Rhoads sets record as Rockets soar to victory

October 04, 2006 Last Updated: October 05, 2006 02:55 PM High School

Slippery Rock High's Brittney Miller works to take ball away from Maplewood player Tuesday in the Rockets' 13-0 victory.

Jence Rhoads scored four goals, setting a school record for career goals in the process, as the Slippery Rock girls soccer team pounded Maplewood 13-0 on Tuesday.

Kelsey Drennen added two goals and an assist, and Karly Rhoads and Kelsey Powell each added a goal and an assist.

Melanie Prelac, Ali Doyle, Mallory Ralston, Jessica Regrut and Catherine Fodor also scored for the Rockets (12-0), who will play at Mercer Thursday.

Wilmington 3, Grove City 1 — Courtney Bright scored for the Eagles off an assist from Samantha Lawrence in this home defeat.

Mars 4, Highlands 1 — Michael Page and Nick Perri each scored a goal and added an assist to lead Mars.Tim Frigot and Ryan McKenzie also scored for the Planets (12-0), and Andy Knauff added two assists.Pine-Richland 2, Butler 0 — The Rams handed the Golden Tornado their first loss of the season on Tuesday. Butler (11-1-1) will play at North Hills Thursday.

Butler's Collin Randall and Matt Maloy each shot a 77 to advance to the WPIAL finals, which will be held Oct. 11 at Totteridge Golf Club.Grant Martens of North Allegheny shot a 1-under 69 to place first.VolleyballButler 3, North Hills 0 — Amy Achesinski had 14 kills and four blocks to power the Golden Tornado (4-3).Samantha Harris added five kills, six digs and three aces, and Katie Willison had 21 assists, four digs and three aces for Butler, who host North Allegheny Thursday.Redbank Valley 3, A-CValley 0 — The Falcons (1-5) were defeated 25-13, 25-13, 25-15. Their junior varsity posted a 16-25, 25-20, 26-24 triumph. A-CValley plays at North Clarion Thursday.

Cranberry 22, Moniteau 39 (boys); Cranberry 18, Moniteau 45 (girls) — Despite the loss, Eric Hillard was the overall boys winner while Amy Gladd placed third overall in the girls race to lead the Warriors against the Berries.Moniteau (boys 5-2, girls 1-3) will host Rocky Grove Tuesday.Boys Top 10: Eric Hillard (M) 17:51, Alden Sims (C) 18:17, Zac Smith (C) 18:21, Jason N. (C) 18:46, Matt O'Malley (M) 19:05, Caine Mitchel (C) 19:07, Charkie Hugal (C) 19:25, Will Stiglitz (C) 19:30, Nate Lalley (C) 19:34, Caleb Lalley (C) 19:45Girls Top 10: Jenny Scenko (C) 21:27, Caroline Olsson (C) 22:17, Amy Gladd (M) 22:56, Trisha Tobin (C) 23:17, Becca Gaston (C) 23:39, Abby Smith (C) 24:18, Rene Harbison (C) 24:29, Cassie Groner (C) 24:48, Nikki Stiner (M) 25:00, Kacey Bowes (C) 25:03North Clarion 15, A-C Valley 44 (boys) — Joe Younkin was the lone Falcon to finish in the top 10, placing ninth with a time of 21:45.6.In the girls meet, Nicole Marshall was A-C Valley's top finisher, ending up eighth at 25:04.4.Karns City quadrangular — The Gremlin boys (8-0, 5-0) ran their overall team winning streak to 28 — 21 in conference — by defeating Clarion 17-42, and Clarion-Limestone 21-36. Union dropped decisions of 16-39 to Clarion-Limestone and 17-38 to Clarion.On the girls side, Union lost 20-41 to C-L and 24-33 to Clarion. Lynnie Schirmer of C-L was overall winner of the girls meet in 23 minutes, 31 seconds. Union's Lepha Logue was second in 23:57, Karns City's Sarah Young fifth in 24:56.Boys Top 10:Travis Hendell (KC)19:18, Chris Harmon (KC)20:01, Aaron McGarvey (KC)20:03, Casey Strawcutter (C)21:08, Dylan Kirkpatrick (C-L)21:18, Adam Yeany (C-L)21:21, Travis Steele (C-L)21:36, Eric Kriebel (KC)22:46, Justin Smith (KC)22:48, Richard Brown (KC)22:49Titusville 27, Slippery Rock 29 (boys); Titusville 23, Slippery Rock 34 (girls) — Nate King and Brittany Lyons won the overall races for the Rockets, but the boys fell to 1-3 and the girls slipped to 2-2.Boys Top 10:Nate King (SR)19:07, Ian McCray (T)19:20, Cory Henderson (T)19:30, Carmen Atna (T)19:38, Dan Hartzell (SR)20:08, Owen Bowser (SR)20:16, Eric Binber (T)20:25, Eddie Schreiber (SR)20:39, Luke Shaffer (SR)21:69, Cal Spigler (SR)21:27Girls Top 10:Brittany Lyons (SR)21:54, Deana Purtz (T)22:14, Laura Kollar (T)22:46, Stacie Stevenson (T)22:54, Maggie Rap (T)23:24, Sarah Opp (SR)23:46, Nicole Fuchs (SR)24:02, Ali Plummer (SR)24:29, Laura Lee (T)24:41, Maria Snyder (T)24:48

Butler 3, Hampton 2 — Butler claimed both doubles matches which proved to be the difference in a victory over the Talbots.Butler (9-4) will play at Knoch today.Singles: Vanessa Steiner (H) def. Carolyn Shetter 6-0, 6-0; Sarah Longo (H) def. Courtney Kerr 6-1, 6-2; Kristin Cypher (B) def. Emma Crist 6-3, 4-6, 6-1Doubles: Maggie McGinnis-Angela Byrns (B) def. Jenny Lucas-Ally Quigley 6-1, 6-2; Elisa Nesbitt-Madison Kerr (B) def. Kasie Carl-Jen Arnold 6-2, 6-2