Raiders golfers beat Butler, make playoffs

October 11, 2006 Last Updated: October 11, 2006 02:34 PM High School

Mars' Nathan Ganter, left, and with Knoch's Kevin Wood battle for the ball Tuesday in the Planets' 2-1 victory that gives them at least a tie for the section title with two games to play.

When Seneca Valley's golf team needed to come up big, it came up huge.

All five Raiders produced scores below 40 Tuesday in a 187-204 triumph over Butler at Cranberry Highlands. The win sends Seneca Valley to the WPIALplayoffs.

"We knew coming into this match that if we won, we were in, and if we lost, we were out,"Raiders coach Steve Mayes said. "I can't say enough about the kids' performance."

Kirk Pappas carded a 1-under-par 34 to lead Seneca Valley (10-4). Andrew Shakely had a 37 for Butler (10-4), which also qualified for the postseason.

Seneca Valley (187):Kirk Pappas 34, Matt Vogt 37, Dave Roberts 38, John Raymus 39, Andrew Tang 39

Butler (204):Andrew Shakely 37, Matt Maloy 38, Steve Feczko 42, Grant Nagle 43, Antonio Baroffio 44

Freeport 202, Summit Academy 267 — Freeport clinched at least a tie for its eighth section title in 16 years.L.J. Gaston and Kaine Mowatt each carded 39 for the Yellowjackets (14-4, 12-2)."Losing five starters from last year and coming back to win the section is like a dream to me,"Freeport coach Dave Panach said.

Freeport (202):L.J. Gaston 39, Kaine Mowatt 39, D.J. Lingelbach 40, Clayton Smith 41, Matt Giesler 43, Andrew Vivian 45

Summit Academy (267):Steve Siple 50, Mike McCarthy 51, Jackie Smith 55, Jeremy Roth 55, Tim Glackin 56

Mars 206, Knoch 207 — Cam Fusko had medalist honors for Knoch with a 38, but the Planets (10-4) scored the one-stroke victory.

Mars (206):Ian Finney 39, Ryan Routhieaux 41, R.J. Hardt 41, Steven Tracy 42, Greg Hilscher 43

Knoch (207):Cam Fusko 38, Joe Boros 38, Joe Sopcisak 43, Kory Schorr 43, Quentin Panger 45

District 10 Championships — Grove City's Cameron Peterson shot a 2-under par 70 and Derek Forese managed a 72 to finish second and third, respectively, at the District 10 Championships at Grove City Country Club.Peterson and Forese both advance to the PIAA Western Finals, to be held Monday in Blairsville.Steve Deyarmin shot an 80 for the Eagles on Tuesday, while Zach Nesbit managed an 81.

Lauren and Marisa Glew of Mars both advanced to the field of 16 Tuesday during the first round of the WPIALGirls Golf Championships at the Pittsburgh Field Club.Lauren Glew shot an 80 to tie for fourth place while Marisa shot an 83 to tie for seventh.The top 16 players advance to the PIAA Western Finals, scheduled for Monday at Tom's Run Golf Course in Blairsville.

Nick Perri and Drew Glavin each scored goals as Mars (15-0, 12-0) stayed undefeated with a 2-1 Section 2-AA win over Knoch.With the victory, the Planets secured at least a share of the section title with two games remaining.Butler 3, North Allegheny 0 — Scoring goals for the Golden Tornado (13-1-1) were Ryan Armahizer, Jake Huey and Jake Gamble.Tim Duffy recorded the shutout against the Tigers.

Grove City 1, Conneaut Valley 0 — Christy Allison accounted for the game's lone score and Ashlee Shoop earned the shutout in net for the Eagles (5-8).The Grove City junior varsity team also won 6-0.New Wilmington 3, Slippery Rock 2 — Jence Rhoads had a goal and assist for the Rockets (14-1), who lost their first game. Elissa McCune added a goal.Slippery Rock plays at Titusville next Tuesday.

