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Planets topple Knights for tennis victory

Dan Kearney and Max Keydenko of Mars won at No. 1 and 2 singles, and the No. 2 doubles duo of Mike Parrish and Mike Lindenbaum also was victorious in the Planets' 3-2 boys tennis win over Knoch Thursday afternoon.

For the Knights (3-2), Nick Pheiffer won at No. 3 singles and Chris Ludwiczak and Bret Nickerson won the top doubles match.

Singles: 1-Dan Kearney (M) def. Jack Boros 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; 2-Max Keydenko (M) def. Tim Fritz 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; 3-Nick Pfeiffer (K) def. Josh Brake 6-2, 6-4

Doubles: 1-Chris Ludwiczak/Bret Nickerson (K) def. Alex Perri/Ethan Gressang 6-4, 6-4; 2-Mike Parrish/Mike Lindenbaum (M) def. Corey Miller/Dan Goff 6-2, 6-3

Butler 5, Gateway 0 — The Golden Tornado's doubles tandems of Kemper May/Zac McCafferty and Zac Cavaliero/Emil Kemp both were victorious in this Wednesday match.

Singles: 1-Matt Slamecka (B) def. Timmy Harris 6-0, 6-0; 2-Evan Kowalski (B) def. Paramveer Malki 6-0, 6-1; 3-Stefan Kemp (B) def. Rishi Patel 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: 1-Kemper May/Zac McCafferty (B) def. Kunal Shah/Brad Shear 6-0, 6-0; 2-Zac Cavaliero/Emil Kemp (B) def. Sunny Raj/Sohin Shah 6-0, 6-1.

Luke Gruber had a triple, two singles, three RBI and three runs scored to key Mars to a 10-4 victory over Woodland Hills in Columbia, S.C.Ryan McKenzie had a triple, single and three runs scored, Tyler Dean had two singles, two runs and two RBI, and Andrew Rush a double, a single and three RBI for the Planets.Mars dropped a 12-3 decision to Swansea (S.C.) on Wednesday.<B>Woodland Hills 000 211 x — 4 6 1Mars 111 043 x — 10 13 4W:</B> D.J. DeLucia 4 IP (3 K, 0 BB). <B>L:</B> Rich Jacko 4 1/3 IP (4 K, 0 BB).<B>Woodland Hills:</B> John Yezovich 2-1B, R<B>Mars (2-1): </B>Ryan McKenzie 1B, 3B, 3R; Tyler Dean 2-1B, 2R, 2 RBI; Luke Gruber 2-1B, 3B, 3R, 3 RBI; Andrew Rush 1B, 2B, 3 RBI<B>Tuesday:</B> Mars at Pine-Richland

Morgan Robinson struck out 13 batters and had two doubles, but the Slippery Rock softball team fell to Leechburg 2-1 in extra innings.Shawna Peace and Gara Mauthe also doubled for the Rockets (0-2).• Lauren Downs limited West Shamokin to four singles, but Karns City was blanked by the Wolves, 3-0 in a nonconference contest.<B>Slippery Rock 010 000 00 — 1 5 1Leechburg 000 010 01 — 2 7 1One out when winning run scoredW:</B> Kelly Klingensmith 8 IP (9 K, 0 BB). <B>L:</B> Morgan Robinson 7⅓ IP (13 K, 2 BB).<B>Slippery Rock (0-2):</B> Robinson 2-2B; Shawna Peace 2B; Gara Mauthe 2B<B>Leechburg:</B> McCorkle 1B, RBI<B>Tuesday:</B> Slippery Rock at Jamestown<B>Karns City 000 000 0 — 0 2 3West Shamokin 100 011 x — 3 4 1W:</B> L. Walker 7 IP (14 K, 0 BB). <B>L:</B> Lauren Downs 6 IP (5 K, 2 BB).<B>Karns City (0-1):</B> Kara Kershbaumer 1B; Lauren Downs 1B<B>West Shamokin: </B>4 players with 1B<B>Wednesday:</B> Karns City at East Forest

