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Mars girls netters drop Raiders

Slippery Rock High's J.J. Graham, left, and Knoch's James Conklin both leap for the ball Wednesday in the Knights' 4-1 nonsection victory over the Rockets.

Kaitlyn Craig and Liz Carpenter picked up singles wins for the Mars girls tennis team in a 4-1 home victory over Seneca Valley Wednesday.

The Planets (9-2) also received victories from the doubles teams of Breanna Beck-Alanna Michalski and Madison DuBrock-Ellen Limback.

The Raiders' win came from Alexis Brockway at No. 2 singles.

Singles: 1-Kaitlyn Craig (M) def. Elisa Park 6-0, 6-0; 2-Alexis Brockway (SV) def. Shireen Ghaznavi 7-6, 4-6, 6-7; 3-Liz Carpenter (M) def. Kirsten Garczynski 6-3, 6-2

Doubles: 1-Breanna Beck-Alanna Michalski (M) def. Julia Vandrak-Annie Ryan 6-4, 6-2; 2-Madison DuBrock-Ellen Limback (M) def. Shelby Resch-Amy Kinzler 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

Ellis School 3, Knoch 2 — Abby Conlon won for the Knights (8-1) in singles play and Katie Conlon-Peggy Kanterman won in doubles action.

Singles: 1-Maeve McAllister (ES) def. Brooke Ross 6-2, 6-2; 2-Abby Conlon (K) def. Tessa McCardell 6-4, 0-6, 6-1; 3-Holly Benson (ES) def. Alyssa King 7-5, 3-6, 6-3

Doubles: 1-Katie Conlon-Peggy Kanterman (K) def. Holly Johnson-Tvisi Ravi 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; 2-Chariviere Edwards-Lainnie Edwards (ES) def. Kiki Gordon-Kassie Fissore 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

<B>Knoch 4, Slippery Rock 1 —</B> Trevor Gordon, Kory Wood, Klaus Ondrizek and Brandon Vargo scored for the Knights while goalie Tavita Lio made 12 saves.Knoch (4-1) plays at Highlands today.

<B>Slippery Rock 323, Knoch 323, Shenango 334, Sharpsville 373 —</B> At Oakview Golf Club, the Rockets won the tiebreaker over the Knights to sweep this four-team match.Brett Rinker led Slippery Rock with a 75 while Stefan Carlsson and Matt Eshelman led Knoch with a 78 and 79, respectively.<B>Knoch (323):</B> Stefan Carlsson 78, Matt Eshelman 79, Chad Tudor 81, Jack Boros 85<B>Slippery Rock (323):</B> Brett Rinker 75, Brian Giesler 80, Alex Sparn 84, Alec Nebel 84<B>North Allegheny 190, Butler 196 —</B> Corey Morabito fired a 37, but the Tornado (4-6, 3-5) fell in this section match at Diamond Run.<B>Butler (196):</B> Corey Morabito 37, Jeremy Gohn 38, David Paterno 38, Connor Gray 41, Anthony Paterno 42<B>Freeport 208, Jeannette 251 —</B> Robbie Miller and Tyler Thomas carded a 38 and 39, respectively, to lead the Yellowjackets (8-4, 6-2) to the section victory at Buffalo Golf Course.<B>Jeannette (251):</B> Matt Scherff 48, Jordan Nalevanko 49, Jeroen Wolfe 50, Joe Gregory 51, Bill Avolio 53<B>Freeport (208):</B> Robbie Miller 38, Tyler Thomas 39, Richard Vandruff 43, Luke Mariotti 44, Pat D'Amico 44, Devin Earney 44<B>A-C Valley 209, Venango Catholic 227 —</B> At Foxburg Country Club, Logan Wetzel earned medalist honors with a 37 to pace the Falcons in KSAC play.A-C Valley (8-0) will compete in Monday's KSAC Megamatch at Pinecrest and return to match play the following day against Moniteau at Shamrock.<B>Venango Catholic (227):</B> Matt Kuhn 43, Garrett Hawkins 44, Alec Thurau 44, Ben Guth 47, Max Dudzik 49<B>A-C Valley (209):</B> Logan Wetzel 37, Blayne McGuirk 39, Landon Delisio 42, C.J. Adams 44, Allan Eaton 47<B>Grove City 156, Kennedy Catholic 166</B> — Ryan Prokay shot a 34, including a hole-in-one on the par-3, No. 8 hole at Tam O'Shanter, to lead the Eagles.<B>Grove City (156):</B> Ryan Prokay 34, Jason Revesz 42, Ben Lucas 44, Dylan Osborne 46<B>Kennedy Catholic (166):</B> Matt Gurska 34, Dante Vetica 40, Jonathan David 40, Vince D'Onofrio 42

<B>Freeport 3, Kittanning 1 — </B>Ashley Sample had 16 service points, 12 kills and three blocks, and Jessica McFadden had 28 points and three kills to power the Yellowjackets to a 25-21, 22-25, 25-14, 25-7 victory.Rachel Grubbs added 10 points, five kills and three blocks, and Katie Pullano had 40 digs for Freeport (4-0), which hosts Avonworth on Monday.

<B>Seneca Valley 177, Peters Township 199 —</B> For the third time this season, the Raiders set the team scoring record, this time against the Indians at Connoquenessing Country Club.Paige Wojdyla led the way with a 37 for Seneca Valley (8-3), which plays Shaler at Pittsburgh National Tuesday.<B>Peters Township (199):</B> Allison Resnik 47, Harmony Shepherdson 50, Alaina Hiner 51, Amanda Bukovich 51<B>Seneca Valley (177):</B> Paige Wojdyla 37, Jenn Suder 42, Steph Bullis 45, Catherine Bellich 53

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