Volley to victory

April 01, 2011 Last Updated: April 01, 2011 02:51 PM High School

Knoch's Mac Megahan (24) making the back end of a double play as Ford City's Dan Russo slides into second at Pullman Park.

Brian Pudlo had seven kills and Chad Albert and Alex Berner had four apiece to power the Seneca Valley boys volleyball team to a 25-9, 25-9, 25-12 victory over Hopewell Thursday night.

Max McCloskey and Brad Parrish added five blocks each for Seneca Valley.

Butler 3, Shaler 0 — Mike Dreher had 12 kills and Dustin DeFrancisis added 41 assists to lead the Tornado to the 25-12, 25-7, 25-12 victory over the Titans.Dylan Snodgrass added 10 passes for Butler (2-0, 2-0), which plays at the North Hills Tournament Saturday before playing at Pine-Richland Tuesday.The Tornado junior varsity won 25-10, 25-21.BaseballDrew Holben and Andy Fritz each knocked home runs for Knoch. but the Knights coughed up three runs in the top of the seventh in a 3-2 loss to Ford City at Pullman Park.

Ford City 000 000 3 — 3 8 2Knoch 110 000 0 — 2 4 2L: Ryan Letzelter 3IP (2K, 1BB).

Knoch: Drew Holben RBI, Andy Fritz 1B RBI

Ford City: Tyler Nuzzo 3-1B

Today: Knoch at Kiski Area

Freeport 80, Deer Lakes 70 (boys); Freeport 109, Deer Lakes 41 — Derek Durand set a school record in the long jump (22 feet) and also won the high jump and both hurdles events to lead the Yellowjackets.In the girls meet, Kayla Zboran and Lynsey Gugino won two individual events and the squad swept the relays en route to the season-opening win.BoysFreeport 80, Deer Lakes 70

3,200-meter relay: Deer Lakes 8:37.5; 110 hurdles: Derek Durand (F) 15.8; 100 dash: Marcel Ittner (F) 11.3; 1,600 run: Kevin Keppel (F) 5:05; 400 dash: Szwaczkowski (DL) 52.4; 400 relay: Deer Lakes 45.6; 300-meter hurdles: Derek Durand (F) 41.7; 800-meter run: Szwaczkowski (DL) 2:11; 200-meter dash: Marcel Ittner (F) 23.6; 3,200-meter run: Kevin Keppel (F) 11:54; 1,600-meter relay: Deer Lakes 3:44.3Field EventsHigh jump: Derek Durand (F) 5-0; Long jump: Derek Durand (F) 22-0; Triple jump: McCausland (DL) 38-1; Shot put: Cody McClelland (F) 44-9; Discus: Cody McClelland (F) 128-1; Javelin: Jones (DL) 146-0; Pole vault: Fred Pastoria (F) 11-0GirlsFreeport 109, Deer Lakes 41

3,200-meter relay: Freeport (Rachel Kubeldis, Becca Dudek, Hayley Davis, Kristy Teorsky) 11;15.7; 100 hurdles: Lynsey Gugino (F) 17.2; 100 dash: Rodi (DL) 13.5; 1,600 run: Kayla Zboran (F) 5:54; 400 dash: L'Herbier (DL) 1:04.3; 400 relay: Freeport (Kamri Brestensky, Ali Moore, Nicolette Blake, Chelsea Chaffman) 53.4; 300 hurdles: Lynsey Gugino (F) 51.5; 800 run: Taylor Bombalski (F) 2:46; 200 dash: Chelsea Chaffman (F) 28.5; 3,200 run: Kayla Zboran (F) 12:48; 1,600 relay: Freeport (Kamri Brestensky, Taylor Bombalski, Chelsea Chaffman, Ali Moore) time not availableField EventsHigh jump: Ali Moore (F) 4-10; Long jump: Dugan (DL) 16-0; Triple jump: Bronte Soul (F) 35-1.5; Shot put: H. Rasselle (DL) 30-2.5; Discus: A. Rasselle (DL) 93-10; Javelin: Amy Cataldi (F) 76-3; Pole vault: Jenna Napierski (F) 7-6

Seneca Valley 11, Mt. Lebanon 5 — Sam Struss netted six goals and Audrey Semel added two goals to lead the Raiders (3-0).Paige Corathers, Morgan Midkiff and Taylor Mayeda each registered one goal for Seneca Valley, which plays at Pine-Richland Tuesday.Knoch 13, Blackhawk 4 — Mandi Boldy scored four goals and added two assists in this Knights' win from Wednesday night.Mindy Norris also had four goals for Knoch.