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Planets boys golfers clinch section title

Greg Kraus of Mars, right and Kittanning's Bret Neyman meet near the ball Tuesday in the Planets' 11-0 victory.

Jason Fitzpatrick shot a 1-under-par 35 at Saxon Golf Course to help the Mars golf team clinch the section title with a 191-202 win over Knoch Tuesday.

Jared Hennig paced Knoch with a 38.

The Planets (14-3, 10-2) also got a 37 from Christian Locher and Billy Bender.

Mars (191): Jason Fitzpatrick 35, Christian Locher 37, Billy Bender 37, Derek Hillegas 40, James Fox 42

Knoch (202): Jared Henning 38, Jack Boros 40, Stephan Carlsson 40, Corey Branchen 42, R.J. Sepich 42

Seneca Valley 201, Butler 209 — Nathan Moses of Butler carded a 38 for overall medalist honors, but Seneca Valley improved to 12-2.

Seneca Valley (201): Blake Henderson 39, Mike McNulty 39, Connor McCaffrey 40, Ryan Thomas 41, Andrew Kriley 42

Butler (209): Nathan Moses 38, Lance Hinton 41, Dave Paterno 40, Zach Sessa 43, Steve Feczko 45

Erie McDowell Invitational — Grove City's Ryan Prokay shot a 72 to win the Erie McDowell event.Slippery Rock freshman Brett Rinker finished third with a 73.The Rockets placed third as a team with the Eagles placing fifth.There were 19 teams and 76 golfers at the tournament.

Slippery Rock (346): Brett Rinker 74, Brian Giesler 81, Alec Nebel 95, Alex Sparn 96

Grove City (350): Ryan Prokay 72, Jason Revesz 92, Kyle Foster 93, Camden Palmer 93

Freeport 207, Apollo-Ridge 270 — Zach McQueen earned medalist honors with a 38 for the Yellowjackets (16-0, 11-0).

Freeport (207): Zach McQueen 38, Blaine Smith 41, Neal Decroi 42, Tyler Pajerski 43, Doug Gaworski 43

Apollo-Ridge 270: Luke Burrell 46, Anthony Neville 51, Adam Lockwood 52, Josh Smith 59, Ben Velesiz 62

Karns City's boys improved to 8-0, 6-0 with 15-45 wins over A-C Valley and Venango Catholic. The Gremlins girls (4-3, 2-3) defeated Venango Catholic 15-50 and A-C Valley 21-34.Emily Jones of Karns City broke the 1.8-mile junior high course record by completing the course in 12 minutes, 20 seconds.<B>Boys Top 10</B>Bryce Foreback (KC) 19:27, Matt Slagel (KC) 19:36, Dillan Surrena (KC) 19:52, Ethan McGarvey (KC) 20:19, Darren Best (KC) 20:34, Evan Best (ACV) 20:40, Andrew Evans (VC) 20:43, Tyler Drake (ACV) 21:02, Nate Best (ACV) 21:26<B>Girls Top 10</B>Sara Lander (VC) 22:21, Lacee Scheerbaum (KC) 23:38, Emily Milford (ACV) 24:24, Ain-Soph Williams (KC) 25:04, Nicole Beck (KC) 25:13, Nicole Marshall (ACV) 25:33, Sarah Young (KC) 26:27, Melissa Ebbitt (KC) 27:42, Caroline Blauser (ACV) 27:45, Emily Gardner (ACV) 29:22<B>Slippery Rock 19, Reynolds 40 (boys)</B> — Jacob Spurk placed first with a time of 18:13 to lead the Rockets.Jessica Bennett finished 17th overall in the boys-girls combined race and was the second overall girl with a time of 22:16.Emily Moroco of Reynolds was the first girl across the finish line with a time of 21:01. Reynolds did not have a complete girls team.<B>BoysTop 10</B>1-Jacob Spurk (SR) 18:13, 2-Cody Mott (R) 18:47, 3-Ryan Thompson (SR) 19:07, 4-Jackson Udy (SR) 19:29, 5-Alex Flecker (SR) 19:37, 6-Jason Anna (SR) 19:43, 7-Luke Perrine (R) 19:56, 8-Nick Walski (R) 20:01, 9-Phillip Parson (SR) 20:11, 10-Sam Lotz (SR) 20:58<B>North Clarion 23, Moniteau 34 (boys); North Clarion 26, Moniteau 29 (girls)</B> — Heather Porter finished second with a time of 22:31, but the Warriors girls were edged by North Clarion.Tony Miller paced the Moniteau boys with a third-place finish.<B>BoysTop 10</B>1-Nick Schmader (NC) 18:02, 2-Josh Kahle (NC) 19:06, 3-Tony Miller (M) 19:24, 4-Phil Kristufek (M) 19:50, 5-Scott Harganrader (NC) 20:00, 6-Alex Edmonds (M) 20:16, 7-Eric Schill (NC) 20:42, 8-Justin Kahle (NC) 20:42, 9-Cory Burkhadt (NC) 21:15, 10-Corey Haney (M) 21:20<B>GirlsTop 10</B>1-Denise Fitzgerald (NC) 22:16, 2-Heather Porter (M) 22:31, 3-Brittany Ochs (NC) 23:41, 4-Krista Snyder (M) 23:42, 5-Emily Brooks (NC) 23:50, 6-Nikki Yeckel (M) 24:12, 7-Grace Wallace (NC) 24:21, 8-Taylor Shaffer (M) 24:55, 9-Jenna McCorry (M) 25:07, 10-Karlee Sherman (NC) 25:26

