Rockets girls drill Oil City for 57-40 win

February 03, 2009 Last Updated: February 03, 2009 01:47 PM High School

Slippery Rock’s Ali Doyle slips past Oil City’s Mya Hidinger Monday in the Rockets’ 57-40 victory.

Kourtney Rhoads scored 16 points, Karly Rhoads had 14 and Adele Campbell and Taylor Crocker had 10 apiece as the Slippery Rock girls basketball team overwhelmed Oil City 57-40 Monday night.

The Rockets (13-6, 9-2) play at Sharon Thursday as part of a girls-boys doubleheader.

OIL CITY 40Clyde 2 0-0 4, Vandrock 2 1-2 5, Weidle 5 0-0 10, McKissick 1 0-1 2, Hidinger 4 10-11 19. Totals: 14 11-14 40.

SLIPPERY ROCK 57Karly Rhoads 6 2-2 14, Kourtney Rhoads 6 2-2 16, Ali Doyle 3 1-1 7, Adele Campbell 4 2-2 10, Taylor Crocker 3 2-2 10, Molly Weitzel 0 0-0 0, Breanna Northcott 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22 9-9 57.

Oil City 13 5 12 10—40Slippery Rock 14 11 14 18—573-point goals: Oil City (Hidinger); Slippery Rock 4 (Ko. Rhoads 2, Crocker 2).

Thursday: Slippery Rock at Sharon

Neshannock 40, Karns City 37 — Ashley Campbell continued her great play with 25 points and 12 rebounds, but the Gremlins (3-12) lost on their home floor.

NESHANNOCK 40Paytek 4 0-0 8, Warble 4 5-8 14, Patton 0 1-4 1, Kauffman 2 6-6 11, Richardson 2 2-2 6. Totals: 12 14-20 40.

KARNS CITY 37Cait Davis 1 0-2 2, Hannah Beck 3 0-0 6, Ashley Campbell 6 12-14 25, Stephanie Stoughton 2 0-1 4, Corrine Conto 0 0-0 0, Taylor Kerschbaumer 0 0-0 0. Totals: 12 12-17 37.

Neshannock 9 9 9 13—40Karns City 7 11 5 14—373-point goals: Neshannock 2 (Warble, Kauffman); Karns City (Campbell).

Wednesday: A-C Valley at Karns City

Hickory 51, Grove City 38 — The Eagles (3-16, 1-10) lost despite receiving 25 points from Caitlin McNamara.

HICKORY 51Gargano 1 2-2 4, Leicht 0 2-3 2, Fulcher 2 1-2 6, Kuzma 2 0-1 4, Vellente 1 0-0 2, Marriott 2 0-0 4, Hanson 6 4-5 17, Trusch 3 6-9 12. Totals: 17 15-22 51.

GROVE CITY 38Caitlin McNamara 8 6-6 25, Lexi Caporalli 2 2-4 6, Sammi Bell 0 1-4 1, Mariah Jenkins 0 3-6 3, Rachel Kurtz 0 1-2 1, Danielle Johnson 1 0-0 2, Jackie Trevity 0 0-1 0, Maddie Torok 0 0-1 0, Grace Bennett 0 0-0 0, Vanessa Sprando 0 0-0 0, Katie Byers 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11 13-24 38.

Hickory 16 12 11 12—51Grove City 5 13 7 13—383-point goals: Hickory 2 (Fulcher, Hanson); Grove City 3 (McNamara 3)

JV: Hickory 31-23 (GC-Sprando, 7 pts.)

Thursday: Grove City at Meadville

Apollo-Ridge 61, Freeport 38 — No details were available from this loss for the Yellowjackets (8-11, 6-7).

North Allegheny 79, Seneca Valley 56 — The Raiders dropped to 3-8 in Section 3-AAAA and 3-16 overall. No details were available.

