Knoch golfers tie school record

September 17, 2008 Last Updated: September 17, 2008 03:05 PM High School

Butler's Nate McCandless celebrates after scoring a goal Tuesday in the Golden Tornado's 4-2 boys soccer victory over North Hills.

The Knoch golf team reached a new high in low Tuesday.

The Knights shot a 187, matching the school record set in 2005, while defeating Kiski Area 187-215.

Joe Boros earned medalist honors with a 36, but none of Knoch's golfers shot higher than 39.

Now 5-3 in section play, Knoch hosts Hampton Tuesday at Saxon Golf Course.

Knoch (187):Joe Boros 36, Kory Schorr 37, Corey Branchen 37, R.J. Sepich 38, Jack Boros 39

Kiski Area (215):Kyle Horrell 41, Evan Conroy 41, Steve Golembiemski 43, Josh Emanuelson 45, Eric Weyant 45

Seneca Valley 202, Pine-Richland 208 — Matt Vogt and Blake Henderson carded a 38 and 39, respectively, to lead the Raiders.Seneca Valley (7-2) will host Northgate at Cranberry Highlands.

Seneca Valley (202):Matt Vogt 38, Blake Henderson 39, Connor McCaffrey 40, Mike McNulty 41, Sean Dailey 44

Pine-Richland (208): Ross Montani 37, Jordan Hombosky 39, Brian Spakauskus 42, Anthony Mangano 45, Zach Fleissner 45

Butler 209, Shaler 213 — Steven Feczko fired a 40 to pace the Tornado to the section win at Pittsburgh North.Butler (6-4, 5-4) will host North Hills Thursday at Butler Country Club.

Butler (209):Steven Feczko 40, Nathan Moses 41, Christian Mato 41, Anthony Lewis 42, Antonio Baroffio 45

Shaler (213):Steven Sliman 40, Bob Stein 41, Andrew Ferketic 43, Samantha Smyers 44, Chris Deasy 45

Mars 197, Kittanning 212 — Jason Fitzpatrick and ChristianLochner each shot a 38 to lead the Planets (7-3) to a 15-stroke win.

Mars (197): Jason Fitzpatrick 38, Christian Lochner 38, Mike Parrish 39, Derek Hillegas 41, James Fox 41

Kittanning (212): Connor Kolb 40, Ethan Zimmerman 41, Curtis Schilling 42, Tim Barto 42, Troy Schall 47

Moniteau 215, Clarion-Limestone 227 — Mitch Hunter earned medalist honors with a 37 to lead the Warriors at Pinecrest.Moniteau (6-1) will host Union Thursday at Shamrock.

Moniteau (215): Mitch Hunter 37, Ethan Fowler 42, Jeremy Ritts 44, Andy Walls 45, Mike Saper 47

Clarion-Limestone (227): Jordan Zuck 42, Max Wieszczyk 43, Billy Kelly 44, BrandonBell 45, Jake Leadbetter 53

Franklin 339, Slippery Rock 351, Meadville 352, Titusville 364 — The Rockets went 2-1 in this four-team matchup at Oakview. Jenna Rinker's 84 led Slippery Rock (4-3), which plays at the McDowell Invitational Thursday.

Slippery Rock (351): Jenna Rinker 84, Brian Giesler 86, Shawn Beatty 87, Gus McDowell 94

Forest Area 232, Karns City 233 — Jeremy Schmader fired the lone sub-40 scored in this KSACmatch, a 39, as Forest eked out the win at St. Jude.Karns City (0-7) will face A-C Valley today at Foxburg Country Club.

Forest Area (232): Jeremy Schmader 39, Chris Hanna 50, Josh Adams 45, Adam Deleny 49, Jay Gilford 49

Karns City (233): Brad Fuhrer 44, Tyler Walters 45, Tom Johnston 47, Tucker Preston 48, Zach Seybert 49

Kevin Andreone and Greg Rocco scored goals as Seneca Valley defeated Shaler, 2-0, Tuesday night.Justin McAtee recorded his second consecutive shutout in goal. The Raiders (5-2, 3-0) play at Pine-Richland Thursday.Mars 6, Highlands 1 — Mike Page and Christopher Karns each tallied two goals while Luke Salter and Andy Knauff each scored once.Knoch 4, Freeport 3 (OT) — Nick Pfieffer tallied the game-winning goal as the Knights outlasted the Yellowjackets.Mike Hook, Quinten Panger and Adam Sharbaugh also scored for Knoch (5-0, 4-0), which plays at Highlands Thursday.Butler 4, North Hills 2 — Jake Gamble netted a hat trick and Nate McCandless accounted for the other goal for the Tornado, who received a pair of assists from Drew Donoghue.Butler (1-4-3, 1-0-2) will host North Allegheny Thursday.Slippery Rock 5, Kennedy Catholic 2 — Freshman Braden Sloan had three goals to lead the Rockets.Ryan Hyatt and Mike Ramirez also scored for Slippery Rock (4-0-1), which hosts Sharpsville Thursday.Slippery Rock won the junior varsity game, 2-0.

