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County golfers make WPIAL semis

Knoch's Erik Heinle, left, and Freeport's Michael Bercik meet under the ball Tuesday in the Knights' 6-0 boys soccer victory.

Butler's Corey Morabito placed second at the WPIAL Section 3 boys golf qualifier with a score of 74 Tuesday at Highland Country Club.

Morabito advances to the WPIAL semifinals, which will be held next Tuesday at Pittsburgh National Golf Club.

Also qualifying for that event were Butler's Anthony Lewis (77) and Seneca Valley's Connor McCaffrey (77), Blake Henderson (79), Andrew Kriley (80) and Sean Dailey (80).

Moniteau 199, Clarion-Limestone 210 — Jeremy Ritts was the medalist with a 37 for the Warriors (5-2).

Moniteau 199: Ethan Fowler 39, Mitch Hunter 38, Jeremy Ritts 37, Mike Saper 40, Heath Lominski 45

Clarion-Limestone 210: Matt Sieszczyk 37, Jordan Zuck 38, Brandon Bell 41, Billy Kelley 46, Tyler Beers 48

Freeport 207, Burrell 215 — Zack McQueen led the Yellowjackets (12-0, 8-0) with a 37 as coach Dave Panach notched his 300th career win.

Burrell (215): Andrew Peck 41, Angelo Chiaralunia 41, Tyler Miller 44, Zack Abel 44, Brian Haley 45

Freeport (207): Zack McQueen 37, Dane Bargerstock 40, Blaine Smith 42, Tyler Pajerski 42, Devan Earney 46

Mars 189, Highlands 249 — Christian Locher carded a 34, Billy Bender a 36 and Jason Fitzpatrick a 39 to lead the Planets (10-2).

Highlands (249): John Wygonik 45, Tyler Szymkiewicz 47, Tyler Negley 48, Nick Decroo 52, Ryan Luzik 57

Mars (189): Christian Locher 34, Billy Bender 36, Jason Fitzpatrick 39, Derek Hillegas 40, James Fox 40

Grove City 169, Mercer 184 — Ryan Prokay shot a 39 to lead the Eagles (11-5).

Grove City (169): Ryan Prokay 39, Kyle Foster 42, Jason Revesz 44, Jeff Revesz 44

Mercer (184): Matt Spragle 43, Josh Verigood 46, Davis Lancaster 47, Brandon Moon 48

KSAC Megamatch — Blayne McGuirk earned overall medalist honors with a 76 Monday as A-C Valley shot 235 as a team to win the megamatch. Redbank Valley and Venango Catholic tied for second at 244 while Moniteau was fourth at 248.Allan Eaton of A-C Valley carded a 78 while the Falcons' Logan Wetzel, Union's Scott Booth, Moniteau's Mitch Hunter and Ethan Fowler all shot 81s.

<B>Mars 10, Highlands 1 — </B>Ryan McKenzie, Yulian Lutsiv and Christopher Karns had two goals apiece for the Planets (5-0).

Mara Shingleton and Marissa DeCola each managed a 36 to lift Butler to a 172-177 road win over Blackhawk.The Golden Tornado improved to 9-3.<B>Butler (172):</B> Mara Shingleton 36, Marissa DeCola 36, Rebecca Shakely 49, Tori Hesidence 51<B>Blackhawk (177):</B> Emily Peluso 43, Kaitlyn Vanoy 44, Jenna Husson 45, Nicole Weaver 45<B>Seneca Valley 191, Hopewell 200 — </B>At Shadow Lakes, Jenn Suder's 41 helped the Raiders to the win. Seneca Valley (5-4) will compete in today's section qualifier at Shadow Lakes.<B>Seneca Valley (191):</B> Jenn Suder 41, Paige Wojdyla 48, Brooke Arrington 48, Stephanie Bullis 54<B>Hopewell (200):</B> Paige Alviani 49, Amanda Tocci 50, Ann Marie Harb 53, Jen Palmieri 55

Sam Kerlin dropped 17 kills and had six blocks as A-C Valley remained perfect with a 3-1 win over host Keystone.The Falcons (5-0), who won by scores of 22-25, 25-21, 25-16 and 25-9, also received seven kills from Erika Rothen and six kills and six blocks from Kelsey Boocks.<B>Knoch 3, Freedom 0</B> — Brooke Armahizer had 14 service points, Julia Kleinfelder had 10 service points and eight kills, and Hali Gill had nine service points and eight digs in the Knights' 25-14, 25-11, 25-17 sweep.<B>Freeport 3, Kittanning 0 — </B>Madison Rotto had 29 service points, four aces, 21 assists, four kills and four blocks as Freeport rolled 25-16, 25-14, 25-12.Ashley Massart added eight blocks, 17 points and four aces, and Carlie Bieranowski had six kills and nine points for Freeport (4-0).<B>Clarion-Limestone 3, Moniteau 2 — </B>The Lions battled back to pull out the final two sets in this 18-25, 25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 15-13 KSAC win over the Warriors.

