Knoch boys soccer shuts out Kittanning

October 01, 2008 Last Updated: October 01, 2008 03:11 PM High School

Steven Feczko of Butler lines up a putt on the No. 8 green during Tuesday's match with New Castle at Butler Country Club. Feczko earned medalist honors with a 36 to help the Golden Tornado to a 193-222 victory.

Goalie Cullen Hinderliter kept Kittanning off the scoreboard in the Knoch boys soccer team's 3-0 victory Tuesday.

The Knights (10-0-1, 8-0-1) received goals from Adam Sharbaugh, Travis Tasker and Quinten Panger.

Butler 1, North Hills 0 — Jake Gamble's goal off an assist from Drew Donoghue was all the Tornado needed to help wrap up a WPIAL playoff berth.Butler (5-5-3, 5-1-2) will play at North Allegheny Thursday.

Slippery Rock 4, Wilmington 2 — Devan Hribal scored two goals and Mike Ramirez added a goal and an assist for the Rockets.RyanHyatt also scored for Slippery Rock (8-0-1).

Becky Smith had 12 kills as Butler swept North Hills 25-11, 25-19, 25-13.Steph Mock added 11 digs and Amanda Huey had four blocks for the Golden Tornado (7-2, 6-2).A-C Valley 3, Redbank Valley 1 — Erika Rothen had 14 kills and three blocks, and Kelli Davis had 14 service points to lead the Falcons to a 17-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-14 victory.Samantha Kerlin added six kills and five blocks, and Karly Kaufman had five kills, three blocks and nine points for A-C Valley (7-1, 5-1), which hosts DuBois CentralCatholic Thursday. Redbank Valley won the JV match 25-22, 19-25, 25-14.

