Yellowjackets rough up East Allegheny, 79-50

January 31, 2007 Last Updated: January 31, 2007 12:43 PM High School

Nate Kotecki had 16 points, Chris Tagmyer had 15 and Brady Sherrieb added 14 to lead the Freeport boys basketball team to a 79-50 victory overEast Allegheny Tuesday.

Brian Zimmerman added nine points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Yellowjackets (11-5, 7-3 in Section 1-AA).

EAST ALLEGHENY 50Evan Chantos 1 0-1 2, Jaquan Jones 5 0-0 12, Lee Marts 0 2-2 2, Trevor Morris 1 1-2 3, Jordan Matthews 5 0-1 12, Jon Frzekas 2 0-0 4, Trevor Loston 3 2-4 8, Ed Lesnick 1 0-0 2, Cameron Cauley 1 1-2 3, Ashton Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20 6-12 50.

FREEPORT 79Nate Kotecki 5 4-4 16, Cory Massart 2 0-0 4, Matt Giesler 0 2-2 2, Tom Blythe 1 1-2 3, Chris Tagmyer 6 2-4 15, Brian Zimmerman 3 3-4 9, Andrew Vidra 1 0-0 2, Justin Bollinger 3 0-0 6, Harrison Wood 1 0-0 2, Miles Smolic 2 0-0 4, Sean Carnahan 1 0-0 2, Brady Sherrieb 6 0-0 14. Totals: 31 12-16 79.

East Allegheny 12 9 17 12—50Freeport 17 24 21 17—793-point goals: Jones 2, Matthews 2; Kotecki 2, Sherrieb 2, Tagmyer

JV: Freeport, 54-48 (F:Justin Bollinger 14)

Friday: Freeport at West Shamokin

Mars 69, Quaker Valley 37 —The Planets jumped out to a 43-15 halftime advantage to roll past the Quakers.Vinny Smith led Mars with 16 points, and D.J. Cannon and Steve Cress chipped in with 12 apiece.

MARS 69Chris Herold 2 3-4 9, Dan Colbert 2 0-1 6, Justin Stadelmeyer 1 0-0 2, Ben Szilogy 0 0-0 0, Ryan Schroth 3 0-0 6, Chris Cassidy 0 1-2 1, Dave Petruska 1 0-1 3, D.J. Cannon 3 4-4 12, Brandon Stadelmeyer 0 0-0 0, Vinny Smith 8 0-0 16, Ryan Nearhoof 1 0-0 2, Steve Cress 6 0-0 12. Totals: 27 8-12 69.

QUAKER VALLEY 37Courneen 2 0-0 4, M. Monizza 2 1-2 5, Gilliam 2 0-0 4, Martin 0 0-0 0, Chmay 0 0-0 0, Perrott 1 0-0 2, Goosby 0 1-2 1, Coury 1 1-2 3, McQuaid 3 0-1 6, Gibson 0 0-0 0, Maloney 4 0-0 8, Noyes 2 0-0 4. Totals: 17 3-7 37.

Mars 25 18 13 13—69Quaker Valley 8 7 11 11—373-point goals: Herold 2, Colbert 2, Cannon 2, Petruska

Friday: Kittanning at Mars

Meadville 61, Slippery Rock 57 — Brian Kelly had 17 points and Rhett Gordon had 12 points and nine rebounds, but the Rockets' (5-14) rally came up short.

MEADVILLE 61Geiger 3 2-5 8, Motillo 3 3-3 9, Barton 5 0-0 10, Cowan 1 0-0 3, Barba 2 0-0 4, Phillips 3 5-8 11, Ness 5 0-1 10, McLaughlin 3 0-0 6. Totals: 25 10-17 61.

SLIPPERYROCK 57Rhett Gordon 4 4-6 12, Nick Cress 0 0-0 0, Kendall Mahan 2 0-0 6, Jarod Agostino 2 0-0 5, Derrick Orloski 2 0-1 5, Brian Kelly 7 1-2 17, Zack Ejzak 1 2-3 4, Matt Shearer 3 2-2 8. Totals: 21 9-14 57.

Meadville 11 21 16 13—61Slippery Rock 12 11 15 19—573-point goals: Cowan; Mahan 2, Kelly 2, Agostino, Orloski

JV: Meadville, 52-46 (SR:Sean Schreiber 18)

Friday: Slippery Rock at Erie East

Grove City 75, Titusville 44 — Jordan Fee recorded 19 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals to lead a balanced scoring attack for the Eagles (16-3, 7-0).Grove City also received 15 points from Ben Liebling, 11 points from Dan Keil and 10 from Kyle Perrine.

TITUSVILLE 44E. Feiereisen 0 1-2 1, B. Vincent 1 0-0 2, J. Proano 2 0-0 4, C. Atha 7 3-4 17, S. Clark 2 0-0 4, A. Clark 5 5-6 16. Totals: 17 9-12 44.

GROVE CITY 75Keith Donaldson 1 0-2 2, Maxx Stutz 2 3-5 7, Ben Liebling 6 1-2 15, Dan Keil 4 3-4 11, Ryan McNamara 0 1-2 1, Jordan Fee 8 1-2 19, Patrick Johnson 0 2-2 2, Kyle Perrine 3 3-4 10, Derek Forese 2 0-0 6, Devon Owens 1 0-0 2. Totals: 27 14-23 75.

Titusville 12 13 11 8—44Grove City 18 25 15 17—753-point goals: Clark; Liebling 2, Fee 2, Forese 2, Perrine

JV: Canceled

Friday: Erie Central at Grove City

The Cranberry at A-C Valley contest was postponed because of inclement weather.

