SV's Vogt makes PIAA golf regional

October 08, 2008 Last Updated: October 08, 2008 01:27 PM High School

Karns City's Millie McKain, right, beats Leah Laslow of Brookville to the ball during Tuesday's game. McKain scored two goals in the Gremlins' 3-0 victory.

Seneca Valley's Matt Vogt carded a 77 to place 13th at the WPIAL Golf Championship at Diamond Run Tuesday.

Vogt shot an even-par 35 on the front nine to help him qualify for the PIAA Western Region final next Wednesday at Toms Run in Blairsville.

Adam Stawski of Plum was the champion by firing a 70.

In all, 24 golfers will advance to Wednesday's western final.

Mars' Christian Locher was the other Butler County golfer in the field, but he missed the cut with an 86.

District 10 qualifier — Grove City's Ryan Prokay shot a 76 Tuesday at Oak Tree Country Club in West Middlesex to become one of eight golfers to qualify for the PIAA West Region final.On the girls side, Slippery Rock's Jenna Rinker shot an 81 to finish second in the District 10 qualifier at Riverside Golf Club in Cambridge Springs. She is one of four girls to advance to the West Regional.Tim Chavez was Slippery Rock's highest finishing male golfer, carding an 81 to tie for 21st out of 64 golfers.

Freeport 200, Summit Academy 287 — Clayton Smith and Dane Bargerstock carded 37s to lead the Yellowjackets (14-4, 12-2) to the section victory.Steven Richardson paced the Knights with a 48.Freeport will play in the WPIAL semifinals Friday.

Summit Academy (287): Steven Richardson 48, D.J. Tate 50, Jordan Harvey 59, Chad Stroud 61, Taylor Foster 69

Freeport (200): Clayton Smith 37, Dane Bargerstock 37, Kaine Mowatt 38, Neal DeCroo 42, Amanda Mientus 46

Butler 177, Ellwood City 211 — Marissa DeCola fired a 38, Mara Shingleton a 42, Brianna Keelan 48 and Arianna Rock a 49 to lead Butler Tuesday.DeCola, a freshman, carded an 85 to finish 10th at the WPIALGirls Individual Golf Championship Monday at Valley Brook Country Club.Shingleton shot a 101 to finish 23rd while Rock was 24th with the same score.Also, DeCola shot a 38 to lead Butler to a 178-186 win over Blackhawk in a recent dual match. Shingleton shot a 42 and Rock a 45.Seneca Valley 196, North Allegheny 208 — Jenn Suder's 43 led the Raiders to this win at Connoquenessing Country Club.North Allegheny (208): Carol Kotermanski 46, Jessica Pekins 51, Ryanne Tyler 53, Tara Broderick 58Seneca Valley (196): Jenn Suder 43, Paige Wojdyla 49, Kristen Drevna 52, Stephanie Bullis 52

Karns City 1, Redbank Valley o — The Gremlins' Eric McCue, assisted by Justin Ryan, scored the goal that knocked the Bulldogs (10-1) from the ranks of the unbeaten.Karns City (10-4, 10-2) hosts unbeaten Brookville at 7 p.m. today.Knoch 2, Highlands 1 — Kevin Wood and Steve Beres each tallied a goal to lead the Knights to the section winWood and Trevor Gordon added assists for Knoch, (11-1-1, 9-1-1) who will face Mars (12-1-2, 8-1-2) Thursday for first place in Section 2-AA

Millie McKain scored twice and Christina Endlish added one goal as the Karns City girls soccer team defeated visiting Brookville 3-0 Tuesday.Alaina Burns tallied the shutout in net for the Gremlins (10-4).

Karns City 3, A-C Valley 0 — The Gremlins posted wins of 25-20, 25-19 and 25-17. Erika Rothen paced the Falcons (9-2, 7-2) with nine kills while Samantha Kerlin had six kills and a block, Karly Kaufman had five kills and three blocks, and Kelly Davis had 19 assists.The Gremlins also won the junior varsity game, 25-20, 25-11.Statistics on Karns City players were not provided.

