SV boys beat Butler, stay undefeated
Will Bruno scored off a pass from Beaux Lizewski with two minutes remaining to lift Seneca Valley's boys soccer team to a 2-1 win over Butler at NexTier Stadium Thursday night.
The Raiders (6-0, 9-0) scored first when Lizewski assisted on a goal from Connor Oros early in the first half.
Butler (3-3, 6-3) scored the tying goal when Landon Mohney found the net in the 54th minute, aided by an assist from Gavin Varner.
Slippery Rock 5, Hickory 1 — Nick Kingerski scored four goals as the Rockets (4-2-2) dumped the Hornets with ease.
David Magliocca added a goal and one assist.
Hunter Berry tallied two helpers and Cullen Birkes one.
Connor Wallace stopped five shots for Slippery Rock.
In a matchup of undefeated teams, Chloe Weiland's goal in the 55th minute pulled Butler even with visiting North Allegheny and the Section 1-4A game ended in a 1-1 tie.Jessica Mohney assisted on Butler's goal.Mackenna Yaracs stopped eight shots for the Golden Tornado (1-0-1, 6-0-1).North Allegheny (2-0-1, 6-0-1) scored the game's first goal in the ninth minute.
Seneca Valley's Lihini Ranaweera and Madison Sharek both made the cut at the Section 1-3A qualifier at Suncrest Golf Course.Ranaweera placed first with a 72 and Sharek's 77 was also well below the cutoff of 91. Both girls will play in the WPIAL Championship next month.Freeport's Lillie Snow and Knoch's Maddie Boyer advanced from the Class 2A qualifier held at Del-Mar Golf Course by carding an 88. Snow's round included three birdies.The WPIAL Individual Championships, both 3A and 2A, will be held at Hannastown Golf Club near Greensburg Oct. 7.Butler 204, Shaler 242 — A 41 from Paige Scott led the Golden Tornado.Butler (204): Paige Scott 41, Ainsley Plant 52, Paige Ponteous 55, Taylor Temple 56Shaler (242): Sydney Lang 54, Jordan Geidel 58, Noelle Roth 64, Gabby Geyer 66
Knoch junior Ally Bauer defeated her teammate, sophomore Emily Greb, in the WPIAL Class 2A girls tennis semifinals by scores of 6-2, 6-1, at North Allegheny High School Thursday afternoon.Bauer advances to face Sewickley Academy's Ashley Close in the championship match while Greb will meet Nicole Kempton of South Park in the consolation. Both matches are scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at North Allegheny.The WPIAL's top three finishers qualify for the state tournament.Bauer and Greb both won two matches Thursday before meeting each other in the semifinal.Butler beat Kiski Area, 4-1, in a non-section match on Wednesday.The Golden Tornado improved to 5-4 overall. No other details were available.
Moniteau closed the KSAC Mega Match-slate by placing second to Clarion at Clarion Oaks Golf Club.Paced by Jacob Felsing's 40, the Warriors totaled 250 strokes. Dawson Wallace added a 47 and Chason Rugg a 50 for the Warriors.Karns City's Keegan O'Donnell carded a 48.Jaxon Sundling of A-C Valley/Union shot 50.Kam Kerle of Clarion had the top score with a 39. The Bobcats won the season championship and Kerle the individual title with an average of 38.85 strokes per nine holes.Felsing was second with 39.14.North Allegheny 210, Butler 217 — The Golden Tornado saw their section record drop to 7-3 (10-3 overall) with this loss to the Tigers at Butler Country Club.Butler's best effort was a 39 from Tyler Figlioli.North Allegheny (210): Colin Wang 41, Chris Hoffman 42, Ethan Byrne 42Butler (217): Tyler Figlioli 39, Colin Patterson 41, Ryan Porch 41Seneca Valley 204, Mars 205 — A 36 from Luke Robertson helped the Raiders top the Planets by the slimmest of margins at Butler Country Club.SV also received a 39 from Nolan Nicklas.Mars' Ryan Steigerwald and Raghav Kalbhor came in with a 40.Seneca Valley (204): Luke Robertson 36, Nolan Nicklas 39, Joel Goodzinski 41, Nolan Kummer 43, Dante Rossetti 45Mars (205): Ryan Steigerwald 40, Raghav Kalbhor 40, Will Campbell 41, Wes Scurci 42, Blake Bertolo 42Knoch 222, Highlands 249 — The Knights bested the Golden Rams with Cory Voltz carding a 41.Voltz, a senior, shot an 83 at the Section 8-3A qualifier earlier this week at Willowbrook Country Club.The effort advances him to Monday's WPIAL semifinal at Cedarbrook Golf Course.Knoch (222): Cory Voltz 41, Gabe Cornetti 44, Dylan Jackson 45, Jordan Crites 46, Mitch Davies 46Zach Cozza and Justin Kontul both shot 1-under 35 as North Catholic's 191 strokes defeated both Deer Lakes (208) and Eden Christian (220) Wednesday at Pheasant Ridge.Ethan Ellis added a 36 for the Trojans.North Catholic (191): Zach Cozza 35, Justin Kontul 35, Ethan Ellis 36, Teagan McTighe 41, Erik Schneider 44
Girls VolleyballA-C Valley earned a sweep at Karns City by scores of 25-19, 26-24 and 25-13.Meah Ielase totaled 16 kills and 13 digs, Paige Klingler six kills and 14 digs and Jenna Stefanacci 15 service points and 21 assists for the Falcons (5-1).Bella Ielase chipped in 13 digs.Ava Fox had nine kills and six digs for Karns City.A-C Valley suffered its first loss of the season Wednesday in a sweep at the hands of host Grove City.Despite 11 kills and 12 digs from Meah Ielase, A-C Valley dropped the match by scores of 25-19, 25-13 and 25-22.Stefanacci added 11 assists and Lexi Ruckdeschel nine digs.Pine-Richland 3, Butler 0 — The Golden Tornado bowed to the Rams by scores of 25-20, 26-24 and 25-5.Taylor Welter had seven kills, seven digs and three blocks for Butler, which fell to 2-3 in section play.Megan Penrod tallied 23 digs and Maisy Gibson five kills and five digs.Mars 3, Knoch 0 — The Knights fell to 0-5 in section and 0-7 overall with a 25-21, 25-18, 25-14 loss to the Planets.Nicole Critchlow had 35 digs, Brynnae Coe had 12 assists and 11 digs, and Sierra Mock had six kills for Knoch.Stats for Mars were unavailable.
Slippery Rock's boys and girls dominated a meet against Greenville, both defeating the Trojans 15-50.Viktor Zahn and Tessa Szymanski placed first, respectively, for the Rockets.GirlsSR 15, Greenville 50Top 51-Tessa Szymanski (SR) 23:38, 2-Marie Bickel (SR) 23:49, 3-Ickes (G) 24:18, 4-Samantha Frazier (SR) 24:38, 5-Lexi Doerflinger (SR) 24:57BoysSR 15, Greenville 50Top 51-Viktor Zahn (SR) 19:41, 2-Zane McClelland (SR) 20:42, 3-Anthony Robare (SR) 20:52, 4-Jack Spence (SR) 21:47, 5-Leshan Chen (SR) 21:56Karns City freshman Griffin Booher won the boys meet against Keystone with a time of 18:58. The Gremlins also earned victory in the girls race thanks to Taylor Dailey's time of 25:07.
