SV girls pull off win over Beaver Falls

January 26, 2010 Last Updated: January 26, 2010 02:08 PM High School

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Alex Karika scored 10 points and Karlei Fronzaglio went 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter to lead the Seneca Valley girls basketball team to a 44-40, come-from-behind win over Beaver Falls Monday night.

Alyssa Miller and Dani Fitzgerald each scored eight points for the Raiders (2-12).

SENECA VALLEY 44Julia Vandrak 1 0-0 2, Karlei Fronzaglio 0 4-4 4, Gabby Allen 0 3-3 3, Kara Moyer 0 1-2 1, Alyssa Miller 3 0-0 8, Mary Kate Fullerton 0 0-0 0, Brianna Sieminski 0 0-0 0, Amanda Geiger 1 1-4 4, Angie Lalonde 2 0-0 4, Alex Karika 5 0-1 10, Brooke Clifford 0 0-0 0, Dani Fitzgerald 3 2-7 8.

Totals: 15 11-21 44.

BEAVER FALLS 40Medarac 3 0-0 6, Vaughn 6 2-2 14, Slappy 0 0-1 0, Mineard 4 2-3 10, Colbert 0 0-0 0, Dawkins 0 0-0 0, Vaughn 1 1-2 3, Stevenson 0 0-0 0, Lake 2 0-0 4, Ward 1 1-3 3.

Totals: 17 6-11 40.

Seneca Valley 10 9 8 17—44Beaver Falls 12 11 6 11—403-point goals: Seneca Valley 3 (Miller 2, Geiger); Beaver Falls 0.

Thursday: Seneca Valley at North Hills

Hampton 60, Mars 40 — Elaine Hasek had 16 points and Alexa Lee had 11 for the Planets (8-7, 5-3).

MARS 40Alexa Lee 3 2-2 11, Ashley Lynch 1 0-0 2, Elaine Hasek 5 6-8 16, Meghan Kelly 2 1-3 5, Kelsey Pelles 1 0-0 2, Lizz Tumminello 0 0-0 0, Carly Clark 1 0-0 3, Corinne Gressang 0 1-4 1.

Totals: 13 10-17 40.

HAMPTON 60Ferraro 6 3-6 15, B. Goodman 0 2-2 2, E. Goodman 4 0-0 10, Rylands 0 0-0 0, Wilson 1 1-6 3, Scott 5 1-4 12, Lazzaro 1 0-0 2, Luther 4 4-8 12, Pilarski 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 22 11-26 60.

Mars 14 9 11 6—40Hampton 12 14 14 20—603-point goals: Mars 4 (Lee 3, Clark); Hampton 3 (E. Goodman 2, Scott).

Thursday: Franklin Regional at Mars

Clearfield 61, Union 37 — Delani Priester and Mariah Winchester scored nine points each off the bench for Union (8-4), which also received 12 rebounds from Tina Lipps and nine rebounds and six blocks from Lepha Logue.CLEARFIELD 61Jamie Ryan 4 0-0 11, Gwen Porter 5 1-2 11, Madison Sopic 5 2-2 13, Elizabeth Peters 2 0-2 4, Amber Byerly 5 2-2 12, Angela Moore 4 0-0 10. Totals: 25 5-8 61.UNION 37Delani Priester 4 0-0 9, Mariah Winchester 3 1-2 9, Ashley MacKinlay 1 0-0 2, Brooke Pollock 3 0-0 6, Lepha Logue 0 4-4 4, Niki Stuart 0 0-0 0, Danica Stewart 1 0-0 2, Sierra Smith 2 0-0 5, Mackenzie Divins 0 0-0 0, Tina Lipps 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 5-6 37.Clearfield 16 15 19 11—61Union 10 9 10 8—373-point goals: Clearfield 6 (Ryan 3, Moore 2, Sopic); Union 4 (Winchester 2, Priester, Smith).Thursday: Union at HarmonyBurrell 49, Freeport 30 — Despite Jessica McFadden's 13 points, the Yellowjackets (3-11, 2-5) dropped this section contest.FREEPORT 30Anna Christy 4 1-1 9, Jessica McFadden 4 1-2 13, Nicolette Blake 3 2-2 8, Taylor Schrecengost 0 0-3 0, Jessica Aulicino 0 0-5 0, Erica Carnahan 0 0-0 0, Jennifer Hawk 0 0-0 0, Samantha Angely 0 0-0 0, Lynsey Gugino 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11 4-13 30.BURRELL 49Jessa Manga 4 0-0 8, Morgan Sharick 3 101-10 16, Allie Okopal 0 2-2 2, Ari Damico 0 0-2 0, Shayla Liput 7 3-4 17, Jess Napierkowski 0 0-0 0, Danielle Kanopsky 1 4-8 6, Amanda Hydock 0 0-0 0, Jenna Erlich 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 19-26 49.Freeport 5 9 12 4—30Burrell 12 14 11 12—493-point goals: Freeport 4 (McFadden 4).Today: Freeport at HighlandsKittanning 52, Knoch 19 — The Wildcats outscored the Knights 36-8 over the middle two quarters to post the section triumph.KNOCH 19Hannah Novotny 3 0-0 6, Haley Hutterer 1 0-0 2, Haley Williams 1 0-0 3, Samantha Logan 1 0-0 2, Taylor Zonts 1 1-2 4, Heather Cooper 1 0-0 2. Totals: 8 1-2 19.KITTANNING 52Brittany Adams 5 0-0 10, Leah McKelvey 4 1-2 9, Brittany Emberg 5 0-0 11, Sarah Ohm 8 2-5 18, Tara Thomas 2 0-0 4. Totals: 24 3-7 52.Knoch 6 0 8 5—19Kittanning 8 17 19 8—523-point goals: Knoch 2 (Williams, Zonts); Kittanning 1 (Emberg).Thursday: Hampton at KnochTitusville 42, Grove City 36 — The Eagles (9-5, 3-4) were outscored 16-7 in the fourth quarter.GROVE CITY 36Caitlin McNamara 1 4-6 7, Sammi Bell 1 0-0 2, Lexi Caporali 3 0-0 8, Kynisha Basham 3 0-0 8, Mariah Jenkins 1 4-4 7, Danielle Johnson 1 0-0 2. Totals: 11 8-10 36.TITUSVILLE 42Savitz 2 3-4 7, Ward 6 0-0 12, Barnhart 2 0-0 6, Strondahl 4 2-2 10, Neely 1 2-4 4, Massey 0 3-4 3. Totals: 15 10-14 42.Grove City 12 10 7 7—36Titusville 9 8 9 16—423-point goals: Grove City 6 (Caporali 2, Basham 2, McNamara, Jenkins); Titusville 2 (Barnhart 2).JV: Titusville 35-19 (GC: Vanessa Sprando 5; T: Kriner 15)Thursday: Grove City at Franklin

