Warriors' bats come alive in win
Cruz Eschenbaugh tripled and drove in three runs while Dakota Campbell banged out three hits and got the save in relief as the Moniteau baseball team edged Cranberry 7-5 Tuesday afternoon.
NickMorrow picked up the win for the Warriors (4-2).
In other games:
• Winning pitcher J.P. Samay and Ryan Siegel homered as Freeport defeated Apollo-Ridge, 10-3.
• Mark Revesz, Ryan Devine and Drew Bestwick combined on a five-inning no-hitter as Grove City blanked Titusville, 16-0. Bob Revesz hit two home runs and Dan Keil added one for the Eagles.
• Jesse Mangel had three triples and Nick McGuirk contributed three hits as A-C Valley defeated Clarion-Limestone, 7-5.
Apollo-Ridge 000 201 0—3 8 5Freeport 222 400 x—10 10 0Weaver (L, 6 strikeouts, 0 walks) and McGonigle; J.P. Samay (W, 3 strikeouts, 1 walks), Harrison Wood (5, 5 strikeouts, 1 walks) and Andrew Vivian, Joe Pullano (6).
Apollo-Ridge: Mack 2B, Karnes 2B, McGonigle HR 1B
Freeport (7-7, 4-5): Bryan Huth 2B, Andrew Vivian 2B, J.P. Samay HR, Ryan Siegel HR
Friday: Freeport atWest Shamokin
Grove City 014 56x x—16 13 0Titusville 000 00x x—0 0 6Mark Revesz (W, 3 strikeouts, 2 walks), Ryan Devine (4, 1 strikeouts, 0 walks), Drew Bestwick (5, 3 strikeouts, 0 walks) and Garrett Herald; S. Clark (L, 2 strikeouts, 0 walks), D. Wescoat (4, 0 strikeouts, 3 walks) and L. Hamilton
Grove City (11-1, 6-1): Bob Revesz 2-HR 1B4-RBI, Dan Keil HR2-1B4-RBI, Derek Forese 2-1B 2-RBI, Ryan Devine 2-1B 3-R
Today: Grove City atHickory
A-C Valley 004 111 0—7 11 1C-Limestone 002 003 0—5 7 1Ryan Austin (W, 0 strikeouts, 1 walks), Jesse Mangel (6, 3 strikeouts, 1 walks) and Nick McGuirk; Z. Roller (L, 3 strikeouts, 0 walks), Simpson (6, 2 strikeouts, 0 walks) and Zahoran
A-C Valley (2-5): Jesse Mangel 3-3B, Nick McGuirk 2-1B 2B, Matt Bartley 1B 2B
Clarion-Limestone: Zahoran 2B 1B
Thursday: Clarion atA-CValley
Cranberry 001 010 3—5 6 2Moniteau 004 003 x—7 8 0Norm Felmlee and A.Felmlee; Nick Morrow, Dakota Campbell (7) and Shane Carr.W — Morrow (8 strikeouts, 3 walks). L — Norm Felmlee (11 strikeouts, 3 walks). SV — Campbell (1 strikeouts, 0 walk).
Cranberry: Burrows HR
Moniteau (4-2): Campbell 3-1B; Cruz Eschenbaugh 3B, 2-RBI; Chris Pisor 2B
Today: Moniteau atClarion-Limestone
Girls SoftballAshton Pakutz pitched a three-inning no-hitter and Karns City tallied 17 hits in rolling to a 21-0 victory at West Forest.Haley Callihan led the Gremlins' attack with a homer, a double and two singles. Samantha Pyle homered as well, and Brandi Dunkle had four hits.Karns City is undefeated in Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference play.In other games:• Chelsea Filer pitched a two-hitter as Grove City blanked WestMiddlesex 4-0 in a rain-shortened, six-inning region clash.Becky Brahaney had two singles and twoRBI for the Eagles (9-4, 7-3).• Kirsten Brant had two homers and six RBIwhile Stephanie Fincher tossed a two-hit shutout in Knoch's 16-0 triumph over Kittanning.• Seneca Valley was limited to four hits in suffering its first loss of the season, 3-0, at Shaler.• Freeport scored six runs in its final three at-bats to rally past Shady Side Academy, 10-8. Madison Rotto homered and Brittany Showers struck out seven to get the win in relief.• Martina Burk struck out nine, but Moniteau dropped a 3-0 decision to Rocky Grove.
