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High school sports roundup: North Catholic’s Riley Kontul finishes 5th at WPIALs, makes PIAA golf tournament

North Catholic’s Riley Kontul was the top Butler County finisher during a soggy WPIAL Class 2A Girls Golf Individual Championship on Monday at Butler Country Club.

The freshman finished fifth with a two-day total of 41-over, qualifying for the PIAA championships starting Oct. 21. She shot 20-over in the final round. Teammate Izzy Engleka finished 14th with a 60-over (32-over for the day).

Shady Side Academy’s Alyssa Zhang won the 2A gold with an 11-over, including an even par final round. The 3A girls champion is Peters Twp.’s Ellie Benson, who shot a 2-over Monday at Butler Country Club to finish 5-over overall.

The top nine golfers in 2A and top seven in 3A qualified for the PIAA championships.

North Catholic's Riley Kontul watches her ball sail down the fairway in the WPIAL Class 2A Girls Golf Individual Championship on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, at Butler Country Club.Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Boys golf

The WPIAL released Tuesday’s tee times for the Class 3A individual boys golf championships, which will be held at Oakmont Country Club starting at 10 a.m.

Local athletes and their tee times are: Seneca Valley’s Anthony Cardosi, 10 a.m.; Mars’ Will Campbell, 10:08; SV’s Marcos Lopez, 10:32; Butler’s Levi McClellan, 10:56; SV’s Tyler Garvin, 11:04; Mars’ Lukas Singh, 11:28; and SV’s Brody Pirt, 11:36.

Girls tennis

The WPIAL girls tennis doubles championship brackets were released Monday.

Two North Catholic pairs are the lone Butler County representatives this year, competing in the Class 2A tournament. Section champions Brea Kelley and Katie Hardy are the No. 2 seed and will face No. 15 Valley’s Alexandra Thomey and Karrigan Thomey in the first round. And NC’s Samantha Falcon and Evelyn Marche, who lost in the sectional final to their teammates, are No. 8 with a first-round matchup against No. 9 Mt. Pleasant’s Ryleigh Drzal and Danica Trainer.

The first three rounds of the tournament will be held starting 11 a.m. Wednesday, with 2A at North Allegheny High School and 3A at Bethel Park High School. The championship and third-place matches will be held at Bethel Park High School 1 p.m. Thursday.

The top seed in 2A is Quaker Valley’s Kirsten Close and Avery Allan; the top seed in 3A is Mt. Lebanon’s Jackie Tang and Michelle Yang.

Boys soccer

Slippery Rock’s Max Kovacik scored two goals while six of his teammates also found the net in the Rockets’ 8-0 victory over Conneaut.

Ryan Strother, Wade Freehling, Eli Flowers, Connor Metheney, Nathan Clark and Josh Book also scored. Assists went to Cody Freehling, Zach Lasko, Wade Freehling, Metheney and Sam Caton.

Josh Book and Liam Smith shared the shutout in net.

Girls volleyball

Channing Popovich tallied seven kills and three aces as Butler dominated West Middlesex.

Julia Mason contributed 20 assists and six digs in the sweep by scores of 25-7, 25-12 and 25-8.

A-C Valley 3, Union 0 — The Falcons rolled past the Damsels by scores of 25-16, 25-18 and 26-24.

Ava Snyder totaled seven kills and nine service points while Maddy Dehart had 11 kills and eight service points for A-C Valley. Lexi Altman added 10 assists.

For Union, Adrianna Kriebel had 19 digs, Bri Anthony 15 digs, Kolstin Wetzel seven kills and five blocks.

Armstrong 3, Knoch 0 — For the Knights, Jess Farbacher had 16 digs, Kenzie Kurtz had four blocks and four kills and Maura Davies had nine service points.

The River Hawks won by scores of 25-14, 25-23 and 25-14.

The Knights fell to 5-5 with the loss.

Girls Soccer

Camryn Woods scored a hat trick and Nia DiSanti added two goals to lead Freeport’s barrage in a 13-1 victory over Valley.

Ella McConville, Sam Liput, Brinley Sullivan, Natalia Urik, CeCe Schlegel, Maggie Conger, Sophia Conger and Elena Jenkins each scored a goal for the Yellowjackets.

McConville added three assists and Peyton Los had a pair.

Mars 5, Gateway 0 — The Planets improved to 11-1, 7-1 in section play.

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