Raiders girls crush Indians

January 05, 2007 Last Updated: January 05, 2007 12:15 PM High School

Kelsey Patsilevas drained five 3-pointers as the Seneca Valley girls basketball team rolled to a 49-16 Section 3-AAAA win over North Hills Thursday.

Patsilevas led all scorers with 16 points, while Kelsey Spencer added 11 for the Raiders (9-4, 2-3).

NORTH HILLS 16Bezenka 1 0-0 2, Wahl 2 0-0 5, Harkness 2 3-5 8, Watus 0 1-2 1, Harding 0 0-1 0. Totals: 5 4-8 16.

SENECA VALLEY 49Aly Eagle 1 1-2 3, Kelsey Spencer 5 0-1 11, Kelsey Patsilevas 5 1-2 16, Amanda Johnson 2 5-7 9, Jackie Mangola 4 2-2 10, Catherine Messmer 0 0-0 0, Amanda Mauck 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 9-14 49.

Seneca Valley 15 6 11 17—49North Hills 7 2 2 5—163-point goals: North Hills 2 (Wahl, Harkness); Seneca Valley 6 (Patsilevas 5, Spencer)

Monday: Shaler at Seneca Valley

Mars 68, Valley 35 — The Planets jumped out to a 23-6 edge after one period and went on to stomp the Vikings.Haley Geyer and Lily Grenci each scored 14 points for Mars (10-2, 4-1), and Cara Hudac added 12 points.

MARS 68Megan Gibson 1 0-0 2, Cara Hudac 4 4-5 12, Vanessa Pappas 2 0-0 5, Haley Geyer 5 2-2 14, Karly Takach 3 0-1 6, Kelsey Ferguson 0 3-4 3, Lily Grenci 7 0-2 14, Maggie Bulman 3 1-5 7, Kehle Pelles 1 0-0 2, Rachel Pinkerton 1 0-0 2, Victoria Gressang 0 1-2 1. Totals: 27 11-21 68.

VALLEY 35Alexander 3 0-0 7, Benson 3 5-6 11, Shannon 1 3-4 5, Wade 3 0-2 6, Nantonacci 0 1-2 1, Bonk 2 0-0 5. Totals: 12 9-14 35.

Mars 23 14 21 10—68Valley 6 12 9 8—353-point goals: Mars 3 (Geyer 2, Pappas); Valley 2 (Alexander, Bonk)

Monday: Kittanning at Mars

Indiana 52, Knoch 45 — Megan Gray led the Knights (9-3, 4-1) with 12 points, but the Indians pulled out this Section 1-AAA win on the road.

INDIANA 52Stossel 3 2-2 8, Hurley 6 2-2 19, Ager 4 2-2 12, Tegethoff 1 0-0 2, Hansen 4 0-0 9, Glinsky 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 6-6 52.

KNOCH 45Megan Gray 5 1-2 12, Abby Marshall 3 2-2 9, Pam Gagen 4 0-1 8, Sara Montgomery 3 0-0 6, Sarah Cooper 0 3-4 3, Lizz King 3 1-2 7. Totals: 18 7-11 45.

Indiana 17 7 13 15—52Knoch 9 13 9 14—453-point goals: Indiana 8 (Hurley 5, Ager 2, Hansen); Knoch 2 (Gray, Marshall)

Monday: Knoch at Hampton

Mercyhurst Prep 59, Slippery Rock 41 — Despite 14 points from Jence Rhoads, the Rockets (6-6) fell on the road.

SLIPPERY ROCK 41Karly Rhoads 2 0-0 4, Jenna Rinker 3 0-1 6, Shanea Raabe 1 0-0 2, Jence Rhoads 5 4-4 14, Sarah Cessar 3 0-0 6, Kourtney Rhoads 3 0-0 9, Ali Doyle 0 0-0 0, Emma Walter 0 0-0 0, Danielle Drake 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 4-5 41.

MERCYHURST PREP 59Moore 3 1-1 8, Feeney 1 0-2 3, Bach 2 0-0 6, Nowacinski 6 3-4 18, Sweeney 1 0-0 2, Majewski 2 0-0 4, DeBello 2 0-0 4, Peirce 1 0-0 2, Olowinski 5 2-2 12. Totals: 23 6-8 59.

Slippery Rock 8 7 12 14—41Mercyhurst Prep 13 11 20 15—593-point goals: Slippery Rock 3 (Kourtney Rhoads 3); Mercyhurst Prep 7 (Nowacinski 3, Bach 2, Fenney, Moore)

JV score: Mercyhurst Prep 38-21

Monday: Grove City at Slippery Rock

East Allegheny 63, Freeport 32 — The Yellowjackets (4-8, 1-3) fell behind 19-6 after one quarter and never recovered.

EAST ALLEGHENY 63Jasmine Claggett 3 0-1 6, Leah Hurst 0 1-2 1, Kim Beitler 2 0-0 4, Natalie Martz 6 0-2 14, Jessica Bartges 2 0-0 4, Elissa Eichler 8 5-10 21, Mallory Varchetto 0 1-2 1, Lauren Kukic 2 0-0 4, Michelle Szwedko 2 0-0 4, Daquasia Brown 2 0-0 4. Totals: 27 7-17 63.

