Rotz whiffs 13 in Mars victory

March 30, 2012 Last Updated: March 30, 2012 02:10 PM High School

Taylor Rotz struck out 13 batters and also added a single, double and three RBI as the Mars softball team edged Central Valley 5-4 on Thursday.

Suzanne Papik, Erin Hershman, Kasey Jones and Taylor Leslie also singled and doubled for the Planets.

Elsewhere:

• Alexa Sisko homered and Julia Vandrak had three hits and two RBI as Seneca Valley rolled to a 10-0, five-inning win over Oakland Catholic.

Central Valley 200 000 2 — 4 6 3Mars 202 001 x — 5 10 5W: Taylor Rotz 7IP (13K, 2BB).

L: Koshinski 6IP (5K, 0BB).

Central Valley: Brooke Callaghan 3B 1B

Mars (1-2): Suzanne Papik 1B 2B 3-R, Erin Hershman 1B 2B, Rotz 1B 2B 3-RBI, Kasey Jones 1B 2B RBI, Taylor Leslie 1B 2B

Today: Mars at Avonworth

Seneca Valley 424 00x x — 10 12 0Oakland Cath. 000 00x x — 0 2 2W: Emily Watson 3IP (4K, 0BB).

L: Bauer 5IP (3K, 0BB).

Seneca Valley (4-0): Julia Vandrak 3-1B 2-RBI 2-R, Megan Buletko 2-1B RBI, Alexa Sisko HR 2-RBI 2-R

Today: Seneca Valley at Ambridge

The Knoch girls 3,200-meter relay team of Emilee Hertweck, Ashlyn Carlsson, Sam Logan and Tess Haverstick broke the school record with a time of 9:57.34 in an 82-68 loss to Hampton Thursday.The previous record came back in 1982, when the team of Anita Merbach, Linda Kelley, Laurie Zendron and Kim McDonald were clocked at 10:01.3.Hertweck also won the 800 and Logan the 200 and 400, but the Talbots captured six of the seven field events en route to the win.On the boys side, James Larrimer, Andrew Rumburg-Goodlin, Phil Kletzli and Andy Tuzikow led a balanced attack with two individual wins apiece in the Knights' 82-68 section triumph.Knoch (boys 2-0, girls 1-1) will host Avonworth-Northgate and Mars on Tuesday.BoysKnoch 82, Hampton 68Track Events3,200-meter relay: Knoch (Luke Brewer, Phil Kletzli, Stefan Carlsson, Alex Cetnar) 8:49; 110 hurdles: James Larrimer (K) 17.05; 100 dash: Andrew Rumburg-Goodlin (K) 11.15; 1,600 run: Shields (H) 4:39; 400 dash: Phil Kletzli (K) 52.83; 400 relay: Hampton 44.9; 300-meter hurdles: James Larrimer (K) 45.93; 800-meter run: Phil Kletzli (K) 2:05; 200-meter dash: Andrew Rumburg-Goodlin (K) 23.21; 3,200-meter run: Sloan (H) 10:16; 1,600-meter relay: Knoch (Alex Campbell, Phil Kletzli, Stefan Carlsson, Luke McCullough) 3:45.3Field EventsHigh jump: J. Adams (H) 6-5; Long jump: Alex Campbell (K) 19-1.25; Triple jump: Smithco (H) 40-8.5; Shot put: Andy Tuzikow (K) 44-9; Discus: Andy Tuzikow (K) 140-1; Javelin: Stafani (H) 119-4; Pole vault: Carl Shaw (H) 10-0GirlsHampton 82, Knoch 68Track Events3,200-meter relay: Knoch (Emilee Hertweck, Ashlyn Carlsson, Sam Logan, Tess Haverstick) 9:57.34; 100 hurdles: Spencer (H) 15.83; 100 dash: Gabby Lassinger (K) 13.34; 1,600 run: Alm (H) 5:24; 400 dash: Sam Logan (K) 59.93; 400 relay: Knoch 55.52; 300 hurdles: Spencer (H) 45.58; 800 run: Emilee Hertweck (K) 2;34; 200 dash: Sam Logan (K) 26.66; 3,200 run: Alm (H) 11:37; 1,600 relay: Hampton 4:10.8Field EventsHigh jump: Goodman (H) 4-10; Long jump: Taylor (H) 15-1.5; Triple jump: Taylor (H) 30-9.25; Shot put: Maranda Tano (K) 29-10; Discus: Smith (H) 102-7; Javelin: Hampton 73-0; Pole vault: Zoe (H) 10-0

• Sean White had a triple, but Slippery Rock could not hang on to a 5-3 lead in the seventh inning on the way to a 7-5 loss to Sharon in the Rockets' season opener.• Brian Murone and Gavin Herald had three hits apiece while Matt Gordon added two hits and three RBI and Tyler Devine added two hits to power Grove City to a 5-4 triumph over Fort LeBoeuf.Grove City 300 011 0 — 5 12 3Fort LeBoeuf 000 030 1 — 4 5 4W: Ryan Grace 6 IP (3K, 2BB). L: Yost 7IP (1K, 0BB).Grove City (1-1): Brian Murone 3-1B; Tyler Devine 2-1B, 2R; Matt Gordon 2-1B, 3 RBI; Gavin Herald 3-1BFort LeBoeuf: Lockhart 3B, 3 RBI; Bastow 2B; Domkowski 2BMonday: Grove City at Hickory

Seneca Valley 7, Mt. Lebanon 6 — Natalie Roche and Maddie Koontz had two goals apiece to lead the Raiders.Morgan Midkiff, Kelly Cundiff and Audrey Semel also scored for Seneca Valley (3-0), which plays at Pine-Richland Tuesday.

Butler 3, Shaler 0 — Xavier Krause had 18 kills and Josh Kaufman 16 passes to lead the Tornado to the section win.Steve Stauffer and Cole Chamberlain had 12 assists apiece for Butler (2-0, 2-0), which plays at North Allegheny on Wednesday.The junior varsity team also won, 2-1.

Butler 22, Indiana 9 — The Golden Tornado (1-1, 1-0) won this road game Wednesday night as Cody Bachman had eight goals and three assists, Tanner Kotch five goals and two assists. Chandler Harvey added two goals and an assist, Cory Hilliard a goal and three assists.Butler’s JV posted a 16-7 win. Jake Harrison had four goals and two assists, Jamison Smith five goals and three assists, Clay Bachman three goals and six assists.The Tornado travel to North Allegheny tonight.