Villa Maria Academy’s defense was too much for Slippery Rock High School in a 44-23 loss in the District 10 AAA quarterfinals Saturday at Edinboro University.

Jenna Whitmer led the Rockets (12-10) with eight points.

VILLA MARIA 44

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SLIPPERY ROCK 23

Elenda McDermott 0 0-0 0, Lilly Weitzel 0 0-0 0, Bailey Boyd 2 0-0 4, Julia Steele 0 1-2 1, Macy McCall 0 0-0 0, Brynn Horner 1 0-0 3, Jenna Whitmer 3 0-0 8, Steph Croll 1 4-4 7. Totals: 7 5-6 23.

Villa Maria 17 10 9 8 — 44

Slippery Rock8 2 6 7 — 23

3-point goals: Slippery Rock 4 (Whitmer 2, Horner, Croll)

Mercyhurst Prep 45, Grove City 28 — Brenna Deyarmin score a team-high 10 points in the Eagles’ playoff loss.

GROVE CITY 28

Danyelle Lucido 1 0-0 3, Carla Cintron 1 0-0 2, Alexis Deyarmin 1 4-6 6, Brenna Deyarmin 3 3-4 10, Catie Jakowak 0 1-2 1, Jorydn Wyllie 2 2-2 6, Rachel Hughes 0 0-1 0. Totals: 8 10-14 28.

MERCYHURST PREP 45

Stoicovy 3 0-0 9, Popoff 2 0-0 4, Steiner 3 3-4 10, Shoperve 4 0-0 11, Kinecki 5 1-4 11. Totals: 17 4-9 45.

Grove City 4 9 10 5 — 28

Mercyhurst Prep11 13 13 8 — 45

3-point goals: Grove City 2 (Lucido, Deyarmin); Mercyhurst 7 (Stoicovy, Shoperve 3, Steiner)

Track and field

Seneca Valley’s Michael Kolor won the Tri-State Track Coaches Association Indoor Championship in the mile run Saturday at Edinboro University.

Butler placed seventh out of 34 teams at the event. Kalynn Callihan finished second in the shotput with a throw of 37-5 1/2, while Emily Horstman finished fourth in the 200-meter dash and sixth in the 60 meter dash.

Other Golden Tornado place-winners included: the 2,00 relay (Erin Lemay, Emma Lemay, Paige Lambermont and Michaela Brydon), fifth; 800 relay (Hanna Sheaffer, Madison Tonini, Shana Hoy and Savannah Miller), sixth; distance medley relay (Erin Lemay, Kelly Kabay, Madison Tonini and Michaela Brydon), sixth; 1,600 relay (Alyssa DiPippa, Kabay, Hoy and Horstman), eighth.

The Butler boys placed third in a field of 64 teams. Derek Gengler hit the Pennsylvania State standard for the fourth straight meet and placed second in the shot put.

The Golden Tornado’s 3,200 meter relay team of Josh Rader, Patrick Fullerton, Brandon Critchlow and Adam Knauer ran their best time of the season and placed second.

Bowling

Eight Butler County girls and four boys have qualified for the WPIBL Western Regional bowling tournament, slated March 13 at North Versailles Bowl.

The girls are Butler’s Megan Paul, MiKayla White, Baylee Verner, Nicole Nebel and Abby Bagley, Mars’ Allison Bruce and Karlee Arendt, and Seneca Valley’s Haley Hardcastle. The boys are Butler’s Matt Wetzel, Shawn Marcellus and Dan Bellis along with Knoch’s Joel Zacherl.

Butler’s boys will compete in the WPIBL team championships Wednesday at New Great Valley Lanes in North Versailles. The girls compete at Sim’s Lanes in Beaver Falls on Thursday.