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Knoch duos advance to WPIALs

Katie Conlon and Peggy Kanterman were in an unusual situation at the WPIAL Section 3-AA girls tennis doubles championship Friday at Oxford Athletic Club.

The duo's opponent in the title match: their teammates Abby Conlon and Alyssa King.

Both teams had received first-round byes before disposing of three straight opponents to reach the finals, where Katie Conlon and Kanterman claimed a 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 victory.

Both of Knoch's duos will compete in the WPIAL Class AA Championships, to be held Thursday at a site to be determined.

<B>Summit Academy 30, Deer Lakes 10 —</B> Chris Highsmith scored three touchdowns, including one on an 80-yard romp, to lift the Knights (3-2, 3-0) past the Lancers.Highsmith ended the game with 148 yards on just 11 carries.Summit Academy 30, Deer Lakes 10<B></B>Deer Lakes 0 0 7 3 — 10Summit Academy 0 14 16 0 — 30DL SA10 First Downs 842-46 Rushes-Yards 22-163145 Passing Yards 466-14-2 Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) 3-7-0191 Total Yards 2095-3 Fumbles-Lost 2-14-20 Penalties-Yards 7-78<B>Second Quarter</B>SA — Chris Highsmith 36 run (run failed), 2:06SA — Highsmith 34 pass from Sean McCausland (Raymont Bentley run), 1:46<B>Third Quarter</B>SA — Highsmith 80 run (Bentley run), 3:36DL — Brandon Newmaster 14 pass from John Plocki (Ryan McGrath kick), 2:06SA — Yasin Lowman 63 kickoff return (McCausland run), 1:52<B>Fourth Quarter</B>DL — McGrath 35 field goal, :14<B>Individual StatisticsPassing:</B> Deer Lakes, John Plocki 5-10-140-2, Cody Keenan 0-1-0-0, Josh Sutter 1-3-5-0. Summit Academy, Sean McCausland 3-7-46-0.<B>Rushing:</B> Deer Lakes, Tyler Seitz 7-7, Cody Keenan 12-30, Brandon Newmaster 2-14, Ian Bernacki 3-6, T.J. Trocki 10-33, John Plocki 7-(-45), Zack Burk 1-1. Summit Academy, Chris Highsmith 11-148, Yasin Lowman 2-3, Javon Cooper 2-8, Sean McCausland 4-(-12), Raymont Bentley 2-14, Rashaun Burney 1-2.<B>Receiving:</B> Deer Lakes, Zach Bryner 1-20, John Grabinoski 1-12, Ian Bernacki 1-55, Newmaster 1-14, T.J. Trocki 1-39, Joey Rebel 1-5. Summit Academy, David Carter 1-9, Chris Highsmith 1-34, Cyneil Hinton 1-3.<B>Keystone 46, A-C Valley 0 —</B> The Panthers (2-3, 2-1) jumped out to a 21-0 first-quarter lead and were never threatened by the Falcons (0-5, 0-3).Keystone outgained A-C Valley 420-51.Keystone 46, A-C Valley 0<B></B>A-C Valley 0 0 0 0 — 0Keystone 21 6 6 13 — 46ACV K1 First Downs 2023-33 Rushes-Yards 46-32418 Passing Yards 962-10-1 Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) 6-8-051 Total Yards 4201-1 Fumbles-Lost 1-13-25 Penalties-Yards 5-30<B>First Quarter</B>K — Tanner Hannold 5 run (Roddy kick), 6:02K — Colt O'Neil 46 run (kick failed), 3:41K — Hannold 1 run (Hannold run), :05<B>Second Quarter</B>K — Matt Black 2 run (kick failed), :13<B>Third Quarter</B>K — Hannold 27 pass from Adam Lencer (pass failed), 9:42<B>Fourth Quarter</B>K — Josh Lencer 20 run (kick failed), 11:44K — Josh Lencer 13 run (Roddy kick), 4:03<B>Individual StatisticsPassing:</B> A-C Valley, Colton Cunningham 2-8-18-1, Kevin Kaufman 0-2-0-0. Keystone, A. Lencer 4-6-71-0, Eberhart 1-1-17-0, Hannold 1-1-8-0.<B>Rushing:</B> A-C Valley, Colton Cunningham 6-(-1), Mike Suto 5-15, Landon DeLisio 4-2, Kodie Rose 4-9, Andrew Strausser 2-2, Kevin Kaufman 2-6. Keystone, Stephen Barchetti 3-26, J. Lencer 7-75, Hannold 12-111, O'Neil 6-60, Black 10-39, Josh Eberhart 4-24, A. Lencer 1-(-4), Zach Hawk 3-(-3).<B>Receiving:</B> A-C Valley, Justin Rothen 1-8, Kodie Rose 1-10. Keystone, Kyle Servey 2-35, Brandon Chambers 1-8, Eberhart 1-5, Hannold 1-27, Layton Greenawalt 1-27.

<B>Mars 11, Highlands 0 —</B> Kristen McKenzie scored three goals as the Planets (12-0-1, 8-0-1) remained undefeated in Section 2-AA.Also scoring in the win were Patricia Glavin, Crysta Ganter, Karli Paracca, Lydia Dennis, Mani Brueckner, Sabrina Edwards, Kristen Check and Katie Nelson.<B>North Allegheny 2, Butler 0 —</B> The Golden Tornado (1-9, 0-7) was unable to defend its home turf. No other details were available.Boys Golf<B>Knoch 206, Hampton 219 —</B> Jack Boros paced the Knights on Friday with a 37 and teammates Stefan Carlsson and Chris Kier both had a 39.<B>Hampton (219):</B> Tom Jones 39, Jake Adams 43, Jack Stanbridge 45, Aaron Gold 46, Matt Goss 46<B>Knoch (206):</B> Jack Boros 37, Stefan Carlsson 39, Chris Kier 39, Josh Hennig 44, Austin Duffy 47

<B>First Baptist Christian 3, Harvest Baptist Academy 0 (girls soccer) — </B>Hildi Burleigh had 10 service points, 10 assists and seven assists while Noelle Garrison added six kills.<B>Robinson Township 4, First Baptist Christian School 1 (boys soccer) — </B>Tommy Barnhart accounted for the Eagles' lone goal off an assist from Matt Cumberland.From staff reports

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