Making it count

September 10, 2009 Last Updated: September 10, 2009 03:04 PM High School

Mars' Lexie Mastro (6) leaps over Butler's Brittney Miller during the Planets' 1-0 girls soccer victory Wednesday night. Mars improved to 2-0 on the season.

Ganter goal stands up for 1-0 Mars victory

Crysta Ganter scored the deciding goal in the Mars girls soccer team's 1-0 win at Butler Wednesday night.

Sarah Williams assisted on the game's lone score.

Meghan Kelly tallied 10 saves in the shutout win for the Planets (2-0).

Both teams will be in action at home Saturday, Mars against Freedom and Butler (0-2) against Hopewell.

Junior Varsity Girls Soccer

Mars 2, Butler 0 — Sarah Baehr and Alessa Conner scored the goals and Brittney Wills had an assist.

Seneca Valley 189, Butler 208 — Blake Henderson and Mike McNulty carded a 35 and 36, respectively, to power the Raiders at Cranberry Highlands.Seneca Valley (5-1) will face New Castle Friday at Sylvan Heights.Butler (208): Nathan Moses 36, Zach Sessa 42, Cory Morabito 43, Lance Hinton 43, Steven Feczko 44Seneca Valley (189): Blake Henderson 35, Mike McNulty 36, Tim Martin 38, Connor McCaffrey 38, Andrew Kriley 42Mars 194, Shaler 232 — Billy Bender's 37 earned medalist honors as the Planets remained undefeated at 7-0 with a big win over the Titans at Pittsburgh National Golf Club.Mars will host Knoch today at Rittswood.Mars (194): Billy Bender 37, Mike Parrish 38, Christian Locher 39, Derek Hillegas 39, Jason Fitzpatrick 41Shaler (232): Nick Krizmanich 44, Nick Ladrew 46, Brandon Christiano 46, Jimmy Edwards 47, Brandon Zalakar 49Grove City 154, Slippery Rock 167 — At Oakview Golf Course, Jordan Orlowski fired a 36 to key the Eagles' win.Grove City (3-3) will return to action Monday in the weekly Region 2 match at Tanglewood.Grove City (154): Jordan Orlowski 36, Ryan Prokay 37, Kyle Foster 40, Alex Miklos 41Slippery Rock (167): Brett Rinker 37, Gus McDowell 43, Alex Sparn 43, Brian Giesler 44A-C Valley 198, Cranberry 245 — Logan Wetzel earned medalist honors with a 37 as the Falcons won this KSAC match at Foxburg Country Club.A-C Valley (3-1) will face Clarion today at Clarion Oaks.Cranberry (245): Mike Switzer 47, Ryan Oxenham 48, Evan Fowler 49, J.J. Houser 50, Eric Lowrey 51A-C Valley (198): Logan Wetzel 37, Blayne McGuirk 38, Ryan Bartley 39, Allan Eaton 40, Joe Callender 44

Grove City 9, Sharpsville 0 — The Eagles opened their season Tuesday with Jeff Hershberger, Sam Potter and Caleb Ritenour all scoring two goals. Mark Jaskowak, Cody Latimer and Ross Keffer added a goal each.

Slippery Rock 2, Commodore Perry 1 — Cole McCandless and Michael Stutz scored a goal each in the Rockets' victory Tuesday.Kyle Hinchberger and McCandless had an assist each, and goalies Tyler Allen and J.J. Graham recorded three saves each.

Shannon Evanchec placed first in the girls run with a time of 20 minutes and one second to lead Knoch to wins over Greensburg-Salem (27-36) and Freeport (27-57) at the Freeport Invitational Wednesday.Knoch also captured the boys' event as Dillon Schwertz led the Knights with a second-place finish (16:34).BoysKnoch-29, Greensburg-Salem-36, Freeport-55Top 101-R.J. Walton (GS) 16:26, 2-Dillon Schwertz (K) 16:34, 3-Van McCarren (K) 16:36, 4-Nick Gentile (F) 17:09, 5. K.J. McCrea (K) 17:16, 6-Sean Schake (GS) 17:27, 7-Paul Kletzli (K) 18:15, 8-Marcus Spisso (GS) 18:23, 9-Kevin Keppel (F) 18:28, 10-Paul Steinhouser (G) 18:28.GirlsKnoch-27, Greensburg-Salem-36, Freeport-57Top 101-Shannon Evanchec (K) 20:01, 2-Emilee Hertweck (K) 20:29, 3-Kayla Zboran (F) 20:37, 4-Rachel Wright (GS) 21:05, 5-Christina Corigliano (K) 21:31, 6-Jen Harold (Kiski Area) 21:52, 7-Shefanie Davis (GS) 22:12, 8-Sara Orr (GS) 22:12, 9- Shaina Contic (GS) 22:13, 10-Katie Jones (K) 22:54.

Knoch 5, Kittanning 0 — Katie Conlon, Jenna Kanterman and Alyssa King swept the singles matches to lead the Knights to the shutout win.Knoch (3-4) will play today at Seneca ValleySingles: Katie Conlon (K) def. Emaloe Montgomery 6-1, 6-3; Jenna Kanterman (K) def. Kelly Wright 6-4, 6-3; Alyssa King (K) def. Katherine Wingard 6-3, 6-2Doubles: Abby Conlon and Peggy Kanterman (K) def. Gabby Mead and Linsey Wagner 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Brooke Ross and Kassie Fissore (K) def. Carly Hoffman and Jessa Goldner 6-2, 2-6 (10-6).

Jenn Suder managed a 42 to help lift Seneca Valley to a 193-200 win over Shaler, Wednesday at Pittsburgh National Golf Club.Complete scores not availableSeneca Valley (193): Jenn Suder 42, Stephanie Bullis 48, Paige Wojdyla 50, Brooke Arrington 53Shaler (200): Sam Smyers 40, Sydney Smyers 50