Moniteau, KC roll to victories

April 12, 2011 Last Updated: April 12, 2011 12:27 PM High School

Chloe Eshenbaugh singled, tripled and drove in four runs in the Moniteau softball team's 16-1, three-inning win over Venango Catholic Monday afternoon.

Holly Colosimo, who was the winning pitcher with six strikeouts, added two hits, a run scored and three batted in on offense for the Warriors (1-0).

Elsewhere:

• Jensen Bachman had two of Karns City's five hits as the Gremlins suffered a 3-0 loss at Redbank Valley.

Venango Cath. 100 xxx x — 1 1 5Moniteau 2(10)4 xxx x — 16 10 0W: Holly Colosimo 3 IP (6K, 0BB).

L: Courtney Kuhn 1⅓ IP (1K, 4BB).

Venango Catholic: Kayla Cook 1B

Moniteau (1-0): Holly Colosimo 1B 3B R 3RBI, Mackenzie Maples 2B 2R RBI, Chloe Eshenbaugh 1B 3B 4RBI, Brittney Fallen 2-1B 3B

Today: Karns City at Moniteau

Karns City 000 000 0 — 0 5 2Redbank Valley 000 021 x — 3 7 2W: Jones 7 IP (8K, 2BB).

L: Breezzie Rich 6 IP (3K, 2BB).

Karns City (1-2): Kara Kerschbaumer 1B, Ceanca Everetts 1B, Jensen Bachman 2-1B, Ashlyn Landgraf 1B

Redbank Valley: Dubia 2-1B, Miller 2-1B

Today: Karns City at Moniteau

Brad Fuhrer went 4-for-4 to highlight a 12-hit Karns City attack en route to a 13-1, five-inning victory over hitless Redbank Valley.Derek Sadowski earned the win, striking out seven in three innings.Karns City 114 26x x — 13 12 1Redbank Valley 000 01x x — 1 0 2W: Derek Sadowski 3IP (7K, 1BB). L: Caden Truitt 3IP (2K, 2BB).Karns City (2-0): Brad Fuhrer 3-1B, 2B; Zach Barney 1B, 2B; Brad Francis 1B, 3BToday: Karns City vs. Moniteau at Pullman Park, 4:15

North Allegheny 3, Butler 2 — Will Nesbitt and Zac McCafferty captured No. 1 and 2 singles for Butler (5-2), but the Tigers claimed the rest in the section win.Singles: 1-Will Nesbitt (B) def. Bennett Salvatora 6-1, 6-1; 2-Zac McCafferty (B) def. Kevin Goth 6-4, 7-6; 3-Steve Klein (NA) def. A.J. May 7-5, 6-3Doubles: 1-Mike Palmeri-Alex Lapiana (NA) def. Erik May-Jon Condon 6-1, 6-1; 2-Steve Chuirazzi-Phil Krassenstein (NA) def. David Bright-Nick Rocchi 6-2, 6-1Pine-Richland 4, Seneca Valley 1 — At No. 1 doubles, Troy Abbott and Joe Shults provided the Raiders with their lone win against the Rams.The Raiders return to action today against North Hills at Lakevue Athletic Club.Singles: 1-Bas Van Lent (PR) def. Jonathan Perkins 6-0, 6-0; 2-Ji Ho Park (PR) def. Andrew Aluise 6-0, 6-0; 3-Caleb Kramer (PR) def. Kurt Branby 6-0, 6-0Doubles: 1-Troy Abbott-Joe Shults (SV) def. Brian Beck-Adam Mucitor 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; 2-Hunter Coury-Rishab Humar (PR) def. Mayank Parashar-Matt Hochberg 6-2, 6-4Winchester-Thurston 5, Knoch 0 — The Knights fell to to 3-4 overall, 1-4 after this loss on Monday. They had dropped a 4-1 decision to Hampton Friday.Knoch will play at Sewickley Academy Wednesday.Singles: 1-D.J. Goldblum (WT) def. Jack Boros 6-0, 6-1; 2-Gabe Issacson (WT) def. Nick Pfeiffer 6-2, 6-3; 3-Tym Haban (WT) def. Wes Moore, 6-0, 6-0;Doubles: 1-Sumay Pollock-Ed Morgan-Colbertson (WT) def. Jordan Hill-Mike Carnes 6-1, 6-2; 2-Charlie Orr-Sam Schrieber (WT) def. Travis Neel-Nathan Walls 6-0, 6-4

Mars' Lydia Dennis picked up wins in the girls' 800-meter run and triple jump and contributed to a victory in the 4x400 relay as the Planets (5-1) picked up wins over Knoch, Avonworth and Fox Chapel.Emilee Hertweck won the 1,600 and 3,200 run for Knoch.GirlsMars 85.5, Knoch 64.5Mars 117, Avonworth 32Mars 95, Fox Chapel 55Track Events3,200-meter relay: Avonworth 10:29; 100 hurdles: Sthlumph (A) 16:75; 100 dash: Karli Paracca (M) 12.82; 1,600 run: Emilee Hertweck (K) 5:43.5; 400 dash: Samantha Logan (K) 59.67; 400 relay: Mars (Erica Hans, Kristen Check, Ashley Kraus, Karli Paracca) 52.08 300 hurdles: Mani Brueckner (M) 49.08; 800 run: Lydia Dennis (M) 2:30.6; 200 dash: Ferguson (A) 26.49; 3,200 run: Emilee Hertweck (K) 12:35; 1,600 relay: Mars (Mani Brueckner, Lydia Dennis, Julie Koenig, Karli Paracca) 4:15Field EventsHigh jump: Kirk (FC) 5-0; Long jump: Jessica Wise (K) and Ashley Kraus (M) 15-5.5; Triple jump: Lydia Dennis (M) 32-4; Shot put: Luttner (FC) 33-3; Discus: Luttner (FC) 93-8; Javelin: Tori Lark (K) 89-0; Pole vault: Kirk (FC) 8-3