Gremlins squeeze Berries
Brandi Dunkle struck out eight batters and gave up two runs on four hits in the Karns City softball team's 5-2 win at Cranberry Thursday.
Samantha Bly contributed to the victory with a triple and an RBI.
Elsewhere:
• Erica Thrower had two hits, including a home run, but Butler lost at home to Pine-Richland, 10-2.
Karns City 020 012 0—5 7 1Cranberry 000 001 1—2 4 1W: Brandi Dunkle 7IP (8 K, 2 BB).
L: Brannon 7IP (3 K, 2 BB).
Karns City (4-2, 4-0): Allyson Kepple 1B RBI, Sarah Young 1B RBI, Samantha Ryan 1B, Madeline McKain 1B, Samantha Bly 3B RBI, Ashton Pakutz 2-1B RBI
Cranberry: Brannon 2B
Tuesday: Venango Catholic at Karns City
<table width="300" height="275" border="0" align="right" valign="top" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><embed src="/assets/mov/BE43824418.MOV " width="320" height="250" autostart="true" loop="false" ></embed></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/" target="_blank"><span class="style11">Requires Quicktime Media Player </a><br><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Times New Roman">Video by Brandon Gerthoffer</font></span><td></tr></table><B>Pine-Richland 030 411 1—10 7 2Butler 000 011 0—2 5 8W:</B> Dovey 7IP (5 K, 0 BB). <B>L:</B> Angie Reddick 4IP (4 K, 4 BB).<B>Pine-Richland:</B> Straw HR, King 2-1B, Kohley 2-1B<B>Butler (4-6, 2-5):</B> Erica Thrower 1B HR, Jenna Geibel 2B<B>Today:</B> Butler at MarsBaseballCullen Hinderliter's single in the bottom of the ninth inning drove home Dale Gallo with the winning run as Knoch nipped Kiski Area, 7-6.Gallo tallied three doubles and three RBI to go along with his game-winning run.In other games:• A.J. Ethriedge singled, doubled and scored three runs as Union's offense proved too much for Rocky Grove in a 10-4 victory.• Cody Williams and Brett Green each had two hits, but Karns City fell toCranberry 5-2.• Travis McDougall struck out seven and walked one, but he shouldered the loss as Slippery Rock fell to Meadville, 4-3.<B>Kiski Area 030 030 000—6 6 2Knoch 030 111 001—7 8 2W:</B> Brandon Wissinger 3IP (4 K, 0 BB). <B>L:</B> Bill Emrick 4IP (2 K, 2 BB).<B>Kiski Area:</B> Tyler Garrone 3-1B<B>Knoch (4-4):</B> Dale Gallo 3-2B R 3 RBI, Cullen Hinderliter 1B 2B<B>Saturday:</B> Knoch at Moniteau<B>Rocky Grove 013 000 0—4 7 2Union 212 221 x—10 10 2W:</B> Ron Cary 3IP (3 K, 0 BB). <B>L:</B> Bell 3IP (3 K, 0 BB).<B>Rocky Grove:</B> Snyder 2-1B R<B>Union (3-2, 3-2):</B> Clay Burns 2-1B R, Kasey Kriebel 2-1B R, A.J. Ethriedge 1B 2B 3R<B>Today:</B> Cranberry at Union<B>Karns City 010 001 0—2 6 4Cranberry 301 001 x—5 7 1W:</B> Norm Felmlee 7 IP (16 K, 5 BB). <B>L:</B> Saxon Parker 6 IP (3 K, 1 BB).<B>Karns City (3-4, 2-3):</B> Cody Williams 2-1B; Brett Green 2-1B; Joe King 2B<B>Cranberry:</B> Burrows HR; Felmlee HR<B>Tuesday:</B> Venango Catholic @ Karns City<B>Meadville 000 301 0—4 9 0Slippery Rock 021 000 0—3 7 0W:</B> Mark Mason 6IP (4 K, 2 BB). <B>L:</B> Travis McDougall 7IP (7 K, 1 BB).<B>Meadville:</B> John Roncolotta 2B 3B, Ben Lomaster 2-1B, Andy Nickles 1B 2B RBI<B>Slippery Rock (2-5, 1-1):</B> Joey Hemphill 2-1B RBI<B>Today:</B> Slippery Rock at Franklin
