SV charges past Tigers
All five members of Seneca Valley's boys golf team carded a 39 or better to lead the Raiders to a 185-199 victory over North Allegheny Tuesday at Cranberry Highlands.
Andrew Tang and Connor McCaffrey each fired a 36 to lead the way while Dave Roberts and Drew Verba followed with 37s.
Seneca Valley (4-0) plays New Castle at Sylvan Heights Thursday.
North Allegheny (199):Grant Martens 38, Byron Doll 38, Jim Davis 39, Donny Lewis 42, Chad Welden 42
Seneca Valley (185):Andrew Tang 36, Connor McCaffrey 36, Dave Roberts 37, Drew Verba 37, Matt Vogt 39
Shady Side Academy 204, Mars 206 — Ian Finney shared medalist honors with a 39, but the Planets (2-1) suffered their first loss. Mars plays at Kiski Area Thursday.
Shady Side Academy (204):Robbie Denove 39, Ben Cohen 40, Todd Bergland 41, Jon Halpern 42, Ben Kander 42
Mars (206):Ian Finney 39, Jason Fitzpatrick 40, Mike Parrish 42, Adam Lange 42, Derek Hillegas 43
Central Catholic 197, Butler 204 — The Golden Tornado (2-4) dropped this Friday match and play at Northgate today.
Butler (204):Steve Feczko 39, Andrew Shakely 41, Antonio Baroffio 41, Zach Pennington 41, Tyler Rajchel 42
Central Catholic (197): C.J. Burke 36, Spencer Mellon 39, Bryan Wall 40, Matt Parker 41, Corey Wagner 41
Derek Forese fired a 73 to lead Grove City to first place with a final score of 312 at Oakview Golf Club.Slippery Rock, which finished in fifth place with a 337, was led by Jeff Tracy's 78.Grove City stands in second place in the overall standings with 29 points and Slippery Rock is tied with Franklin for fourth place with 18 points. Titusville leads the eight-team field with 31 points.<B>Grove City (312):</B> Derek Forese 73, Ryan Prokay 77, Steve Deyarmin 81, Garrett Molloy 81<B>Slippery Rock (337):</B> Jeff Tracy 78, Nick Cress 84, Tim Chavez 84, Jenna Rinker 91<B>Team Standings (Tuesday)</B>1-Grove City 312 points, 2-Titusville 319, 3-Meadville 326, 4-Franklin 336, 5-Slippery Rock 337, 6-Lakeview 358, 7-Oil City 367, 8-Maplewood 370
<B>Seneca Valley 3, New Castle 0 —</B> Justine Carrow and Jennifer Boyd had 15 and 11 kills, respectively, to power the Raiders (2-0) to a 25-2, 25-6, 25-6 sweep over the Red Hurricanes.<B>Pine-Richland 3, Butler 2 — </B>Becky Smith had eight kills and seven blocks, and Abby Druschel had eight blocks and two kills, but the Rams escaped with a 25-18, 25-17, 17-25, 21-25, 15-13 triumph.Steph Mock added 11 digs for Butler (0-1), who return to action Thursday atNorth hills.
<B>Knoch 4, Kittanning 0 — </B>Doug Vogus scored a pair of goals for the Knights (2-0), with Adam Sharbaugh and Travis Tasker adding one each. Knoch plays at Deer Lakes Thursday.<B>Mars 3, Freeport 0 —</B> Ryan McKenzie scored two goals and Shawn Mathews added another in the Planets' victory.Mars goalkeeper Joe Haefner added an assist to go with his shutout.<B>Butler 3, Baldwin 0 — </B>Ryan Armahizer scored all three goals for the Golden Tornado (4-0) and goalie Zeke O'Donnell got the shutout. Butler hosts Shaler in its section debut Saturday night.<B>Pine-Richland 4, Slippery Rock 3 — </B>Mike Ramirez had two goals and an assist for the Rockets in a losing cause. Daniel Jeon added a goal and assist, and Wes Craig had an assist. Slippery Rock plays at Mercer Thursday.
<B>Slippery Rock 19, Oil City 44 (boys); Slippery Rock 17, Oil City 46 (girls) —</B> Nate King and Andrea Shaffer led the Rockets boys and girls, respectively, in dominant wins over the Oilers.<B>Boys Top 10</B>1-Nate King (SR) 18:50, 2-Nik Klen (OC) 19:37, 3-Jackson Udy (SR) 19:56, 4-Dan Hartzell (SR) 20:07, 5-Owen Bowser (SR) 20:08, 6-Ed Schreiber (SR) 20:18, 7-Zach Johnson (OC) 20:20, 8-Jacob Spurk (SR) 20:47, 9-Sean Schreiber (SR) 20:53, 10-Cal Spigler (SR) 21:03<B>Girls Top 10</B>1-Andrea Shaffer (SR) 24:03, 2-Rachel Richter (SR) 24:10, 3-Calley Bridges (SR) 24:45, 4-Allyssa Jones (OC) 25:29, 5-Susan Timko (SR) 26:11, 6-Brittany Richter (SR) 26:49, 7-Kate Broznic (SR) 26:52, 8-Amy Gerwig (SR) 26:55, 9-Sarah Grabner (SR) 27:00, 10-Alexis Reeher (SR) 27:02<B>Butler 15, Blackhawk 50 (boys); Butler 28, Blackhawk 30 (girls) —</B> Ben Porter led Butler's boys, who took the top nine spots.Ashley King's third-place finish paced the Tornado girls, who escaped with a two-point win.<B>Boys Top 10</B>1-Ben Porter (Bu) 17:39, 2-J.T. Fleming (Bu) 17:50, 3-Wayne Dailey (Bu) 17:54, 4-Eric Rensel (Bu) 17:55, 5-Logan Elias (Bu) 17:59, 6-Matt Crawford (Bu) 18:14, 7-Grant Baron (Bu) 18:25, 8-Zach Dunkle (Bu) 19:16, 9-Tim Karls (Bu) 19:28, 10-not available<B>Girls Top 10</B>1-Jelly Peck (Bl) 19:14, 2-Becky Whodat (Bl) 21:14, 3-Ashley King (Bu) 21:34, 4-Laura Bly (Bl) 21:55, 5-Ashley Crawford (Bu) 22:07, 6-Gretchen Geibel (Bu) 22:12, 7-Rachel Ferguson (Bu) 23:00, 8-Trisha Brandt (Bu) 23:04, 9-Ashton Dolan (Bu) 23:33, 10-Deanna Diderich (Bu) 23:39
