Butler's Nesbitt in title match
Butler boys tennis star Will Nesbitt will be playing in the WPIAL Class AAA singles championship today at North Allegheny High School after defeating his three opponents Thursday.
Nesbitt disposed of Penn-Trafford's Cullen Price 10-2 in the first round.
In the quarterfinals, he beat Peters Township's Mitch Kreider 10-7 before defeating Central Catholic's Adam Blasinski in the semifinal round 7-5, 6-4.
Maggie McKain singled and homered to lead a 10-hit attack as Karns City (4-3) defeated West Forest 14-4 in five innings Thursday afternoon.In other games:• Karsan Simpson had a home run, two singles and two RBI and Calla Hinderliter three hits to pace Knoch, which tallied 16 hits, to a 10-6 victory over Ellwood City.• Alexa Sisko singled and doubled while scoring a run and driving in three in Seneca Valley's 11-1, win over Oakland Catholic.Kelsey Mislan singled twice and scored twice for the Raiders (10-2, 6-1).• Haley Jones struck out six and allowed just one hit in a complete-game effort as Mars crushed Hopewell 13-0.<B>West Forest 210 10x x — 4 9 0Karns City 406 13x x — 14 10 0W:</B> Lauren Downs 5 IP (9K, 0BB). <B>L:</B> Dubrawka 4+ IP (3K, 15BB).<B>West Forest:</B> Schwab 2-1B 3B, Dubrawka 2-1B 2B<B>Karns City (4-3):</B> Maggie McKain 1B HR, Morgan Deal 2-1B, Clara Stoughton 3B, Lauren Downs 2-1B, Jordan Downs 1B, Sabrina Johns 2B, Alex Boyle 1B<B>Monday:</B> A-C Valley at Karns City<B>Ellwood City 000 015 0 — 6 12 1Knoch 122 221 x — 10 16 2W:</B> Codi Reed 7 IP (2K, 1BB). <B>L:</B> A. Conforti 5 IP (0K, 2BB).<B>Ellwood City:</B> K. Fainato 2B; AS. Barrett 2B; A. Conforti 2B; S. Blyth 2B<B>Knoch (9-1, 4-1):</B> Codi Reed 2B, 3B; Karsan Simpson HR, 2-1B, 2 RBI; Abbi Smithmyer 3B, 2 RBI; Calla Hinderliter 3-1B; Jhoey DeWalt 2-1B<B>Saturday:</B> Hampton at Knoch<B>Mars 140 130 4 — 13 10 4Hopewell 000 000 0 — 0 1 7W:</B> Haley Jones 7 IP (6K, 0BB). <B>L:</B> Teresa Crabtree 2 IP (1K, 2BB).<B>Mars (7-4):</B> Erin Hershman HR, Suzanne Papik HR, Haley Jones 2-1B, Taylor Rotz 2-1B, Alyse Ciafre 3-1B<B>Hopewell:</B> Kaitlyn Hallum 1B<B>Today:</B> Valley at Mars
Brody Pollock had two doubles and a single, Kane McCall two doubles and Taylor Smith three singles to power Union to a 12-6 win over Redbank Valley.Elsewhere:• In a late game from Wednesday, Torin Smith drove in three runs as Grove City rolled past East 14-3 in five innings.<B>Redbank Valley 102 030 0 — 6 8Union 024 312 x — 12 13</B>Redbank Valley: Shaffer 1B; Shick 21B, 2B; Truitt 1B, 3B; Bish 1B, 2B; Shoemaker 2B<B>Union (4-1, 2-1):</B> Brandon Stitt 2B; Taylor Smith 3-1B; Kaden McGregor 2-1B; Kane McCall 2-2B; Brody Pollock 2-2B, 1B; Jake Gizik 2B; Chet Carmichael 1B<B>Todayt:</B> Union at Clarion-Limestone<B>Grove City 804 20x x — 14 9 4East 000 03x x — 3 3 1W:</B> ben Lucas 2 IP (6K, 0BB). <B>L:</B> Cesar Gonzalez 0.1 IP (0K, 4BB).<B>Grove City (5-4):</B> Torin Smith 1B, 2B, 3 RBI; Colin Lawson 2B; Matt Gordon 1B, 2 RBI<B>Today:</B> Grove City at Slippery Rock
<B>Seneca Valley 11, Fox Chapel 5 — </B>Kelly Cundiff, Lexi Pucci and Kaile Soller each registered three goals as the Raiders improved to 8-1 with the win.Taylor St. Clair and Morgan Midkiff also scored for Seneca Valley, which hosts Peters Township Monday.<B>Knoch 15, McDowell 5 — </B>Mindy Norris had five goals and an assist for the Knights in this Wednesday night game. Mandi Boldy added three goals and two assists, Sierra Kaufman three goals, Kelsey Kloes two goals, Kelsie Petit and Tianna Wikert a goal each.