Karrns City (11)46 xxx x—21 17 0West Forest 000 xxx x—0 0 3Ashton Pakutz (W, 5 strikeouts, 1 walks) and Samantha Pyle; Millin (L, 0 strikeouts, 6 walks), Prelog (1, 1 strikeouts, 0 walks) and Scott
Karns City (8-2, 7-0): Haley Callihan HR 2B2-1B, Samantha Pyle HR1B, Brandi Dunkle 3-2B 1B, Breanna Bowser 2-1B, Haley Bachman 2-1B, Allyson Kepple 1B, Ashton Pakutz 1B, Becky Todorich 1B
Today: Clarion-Limestone atKarns City
West Middlesex 000 000 x—0 2 2Grove City 010 120 x—4 7 2Chelsea Filer and Tara Wamsley; Tara Ash and Byers.W — Filer (9 strikeouts, 0 walks). L — Ash (1 strikeouts, 1 walk).
West Middlesex: Berger 2B
Grove City (9-4, 7-3): Becky Brahaney 2-1B, 2-RBI; Maggie Orr 2-1B; Courtney Chutz 2-1B
Today: Grove City atSharon
Kittanning 000 xxx x—0 2 4Knoch (10)6 xxx x—16 10 0Liz Lambert (L, 3 strikeouts, 2 walks) and Carly Ochs; Stephanie Fincher (W, 1 strikeouts, 2 walks) and Liz King
Kittanning: Carly Ochs 1B, Dana Heccer 1B
Knoch (11-4, 8-4): Kirsten Brant 2-HR6-RBI, Chelsea Martin 3-1B2-RBI
Today: Highlands atKnoch
Seneca Valley 000 000 0—0 4 0Shaler 020 001 x—3 5 2Lauren Pennell (L, 2 strikeouts, 7 walks) and Megan McCormick; M. Daley (W, 1 strikeouts, 0 walks) and Shanor
Seneca Valley (13-1, 10-1): Liz Dorogy 1B, Jackie Mangola 1B, Nicole Lollo 2B, Lindsay Troyer 1B
Shaler: Siar HR 2-RBI, Heather Elstner 1B, Jen Simile 2B, Sorge 2-2B
Today: Upper St. Clair atSeneca Valley
SSA 420 101 0—8 8 0Freeport 310 231 x—10 9 2Becca Samakow (L, 0 strikeouts, 7 walks) and Olivia Saperstin; Kylie Hepler (1 strikeouts, 0 walks), Brittany Showers (2, W, 7 strikeouts, 0 walks) and Sarah Meintus
Shady Side Academy: Jackie Allen 2B 3B, Genna Bedford 2B
Freeport (6-6, 6-4): Lynn Patterson 3B, Sarah Meintus 2B, Bethany Gent 2B, Madison Rotto HR, Katie Gaydos 2B
Friday: Freeport atRiverview
Moniteau 000 000 0—0 6 7Rocky Grove 002 100 x—3 7 1Martina Burk (L, 9 strikeouts,1 walks) and Amber Neff; Lowry (W, 9 strikeouts, 0 walks) and Burkhardt
Moniteau (5-6, 4-2): Brandy Neff 2-1B, Alex Guercio 1B, Stephanie Bonzo 1B, Ashley Pisor 1B, Maura McCaslin 1B
Rocky Grove: Pragle 3B, Peterson 3B
Today: West Forest at Moniteau
Track and Field
Slippery Rock 90, Greenville 59 (girls); Greenville 84, Slippery Rock 66 (boys) — Angie Shaffer won the 100 hurdles and high jump, and Allison Plummer won the 800 and 1,600 to lead the Slippery Rock girls squad Tuesday.In the boys meet, Joe Cirillo (long and triple jumps), Dan Dillman (shot put, discus) and Paul McConnell (300 hurdles, pole vault) each captured two events.• The Moniteau girls team was leading Cranberry 37-13 before the meet was suspended due to the weather. Cranberry has elected not to return today to finish the meet, but the Warriors will complete their meet against Clarion today.
