SV girls earn road victory

January 24, 2014 Last Updated: January 24, 2014 12:20 PM High School

Freeport goalie Matthew Huston (80) blocks a penalty shot by Serra Michael Ulisheny (8) in their PIHL hockey game at Belmont on Thursday, 1/13/14 (Dave Prelosky photo)

Big nights from Lexus Lambert and Abbie Trzeciak helped Seneca Valley's girls basketball team topple Shaler on the road in Section 3-AAA action Thursday night.

Lambert scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Trzeciak scored a game-high 20 points and also had seven rebounds for the Raiders (7-9, 5-4).

Shaler (12-4, 5-3) led 28-26 at halftime before Seneca Valley rallied in the second half.

SENECA VALLEY 57

Shaley Bream 0 0-0 0, Cristina Dunning 1 0-0 3, Meghan Hess 0 0-0 0, Katie Brown 2 0-1 4, Hannah Parey 0 2-2 2, Sarah Jones 2 1-2 5, Lexus Lambert 6 2-3 14, Melissa Carter 3 3-4 9, Abbie Trzeciak 9 1-1 20, Erin Danik 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 9-13 57.

SHALER 51

Carly Harris 2 2-2 7, Paige Quinn 5 0-0 13, Abby Conrad 4 2-2 11, Liz Kline 2 5-8 10, Andi Lydon 2 4-4 8, Emily Ondo 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 13-16 51

Seneca Valley 14 12 19 12 — 57

Shaler11 17 16 7 — 51

3-point goals: Seneca Valley 2 (Dunning, Trzeciak)

Monday: North Hills at Seneca Valley

Hickory 41, Slippery Rock 22 — The Rockets were shutout in the third quarter and struggled to find scoring in a Region 5-AAA road loss to the Hornets (15-0, 5-0).

Nicole Papley and Marissa Siebka led Slippery Rock (11-3, 5-2) in scoring with seven points.

SLIPPERY ROCK 22

Lauren Dietz 2 0-0 4, Riley McGonigle 0 0-0 0, Nicole Papley 3 0-0 7, Marissa Siebka 3 0-2 7, Sedona Campbell 1 0-0 2, Jenna Whitmer 1 0-0 2. Totals: 10 0-2 22.

HICKORY 41

Nikki Arbanas 2 4-4 10, Megan Chess 1 0-0 3, Jasmine Shephard 0 1-3 1, Brandi Beader 2 0-0 5, Nicole Lacava 3 0-2 6, Holly Grober 5 6-7 16. Totals: 13 11-16.

Slippery Rock 9 7 0 6 — 22

Hickory10 10 13 8 — 41

3-point goals: Slippery Rock 2 (Siebka, Papley); Hickory 4 (Arbanas 2, Cheff, Beader)

Monday: Franklin at Slippery Rock

Hampton 48, Knoch 16 — The Talbots (10-6, 7-1) jumped out to a 20-2 first-quarter lead and cruised to a win over the Knights (2-13, 2-7).

KNOCH 16

Savanna Steffen 2 1-4 5, MacKenzie Rodgers 3 0-0 6, Ally Riley 1 1-2 3, Madison Swihart 1 0-0 2, Abbie Thrower 0 0-0 0, Maddy Bricker 0 0-0 0. Totals: 7 2-6 16.

HAMPTON 48

Alim 2 0-0 4, Dutch 2 0-0 4, Jameson 1 0-0 3, Swain 2 0-2 4, Donogan 2 2-2 7, Stigg 1 1-2 3, Nelligan 3 0-0 6, Reese 2 7-8 11, Griggs 2 0-0 4, Bittner 0 2-4 2. Totals: 13 11-16 48.

Knoch 2 3 5 6 — 16

Hampton20 13 8 7 — 48

3-point goals: Hampton 2 (Jameson, Donogan)

Monday: Highlands at Knoch

Grove City 48, Meadville 42 — The Eagles built a 33-24 lead after three quarters and held on to beat the Bulldogs in a Region 5-AAA matchup in Meadville.

Jordyn Wyllie led Grove City (9-6, 4-3) with 12 points.

GROVE CITY 48

Hailey Hall 3 1-2 7, Danyelle Lucido 1 3-6 6, Alexis Deyarmin 2 0-0 4, Brenna Deyarmin 2 0-0 5, Jordyn Wyllie 2 8-10 12, Rachel Hughes 3 1-2 7, Arianna Sprando 1 5-6 7. Totals: 14 18-26 48.

MEADVILLE 42

Glatch 5 1-2 11, Newsome 2 2-6 7, McCoy 7 0-2 14, Smith 1 0-0 2, Schweter 3 2-4 8. Totals: 18 5-15 48.

Grove City 11 8 14 15 — 48

Meadville6 9 9 18 — 42

3-point goals: Grove City 2 (Lucido, B. Deyarmin); Meadville 1 (Newsome)

JV: Grove City 48-29 (Anna Burtch 12, Carla Cintron 10)

Monday: Grove City at Oil City

Hockey

Four players scored for Seneca Valley to help the Raiders beat State College 4-2 at Pegula Ice Arena.

After State College (6-7-1) scored 53 seconds into the second period to open the scoring, Seneca Valley (8-6) answered with a flurry.

The Raiders scored three goals in the next 3 minutes, 34 seconds to take a 3-1 lead and put the game away. Spencer Schutte, Brendan Macfarlane and Andrew Gagnon all netted goals for Seneca Valley. Peter Kipin gave the Raiders some breathing room when he scored on a power play. Raiders goalie Tanner Pfeffer made 29 saves.

Freeport 5, Serra Catholic 1 — The Yellowjackets used a five-point night from Cole Hepler to win their fourth straight game at the Belmont Ice Complex.

Hepler had two goals and three assists, helping set up Tyler Sherrieb, Connor Dlubak and Robert Reichenbaugh for goals.

Matthew Huston made 14 saves for Freeport (7-3-2).

Rifle

Hempfield 800 (57x), Butler 797 (51x) — Chloe Eagal, Raycine McCandless, Zach Fisher, Weseley Mccurdy and Connor Harvey all shot 100s in the Golden Tornado's loss to the Spartans.

Swimming

Noah Gumto hit a WPIAL qualifying time in the 500 freestyle as the Knoch swimming team swept Northgate on the road.

Gumto was a double winner, winning the 200 IM and 500 freestyle. John Wilson also picked up two wins in the 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly to help Knoch win 90-75.

On the girls side, Abby Jones (100 free and 100 breast), Rachel Wittmer (100 back and 200 free) and Brooke Zukowski (50 free and 500 free) were all double winners as the Knights won 90-75.

Knoch 90, Northgate 75

200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Abby Jones, Brooke Zukowski, Hannah Shoemaker, Rachel Wittmer), 2:03.72

200 freestyle: 1-Wittmer (K), 2:16.49

200 individual medley: 1-Shoemaker (K), 2:30.94

50 freestyle: 1-Zukowski (K), 26.54

100 butterfly: 1-Maddie Czekalski (K), 1:11.41

100 freestyle: 1-Jones (K), 58.85

500 freestyle: 1-Zukowski (K), 5:30.63

200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Czekalski, Chelsea Bover-Bauer, Shannon Simpson, Erin Daubner), 1:58.48

100 backstroke: 1-Wittmer (K), 1:14.23

100 breaststroke: 1-Jones (K), 1:16.38

400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Zukowski, Daubner, Czekalski, Jones), 4:08.69