<B>Butler 3, North Hills 0 — </B>Xavier Krause had 14 kills and Cole Chamberlain and Xavier Krause added 13 and 10 assists, respectively, in a 25-11, 25-8, 25-14 triumph.Butler (6-2, 4-2) will host Shaler Tuesday.<B>Seneca Valley 3, Fox Chapel 0 — </B>Chad Albert and Brian Pudlo had seven kills each, Eric Speicher and Max McCloskey four blocks apiece and Alex Berner six digs in the Raiders' 25-12, 25-14, 25-17 win.
Nick Spangler won the 300 hurdles and the long and triple jumps and Brendan Lynch and Colin Meehan two individual events as the Freeport boys cruised past Springdale 130-15.In the girls meet, Bronte Soul broke the school's long (17-3.5) and triple jump (37-11) records in the Yellowjackets' 124-26 win over the Dynamos.Freeport (6-0) hosts Riverview Tuesday.<B>BoysFreeport 130, Springdale 15Track Events3,200-meter relay:</B> Springdale 9:57.5; <B>110 hurdles: </B>Mike Troup (F) 18.2; <B>100 dash: </B>Brendan Lynch (F) 11.6; <B>1,600 run: </B>Colin Meehan (F) 5;21.5; <B>400 dash: </B>Josh Brestensky (F) 54.2; <B>400 relay: </B>No event; <B>300-meter hurdles: </B>Nick Spangler (F) 46.4; <B>800-meter run: </B>Ballentine (S) 2:19; <B>200-meter dash: </B>Brendan Lynch (F) 23.7; <B>3,200-meter run: </B>Colin Meehan (F) 11:43.7; <B>1,600-meter relay: </B>Freeport (Josh Brestensky, Brandon Breier, Mike Teorsky, Brendan Lynch) 4;14<B>Field EventsHigh jump: </B>Fred Pastoria (F) 5-10; <B>Long jump: </B>Nick Spangler (F) 18-9; <B>Triple jump: </B>Nick Spangler (F) 37-8; <B>Shot put:</B> Brian Welsh (F) 40-5.5;<B> Discus:</B> Cameron Kelley (F) 101-4; <B>Javelin:</B> Josh Luchesa (F) 146-8; <B>Pole vault: </B>Alec Stivers (F) 11-0<B>GirlsFreeport 124, Springdale 26Track Events3,200-meter relay: </B>Freeport (Hayley Davis, Carol Amadee, Kari Huth, Megan Palko) 12:03; <B>100 hurdles: </B>Emily Lelis (S) 14.8; <B>100 dash: </B>Kim Watterson (S) 12.9; <B>1,600 run: </B>Kayla Zboran (F) 5:35.2; <B>400 dash: </B>Kim Watterson (S) 1:00.0; <B>400 relay: </B>Freeport (Danica Durand, Bronte Soul, Erica Jack, Aly Moore) 55.8; <B>300 hurdles: </B>Emily Lelis (S) 46.0; <B>800 run: </B>Becca Dudek (F) 2:38.0; <B>200 dash: </B>Kim Watterson (S) 27.3; <B>3,200 run:</B> Kayla Zboran (F) 13:05; <B>1,600 relay: </B>Freeport (Brittany Bianco, Megan Manke, Lynsey Gugino, Aly Moore) 4:41<B>Field EventsHigh jump: </B>Aly Moore (F) 4-10; <B>Long jump: </B>Bronte Soul (F) 17-3.5; <B>Triple jump: </B>Bronte Soul (F) 37-11; <B>Shot put:</B> Caitlin Chaffman (F) 32-6.5; <B>Discus: </B>Caitlin Chaffman (F) 100-5.5; <B>Javelin: </B>Taylor Hochbein (F) 100-5; <B>Pole vault:</B> Kristen Musloe (F) 6-0<B></B>