Clearfield 63, Union 57 — Despite 17 points from Scott Booth and 12 from Taylor Smith, the Golden Knights (9-4) came up short in this nonconference game.Clearfield sank 20-of-23 free throws, Union 9-of-20.UNION 57Zac Smith 2 0-1 5, Brody Pollock 3 1-4 9, Shawn Booth 1 0-0 3, Logan Mortimer 0 2-4 2, Taylor Smith 3 3-4 12, Austin Davis 2 0-3 4, Scott Booth 7 2-2 17, Trent Corle 1 1-2 3, Chase Johnston 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20 9-20 57.CLEARFIELD 63Johnson 1 2-2 5, Peterson 0 0-0 0, Campman 4 4-4 14, Zurat 14 4-4 33, Redden 0 2-2 2, Mellgord 1 5-7 7, Frye 0 2-2 2, Bowman 0 1-2 1. Totals: 20 20-23 63.Union 16 10 13 18—57Clearfield 12 18 16 17—633-point goals: Union 8 (T. Smith 3, Pollock 2, Z. Smith, Sh. Booth, Sc. Booth; Clearfield 3 (Campman 2, Johnson).Saturday: Venango Catholic at Union, 4:30 p.m. (JV boys 1:30, varsity girls 3 p.m.)HockeyKnoch 10, Deer Lakes 2 — Evan Gorse, Matt Eshelman and Nate Medic each recorded a hat trick to power the Knights past the Lancers Monday.Bobby Winters accounted for the other goal for the Knights, who face Kittanning Thursday at the Belmont Complex.WrestlingKnoch won its first team trophy Saturday, finishing second to Seneca Valley in the Seneca Valley Dual Match Tournament.The Knights defeated Summit Academy 42-28, Ambridge 42-39 and Thomas Jefferson 42-36. They dropped a 42-25 decision to Seneca Valley.Knoch trailed Ambridge 39-24 before getting successive pins from Allee Oskin at 103 pounds, Justin Grossman at 112 and Brittany Faust at 119. Grayson Hixon went 4-0 with three pins at 119 pounds for the Knights while Kevin Green finished 3-1 with three pins at 152.Indoor Track and FieldThe Butler girls competed Saturday at Robert Morris University. Bre Lumley placed second in the shot put while Paige Rittelman was second in the high jump.Other placers for the Golden Tornado were Tara Lowe (fifth in 60 meters), Caitlyn Wetzel (fourth in 200), Ashton Dolan (sixth in 3,000), Ava Bonetti (fifth in shot put), Meghan Studds (fifth in long jump, Hannah Williams (sixth) and Rittelman (eighth); Studds (third in triple jump), Williams seventh; Erin Bell (fourth in high jump) and Leah Domhoff (fourth in pole vault).Inline HockeyButler 5, Montour 4 — Michael Ocvirk scored three goals and Robbie Barnhart two for the Golden Tornado. Charlie Beers had two assists.Seneca Valley Varsity I 8, North Allegheny 0 — Nick Verona scored four goals for the Raiders (10-4). Derek Hathazy added two tallies, and Sam Fallon and Bryan Byrd had one each.Goalie Joe Lang earned the shutout.Seneca Valley Varsity 2 6, North Allegheny 3 — Dan Bezila scored two goals, Ryan Schutte and Joey Price had a goal and an assist each for the Raiders.Brian Platt and John Spigelmyer scored a goal each.