Knoch rolls along
Brandon Vargo tallied a pair of goals to lead Knoch's boys soccer team to a 5-0 win at Kittanning on Wednesday.
Also scoring for the Knights (7-3-3, 5-1-1) were Ben Andrews, Jonmichael Lambert and Bob Larrimer.
Brett Miner earned the shutout in net.
Deer Lakes 2, Mars 1 — No other details were available from this Section 2-AA loss for the Planets (7-4, 4-3).
Natalie Grice had 24 assists and five digs to pace Mars to a 3-0 win over Deer Lakes.Maggie McKernan added 15 digs, Elise Sheehy nine kills, Hannah Both seven kills and Maria Nicassio five kills.The Planets (6-2, 5-1) won by scores of 25-16, 25-22 and 25-16.
Mars improved its record to 10-0-2 overall and 9-0 in section play with a 7-0 road victory over Freeport (6-5, 5-3).Karns City 3, DuBois 2 — Emily LoPresti notched two goals and Emily Schumacher added another to lift the Gremlins to victory.Morgan Deal recorded 12 saves for Karns City (11-0).Slippery Rock 6, Meadville 0 — Jenny Dudek tallied three goals and one assist, Molly Joyce added two goals and three assists in this win for the Rockets.Lilly Weitzel also scored, while Abby Magliocca and goalkeeper Hannah Willison each recorded one assist. Willison made three saves to secure the shutout for the Rockets (5-4, 5-1), who go to Hickory Tuesday.Knoch 2, Burrell 0 — Lexie Galbreath totaled five saves to grab the shutout for the Knights (8-3, 6-2).Olivia Sharbaugh and Kaelyn Oskin scored for Knoch and Sami Bartek had an assist.
Despite a 37 from Nic Leone and a 38 from Tommy Dimun, Butler fell to Central Catholic, 191-201 at Butler Country Club.Central Catholic (191): Daniel Smith 37, Nick Cuny 37, Brent Rodgers 38, Jesse Yeckel 39, Matt Del Rosso 40Butler (201): Nic Leone 37, Tommy Dimun 38, Gabe Baroffio 41, Jake Campbell 42, Luke Tomasovic 43Moniteau 242, Karns City 244 — Michael Riley shot a 40 for Karns City to win medalist honors, but Moniteau edged the Gremlins by two strokes in this KSAC clash at St. Jude.Britton Simmons and Nathan Hoshak each shot a 43 to pace Moniteau.Moniteau (242): Britton Simmons 43, Nathan Hoshak 43, Trevor Hogue 49, Marcus Fry 53, Mark Kimmel 54Karns City (244): Michael Riley 40, Nathan Weckerly 43, Matt Yough 47, Holden Martin 56, Brad Bowser 58Seneca Valley 204, Knoch 219 — Ross Bondo paced the Raiders (7-5) with a 38 at Cranberry Highlands.Seneca Valley (204): Ross Bondo 38, Tyler Leake 40, Ryan Senka 41, Andy Smathers 41, Garrett Schlick 44Knoch (219): Christian Evanchec 42, Logan Hickey 42, Ben Thoma 43, Chris Kier 44, Devin Campbell 48
Alex Steigner, Courtney Wahlstrom and Meg McNulty each shot a 47 to lead Seneca Valley to a 194-240 win over Shaler.Seneca Valley (194): Alex Steigner 47, Courtney Walstrom 47, Meg McNulty 47, Jess Howard 53Shaler (240): Megan Little 48, Bridgett Stack 49, Samantha LaVerde 64, Christina Chirdon 79
Butler's boys tallied wins over Knoch (27-28) and Hampton (26-31) in this tri-meet on Tuesday.Knoch also defeated Hampton by a 27-28 count.In the girls' competition, Knoch beat Butler 22-36, but fell to Hampton 25-31.The Golden Tornado also suffered a defeat to the Talbots, 19-40.Top 10 Boys1-Sloan (H), 2-Grumski (K), 3-Fullerton (B), 4-Crist (H), 5-Carlsson (K), 6-Short (B), 7-Boyd (B), 8-Ejzak (K), 9-Blum (B), 10-Brewer (K)Top 10 Girls1-Alm (H), 2-Moxie (K), 3-Scherer (H), 4-Williams (H), 5-Callihan (B), 6-Carlsson (K), 7-Brydon (B), 8-Bauman (H), 9-Butler (K), 10-Jones (K)
Butler's top doubles team of Zoe McCafferty and Gretchen Wilson defeated Knoch's Molly Conlon and Alice Gordon 10-2 at the WPIAL Section 2 doubles tournament before losing to North Allegheny's Tristyn Maalouf and Tina Li 10-2.The Golden Tornado's No. 2 team of Emma Brestensky and Olivia Girdano lost to Seneca Valley's Jane Vandrak and Allie Head 10-5.