Seneca Valley 193, Knoch 199 — All five Raiders carded a score of 40 or better to pace the squad to the victory at CranberryHighlands.Seneca Valley (11-2) will compete in today's WPIAL team semifinals before playing New Castle at Sylvan Heights Friday.Knoch (193): R.J. Sepich 37, Jack Boros 38, Joe Boros 41, Kory Schorr 41, Cory Branchton 42Seneca Valley (199): Matt Vogt 37, Blake Henderson 38, Connor McCaffrey 39, Mike McNulty 39, Sean Dailey 40Butler 193, New Castle 222 — Steve Feczko earned medalist honors by shooting a 36 to key the Golden Tornado's (8-6, 7-5) section win at Butler Country Club.New Castle (222): Boo Rapko 39, Jordan Gentsy 42, Zach Bromley 44, Shaun Long 46, Jay Cooper 51Butler (193): Steven Feczko 36, Jacob Shewalter 38, Christian Mato 39, Tyler Rajchel 39, Anthony Lewis 41Union 215, Venango Catholic 229 — Scott Booth led the Golden Knights to victory with a 40. Eddie Stewart and Travis Anthony carded 41s for Union (7-3).Union (215): Eddie Stewart 41, Travis Anthony 41, Scott Booth 40, Neil Scott 44, Chase Carmichael 49Venango Catholic (229): Doug Barber 38, G. Hawkins 44, Nick Fink 46, Mary Sporen 50, Sam Fink 51Cross CountryKnoch 26, Hampton 31 (boys); Knoch 26, Hampton 29 (girls) — Brian Tackett's second-place finish helped send the Knights boys team to the win while Alyssa Kunkel, Jolene Kunkel and Shannon Evanchek placed 2-3-4 behind the Talbots' Elaina Balouris in the girls victory.Boys Top 10: Alex Lochner (H), Brian Tackett (K), Chad Seidneur (H), Knoch, K.J. McCrea (K), Jared Steinmetz (H), Chris Cetnar (K), Dillon Schwertz (K), Pat Reidy (H), Paul Kletzli (K)Slippery Rock 26, Reynolds 33 (girls); Slippery Rock 21, Reynolds 40 (boys) — The Rockets girls team remained perfect in the region with a victory over the Raiders. Jessica Bennett snared second place in the win.On the boys side, the Rockets secured places 2 through 5, led by Jacob Spurk's runner-up finish.Shane King and Kelsey Brendlinger won their respective junior high meet races.Slippery Rock (girls 4-0, boys 3-1) will compete in Saturday's Central Catholic Invitational.Boys Top 10: Andrew Martin (R) 18:14, Jacob Spurk (SR) 18:15, Owen Bowser (SR) 18:33, Jackson Udy (SR) 18:34, Ryan Thompson (SR) 18:56, Kody Mott (R) 19:12, Alex Flecker (SR)19:45, Cal Spigler (SR) 18:48, Luke Shaffer (SR) 20:04, Luke Perrine (R) 20:05Girls Top 10: Emily Moroco (R) 21:04, Jessica Bennett (SR)21:27, Karen Siege (R) 22:34, Rachel Richter (SR) 22:45, Susan Timko (SR) 23:31, Bekah Peters (R) 23:37, Nicole Fuchs (SR) 23:52, Andrea Shaffer (SR) 24:02, Alexis Reeher (SR) 24:14, Kayla Brendlinger (SR) 24:34Karns City 15, Keystone 50; Karns City 18, A-C Valley 41; Karns City 27, Venango Catholic 29 (boys) — Bryce Foreback, Ethan McGarvey and Dylan Surena led the sweep for the Gremlins (7-1, 4-1) by placing third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the boys top 10.In the girls meet, which did not feature team scoring, A-C Valley's Emily Milford led the pack with a time of 23:09.Boys Top 10: 1-Chris Delaney (VC) 18:45, 2-Mike McNellie (VC) 19:02, 3-Bryce Foreback (KC) 19:16, 4-Ethan McGarvey (KC) 19:19, 5-Dylan Surena (KC) 19:24, 6-Jordan Miller (ACV) 19:44, 7-Darren Best (KC) 20:13, 8-Chris Deitz (Union) 20:14, 9-Dave Brooker (VC) 20:29, 10-Andrew Evans (VC) 20:43Girls Top 10: 1-Emily Milford (ACV) 23:09, 2-Sara Lander (VC) 24:15, 3-Sarah Young (KC) 24:20, 4-Nicole Marshall (ACV) 24:38, 5-Caroline Blauser (ACV) 25:40, 6-Melissa Ebbitt (KC) 25:48, 7-Ain-Soph Williams (KC) 26:06, 8-Nicole Beck (KC) 26:21, 9-Jeanette Palmer (ACV) 26:54, 10-Kelly Mapes (Keystone) 27:26North Clarion 24, Moniteau 31 (boys); North Clarion 25, Moniteau 32 (girls) — Tony Miller paced the Warriors boys with a third-place time of 18:48, while Taylor Shaffer won the girls meet for Moniteau at 23:56.Boys Top 10: 1-Nick Schmader (NC) 18:27, 2-Josh Kahle (NC) 18:35, 3-Tony Miller (M) 18:48, 4-Andrew Edmonds (M) 18:57, 5-Phil Kristufek (M) 19:28, 6-Bryan Burkhardt (NC) 19:44, 7-Scott Hargenrader (NC) 19:47, 8-John Bobak (NC) 20:18, 9-Dylan Kristufek (M) 20:34, 10-Robert Brehm (M) 20:44Girls Top 10: 1-Taylor Shaffer (M) 23:56, 2-Allison Kessler (NC) 24:30, 3-Grace Wallace (NC) 25:12, 4-Courtney Catterall (M) 25:22, 5-Karlie Sherman (NC) 25:31, 6-Mimi Haney (M) 25:49, 7-Emily Gatesman (NC) 26:20, 8-Lindsey Coul (NC) 26:49, 9-Kelsi Zacherl (NC) 27:32, 10-Hillary Marshall (M) 28:12JV Girls TennisButler 5, Knoch 0 — The Golden Tornado swept the Knights Monday.Butler 5, Knoch 0Singles: Anna Jeffries (B) def. Alyssa King 10-7; Ava Lazor (B)def. Maura Hunter 10-6; Abby Turner (B)def. Kiki Gordon 10-2Doubles:Larissa Charpentier-Lauren Weiland (B)def. Hannah Ward-Jaimee Freyermuth 10-0; Ali Houk-Alainee Summerville (B)def. Jessica Sopcisak-Jenna Morrow 10-5

