranberry 68-66 Wednesday night.

High School Round Up | January 19, 2012
LoPresti keys KC girls, 53-43
Karns City freshman guard Emily LoPresti tallied 17 points, seven steals and six rebounds in a 53-43 girls basketball victory at North Clarion Wednesday night.

High School Round Up | January 18, 2012
KC tops North Clarion
Brandyn Bowser, Tyler Kepple and Ethan Williams had 17 points apiece and Tucker Preston added 16 to lead Karns City to a 76-64 boys basketball victory over North Clarion Tuesday.

High School Football | January 18, 2012
WPIAL realigns sections in top 2 classes
The WPIAL board Tuesday approved a new football alignment for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

High School Round Up | January 14, 2012
Freeport nipped by WS
West Shamokin outscored Freeport 26-14 in the fourth quarter to eke out a 48-47 Section 1-AAA boys basketball victory Friday.

High School Football | January 12, 2012
Football's fine at A-C Valley
FOXBURG — A-C Valley football is alive and well — for now.

High School Basketball | January 12, 2012
Pollock reaches 1,000 points
RIMERSBURG — It's been quite a winter for Brody Pollock.

High School Round Up | January 10, 2012
KC boys earn win
Tucker Preston had 25 points and 11 rebounds and Brandyn Bowser added 14 points and five assists Monday as Karns City prevailed 69-43 in a boys basketball victory over Redbank Valley.

High School Round Up | January 7, 2012
Pollock nets 30 in Union win
Brody Pollock tallied 30 points — 20 coming in the first half — as Union posted a 69-62 victory over A-C Valley in boys basketball action Friday.

High School Round Up | January 5, 2012
Irwin treys key A-C Valley win
Brody Irwin dropped in 23 points — including six 3-pointers — to lift A-C Valley to a 66-58 victory over Keystone in boys basketball action on Wednesday.

High School Round Up | December 31, 2011
Butler splits twinbill
Butler's boys basketball team split its two games Friday morning in the KSA Holiday Tournament played at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida.

High School Round Up | December 30, 2011
Butler boys suffer defeat in Florida
Nate Snodgrass scored 23 points — hitting all seven of his free throws — but the Butler boys basketball team dropped a 68-57 decision to Olentangy Liberty (Ohio) Thursday afternoon in Orlando, Fla.

High School Basketball | December 29, 2011
Snodgrass, West key Tornado
Nate Snodgrass and Cody West combined for 50 points to pace the Butler boys basketball team to a 65-51 win over Eau Gallie (Fla.) on Wednesday in the first round of the KSA Holiday Tournament held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

High School Round Up | December 23, 2011
A-C Valley girls get past Union
A-C Valley's girls basketball team featured four players scoring in double digits in a 60-47 home victory over Union Thursday night.

High School Round Up | December 21, 2011
Pollock paces Union to victory
Brody Pollock had 28 points, 13 rebounds, five steals and four assists on Tuesday, leading Union to a 63-45 victory over Clarion in boys basketball action.

High School Round Up | December 15, 2011
KC boys rout East Forest
Tyler Kepple scored 16 points and added six assists, while Brandyn Bowser had 12 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Karns City boys basketball team to a season-opening 68-24 victory over East Forest Wednesday.

High School Basketball | December 12, 2011
Brookville tops Union
Brody Pollock scored 33 points — 24 coming on eight 3-pointers — and added seven rebounds, but the Union boys basketball team lost to Brookville 56-50 in the championship game of the Brookville Tournament.

High School Basketball | December 12, 2011
Raiders claim tourney
Alex Karika scored 20 points to lead the Seneca Valley girls basketball team to a 62-51 victory over Hampton on Saturday in the championship final of its own Tip-Off Tournament.

High School Basketball | December 10, 2011
Moniteau downs Mercer with late 3
Andrew Armagost sank a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left to give the Moniteau boys basketball team a 58-56 victory over Mercer on Friday.

