Butler baseball tops North Hills in playoff push

May 02, 2012 Last Updated: May 02, 2012 02:42 PM High School

Matt Baranchak worked 5 1/3 innings for the win and Mick Fennell got the save as the Butler baseball team stayed alive in the Section 1-AAAA playoff chase Tuesday with a 6-4 win at North Hills.

Baranchak tripled and doubled, while Colin Williamson had two singles for the Golden Tornado (11-4, 6-4), who built a 6-0 lead through four innings. Butler hosts Franklin Regional in a non-section game today at 7 p.m.

Elsewhere:

• A-C Valley's Logan McNamara outdueled Karns City's Derek Sadowski in a 3-1 affair in the second game of a doubleheader.

McNamara struck out nine and did not walk a batter in a complete game while Sadowski fanned eight without a walk.

The Falcons received a single and two RBIs from Jeff Eaton.

In the first game, KC's Nathan Weckerly, Wyatt Everetts and Sadowski each hit a home run in a 12-2, six-inning win.

• Josh Stockert had two doubles, a single and three RBIs and pitcher Joe Holfelder homered in Moniteau's 17-1 win at Keystone.

Game 1A-C Valley 000 020 x — 2 4 2Karns City 003 171 x — 12 14 0W: Tyler Kepple 6 IP (8K, 2BB).

L: Cole Terwilliger 3 IP (4K, 3BB).

A-C Valley: Kevin Kaufman 1B 2B R RBI

Karns City: Nathan Weckerly HR 2RBI, Tyler Kepple 4-1B 2R, Wyatt Everetts 1B HR 4RBI, Derek Sadowski HR 2RBI, Ethan Williams 1B 2B RBI

Game 2Karns City 000 000 1 — 1 5 2A-C Valley 001 200 x — 3 3 0W: Logan McNamara 7 IP (9K, 0BB).

L: Derek Sadowski 6 IP (8K, 0BB).

Karns City (9-2): Nathan Weckerly 1B, Scott Kiser 3-1B R, Wyatt Everetts 1B RBI

A-C Valley: Kevin Kaufman 1B R, Eric Orton 1B R, Jeff Eaton 1B 2RBI

Friday: Karns City at Keystone

Moniteau 312 47x x — 17 15 1Keystone 000 01x x — 1 2 3W: Joe Holfelder 4IP 8(K, 0BB).

L: Hurst 2IP (2K, 3BB).

Moniteau (7-6): Josh Stockert 2-2B 1B 3-R, Joe Holfelder HR 3-RBI, Austin Blauser 2-1B 2-R, Zach Jewart 1B 2-RBI, Trent Young 1B 2-RBI

Keystone: Corvino 1B, Courson 1B

Monday: North Clarion vs. Moniteau, Pullman Park, 4:15 p.m.

Kalene Ireland drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the seventh, bringing in Jordan McCauley with the winning run as Slippery Rock beat Meadville 8-7.Ireland hit two home runs in the game and Cassie Vogan one for the Rockets (5-7, 3-3), who have won three in a row.In other games:• Aubrey Schmeider helped her own cause with three singles, two runs scored and two more batted in as Butler crushed Oakland Catholic 12-2 in six innings.Schmeider earned the win, striking out eight and walking five.• A-C Valley scored 30 runs and pounded out 36 hits in a doubleheader sweep of Karns City, 12-11 and 18-8.Sadie Comstock drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a ground ball that scored Abby Wetzel. Comstock had a triple and three singles in the first game.In the second game, the Falcons scored 14 runs in the fifth and sixth innings for the 10-run win.Tiffany Anderson picked up the win in relief in both games for A-C Valley (3-8).Kara Kershbaumer and Jensen Bachman each had four hits in the two games for Karns City.Meadville 201 001 3 — 7 9 3Slippery Rock 300 130 1 — 8 12 4W: Stephanie Kotomski 7 IP (5K, 0BB). L: Nottingham 6.1 IP (5K, 8BB).Meadville: Woods 1B RBISlippery Rock (5-7, 3-3): Kalene Ireland 2HR, Cassie Vogan HRThursday: Jamestown at Slippery RockButler 115 122 x — 12 12 0Oakland Cath. 200 000 x — 2 2 7W: Aubrey Schmeider 6 IP (8K, 5BB). L: Brooks 3 IP (0K, 0BB).Butler (4-9): Aubrey Schmeider 3-1B 2R 2RBI, Madison Graham 2-1B R 2RBI, Amanda Steinheiser 1B 2B 3R RBIOakland Catholic: Brooks 1B, Kyle 1BThursday: Seneca Valley at ButlerGame 1Karns City 111 141 2 — 11 20 xA-C Valley 210 311 4 — 12 26 xW: Tiffany Anderson 3IP (0K, 3BB). L: Lauren Downs 7IP (4K, 4BB).Karns City: Kara Kershbaumer 3-1B, Lauren Mildren 3-1B, Morgan Deal 2B 1B, Lauren Downs 3-1B, Jordan Downs 2-1B, Jensen Bachman 4-1BA-C Valley: Abby Wetzel 3-1B, Sadie Comstock GWRBI 3B 3-1B, Kelsey Russell 3-1B, Kayla Cratty 2B 4-1BGame 2Karns City 115 001 x — 8 7 xA-C Valley 013 068 x — 18 10 xW: Anderson 3IP (0K, 3BB). L: Lauren Downs 5IP (1K, 4BB).Karns City: Deal 2B, Jordan Downs 2-1BA-C Valley: Russell 2B 1B, Erin Alworth 2-1BThursday: West Forest at A-C Valley; Karns City at Keystone

