Dominant Run: SR cross country team cruises; Mars girls soccer routs Montour
Slippery Rock's boys cross country team earned the top five places, led by Kenneth Bickel's pace of 20 minutes and 16 seconds, as the host Rockets defeated Sharon 15-50 Thursday afternoon.
Marie Bickel had Slippery Rock's best effort in the girls meet, placing fourth in a 29-30 loss to the Tigers.
Girls Top 51-Gianna Labbiento (SH) 22:13, 2-Natalie Ostenheimer (SH) 22:28, 3-Abby Douglas (SH) 23:01, 4-Marie Bickel (SR) 24:20, 5-Samantha Frazier (SR) 24:30
Boys Top 51-Kenneth Bickel (SR) 20:16, 2-Leshan Chen (SR) 21:37, 3-Jesse Miller (SR) 21:50, 4-Zane McCleland (SR) 21:50, 5-Jack Spence (SR) 21:52
Jacob Felsing of Moniteau continued his strong season at Thursday's KSAC Mega Match, shooting a 39 to place second individually at Clarion Oaks Country Club.Only Clarion-Limestone's Hayden Siegel had a lower score with a 34.As a team, Moniteau's 242 strokes placed the Warriors third out of eight teams.C-L won with 220 strokes.Chason Rugg added a 47 for Moniteau.Evie Bliss and Max Southworth both shot a 51 for A-C Valley/Union.Karns City's Alex Olczak carded a 52.<b>Butler 211, Knoch 252 —</b> Ryan Porch managed a 40 for the Golden Tornado at Butler Country Club.Cory Voltz paced Knoch (2-7) with a 42.Knoch (252): Cory Voltz 42, Ryan Barnes 51, Mitch Davies 51, Price McDonald 53, Jordan Crites 55Butler (211): Ryan Porch 40, Hunter Swidzinski 42, Lucas Slear 42, Colin Patterson 43, Tyler Figlioli 44<b>Fox Chapel 185, Freeport 228 —</b> Jack Mason carded a 40 on the back nine at Buffalo Golf Course for the Yellowjackets (2-7).Fox Chapel (185): Zach Paper 35, Owen Delaney 36, Eli Yofan 37, Aidan Oehrle 38, Max Johnson 39Freeport (228): Jack Mason 40, Nate Covey 43, Paul Zecca 46, Eli Abbott 47, Kade Kronen 52<b>District 10, Region 2 —</b> Slippery Rock's 338 strokes placed the Rockets behind only Hickory's 319 at Oak Tree Golf Club near West Middlesex.SR's Jack Hadley shot a career-low 78, tying Grove City's Toby Matson for the second-lowest score of the event.Jake Wolak added an 81 for the Rockets, Logan Wolak 82 and Nick Ayres 97.
Paige Scott shot a 37 to lead Butler to a 183-238 win over Armstrong.Butler (183): Paige Scott 37, Chloe Paulisick 48, Landis Ruth 48, Ainsley Plant 50Armstrong (238): Macie Lorigan 49, Emma Shuttleworth 64, Caitlyn Wheat 62, Sophia Dobransky 63
Emma Johns tallied 10 assists to help Karns City topple Venango Catholic 3-0.Ashley Fox added three aces, two kills and three digs in the 25-12, 25-19 and 25-14 victory.Natalie Hess contributed four kills, Rosalie Carden four aces and six kills and Jessica Dunn three aces for the Gremlins.<b>North Hills 3, Butler 2 —</b> Taylor Welter had 21 kills and 10 digs for the host Golden Tornado (0-2).Sophia Lucas added 30 assists and 25 digs, Megan Penrod 34 digs, Justine Forbes nine kills and four blocks.<b>Knoch 3, Burrell 1 —</b> Mykenzie Werner had 14 kills and 17 service points as the Knights won 26-24, 24-26, 25-8, 25-9.Quinn Hughes added nine kills and Riley Danner 15 service points for Knoch (1-2).<b>Greenville 3, Slippery Rock 1 — Virginia Recchia had 16 digs and 15 assists, but the Rockets fell 16-25, 19-25, 25-19, 22-25.Reagan Duffy pitched in 17 digs and seven service points for Slippery Rock.<b>Union 3, North Clarion 0 —</b> Dominika Logue had six kills and four aces and Morgan Cumberland added 14 assists for the Damsels.<b>Cranberry 3, Moniteau 2 —</b> Aslyn Pry had 18 kills and four blocks in the Warriors' 16-25, 25-23, 20-25, 25-12, 12-15 setback.
Dakota King scored a pair of goals to lead Karns City to a 5-0 victory over West Shamokin.
Chloe Weiland scored the game-winner with 20 minutes remaining to lift Butler to a 2-1 road win over Pine-Richland.The Golden Tornado (2-0) trailed 1-0 before Maci Lineman knotted the match at 1-1 late in the first half.<b>Mars 10, Montour 1 —</b> Gracie Dunaway tallied three goals and Caroline Wroblewski scored twice in Mars' rout.
