North Catholic tennis duo to play for WPIAL title; Knoch volleyball falls | Roundup
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Knoch's Ella Bergbigler (9) blocks a Central Valley shot in a girls volleyball game Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
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Knoch's Allie Spencer (20) spikes the ball against Central Valley in a girls volleyball game Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
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Knoch's Andersen Kamer (23) gets a hard stop against Central Valley in a girls volleyball game Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
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Knoch's Olivia Hawk (19) digs hard to save the ball against Central Valley in a girls volleyball game Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
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Knoch's Alyssa Patterson (11) spikes the ball against Central Valley in a girls volleyball game Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
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Knoch's Emerson Jones (28) hits the ball against Central Valley in a girls volleyball game Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
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Knoch's Allie Spencer (28) spikes the ball against Central Valley in a girls volleyball game Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
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Knoch's Olivia Hawk (19) motivates her teammates in a girls volleyball game against Central Valley on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
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Knoch's Alyssa Patterson (11) hits a ball over the net against Central Valley in a girls volleyball game Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
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Knoch's Olivia Hawk (19) digs the ball against Central Valley in a girls volleyball game Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
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Maelan Bajuszik (10) spikes the ball against Central Valley in a girls volleyball game Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Knoch High School. Andrew Jackson/Butler Eagle
North Catholic’s Evelyn Marche and Macaria Stall will play for the WPIAL Class 2A Girls Tennis Doubles Championships title Thursday.
Marche and Stall entered Wednesday’s first rounds as the No. 1 seed and won 10-2 in the quarterfinals and 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals at North Allegheny High School. The Trojanettes will face Neshannock’s Madalyn Arrow and Sydney Arrow, the second seed, in the final at 1 p.m. at Bethel Park High School.
Both teams have already clinched a PIAA tournament berth. The Class 3A WPIAL final pits Shady Side Academy’s Cassie Lapina and Alex Merkel against Bethel Park’s Mackenzie Smock and Cassie Sierka.
Another NC duo, six-seed Anna Ravotti and Kaitlyn Abel, lost in a first-round upset.
Maelan Bajuszik recorded 10 kills and 16 assists in Knoch’s 3-1 loss to Central Valley (set scores: 25-23, 17-25, 25-23, 25-15). Alyssa Patterson added eight kills. The Knights are 8-5 (7-3 section).
Six Planets scored in Mars’ 6-0 win at Ambridge: Jade Breese, Katie Blake, Miley Gratton, Ally Franck, Torrin O’Leary and Sydney Truver. Mars improved to 10-1-1 (6-1-1 section).
Brockway 4, Karns City 1 — Bree O’Donnell scored the Gremlins’ only goal on a Molly Mahood assist.
North Allegheny 2, Butler 0 — The Tornado slid to 7-6-1 (2-4 section) after the loss to section-leading NA.
Deer Lakes 1, Freeport 0 — It’s the first section loss of the season for the Yellowjackets (10-2-1, 7-1-1).
Goalie Brock Dittman stopped 20 shots, but Karns City lost to Brockway 3-0.
Moniteau tri-meet — The Warriors girls swept Oil City (27-28) and Keystone (20-37) with Alexis Kirschner finishing first in 22:43. Zetta Snyder came in fourth (23:17). The boys beat Keystone but lost to Oil City (20-41) as Peyton Beck came in first in 18:06.