High School Basketball | December 10, 2011
Freeport dominates
Jessica Aulicino tallied 22 points and Michaela Bowser 13 to lead Freeport to a 60-19 victory over East Allegheny in its Tip-Off Tournament Friday.

High School Basketball | December 8, 2011
TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES
Following are the schedules of tip-off basketball tournaments involving Butler County area teams this weekend:.

High School Basketball | December 8, 2011
Auditioning new casts
The cupboard looks different, but it hardly looks bare — unless you're on the outside looking in.

Other High School Sports | December 7, 2011
A-C star makes all-state squad
FOXBURG — A-C Valley junior Meredith Snyder has been named to the Class A all-state team by the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association.

High School Basketball | December 7, 2011
All about winning
Moniteau has everybody back. Mars has no starters back.

High School Football | December 2, 2011
Knoch's King league coach of year
Mike King, who led the Knoch football team to the WPIAL title game and a 12-1 record this season, was named Greater Allegheny Football Conference Coach of the Year Thursday.

Other High School Sports | November 25, 2011
A-C Valley volleyball players named first team All-KSAC
Two A-C Valley volleyball players earned Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference first-team honors on the All-Conference team released Wednesday night.

High School Football | November 10, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• JORDAN BROWN (Seneca Valley) completed 23 of 37 passes for 266 yards and a touchdown in the Raiders' 30-13 victory over Penn Hills.

High School Football | November 5, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SUMMARIES
Seneca Valley 30, Penn Hills 13

High School Round Up | November 5, 2011
A-C Valley closes with win
The A-C Valley football team will go into the offseason on a high note and with plenty of optimism for the future.

Other High School Sports | November 4, 2011
Volleying for titles
For the third consecutive season, the Seneca Valley girls volleyball team is heading back to the WPIAL Class AAA championship.

High School Football | November 3, 2011
GRIDIRON ROUNDUP
Last week: Sheffield earned a 28-8 win over Cameron County. Union rolled to a 49-0 victory over A-C Valley.

High School Football | November 3, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• DAMON SMITH (Freeport) had 39 carries for 200 yards and three touchdowns in the Yellowjackets' 27-0 win at Summit Academy.

High School Football | October 29, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SUMMARIES
Butler 7 7 0 7 — 21

High School Football | October 29, 2011
Union crashes playoff party
FOXBURG — History was made Friday night as Union defeated A-C Valley 49-0.

High School Round Up | October 28, 2011
Busy week set for area teams
Many area teams will be in playoff action in various sports next week.

High School Football | October 27, 2011
KC looks to ground Dutchmen
St. Marys opened the season with a bang.

High School Football | October 27, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• DAKOTA BRUGGEMAN (Knoch) ran for a 21-yard touchdown, threw a 23-yard touchdown pass and intercepted a pass to set up a field goal in Knoch's 24-6 victory at Highlands.

High School Round Up | October 26, 2011
DeCola takes 4th place in state
Butler High senior golfer Marissa DeCola shot a 78 Tuesday and finished with a fourth-place, two-day total of 158 at the PIAA Girls Golf Championships, held at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York.

High School Round Up | October 24, 2011
A-C Valley football wins thriller, 28-24
Landon Delisio scored two rushing touchdowns in the final two minutes, 19 seconds to lead the A-C Valley football team to a dramatic 28-24 win over host Hancock (Md.) Saturday night.

High School Football | October 22, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SUMMARIES
McDowell 42, Butler 7

High School Round Up | October 21, 2011
SR, Freeport stay unbeaten
Marie Takach had 10 service points, including three aces, and 28 assists and Stormie Hockenberry seven kills as the Slippery Rock volleyball team swept Meadville 25-12, 25-12, 25-16 and wrapped up the Region 3 title Thursday.