BoysGreenville 84, Slippery Rock 663,200-meter relay: Greenville (Rossman, Summerlin, Lauffer, Lewis) 8:54;
110-meter hurdles: Isaac Osborne (SR) 16.1;
100-meter dash: Snyder (G) 11.07;
1,600-meter run: Nathan King (SR) 5:02;
400-meter dash: Pickerling (G) 53.2;
400 meter relay: Greenville (Reasbeck, Fragapane, Snyder, Youngblood) 44.21;
300-meter hurdles: Paul McConnell (SR) 42.17;
800-meter run: Lewis (G) 2:09;
200-meter dash: Youngblood (G) 23.51;
3,200-meter run: Dan Hartzell (SR) 11:15;
1,600-meter relay: Greenville (Summerlin, Douglas, Hetrick, Leon) 3:38
High jump: Reasbeck (G) 6-2;
Long jump: Joe Cirillo (SR) 19-5;
Triple jump: Joe Cirillo (SR) 39-8½;
Shot put: Dan Dillman (SR) 47-4;
Discus: Dan Dillman (SR)143-6;
Javelin: Doug Orlsoki (SR) 156-3;
Pole vault: Paul McConnell (SR) 10-6
GirlsSlippery Rock 90, Greenville 593,200-meter relay: Greenville (Henegan, A. Pfaff, Horne, Sweeney) 10:28;
100-meter hurdles: Angie Shaffer (SR) 16.65;
100-meter dash: Montalvo (G) 12.99;
1,600-meter run: Allison Plummer (SR) 6:05;
400-meter dash: Shacklock (G) 1:05.15;
400 meter relay: Greenville (Landfried, Weaver, Webber, Montalvo) 53.72
300-meter hurdles: Elissa McCune (SR) 48.77;
800-meter run: Allison Plummer (SR) 2:31.27;
200-meter dash: Montalvo (G) 27.51;
3,200-meter run: Brittany Lyons (SR) 12:47;
1,600-meter relay: Slippery Rock (Chelsea Stanley, Elissa McCune, Michelle Grossman, Allison Plummer) 4:19.98
High jump: Angie Shaffer (SR)4-11;
Long jump: Brittany Richter (SR) 14-10;
Triple jump: Sam Amyx (SR) 31-11¾;
Shot put: Giddings (G) 28-11;
Discus: Pfaff (G) 82-4;
Javelin: Mel Prelec (SR) 112-4;
Pole vault: Burnett (G)
GirlsMoniteau 37, Cranberry 133,200-meter relay: Cranberry 11:33.2;
100-meter hurdles: Kathleen Harding (M) 16.8;
100-meter dash: Nikki Stiner (M) 13.4;
1,600-meter run: Amy Gladd (M) 5:37.5;
Javelin: Kendra hall (Mo) 91-10;
Long jump: Samantha Kristufek (M) 15-3¾
Boys TennisStefan Kemp and Evan Kowalski won their singles matches, and the duo of Andrew Sykes-Emil Kemp won in doubles action as Butler turned away Ambridge, 3-2.
Singles1-Rob Emig (A) def. Matt Slamecka 6-1, 6-4; 2-Stefan Kemp (B) def. Jon DeBona 6-0, 6-0; 3-Evan Kowalski (B) def. Josh Elser 7-5, 6-0.
Doubles1-Josh Laura-Theo Gagranas (A) def. Andrew Direnzo-Wes Hortert 4-6, 6-2, 7-6; 2-Andrew Sykes-Emil Kemp (B) def. Anthony Firetto-Dan Fisher 7-6, 6-4.Boys Volleyball
Shaler 3, Butler 1 — Andrew Willison had 11 kills and Luke Lombardo 35 assists to lead the Tornado, but the Titans prevailed 25-14, 25-27, 25-21, 25-17.Walt Santa added five blocks and Cody Clark 12 passes for Butler (4-8, 2-6), which hosts Fox Chapel Thursday.Shaler's junior varsity team also won 2-1.
Girls LacrosseElizabeth Small scored four goals and Sara Schweiger added three more as the Butler girls lacrosse team downed NorthHills 11-8.Nicole Cancilla, Becca Crissman, Mackenzie Houk and Chelsea Rock also scored for the Golden Tornado (3-9), who will hostNorth Allegheny Thursday night.
Vincentian Academy 14, Knoch 6 — Krissy Harbison scored three goals for the Knights (1-10-1), who host Shady Side Academy Thursday. Paige Macadaeg added two goals and Hilary Rihn one. Lauren Douglas netted three goals for Vincentian.
Boys LacrosseTyler Kotch scored four goals and ZachReiser added three as the Butler boys lacrosse team beat Shaler 11-1 in a lightning-shortened game.Zach Carben scored two goals and Adam Bresnahan and Tim Smith also scored for the GoldenTornado (4-7, 2-4).