Moniteau's Nikki Yeckel won the 100-meter dash and both hurdle events as the Warriors' girls track and field team upended Keystone, 92-58, and Cranberry, 78-72.Krista Snyder (long jump, triple jump) and Heather Porter (high jump, pole vault) both won two individual events for Moniteau.• Davis Dimit and Jason Anna each won a pair of events to pace the Slippery Rock boys to a 92-58 win over Sharon while Jessica Bennett captured the 1,600 and 3,200 in the girls' 104-35 rout.GirlsMoniteau 92, Keystone 58Moniteau 78, Cranberry 72Track Events3,200-meter relay: Cranberry 11:02; 100 hurdles: Nikki Yeckel (M) 17.1; 100 dash: Nikki Yeckel (M) 13.7; 1,600 run: Baughman (K) 6:08; 400 dash: Merryman (C) 1:02.3; 400 relay: Keystone 56.5; 300 hurdles: Nikki Yeckel (M) 49.9; 800 run: Chelsea Miller (M) 2:45; 200 dash: L. Green (C) 29.0; 3,200 run: Baughman (K) 13:20; 1,600 relay: Cranberry 4:35Field EventsHigh jump: Heather Porter (M) 4-7; Long jump: Krista Snyder (M) 15-6.5; Triple jump: Krista Snyder (M) 32-6; Shot put: Hartzell (K) 30-6.5; Discus: Katie Brehm (M) 97-7; Javelin: Cowles (C) 101-7; Pole vault: Heather Porter (M) 10-0.BoysSlippery Rock 92, Sharon 58Track Events3,200-meter relay: Slippery Rock (Thompson, Udy, Brock Sloan, Braden Sloan) 8:28; 110 hurdles: Dimit (SR) 15.7; 100 dash: Dimit (SR) 11.5; 1,600 run: Anna (SR) 4:47; 400 dash: Storall (S) 51.6; 400 relay: Sharon 46.3; 300-meter hurdles: Dimit (SR) 42.9; 800-meter run: Thompson (SR) 2:03; 200-meter dash: Kadlubek (SR) 24.2; 3,200-meter run: Anna (SR) 10:26; 1,600-meter relay: Slippery Rock (Ty Udy, Brock Sloan, Braden Sloan, Thompson) 3:32Field EventsHigh jump: Stovall (S) 6-0; Long jump: Jacoway (S) 20-1; Triple jump: Jacoway (S) 42-3; Shot put: Porterfield (S) 52-9; Discus: Porterfield (S) 132-5; Javelin: Humes (SR) 119-8; Pole vault: Gerlach (SR) 12-0GirlsSlippery Rock 104, Sharon 35Track Events3,200-meter relay: N/A; 100 hurdles: Joyce (SR) 17.1; 100 dash: Stephenson (SR) 12.4; 1,600 run: Bennett (SR) 5:35; 400 dash: Davis (S) 1:03.2; 400 relay: Slippery Rock (Urbanick, Ripley, Stephenson, Joyce) 53.6; 300 hurdles: Joyce (SR) 52.1; 800 run: Cessar (SR) 2:32; 200 dash: Stephenson (SR) 26.8; 3,200 run: Bennett (SR) 13:01; 1,600 relay: Slippery Rock (Cessar, Chmielewski, Green, Urbaniak) 4:25Field EventsHigh jump: Urbaniak (SR) 4-8; Long jump: Stephenson (SR) 14-2.5; Triple jump: Williams (S) 31-4.5; Shot put: Campbell (SR) 38-2; Discus: Cravener (SR) 112-10; Javelin: Northcott (SR) 111-2; Pole vault: None

Bailey Kraus led Butler with four goals and Olivia Kappler added three as Butler routed Yough 14-3.Casey Murdick and Olivia Semmelroth had two goals each.Maggie Dellen, Kathryn Hitchan and Reanna Everton tallied goal apiece for Butler (8-7), which travels to Highlands Friday.Sewickley Academy 13, Seneca Valley 8 — Morgan Midkiff scored four goals for the Raiders (8-3) while Misha Demchuk added two. Maddie Koontz and Kelly Cundiff had one each.Seneca Valley travels to Quaker Valley Thursday.

Grove City’s Matt Welker, Adam McCracken and Ravi Patel all won in singles action as the Eagles swept Rocky Grove 5-0.Grove City 5, Rocky Grove 0Singles: 1-Matt Welker (GC) def. Trevor Irwin 6-1, 6-0; 2-Adam McCracken (GC) def. Kenry Gent 6-1, 6-0; 3-Ravi Patel (GC) def. Austin Barnett 6-3, 6-3Doubles: 1-Dylan Motta/Evan Lowers (GC) def. Tristan Weldon/Joe Martin 6-1, 6-0; 2-Kyle Yeakle/Chris Adams (GC) def. Tyler Ferricks/Tyler Warrington 6-0, 6-1