Gordon's treys lead SR rout
Ryan Gordon was in the zone.
The Slippery Rock High senior guard hit six 3-pointers on the way to a career-high 27 points to lead the Rockets to a 74-45 rout of West Middlesex in high school boys basketball Tuesday night.
Eight Slippery Rock players scored, with Brent Ayers and Justin Bennett each adding 10.
Slippery Rock (2-1) blew open the game in the fourth quarter, outscoring West Middlesex (1-2) 21-6.
WEST MIDDLESEX 45Christian Douglas 1 0-0 3, Jeremy Jansco 1 0-0 2, Marcus Murray 4 1-2 10, Roman Klabic 0 0-1 0, Matt Dogan 2 2-2 6, James Gearhart 3 0-1 6, Ryan Chupuk 6 2-2 14, David Portersfield 1 2-3 4.
Totals: 18 7-11 45.
SLIPPERY ROCK 74Brent Ayers 4 2-2 10, Justin Bennett 5 0-0 10, Brian Giesler 3 0-1 6, Ryan Gordon 10 1-2 27, Alec McDeavitt 2 4-4 8, Andrew Waryanka 1 0-0 2, Caleb Whitney 2 0-0 4, Ryan Thompson 3 0-0 7. Totals: 30 7-9 74
West Middlesex 12 12 15 6—45Slippery Rock 18 19 16 21—743-point goals: West Middlesex 2 (Murray, Douglas); Slippery Rock 7 (Gordon 6, Thompson).JV score: West Middlesex 38-37
Saturday: Sharpsville at Slippery Rock
Valley 47, Freeport 32 — The Vikings defeated the Yellowjackets in this nonsection matchup.No details were available.
Serra Catholic 67, Summit Academy 62 — Quadeer Devaughn scored 23 points in the loss for the Knights.
Alyssa Miller scored 13 points and Alex Karika had nine points and eight rebounds, but Seneca Valley fell to Hampton 62-45.Kara Moyer had eight points and five assists for the Raiders (0-2).<B>SENECA VALLEY 45</B>Alyssa Miller 5 1-2 13, Alex Karika 4 1-6 9, Kara Moyer 0 8-13 8, Karlei Fronzaglio 2 0-0 5, Angie Lalonde 2 0-0 4, Beth Talarico 1 0-2 3, Gabby Allen 1 0-0 2, Dani Fitzgerald 0 1-2 1. <B>Totals:</B> 15 11-25 45.<B>HAMPTON 62</B>Emily Goodman 3 5-6 15, Adrianna Ferrarp 4 3-7 11, Kierstin Wilson 4 0-0 8, Molly Luther 3 2-3 8, Brooke Goodman 2 2-4 6, Michelle Whitmer 1 2-3 4, Lauren Duffy 0 2-3 2, Dana Lazaro 1 0-0 2, Kristina Scott 1 0-3 2, Sara Pilarski 1 0-0 2, Maggie White 0 1-4 1. <B>Totals:</B> 20 16-33 62.<B>Seneca Valley 9 13 8 14—45Hampton 13 14 16 18—623-point goals: Seneca Valley</B> 4 (Miller 2, Fronzaglio, Talarico); Hampton 2 (Goodman 2).<B>Thursday:</B> Seneca Valley at Moon<B>Neshannock 49, Karns City 18 —</B> The Gremlins (0-2) trailed 30-10 at halftime and never recovered.<B>KARNS CITY 18</B>Kate Davis 1 2-6 4, Sarah Young 1 0-0 2, Corinne Conto 1 0-0 2, Brooke Hiles 2 0-2 4, Allyson Olkowski 1 0-0 2, Stephanie Stoughton 2 0-0 4. <B>Totals:</B> 8 2-8 18<B>NESHANNOCK 49</B>Kaufman 4 2-4 10, Piatka 10 0-0 20, Patton 1 0-0 2, Richardson 2 0-0 4, Binder 2 0-0 5, Sheldone 4 0-2 8. Totals: 23 2-6 49.<B>Karns City 4 6 4 8—18Neshannock 15 15 10 9—493-point goals: </B>Neshannock 1 (Binder).<B>Thursday:</B> East Forest at Karns City<B>Avonworth 57, Knoch 25 — </B>No details were available.
Brianna Keelan captured the 200 individual medley, the 100 freestyle and also swam a leg of the 200 freestyle relay to help the Butler girls to a 101-83 win over Hampton.The boys dropped a 107-76 decision to Hampton, despite Heath Calhoun's win in 1-meter diving and Matt Geottler's victory in the 100 backstroke.<B>GirlsButler 101, Hampton 83200 individual medley:</B> 1-Brianna Keelan (B) 2:22.8<B>1-meter diving:</B> 1-Brittney Grenet (B) 240.25<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Brianna Keelan (B) 59.06<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Jordan McElhaney (B) 5:44.46<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Butler (Brianna Keelan, Morgan Morrison, Kati Herr, Jordan McElhaney) 1:48.94<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Morgan Morrison (B) 1:09.16<B>100 breaststroke:</B> 1-Taylor Campbell (B) 1:15.17<B>BoysHampton 107, Butler 76</B><B>1-meter diving:</B> 1-Heath Calhoun (B) 279.60<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Matt Geottler (B) 59.66
<B>Butler 799-63x, McGuffey 797-50x — </B>Andrew Olexsak, Luc Sedwick, Nicole Smith, Randy Morrow and Morgan Minto were the top shooters for the Tornado in this matchup against the Highlanders.
<B>Seneca Valley 4, Bethel Park 2 —</B> The Raiders doubled up the Black Hawks in this PIHL Class AAA game at Warrendale BladeRunners.No details were available.
