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SV's Stauffer 15th in cross country

Slippery Rock football drops 38-31 OT decision to Greenville

Seneca Valley senior Cam Stauffer placed 15th overall at the PIAA Class AAA boys cross country championships Saturday in Hershey with a time of 16 minutes and 40 seconds.

Butler senior Ben Porter was 32nd with a time of 16:59, while Grove City was paced by Jacob Kildoo's 17th-place time of 16:45.

Knoch's Brian Tackett was 107th (17:37).

Grove City's boys placed 21st as a team.

In the girls Class AAA meet, Knoch, which placed ninth in the team standings, was led by Jolene Kunkel's 21st-place finish at 19:42.

SV's Megan Powell was 22nd at 19:42.

Butler sophomore Ashton Dolan placed 128th with a time of 21:04, while Grove City's Sara Chuzie was 177th at 21:33.

In boys' Class AA action, Slippery Rock's Jacob Spurk managed a time of 18:01, good for 67th place. Owen Bowser was 79th with a time of 18:06.

Karns City was led by Ethan McGarvey's 240th finish at 19:35.

Slippery Rock's Jessica Bennett placed 30th (20:21) in the girls' Class AA event.

Following are complete results for area competitors.

BoysClass AAA15-Cam Stauffer (Seneca Valley) 16:40, 17-Jacob Kildoo (Grove City) 16:45, 32-Ben Porter (Butler) 16:59, 98-Andrew Razanauskas (SV) 17:34, 107-Brian Tackett (Knoch) 17:37, 142-Tom Bollinger (GC) 17:49, 230-Ryan Sestak (GC) 18:37, 262-Ben Hoffman (GC) 19:15, 271-Alex Knaby (GC) 19:41, 275-Aaron Anderson (GC) 19:55, 276-Jon Stewart (GC) 19:58

Class AA67-Jacob Spurk (Slippery Rock) 18:01, 79-Owen Bowser (SR) 18:06, 240-Ethan McGarvey (Karns City) 19:35, 249-Darren Best (KC) 19:46, 261-Bryce Foreback (KC) 20:10

GirlsClass AAA21-Jolene Kunkel (Knoch) 19:42, 22-Megan Powell (Seneca Valley) 19:42, 58-Erin Lopresti (SV) 20:24, 77-Alyssa Kunkel (K) 20:34, 121-Shannon Evanchec (K) 21:00, 122-Emilee Hertweck (K) 21:00, 128-Ashton Dolan (Butler) 21:04, 177-Sara Chuzie (Grove City) 21:33, 213-Cristina Corigliano (K) 21:55, 274-Caterina Corigliano (K) 23:50, 284-Sarah Robb (K) 26:32

Class AA30-Jessica Bennett (Slippery Rock) 20:21

Greenville's Dylan Zuschlag scored on a 9-yard run in overtime to lift his team to a 38-31 victory over host Slippery Rock Saturday night.The Rockets (7-3) had a chance to answer in the extra period, but failed to score.Rockets' senior quarterback Jono Powell scored on runs of 67 and four yards and added a 69-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Orloski.Powell's 4-yard score put the Rockets up 31-28 in the third quarter, but Greenville tied the game with Mike Simons' 27-yard field goal in the fourth period.Powell finished the game with 117 yards rushing and 148 yards passing.Isaac Osborne also scored a touchdown for Slippery Rock on a 37-yard run in the second quarter.Mike Ramirez added a 36-yard field goal in the defeat.Both teams will now prepare for the District 10 Class AA playoffs.Greenville 38, Slippery Rock 31 OT<B>Greenville 14 14 0 3 7—38Slippery Rock 14 10 7 0 0—31G SR</B>15 First Downs 1048-291 Rushes-Yards 41-21593 Passing Yards 1488-12-1 Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) 5-11-0384 Total Yards 3631-0 Fumbles/Lost 2-15-40 Penalties-Yards 4-40<B>First Quarter</B>G — R.J. Malson 1 run (Mike Simons kick)SR — Derrick Orloski 69 pass from Jono Powell (Mike Ramirez kick)G — Malson 1 run (Simons kick)SR — Powell 67 run (Ramirez kick)<B>Second Quarter</B>G — Nick Weaver 16 run (Simons kick)SR — Isaac Osborne 37 run (Ramirez kick)G — Nate Houpt 16 pass from David Holiga (Simons kick)SR — Ramirez 36 field goal<B>Third Quarter</B>SR — Powell 4 run (Ramirez kick)<B>Fourth Quarter</B>G — Simons 27 field goalOvertimeG — Dylan Zuschlag 9 run (Simons kick)<B>Individual Statistics</B><B>Passing:</B> Greenville, David Holiga 8-12-93-1. Slippery Rock, Jono Powell 5-11-148-0.<B>Rushing:</B> Greenville, R.J. Malson 26-171, Dylan Zuschlag 18-90, Nick Weaver 2-22, David Holiga 2-8. Slippery Rock, Jono Powell 14-117, Isaac Osborne 14-60, Justin Angerett 11-37, Ayron Gallagher 2-(-1).<B>Receiving:</B> Greenville, Nate Houpt 4-38, Sarcinella 1-4, Zahniser 1-2, Zuschlag 1-2, Herron 1-47. Slippery Rock, Derrick Orloski 3-114, Zac Smith 1-34, Ethan Geisler 1-0.

Grove City's Bobby McKnight tallied the Eagles' lone score in a 5-1 loss to Harbor Creek Saturday in the District 10 Class AA championship game at Erie Veterans Stadium.Elias Lite assisted McKnight's goal.

Elise Held, who resides near Saxonburg and is a student at Vincentian Academy, finished third at the PIAA Class AA Tennis Singles Championship Saturday at Hershey Racquet Club.Held was defeated by Lower Moreland's Madison Cohen in the semifinals by scores of 6-0, 6-2.Held then rebounded by beating California's Sarah Shashura in the third-place consolation match 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Four senior hockey players at Butler High School are starring for Ford City's team.Justin O'Donnell, Tanner Master, R.C. Double and Pat Wellner are lacing up for the Sabers because Butler does not have a varsity team.In recent wins over Connellsville (9-2) and Ligonier Valley (8-5), O'Donnell recorded both wins in net while saving 31 of 38 shots.Master tallied six goals and three assists, Double had four goals and three assists and Wellner scored one goal.

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