SV rally fails in 60-55 loss

January 18, 2008 Last Updated: January 18, 2008 02:33 PM High School

Seneca Valley's Dan Papst, right, sets up Knoch's Joe Tramontant for a pin in their 130-pound match Thursday. The Raiders beat the Knights 72-6.

The Seneca Valley girls basketball team's fourth-quarter comeback attempt fell short as the Raiders dropped a 60-55 decision at New Castle Thursday.

Jackie Mangola paced SV (6-11, 4-5) with 24 points.

SENECA VALLEY 55Aly Eagle 5 1-3 13, Megan Gebrosky 2 0-0 4, Kelsey Patsilevas 1 0-0 2, Shayna Elser 1 4-4 6, Jackie Mangola 7 9-10 24, Catherine Messmer 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 19 14-17 55.

NEW CASTLE 60Rodgers 1 2-2 5, Allen 1 6-6 8, Logan Hartman 7 1-2 16, T. Wise 4 2-2 11, Moss 1 0-0 2, Dennis 0 1-3 1, Fish 0 1-2 1, A. Wise 8 0-0 16.

Totals: 22 13-17 60.

Seneca Valley 11 4 17 23—55New Castle 9 13 16 22—603-point goals: Seneca Valley 3 (Eagle 2, Mangola); New Castle 3 (Rodgers, Hartman, T. Wise)

Monday: Butler at Seneca Valley

Franklin 61, Slippery Rock 56 — Sarah Cessar paced the Rockets (12-5, 4-2) with 19 points and Taylor Crocker added 12 in the loss.

SLIPPERY ROCK 56Karly Rhoads 2 3-3 7, Ali Doyle 2 0-0 4, Adele Campbell 3 2-2 8, Sarah Cessar 9 0-2 19, Taylor Crocker 4 0-0 12, Kourtney Rhoads 2 1-2 6.

Totals: 22 6-9 56.

FRANKLIN 61Witt 1 0-0 2, Foust 3 2-2 10, Grabatt 5 6-6 18, Law 4 0-0 11, Ritchey 0 2-3 2, Snyder 6 0-0 12, Kahle 2 2-2 6.

Totals: 21 12-13 61.

Slippery Rock 19 10 15 12—56Franklin 15 19 9 18—613-point goals: Slippery Rock 6 (Crocker 4, Cessar, Ko. Rhoads); Franklin 7 (Law 3, Foust 2, Grabatt 2).

Monday: Slippery Rock at Hickory

Grove City 38, Oil City 28 — The Eagles (8-7, 3-4) were led by Caitlin McNamara, whose 13 points led all scorers in this defensive slugfest.

OIL CITY 28Clyde 2 0-0 4, Weidle 1 0-0 2, Hidinger 5 2-2 12, Knight 0 1-2 1, Burchfield 4 1-4 9.

Totals: 12 4-8 28.

GROVE CITY 38Maggie Orr 3 4-6 10, Caitlin McNamara 4 4-5 13, Kim Cook 1 5-6 7, Caitlin Rothman 1 0-0 2, Lauryn Franklin 1 2-4 4, Kristy Woods 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 11 15-21 38.

Oil City 10 6 5 7—28Grove City 9 6 10 13—383-point goals: Grove City 1 (McNamara).

JV: Grove City 51-7 (GC-Lexi Caporali, 12 points)

Saturday: Brookville at Grove City

West Forest 48, Union 40 — Senior Torri Smith had 16 points and 10 rebounds in the loss for the Damsels (11-5, 8-4).

WEST FOREST 48Jackie Lutz 4 4-5 14, Erica Blum 3 4-7 12, Alyssa Dreihaup 0 3-4 3, Amanda Carll 1 3-4 5, Geena Sneeringer 5 3-6 14.

Totals: 13 17-26

48.

UNION 40Lanae Cicciarelli 2 2-4 7, Courtney Frederick 4 0-1 9, Torri Smith 7 2-2 16, Melissa Shook 1 0-0 2, Tina Lipps 2 0-0 4, Brooke Pollock 1 0-0 2, Lepha Logue 0 0-0 0, Kylee Kelley 0 0-0 0, Amanda Barger 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 17 4-7 40.

West Forest 10 17 6 15—48Union 9 9 11 11—403-point goals: West Forest 5 (Lutz 2, Blum 2, Sneeringer); Union 2 (Cicciarelli, Frederick).

Saturday: Union at Redbank Valley

Highlands 67, Knoch 36 — Lindsay MacArthur scored nine points and added eight rebounds, but the Knights (2-15, 0-9) continued to struggle.

KNOCH 36Megan Burlbaugh 1 0-0 2, Hannah Novotny 3 0-0 6, Gina Robb 1 0-2 2, Taylor Tresatti 1 1-2 3, Lindsay MacArthur 3 3-4 9, Jade Thrower 4 0-0 8, Laura Gray 1 4-5 6, Amber Rhoades 0 0-2 0.

Totals: 14 8-15 36.

HIGHLANDS 67Walker 5 0-0 10, Nee 4 0-0 10, Witucki 3 3-4 9, Cassoni 3 0-0 6, Kordes 5 2-2 12, Grabigel 2 1-2 6, Cavanaugh 4 2-3 12, Hetrick 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 27 8-11 67.

