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Knoch doubles pair edged in title match

At the WPIAL Section 3-AA Doubles Tournament Thursday, Knoch's top pair of Katie Conlon and Peggy Kanterman fell in the championship match to Maeve McAllister and Tessa McArdle of Ellis School 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 at the Oxford Athletic Club in Wexford.

Conlon and Kanterman received a first-round bye, then defeated Concetta Staltari and Ashley Gottschalk of Vincentian Academy 10-3.

In the semifinal round, the duo dispatched Nicole Roque and Elizabeth Friedman of Winchester Thurston 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

Abby Conlon and Alyssa King, Knoch's No. 2 doubles, blanked Marissa Mehal and Janelle Mosovski of Highlands 10-0 in the first round before falling to McAllister and McArdle 11-10 (7-4) in the quarterfinals.

In WPIAL Section 2-AAA, Butler's top doubles team of Courtney Gallagher and Abbey Turner defeated Seneca Valley's Shelby Resch and Julia Vandrak 11-9 in the opening round, but fell to No. 2 seed North Allegheny's Kylie Isaac and Mikayla Becich 10-0.

Butler's No. 2 doubles team of Laura Brestensky and Zoey McCafferty lost to Mars' No. 1 team of Kaitlyn Craig and Brianna Beck 10-3.

<B>Butler 3, New Castle 0 — </B>Christina Farmer had nine kills and Amanda Skidmore had five kills and five aces as Butler swept New Castle 25-3, 25-9, 25-8.Alexis Kraus had five kills for the Tornado (4-4, 4-3).<B>Freeport 3, Burrell 0 — </B>Taylor Schrecengost had 30 service points and five kills, and Anna Christy had 13 points and five kills as the Yellowjackets prevailed 25-9, 25-4, 25-11.Ashley Sample had 10 points and five kills, and Rachel Grubbs had six points, four blocks and four kills for Freeport (9-0, 8-0).<B>Knoch 3, Hampton 0 — </B>Tori Lark registered 10 blocks and 11 kills, Stephanie Gross had 20 service points and Celina Sanks had 11 kills as the Knights (4-4, 3-2) captured a 25-8, 25-18, 25-20 triumph.<B>Mars 3, Ambridge 0 — </B>Maura Randolph had eight kills, Lara Caraway 20 digs and Haley Milcic 15 digs to lead Mars to a 25-18, 25-20, 26-24 victory.<B>Karns City 3, Moniteau 1 — </B>The Gremlins edged the Warriors 26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 25-22 in KSAC action.Moniteau received 12 kills and six blocks from Katie Brehm, four blocks from Mariah Clark, Brittany Wright had three kills and Ashley Brehm and Alexis Brown had eight and seven digs, respectively.

<B>Knoch 3, Freeport 0 — </B>Klaus Ondrizek had two goals and James Conklin accounted for the third as the Knights blanked the Yellowjackets.Andy Fritz recorded six saves for Knoch (8-3, 6-3).<B>Hampton 2, Mars 1 (OT) —</B> Josh Brake accounted for the Planets' lone score with 17;32 left in the first half that tied the game, but the Talbots scored with 5;36 remaining in overtime for the section win.

<B>Slippery Rock 6, Grove City 0</B> — Anna Cessar and Danielle Wissinger each scored two goals to lead the RocketsMorgan Siebka and Casey Dudek also scored for Slippery Rock. Goalkeeper Jordan Marks stopped three shots to earn her fourth shutout.

<B>Freeport 205, Burrell 221 — </B>Robbie Miller earned medalist honors with a 37 to pace the Yellowjackets (12-7, 10-4).<B>Burrell (221):</B> Zack Abel 40, Frank Trozzi 41, Tyler Miller 42, Andrew Peck 48, Nick Artman 50<B>Freeport (205):</B> Robbie Miller 37, Devin Earney 38, Richard Vandruff 39, Cole Hepler 44, Pat D'Amico and Luke Mariotti 47

<B>Butler 205, Pine-Richland 211 — </B>Marissa DeCola gained medalist honors with a 36 in this Wednesday match.<B>Butler 205: </B>Marissa DeCola 36, Rebecca Shakely 51, Tori Hesidence 48, Lauren Weiland 70<B>Pine-Richland 211: </B>Marissa Holdcroft 46, Shannon Hiles 53, Ellen Grasel 53, Elizabeth Tomczak 59

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