Chris Herold and VinnySmith each scored 15 points as Mars edged Springdale 60-51 Monday night.Christian Locher and Dante DeTillio added 13 points each for the Planets (13-7).MARS 60Chris Herold 4 5-8 15, Brad Weischedel 0 2-2 2, Christian Locher 3 5-5 13, Luke Gruber 0 0-0 0, Alec Mahon 0 2-2 2, Dante DeTillio 5 3-4 13, Vinny Smith 7 1-1 15. Totals: 19 18-22 60.SPRINGDALE 51Greg Arch 10 1-2 21, Anarscio 1 0-0 2, Lepish 1 0-0 3, Shemerski 3 1-1 7, Desantis 0 0-0 0, Noriega 2 1-2 6, Lelis 3 2-2 10, Shepherd 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 5-7 51.Mars 12 11 18 19—60Springdale 16 17 7 16—513-point goals: Herold, Locher; Lepish, Noriega, Lelis 2Today: Southmoreland at MarsFreeport 59, Burrell 46 — Harrison Wood's 15 points and Alex Isenberg's 14 points and five assists led the Yellowjackets (8-11, 4-7).BURRELL 46Schaber 6 3-4 15, Linden 3 0-0 6, Yakopec 2 0-0 4, Nichols 7 2-2 17, Jones 1 0-0 2, Vetsa 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20 5-6 46.FREEPORT 59Sean Carnahan 2 2-6 6, Tyler Singer 1 2-2 4, Harrison Wood 5 1-2 15, Nick Gentile 1 2-2 4, Alex Isenberg 4 4-5 14, Derek Durand 1 0-0 2, John Douglas 2 2-2 6, Mitch Shaw 2 4-6 8. Totals: 18 17-25 59.Burrell 10 8 10 18—46Freeport 9 18 19 13—593-point goals: Burrell (Nichols); Freeport 6 (Wood 4, Isenberg 2).Today: Freeport at Apollo-RidgeMoniteau 63, East Forest 51 — Tyler Armagost recorded a triple-double with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, while teammate Zach McCormick had 21 points for the Warriors (6-11, 6-7).MONITEAU 63Zach McCormick 8 4-4 21, Clayton Casper 1 0-0 2, Zach Sloan 4 0-0 8, Tyler Armagost 5 6-9 17, Kyle Armagost 6 1-2 13, Josh Madru 0 0-0 0, Brandon Bonzo 0 0-0 0, Mike George 0 0-0 0, Jereme Loos 0 0-0 0, Lewis Martino 0 0-0 0, Jarod Alchier 0 0-0 0, Tyler Glenn 0 0-0 0, Mitch Hunter 0 0-0 0, Heath Lominski 0 0-0 0, Dalton Shuler 0 0-0 0, Jordan Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals: 25 11-15 63.EAST FOREST 51Andring 4 4-6 15, Miller 4 2-2 12, Hard 1 0-0 2, Gregg 1 0-0 2, Philbis 4 2-2 10, Richer 3 0-0 6, Anderson 2 2-4 6. Totals: 19 10-14 51.Moniteau 19 16 12 16—63East Forest 12 6 15 18—513-point goals: Moniteau 2 (Tyler Armagost, McCormick); East Forest 5 (Andring 3, Miller 2).Today: Redbank Valley at MoniteauPortersville Christian 78, Wilson Christian Academy 40 — Jordan Harbison scored 30 points for the Warriors (11-8, 6-2) while Joseph Santoro added 15 points on five 3-pointers and Jason Wahl scored 14 points.Harbison is averaging 21.2 points per game and has 40 3-pointers. Santoro has connected for 38 treys.

Butler went unbeaten in dual meets at Saturday's Sharon Duals, defeating Belle Vernon 51-16, South Side Beaver 55-12, United 51-27, Sharon 48-32 and Elizabeth Forward 35-25.Eric Tuck, Cody Hartman and Dakoda Collins went 5-0 in the event, the latter two getting three pins each. Marino Quercio went 5-0 with five pins.Cole Baxter was also 5-0 on the day, improving to 27-0 on the season and breaking Alex Evanoff's school record of 25 consecutive wins.Baxter defeated the No. 1 ranked wrestler in Class AAfrom South Side Beaver.Chris White and Zach Reges put together 4-1 records during the duals.

Butler senior Justin O'Donnell stopped 19 of 22 shots on goal as Ford City's hockey team (15-1) defeated Ligonier Valley (13-3), 6-3, recently.R.C. Double and Tanner Master, also Butler seniors, had a goal and an assist, respectively.