Knoch 26, Hampton 31 (boys); Knoch 26, Hampton 29 (girls) — Brian Tackett's second-place finish helped send the Knights boys team to the win while Alyssa Kunkel, Jolene Kunkel and Shannon Evanchek placed 2-3-4 behind the Talbots' Elaina Balouris in the girls victory.Boys Top 10: Alex Lochner (H), Brian Tackett (K), Chad Seidneur (H), Knoch, K.J. McCrea (K), Jared Steinmetz (H), Chris Cetnar (K), Dillon Schwertz (K), Pat Reidy (H), Paul Kletzli (K)Slippery Rock 26, Reynolds 33 (girls); Slippery Rock 21, Reynolds 40 (boys) — The Rockets girls team remained perfect in the region with a victory over the Raiders. Jessica Bennett snared second place in the win.On the boys side, the Rockets secured places 2 through 5, led by Jacob Spurk's runner-up finish.Shane King and Kelsey Brendlinger won their respective junior high meet races.Slippery Rock (girls 4-0, boys 3-1) will compete in Saturday's Central Catholic Invitational.Boys Top 10: Andrew Martin (R) 18:14, Jacob Spurk (SR) 18:15, Owen Bowser (SR) 18:33, Jackson Udy (SR) 18:34, Ryan Thompson (SR) 18:56, Kody Mott (R) 19:12, Alex Flecker (SR)19:45, Cal Spigler (SR) 18:48, Luke Shaffer (SR) 20:04, Luke Perrine (R) 20:05Girls Top 10: Emily Moroco (R) 21:04, Jessica Bennett (SR)21:27, Karen Siege (R) 22:34, Rachel Richter (SR) 22:45, Susan Timko (SR) 23:31, Bekah Peters (R) 23:37, Nicole Fuchs (SR) 23:52, Andrea Shaffer (SR) 24:02, Alexis Reeher (SR) 24:14, Kayla Brendlinger (SR) 24:34Karns City 15, Keystone 50; Karns City 18, A-C Valley 41; Karns City 27, Venango Catholic 29 (boys) — Bryce Foreback, Ethan McGarvey and Dylan Surena led the sweep for the Gremlins (7-1, 4-1) by placing third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the boys top 10.In the girls meet, which did not feature team scoring, A-C Valley's Emily Milford led the pack with a time of 23:09.Boys Top 10: 1-Chris Delaney (VC) 18:45, 2-Mike McNellie (VC) 19:02, 3-Bryce Foreback (KC) 19:16, 4-Ethan McGarvey (KC) 19:19, 5-Dylan Surena (KC) 19:24, 6-Jordan Miller (ACV) 19:44, 7-Darren Best (KC) 20:13, 8-Chris Deitz (Union) 20:14, 9-Dave Brooker (VC) 20:29, 10-Andrew Evans (VC) 20:43Girls Top 10: 1-Emily Milford (ACV) 23:09, 2-Sara Lander (VC) 24:15, 3-Sarah Young (KC) 24:20, 4-Nicole Marshall (ACV) 24:38, 5-Caroline Blauser (ACV) 25:40, 6-Melissa Ebbitt (KC) 25:48, 7-Ain-Soph Williams (KC) 26:06, 8-Nicole Beck (KC) 26:21, 9-Jeanette Palmer (ACV) 26:54, 10-Kelly Mapes (Keystone) 27:26North Clarion 24, Moniteau 31 (boys); North Clarion 25, Moniteau 32 (girls) — Tony Miller paced the Warriors boys with a third-place time of 18:48, while Taylor Shaffer won the girls meet for Moniteau at 23:56.Boys Top 10: 1-Nick Schmader (NC) 18:27, 2-Josh Kahle (NC) 18:35, 3-Tony Miller (M) 18:48, 4-Andrew Edmonds (M) 18:57, 5-Phil Kristufek (M) 19:28, 6-Bryan Burkhardt (NC) 19:44, 7-Scott Hargenrader (NC) 19:47, 8-John Bobak (NC) 20:18, 9-Dylan Kristufek (M) 20:34, 10-Robert Brehm (M) 20:44Girls Top 10: 1-Taylor Shaffer (M) 23:56, 2-Allison Kessler (NC) 24:30, 3-Grace Wallace (NC) 25:12, 4-Courtney Catterall (M) 25:22, 5-Karlie Sherman (NC) 25:31, 6-Mimi Haney (M) 25:49, 7-Emily Gatesman (NC) 26:20, 8-Lindsey Coul (NC) 26:49, 9-Kelsi Zacherl (NC) 27:32, 10-Hillary Marshall (M) 28:12

Butler 5, Knoch 0 — The Golden Tornado swept the Knights Monday.Butler 5, Knoch 0Singles: Anna Jeffries (B) def. Alyssa King 10-7; Ava Lazor (B)def. Maura Hunter 10-6; Abby Turner (B)def. Kiki Gordon 10-2Doubles:Larissa Charpentier-Lauren Weiland (B)def. Hannah Ward-Jaimee Freyermuth 10-0; Ali Houk-Alainee Summerville (B)def. Jessica Sopcisak-Jenna Morrow 10-5