Knoch swimmers pick up 2 victories
Lindsey Fanton won two individual events (butterfly, backstroke) and helped the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams to victories as Knoch's girls swimming and diving team picked up wins over Highlands (70-28) and Springdale (77-23) Monday evening at Butler High School.
In the boys' meet, Ben Lowery won the diving event in Knoch's 69-32 win over Springdale and 59-41 triumph against Highlands.
Both Knoch teams improved to 4-1.
Girls
Knoch 70, Highlands 28
Knoch 77, Springdale 23
200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Maya Wirtz, Brooke Zukowski, Lindsey Fanton, Abby Jones) 1:59.98
200 freestyle: 1-Bonnett (H) 1:57.58
200 individual medley: 1-Zukowski (K) 2:11.87
50 freestyle: 1-Stover (S) 27.43
1-meter diving: 1-Kristen Jerich (K) 149.25
100 butterfly: 1-Fanton (K) 1:05.78
100 freestyle: 1-Bonnett (H) 53.45
500 freestyle: 1-Wittmer (K) 6:22.25
200 freestyle relay: 1-Highlands 1:58.14
100 backstroke: 1-Fanton (K) 1:08.05
100 breaststroke: 1-Jones (K) 1:10.27
400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Zukowski, Wirtz, Fanton, Jones) 4:06.2
Boys
Knoch 59, Highlands 41
Knoch 69, Springdale 32
200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Matt Karenbauer, John Wilson, Derek Ekas, Michael Renaud) 1:47.73
200 freestyle: 1-Kondrit (S) 1:52.5
200 individual medley: 1-Wilson (K) 2:05.97
50 freestyle: 1-Kondrit (S) 23.13
1-meter diving: 1-Ben Lowery (K) 252.15
100 butterfly: 1-Hurley (S) 57.99
100 freestyle: 1-Masarik (H) 51.5
500 freestyle: 1-Noah Gumto (K) 5:41.12
200 freestyle relay: 1-Springdale 1:46.45
100 backstroke: 1-Karenbauer (K) 58.86
100 breaststroke: 1-Hurley (S) 1:03.82
400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Ekas, Renaud, Karenbauer, Wilson) 3:40.16
Girls Basketball
Mars outscored host Deer Lakes 18-3 in the fourth quarter to pull away in a 49-29 Section 1-AAA victory.
Nicole McCloud (18 points), Tai Johnson (15) and Lauren Wasylson (13) each reached double digits in points for the Planets (8-4, 4-0).
MARS 49
Bri Buzard 1 0-0 3, Lauren Wasylson 5 2-5 13, Nicole McCloud 4 9-9 18, Tai Johnson 5 4-6 15, Grace Ryan 0 0-2 0. Totals: 15 15-22 49.
DEER LAKES 29
Solomon 1 0-0 2, Burke 1 0-0 3, Philistine 2 3-4 7, Duechel 0 2-2 2, Kashur 5 1-2 13, Kopinski 0 2-4 2. Totals: 9 8-12 29.
Mars 9 13 9 18 — 49
Deer Lakes9 7 10 3 — 29
3-point goals: Mars 4 (McCloud, Johnson, Wasylson, Buzard); Deer Lakes 3 (Kashur 2, Burke).
Thursday: Knoch at Mars
Hampton 49, Knoch 29 — The Knights remained winless (0-11, 0-4) with this Section 1-AAA loss.
HAMPTON 49
Collins 7 4-5 21, Edwards 4 1-2 10, N. Dean 1 2-4 4, Murray 1 0-0 3, G. Dean 0 2-2 2, Griggs 3 1-2 9. Totals: 16 10-15 49.
KNOCH 29
Allyson Riley 1 0-0 2, Alyssa Logan 4 0-0 8, Kayla Grafton 3 0-1 6, Allie Megahan 1 0-0 2, Emily Fraser 2 0-2 4, Casey Kretzer 1 0-1 2, Carly Burdett 1 3-4 5. Totals: 13 3-8 29.
Hampton 19 12 8 10 — 49
Knoch8 7 4 10 — 29
3-point goals: Hampton 7 (Collins 3, Griggs 2, Murray, Edwards).
Thursday: Knoch at Mars
Latrobe 78, Butler 45 — The Golden Tornado (2-8) trailed 39-26 at halftime and could not recover in this non-section road loss.
