Butler boys outrun Seneca Valley, Rams

September 14, 2005 Last Updated: September 14, 2005 03:56 PM High School

Rob Miller and Steven Monnie secured the top two spots to lead the Butler boys cross country team to a 21-37 victory over Pine-Richland and to an 18-41 win over Seneca Valley Tuesday.

The Rams defeated Seneca Valley 23-34.

In the girls meet, Butler defeated Seneca Valley 23-32, but lost to Pine-Richland 20-35 as the Rams took the top three places. Pine-Richland also downed the Raiders 19-36.

Butler (3-0 boys, 2-1 girls) will compete at Saturday's Slippery Rock University Invitational.

Boys Top 10: Rob Miller (B), Steven Monnie (B), McCormick (PR), Mike Dinger (B), Deters (PR), Ben Porter (B), Dan Dickey (SV), Bui (PR), Cipro (SV), Ben Ronallo (SV)

Girls Top 10: Schwerer (PR), Reihart (PR), Wobb (PR), Karen Geibel (B), Jess Vernon (B), Hubbard (PR), Tess Crispin (B), Emily Wolfarth (SV), Powell (SV), Lauren Bezier (SV)Freeport's Brendan Reilly and Melanie Lutz each won their respective races as the Yellowjackets boys team (3-3, 1-1) defeated Steel Valley 21-39, but lost to Southmoreland 25-32.In the girls meet, Freeport (5-1, 2-0) defeated Steel Valley 15-49 and Southmoreland 15-50.Freeport returns to action at the Slippery Rock Invitational Saturday.

Boys Top 10: Brendan Reilly (F) 16:51, Chris Keifer (S) 17:44, William Geyer (S) 17:58, Brendan Barabas (SV) 18:01, Matt Thaemert (F) 18:01, Nick Barron (S) 18:12, Shaun Visnesky (F) 18:41, Michael Gallagher (SV) 19:18, Kory Keifer (S) 19:37, Kevin Hagerman (S) 19:37

Girls Top 10: Melanie Lutz (F) 20:52, Kristen Prazenica (F) 21:02, Kirsten Knappenberger (F) 22:41, Christine Marty (F) 23:26, Brittany Macshane (F) 23:32, Cassie Treshok (F) 25:01, Courtney Lesser (SV) 25:48, Karolyn Kasely (F) 25:57, Jenny Bittner (S) 26:24, Sam Shields (SV) 26:34Eric Hillard's time of 18:03 helped the Moniteau boys team defeat North Clarion 24-31, but the Warriors fell to Lakeview 26-31.In the girls meet, Moniteau fell to North Clarion 22-37 and Lakeview 19-40.

Boys Top 10: Eric Hillard (Mo) 18:03, Noah Palicia (L) 18:23, Tyler Davis (L) 18:41, Aaron Smith (M) 18:53, Bryan Bauer (NC) 19:02, A.J. Schwabenbauer (NC) 19:27, Matt O'Malley (M) 19:44, Brandon Stoops (L) 20:01, Brian Coursen (L) 20:02, Gary Hlysko (L) 20:24

Girls Top 10: Emily Hoobler (L) 22:18, Sarah Davis (L) 22:20, Jessica Guianen (NC) 22:25, Eden Slater (L) 23:13, Amy Gladd (M) 23:25, Emily Gatesman (NC) 24:05, Michelle Lauer (NC) 24:45, Nikki Stiner (M) 25:35, Tina Beggs (L) 25:41, Allison Kessler (NC) 26:08

Mercer 29, Slippery Rock 30 (girls); Mercer 24, Slippery Rock 31 (boys) - Mercer grabbed the top three spots in both the boys and girls meet over Slippery Rock.The Rockets (both at 1-1) return to action next Tuesday at Meadville.

