Knoch girls tennis wins section
The beat goes on for the Knoch girls tennis team.
The Knights wrapped up their sixth consecutive section title this week, defeating Indiana, 5-0. Knoch dropped only two games in the entire match.
Knoch improved to 5-0 in section competition, 9-1 overall.
Knoch 5, Indiana 0
Singles: 1-Emily Greb (K) def. Anna Buterbaugh 6-0, 6-0; 2-Ally Bauer (K) def. Katerina Medvetz 6-0, 6-0; 3-Lindsey Greb (K) def. Tess Kuzneski 6-0, 6-0
Doubles: 1-Ava Santora/Jade Nether (K) def. Mackenzie McGee/Kate Kuzneski 6-1, 6-0; 2-Lara Ejzak/Kenzie Gumto (K) def. Carly Wang/Jenna Conrad 6-0, 6-1
Seneca Valley 3, Butler 2 — The Raiders won two of the three singles matches to finish the regular season at 5-3 in section play, 10-7 overall.
Seneca Valley will advance to postseason play.
Seneca Valley 3, Butler 2
Singles: 1-Sienna Summers (SV) def. Mikayla Turner 6-3, 6-1; 2-Jillian Clark (B) def. Jojo Baur 6-2, 6-0; 3-Emily Lopez (SV) def. Carly Devore 6-0, 6-0
Doubles: 1-Ali Smith/CameronHanratty (B) def. Payton Aloi/Aana Winland 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; 2-Kailey MCCune/Bridget Elms (SV) def. Emily Porneluzi/Bekah Kalberer 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
Mars' Blake Bertolo and Butler's Wyatt Kos both qualified for the state championship later this month by placing in the top 14 at Tuesday's WPIAL Class 3A championship at Nemacolin Country Club.Bertolo, a junior, tied for fourth place by carding a plus-5 75.Kos, a sophomore, placed 14th with a 78.Seneca Valley senior Nolan Nicklas missed advancing by a single stroke, carding a 79.Penn-Trafford sophomore Nick Turowski won the district title with an even-par 70.Freeport 221, Riverview 244 — Ashton Cernicky and Nate Covey both shot 41 for the Yellowjackets at Buffalo Golf Course.Freeport (221): Ashton Cernicky 41, Nate Covey 41, Paul Zecca 46, Tanner Smith 46, Jayden Diehl 47Riverview (244): Taylor Zellafrow 43, Max Catanzaro 49, Carter Loughren 49, Daniel Roupas 51, Matt Rossi 52
Moniteau claimed its first-ever District 9 team championship Monday at Clarion Oaks Golf Club. The Warriors tallied a 314 to edge runner-up Punxsutawney by a stroke.Emma Covert took third place overall with a 96 and will compete in the PIAA Championships Oct. 18 at Heritage Hills in York.Girls SoccerKarns City's McKenna Martin posted a hat trick as the Gremlins defeated DuBois Area, 3-2, at home.Lyrik Reed notched two assists and Shali Slater added another.Martin now sits at 95 career goals.Gateway 4, Knoch 0 — Grace Foehringer had 16 saves in goal for the Knights in this defeat.
Knoch celebrated its seniors with a pair of victories, times two.The girls (9-0) claimed their third straight Section 4-2A championship by defeating Burrell (18-39) and Greensburg Central Catholic (23-32).Yumiko Kuo led the way, finishing second overall with a career-best time of 21:07.Emma Haugh finished third (21:39) and Jocelyn Holko sixth (22:35).The boys team improved to 6-3 with victories over Burrell (27-29) and GCC (18-41).Eli Ruediger finished first overall with a time of 18:12. Austen Haugh placed third (18:48).Butler's Jen Cichra and CJ Singleton broke in the school's new course with first-place finishes in the girls and boys meet, respectively, as the Golden Tornado teams both lost to North Allegheny and defeated Shaler.
Cichra won the girls meet with a time of 20:09, Singleton the boys meet at 16:24.GirlsNorth Allegheny 20, Butler 43Butler 15, Shaler 50Top 51-Jen Cichra (B) 20:09, 2-Eva Kynaston (NA) 20:18, 3-Samantha Hennen (S) 20:50, 4-Erin McGoey (NA) 21:16, 5-Maura Mlecko (NA) 21:18BoysNorth Allegheny 27, Butler 32Butler 15, Shaler 50Top 51-CJ Singleton (B) 16:24, 2-Drew Griffith (B) 17:04, 3-Jack Bertram (NA) 17:12, 4-Ryan Podnar (NA) 17:30, 5-Greg Kossuth (NA) 17:55Slippery Rock's girls and boys defeated Sharpsville by scores of 22-37 and 17-44, respectively.The Rockets' Viktor Zahn placed first overall for the boys at 19:32.Sharpsville's Lily Smith won the girls race (22:18).Karns City 28, Clarion-Limestone 29 (boys) — The Gremlins' Andrew Callihan took second in 19 minutes, 10 seconds. Karns City runners then placed fifth through ninth to clinch the narrow victory.KC's Noah Weiland won the junior high boys race.
Taylor Welter's 15 kills and 11 digs paced Butler in a 3-0 victory at Hempfield.Maisy Gibson added six kills and 13 digs, Megan Penrod 26 digs and Ava Plunkard six kills and 15 assists.Butler (5-5) won by scores of 25-14, 25-21 and 25-17.Clarion 3, A-C Valley 0 — The Falcons lost for the second time this season, falling to the visiting Bobcats by scores of 25-17, 25-12 and 25-12.Meah Ielase had seven kills and Paige Klingler four kills in defeat.Jenna Stefanacci contributed six assists and Lexi Ruckdeschel 11 digs for A-C Valley (7-2).Hampton 3, Knoch 0 — The Talbots won this Section 5-3A match by scores of 25-18, 25-15, 25-9.Karlee Buterbaugh had seven kills for Knoch (1-7, 2-9).Moniteau 3, Venango Catholic 0 — The Warriors won this match 25-14, 25-12, 25-9. No statistics were provided.Freeport 3, Highlands 0 — The Yellowjackets swept the Golden Rams by scores of 25-11, 25-3 and 25-3.No other details were available.Cranberry 3, Karns City 1 — Rosie Carden had five kills, 16 assists and three digs for the Gremlins, who dropped this match 23-25, 19-25, 25-22, 22-25.Amber Maurer had three aces and six digs, Ashley Fox five kills, three assists and 10 digs, Ava Fox 10 kills and 11 digs, Emma Johns six kills, 10 assists and four digs.
Will Bruno and Beaux Lizewski both scored in Seneca Valley's 2-2 tie with Fox Chapel.It is the first game this season the Raiders (8-0-1, 11-0-1) did not win.Grove City 2, Slippery Rock 1 (2OT) — Cullen Birkes scored for the Rockets (7-3-2).
