DeCola sparkles as Butler drops Mars

September 09, 2009 Last Updated: September 09, 2009 02:59 PM High School

Alexa Glew of Mars putts on the No. 1 green during Tuesday's match with Butler. Glew shot a 42 to lead the Planets, but Marissa DeCola's 34 helped the Golden Tornado to a 179-217 win.

Marissa DeCola shot a 34 to lead the Butler girls golf team to a 179-217 win over Mars Tuesday at Hiland Golf Course.

The win improves Butler's record to 4-2.

Alexa Glew paced Mars with a 42.

Mars (217): Alexa Glew 42, Alexa Titchen 57, Marla Good 57, Olivia Laughlin 61

Butler (179): Marissa DeCola 34, Mara Shingleton 41, Taylor Schnur 50, Rebecca Shakley 54• Union's Larissa Roberts shot a 46 and finished second in a KSAC girls golf event involving Union, Redbank Valley, Cranberry and Rocky Grove at Lucky Hills Golf Course in Franklin.Girls SoccerKarns City's Millie McKain tallied three goals in the Gremlins' 6-2 win at Punxsutawney Tuesday.Kara Yasika, Nicole Harmon and Emily Olszak also scored for KC.

Knoch 4, Schenley 0 — The Knights (1-0) received goals from four different players: Brittney Faust, Allee Oskin, Krista Burdett and Dulcie Ondrizek.Liz Hallihan and Storm Hajek combined for the shutout with eight saves.

Mars 4, Southmoreland 0 — Crysta Ganter scored two goals in this Planets' win from Saturday.Audra Sitterly and Kristen Check also scored goals, with Sarah Williams, Bethany Perri and Check contributing assists.

Freshman Evan McGarvey scored his first career goal off an assist from older brother Ethan as Karns City toppled DuBois 2-0.Eric McCue also scored for the Gremlins (1-1, 1-0), and goalie Cameron Harp recorded his first career shutout, stopping five shots.Mars 5, Hampton 2 — Ryan McKenzie netted two goals while Jack Leslie, Dylan McNany and Alex Perri added one each to lead the Planets.Yulian Lutsiv added two assists for Mars, which hosts Deer Lakes Thursday.Kiski Area 3, Knoch 1 — Kevin Wood scored the only goal for the Knights in this season-opening loss.

The Mars boys golf team continued to roll with a balanced scoring afternoon in a win over Kiski Area.Three Mars' golfers, led by James Fox's 37, shot in the 30s in the victory for the Planets (6-0, 4-0).Mars (195): James Fox 37, Christina Locher 38, Eric Hillegas 39, Jason Fitzpatrick 40, Mike Parrish 41Kiski Area (209): Kyle Horrell 39, Eric Weyant 40, Phil Cappo 41, Matt Fisher 44, Steve Golembiewski 45Knoch 196, Highlands 246 — R.J. Sepich was medalist with a 37 for the Knights (5-2, 3-2), who play Mars Thursday at Rittswood.Knoch (196): R.J. Sepich 37, Sytefan Carlsson 38, Jack Boros 40, Corey Branchen 40, Jared Hennig 41Highlands (246): Tyler Negley 41, John Wygonik 46, Tyler Szymkiewicz 46, Ryan Luzik 51, Hunter Reonsfelder 62Freeport 218, Ford City 222 — The Yellowjackets (7-0, 5-0) won this battle of unbeatens after Blaine Smith carded a 41 for Freeport. Ford City's Brandon Ignatz was overall medalist with a 38.Freeport plays Apollo-Ridge Thursday at the Apollo Elks course.Freeport (218): Zack McQueen 43, Tyler Pajerski 43, Blaine Smith 41, Devin Earney 43, Neil DeCroo 48Ford City (222): Matt Cippel 41, Ryan Bartosh 49, Alex Gladysiewski 45, Brandon Ignatz 38, Gabe Vlasek 49Keystone 186, Union 204 — Chase Carmichael's 34 led the Golden Knights' effort at Hi-Level Golf Course in Kossuth.Union (204): Chase Carmichael 34, Scott Booth 40, Shawn Burns 42, David Graham 43, Derek Shirey 45Keystone (186): Devin Hess 33, Seth McCleary 35, Ben Wolbert 35, Jillian Love 41, Andrew Turk 42District 10, Region 2 MatchGrove City's Ryan Prokay carded a 68 to earn top medalist honors while Slippery Rock's Brian Giesler's 70 helped the Slippery Rock boys golf team capture Tuesday's Region 2 match at Oakview Golf Club.Slippery Rock finished with a four-player score of 318 ahead of Grove City's 332. Wilmington (337), Hickory (350), Sharon (361) and Lakeview (370) rounded out the rest of the field.Tuesday's action allowed Slippery Rock to tie Grove City atop the Region 2 rankings with 20 points each. Hickory is next with 18, Wilmington 14, Sharon 8 and Lakeview 4.Slippery Rock (318): Brian Giesler 70, Brett Rinker 76, Alex Sparn 87, Alec Nebel 85Grove City (332): Ryan Prokay 68, Alex Miklos 85, Jordan Orlowski 89, Jason Revesz 90