Knoch 3, Oakland Catholic 0 — Kirsten Brant had 10 kills, 17 service points and 16 assists, and Leanne Wiefling had 10 service points, six kills and 14 assists to lead the Knights to a 25-14, 25-8, 25-16 victory.Zoe Hughes added 11 kills and Sara Montgomery seven kills for Knoch (12-1, 8-1).Seneca Valley 3, North Hills 0 — The Raiders won this section match by scores of 25-10, 25-18 and 25-9.Jen Boyd and Meghan Franz each had eight kills to lead the Raiders (6-3 in section), Justine Carrow contributed seven kills and two blocks, and Lauren Balmert ended with 35 assists.Mars 3, Ambridge 0 — Alyssa Skoff sparked the Planets (11-4, 10-1) with 27 assists, Brittany Morgan had 25 kills, Lily Grenci and Kelsey Rovnan each had 11 kills and Casey Klukaszewski totaled 16 digs.Butler 3, Hampton 0 — Becky Smith had eight kills and two blocks in the Golden Tornado's 25-7, 25-11, 25-18 victory. Ashley Grenet added seven kills and Sam Harris had three kills, six digs and three blocks for Butler (6-5, 5-5), which hosts Fox Chapel Thursday.Slippery Rock 3, Sharon 0 — Jess Spiker had 10 kills for the Rockets (7-2) in their 25-17, 25-7, 25-8 victory. Kristen Staugh contributed six points, 14 assists and eight digs, Cursty McClure had seven points and six digs, Rachel Szymoniak had 10 points and Saxon Angerett had 13 points.Slippery Rock plays at Greenville Thursday.

