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Knoch girls fall to CV in playoffs

The Knoch girls soccer team's season came to a close Saturday when it dropped a 6-0 decision to host Central Valley.

The Knights fell behind 1-0 less than one minute into the game and trailed 3-0 at the half.

“They scored in the first 45 seconds,” Knoch coach Rich Kenzie said. “It was one of those games you get an unlucky goal.

“The score was still 3-0 until the final 20 minutes of the second half, then we started to push some of the girls up. We wanted to score. It wasn't going to matter if we lost 3-0 or 6-0,” Kenzie added.

Knoch finished with an 11-8 record, while Central Valley — which has limited its opponents to just nine goals all season — improved to 15-0-2.

Slippery Rock 3, Wilmington 0 — Jenny Dudek, Haley Angerett and Abby Magliocco each tallied a goal to lead the Rockets.

Harley Boyd added two assists and Marissa Siebka one assist for Slippery Rock (10-6-1, 7-2-1).

Karns City 1, Hickory 0 — Chelsea McCartney registered the game's only goal in non-district action.

Morgan Deal made 11 saves for the Gremlins (18-0), who will play a home playoff game at 7 p.m. Thursday against an opponent to be determined.

Mercer 4, Slippery Rock 0 — Despite eight saves from Zach Latorre, the Rockets were blanked in this Saturday contest.Slippery Rock (7-9-1) will play at North East on Wednesday.

Shady Side Academy 15, Summit Academt 0 — Summit Academy trailed just 6-0 in the fourth quarter before the Indians added a safety and a late touchdown to capture the Allegheny Conference win on Saturday.Chris Harp completed 4-of-15 passes for 66 yards and Robert Burton added seven carries for 65 yards to lead the Knights (2-6, 1-6).

Matt Slagle and Evan McGarvey placed second and third overall at the KSAC Boys Championships Thursday at Tionesta.A-C Valley's John Anderson placed fourth, Moniteau's Evan Miller placed eighth and Union's Breau Rankin was ninth to lead their respective teams.Moniteau finished in third place behind Cranberry and North Clarion.In the girls race, the Gremlins' Emily Jones and Emily Schumacher placed fourth and fifth, respectively, to lead the squad to a third-place finish behind Cranberry and North Clarion.Shannon Quaill placed 10th to pace A-C Valley.

Team standings: Cranberry 38, North Clarion 59, Moniteau 76, Clarion 99, Clarion-Limestone 110, A-C Valley 125 (Union, Karns City and Keystone did not field full squads)Individuals overallMoniteau: 8-Evan Miller 18:56.5, 12-Jake Fullerton 19:52.3, 17-Jake Tacciuch 20:15.2, 32-Roman Weingartner 21:25.3, 39-Zach Morgan 22:06.4, 46-Austin Stoops 23:22.4A-C Valley: 4-John Anderson 18:35.7, 31-Clayton McNany 21:20.2, 38-Drew Kralj 22:05.2, 49-Brian Miller 25:07.5, 50-Liam McKee 26:48.8Union: 9-Beau Rankin 18:59.3, 21-Jordan Krear 20:25.6, 29-Shawn Hazlett 21:10.7, 36-Derek Priester 22:02.2Karns City: 2-Matt Slagle 17:59.4, 3-Evan McGarvey 18:32.4, 26-Grant Curdo 20:43.3, 30-Bryce Ellenberger 21:15.7

Team Standings: Cranberry 56, North Clarion 77, Karns City 84, Clarion 115, Moniteau 116, Keystone 137, A-C Valley 139, Clarion-Limestone 153 (Union did not field a full squad)Individuals OverallKarns City: 4-Emily Jones 21:04.1, 5-Emily Schumacher 21:10.6, 9-Lacee Scheerbaum 21:50.7, 20-Drew Barnhart 23:26.3, 51-Olivia Klein 32:47.1Moniteau: 15-Heather Porter 22:50.1, 16-Allison DeMatteis 22:50.6, 22-Emily Rider 23:38.5, 33-Kristen McDeavitt 24:47.2, 35-Chelsea Miller 25:06.2, 38-Chloey Wallace 25:17.3, 42-Maranda McGovern 26:34.4, 46-Rachael Fleeger 27:34.8, 52-Brittany Boring 38:47.7A-C Valley: 10-Shannon Quaill 22:01.2, 25-Kelsey Milford 23:47.3, 31-Rachael Viertel 24:31.5, 40-Erin Logue 25:43.4, Samantha Brison 26:28.5, 50-Libby Best 31:40.2Union: 26-Shannon Roberts 24:08.7, 29-Tabby Deitz 24:27.3

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