Boys Top 10: Smith (M) 19:15, Harrington (M) 19:36, Isoldi (M) 19:44, Dan Hartzell (SR) 19:59, Mac Bowser (SR) 20:13, Pete Eilenfeldt (SR) 20:15, Chase Conti (SR) 20:19, Klaiver (M) 20:20, Robb Whitt (SR) 20:39, James (M) 20:31

Girls Top 10: Beth Tatonrovich (M) 21:46, Beth Smith (M) 21:52, Breese (M) 22:05, Janelle Hartzell (SR) 22:57, Amanda Kellogg 23:03, Jill Laux 23:34, Brittany Lyons 23:41, Calley Bridges (SR) 23:56, Sarah Opp (SR) 24:26, Sarah Thompson 24:34

North Allegheny 19, Knoch 42 (boys) - The Knights (9-1) suffered their first loss but had three runners place among the top 10 against the Tigers for the first time ever. Knoch's girls (2-8) suffered a 15-50 loss as Amber Wilks was the Knights' highest finisher, placing 18th in 24 minutes, 19 seconds.

Boys Top 10: Max Brown (NA) 16:53, Morgan (NA) 17:16, Baxter (NA) 17:21, Artie Black (K) 17:36, Kyle Reeping (K) 17:48, Jacobs (NA) 18:13, Conti (NA) 18:16, Barjoukos (NA) 18:19, Taylor (NA) 18:30, Chris Racio (K) 18:32

Karns City 15, A-C Valley 50 (boys) - Travis Hendell recorded a time of 18:48 to lead the Gremlins to a win over the Falcons.

Boys Top 10: 1Travis Hendell (KC) 18:48, Chris Harmon (KC) 20:51, Justin Smith (KC) 21:28, Eric Kriebel (KC) 23:22, Andrew Harmon (KC) 23:24, Dale Grimm (KC) 23:35, Bill Fedorek (KC) 25:29, Charlie Beck (KC) 25:43, Jonathan Burns (KC) 25:43, James Manculich (AC) 33:41Rocky Grove 20, Union 39 (boys); Rocky Grove 17, Union 46;

Venango Catholic 17, Union 40 (girls) - The Golden Knights' Brett Moore won the boys race with a time of 18:47.

Boys Top 10: Brett Moore (U) 18:47, Justin Carter (RG) 20:27, Patrick Fuller (RG) 20:37, Ryan Yarnell (RG) 20:50, Paul Lehman (VC) 20:54, Luke Cour (RG) 21:42, T.J. Kossman (RG) 21:57, Chris Dulaney (VC) 22:19, Curtis Haehgar (RG) 22:32, Ryan Bowser (U) 23:06

Girls Top 10: Eavan Morton (VC) 22:22, Tristan Rankin (RV) 22:37, Sarah McNellie (VC) 23:46, Megan Lutz (VC) 24:05, Emily Berry (RG) 24:41, Beth Gadsby (RG) 25:32, Alison Weller (RG) 25:35, Megan Booth (U) 26:10, Brittney Hays (RG) 26:33, Melissa Lyons (RG) 26:55

Mars 191, Hampton 215 - The Planets broke the school record by five shots in routing the Talbots at Rittswood.Dave Casteel fired a 34 to key the Planets (5-3), who will play North Hills at Highland today. Mars will host the section qualifier Sept. 26.Hampton (215): Ryan Banks 42, Sid Pandit 42, Brian Dandrea 43, Rick Coyle 44, Chris Holton 44Mars (191): Dave Casteel 34, Brian Routhieaux 36, Jeff Baur 38, Steve Smail 41, R.J. Hart 42North Allegheny 183, Seneca Valley 187 - The Raiders (5-1) dropped their first match this season despite all five of their golfers shooting less than 40.Seneca Valley plays New Castle Thursday at Sylvan Heights.Seneca Valley 187: Brett Spagnola 36, Kevin Day 37, Kirk Pappas 37, Jason Camp 38, Wes Roberts 39North Allegheny 183: Grant Martens 33, Michael Turner 34, P.J. Cassidy 37, Jeff Hinds 39, Chris Garrett 40Butler 198, Plum 210 - Nick Blymiller earned medalist honors for the Golden Tornado (4-4), who play Shaler Thursday at Pittsburgh North.Butler 198: Nick Blymiller 37, Matt Maloy 38, Collin Randall 39, Andrew Shakely 41, Aaron Ordy 43Plum 210: Ryan Day 39, Adam Stawski 39, Corey Smith 43, Tim Coulter 44, Tyler Collins 45Moniteau 222, Karns City 225 - Logan McCracken fired a 38 for Karns City to lead all golfers, but the Gremlins fell to the Warriors at St. Jude Golf Club.Cody Slater shot a 39 for Moniteau (3-3, 3-2).Moniteau 222: Cody Slater 39, Jarred Carr 42, Paul Thompson 45, Devin Christie 47, Erik Forte 49, Cory Campbell 49.Karns City 225: Logan McCracken 38, Nathan Shirey 43, Saxon Parker 47, Matt Hillwig 47, Andy Kijowski 50

