Moniteau senior Matt Schandelmeier grabbed field MVP honors after taking first place in all three field events Saturday at the Union (New Castle) Track and Field Invitational.

Schandelmeier's effort in the shot put was 50 feet, three inches. He managed 143 feet in the discus and 176-5 in the javelin.

The performance helped Moniteau finish in second place with 100 points, 22 behind New Castle.

The Warriors other first-place finish went to Aaron Smith in the 800-meter run (two minutes, seven seconds).

Second-place efforts went to David Rumbaugh in the 400 run, Zack Thompson in the 300 hurdles and Ryan Protzman in both the shot put and discus.

The 1,600 relay team of Smith, Thompson, Chris Switzer and Andy Weichey also placed second.

Switzer placed third in the pole vault and, along with Smith, Ben Blank and Matt O'Malley, took third in the 3200 relay event.

The 400 relay event saw Schandelmeier, Thompson, Weichey and Tyler Grossman place fourth.

In other action:

n Casey McCaffrey placed first in the 400-meter run and manned a leg on the winning 1,600 relay team as the Slippery Rock girls track and field team competed at the Center Invitational on Saturday.

McCaffrey, a senior, took the 400 event with a time of one minute, 3.09 seconds.

The 1,600 relay team also included Janelle Hartzell, Abby Basta and Elissa McCune. They finished in 4:21.77.

Basta placed second in the 300-intermediate hurdles at 48.96.

Angela Shaffer was second in the high jump at 4 feet, 10 inches.

Dan Dillman led Slippery Rock's boys with a third-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 47-8.

• Moniteau senior Alyssa Deal finished first in the 1,600 and 800-meter runs and was a member of the winning 1,600 relay team as the Warrior girls placed third out of ten teams Friday at the Union (New Castle) Invitational.

Deal's finish in the 1,600 was five minutes, 28 seconds and she crossed the finish line in the 800 in 2:23.

Also running a leg on the winning relay quartet was Haley McFeaters, Amy Gladd and Amanda Gladd. The group finished in 4:20.

McFeaters was Moniteau's other individual winner, taking the 400 run in 1:00.10.

Kendra Hall placed second in both the shot put (34 feet, five inches) and the discus (98-0).

Kristi Costa's second place finish came in the high jump at 4-8.

Amy Gladd also had strong showings in the 800 run and triple jump, earning a second place (2:31) and third place (32-3 ), respectively.

Baseball

A-C Valley's Jesse Mangel struck out 18 batters in a complete game, 5-3 win over George Junior Republic in high school baseball play Saturday afternoon.

Mangel added a double and two runs scored for the Falcons (3-1).

Elsewhere:

• Brandon Ray struck out 12 batters while walking just two in a complete game performance as Slippery Rock held on for a 7-5 win over Titusville.

Bill Messer tripled and drove in two runs for Slippery Rock (4-1, 1-1).

• Jesse Alfreno's grand slam home run keyed a seven-run third inning for Grove City as the Eagles made easy work of Franklin, 15-5 in five innings.

A-C Valley 100 010 3—5 7 1George Jr. Rep. 000 111 0—3 6 5WP: Jesse Mangel (7 IP) 18 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Mikender (7 IP) 10 strikeouts, 3 walks

A-C Valley (3-1): Shawn Courson 1B 2 RBI, John Stumpner 1B R, John Kaufman 2B 3B 2 RBI, Jesse Mangel 2B 2R

George Junior Republic: Makay RBI

Tuesday: Keystone @ A-C Valley

Titusville 112 000 1—5 8 2Slippery Rock 320 101 x—7 4 2WP: Brandon Ray (7 IP) 12 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Tyler Burton (7 IP) 3 strikeouts, 5 walks

Titusville: Tyler Burton 2-1B 2 RBI

Slippery Rock (4-1, 1-1): Bill Messer 3B 2 RBI, Sean Ray 1B R RBI

Today: Slippery Rock @ Oil City

Franklin 202 01x x—5 5 8Grove City 107 52x x—15 9 3WP: Andy Geibel (4 IP) 5 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Josh Kahle (3 We IP) 5 strikeouts, 5 walks

Franklin: Shawn Hines 1B 2B, Dave Williams HR, Cameron Hovis 2B

Grove City (3-0, 2-0): Jesse Alfreno GS, Beau Fisher 2B, Dan Keil 1B 2B, Ryan Devine 2-1B 3R, Dan Sonntag 2B 2 RBI

Today: Grove City @ TitusvilleBoys VolleyballThe Butler boys volleyball team placed second at the Hempfield tournament on Saturday.The Golden Tornado defeated Latrobe in the quarterfinals and Hempfield in the semifinals before dropping a 25-19, 25-19 decision to State College, the third-ranked team in the state.Butler's junior varsity squad placed first, defeating six consecutive opponents to win the title.