Golden Tornado girls shoot past Moon, 76-43

January 09, 2009 Last Updated: January 09, 2009 02:04 PM High School

Casie Cygan scored 25 points and had five steals as the Butler girls basketball team cruised to a 76-43 section win over Moon Thursday night.

Olivia Bresnahan also enjoyed a big night for the Golden Tornado (11-1, 5-0), recording 18 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

Natalie Corso led Moon (0-11, 0-6) with 16 points.

BUTLER 76Casey Fleeger 3 0-0 7, Katresa Savisky 1 0-0 2, Becky Nowacki 1 0-0 2, Olivia Bresnahan 7 4-6 18, Amanda Dymun 0 4-6 4, Ali Sedwick 2 0-0 4, Casie Cygan 9 2-2 25, Rachel Doutt 3 0-0 6, Jenna Manuel 2 4-4 8. Totals: 28 14-20 76

MOON 43Erin Kelly 2 2-3 6, Natalie Corso 4 5-5 16, Alicia Aughton 2 2-2 6, Jharrin Gill 3 0-0 6, Marguesha Mackey 2 2-2 7, Zoey Cook 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 11-14 43

Butler 24 13 17 22—76Moon 10 6 17 10—433-point goals: Fleeger, Cygan 5; Corso 3, Mackey

JV: Butler 56-23 (Ali Sedwick 18)

Tuesday: Seneca Valley at Butler

Knoch 57, Valley 30 — Laura Gray scored 15 points and had eight rebounds as the Knights rolled past Valley.Regina Robb added 15 points and Haley Hutterer pitched in six points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Knights (9-4, 3-2).

KNOCH 57Hannah Novotny 2 0-0 4, Haley Hutterer 2 1-2 6, Regina Robb 6 3-3 15, Laura Gray 2 11-18 15, Emily Protzman 4 0-0 8, Quinn Pendred 1 0-0 2, Taylor Tresatti 1 1-2 3, Devon Herbert 1 2-2 4. Totals: 19 18-27 57

VALLEY 30Antonacci 3 1-4 7, Choudhry 0 1-2 1, Bonk 2 0-1 5, Vining 4 1-2 9, Masters 1 0-0 2, Headen 2 2-4 6. Totals: 12 5-13 30

Knoch 10 23 9 15—57Valley 6 3 9 12—303-point goals: Hutterer; Bonk

JV: Knoch 39-34

Monday: Mars at Knoch

Grove City 50, Hickory 48 — The Eagles had three players in double digits in a come-from-behind overtime win.Cait McNamara scored 23 points, Sammi Bell added 13 and Mariah Jenkins had 12 for Grove City (3-9, 1-3).The Eagles trailed by seven heading into the fourth quarter, but rallied to force overtime.

GROVE CITY 50CaitMcNamara 7 7-8 23, Lexi Caporali 0 0-2 0, Sammi Bell 6 1-5 13, Brogan Foster 0 0-0 0, Maddie Torok 1 0-0 2, Mariah Jenkins 4 2-3 12. Totals: 18 10-18 50

HICKORY 48Gargano 0 0-0 0, Leicht 6 1-2 14, Fulcher 0 1-2 1, Boulware 1 0-0 2, Marriott 1 3-4 5, Hanson 2 2-4 6, Trosch 5 10-17 20. Totals: 15 17-29 48

Grove City 7 8 8 15 12—50Hickory 9 9 12 8 10—483-point goals: McNamara 2, Jenkins 2; Leicht

JV: Hickory 32, Grove City 17

A-C Valley 39, Venango Catholic 33 — Erin Larimore poured in 16 points and had eight rebounds and seven steals in the Falcons win.Mikayla Denchke added nine points, 11 rebounds, five steals and five blocks for A-C Valley (3-5, 2-4).