Mars 3, Ambridge 2 - In a battle of defending co-section champions, the Planets prevailed 25-20, 9-25, 25-18, 19-25, 15-11 as Jodi Leopold had 16 kills, Brooke Davidson nine and Kelly Berry eight for Mars (3-1, 3-0), which will host Riverview Thursday.Butler 3, North Hills 1 - The Golden Tornado (3-2, 1-0) won this section match 25-10, 25-19, 24-26, 25-20 as Amy Achesinski had 13 kills and two blocks, Becky Smith added 10 kills, Stephanie Mock 11 digs and Katie Willison 23 assists and three aces.The Tornado junior varsity won its match, 2-0. Butler plays at Shaler Thursday.Butler 3, Hampton 1 - Achesinski had 21 kills and two blocks, Abby Herrit had 17 kills and 13 digs and Yuki Schaper had 35 digs in the win for the Tornado (2-2) Monday. The Butler JV team won 2-0.Knoch 3, Northgate 1 - Kristen Brant had 15 service points and 20 assists and Zoe Hughes had nine points as the Knights won 25-12, 25-12, 17-25, 25-23.Knoch (3-0) will host Ambridge Wednesday.Freeport 3, Valley 0 - Dana Turley had eight kills, 10 service points and three aces and Stephanie Leslie had 23 points, three aces and 28 assists as the Yellowjackets swept the Vikings 25-7, 25-8, 25-11.Ashley Stover added six points, three kills and seven assists and Samantha Campbell had three kills for Freeport (4-0, 3-0).Clarion-Limestone 3, Moniteau 0 - The Warriors (1-2) dropped games of 25-19, 25-20 and 25-10. Kristen Baronetski had 100 percent serves, three kills, two digs and a save. Cassie Wiest, Kristen Hasychak and Kristi Costa had 100 percent serves as well.Randi Campbell added two digs and two saves, Wiest had two digs and Haley McFeaters had two saves. Moniteau plays at Forest Area Thursday.Karns City 3, Redbank Valley 2 - The Gremlins (1-1) won their first match and rallied from a 2-0 deficit to do so by a count of 20-25, 15-25, 25-23, 25-15 and 15-12.Haley Callihan had five kills and averaged seven spikes per game. Redbank won the junior varsity game, 2-0. Karns City hosts North Clarion Thursday.

Butler 1, North Hills 0 - K.J. Ludlum scored the lone goal of the game for the Golden Tornado (7-0). Tim Duffy got the shutout in goal.Butler hosts Montour Thursday.Slippery Rock 1, Mercer 0 - Joe Bryan scored the lone goal of this Monday game after the Mercer goalkeeper failed to handle Craig Bicehouse's indirect kick.Bryan also is the Rockets' starting goalkeeper, splitting time there with Abir Chatterjee. The duo faced 12 shots on goal. Slippery Rock is 2-0-1 on the year.Knoch 6, Valley 0 - The Knights (4-0) received goals from Eric Paul, D.J. Thomas, Eric Steighner, Buddy Carr, Adam Sharbaugh. Doug Vogus. Nathan Geibel had four saves to get the shutout.Knoch plays Thursday at Deer Lakes.Karns City 4, Redbank Valley 0 - Andrew Harmon and Dan Thuronyi each had a goal and an assist for the Gremlins (3-1, 3-0). Chris Harmon and Cody McElravy also scored goals while Mark Ferguson added an assist.Karns City hosts Clarion-Limestone Thursday.Mars 2, Kittanning 0 - Andrew Dillner and Kevin Siegel each scored a goal to lead the Planets to the Section 2 win. Greg Tabisz added an assist for Mars.

Karns City 5, Redbank Valley 0 - Brittni Grenninger scored three goals, giving her 18 through five games for the Gremlins (4-1). Kristen Barnhart added a goal and two assists with Michelle Sweeney scoring a goal.Karns City plays at Clarion Thursday.