Slippery Rock 20, Greenville 35 (boys); Slippery Rock 19, Greenville 40 (girls) — Jacob Spurk won the boys race for the Rockets (4-1) while Nicki Fuchs claimed the girls race for Slippery Rock (5-0). The team closes its regular season schedule Tuesday by hosting Hickory.Boys Top 10Jacob Spurk (SR)18:41, Jackson Udy (SR)19:12, Owen Bowser (SR)19:23, Chad Eckard (G)19:31, Eddie Summerlin (G)19:36, Ryan Thompson (SR)19:40, Zach Candela (G)20:09, Luke Shaffer (SR)20:18, Alex Flecker (SR)20:19, Kevin Jeffries (G)20:56Girls Top 10Nicki Fuchs (SR) 23:15, Linda Rolcan (G) 23:41, Rachael Richter (SR) 24:07, Susan Timko (SR) 24:43, Alexis Reeher (SR) 24:54, Sarah Grabner (SR) 24:59, Kayla Brandlinger (SR) 25:16, Alexis Barry (G) 25:26, Kate Brozenic (SR) 25:43, Amy Gerwig (SR) 25:47Karns City 23, North Clarion 33; Karns City 16, Ford City 47 (boys) — The Gremlins (9-1, 5-1) grabbed the Nos. 2 through 5 positions to defeat North Clarion and Ford City.Union also took part in the meet.In the girls meet, the same four schools competed, but no team score was kept for Union and Karns City, although the Gremlins' Sarah Young was the overall winner with a time of 24 minutes, 17 seconds.Karns City will be back in action Saturday at the Rocky Grove Invitational.Boys Top 10Nick Schmader (NC) 19:28, Bryce Foreback (KC) 19:34; Dylan Surrena (KC) 19:39, Ethan McGarvey (KC) 19:41; Darren Best (KC) 19:42, Brian Burkhart (NC) 20:09, Chris Deitz (U) 20:15, John Bobak (NC) 20:28, Eli Smith (FC) 20:52, Scott Hargenrader (NC)/Matt Jenkins (KC) 21:01Girls Top 10Sarah Young (KC) 24:17, Karlie Sherman (NC)25:03, Tara Dinga (FC)25:18, Allison Kessler (NC) 25:38, Grace Wallace (NC)25:50, Melissa Ebbitt (KC) 25:52, Brittany Ochs (NC) 25:53, Ain-Soph Williams (KC) 26:04, Nicole Beck (KC) 26:19, Elizabeth Shirey (FC)26:22A-C Valley 24, Clarion 31; Clarion-Limestone 23, A-CValley (boys) 37 — JordanMiller finished third overall in the boys meet, which also included Venango Catholic.The Falcons' Justin Rothen won the junior high race.Boys Top 10Chris Delaney (VC)18:57, Mike McNellie (VC)19:08, Jordan Miller (ACV) 19:15, Dustin Young (C-L) 19:53, Lee Foltz (C) 20:00, Travis Steele (C-L) 20:04, Tyler Drake (ACV) 20:09, Grant Schirmer (C-L) 20:26, Ld. Fiickenworth (C-L) 20:44, Cody Forsythe (C-L) 20:46Girls Top 10Megan Grove (C)20:52, Cailyn Lingwall (C) 21:55, Emily Milfiord (ACV) 22:15, Kellie Wyatt (C-L) 23:24, Lynnie Schirmer (C-L) 23:33, Sara Lander (VC) 23:45, Leah Flickinger (C-L) 24:08, Nicole Marshall (ACV) 24:12, Brittany Selker (C-L) 24:52, Abby Hibman (C-L) 24:57Cranberry 16, Moniteau 47 (boys); Cranberry 16, Moniteau 47 (girls) — The Warriors managed fifth-place finishes in the boys meet (Andrew Edmonds) and in the girls race (Taylor Shaffer).Boys Top 101-Nate Lalley (C) 18:37, 2-Will Stiglitz (C) 18:42, 3-Caine Mitchell (C) 18:45, 4-Morgan Huegal (C) 18:49, 5-Andrew Edmonds (M) 18:54, 6-Ryan Zacherl (C) 19:06, 7-Eric Beichner (C) 19:08, 8-Kaleb Lalley (C) 19:19, 9-Tony Miller (M) 19:27, 10-Casey Spence (C) 19:53Girls Top 101-Rene Harbison (C) 22:35, 2-Maggie O'Neil (C) 23:13, 3-Abby Smith (C) 23:36, 4-Katie Hogg (C) 24:06, 5-Taylor Shaffer (M) 24:26, 6-Katie Parks (C) 25:10, 7-Cassie Groner (C) 25:36, 8-Taylor Rose (C) 26:11, 9-Courtney Catterall (M) 27:50, 10-Mimi Haney (M) 27:51MAC Invitational at Brush Creek — The Mars boys finished seventh out of 20 teams as Nick Edinger was fourth overall for the Planets with a time of 18:04. Jake Montag was 11th with an 18:43. There were 139 total runners.The Planets girls finished fifth out of 11 teams. Samantha Brandon was 13th in 22:57, Gabri Pierre 16th in 23:00 and Polly Hanczewski 18th in 23:19. There were 94 total runners.Mars girls won the junior varsity meet and had the top two overall runners: Carly Clark in 23:02 and Salina Smialek in 23:58. Mars boys were third in the JV meet and had the top two finishers: Sean Gannon in 19:49, Chris Hardt in 19:50.