Knoch 8 12 9 7—36Highlands 13 20 15 19—673-point goals: Nee 2, Grabigel, Cavanaugh 2

JV: Highlands 49-46

Monday: Burrell at Knoch

East Forest 44, Moniteau 36 — The Warriors received strong games from Maura McCaslin (16 points) and Jenna McCorry (10 points).

MONITEAU 36Jenna McCorry 4 2-2 10, Christi Kuzma 1 0-0 2, Maura McCaslin 6 3-4 16, Ellie Hilliard 2 2-2 6, Kathleen Harding 0 2-2 2.

Totals: 13 9-10 36.

EAST FOREST 44Kandray 3 0-0 6, Ponegalek 2 8-9 14, Geyer 1 6-8 8, Oliver 2 2-2 4, Rini 3 2-6 8, Barto 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 12 18-25 44.

Moniteau 12 12 10 2—36East Forest 12 9 11 12—443-point goals: Moniteau 1 (McCaslin); East Forest 2 (Ponegalek 2).

Monday: Moniteau at West Forest

Indiana 49, Mars 46 — Ellen Kenitz and Lily Grenci scored 18 and 15 points, respectively, but the Planets fell to the Indians.

MARS 46Ashley Lynch 3 0-0 6, Ellen Kenitz 7 4-4 18, Lily Grenci 4 7-9 15, Tori Gressang 0 0-0 0, Elaine Hasek 2 0-0 4, Rachel Pinkerton 1 0-0 2, Alexa Lee 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 17 12-15 46.

INDIANA 49Mack 6 4-7 19, Stossel 4 2-3 11, Frye 1 0-0 2, Cavalancia 1 0-0 2, Brice 1 0-0 2, Mathe 1 0-1 2, Miller 0 3-4 3, N. Glinsky 3 0-0 8.

Totals: 17 9-15 49.

Mars 19 10 7 10—46Indiana 10 19 11 9—493-point goals: Mack 3, N. Glinsky 2, Stossel

JV: Indiana, 61-32

Clarion-Limestone 47, A-C Valley 31 — Markeea Hart scored nine points to pace the Falcons in this KSAC loss.

A-CVALLEY 31Shannon Blauser 0 1-2 1, Erin Larimore 1 0-0 2, Kaylin Strauser 1 0-0 2, Markeea Hart 4 1-2 9, Shannon Bartley 2 2-2 6, Katrina Johnston 2 0-0 4, Krista Moores 2 0-0 4, Maryellen Busch 1 1-4 3, Kate Best 0 0-0 0, Erika Rothen 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 13 5-10 31.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 47J. Wyatt 1 0-0 2, Keck 4 7-10 15, Pinson 5 2-6 12, Klepfer 3 1-2 7, Weiszczyk 4 0-2 8, Walker 0 0-0 0, Sayers 0 1-2 1, Kleper 0 0-0 0, K. Wyatt 1 0-2 2.

Totals: 18 11-24 47.

A-C Valley 10 6 9 6—31Clarion-Limestone 14 12 10 11—473-point goals: None

Seneca Valley 72, Knoch 6 — The Raiders received pins from Dan Papst (130 pounds), Nate Cully (135) and Dave Bonetti (189).The Knights' lone victory came with Jim Zellhart's pin at 171 pounds.Seneca Valley 72, Knoch 6103 pounds: Colton Sciever (SV) wins by forfeit; 112: Aaron Schettler (SV) major dec. Devin Michel; 119: Grant Evans (SV) wins by forfeit; 125: Jason Hildum (SV) wins by forfeit; 130: Dan Papst (SV) pinned Joe Tramontant; 135: Nate Cully (SV) pinned Mason Kaufman; 140: Bart Lalonde (SV) dec. Alex Lefever; 145: Shon Shattler (SV) dec. Kevin Green; 152: Ryan Behning (SV) wins by forfeit; 160: William Galliotos (SV) wins by forfeit; 171: Jim Zellhart (K) pinned Grant Colton; 189: Dave Bonetti (SV) pinned Joe Hlebicki; 215: no bout; 285: Zach Eckstrom (SV) wins by forfeit

Hempfield 798-70x, Butler 792-62x: Kayla Fry and Nick McCurdy were Butler's top shooters in this loss to the Spartans.

Seneca Valley 102, North Hills 76 (girls); North Hills 94, Seneca Valley 88 (boys): The Raiders girls team improved to 7-1 overall while the boys dropped to 1-7. No details were available.

Serra Catholic 5, Freeport 0: The Yellowjackets went down in defeat on their home ice. No details were available.

Butler defeated Fox Chapel 84-14 recently.Winning by pins for the Golden Tornado were Tyler Dugan at 90 pounds, Mason DeLess at 100, Zackary Reges at 105, Zack Collins at 110, Cody Hartman at 130, Dillon Weston at 138, Dakoda Collins at 145, Carlos Sanchez at 165 and Jordan Allen at 185.Sam Stuckey won by decision at 122 pounds. Blake Caudill, Brandon Bauer, Blaise Wheeler and Matt Kenyon all won by forfeits.Butler wrestles Wednesday at Seneca Valley.