Punctuating Perfection
Seneca Valley's 392 advanced the Raider golf team from Tuesday's WPIAL Class AAA team semifinal at The Links at Spring Church.
Todd Hangliter and Ryan Bartos led the way by both shooting a 75. Nolan Nicklas (78), Trevor Botta (81) and Jimmy Stoltenberg (83) also contributed to the final score.
The Raiders joined Fox Chapel (385) and Peters Township (399) as the three teams to move on to the district final Thursday at Cedarbrook Golf Course.
In the WPIAL Class AA semifinal, North Catholic topped the field with a 425 at River Forest Country Club, advancing them to the WPIAL's final round at Cedarbrook.
The Trojans defeated runner-up Quaker Valley by 12 strokes. Derry finished third. All three teams advance to the team finals Thursday at Cedarbrook Golf Club.
Madie Smithco paced North Catholic with a 75. Brendan Haggerty had an 83, Andrew Parker II an 84, Ryan Feczko an 89 and Joey Primyon a 94.
Freeport finished 10th. Jack Mason led the Yellowjackets with a 91.
Tyler Brazer and Ben Francis both scored in the second half in Seneca Valley's 2-0 section victory over host Allderdice.The win clinches the Section 1-4A championship for the Raiders (12-2-1, 11-1-1) for the second straight year.Luke Rupert assisted on Francis' goal and Adam Davies had two saves in the shutout.Slippery Rock 8, Franklin 0 — Cullen Birkes, Kaleb Kuhn and Ian Balquist all found the net twice in the Rockets' romp over the visiting Knights.Johnathan Thompson and Nick Kingerski also scored for Slippery Rock (12-3, 8-0).Karns City 10, Kane 1 — Nate Rondinelli scored four goals and also had three assists to lead the Gremlins to this win.Dakota King scored three times and Brayden Christie, Owen Collwell and Chase Beighley also scored for Karns City.Mars 2, Hampton 1 — Dane Beller scored his second goal of the game with three minutes left in the second overtime for the Planets. Austin Rocke and Tyler Nymberg assisted on his tallies.Mitchell Shultz was the winning goalkeeper. Mars (13-1-1, 12-0-1) hosts Knoch at 7 p.m. Thursday.Freeport 5, Valley 0 — Hunter Hardin had two goals and an assist for the Yellowjackets (10-5-2, 8-3-2). Addison Stewart and Dan Lynch added a goal and two assists each.Isaac Wetzel also scored for Freeport.
Skylar Burkett had 16 kills and Kennedy Christy 14 to lead unbeaten Knoch to a 3-0 victory over Mars Tuesday night.Scores of the match were 25-22, 25-10, 25-23.Ally Albert added 13 service points for the Knights (14-0, 11-0), who travel to Ambridge Thursday.Knoch 3, Plum 1 — Kenzie Kerkan had 19 service points and 25 digs to help the Knights to a 25-14, 25-20, 26-28, 25-20 win late Monday night.Kennedy Christy added 20 kills and Skylar Burkett added 11 kills for the Knights (13-0).Moniteau 3, Clarion-Limestone 0 — Emily Zang had three aces and six digs as the Warriors won by scores of 25-16, 25-15, 25-9.Aslyn Pry had seven kills and a block, Logan Barnhart an ace and 16 assists, Abby Regal an ace and four kills.Redbank Valley 3, Karns City 0 — Cassidy Nolan had nine kills and Ashley Fox added 22 digs in the Gremlins' 25-14, 25-17, 25-16 loss.Mackenzie Dunn pitched in 18 digs for Karns City.Meadville 3, Slippery Rock 0 — Lexis Prementine and Taylor Balint each had 19 digs, but the Rockets fell 25-17, 25-12, 26-24.Virginia Recchia added 19 assists for the Rockets and Tiffany Madison nine kills.North Allegheny 3, Butler 0 — Ava Carney had 13 kills and eight digs and Taylor Welter added eight kills, but the Golden Tornado fell to the two-time defending state champion Tigers 25-14, 25-19, 25-19.Megan Penrod added 11 digs for Butler, who host Latrobe Wednesday night.Freeport 3, East Allegheny 0 — The Yellowjackets (10-0, 9-0) dominated this section meeting, winning by scores of 25-3, 25-6 and 25-10.Isabella Russo dropped 11 kills and Lauren Lampus had eight kills and seven service points in the win.Gianna Dreher contributed five kills and 14 service points and Mackensey Jack six kills and 18 service points for the 'Jackets, who host District 10's Sharpsville on Wednesday.A-C Valley 3, Keystone 2 — Mia Sherman had nine kills and four big blocks to help the Falcons win this marathon match, 27-25, 22-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-9.Meah Ielase added 12 points, 26 digs and 10 kills, Andrea Meals 10 kills and five blocks and Tarra Stefanacci pitched in 20 digs and 16 assists for A-C Valley (11-1).Emily Wetzel also had a strong match with 13 points, 24 digs and 18 assists.
Troy Gilliland and Brody Simko both tallied two goals and three assists for Butler, but the Golden Tornado dropped a 6-5 decision to Upper St. Clair.Ben Thrash added a goal and two assists. Bryce Rearick made 30 saves in goal.Butler hosts Peters Township at 7:10 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Frozen Pond.
Slippery Rock's boys defeated Commodore Perry 22-37 and Sharon 15-50 while the Rocket girls defeated Commodore Perry 15-50, but fell 23-32 to Sharon.Kristian Sosa won the overall boys race for the Rockets in 28 minutes, 22 seconds.Boys Top 5: Kristian Sosa (SR) 18:22, Kenneth Bickel (SR) 19:09, 3-Gage Mussel (CP) 19:31, 4-Clark Schwarz (SR) 20:12, 5-Carson Crop (CP) 20:19Girls Top 5: Gianna Labbiento (S) 20:45, 2-Abby Douglas (S) 20:49, 3-Natalie Osteheimer (S) 20:50, Harley Pflugh (SR) 23:28, 5-Marie Bickel (SR) 23:37Karns City fell to Cranberry, the boys losing 15-50, the girls by a 17-42 count.Boys Top 5: 1-Matthew Woolcack (C) 17:31, 2-Daniel Fisher (C) 17:49, 3-Joey Fox (C) 18:09, 4-Christiasn Miller (C) 18:12, 5-Logan Johnson (C), 12-Eli Evans (KC) 19:58Girls Top 5: 1-Kalynne Ziegler (C) 21:53, 2-Ashlyn Shutz (C) 22:24, 3-Ellabay Perry (C) 22:40, 4-Chelsea McKissick (C) 24:25, 5-sara Weiland (KC) 25:09
