SR's France nabs 1st place

January 23, 2012 Last Updated: January 23, 2012 01:51 PM High School

Slippery Rock High junior swimmer Zack France posted a first-place time of 5 minutes, 16.22 seconds in the boys 500-yard freestyle at the Iroquois Invitational Saturday in Erie.

France's effort was over 14 seconds better than second-place finisher Mike O'Polka of Franklin.

The Rockets placed fourth out of 12 teams.

Following are the Slippery Rock and Grove City swimmers who placed in the top six.

200 medley relay: 4-Slippery Rock 1:50.94

200 freestyle: 6-Zack France (SR) 1:58.83

200 individual medley: 4-Eric Schmidt (GC) 2:12.24

50 freestyle: 3-Matyi Kovacs (SR) 23.14

100 butterfly: 5-Matyi Kovacs (SR) 58.16

500 freestyle: 1-Zack France (SR) 5:16.22

200 freestyle relay: 3-Slippery Rock 1:37.97

100 backstroke: 6-Brandon Bridges (SR) 1:00.91

400 freestyle relay: 4-Grove City 3:45.24

Grove City drained 11 3-pointers, including five by junior guard Matt Thrasher, as the Eagles outscored visiting Oil City 72-64.Thrasher and Foster Reznor paced Grove City with 19 points apiece.OIL CITY 64Williams 1 0-0 2, Way 7 1-2 15, Davis 8 3-4 20, Zimoski 11 1-2 23, Yarnell 2 0-0 4. Totals: 29 5-8 64.GROVE CITY 72Alec Goodwin 7 3-5 17, Donte Robinson 1 0-0 2, Torin Smith 2 5-9 11, Alex Hall 2 0-0 4, Matt Thrasher 7 0-1 19, Foster Reznor 6 3-3 19. Totals: 25 11-18 72.Oil City 20 10 20 14—64Grove City 23 13 22 14—723-point goals: Oil City 1 (Davis); Grove City 11 (Thrasher 5, Reznor 4, Smith 2).Seneca Valley 75, Allderdice 59 — Matt Smith and Easton Bazzoli both scored 13 points in leading the Raiders (10-6) to this win at Robert Morris University.SENECA VALLEY 75Matt Smith 6 1-1 13, Easton Bazzoli 5 3-8 13, Chad Albert 4 0-0 8, Eric Woods 1 0-0 2, Alex Maxfield 3 2-2 8, Ryan McCauley 4 2-3 10, Austin Bream 4 2-3 11, Alex Snyder 4 2-2 10, Matt Darby 0 0-0 0, Zach Spangler 0 0-0 0, Dan Cashdollar 0 0-0 0, T.J. Holl 0 0-0 0. Totals: 31 12-19 75.ALLDERDICE 59Dobbs 8 0-3 21, Mickens 9 7-8 25, Bell 0 2-2 2, Hardrick 2 3-4 7, Moultrie 1 0-0 2, Owens 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 12-17 59.Seneca Valley 19 17 20 19—75Allderdice 13 14 18 14—593-point goals: Seneca Valley 1 (Bream); Allderdice 5 (Dobbs 5).Wednesday: Oliver at Seneca Valley

Seneca Valley participated in the Burgettstown Invitational Friday and Saturday and placed second out of 20 teams.The Raiders were led by freshman Austin Leon's second-place finish at 132 pounds.Following are the Raiders' place winners from the event.106: Nick Zoria (5th), 113: Anthony Latess (3rd), 120: Zane Skalos (3rd), 126: Brennen O'Shea (4th), 132: Austin Leon (2nd), 138: Tyler Schillero (6th), 152: Stephen Rudolph (5th), 160: Jake Eaton (5th), 195: Christian Long (6th), 285: Clayton Hoover (6th)