KC girls track wins district
At the District 9 Class AA Track and Field Championships on Friday, Karns City's Xandria White led the way with a first-place finish in the 200 meters (26.51 seconds) and second in the 100 meters (12.47) and the long jump (16 feet, 2 inches).
The Gremlins' girls team won the team title with 83Z\x points, edging Elk County Catholic (79), which had won the title six consecutive years. Moniteau finished seventh (33) and Union was eighth (25).
The top two finishers in each event qualify for the PIAA Championships, which will be held Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg University.
Union's Tiffany Corle crushed the girls javelin mark at the district finals with a toss of 142 feet, 7 inches, besting the previous mark of 127-8 by Redbank Valley's Cara Dinger in 2005.
Moniteau's Amy Gladd (800, 2:21.20) was the other girls champion from the area while teammate Kendra Hall placed second in both the shot put (34-10) and discus (104-1) to be another state qualifier in multiple events.
In the boys' final, Karns City's Chris Harmon (800, 1:59.25) and Union's Brett Moore (triple jump, 42-10¾) were the area champions in their respective events.
In team scoring, the Gremlins were third with 53 points behind ECC (87) and Clarion (71). Union placed eighth with 30 points and Moniteau was 11th with 22.
The following are Karns City, Moniteau, Union and A-C Valley medalists from Friday's District 9 Class AA Championships at Kane High School. The top two finishers in each event qualified for the PIAA Championships, which will be held Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg University. All local qualifiers for the state meet are in bold.Boys110-meter hurdles:
2-Tim Berteotti (KC) 15.64;
100-meter dash: 5-Kyle Mauthe (Mo) 11.58; 6-Colby Davis (U) 11.65;
1,600-meter run:
2-Travis Hendell (KC) 4:34.68; 5-Eric Hillard (Mo) 4:39.12;
400-meter dash: 3-Aaron Smith (Mo) 52.27;
400 meter relay:
2-Union (Ryan Bowser, Brogan Gearhart, Colby Davis, Josh Holden) 44.83; 5-Karns City (Josh Callender, Josh Grenninger, Cory Terwilliger, Anthony Stimac) 45.48;
300-meter hurdles: 4-Tim Berteotti (KC) 41.25;
800-meter run:
1-Chris Harmon (KC) 1:59.25; 4-Aaron McGarvey (KC) 2:04.72;
200-meter dash: 6-Anthony Stimac (KC) 24.17;
3,200-meter run: 4-Travis Hendell (KC) 10:13.76;
1,600-meter relay: 3-Karns City (Chris Harmon, Tim Berteotti, Anthony Stimac, Josh Grenninger) 3:33.36; 4-Moniteau (Aaron Smith, Andy Weichey, Kyle Mauthe, Josh Loos) 3:34.27
High jump: 3-Mike Senopole (KC) 5-11; 4t-Brett Moore (U) 5-9; 6-Josh Loos (Mo) 5-9;
Long jump: 6-Josh Loos (MO) 19-8.25;
Triple jump:
1-Brett Moore (U) 42-10.75;
Discus: 4-Alec Wagner (UAC) 125-7; 6-Ryan Jackson (AC) 123-5
Javelin:
2-Neil Scott (U) 176-1; 3-Tyler Armagost (Mo) 173-7
Girls3200-meter relay: 5-Karns City (Hannah Beck, Stephanie Isacco, Ashley Campbell, Allyson Kepple) 10:42.92;
100-meter dash:
2-Xandria White (KC) 12.47
1,600-meter run:
2-Nicole Harmon (KC) 5:38.29; 6-L. Logue (U) 6:00.5;
400-meter dash: 6-Nikki Stiner (Mo) 1:05.79;
400 meter relay: 3-Karns City (Xandria White, Amber Saunders, Karyssa Callender, Kara Sypulski) 53.13; 5-A-C Valley (Jamie Anderson, Caroline Blauser, Kate Best, Kristen Rose) 53.82;
300-meter hurdles:
2-Audra Buechele (KC) 49.28;
800-meter run:
1-Amy Gladd (Mo) 2:21.20; 2-Stephanie Isacco (KC) 2:26.92;
200-meter dash:
1-Xandria White (KC) 26.51;
1,600-meter relay: 6-Karns City (Stephanie Isacco, Kiersten Foreback, Allyson Kepple, Audra Buechele) 4:28.3
High jump: 4-Tiffany Corle (U) 4-11; 6t-Amber Saunders (KC) 4-7
Long jump:
2-Xandria White (KC) 16-2; 3-Jenna Holden (U) 16-0; 4-Samantha Bly (KC) 15-8;
Triple jump:
2-Amber Saunders (KC) 33-6.5; 4-Samantha Bly (KC) 33-1.25;
Shot put:
2-Kendra Hall (Mo) 34-10; 3-Alyssa Callender (KC) 32-6; 4-Heather Yeany (U) 32-4;
Discus:
2-Kendra Hall (Mo) 104-1;
Javelin:
1-Tiffany Corle (U) 142-7 (district record);
Pole vault: 4-Tausha Bowser (KC) 8-3• At the District 10 Class AA Track and Field Championships at Hickory Saturday, the Slippery Rock girls team had three qualifiers advance to the PIAA championships.Elissa McCune and Angie Shaffer placed second in the 300 hurdles (47.02) and high jump (5-1), respectively and Melanie Prelec (123-1) was third in the javelin at the D-10 meet.Other medalists included McCune in the 200 (sixth, 26.88), Shaffer in the 100 hurdles (sixth, 16.52), Brittney Richter in the triple jump (seventh, 31-10½) and Samantha Amyx in the long jump (15-4½).Boys LacrosseZach Reiser scored four goals and added five assists to power the Butler boys lacrosse team to a 12-5 victory over Trinity in the first round of the WPSLA playoffs Friday.The Tornado had built a 9-0 halftime lead en route to the win.Tyler Kotch added three goals, Adam Bresnahan two goals and Cody Conklin, Dan McPherson and Jarrod Oesterling one goal each.Matt McCarrier had 12 saves for Butler, which will travel to Kiski Academy for a second-round matchup Tuesday.
