Mars boys runners capture invitational title

September 27, 2006 Last Updated: September 27, 2006 03:07 PM High School

Butler's Amy Achesinski (22) and Seneca Valley's Meghan Franz meet at the net during Tuesday's volleyball match. The Raiders beat the Golden Tornado 3-2.

Cody Kier was the top overall finisher with a time of 17 minutes, 31 seconds to help the Mars boys cross country team capture the MAC Invitational Championship Tuesday.

The Planets beat out 18 other teams while the Mars girls team finished fourth out of 16 teams.

Kier won by 12 seconds over Beaver Area's Royce Hackett. Teammate Derek Workman was sixth overall (18:23), Justin Stadelmyer 15th (18:56), Chris Alakhani 16th (19:00) and Marc Funderlich 36th (19:44) out of 134 runners.

The Mars girls team was led by Michelle Perri (14th place, 22:45), Gabri Pierre (16th, 22:54), Cara Hudac (21st, 23:02), Samantha Brandon (43rd, 24:37) and Rachel Pinkerton (47th, 24:43) out of 106 runners. Perri, Pierre and Brandon are freshmen.

Boys Top 10: Cody Kier (Mars) 17:31, Royce Hackett (Beaver) 17:43, Jon McElwain (Riverside) 17:48, Ryan Barlow (freedom) 18:07, Ben Rogers (Moon) 18:12, Derek Workman (Mars) 18:23, Andy Howard Moon (18:23), Adam Mengel (Center) 18:29, Kevin Hoffman (Mohawk) 18:41, Chad Kosanovich (Quaker Valley) 18:42

Boys Top 5 teams: Mars 74, Quaker Valley 90, Moon 96, West Allegheny 153, Center 194

Girls Top 10: Bethany Walker (Ellwood City) 20:25, Juliet Smith (Freedom) 21:19, Leslie Wood (West Allegheny) 21:27, Kim Gray (Ambridge) 21:33, Katie Kisow (West Allegheny) 21:41, Nicole Cieslak (Montour) 21:43, Lauren Sittler (Ambridge) 21:46, Grace Kaminski (Quaker Valley) 21:51, Lindsay Erath (Hopewell) 22:00, Emily Fogel (Quaker Valley) 22:17

Girls Top 5 teams: West Allegheny 78, Moon 98, Quaker Valley 103, Mars 141, Ellwood City and Ambridge 153

KSAC meet — Karns City's Travis Hendell finished first with a time of 17:53 as the Gremlins had three of the top five finishers in the boys meet.Aaron McGarvey placed third and Chris Harmon fifth.Matt O'Malley placed 10th and Eric Hillard 11th for Moniteau.On the girls side, KC's Sarah Young was the top local finisher, placing 20th with a time of 24:47.

BoysKarns City: 1-Travis Hendell 17:53, 3-Aaron McGarvey 18:05, 5-Chris Harmon 18:18, 17-Eric Kriebel 20:03

Moniteau: 10-Matt O'Malley 19:22, 11-Eric Hillard 19:23, 20-Andrew Edmonds 20:23, 28-Lucas Rodgers 20:46, 37-Tony Miller 21:37

A-CValley: 48-Evan Best 22:29, 57-Alex Logue 23:28, 67-Evan Bernard 24:54, 74-Zach Gates 25:23

Union: 50-Cameron Adams 22:50, 64-Colin Carey 24:41, 70-Josh Bowser 25:20, 71-Danny Kemmery 25:32, 73-Brandon Johnston 25:42

GirlsKarns City: 20-Sarah Young 24:47

Moniteau: 28-Samantha Kristufek 25:30, 31-Nicki Stiner 25:57, 32-Michelle Gebbart 26:13, 54-Kristy Ice 29:02

Union: 38-Kirsten Priester 26:49, 47-Megan Booth 27:59, 64-Sarah Myers 31:14, 67-Katie Criner 37:24, 68-Tori Weckerly 37:25

A-C Valley: 46-Caroline Blauser 27:47

Knoch 17, Ford City 45, Knoch 21, Hampton 38 (boys); Knoch 28, Hampton 31, Knoch 15, Ford City 50 (girls) — Chris Cetnar placed second with a time of 18:37 to help the Knoch boys to a sweep of Ford City and Hampton.The Knights girls also earned a sweep, with Alyssa Kunkle pacing the team with a third-place finish.

Boys Top 10: 1-Doug Porter (H) 18:25, 2-Chris Cetnar (K) 18:37, 3-Vincent Moxie (K) 18:49, 4-Luke Tabacchi (K) 19:16, 5-Kendall Ignatz (FC) 19:29, 6-Grayson Hixson (K)19:34, 7-Matt Fincher (K) 20:03, 8-Paul Kletzly (K) 20:14, 9-Eli Smith (FC) 20:15, 10-Wes Marks (K) 20:24

Girls Top 10: 1-Lyndsay Pugh (H) 20:55, 2-Elizabeth Calabrese (H) 21:00, 3-Alyssa Kunkle (K) 21:53, 4-Kayla Davis (K) 22:51, 5-Lauren Williams (H)23:45, 6-Dana McCarren (K)23:58, 7-Sarah Robb (K) 24:11, 8-Kylie Shaw (K) 24:20, 9-Nicole Fleishner (K) 24:22, 10-Ashley Cetnar (K) 24:39

