Freeport girls reach WPIAL playoffs

February 10, 2012 Last Updated: February 10, 2012 01:31 PM High School

Jessica McFadden dropped in 16 points — including four 3-pointers — and Jessica Aulicino added 15 points and 10 rebounds as Freeport downed Elderton 51-40 in a key Section 1-AA girls basketball contest Thursday.

The win allowed the Yellowjackets (10-11, 7-7) to qualify for the WPIAL playoffs, knocking Elderton (11-10, 7-7) out of the fourth and final playoff berth.

Lynsey Gugino chipped in 10 points for Freeport, which defeated Elderton twice this season.

ELDERTON 40Brianna Switzer 2 0-0 4, Lauren Schultheis 5 4-6 14, Jill Glover 4 0-1 10, Bethany Meyer 5 0-1 11, Zoey Dvorchak 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 16 5-10 40.

FREEPORT 51Jessica McFadden 5 2-2 16, Lynsey Gugino 3 3-4 10, Jessica Aulicino 6 3-5 15, Macy Smolic 1 2-4 4, Michaela Bowser 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 18 10-15 51.

Elderton 10 7 14 9—40Freeport 17 11 14 9—513-point goals: Elderton 3 (Glover 2, Meyer); Freeport 5 (McFadden 4, Gugino).

Next: WPIAL Class AA playoffs

Slippery Rock 62, Titusville 46 — Haley Angerett tallied 17 points and Morgan Siebka added 16 for Slippery Rock (12-7, 7-3) in the Region 5 win.

SLIPPERY ROCK 62Morgan Siebka 7 2-2 16, Haley Angerett 7 1-2 17, Anna Cessar 2 0-0 4, Emily Campbell 2 0-0 4, Riley McGonigle 2 0-0 4, Ellie Shaw 1 0-0 2, Haley Urban 2 2-2 6, Lauren Dietz 0 0-0 0, Christiana Chmielweski 0 0-0 0, Michelle Hartzell 0 0-0 0, Nicole Papley 3 2-2 9, Bre Northcott 1 0-0 2, Sarah Kadlubek 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 26 7-8 62.

TITUSVILLE 46Scott 0 0-0 0, G. Champion 2 3-4 7, Kriner 6 4-4 17, F. Champion 2 0-0 4, Jacobs 1 0-0 3, Hernandez 1 0-0 3, Galmish 1 0-0 2, Popham 2 0-0 5, Drusko 1 2-3 4.

Totals: 16 10-13 46.

Slippery Rock 23 14 17 8—62Titusville 12 10 11 13—463-point goals: Slippery Rock 3 (Angerett 2, Papley); Titusville 4 (Kriner, Jacobs, Hernandez, Popham).

Saturday: Ambridge at Slippery Rock

Franklin 65, Grove City 23 — Corianne Hyduchak had 10 points to lead the Eagles (13-7, 5-5) in this Region 5 matchup.

GROVE CITY 23Hailey Hall 2 1-2 5, Corianne Hyduchak 4 2-4 10, Brogan Foster 0 0-0 0, Jordyn Wyllie 1 4-4 6, Vanessa Sprando 0 0-0 0, Danyelle Lucido 0 0-2 0, Jen Ferguson 0 0-2 0, Arianna Sprando 0 2-2 2.

Totals: 7 9-16 23.

FRANKLIN 65Laken Shields 1 3-3 5, Haley Andres 2 1-2 6, Mara Benvenuti 0 0-0 0, Brooke Deal 3 4-5 12, Julie Peiffer 0 0-0 0, Kahla Kemick 0 2-2 2, Bethany Foust 1 0-0 2, Natalie Hagar 6 1-2 13, Tanasia Law 3 1-1 7, Angelina Starr 5 8-8 18.

Totals: 21 20-23 65.

Grove City 4 11 6 2—23Franklin 15 17 19 14—653-point goals: Franklin 3 (Deal 2, Andres).

JV: Franklin, 52-29 (GC: Jordyn Wyllie 16; F: Abby Jones 18)

