Raiders manhandle North Hills in 14-1 win
Gabe Grinder went 4-for-4 and drove in five runs and Cory Mazzoni went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBI to power Seneca Valley to a 14-1, five-inning baseball victory over North Hills Monday.
Tyler Bream also had three hits to help make a winner of Shaine Patsilevas.
The win clinches at least a share of the Section 1-AAAA title for the Raiders.
In other games:
• D.J.Cannon drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning and picked up the win on the mound with eight strikeouts as Mars nipped Ambridge 3-2.
• Justin Bollinger gave up three runs in six innings in Freeport's 5-3 victory over Valley.
• Bob Revesz hit a pair of home runs and tallied six RBI as Grove City routed Meadville, 12-2 in five innings.
Seneca Valley 026 33x x—14 15 0North Hills 001 00x x—1 3 2W — Shaine Patsilevas 4 IP (5 strikeouts, 2 walks). L — Andrew Heck 22/3 IP (0 strikeouts, 0 walks).
Seneca Valley (12-1, 9-0): Gabe Grinder 2B, 3-1B, 5 RBI; Cory Mazzoni HR, 2-1B, 3 RBI; Tyler Bream 2B, 2-1B, RBI
Today: SenecaValley at Chartiers Valley
Mars 000 001 2—3 7 2Ambridge 000 020 0—2 5 1D.J. Cannon and Mark Dressel; Stonfer (5 strikeouts, 0 walks), Cybach (7) and Moyer.W — Cannon (8 strikeouts, 3 walks). L — Cybach (1 strikeout, 1 walks).
Mars (6-7, 3-4): Drew Glavin 1B, 3B; Cannon 2-1B; Zach Zollner 2-1B
Today: New Castle at Mars
Freeport 000 023 0—5 6 0Valley 020 010 0—3 11 0Justin Bollinger; Rayburg.W — Bollinger (3 strikeouts, 0 walks). L — Rayburg (7 strikeouts, 7 walks).
Freeport (6-6, 3-5): J.P. Samay 2B, Cory Massart 2B, Josh Schreckengost 3B
Valley: Veltri 2B
Today: Apollo-Ridge @ Freeport
Meadville 002 00x x—2 3 0Grove City 122 34x x—12 10 0Ben Kittka (4), Nick Fedorka (1) and Dan Webster; Dan Keil (4), Tyler Moser (1) and Scott Moore.W — Keil (4 strikeouts, 1 walk). L — Kittka (3 strikeouts, 4 walks).
Meadville: Ben Lowmaster 2-1B
Grove City (10-1, 5-1): Dan Keil 1B HR 2 RBI, Bob Revesz 1B 2HR 6 RBI, Derek Forese HR
Today: Grove City at Titusville
Brandi Dunkle pitched a complete-game four-hitter to lead Karns City to a 3-0 blanking of Moniteau Monday.In other games:• Amanda Shearer banged out three doubles and a single, and MorganRobinson struck out 13 to get the win as SlipperyRock bested WestMiddlesex 7-2.• Redbank Valley used a nine-run first inning to post a 16-8 decision over A-C Valley.• Despite three base hits and an RBI from Maggie Orr, Grove City fell to Reynolds, 4-3.• Lauren Sanderson collected three singles in Butler's 8-2 win over Blackhawk.<B>Moniteau 000 000 0—0 4 0Karns City 200 100 x—3 6 3</B>W — Brandi Dunkle 7 IP (3 strikeouts, 0 walks). L — Martina Burk 6 IP (7 strikeouts, 2 walks).<B>Moniteau:</B> Martina Burk 2-1B; Brandy Neff 1B; A. Guercio 1B<B>Karns City (7-2, 6-0):</B> Samantha Bly 3B, 2B, 1B; Jessica Spafford 3B; Allyson Kepple 1B; Brandi Dunkle 1B<B>Today:</B> Karns City at West Forest<B>West Middlesex 000 020 0—2 4 5SlipperyRock 004 102 x—7 9 2</B>Terra Ash, Kendra Krepps (5, 0 strikeouts, 0 walks) and Bobbi Lynn Frazzni; Morgan Robinson and Jamie Laughner.W — Robinson (13 strikeouts, 4 walks). L — Ash (2 strikeouts, 3 walks).<B>West Middlesex:</B> Kori Aubel 3B<B>Slippery Rock (4-5):</B> Amanda Shearer 3-2B, 1B; Robinson 2B<B>Today:</B> Slippery Rock at Reynolds<B>Redbank Valley 904 002 1—16 17 7A-C Valley 152 000 0—8 6 6</B>Wyant, Bullers (3) and Hildebrand; Erica Gardner and Kayla Milford.W — Wyant (2 strikeouts, 1 walk). L — Gardner (2 strikeouts, 1 walk). SV — Bullers (13 strikeouts, 2 walks).<B>Redbank Valley:</B> Fenstermaker 2-1B, Stepulla 2-1B; Hildebrand 3 R; Bullers 2B, 2-1B, 2 R; Bowser 2B, 2-1B, 3 McCollough 2-1B, 2 R<B>A-C Valley (1-5):</B> Karly Kaufman 2-1B, R; Erin Larimore 2 R<B>Today:</B> Clarion-Limestone at A-C Valley<B>Reynolds 100 003 0—4 5 6Grove City 000 011 1—3 8 3</B>Angie Bozzo (7); Chelsea Filer (7) and Tara Walmsley.W — Bozzo (3 strikeouts, 0 walks). L — Filer (6 strikeouts, 0 walks).<B>Reynolds:</B> Muscarella 2-1B<B>Grove City (8-4, 6-3):</B> Maggie Orr 3-1B RBI, Courtney Chutz 2B RBI, Phylicia King 2-1B<B>Today:</B> West Middlesex at Grove City<B>Butler 020 006 0—8 14 1Blackhawk 000 101 0—2 11 0</B>Stacy Reges (7) and Erica Thrower; Debhn (7) and Ackman.W — Reges (3 strikeouts, 0 walks). L — Debhn (6 strikeouts, 3 walks).<B>Butler (2-13):</B> Lauren Sanderson 3-1B, Jenna Geibel 2-1B, Erica Thrower 1B 2B, Trisha Hollerman 1B 2B<B>Blackhawk:</B> Garmen 3-1B<B>Today:</B> Butler at North Hills
Butler's doubles duo of Matt Slamecka and Stefan Kemp were defeated in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA championship tournament Monday by Peters Township's Doug Subosits and P. Kennedy by a score of 10-5.Slamecka and Kemp were the only team at the WPIAL finals made up of two freshmen.