Seneca Valley 3, Butler 2 — The Golden Tornado (3-3) fell by a count of 25-7, 22-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-8 despite 15 kills from Amy Achesinski. Yuki Schaper added 15 digs and Becky Smith had five kills and six blocks.Mars 3, Knoch 2 — The Planets (6-3, 5-1) handed Knoch (5-1) its first section loss by the scores of 25-20, 21-25, 19-25, 25-21, 15-13.Kelsey Rovnan had 16 kills for Mars with Jodi Leopold adding 13 kills, Lily Grenci eight blocks and Allyssa Skoff 44 assists.Karns City 3, Moniteau 0 — Ashley Campbell had 16 service points, three aces and 10 kills for the Gremlins (2-3) while Breanna Bowser added 10 service points and an ace. Laura Isacco played a solid game at setter as Karns City's hitters paced the team's 25-21, 27-25, 26-24 victory.Amanda Gladd had three kills, two digs and 16 assists for the Warriors (1-7, 1-5). Kendra Hall added four kills, three digs and four aces, Megan Campbell three kills, four digs and four aces.Karns City's junior varsity moved to 5-0 with a 25-14, 25-22 triumph.Laurel 3, Moniteau 1 — The Warriors lost this Monday night match by scores of 25-22, 22-25, 25-9, 25-17. Kenzie Timblin had six kills, Hall five kills, Gladd 21 assists and two kills, Brandy Neff four kills and three aces.Union 3, A-C Valley 0 — The Damsels dominated this match by outscoring the Falcons 25-4 in three straight games.Union also took the junior varsity match, 2-0.

Tom Gillespie and John Hook each carded a 36 to lead Knoch to a 190-203 win over Hampton Tuesday at Saxon Golf Course.Joe Sopcisak and Joe Boros added a 38 and 39, respectively for the Knights (6-2, 7-2).Knoch (190): Tom Gillespie 36, John Hook 36, Joe Sopcisak 38, Joe Boros 39, Cam Fusko 41Hampton (203): Sid Pandit 39, Curt Giammatti 40, Jeremy Papp 41, Jordan Brennan 41, Rick Coyle 42Butler 195, New Castle 218 — Matt Maloy's 38 earned medalist honors as the Golden Tornado (8-2) overwhelmed the Red Hurricanes at Butler Country Club.Collin Randall, Grant Nagle and Steve Feczko each managed a 39 for Butler.Butler (195): Matt Maloy 38, Collin Randall 39, Grant Nagle 39, Steve Feczko 39, Andrew Shakely 40New Castle (218): Chris Nugent 41, Boo Rapko 41, Devan Heasley 41, Jordan Gentsy 46, Mike Mangine 49.Freeport 211, Valley 219 — The Yellowjackets (10-4, 9-2) were led by D.J. Lingelbach, who shot a 40 to share medalist honors with Valley's Pat Brennan.Freeport (211):D.J. Lingelbach 40, Matt Giesler 44, Kaine Mowatt 42, L.J. Gaston 44, Clayton Smith 48, Andrew Vivian 41Valley (219):Pat Brennan 40, Joe Mandak 44, Tyler Rubare 44, Bryn Arneson 45, Brett Hedelin 42, Zach Mafi 48Forest Area 226, Union 242 — Travis Anthony led Union (7-5, 7-4) with a 43.Forest Area's Jesse Oliver won medalist honors with a 37.Forest Area (226): Jesse Oliver 37, Jesse Gadley 45, Josh Adams 46, Seth Sneeringer 46, Jay Eilford 52Union (242): Travis Anthony 43, Neil Scott 46, Clay Burns 46, John Heeter 48, Scott Booth 59.Moniteau 234, Clarion 243 — Devin Christie paced the Warriors (5-4) with a 44. Moniteau takes on Cranberry and Venango Catholic today.Moniteau (234):Devin Christie 44, Erik Fort 46, Paul Thompson 46, Cody Slater 48, Jeremy Ritts 50Clarion (243):Ryan Best 49, Brad McCauley 51, Drew Vandermeer 42, Cody Zacherl 46, Shane Wells 55Seneca Valley 208, Shaler 212 — Seneca Valley (8-3) was led by a 41 from both Kirk Pappas and Andrew Tang.Seneca Valley (208): Kirk Pappas 41, Andrew Tang 41, Matt Vogt 42, John Raymus 42, Luke Martin 42Shaler (212): Kurt Stein 41, Ben Altmeyer 41, Mike Sliman 43, Steve Sliman 43, Ted Chieffe 44.

Mars' Marisa Glew shot a 72 to finish first at the WPIAL Section 3 qualifying match, held Tuesday at Delmar Golf Course in Ellwood City.Lauren Glew, also from Mars, was second with a 74 and Seneca Valley's Chelsie Schade finished in fourth place with an 82.All three girls advance to the WPIAL finals, scheduled for Oct. 10 at the Pittsburgh Field Club in Fox Chapel.

Buddy Carr tallied two goals to lead the Knoch boys soccer team to a 7-0 rout of Kittanning.Also scoring for the Knights were Doug Vogus, Adam Sharbaugh, Josh Hashmi, Chris Felock and Cody Tasker.Freshmen SoccerNorwin defeated Butler 3-0. No details were provided.