FREEPORT 32Amber Elder 1 0-0 2, Jordan Dunn 4 0-0 9, Kristen Prazenica 2 1-1 5, Samantha Campbell 0 3-5 3, Stephanie Clowes 3 0-0 7, Cassie Smolic 0 5-6 5, Courtney Chelecki 0 1-2 1. Totals: 10 10-14 32.

East Allegheny 19 17 17 10—63Freeport 6 10 8 8—323-point goals: East Allegheny 2 (Martz 2); Freeport 2 (Clowes, Dunn)

Monday: Freeport at Greensburg Central Catholic

North Hills 103, Butler 83 (girls); Butler 85, North Hills 80 (boys) — Butler's Jason Clouse captured first place in the 200-yard freestyle in 2 minutes, 0.84 seconds and the 100 freestyle (54.31) to help the Golden Tornado boys (2-2) to this win over the Indians.Clouse also swam a leg on the winning 200 medley relay team.Brittany Grenet won the diving competition for Butler's girls. Her final score was not available.Girls North Hills 103, Butler 83200 medley relay: 1-Butler (Ellen Crummy, Sarah Clouse, Molly Evans, Brittany Vogel) 1:58.84200 freestyle: 1-Brittany Vogel (B) 2:04.46200 individual medley: 1-Molly Evans (B) 2:17.0650 freestyle: 1-C. Trant (NH) 25.121-meter diving: 1-Brittany Grenet (B)100 butterfly: 1-Molly Evans (B) 1:02.15100 freestyle: 1-C. Trant (NH) 56.15500 freestyle: 1-Brittany Vogel (B) 5:27.59200 freestyle relay: 1-North Hills (Porter, Custer, Zaplepal, Trant) 1:44.50100 backstroke: 1-S. Zaplepal (NH) 1:15.18100 breaststroke: 1-Sarah Clouse (B) 1:10.9400 freestyle relay: 1-North Hills (Henke, Hezza, Schatzel, Hezza) 4:06.31BoysNorth Hills 80, Butler 85200 medley relay: 1-Butler (Chris McKee, Hans Bergh, Jason Clouse, Pat Kaiser) 1:58.12200 freestyle: 1-Jason Clouse (B) 2:00.84200 individual medley: 1-P. Edwards (NH) 2:11.050 freestyle: 1-R. Dorsche (NH) 25.751-meter diving: 1-John Rhodaberger (B)100 butterfly: 1-P. Edwards (NH) 58.43100 freestyle: 1-Jason Clouse (B) 54.31500 freestyle: 1-Erik Bergh (B) 5:55.59200 freestyle relay: 1-North Hills (P. Edwards, W. Farren, R. Dorsche, N. Tressor) 1:39.56100 backstroke: 1-Clif McKee (B) 1:05.75100 breaststroke: 1-Hans Bergh (B) 1:11.93400 freestyle relay: 1-North Hills (E. Miller, J. Trant, B. Freeman, K. Raiff) 4:26.43Seneca Valley 97, Pine-Richland 88 (girls); Seneca Valley 94, Pine-Richland 85 (boys) — SV's Kelly Connolly broke her own pool record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:06.75. Her previous standard was 1:07.29.

Bethel Park 800-71x, Butler 797-65x — The Golden Tornado fell to the Black Hawks despite the solid shooting of Nick Cottage, Colt Filges, Kayla Fry, Steve Gizienski and Erica Leslie.

Mars 45, Kittanning 35 — Luke Salter and Luke Selker had pins at 119 and 125 pounds, respectively, for the Planets in this Wednesday match.103 — Krozely (K)by forfeit; 112 — Lennen (M)by forfeit; 119 — Salter (M)pinned Starr in 4:48; 125 — Selker (M)pinned Morris in 6:00; 130 — Reitter (K)pinned Kramer in 1:25; 135 — Nelson (K) pinned Studeny in 1:50; 140 — Atwood (K)pinned Jackson in 2:29; 145 — Ritrosky (K)pinned Camp in 1:26; 152 — Lang (K)tech. fall over Ziggas 15-0; 160 — Biesinger (M)dec. Frechling 11-6; 171 — Brooks (M)by forfeit; 189 — Chappel (M)by forfeit; 215 — Eshenbaugh (K)by forfeit; 285 — Johnston (K)by forfeit

Matt Stirling scored two goals as Butler defeated Fox Chapel, 4-1, recently.Marc Strange and Dominic Oliver also scored for the Golden Tornado. Cody Blum had two assists.Goaltender Mike Arturo saved 12 of 13 shots for the Tornado (5-4).

Butler improved to 8-1 with a 96-12 victory over Avonworth recently.Eric Tuck at 100 pounds, Robert Punchur at 105 and Alex Miranda at 165 had pins for the Golden Tornado, who also received 13 forfeitures.Butler hosts North Allegheny Wednesday.