Evan Wagner won both the discus (127 feet, 4 inches) and the javelin (163-8) as the A-C Valley boys track and field team beat Sharpsville (114-30), Commodore Perry (110-38) and Kennedy Catholic (88-61).The Falcons lost to Laurel, Mohawk and West Middlesex.• In the girls meet, A-C Valley's Meghan Cratty was the overall winner in the discus with an effort of 96-0, as the Falcons defeated Sharpsville (103-33), Commodore Perry (110-17) and Kennedy Catholic (78-49).<B>Freeport 122, Clairton 28 (boys); Freeport 142</B><B>½</B><B>, Clairton 7</B><B>½</B><B> (girls) —</B> Darius Frantz won both the high jump and long jump in the boys meet, while Harley Westerman took the girls long and triple jumps as both Yellowjackets teams destroyed Clairton.<B>Boys</B>A-C Valley 114, Sharpsville 30A-C Valley 110, Comm. Perry 38A-C Valley 88, Kennedy Catholic 61Laurel 93, A-C Valley 57Mohawk 110, A-C Valley 40West Middlesex 120, A-C Valley 30Track Events<B>3,200-meter relay:</B> West Middlesex 8:59.55; <B>110 hurdles:</B> Jones (L) 15.52; <B>100 dash: </B>Allen (WM) 11.19; <B>1,600 run:</B> Miller (L) 4:40.22; <B>400 dash: </B>Bredl (M) 52.8;<B> 400 relay:</B> West Middlesex 45.71; <B>300-meter hurdles:</B> Jones (L) 41.67; <B>800-meter run:</B> Miller (L) 2:13.7; <B>200-meter dash:</B> Allen (WM) 22.68; <B>3,200-meter run:</B> Miller (L) 11:31.29; <B>1,600-meter relay:</B> West Middlesex 3:39.56<B>Field Events</B><B>High jump:</B> Jansco (WM) and Johnson (L) 6-0; <B>Long jump:</B> Ronelli (S) and Grim (M) 19-4¾; <B>Triple jump:</B> Jansco (WM) 42-2¼; <B>Shot put:</B> Kingston (L) 45-11½; <B>Discus:</B> Evan Wagner (ACV) 127-4; <B>Javelin:</B> Evan Wagner (ACV) 163-8; <B>Pole vault:</B> Patten (WM) and Taylor (L) 10-6<B>GirlsA-C Valley 103, Sharpsville 33A-C Valley 110, Comm. Perry 17A-C Valley 78, Kennedy Catholic 49West Middlesex 103, A-C Valley 43Mohawk 115, A-C Valley 35Laurel 79, A-C Valley 64Track Events</B><B>3,200-meter relay:</B> West Middlesex 10:57.26; <B>100 hurdles:</B> Benninghoff (M) 16.68; <B>100 dash: </B>Kennedy Catholic 12.62; <B>1,600 run:</B> Willey (WM) 5:38.78; <B>400 dash:</B> Wareham (KC) 1:03.61; <B>400 relay:</B> Mohawk 52.52; <B>300 hurdles:</B> Benninghoff (M) 49.18; <B>800 run:</B> Wareham (KC) 2:33.41; <B>200 dash:</B> Mikulin (WM) 27.69; <B>3,200 run:</B> Simko (L) 12:54.07; <B>1,600 relay:</B> West Middlesex 4:32.88<B>Field Events</B><B>High jump:</B> Bittler (WM) 5-0; <B>Long jump:</B> Bittler (WM) 15-3½; <B>Triple jump:</B> Bittler (WM) 33-3; <B>Shot put:</B> DeMario (WM) 31-6; <B>Discus:</B> Meghan Cratty (ACV) 96-0; <B>Javelin:</B> Brook (M) 119-10; <B>Pole vault:</B> Meals (L) 8-0<B>BoysFreeport 122, Clairton 28Track Events</B><B>3,200-meter relay:</B> Freeport (Tahlon Kirkland, David Brickeen, Kyle Reesman, Kyle Zboran) 11:09; <B>110 hurdles:</B> Derek Durand (F) 16.8; <B>100 dash: </B>Trenton (C) 11.2; <B>1,600 run:</B> Nick Gentile (F) 4:45; <B>400 dash: </B>Garrett Blake (F) 54.9;<B> 400 relay:</B> Clairton 44.8; <B>300-meter hurdles:</B> Teorsky (F) 46.1; <B>800-meter run:</B> Alex Isenberg (F) 2:07; <B>200-meter dash:</B> Trenton (C) 22.5; <B>3,200-meter run:</B> Kevin Keppel (F) 11:17; <B>1,600-meter relay:</B> Freeport (Blake, Teorsky, Isenberg, Gentile) 4:02<B>Field Events</B><B>High jump:</B> Darius Frantz (F) 6-0; <B>Long jump:</B> Darius Frantz (F) 21-0; <B>Triple jump:</B> Alex Isenburg (F) 41-1; <B>Shot put:</B> Cody McClelland (F) 43-5½; <B>Discus:</B> McClelland (F) 110-11; <B>Javelin:</B> Curtis Hughes (F) 149-9; <B>Pole vault:</B> Tyler Pajerski (F) 11-0<B>GirlsFreeport 142</B><B>½</B><B>, Clairton 7</B><B>½</B><B>Track Events</B><B>3,200-meter relay:</B> Freeport (Trista Graham, Cassidy Graham, Jen Chelko, Carol Amadee) 13:09; <B>100 hurdles:</B> Danika Durand (F) 18.6; <B>100 dash: </B>Moody (C) 12.9; <B>1,600 run:</B> Lauren Screen (F) 6:39; <B>400 dash:</B> Taylor Bombalski (F) 63.2; <B>400 relay:</B> Freeport (Brestensky, Moore, Nicolette Blake, Chelsea Chaffman) 53.6; <B>300 hurdles:</B> Teorsky (F) 52.1; <B>800 run:</B> Bombalski (F) 2:47; <B>200 dash:</B> Chelsea Chaffman (F) 28.3; <B>3,200 run:</B> Carol Amadee (F) 14:42; <B>1,600 relay:</B> Freeport (Brestensky, Chaffman, Moore, Bombalski) 5:26<B>Field Events</B><B>High jump:</B> Moore (F) 4-6; <B>Long jump:</B> Harley Westerman (F) 16-1; <B>Triple jump:</B> Harley Westerman (F) 33-9; <B>Shot put:</B> Brittany Demeno (F) 31-9½; <B>Discus:</B> Chelsea Chaffman (F) 84-9; <B>Javelin:</B> Amy Cataldi (F) 88-5; <B>Pole vault:</B> Joelle Consolaro (F) 8-0

Thirteen different players scored for Seneca Valley in a 17-4 drubbing of host Baldwin.Samantha Struss led the way with four goals and Lindsey Leddon scored twice.Lauren Moran made six saves for the Raiders (4-0).

Jake McAndrew and Rob Fyock both scored two goals in Seneca Valley's 9-8 win at Mount Lebanon.

Amanda Steinheiser went 3-for-4 in Butler's 10-0 win over Mars Wednesday.Tori Hesidence and Becca Schnur each had two hits.

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