Seneca Valley eclipses Moon

October 05, 2005 Last Updated: October 05, 2005 03:48 PM High School

Kevin Miller scored off an assist by Matt Jones with 15 minutes remaining in the contest to lead the Seneca Valley boys soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Moon.

Dave Monteleone picked up the shutout in goal for the Raiders (9-3).

Knoch 13, Valley 0 - D.J. Thomas and Scott Herman scored three goals each for the Knights.Eric Steighner added two goals, with Bryan Ramsey, Jeff Pennington, C.J. Wise, Matt Mahan and Adam Sharbaugh adding one each.Steve Frey and Nathan Geibel shared the shutout in goal for Knoch (10-1, 9-1), which hosts Deer Lakes Thursday.

Mars 7, Kittanning 0 - Adam Dillner shredded the Wildcats' defense for three goals while Bob McKinney added two scores for the Planets.Andrew Dillner and Shawn Mellor also scored in the win.

Moniteau 28, Cranberry 29 (boys); Moniteau 26, Cranberry 29 (girls) - The Warriors' Eric Hillard and Aaron Smith went 1-2 as the boys squad squeaked past the Berries.In the girls race, Amy Gladd, Samantha Kristufek and Nikki Stiner placed second, third and fourth, respectively, to lead the Moniteau effort.Boys Top 10: Eric Hillard (M) 18:03, Aaron Smith (M) 18:39, Patrick Johnson (Cr) 18:41, Jason Niederriter (Cr) 18:50, Alan Sims (Cr) 19:01, Matt O'Malley (M) 19:29, Ben Blank (M) 19:35, Charkey Huegel (Cr) 19:38, Andy Cunningham (Cr) 19:51, Chase Mitchell (Cr) 20:07Girls Top 10: Jenny Senko (Cr) 22:22, Amy Gladd (M) 22:27, Samantha Kristufek (M) 24:33, Nikki Stiner (M) 24:41, Thrisha Tobin (Cr) 25:08, Maggie O'Neil (Cr) 25:52, Lyndsay Burnseisen (Cr) 25:56, Michele Gebhart (M) 28:02, Kristy Ice (Mo) 28:25, Kasey Siverling (Cr) 28:31Grove City 28, Slippery Rock 28 (boys); Slippery Rock 20, Grove City 35 (girls) - The Eagles prevailed in the boys competition with six finishers in the top 10.Jill Laux led Slippery Rock's girls with a second-place finish at 21 minutes, 31 seconds.Slippery Rock's boys fell to 3-2 while the girls improved to 4-1.Boys Top 10: 1-Hoagland (GC) 16:51, 2-Dan Hartzell (SR) 17:54, 3-Stillwagon (GC) 18:02, 4-Pete Eilenfeld (SR) 18:15, 5-Rob Witt (SR) 18:29, 6-Mac Bowser (SR) 18:30, 7-Bollinger (GC) 18:33, 8-Sestak (GC) 18:45, 9-Miller (GC) 18:48, 10-Heish (GC) 19:08Girls Top 10: 1-DeGraf (GC) 21:19, 2-Jill Laux (SR) 21:31, 3-Amanda Kellogg (SR) 21:32, 4-Andrea Shaffer (SR) 21:42, 5-Sarah Thompson (SR) 21:57, 6-Ally Plummer (SR) 21:58, 7-Konchar (GC) 22:15, 8-Sarah Opp (SR) 22:18, 9-Janelle Hartzell (SR) 22:54, 10-Hensel (GC) 23:00Karns City 19, Rocky Grove 36 (boys) - Travis Hendell turned in a time of 17:52 to keep the Gremlins undefeated.Karns City is now 6-0 this season.Hannah Beck finished sixth in the girls race with a time of 27:19. Teammate Samantha Ryan was 10th with a time of 28:29.Boys Top 10: 1-Travis Hendell (KC) 17:52, 2-Chris Harmon (KC) 19:11, 3-Dale Grimm (KC) 19:26, 4-Bill Burk (RG) 19:38, 5-Patrick Fuller (RG) 20:04, 6-Justin Smith (KC) 20:18, 7-Andrew Harmon (KC) 20:28, 8-Justin Carter (RG) 20:49, 9-Paul Lehman (VC) 21:01, 10-Ryan Yarnell (RG) 21:20Although no score was kept at the A-C Valley-Union-Redbank Valley meet, Union's Brett Moore was the winner of the boys meet with a time of 18:46. In the girls meet, Union had seven of the eight finishers, including runner-up Meagan Booth (26:29).

Cursty McClure had 12 kills and Kristin Staugh added 17 points, five aces and 16 assists to lead Slippery Rock to a 25-13, 25-8, 25-16 win over Greenville.Amy Siwik added nine points, five digs and six kills, Jess Spicher had five digs, Erica Gabneski had seven points and five kills and Marlena Lipko had six points for the Rockets (4-2), who will host rival Grove City Thursday.A-C Valley 3, Karns City 0 - The Falcons downed the Gremlins (4-3) 25-20, 25-18, 25-23 in this KSAC matchup.The Gremlins' junior varsity team won 2-0.

Two Moniteau golfers finished in the top 20 out of the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference's 48 best golfers at the league-wide tournament Monday at Clarion Oaks.Cody Slater finished 13th with an 83, while Paul Thompson finished 14th with an 84.District 10, Region 2 - Grove City finished the league matches with a perfect 56 points to repeat as champion.Cameron Peterson shot a 71 at the par-70 Oakview Country Club to win medalist honors.Titusville was second with 46 points.Slippery Rock finished fifth in the region with 28 points. Nick Cress shot an 81 for the Rockets.The top 16 golfers in the region will compete in the district tournament Oct. 13 and 14 at Greenville Country Club. The top 16 are determined by averaging their five best scores recorded in the seven region contests.Team Results: Grove City 393, Titusville 413, Lakeview 421, Slippery Rock 437, Meadville 458, Franklin 465, Maplewood 480, Oil City 531Grove City: Cameron Peterson 71, Zach Frankenberg 78, Derek Forese 80, Zach Nesbit 82, Tony Campagna 82Slippery Rock: Nick Cress 81, Jesse Badgett 88, Tim Chavez 89, Chris Newcomb 89, Jeff Tracy 90Central Catholic 208, Butler 211 - Zac Johns had a 38 to get medalist honors for Central. Butler (8-8, 4-7) hosts New Castle today at Butler Country Club.Butler (211): Christian Mato 41, Andrew Shakely 41, Nick Blymiller 42, Colin Randall 43, Antonio Baroffio 44Central Catholic (208): Zac Johns 38, Chris Lammode 42, Jay Petraitis 42, Matt Parker 43, Noah Karn 43

Ashley Arrington fired a 48 at Ambridge Country Club to lead the Raiders to a 205-242 win.Seneca Valley is now 8-4 on the season.Seneca Valley 205: Ashley Arrington 48, Shannon O'Halloran 49, Chelsie Schade 54, Jill Branby 54