High School Round Up | October 19, 2011
DeCola ties for 2nd at regional
Butler senior Marissa DeCola tied for second place after firing a 77 Tuesday afternoon in the PIAA girls golf Western Regional, held at Tom's Run Golf Course in Blairsville.

High School Football | October 15, 2011
Union secures 15-6 win
Taylor Smith threw two touchdown passes, including an 8-yarder to Brody Pollock with 1:13 remaining to seal a 15-6 Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference football victory over Keystone Friday.

High School Round Up | October 14, 2011
Butler volleyball wins, 3-0
Mackenzie O'Donnell had eight kills and seven blocks and Gabby Carney nine blocks to power the Butler volleyball team to a 15-5, 15-12, 15-11 victory over Hampton Thursday.

High School Football | October 13, 2011
Nail-biters set for SV, KC, Slippery Rock
Lucky number seven.

High School Football | October 13, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• ANDREW RUMBURG-GOODLIN (Knoch) had 26 carries for 239 yards and three touchdowns in the Knights' 56-31 victory at Indiana.

High School Football | October 13, 2011
Gremlins need to corral Raiders' young pups
KARNS CITY — Karns City coach Ed Conto was very impressed with Brookville running backs Zach Vroman and Brodie Zacherl when he saw them last year.

High School Round Up | October 12, 2011
Knights roll to victory
James Conklin netted three goals to power the Knoch boys soccer team to a 4-0 victory over Deer Lakes Tuesday.

High School Round Up | October 7, 2011
Ryan nets 3 as KC soccer rolls, 4-0
Justin Ryan netted a hat trick on Senior Night to lead the Karns City boys soccer team to a 4-0 victory over Redbank Valley Thursday.

High School Football | October 6, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
•JORDAN BROWN (Seneca Valley) completed 19 of 25 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns in the Raiders' 49-28 loss to North Allegheny.

High School Football | October 1, 2011
FOOTBALL SUMMARIES
Shaler 34, Butler 6

High School Round Up | September 30, 2011
8 more than enough
Danielle Wissinger scored eight goals and moved closer to the Slippery Rock High girls soccer goal scoring record as the Rockets routed visiting Sharon 12-0.

High School Football | September 29, 2011
Scoop's halfway home
It's hard to believe, but this week marks the unofficial midway point of the high school football season.

High School Football | September 29, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• JORDAN BROWN (Seneca Valley) threw for 171 yards and a touchdown, ran for 65 yards and a score in the Raiders' 47-20 victory over McKeesport.

High School Football | September 29, 2011
Ford City foursome could add up to trouble
BUFFALO TWP — The way Freeport coach John Gaillot sees it, Ford City's offense doesn't have a go-to guy —it has several.

High School Round Up | September 28, 2011
Raiders roll to win
Adam Suter scored three goals and added an assist as the Butler boys soccer team crushed visiting Fort LeBouef Tuesday night.

High School Round Up | September 27, 2011
'Jackets prevail
Cassidy Graham scored off an assist from Natalie DeFrancisis as the Freeport girls soccer team edged Indiana 2-1 Monday afternoon.

High School Football | September 24, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTALL SUMMARIES
Pine-Richland 35, Butler 0

High School Round Up | September 24, 2011
Grove City flexes muscles, beats Greenville
Harold Price, Wes Phipps and Chad Williams each scored two touchdowns to lead host Grove City to a 48-7 nonconference victory over Greenville Friday.

High School Round Up | September 23, 2011
‘Jackets still perfect
Ashley Sample had 14 kills and 12 service points and Lauren Frazetta 12 kills and 10 points to lead unbeaten Freeport to a 3-0 girls volleyball victory over Valley Thursday night.

High School Football | September 22, 2011
Scoop apologizes to local gridders
Sorry, Moniteau.

High School Football | September 22, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• TREVOR WIDEMAN (Butler) had three interceptions in the Golden Tornado's 16-6 victory over Canon-McMillan

High School Round Up | September 22, 2011
Paracca, Check key Mars' win
Karli Paracca and Kristen Check scored two goals apiece to lead the Mars girls soccer team to a 5-0 victory over Deer Lakes in a game called at halftime due to lightning.