The Mars boys took all three relay events en route to an 81-69 victory over Freeport.In the girls meet, Freeport's Merrissa Malcolm claimed first place in the javelin (89 feet, 3 inches) and the pole vault (10-6) as the Yellowjackets prevailed, 86-64.<B>BoysMars 81, Freeport 693,200-meter relay:</B> Mars 9:21; <B>110-meter hurdles:</B> Smith (M) 16.3; <B>100-meter dash:</B> Jake Morrison (F) 11.5; <B>1,600-meter run:</B> Edinger (M) 5:00; <B>400-meter dash:</B> Nick Gentile (F) 54.6; <B>400 meter relay:</B> Mars 45.1; <B>300-meter hurdles:</B> Corey Tague (F) 43.5; <B>800-meter run:</B> Stadelmyer (M) 2:10; <B>200-meter dash:</B> Bair (M) 23.4; <B>3,200-meter run:</B> Edinger (M) 10:52; <B>1,600-meter relay:</B> Mars 3:44<B>High jump:</B> Piocquidio (M) 6-3½; <B>Long jump:</B> Piocquidio (M) 22-2; <B>Triple jump:</B> Alex Isenberg (F) 41½; <B>Shot put:</B> Bryan Caripolti (F) 46-5½; <B>Discus:</B> Miles Smolic (F) 129-2; <B>Javelin:</B> Matt Lucas (F) 149-1; <B>Pole vault</B>: Tyler Pajerski (F) 10-0<B>GirlsFreeport 86, Mars 643,200-meter relay:</B> Mars 11:13; <B>100-meter hurdles:</B> Amanda Zahumensky (F) 18.2; <B>100-meter dash:</B> Barnes (M) 13.6; <B>1,600-meter run:</B> Christine Marty (F) 5:52.8; <B>400-meter dash:</B> Angeletti (M) 1:03.1; <B>400 meter relay:</B> Mars 53.4; <B>300-meter hurdles:</B> Lindsey Sherrieb (F) 52.4; <B>800-meter run:</B> Jordan Dunn (F) 2:34; <B>200-meter dash:</B> Chelsea Chaffman (F) 27.8; <B>3,200-meter run:</B> Brandon (M) 13:18; <B>1,600-meter relay:</B> Mars 4:24.8<B>High jump:</B> Tie-Andrea McQueen (F) and Charlie Dumot 4-8; <B>Long jump:</B> Krause (M) 15-4; <B>Triple jump:</B> Harley Westerman (F) 34-10½; <B>Shot put:</B> Kristen Powell (F) 32-10; <B>Discus:</B> Alyssa Blake (F) 87-5; <B>Javelin:</B> Merrissa Malcolm (F) 89-3; <B>Pole vault</B>: Merrissa Malcolm (F) 10-6
Goalie Katie Sterling stopped 16 shots as Seneca Valley topped Pine-Richland 8-5.Melissa Ball, Lindsay Flavion and ShannonQuail each scored two goals for the Raiders (7-3, 4-0).
Luke Lombardo had 33 assists and BillyRoberts added 11 kills and eight blocks Butler (4-4, 2-3) rallied from a first-game loss to Hopewell to win 10-25, 25-17, 25-16, 27-25.<B>Ambridge 3, Seneca Valley 2 — </B>The Raiders dropped a close decision to the state-ranked Bridgers. No other details were available.Junior Varsity BaseballDalton Steighner and Ryan Fennell each had two hits while Ronnie Glassman, Wes Henderson and Cody Herald drove in two runs each as Butler beat Seneca Valley, 10-4 Wednesday.
Carlos Sanchez won the 110-hurdles and the 400-meter dash to lead the Butler boys junior high track team to a 71-56 victory over North Allegheny Thursday.Mike McPherson won the shot put and the discus and Cody West claimed the long and high jump for the Golden Tornado (8-0).