Butler 94, Hopewell 89 (girls); Butler 96, Hopewell 72 (boys) — Sarah Clouse and Brittany Vogel won two individual events and two relays to key the Tornado girls team, while Hans Bergh and Jason Clouse won two events each and were on the winning 200 medley relay team for the boys.Butler (both teams at 3-5) will compete at Shady Side Academy on Thursday.GirlsButler 94, Hopewell 89200 medley relay: 1-Butler (Molly Evans, Brittany Vogel, Sarah Clouse, Ellen Crummy) 1:59.28200 freestyle: 1-Liz Follett (H) 2:15.29; 2-R. Clouse (B); J. Clouse (B)200 individual medley: 1-Sarah Clouse (B) 2:17.6650 freestyle: 1-Brittany Vogel (B)26.371-meter diving: 1-Jessica Munoz (H) 201.15; 2-Grenet (B); 3-Crissman (B)100 butterfly: 1-Molly Evans (B) 1:00.15; 3-R. Clouse (B)100 freestyle: 1-Sarah Clouse (B) 57.49; 2-Crummy (B)500 freestyle: 1-Sherry Symosko (H) 6:18.93; 2-Kriley (B)200 freestyle relay: 1-Butler (Molly Evans, Brittany Vogel, Sarah Clouse, Ellen Crummy) 1:46.18100 backstroke: 1-Brittany Vogel (B) 1:02.79; 3-Kriley (B)100 breaststroke: 1-Ellen Crummy (B) 1:14.21; 2-Evans (B)400 freestyle relay: 1-Hopewell (Michelle Conti, Liz Follett, Julia Giammanco, Sherry Symosko) 4:18.36BoysButler 96, Hopewell 72200 medley relay: 1-Butler (Clif McKee, Hans Bergh, Jason Clouse, Pat Kaiser) 1:58.17; 3-Butler200 freestyle: 1-Jason Clouse (B) 2:00.85; 3-E. Bergh (B)200 individual medley: 1-Hans Bergh (B) 2:18.29; 3-McKee (B)50 freestyle: 1-Joe Cekovich (H) 25.66; 3-Amos (B)1-meter diving: 1-John Rhodaberger (B) 233.50; 2-Calhoun (B); 3-Kaiser (B)100 butterfly: 1-Clif McKee (B) 1:10.14; 2-Bauer (B); 3-Messler (B)100 freestyle: 1-Joel Kiss (H) 55.84; 2-Kaiser (B); 3-Shankle (B)500 freestyle: 1-Hans Bergh (B) 5:37.46; 2-E. Bergh (B); 3-Messler (B)200 freestyle relay: 1-Hopewell (Joe Cekovich, Joel Kiss, Michael McLaughlin, Scott McLaughlin) 1:45.27; 2-Butler; 3-Butler100 backstroke: 1-Jason Clouse (B) 1:03.33; 3-Bauer (B)100 breaststroke: 1-Tyler Gaydosik (H) 1:21.17400 freestyle relay: 1-Hopewell (Joe Cekovich, Chris Colalella, Tyler Gaydosik, Joel Kiss) 4:11.27; 2-ButlerFranklin 77, Slippery Rock (girls) 51; Franklin 75, Slippery Rock (boys) 30 — The Rockets' 200-yard freestyle relay team of Vicky Kosiorek, Whitney Snyder, Alyssa Martinez and Hannah Parsons set a school-record time of 2 minutes, 0.14 seconds in this Monday meet.Kosiorek added wins in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.GirlsFranklin 77, Slippery Rock 51200 medley relay:Franklin (Virgile, Hastings, Lawtron, Spieker) 1:59.88200 freestyle: Lawton (F)2:17.15200 individual medley:Hastings (F)2:22.3850 freestyle:Mong (F)27.33100 butterfly:Vicky Kosiorek (SR)1:12.75100 freestyle:Whitney Snyder (SR)1:09.32500 freestyle:Kayla Shull (SR)5:45.64200 freestyle relay:Slippery Rock (Parson, Kosiorek, Martinez, Snyder) 2:00.14100 backstroke:Vicky Kosiorek (SR)1:13.49100 breaststroke:Lawton (F)1:17.23400 freestyle relay:Franklin (McElhattan, Fetteroff, Salerno, Sandok) 4:31.57BoysFranklin 75, Slippery Rock 30200 medley relay:Franklin (Shouey, Weaver, Cole, Spieker) 1:47.81200 freestyle:Spieker (F)2:05.26200 individual medley:Shouey (F)2:12.9550 freestyle:Fetteroff (F)27.33100 butterfly:Chuck Davies (SR)1:14.68100 freestyle: Caleb Sykora-Bodie (SR)1:02.33200 freestyle relay:Franklin (Frye, Spieker, Weaver, Shouey) 1:31.47100 backstroke:Weaver (F)1:03.00100 breaststroke:Emerson (F)1:21.54400 freestyle relay:Franklin (Hovis, Fetteroff, Cole, Cooke) 3:59.16

Butler 798-69x, Woodland Hills 796-63x — Nick Cottage, Fontaine Graham, J.T. Kerr, Kayla Fry, Erica Leslie and Nikki Bruner each fired 100s to lead the Golden Tornado past the Wolverines Tuesday.

In PIHL Class A action, Freeport routed Richland 8-1 at Planet Ice in Johnstown while Quaker Valley blanked Mars 3-0 at Warrendale BladeRunners.