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SV girls set mark

Butler junior C.J. Singleton holds a sizable lead down the final stretch in the boys cross country meet Tuesday at Butler. Singleton won the race in 16 minutes, 19 seconds.
Golfers shoot school-record 173 in win

Seneca Valley's girls golf team set a school record for a single match by defeating Moon 173-182 at Connoquenessing Country Club Tuesday afternoon.

Freshman Lihini Ranaweera led the way with a 36, followed by Eden Rae (45), Madison Sharek (46) and Aana Winland (46).

Butler 172, Shady Side Academy 205 — Butler received a 37 from Paige Scott at Hiland Golf Course. Landis Ruth contributed a 44 to the victory.Shady Side Academy (205): Neely Nicholson 44, Delaney Mulderig 51, Quingqing Zhao 53, Smrithi Shyam 57Butler (172): Paige Scott 37, Landis Ruth 44, Chloe Paulisick 45, Ainsly Plant 46

KSAC Mega Match — Moniteau's Mariska Shunk came in with a 50 to lead Moniteau to the win at Foxburg Country Club with 161.Brittany Ritts added a 54 and Kendall Sankey a 57 to the win.Evie Bliss carded a 55 for A-C Valley.

Hannah Burgoon placed first with a time of 22 minutes, 38 seconds to lead Moniteau's girls to a 23-33 win over Karns City Tuesday afternoon.The Gremlins were paced by Taylor Dailey's fourth-place finish at 25:22.KC won the boys meet, 20-39, with Andrew Callihan placing second overall for the Gremlins at 20:19.Moniteau's Dakota Funfer won the boys race in 20:06.<b>Girls Top 5</b>1-Hannah Burgoon (M) 22:38, 2-Jenna Blosser (M) 24:05, 3-Jenna Zendron (M) 24:37, 4-Taylor Dailey (KC) 25:22, 5-Brooke Griffith (KC) 25:47<b>Boys Top 5</b>1-Dakota Funfer (M) 20:06, 2-Andrew Callihan (KC) 20:19, 3-Gavin Schmoll (KC) 21:04, 4-Dylan Stroup (KC) 21:52, 5-Landon Wilson (KC) 21:52- Butler's CJ Singleton placed first overall, helping the Golden Tornado boys to wins over Seneca Valley (24-40) and Pine-Richland (18-38).SV's Noah Petersen was second, but Pine-Richland defeated the Raiders 21-36.On the girls side, Gabby Kutchma placed fourth overall to lead SV to a 23-34 win over Butler. Pine-Richland topped both the Raiders (25-30) and the Golden Tornado (19-41).Jen Cichra was fifth overall for Butler.<b>Girls Top 5</b>1-Meredith Price (PR) 20:15, 2-A. Hunkele (PR) 20:16, 3-Natali McLean (PR) 20:24, 4-Gabby Kutchma (SV) 20:51, 5-Jen Cichra (B) 20:56<b>Boys Top 5</b>1-CJ Singleton (B) 16:19, 2-Noah Petersen (SV) 16:32, 3-Sage Vavro (B) 16:51, 4-Skyler Vavro (B) 17:29, 5-V. William (PR) 17:33

Landon Mohney scored both goals for Butler as the Golden Tornado played Pine-Richland to a 2-2 tie Monday night.Jack Beneigh had an assist for Butler.<b>Slippery Rock 2, Greenville 2 —</b> Nick Kingerski and Kaleb Kuhn had a goal and assist each for the Rockets (0-0-2).Colton Callen recorded eight saves for Slippery Rock.

Jess Mohney and Gabby Boden scored two goals each to lead Butler to a season-opening 6-0 win over Shaler.Sam Miller and Chloe Weiland added one goal each. Paige Miller and Mackenna Yaracs split the shutout in goal.Butler plays at Pine-Richland Thursday.

Nolan Nicklas shot an even-par 35 for medalist honors to lead Seneca Valley to a 208-249 victory over North Hills at Cranberry Highlands.Seneca Valley (208): Nolan Nicklas 35, Nolan Kummer 42, Dante Rossetti 43, Noah Nicklas 43, Joel Goodzinski 45North Hills (249): Manfred 41, Scuilli 49, Szymczak 62, McCarthy 53, Bauer 54<b>Fox Chapel 183, Knoch 231 —</b> Cory Voltz paced the Knights (2-5) with a 42 at Saxon.Fox Chapel (183): Owen Delaney 35, Aiden Oehrle 37, Eli Yofan 37, Max Johnson 37, Zach Paper 37Knoch (231): Cory Voltz 42, Mitch Davies 45, Ryan Barnes 46, Gabe Cornetti 49, Jordan Crites 49District 10, Region 2 — Slippery Rock carded a 341 Tuesday at the VFW course, finishing third among seven teams. Grove City shot a 332 to edge Hickory by a stroke.Jacob Wolak led Slippery Rock with a 73. Logan Wolak shot an 83, Jack Hadley 91, Nick Ayres 94.<b>KSAC Mega Match —</b> Moniteau placed third out of eight teams at Clarion Oaks with 252 strokes. Clarion and Clarion-Limestone both finished with 232.Dawson Wallace and Jacob Felsing both carded a 42 for the Warriors and CJ Becker added a 55.Broc Weigle shot a 46 for A-C Valley/Union and Alex Olczak a 56 for Karns City.

Erica Lampus had 11 kills and 18 service points, Sydney Selker 11 kills and 14 points and Cassidy Dell 34 assists, five kills and 12 points as Freeport downed Knoch 21-25, 25-22, 25-15, 25-10.The Yellowjackets (2-0) also got seven kills from Josie Russo, five kills and five blocks from Addie Rusek and 14 digs and 13 points from Emily Schmidt.Knoch (0-2) got nine kills from Quinn Hughes and seven kills from Madison Raypush and Mykenzie Werner.<b>Lakeview 3, Slippery Rock 2 —</b> Tiffany Madison had 11 kills and 10 blocks, but the Rockets fell 25-20, 13-25, 22-25, 25-11, 14-16.Virginia Recchia added 22 assists and Klara Wilson 14 digs for Slippery Rock (0-1).<b>Cranberry 3, Union 2 —</b> Dominika Logue had 12 kills and three aces, Drew Davis nine aces and Morgan Cumberland 30 assists, but the Damsels lost a marathon to Cranberry, 26-24, 16-25, 15-25, 25-16, 13-15.<b>Keystone 3, Karns City 0 —</b> Rosalie Carden had five kills and two aces for the Gremlins, who fell to the Panthers by scores of 25-8, 25-15 and 29-27.Ashley Fox added nine digs and two aces and Shavon McCanna five digs.

Laura Greb rallied from a first-set loss to win as Knoch beat defending PIAA 3A champion Fox Chapel 4-1.Brooke Bauer and Emily Greb also earned singles victories.<b>Singles</b>Laura Greb (K) d. Carrissa Shepard 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Brooke Bauer (K) d. Katie Voigt 6-0, 6-2; Emily Greb (K) d. Paige Theoret 6-2, 6-0<b>Doubles</b>Ally Bauer/Ava Santora (K) d. Emily Fera/Anna Ferris 6-4, 6-4; Bridget Kilmer/Hanna Essey (FC) d. Jade Nether/Tippy Barnes 6-1, 6-0

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