Ashley Massart had 13 kills and 10 service points as Freeport remained unbeaten with a 25-8, 25-14, 25-8 win over Apollo-Ridge.Carlie Bieranowski added 11 kills, Laura Prunty had six kills and 14 service points, and Alyssa Vigliotti had 11 service points, three aces and four kills for the Yellowjackets (8-0).<B>Knoch 3, Hampton 0 — </B>Jessica Gross had 13 service points to lead the Knights to a 25-17, 25-20, 25-15 victory over the Talbots.Tori Lark and Julia Kleinfelder added eight and seven kills, respectively, for Knoch (8-4, 6-1).<B>Mars 3, Seton-LaSalle 0 — </B>Camblin Leonard had 13 kills and Maddie Hudac added 30 assists and four kills in the 25-11, 25-21, 25-14 win for the Planets (11-0l, 8-0).

Devan Hribal scored four goals as Slippery Rock (9-2-1) downed Wilmington 4-1.<B>Knoch 3, Deer Lakes 1</B> — Klaus Ondrizek scored all three goals and Kevin Wood had two assists in the victory for the Knights (6-6-1, 5-3).<B>Seneca Valley 5, North Hills 1</B> — Freshman Ryan Vilella scored two goals to lead the Raiders.Drew Williams, Ryan Mershimer and Jeff Hart also scored for Seneca Valley (7-5-1, 4-2-1).<B>Mars 11, Kittanning 0 —</B> Ryan McKenzie netted three goals and Brendan Frank two for the Planets (12-1, 9-0).Also scoring in the win were Tim Vandall, Christopher Karns, Jim Resosky, Tanner Panza, Tony Dominijanni and Jack Leslie.<B>Karns City 10, Forest 0</B> — Eric McCue scored three goals to lead the onslaught for the Gremlins (9-1-1, 9-0).Anthony Easley scored his first career goal for Karns City.

The Knoch girls tennis team split a doubleheader with West Shamokin and North Hills.No. 1 singles player Katie Conlon won 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) to lead the Knights to a 4-0 sweep of West Shamokin.In a continuation of a match that began on Sept. 21, the Knights were swept 3-0 by North Hills.<B>Knoch 4, West Shamokin 0Singles:</B> 1-Katie Conlon (K) d. Chelsea Frailey 6-1, 7-6 (7-2); 2-Jenna Kanterman (K) d. Ashley Renrick 6-1, 6-0; 3-Alyssa King (K) d. Alyssa Altman 6-1, 6-3<B>Doubles:</B> Abby Conlon-Peggy Kanterman (K) d. Lauren Altmire-Bethany Baker 6-4, 6-3<B>North Hills 3, Knoch 0Singles:</B> 1-Michaela Farys (NH) d. Katie Conlon 6-0, 6-1; 2-Emily Winkler (NH) d. Brooke Ross 6-2, 6-0; 3-Heather Henschel (NH) d. Peggy Kanterman 6-2, 7-5<B>Butler 4, Mars 1 —</B> The Golden Tornado (7-5) swept singles play, thanks to Carolyn Shetter, Heather Santa and Courtney Gallagher.<B>Singles:</B> 1-Carolyn Shetter (B) def. Kaitlyn Craig 7-6, 6-2; 2-Heather Santa (B) def. Alanna Michalski 6-0, 6-2; 3-Courtney Gallagher (B) def. Shireen Ghaznavi 6-1, 6-2<B>Doubles:</B> 1-Madison Kerr/Rosel Nesbitt (B) def. Brittany Bunner/Liz Carpenter 6-1, 6-0; 2-Ellen Limback/Madison DuBrock (M) def. Markie Harrison/Abbey Turner 7-6, 6-1

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