BUTLER 45
Liz Kuhn 1 0-0 2, Alyssa Eyth 1 4-4 6, Melea Barlow 1 0-2 2, Jenna Kunst 3 2-5 8, Noel Pfabe 1 5-5 7, Julia Gibson 1 0-2 2, Tiana Schaffner 3 1-5 8, Kailey Olenick 2 1-2 6, Heidi Gross 1 2-4 4, Kelsee Callihan 0 0-1 0. Totals: 14 15-30 45.
LATROBE 78
Graytok 11 5-9 30, Bracale 6 3-4 15, Stein 1 1-2 3, Mears 1 0-0 2, B. Havrilla 1 2-5 4, J. Havrilla 1 0-1 2, Kolar 6 1-2 15, McCracken 2 1-3 5, Markle 1 0-0 2. Totals: 30 13-26 78.
Butler 10 16 13 6 — 45
Latrobe18 21 19 20 — 78
3-point goals: Butler 2 (Schaffner, Olenick); Latrobe 5 (Graytok 3, Kolar 2).
Thursday: Butler at Oakland Catholic
Pine-Richland 47, Seneca Valley 37 — Brooke Lyczek's 12 points paced the Raiders (9-3, 2-2) in a Section 3-AAAA loss to the host Rams.
SENECA VALLEY 37
Michaela Lamont 1 0-0 2, Carolyn Palaski 1 0-0 2, Brooke Lyczek 5 0-0 12, McKenna Gross 2 0-0 4, Paige Montrose 2 2-2 7, Lexus Lambert 1 0-0 2, Erin Danik 2 4-6 8. Totals: 14 6-8 37.
PINE-RICHLAND 47
Stats not available.
Seneca Valley 16 5 9 7 — 37
Pine-Richland21 8 11 7 — 47
3-point goals: Seneca Valley 3 (Lyczek 2, Montrose).
Thursday: North Allegheny at Seneca Valley
Shady Side Academy 44, Freeport 40 — The Yellowjackets (2-9, 0-5) received 18 points from Zoe Soilis and 11 more from Jenna Manke.
Grove City 45, Sharpsville 32 — Hannah Santom scored 14 points to key this win for the Eagles.
GROVE CITY 45
Carli Cook 1 0-0 2, Abby Fulkerson 4 3-3 12, Carla Cintron 0 2-2 2, Alexis Deyarmin 4 4-5 13, Macguire Gubba 1 0-0 2, Hannah Santom 5 3-4 14. Totals: 15 12-14 45.
SHARPSVILLE 32
Sloan 1 1-3 4, Davies 5 0-0 14, Shuttleworth 3 0-2 7, Schall 2 2-4 6, Kratko 0 1-4 1. Totals: 11 4-13 32.
Grove City 4 14 16 11 — 45
Sharpsville6 6 6 14 — 32
3-point goals: Grove City 3 (Fulkerson, Deyarmin, Santom); Sharpsville 6 (Davies 4, Shuttleworth, Sloan).
Boys Basketball
Karns City was held to a combined 11 points in the first and third periods in a 39-35 KSAC-South Division loss at Keystone.
The Gremlins dropped to 3-4 with the defeat.
KARNS CITY 35
Noah Pollock 3 0-0 8, Holden Martin 2 0-0 4, Ben Ealy 3 0-0 6, Ian McElroy 2 1-1 5, Reese Barger 2 0-0 4, Chandler Turner 2 4-8 8. Totals: 14 5-9 35.
KEYSTONE 39
Ion 5 5-9 17, Rearick 3 0-2 7, Wilson 1 2-5 4, Jones 2 0-2 4, Rapp 1 4-6 7, Shick 0 0-2 0. Totals: 12 11-26 39.
Karns City 4 12 7 12 — 35
Keystone9 12 5 13 — 39
3-point goals: Karns City 2 (Pollock 2); Keystone 4 (Ion 2, Rearick, Rapp).
Today: Karns City at North Clarion
Hockey
Owen Vasbinder's hat trick lifted Mars to a 4-1 win over Hampton at the Baierl Ice Complex.
Vasbinder staked the Planets (11-3) to an early 2-0 lead with a pair of goals in the first period.
He and teammate Keaton Hanna both scored in the second period.
Ian Newman, Tyler Grau and Beau Heakins each contributed an assist to the victory while Tyler Spreng stopped 16 of 17 Talbot shots in net.