High School Round Up | September 21, 2011
Breaking away
Braden Sloan scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime to lead the Slippery Rock boys soccer team to a 4-3 victory over Kennedy Catholic Tuesday.

High School Round Up | September 20, 2011
Talbots top Tornado
Karns City's Tucker Preston earned medalist honors by carding a 76 at the KSAC Megamatch Monday at Cross Creek.

High School Round Up | September 16, 2011
Familiar foes
Knoch's Alyssa King and Brooke Ross each reached the semifinal round of the WPIAL Section 3-AA Singles Tennis Tournament at Vincentian Thursday before falling into today's consolation match — against each other.

High School Football | September 15, 2011
Planets not resting on 2-0 start to season
ADAMS TWP — Mars' football team had little trouble with Hampton last season in a 28-6 win.

High School Round Up | September 14, 2011
Butler coasts
Butler's girls volleyball team began the 2011 season with a 3-0 victory over North Hills Tuesday night in the Golden Tornado gym.

High School Round Up | September 13, 2011
Rock nears region title
Brett Rinker shot a 72 as Slippery Rock extended its Region 2 megamatch lead to three points Monday with a win at Tanglewood.

High School Round Up | September 10, 2011
Grove City posts 77-0 football win
The Grove City Eagles running game amassed 476 yards and added 10 touchdowns in a 77-0 rout over Corry in Region 5 action Friday.

High School Round Up | September 8, 2011
Wissinger's 5 goals spark SR
Danielle Wissinger scored five goals as the Slippery Rock High girls soccer team blanked Bishop Canevin, 5-0, Wednesday afternoon.

High School Football | September 8, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• BOB VERNICK (Butler) had seven carries for 80 yards, including a game-clinching 43-yard scoring run, and a quarterback sack in the Golden Tornado's 24-14 victory over New Castle.

High School Round Up | September 7, 2011
Rockets launch past Big Reds
Mike Stutz had three goals and Mark Cessar, Jacob Prelec and Joe Gioia had one goal apiece as the Slippery Rock boys soccer team blanked West Middlesex 6-0 on Tuesday.

High School Round Up | September 3, 2011
Grove City cruises, 42-7
The Grove City High football team rushed for more than 300 yards on the way to a 42-7 win over East at Forker Field in Grove City Friday night.

High School Football | September 1, 2011
Football, Scoop are back in town
Can you feel it?

High School Track & Field | September 1, 2011
Familiar runners ready to roll
It's always tantalizing to think what a strong team can do when it returns almost its entire team back.

High School Football | August 30, 2011
Falcons see brighter future ahead
FOXBURG — There have been times over the last decade when it was hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel for the Allegheny-Clarion Valley football team.

High School Football | August 30, 2011
2011 BUTLER COUNTY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Friday, Sept. 2

Other High School Sports | August 30, 2011
Mars edges Hampton in boys golf
VALENCIA — Matt Scott and Ben Mullins each carded a 39 to pace the Mars boys golf team to a 204-208 victory over Hampton Monday at Rittswood Golf Course.

Other High School Sports | August 25, 2011
Eagles sporting high goals
GROVE CITY — The 2010 season was a successful one for the Grove City High girls tennis team.

High School Round Up | August 25, 2011
Knoch tennis nets section win
Alyssa King and Brooke Ross both won their singles match and the doubles duo of Katie Conlon and Peggy Kanterman was also victorious as the Knoch girls tennis team shot down section rival Ellis School, 3-2 on Wednesday.

Other High School Sports | August 22, 2011
Tee time
After winning 12 of 14 matches a year ago and boasting one of the state's top golfers in Marissa DeCola, the sky could be the limit for the Butler girls golf team in 2011.