Ben Porter placed second overall with a time of 17 minutes, 1 second to help the Butler boys cross country team (6-2) down Shaler 17-44, but fall to North Allegheny 22-37.The Butler girls squad (4-4) also defeated the Titans 26-32, but lost to the Tigers 17-44.Boys Top 10: M. Jacob (NA) 16:53, Ben Porter (B) 17:01, J. Taylor (NA) 17:10, Steve Monnie (B) 17:11, C. Broussard (NA) 17:12, W. Appman (NA) 17:16, M. Cinti (NA) 17:16, Rob Miller (B) 17:18, HJ. Holdcroft (NA) 17:27, G. Powers (NA) 17:45Girls Top 10: J. Zozos (S) 20:16, L. Holdcroft (NA) 20:35, J. Solulski (NA) 20:56, D. Preston (NA) 21:01, Tess Crispin (B) 21:08, Heather Coneley (NA) 21:19, A. Tereste (NA)21:22, G. Ochs (NA) 21:26, Chelsea Cooper (B) 21:42, K. Schmirch (NA) 21:56Mars 20, Sewickley Academy 39; Mars 18, New Brighton 41 (boys); Mars 17, Sewickley Academy 46; Mars 19, New Brighton 40 (girls) — Cody Kier was the top place finisher in the boys race with a time of 18:54 to help the Planets (13-3, 5-2).Cara Hudac, Samantha Brandon and Gabrielle Pierre garnered the top three places in the girls race to help Mars (15-1, 6-1) to a pair of victories.Boys Top 10: Cody Kier (M) 18:54, Nick Blodis (SA) 19:00, Justin Stadelmyer (M) 19:46, Chris Alikhani (M) 19:51, Ben Griffith (NB) 19:57, Marc Funderlich (M) 19:57, Ian Greco (NB) 20:04, Steve Tehovnik (SA) 20:13, Mike Lewis (M) 20:22, Brandon Stadelmyer (NM) 20:46Girls Top 10: Cara Hudac (M) 24:11, Samantha Brandon (M) 24:19, Gabrielle Pierre (M) 24:33, Sara Wessel (NB) 25:25, Cori Hartman (NB) 25:34, Nikki Hardt (M) 25:35, Meredith Kinney (SA) 25:42, Michelle Perri (M) 25:46, Amara Czech-Thompson (M) 25:58, Tawney Bettis (NB) 26:24Freeport 17, Steel Valley 44; Riverview 17, Freeport 43 (boys); Freeport 15 Steel Valley 48; Riverview 19, Freeport 38 (girls) — The Yellowjackets boys and girls squads each split their meets on Tuesday.Freeport's Matt Thaemert (fourth place) and Kristen Prazenica (fifth) were the school's top overall placewinners.Boys Top 10: Mike Springer (R) 18:50, Matt Springer (R) 19:13, Ed Gryster (R) 19:49, Matt Thaemert (F) 20:08, Sergei Dines (F) 20:46, Jack Craig (R) 21:10, David Hazlett (R) 21:17, Alex Wheeler (F) 21:18, Josh Clare (R) 21:29, Eric Dunn (F) 21:31Girls Top 10: Alisson Gardner (R) 22:07, Ally Taylor (R) 22:26, Becky Craig (R) 22:56, Chrissy Ostrowski (R) 22:58, Kristen Prazenica (F) 23:11, Brittany MacShane (F) 23:42, Christi Trilli (R) 23:45, Rachel Zentgraft (R) 24:05, Christine Marty (F) 24:29, Natalie French (R) 24:49Moniteau 25, Rocky Grove 30 (boys); Rocky Grove 22, Moniteau 33 (girls) — Eric Hillard won the boys race for the Warriors (56-2) while Amy Gladd claimed the girls race for the Warriors (2-4). Moniteau hosts Clarion and Clarion-Limestone next Tuesday.Boys Top 10:Eric Hillard (M)17:53, Patrick Fuller (RG)18:28, Matt O'Malley (M)18:30), Andrew Setzkorn (RG)18:45, Cruz Meitus (RG)19:25, Lucas Rodgers (M)19:29, Andrew Edmonds (M)19:37, Tony Miller (M)19:42, Jacob Showitz (RG)19:46, Ryan Yarnell (RG)20:18Girls Top 10:Amy Gladd (M)22:19, Rachel Berry (RG)23:56, Mariah Rodemoyer (RG)23:56, Alyson Weller (RG)24:29, Nikki Stiner (M)24:48, Beth Gadsby (RG)25:02, Hannah Prorok (RG)25:08, Samantha Kristufek (M)25:22, Michele Gebhart (M)25:27, Kristi Ice (M)25:34Mercer 25, Slippery Rock 30 (boys); Slippery Rock 26, Mercer 33 (girls) — Despite losing out on the top two spots, Slippery Rock's girls captured seven of the next eight spots to down the Mustangs.Nate King led the Rockets boys effort with a third-place time of 19:28.Boys Top 10: 1-Joe Smith (M) 18:14, 2-Ross Harrington (M) 19:19, 3-Nate King (SR) 19:28, 4-Dan Hartzell (SR) 19:39, 5-Ethan Isoldi (M) 20:01, 6-Owen Bowser (SR) 20:09, 7-Eddie Schrieber (SR) 20:12, 8-Sam Luenberger (M) 20:25, 9-Colby Masson (M) 21:17, 10-Jackson Udy (SR) 21:27Girls Top 10: 1-Melissa Smith (M) 20:49, 2-Mary Kate Breese (M) 21:06, 3-Brittany Lyons (SR) 23:17, 4-Nikki Fuchs (SR) 23:28, 5-Sarah Opp (SR) 23:41, 6-Ally Plummer (SR) 24:08, 7-Madeline Williams (M) 25:07, 8-Andrea Shaffer (SR) 25:26, 9-Brittany Richter (SR) 25:30, 10-Kate Brozenic (SR) 26:06Karns City 26, North Clarion 31; North Clarion 15, Union 50 (boys); North Clarion 15, Union 48 (girls) — Travis Hendell placed first in the boys event for Karns City with a finish of 17:56.Union's Kirstie Priester was the top local finisher in the girls competition (sixth at 26:10) while Karns City's Shenoa Hendell was 10th with a time of 27:40.Boys Top 10: 1-Travis Hendell (KC) 17:56, 2-Brian Bauer (NC) 18:23, 3-Aaron McGarvey (KC) 18:53, 4-Chris Harmon (KC) 19:11, 5-Brian Burkhardt (NC) 20:37, 6-Eric Kriebel (KC) 21:02, 7-Josh Kahle (NC) 21:51, 8-Jordan Cyphert (NC) 22:09, 9-Nate Bauer (NC) 22:25, 10-Alex Wolbert (NC) 23:15TennisCourtney Kerr and KristinCypher won their singles matches and the doubles tandem of Angie Byrnes and Maggie McGinnis wrapped up a 3-2 girls tennis win for Butler over Knoch Tuesday afternoon.The Golden Tornado (11-4) will play Seneca Valley on the road today.Singles: Chelsea Gibson (K) d. Carolyn Shetter 6-2, 6-1; Courtney Kerr (B)d. Bethany Soloshi 6-0, 6-1; Kristin Cypher (K) d. Sara Sypher 6-0, 6-0.Doubles: Angie Byrnes-Maggie McGinnis (B) d. Jenna Kanterman-Kristen Gagen 6-2, 6-2; Karly Fitzgerald-Laura Winters (K) d. Melanie Ward-Lauren Southworth 6-4, 6-2