SV's Watson hurls no-hitter as Raiders claim 4-0 victory

From staff reports

March 28, 2012 Last Updated: March 28, 2012 01:36 PM High School

Emily Watson tossed a no-hitter with seven strikeouts and no walks while Alexa Sisko backed her with a double, triple, an RBI and two runs scored as Seneca Valley blanked Blackhawk 4-0 in softball action Tuesday.

Alyssa Panza added a triple for the Raiders.

Elsewhere:

• Mars plated three runs in the sixth inning and one in the seventh, but fell just short in a 6-5 loss to Pine-Richland. Erin Hershman had a double, triple and two walks to lead the Planets.

• Karns City could only muster five singles in a 14-4, five-inning loss at Ford City.

• Emily McDonald pitched well for Butler, but the Golden Tornado fell to Fox Chapel, 4-3.

Erin Pennington had a double, single and an RBI for Butler (0-2).

Blackhawk 000 000 0 — 0 0 0Seneca Valley 210 001 x — 4 10 2W: Emily Watson 7 IP (7K, 0BB).

L: B. Shaffer 4 IP (1K, 2BB).

Seneca Valley (3-0): Alexa Sisko 2B, 3B, RBI, 2R; Alyssa Panza 3B

Thursday: Seneca Valley at Oakland Catholic

Pine-Richland 040 020 0 — 6 10 1Mars 000 103 1 — 5 5 2W: H. Morgan 7 IP (8K, 4BB).

L: Taylor Rotz 7 IP (3K, 2BB).

Pine-Richland: M. Kelly 3B; A. Clark 3B

Mars (0-2): Erin Herschman 2B, 3B, 2BB; Suzanne Papik 1B; Taylor Rotz 2-1B

Thursday: Central Valley at Mars

Karns City 010 03x x — 4 5 1Ford City 003 8xx x — 14 9 1W: Markilinski 5IP (4K, 3BB).

L: Lauren Downs 4.1IP (0K, 9BB).

Karns City (0-1): Kara Kerschbaumer 1B, Morgan Deal 1B, Lauren Downs 1B, Jensen Bachman 1B, Alex Boyle 1B

Ford City: McAfoose 2-2B 1B

Monday: Punxsutawney at Karns City

Butler 100 020 x — 3 9 1Fox Chapel 102 100 x — 4 7 4W: Colcoran 7IP (1K, 2BB).

L: Emily McDonald 6IP (1K, 0BB).

Butler (0-2): McDonald 2-1B, Erin Pennington 2B 1B RBI

Fox Chapel: Moran HR 1B

Thursday: North Hills at Butler

Seneca Valley 10, Fox Chapel 7 — Morgan Midkiff and Audrey Semel tallied three goals apiece to lead the Raiders.Kelly Cundiff added two goals and Natalie Roche and Kaile Soller one apiece for Seneca Valley (2-0), which plays at Mt. Lebanon Thursday.

Seneca Valley 111, Shaler 37 (boys); Shaler 86, Seneca Valley 54 (girls) — Forrest Barnes won the 100 and 200 as the Raiders' boys cruised to a win.On the girls side, Jamie Rutkowski captured the javelin for Seneca Valley in a loss.Mars 85, Blackhawk 65 (boys) — The Planets won their season opener thanks to a pair of wins by Scott Slaney.BoysSeneca Valley 111, Shaler 37Track Events3,200-meter relay: Seneca Valley 8:53; 110 hurdles: King (SV) 17.76; 100 dash: Barnes (SV) 11.42; 1,600 run: Mauser (SV) 4:41; 400 dash: DeAugustino (SV) 56.91; 400 relay: Shaler 46.28; 300-meter hurdles: Schroeder (SV); 800-meter run: Philogene (SV) 2:15; 200-meter dash: Barnes (SV) 24.56; 3,200-meter run: Wakely (S) 10:31; 1,600-meter relay: Seneca Valley 3:47;Field EventsHigh jump: Kocur (SV) 5-8; Long jump: Long (SV) 18-4; Triple jump: Holl (SV) 39-7; Shot put: Ketterer (SV) 40-2.5; Discus: Ketterer (SV) 116-2; Javelin: Muto (SV) 154-4; Pole vault: Cashdollar (SV)GirlsShaler 86, Seneca Valley 54Track Events3,200-meter relay: Shaler (no time); 100 hurdles: Cook (S) 13.17; 100 dash: Love (SV) 13.17; 1,600 run: Schwartz (S) 5:28; 400 dash: Conran (S) 1:02; 400 relay: Shaler 52.33; 300 hurdles: Quinlan (S) 49.44; 800 run: Schwartz (S) 2:29; 200 dash: Love (SV) 27.95; 3,200 run: Carter (S) 11:52; 1,600 relay: Seneca Valley 4:26Field EventsHigh jump: Farrell (S) 4-10; Long jump: Farrell (S) 15-7.5; Triple jump: Farell (S) 32-11; Shot put: Yale (SV) 29-4; Discus: Boody (S) 100-8.5; Javelin: Rutkowski (SV) 116-11; Pole vault: Funtal (S)BoysMars 85, Blackhawk 65Track Events3,200-meter relay: Blackhawk 9:01; 110 hurdles: Ori Rinaman (M) 16.4; 100 dash: Proya (B) 12.0; 1,600 run: Scott Slaney (M) 4:41; 400 dash: Ryan Winner (M) 57.2; 400 relay: Blackhawk 47.6; 300-meter hurdles: Mancini (B) 44.3; 800-meter run: Mitch Comport (M) 2:19; 200-meter dash: Proya (B) 24.3; 3,200-meter run: Slaney (M) 10:32; 1,600-meter relay: Mars (Winner, Comport, Matt Bean, Steve Crawford) 3:54;Field EventsHigh jump: Desmond (B) 5-10; Long jump: Desmond (B) 20-9; Triple jump: Brandon Marchese (M) 39-2; Shot put: Shansky (B) 44-9; Discus: Graham (B) 108-4; Javelin: Nathan Bean (M) 145-3; Pole vault: Alec Battin (M) 11-6

Butler 8, Knoch 0 — T.J. Rice had two hits and two RBI and Jake Stoner and Ryan Denny a double and RBI apiece in this Tornado win.Garett Goslaw added a pair of hits and Ryan Vero a double.Vero and Nick Reamer scattered five hits in combining for the shutout.