<B>Mars 15, Blackhawk 50; Moon 17, Mars 42 (boys); Mars 15, Blackhawk 50, Moon 18, Mars 39 (girls)</B> — Scott Slaney finished fifth with a time of 18 minutes, 27 seconds to pace the Mars boys (3-2), while Maggie McChesney placed seventh with a time of 21:46 to lead the Planets girls (3-2).<B>BoysTop 10</B>1-Aldridge (Mo) 18:06, 2-Young (Mo) 18:15, 3-Culley (Mo) 18:24, 4-Bolden (Mo) 18:26, 5-Scott Slaney (Ma) 18:27, 6-Sean Gannon (Ma) 18:46, 7-Bubeck (Mo) 19:24, 8-Dalena (Mo) 19:35, 9-Chris Hardt (Ma) 19:58, 10-Jacob Hunter (Ma) 20:17, 31-James Garrity (Ma) 22:42<B>GirlsTop 10</B>1-Peck (B) 19:36, 2-Penneau (B) 20:08, 3-K. Ray (Mo) 21:12, 4-Lewis (Mo) 21:21, 5-Bednar (Mo) 21:34, 6-Marino (Mo) 21:42, 7-Maggie McChesney (Ma) 21:46, 8-Michelle Perri (Ma) 21:48, 9-Carly Clark (Ma) 21:51, 10-Cider (Mo) 22:13<B>Karns City 18, Clarion-Limestone 44; Karns City 15, Clarion 48 (boys); Clarion-Limestone 24, Karns City 33 (girls) —</B> The Gremlins boys (5-0, 3-0) took five of the top six spots, led by Bryce Foreback's first-place time of 18:48.Ain-Soph Williams led KC's girls (2-2) with a fourth-place time of 23:27.<B>BoysTop 10</B>1-Bryce Foreback (KC) 18:48, 2-Dillon Surena (KC) 18:53, 3-Grant Schirmer (CL) 18:55, 4-Ethan McGarvey (KC) 19:02, 5-Evan McGarvey (KC) 19:10, 6-Matt Slagle (KC) 19:32, 7-Darren Best (KC) 19:52, 8-Leland Foltz (C) 20:03, 9-L.J. Fickenworth (CL) 20:23, 10-Matt Bauer (C) 20:25<B>GirlsTop 10</B>1-Kellie Wyatt (CL) 20:27, 2-Ceailyn Lingwall (C) 21:07, 3-Lynn Schirmer (CL) 22:54, 4-Ain-Soph Williams (KC) 23:27, 5-Paige Zuck (CL) 23:50, 6-Lacee Scheerbaum (KC) 23:54, 7-Nicole Beck (KC) 23:55, 8-Sarah Young (KC) 24:33, 9-Kelsey Kemer (CL) 24:40, 10-Brittany Selker (CL) 24:41<B>Slippery Rock 15, Wilmington 45 (boys) —</B> Jacob Spurk led the Rockets (2-1) by placing first at 18:34.The Slippery Rock girls (2-1), who won by forfeit, were led by Jessica Bennett's top time of 22:11.<B>BoysTop 10</B>1-Jacob Spurk (SR) 18:34, 2-Ryan Thompson (SR) 18:59, 3-Jackson Udy (SR) 19:01, 4-Alex Flecker (SR) 19:15, 5-Jason Anna (SR) 19:50, 6-John Brown (W) 19:55, 7-Patrick Morris (W) 19:58, 8-Dylan Parson (SR) 20:08, 9-Chris Cox (W) 20:22, 10-Sam Lotz (SR) 21:34<B>GirlsTop 10</B>1-Jessica Bennett (SR) 22:11, 2-Kate Brozenic (SR) 23:56, 3-Rachel Richter (SR) 24:11, 4-Marylou Ware (W) 24:22, 5-Salvage Wastveva (W) 24:37, 6-Susan Timko (SR) 24:55, 7-Kayla Brendlinger (SR) 25:24, 8-Cassie Rasely (SR) 25:34, 9-Alexis Reeher (SR) 26:15, 10-Victoria Wood (W) 40:14• Tony Miller was the overall winner to help the Moniteau boys defeat Venango Catholic 22-33, A-C Valley 22-33 and Keystone 15-50.In the girls meet, Heather Porter was second overall to key the Warriors girls team to wins over Venango Catholic (22-37), A-C Valley (22-39) and Keystone (15-50).<B>BoysTop 10</B>1-Tony Miller (M) 18:30, 2-Phil Kristufek (M) 18:51, 3-Andrew Evans (VC) 19:28, 4-Alex Edmonds (M) 19:31, 5-Jordan Miller (AC) 19:45, 6-Evan Best (AC) 20:08, 7-Tyler Drake (AC) 20:09, 8-David Brooker (VC) 20:12, 9-Corey Haney (M) 20:19, 10-Tony Spardaro (VC) 20:24<B>GirlsTop 10</B>1-Sara Lander (VC) 21:51, 2-Heather Porter (M) 22:51, 3-Emily Milford (AC) 23:26, 4-Krista Snyder (M) 23:43, 5-Nicole Marshall (AC) 23:49, 6-Jenna McCorry (M) 23:52, 7-Taylor Stack (VC) 24:43, 8-Nikki Yeckel (M) 25:02, 9-Taylor Shaffer (M) 25:12, 10-Michaela Scurry (VC) 26:13

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