Rockets launch past Big Reds
Mike Stutz had three goals and Mark Cessar, Jacob Prelec and Joe Gioia had one goal apiece as the Slippery Rock boys soccer team blanked West Middlesex 6-0 on Tuesday.
Gioia and Prelec combined for the shutout in net for the Rockets (3-0), who host Wilmington Thursday.
Seneca Valley 3, Penn-Trafford 0 — Kyle Findlay tallied two goals and Andreas Fatschel one goal to lead the Raiders to the non-section win.Brian Pudlo earned the shutout in goal for Seneca Valley (2-1), which plays at Mt. Lebanon Thursday.
Knoch 2, Kittanning 0 — James Conklin scored both goals for the Knights (2-0, 1-0), while Ben Andrews and Josh Burd both contributed an assist.Andy Fritz earned the shutout in net.
<B>Karns City 3, Neshannock 0 — </B>Breanne Wood scored a goal and also added an assist in the Gremlins' season opener.Karen McCue and Emily Olszak also scored for the Gremlins, who received assists from Caterina LoPresti and Alyssa King.Girls Volleyball<B>Moniteau 3, Clarion-Limestone 2 —</B> Mariah Clark tallied 10 kills and seven blocks and Katie Brehm eight kills and six blocks to lead the Warriors to this come-from-behind, season-opening win, which came by scores of 21-25, 19-25, 25-17, 25-23 and 15-8.<B>Mars 3, Hampton 0 —</B> For the Planets, Abby Matusik had 10 kills and both Maura Randolph and Jaden Zimmer tallied eight kills. Lara Caraway added 18 digs.<B>Freeport 3, Burrell 0 —</B> Ashley Sample had 14 kills and seven service points and Lauren Frazetta 24 service points, seven kills and six blocks to power the Yellowjackets to a 25-11, 25-7, 25-19 victory.Megan Sweeney added 10 points and seven kills, Lynsey Gugino 10 points and 32 assists and Taylor Schrecengost five kills.Freeport (1-0) will host Ford City Thursday.
<B>Mars 200, Highlands 247 —</B> Alex Locher fired a 38 and Josh Bartley a 39 to pace the Planets (5-2) at Rittswood Golf Course.<B>Highlands (247):</B> Tyler Negley 44, Zach Scott 48, Tyler Szymkiewicz 50, Nick DeCroo 52, John Crisafio 53<B>Mars (200):</B> Alex Locher 38, Josh Bartley 39, Ben Mullins 40, Nick Hardt 41, Scott Welsh 42<B>A-C Valley 175, Redbank Valley 229</B> — Landon DeLisio and Ryan Bartley each shot a 41 to lead the Falcons (3-1) to this conference win.<B>A-C Valley (175):</B> Landon DeLisio 41, Ryan Bartley 41, Brody Irwin 45, Justice Seeker 48<B>Redbank Valley (229):</B> Samantha Dinger 43, Josh Shick 71, Vinny Montanari 49, Blaze Hildebrand 66<B>Seneca Valley 214, Shaler 236 — </B>Blake Miller and Mike Trotta's 41s earned medalist honors in the Raiders' section triumph at Cranberry Highlands.Seneca Valley (3-2) will travel to face North Hills Tuesday at Highland Golf Course.<B>Shaler (236):</B> Alex Banfield 42, Ben Colosimo 46, Brian Chisenhirt 48, Vic Krizmanich 49, Aaron Acierno 51<B>Seneca Valley (214):</B> Blake Miller 41, Mike Trotta 41, Cole Bondo 44, Gavin Evans 44, Charlie Schade 44<B>Karns City 220, Cranberry 244</B> — Tucker Preston fired a 40 for the Gremlins (3-1).<B>Karns City (220): </B>Tucker Preston 40, Trevor Beham 49, Tanner Kerschbaumer 42, Kaden Young 46, Mile Riley 53<B>Cranberry (244):</B> Decklan Burkhart 48, Mike Switzer 45, Ty Rex 44, Kyle Hannah 51, Cameron Hoover 56<B>Clarion 241, Moniteau 274 — </B>The Warriors dropped this KSAC match at Clarion Oaks.<B>Moniteau (274):</B> Matt Marterella 49, Jared Say 51, John Cravenor 54, Chris Gibson 58, Aleisha Fowler 62<B>Clarion (241):</B> Jon Kenneson 47, Tanner Steiner 48, Thomas Sarvey 48, Derek Lauer 48, Lucas Ray 50<B>District 10, Region 2</B>Slippery Rock defended its home course (Oakview), led by Brett Rinker's 73.<B>Team Results:</B> <B>1st-Slippery Rock (313): Brett Rinker 73, Alex Sparn 76, Bob Paczkowski 78, Alec Nebel 86</B>; 2nd-Hickory (324); 3rd-West Middlesex (343); 4th-Wilmington (348); 5th-Sharon (352); <B>6th-Grove City (356): Matt Gordon 87, Colin Lawson 87, Ben Lucas 90, Dylan Osborne 92</B>
Ryan Thompson and Jessica Bennett each finished first in the boys and girls races as Slippery Rock swept Wilmington 17-30 (boys) and 29-37 (girls).<B>Boys Top 10</B>1-Ryan Thompson (SR) 18:10, 2-Jason Hanna (SR) 18:14, 3-Alex Flecker (SR) 19:39, 4-Caleb Bickle (SR) 19:45, 5-Zach Paden (W) 21:22, 6-Joe Bagwell (W) 21:27, 7-Aaron Eilenfeldt (SR) 22:27, 8-Dylan Parson (SR) 22:29, 9-Ryan Davis (W) 23:26, 10-Dan Rhoads (W) 24:10<B>Girls Top 10</B>1-Jessica Bennett (SR) 21:41, 2-Kate Robb (W) 22:08, 3-Rikki Brumbaugh (W) 23:20, 4-Hannah Winters (W) 25:03, 5-Becca Novak (SR) 25:34, 6-Tiffany Fox (SR) 26:51, 7-Lauren Dietz (SR) 23:05, 8-Ashley Miller (W) 28:23, 9-Mikalyn Duffy (W) 28:54, 10-Becky Masterson (SR) 28:57From staff reports<B><I></B></I>