Carlie Bieranowski recorded 14 kills in limited action as Freeport swept Burrell 25-15, 25-3, 25-11.Ashley Massart added 18 service points and five kills, and Laure Prunty pitched in eight service points, six kills and four blocks for the Yellowjackets in their season opener.Butler 3, North Hills 0 — The Golden Tornado dominated this match, defeating the Indians 25-4, 25-9 and 25-16.Amanda Huey led the way with 16 assists, four aces and three kills.Brynn Maxwell and Danielle Lloyd each had four kills for Butler (1-0).

Sarah Young ran a time of 23 minutes, 28 seconds to place first as the Karns City girls cross country team downed Ford City 21-34 and Blairsville 24-31.In the boys race, Bryce Foreback placed second overall with a time of 18:52 as Karns City won 24-36 over Blairsville and 15-48 over Ford City.BoysTop 101-Jones (B) 18:21, 2-Bryce Foreback (KC) 18:52, 3-Cuntz (B) 18:54, 4-Matt Slagle (KC) 19:06, 5-Ethan McGarvey (KC) 19:20, 6-Dillan Furrena (KC) 19:24, 7-Evan McGarvey (KC) 19:33, 8-Darren Best (KC) 19:39, 9-Fox (B) 19:59, 10-Eli Smith (FC) 20:30GirlsTop 101-Sarah Young (KC) 23:28, 2-Walker (B) 24;31, 3-Hamilton (FC) 24:35, 4-Ain-Foph Williams (KC) 24:50, 5-Clawson (B) 24:56, 6-Lacee Scheerbaum (KC) 25:09, 7-Kunkleman (B) 25:57, 8-Nicole Beck (KC) 26:29, 9-Shiring (FC) 27:06, 10-Meyer (FC) 27:50Grove City 20, Slippery Rock 39 (boys); Grove City 19, Slippery Rock 40 (girls) — Jacob Kildo and Sarah Chuzie each claimed firsts in the Eagles' sweep of the Rockets.BoysTop 101-Jacob Kildo (GC) 16:33, 2-Daniel Jaskowak (GC) 17:40, 3-Jacob Spurk (SR) 17:57, 4-Joe Hoffman (GC) 18:00, 5-Ben Hoffman (GC) 18:04, 6-Jackson Udy (SR) 18:18, 7-Ryan Thompson (SR) 18:30, 8-Alex Knady (GC) 19:01, 9-Aaron Anderson (GC) 19:10, 10-Ian Brown (GC) 19:45GirlsTop 101-Sarah Chuzie (GC) 21:32, 2-Jessica Bennett (SR) 21:49, 3-Eliza Lowe (GC) 22:35, 4-Evyn Seldon (GC) 22:45, 5-Eric Cyphert (GC) 22:56, 6-Christine Potsuby (GC) 23:10, 7-Jonna Schaper (GC) 23:20, 8-Rachel Richter (SR) 23:27, 9-Kayla Brendlinger (SR) 23:41, 10-Kate Brozenic (SR) 24:45

Butler (3-1) swept the doubles matches to down Hampton 4-1.Butler 4, Hampton 1Singles: 1-Carolyn Shetter (B) d. Catherine Chen 6-4, 6-0; 2-Ellen Murray (H) d. Heather Santa 6-2, 7-6 (8-6); 3-Courtney Gallagher (B) d. Emily Dongiobanni 6-0, 6-1.Doubles: 1-Madison Kerr-Rosel Nesbitt (B) d. Katherine Starbridge-Jessica Holden 6-4, 6-1; 2-Laura Brestenski-Ava Lazor (B) d. Laura Krivacak-Maria Conley 6-3, 6-2