4 golfers make WPIAL semifinals
Butler's Antonio Baroffio and Seneca Valley's Matt Vogt (each with a 72) and SV's Connor McCaffrey (73) and Andrew Tang (79) all made the cut at the WPIAL Section 3 Qualifier, Monday at Sylvan Heights Golf Course in New Castle.
They advance to next Monday's WPIAL semifinals at Buffalo Golf Course.
Butler's Andrew Shakely shot an 80 and was tied for the final qualifying spot with Pine-Richland's David Owens, but the latter won a four-hole playoff.
Shakely will serve as an alternate.
Jeff Tracy shot a 77 and Nick Cress had a 78 to lead Slippery Rock to a fourth-place finish in the last megamatch of the season. The Rockets shot a 319 as a team, two strokes behind first-place Meadville (317).Grove City tied for second with Titusville (318), with Shane Gilmore and Ryan Prokay leading the way with a 77 and 79, respectively.Grove City ends the season in second place with 46 points, eight behind Titusville.Slippery Rock finishes in fourth place with 35 points.Qualifying for the District 10 match, which is based on season scoring average, were Slippery Rock's Jeff Tracy and Nick Cress and Grove City's Derek Forese, Ryan Prokay and Steve Deyarmin.<B>Grove City (318):</B> Shane Gilmore 77, Ryan Prokay 79, Derek Forese 80, Steve Deyarmin 82<B>Slippery Rock (319):</B> Jeff Tracy 77, Nick Cress 78, Brian Giesler 79, Jenna Rinker 85, Tim Chavez 85
<B>Knoch 3, Mars 2 — </B>Amanda Sharbaugh scored a hat trick in leading the Knights past the Planets.Amanda Bartell and Alex Gordon added assists and Storm Hajek made 10 saves for Knoch (4-6-1, 4-3.
Shannon O'Halloran fired a 42, but the Seneca Valley girls golf team fell to Center 193-204.The Raiders dropped to 4-7.<B>Seneca Valley (204): </B>Shannon O'Halloran 42, Brooke Arrington 49, Stephanie Bullis 55, Jen Suder 58.<B>Center (193):</B> Annie Bozich 47, Brittany Masey 48, Megan Higgins 48, Danielle Rossi 50
Liz Ogershok had nine service points and six aces as the Knoch volleyball team continued to roll with a 3-0 win over Valley.Zoe Hughes added nine service points, five aces and five kills, and Keisha Michel pitched in six service points and four aces for the Knights (7-0, 5-0).<B>Karns City 3, Kittanning 0</B> — Laken Morrow had 12 kills and eight service points, and Laura Isacco added 38 assists and 10 service points to lead the Gremlins to a 25-17, 25-10, 25-23 win over Kittanning.Brianna Bowser added seven kills and 13 service points for the Gremlins (4-2).<B>Laurel 3, Moniteau 0 —</B> The Warriors (0-6, 0-5) dropped this match to the Spartans by scores of 25-10, 25-11 and 25-13.
Wes Craig scored two goals, and Mike Ramirez and Ryan Hyatt each added one as Slippery Rock rolled past Hickory 4-1.Ramirez also had two assists for the Rockets (7-1-1, 6-0-1).Abir Chatterjee picked up the win in net.<B>Grove City 2, Wilmington 0 — </B>Shaun Barr and Josiah Welker each tallied goals while Caleb Ritenour and Jordan Nichols registered assists for Grove City (6-2).The Eagles' junior varsity team won 3-0.
<B>Butler 4, Mars 1 — </B>Carolyn Shetter, Madison Kerr and Heather Santa each won their singles match with ease.In junior varsity action, Butler's No. 1 and No. 2 doubles squads prevailed to lead Butler to the 4-1 victory over Mars.<B>Singles</B>1-Carolyn Shetter (B) def. Ann Matias 6-3, 6-1; 2-Madison Kerr (B) def. Sierra Sullivan 6-2, 6-0; 3-Heather Santa (B) def. Brooke Barnes 6-2, 6-2<B>Doubles</B>1-Katrina Erdahl-Holly Smail (M) def. Katherine Sylvia-Hannah Roccki 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; 2-Racheal Wilson-Jamie Daum (B) def. Michelle Flynn-Katy Andrascik 6-3, 6
