Damsels record historic 700th hoops victory

January 19, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2007 12:48 PM High School

Tiffany Corle's play led the Union girls basketball team to another win.

But this victory had special meaning to it.

Corle's 19 points, 13 rebounds, six assists and five steals led the Damsels to a 74-31 decision over Venango Catholic Thursday

The victory was 700th in the program's history, which dates back to the 1971-72 season.

The win also keeps Union (13-3, 10-1) on a roll as the team has now won seven straight games.

Alicia Anthony added 11 points and Torri Smith had 10 for Union.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 31Lutz 3 4-4 10, McNeely 2 0-0 5, Scurry 5 1-2 11, Martin 1 0-0 2, Niederriter 1 1-3 3. Totals: 12 6-9 31.

UNION 74Tiffany Corle 9 1-1 19, Janele Divins 4 0-1 9, Mackenzie Shirey 3 1-2 7, Denyelle Painter 1 2-2 4, Torri Smith 5 0-0 10, Alicia Anthony 4 2-2 11, Meagan Booth 3 2-3 8, Heather Booth 1 1-2 3, Corri Seybert 0 2-2 2, Lanae Cicciarelli 0 1-2 1, Courtney Frederick 0 0-0 0, Melissa Shook 0 0-0 0. Totals: 30 12-17 74.

Venango Cath. 9 8 6 8—31Union 17 18 26 13—743-point goals: VC (McNeely); Union 2 (Divins, Anthony)

Wednesday: Union at West Forest

Pine-Richland 34, Seneca Valley 32 — The Rams' Katie Wise sank a buzzer-beater to hand the Raiders a tough Section 3-AAAAloss.Pine-Richland outscored the Raiders 9-2 in the final period. There was some debate about whether the shot came after the clock expired.Kelsey Spencer and Amanda Johnson each had nine points to lead Seneca Valley (11-6, 2-5).

SENECA VALLEY 32Aly Eagle 0 0-0 0, Megan Gebrosky 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Spencer 4 1-2 9, Kelsey Patsilevas 3 0-0 7, Amanda Johnson 4 1-2 9, Jackie Mangola 3 1-1 7, Catherine Messmer 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 3-5 32.

PINE-RICHLAND 34Katie Wise 2 0-0 4, Chelsea Young 1 1-2 3, Sydney Wilson 4 0-0 8, Emma Richert 3 0-0 7, Caroline Sager 0 0-0 0, Emily Karr 3 0-0 9, Kristen Bridge 0 0-0 0, Tricia Adamczyk 1 0-0 3. Totals: 14 1-2 34.

Seneca Valley 9 11 10 2—32Pine-Richland 6 7 12 9—343-point goals: Patsilevas; Karr 3, Richert, Adamczyk

Saturday: Greensburg Central Catholic at Seneca Valley

Mars 54, Burrell 45 — Lily Grenci scored 20 points as the Planets (15-2, 7-1) held off a second-half rally.Karly Takach added 12 points for the Planets.

MARS 54Megan Gibson 0 2-4 2, Cara Hudac 1 0-1 2, Vanessa Pappas 1 0-0 2, Haley Geyer 3 0-0 7, Karly Takach 5 2-3 12, Lily Grenci 10 0-1 20, Maggie Bullman 3 2-4 9. Totals: 26 6-13 54

BURRELL 45Taylor Myers 2 0-0 4, Kacy Anderson 4 0-0 9, Kaylie Cochran 5 4-4 14, Nikki Becker 5 0-2 12, Katelyn Novak 1 0-0 2, Morgan Sharick 2 0-0 4. Totals: 19 4-9 45

Mars 17 17 8 12—54Burrell 10 5 10 20—453-point goals: Mars (Geyer, Bullman); Burrell (Becker 2, Anderson)

JV: N/A

Monday: Hampton at Mars

Moniteau 53, NorthClarion 32 — Amanda Gladd scored 11 points for the Warriors (4-12, 4-7).

MONITEAU 53Amanda Gladd 4 0-0 11, Amy Gladd 4 0-2 8, Kenzie Timblin 4 0-0 8, Maura McCaslin 3 3-6 9, Megan Campbell 3 0-0 6, Sam Kristufek 0 2-2 2, Jenna McCorry 2 1-2 5, Kathleen Harding 0 2-2 2, Gretchen McCormick 1 0-2 2. Totals: 21 8-16 53

NORTH CLARION 32C. Cyphert 2 2-4 7, Niederriter 2 2-6 6, K. Cyphert 3 1-2 7, K. Zacherl 1 0-0 3, J. Zacherl 2 1-2 5, Tarr 1 2-2 4. Totals: 11 8-16 32

Moniteau 14 9 15 15—53NorthClarion 7 10 4 11—323-point goals: Moniteau (Amanda Gladd 3); North Clarion (C. Cyphert, K. Zacherl)

JV: Moniteau 33-31

Wednesday: East Forest at Moniteau

Freeport 44, Apollo-Ridge 41 — Samantha Campbell scored 19 points as the Yellowjackets came from nine points down at the half to win.Jordan Dunn and Stephanie Clowes each added 10 points for Freeport.