VENANGO CATHOLIC 33Alli Scurry 1 2-2 4, Adienne Niederiter 3 0-0 6, Kayla Cook 4 0-0 8, Emilee Janidlo 0 4-4 4, Mary Maleski 1 2-6 4, Taylor Stack 1 1-2 3, Aquila Lesko 1 0-0 2, Michaela Scurry 0 0-0 0, Sara Lander 0 0-1 0, Eric Giles 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12 9-24 33

A-C VALLEY 39Nicole Marshall 0 0-0 0, Shayla Bartley 0 0-0 0, ErinLarimore 5 5-11 16, Tricia Kerlin 0 0-0 0, Meghan Cratty 1 6-14 8, Shelbi Cervenec 1 0-0 2, Mikayla Denchke 4 1-2 9, Maryellen Busch 2 0-0 4. Totals: 13 12-27 39

Venango Cath. 7 5 8 13—33A-C Valley 8 13 6 12—393-point goals: Larimore

JV: N/A

Monday: Tidioute at A-C Valley

Apollo-Ridge 60, Freeport 24 — The Yellowjackets were routed in the section tilt to fall to 4-7 overall and 2-4 in the conference.No details were available.

AllanEaton scored 22 points to lead three A-C Valley players in double digits, but the Falcons fell to Venango Catholic 78-70 Thursday.Blayne McGuirk scored 19 points and Reed Terwilliger had 17 for the Falcons.Venango Catholic received 62 of its 78 points from two players: Maxx Rynd scored 34 points and Parker James added 28, including eight 3-pointers.A-C VALLEY 70Cole Smith 0 0-1 0, Blayne McGuirk 6 7-12 19, Matt Bartley 2 1-2 5, Josh Austin 1 3-4 5, Reed Terwilliger 6 5-9 17, Allan Eaton 8 6-8 22, Joe Kaufman 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 22-36 70VENANGO CATHOLIC 78Maxx Rynd 11 9-15 34, Mark Kulinski 1 0-0 2, Eric Paskie 0 0-0 0, Michael McNellie 4 0-0 8, Ben Freeman 0 0-0 0, Parker James 8 4-8 28, Ben Goth 2 1-2 4, A.J. Toy 1 0-0 2. Totals: 35 14-25 78A-C Valley 19 9 20 22—70Venango Cath. 15 19 15 29—783-point goals: Rynd 3, James 8JV: N/ANew Castle Union 64, SummitAcademy 60 — Derrick Rawls scored 18 points and Keith Banichar and Marcus Easley each added 12, but Summit Academy couldn't overcome a disastrous second quarter.Summit (3-8, 2-3) led 26-17 after one quarter, but managed only six points in the second period.Rawls also had 10 rebounds for the Knights, who host Laurel tonight.RifleBrianna Ivory, Alicia Kniess, Luc Sedwick, Ben Smith, Nikki Bruner, Nicole Smith, Nate Wulff and Andrew Olexsak each had 100s for Butler, but the Golden Tornado lost for the first time this season, 800-66x to 800-57x to Woodland Hills.Butler (6-1) will battle Mount Lebanon Monday.

Knoch defeated Center 4-1 while Quaker Valley dispatched Freeport 5-1No details were available.

Mars 57, Elderton 24 — The Planets recorded four pins Wednesday night in winning their second dual match in as many days. Billy Matoka at 135 pounds, Josh Studeny at 140, Ben Dallatore at 145 and Ronnie Dakan at 152 got the falls for Mars.Mars 57, Elderton 24103 pounds: Brendan Frank (M)by forfeit; 112: Davey Shaffer (E)by forfeit; 119: Nate Nelson (M)by forfeit; 125: Dillon Lennen (M)by forfeit; 130: James Flinn (M)pinned Dylan Marshall, 2:48; 135: Billy Matoka (M)pinned Jared Hollibaugh, 2:37; 140: Josh Studeny (M)pinned Sean Steward, :47; 145: Ben Dallatore (M)pinned Ethan Minto, 3:27; 152: Ronnie Dakan (M)pinned Zane King, 1:06; 160: Chuck Brown (E)pinned Connor Clyde, 2:25; 171: Domenic Cosentino (M)dec. Andrew Morales, 6-5; 189: Ryan Lasher (E)pinned Rich Fallecker, 2:55; 215: Cameron Cogley (E)pinned Chris Boggs, 2:45; 285: Cody Moody (M)by forfeit