Sarah Cessar and Elissa McCune scored two goals each and Danielle Wissinger had one goal as Slippery Rock defeated Erie Strong Vincent, 5-2.Ali Doyle earned the win in net.The Rockets won the junior varsity game, 2-1.

Karns City 19, Clarion-Limestone 38; Karns City 15, Clarion 50 (boys); Karns City 15, Clarion 50; Clarion-Limestone 17, Karns City 38 (girls) — The Gremlins boys (4-0, 2-0) were led by overall winner Ethan McGarvey. The Gremlins girls are 1-1 overall.Boys Top 10Ethan McGarvey (KC)19:37, Dylan Surrena (KC)19:44, Bryce Foreback (KC)20:00, Darren Best (KC)20:02, Lee Fultz (C)20:04, Grant Schirmer (C-L)20:24, Dustin Young (C-L)20:39, L.J. Fickenworth (C-L)20:53, Cody Foefight (C-L)21:41, Matt Jenkins (KC)21:50Girls Top 10Kellie Wyatt (C-L)22:47, Cailyn Lingwall (C)23:13, Lynnie Schirmer (C-L)24:05, Leah Flickinger (C-L)24:07, Sarah Young (KC)24:18, Jeanine Snyder (C)25:18, Angie Huffman (C-L)26:12, Brittany Selker (C-L)26:26, Melissa Ebbitt (KC)27:20, Nicole Beck (KC)27:46Mars 22, Ambridge 33; Mars 25, Hopewell 30 (boys); Mars 22, Hopewell 37; Mars 15, Ambridge 50 (girls) — Nick Edinger won the boys race overall for the Planets (2-3) while Samantha Brandon was second overall for the Mars girls (3-2).Boys Top 10Nick Edinger (M)19:03, Calhoun (H)19:05, Jake Montag (M)20:17, Chris Alikhani (M)20:18, Duncan (A)20:37, Osman (H)20:42, Gohn (A)20:57, Sosister (H)20:58, Sean Gannon (M)21:14, Dusch (H)21:15Girls Top 10Eraph (H)22:42, Samantha Brandon (M)23:43, Polly Hanczewski (M)23:49, Gabri Pierre (M)24:25, Brynn Workman (M)24:42, Bonabita (H)25:25, August (H)26:01, Carly Clark (M)26:01, Robyn Theuer (M)26:03, Cathleen Matuzak (M)26:33Riverview 17, Freeport 41; Shady Side Academy 26, Freeport 40 (boys); Riverview 17, Freeport 41; Shady Side Academy 21, Freeport 40 — The Riverview boys and girls squads each captured three meets in this four-way meet Tuesday.Boys Top 10Matt Springer (R) 18:40, Alex Myers (R) 19:12, Jack Bajada (S) 19:13, Eddie Grystar (R) 19:14, Sergei Dines (F) 20:05, Jake Bajada (S) 20:24, Parick Donavan (R) 20:46, Bill Rush (R) 20:52, Kevin Keppel (F) 20:54, Asher Saperstein (S) 21:10Girls Top 10Katrina Jueng (S) 21:59, Emily Lamm (S) 24:14, Ali Taylor (R) 24:15, Christi Trilli (R) 24:36, Rachel Zentgraf (R) 24:37, Becky Craig (R) 24:52, Jessica Fix (F) 25:15, Carol Amadee (F) 25:25, Maria Donavan (R) 25:48, Steffi Ostrowski (R) 25:50Slippery Rock 19, Wilmington 40 (boys); SlipperyRock 15, Wilmington 50 (girls) — Jacob Spurk ran a time of 18 minutes, 42 seconds to pace the Rockets (2-1) to a win in the boys race.Jess Bennett placed first for Slippery Rock (3-0) in the girls race with a time of 23:41.Boys Top 10Jacob Spurk (SR) 18:42, Josh Farrell (W) 18:59, Owen Bowser (SR) 19:21, Bryan Thompson (W) 20:00, Luke Shaffer (SR) 20:31, Alex Flecker (SR) 20:48, Braden Burk (W) 21:04, John Brown (W) 21:21, Carl Spigler (SR) 21:54, Chris Gross (SR) 21:58Girls Top 5Jess Bennett (SR) 23:41, Kayla Brendlinger (SR) 24:03, Susan Timko (SR) 25:02, Andrea Shaffer (SR) 25:54, Rachel Richter (SR) 26:08Girls TennisNorth Hills 3, Butler 2 — The Indians captured both doubles matches to slip past the Tornado, who host Mars today.Singles: Carolyn Shetter (B) def. Michaela Varys 6-2, 6-1; Emily Winkler (NH) def. Madison Kerr 6-0, 6-4; Heather Santa (B) def. Abbey Derby 4-6, 6-0, 6-2Doubles: Courtney Waters-Marcy Held (NH) def. Rachel Wilson-Courtney Gallagher 6-1, 6-3; Julianne Ganter-Liz Bright (NH) def. Shannon Gallagher-Rosel Nesbitt 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)