APOLLO-RIDGE 41Kelly Altmire 2 0-0 4, Jordan Guthrie 3 0-0 8, Ellen Reily 1 1-6 3, Laiken Anderson 2 1-3 7, Maggie Yount 2 1-4 5, Marilee Madison 3 6-10 12, Britnee Knupp 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 9-23 41

FREEPORT 44Amber Elder 1 0-2 2, Jordan Dunn 3 3-4 10, Samantha Campbell 7 5-6 19, Stephanie Clowes 4 0-0 10, Cassie Smolic 1 1-2 3. Totals: 16 9-14 44

Apollo-Ridge 10 17 5 9—41Freeport 6 12 13 13—443-point goals: Apollo-Ridge (Guthrie, Anderson); Freeport (Clowes, Dunn)

JV: N/A

Monday: Freeport at West Shamokin

Fox Chapel 102, Butler 82 (girls); Fox Chapel 104, Butler 70 (boys) — Molly Evans and Brittany Vogel each won two individual events and two relays to lead the Tornado girls team, while Hans Bergh and diver John Rhodaberger were individual winners for the boys squad.Butler (both teams 2-4) will host North Allegheny next Thursday.Girls200 medley relay: 1-Butler (Ellen Crummy, Sarah Clouse, Brittany Vogel, Molly Evans) 1:57.96200 freestyle: 1-Molly Evans (B) 1:59.43200 individual medley: 1-Brittany Vogel (B) 2:19.04; 2-Crummy (B)50 freestyle: 1-Sarah Boyd (FC) 26.331-meter diving: 1-Stephanie Kello (B) 149.15100 butterfly: 1-Carol Lin (FC) 59.65; 2-Clouse (B)100 freestyle: 1-Hillary Lotz (FC) 57.97500 freestyle: 1-Molly Evans (B) 5:17.95200 freestyle relay: 1-Fox Chapel (Meredith Hanley, Kristin Virostek, Annie Ulizio, Maggie Deineroth) 1:46.64100 backstroke: 1-Brittany Vogel (B) 1:03.95; 3-Crummy (B)100 breaststroke: 1-Sarah Clouse (B) 1:09.63400 freestyle relay: 1-Butler (Ellen Crummy, Sarah Clouse, Brittany Vogel, Molly Evans) 3:56.17Boys200 medley relay: 1-Fox Chapel (Thomas Hu, Mikey Clark, Steven Dickel, Derek Sundermann) 1:52.98200 freestyle: 1-Peter Coulson (FC) 1:52.23200 individual medley: 1-Michael Langue (FC) 2:17.85; 2-H. Bergh (B)50 freestyle: 1-Derek Sundermann (FC) 23.87; 2-Coulter (B)1-meter diving: 1-John Rhodaberger (B) 231.55; 2-Kaiser (B); 3-Calhoun (B)100 butterfly: 1-Steven Dickel (FC) 58.08100 freestyle: 1-Michael Coulter (B) 53.93500 freestyle: 1-Peter Coulson (FC)5:09.47; 3-E. Bergh (B)200 freestyle relay: 1-Fox Chapel (Steven Mohn, Derek Sundermann, Andrew Krieger, Peter Coulson) 1:36.58; 2-Butler100 backstroke: 1-Steven Dickel (FC) 1:01.34100 breaststroke: 1-Hans Bergh (B) 1:14.30400 freestyle relay: 1-Butler (Alex Bauer, Erik Bergh, Clif McKee, Josh Messler) 4:20.16Seneca Valley 91, North Hills 87 (girls); Seneca Valley 87, North Hills 63 (boys) — The Raiders swept this section meet against the Indians. No details were provided.

Butler 798-67x, Plum 796-64x — John Barnes, J.T. Kerr, Kayla Fry, Erica Leslie, Mark Zanella and Nikki Bruner all fired 100s to key the Tornado's victory over the Mustangs Thursday.

Freeport edged Westmont Hilltop 2-1 in a PIHL Class A game at the Belmont Complex Thursday.No details were provided