Bill Bair won the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and Josh Thompson won the shot put and discus to lead the Mars boys to a 127-23 win over Shady Side Academy.In the girls meet, Stephanie Yeo won the 800 run and the high jump in an 89-60 win for the Planets.<B>BoysMars 127, Shady Side Academy 233200-meter relay:</B> Mars (Alikhani, Standish, Funderlich, Kier) 9:34; <B>110-meter hurdles:</B> Lynch (M) 15.61; <B>100-meter dash:</B> Bair (M) 11.46; <B>1,600-meter run:</B> Kier (M) 4:48; <B>400-meter dash:</B> Taylor (SSA) 54.14; <B>400 meter relay:</B> Mars (Piocquidio, Keil, Bair, Jackson) 44.98; <B>300-meter hurdles:</B> Watson (M) 45.87; <B>800-meter run:</B> Standish (M) 2:10; <B>200-meter dash:</B> Bair (M) 23.52; <B>3,200-meter run:</B> Edinger (M) 11:03; <B>1,600-meter relay:</B> Mars (Lynch, Watson, Slater, Conley) 3:52.33<B>High jump:</B> Mundy (M) 5-9; <B>Long jump:</B> Piocquidio (M) 21-6; <B>Triple jump:</B> Tisherman (SSA) 39-4; <B>Shot put:</B> Thompson (M) 44-2; <B>Discus:</B> Thompson (M) 108-7; <B>Javelin:</B> Tutro (SSA) 141-6; <B>Pole vault</B>: Brown (M) 9-6<B>GirlsMars 89, Shady Side Academy 603200-meter relay:</B> Mars (Workman, Brandon, C. Pierre, Morgan) 11:04; <B>100-meter hurdles:</B> Brooks (SSA) 18.07; <B>100-meter dash:</B> Barnes (M) 13.51; <B>1,600-meter run:</B> Bruch (SSA) 5:55; <B>400-meter dash:</B> Olander (SSA) 1:02.1; <B>400 meter relay:</B> Mars (Folke, Jones, Cooper, Barnes) 54.77; <B>300-meter hurdles:</B> Schwartz (SSA) 53.37; <B>800-meter run:</B> Yeo (M) 2:34; <B>200-meter dash:</B> Olander (SSA) 27.59; <B>3,200-meter run:</B> Morgan (M) 12:55; <B>1,600-meter relay:</B> Shady Side Academy 4:21.6<B>High jump:</B> Yeo (M) 4-7; <B>Long jump:</B> Jones (M) 14-5; <B>Triple jump:</B> Heltman (M) 31-3; <B>Shot put:</B> Lyles (SSA) 28-8½; <B>Discus:</B> Roth (M) 86-11; <B>Javelin:</B> Roth (M) 80-6; <B>Pole vault</B>: Rozzi (M) 8-0
The Butler boys defeated Pine-Richland 101-26 to finish its second consecutive season with a 9-0 record.First-place winners were Matt Pribis (110 hurdles, 800), Darius Hightower (100, 200), Evan Gomez (1,600), Cody Hartman (400), Zach Dunkle (3,200), the 400 relay (Hightower, Jason Glasgow, Jon McAvoy, Jay Swiagart) and the 1,600 relay (Dave Hohn, Cole Baxter, Carlos Sanchez, Hartman).In the field events, winners were Brandon Taylor (long, high and triple jumps) and Glasgow (pole vault).• At the Mars Junior High Track and Field Invitational Saturday, Lexis Frost of Butler was named co-Field MVP for her performance, which included winning the girls long jump and placing second in the triple jump.Knoch's Jolene Kunkel won the 1,600 and 3,200 races while Seneca Valley's Kara Moyer won the 100 hurdles.In the boys meet, Butler's 1,600 and 3,200 relays placed first as did Seneca Valley's Jeff Hart in the pole vault.