Monday: Slippery Rock at Grove City

Knoch 66, Highlands 27 (girls); Knoch 64, Highlands 27 (boys) — Madison Whalen, Katie Jones and Anna Cunningham each won two events and were part of two winning relays to pace the girls squad while Ian Lindsey did likewise in the boys meet.Jacob Shoemaker also qualified for the WPIAL meet with a time of 5:34.78 in the 500 freestyle.Knoch (boys 7-4, girls 4-7) will face Freeport and Mars in a tri-meet Monday at Butler High School.Girls200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Katie Jones, Jenny Allen, Madison Whalen, Anna Cunningham) 2:05.15200 freestyle: 1-Madison Whalen (K) 2:11.16200 individual medley: 1-Katie Jones (K) 2:37.2450 freestyle: 1-Hannah Shoemaker (K) 28.75100 butterfly: 1-Madison Whalen (K) 1:07.10100 freestyle: 1-Anna Cunningham (K) 56.65500 freestyle: 1-Katie Jones (K) 5:58.27200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Elizabeth Butler, Patricia Pivaronas, Maranda Tano, Hannah Shoemaker) 1:57.67100 backstroke: 1-Anna Cunningham (K) 1:05.54100 breaststroke: 1-Jenny Allen (K) 1:16.22-qualified400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Katie Jones, Maranda Tano, Madison Whalen, Anna Cunningham) 4:12.26Boys200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Jacob Shoemaker, Ian Lindsey, Matt Wilson, Nathan Walls) 1:51.88200 freestyle: 1-Skylar Roth (K) 2:12.59200 individual medley: 1-Ian Lindsey (K) 2:13.4350 freestyle: 1-Matt Wilson (K) 23.50100 butterfly: 1-Frantz (H) 58.63100 freestyle: 1-Wakeley (H) 53.48500 freestyle: 1-Nathan Walls (K) 5:33.85200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Ian Lindsey, John Damits, Mike Kasunic, Joe Hutchinson) 1:42.96100 backstroke: 1-Jacob Shoemaker (K) 1:06.90100 breaststroke: 1-Ian Lindsey (K) 1:04.39400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Matt Wilson, Joe Hutchinson, Nathan Walls, Jacob Shoemaker) 4:00.78Butler 97, North Hills 88 (girls); Butler 94, North Hills 92 (boys) — The Tornado slipped past the Indians to capture this section contest.Butler (boys 6-4, girls 5-5) will host Seneca Valley Thursday.

Yough 51, Knoch 21 — Ryan Grossman (120), Blaine Elliott (132) and Col McLaughlin (138) recorded pins for the Knights.106 pounds: Travis Stangeroom (Y) won by forfeit; 113: Cody Charles (Y) won by forfeit; 120: Ryan Grossman (K) pinned Robert Nuttall, 4:45; 126: Teddy Charletta (Y) dec. Joel Hixon, 7-0; 132: Blaine Elliott (K) pinned Stangeroom, 1:44; 138: Col McLaughlin (K) pinned Markus Oden, 1:31; 145: Mike Anderson (Y) pinned Matthew Steinmiller, 2:36; 152: Tyler Hlebiczki (K) major dec. over Ryan Spano, 14-3; 160: Doug Stange (Y) dec. Ben Nowicki, 8-2; 170: Lucas Richardson (Y) pinned Bailey Savage, 2:53; 182: Gary Fallecker (Y) pinned Cody Bracken, 1:21 195: Christian Williams (Y) pinned Brian Mowry, 2:25; 220: Brett Van Dyke (Y) won by forfeit; 285: Thomas Sever (Y) dec. Ian Adkins, 1-0

Mars 16, Greensburg Salem 0 — The Planets posted nine first-period goals on their way to the PIHL Class A win at Kirk Nevin Arena.Austin Heakins had four goals, Russ Miller three goals and Joe Bender and Ed Schwadron two apiece for the Planets.Nick Blaney, Max Master, Nick Berteotti, Craig Mazzotta and Greg Makozy also scored while Blaney, Bender, Master, Berteotti and Schwadron had two assists apiece, all for Mars, which outshot GCC 36-7.Upper St. Clair 5, Seneca Valley 3 — The Panthers used three goals to start the third period, breaking a 2-2 tie en route to the PIHL Class AAA triumph at the Ice Castle in Castle Shannon.Luke Reed had two goals and Ben Jarrett accounted for the other with Casey Kramer chipping in two assists for the Raiders.

Butler's boys and girls teams clinched section titles in the North Division of the WPIBL with 7-0 wins over Karns City Wednesday at Bruin Lanes.Autumn Hepler rolled a 600 series, Brea Suchonic a 550 and Nicole Balk a 545 to lead the Golden Tornado girls. Nikki Ferris and Kristen Hepler paced Karns City.Jacob Cookson paced the Butler boys with a 609 series, followed by Cody Rosenbauer with a 590 and Garrett Sexton a 581. The boys rolled a 1,027 (205 average) in the final game. Pat Phillips led Karns City.Butler wraps up the regular season Wednesday against Knoch at Family Bowlaway.Girls scores above 160Heather Paul 171, Nicole Balk 211-186, Kelly Bintrim 160-189-176, Autumn Hepler 174-217-209, Brea Suchonic 222-183, Ashley Henry 167, Alisha Fisher 171-200, Megan Paul 174-176Boys scores above 180Garrett Sexton 210-190, Cody Rosenbauer 245, Brandt Fleming 205-188, Jacob Cookson 188-219-202, Andrew Barron 189, Braedyn Troyan 184-202