Butler joins playoffs
Sam Horne scored off a pass from John Fleming with less than a minute remaining in the first overtime as Butler’s boys soccer team clinched a WPIAL Class AAA playoff berth with a 4-3 victory at Hampton Tuesday night.
The Golden Tornado’s first three goals were credited to Anthony Werth, Steven Benson and Cassian Widenhofer, the last of those tying the game at three with less than a minute left in regulation.
Matt Huey added an assist for Butler (9-5, 7-3), which had dropped a 4-1 decision to Hampton Sept. 19.
Slippery Rock 7, Franklin 2 — Josh Stutz scored three goals and Josh Jones added two goals and two assists to lift the Rockets (8-4-2, 4-1-2).
Ben Magliocca and Nate Popejoy both added a goal for the Rockets while Mark Cessar, Marty Doyle, Chase Baxa and Luc LaChance each contributed an assist.
Mars 7, Freeport 0 — The Planets improved to 11-5 overall and 7-4 in the section with this win over the Yellowjackets (4-11-1, 2-8-1). No other details were available.
Seneca Valley 2, North Allegheny 0 — The Raiders (12-1-1, 10-0) remained perfect in section play.
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Boys GolfAudrey Clawson fired an 82 to help the Freeport golf team place third at the WPIAL Team Semifinals at Castle Hills Golf Course Tuesday afternoon.With the third-place finish, the Yellowjackets advance to the WPIAL Championships.Freeport (427): Audrey Clawson 82, Cole Hepler 84, Corey Mellinger 85, Mickey Frazetta 87, Matt Swartz 89, Justin Hildebrand 89District 10 Championship — Grove City’s Matt Gordon shot an 86 and tied for 10th place at the District 10 Class AAA individual championship at Meadville Country Club.Slippery Rock’s Matt Badger carded a 99 and placed 18th.
Girls VolleyballCorianne Hyduchak managed 18 passes and 14 kills in Grove City’s 3-0 sweep of Wilmington.Arianna Sprando had 22 assists, five kills and five blocks and McKenzie Fagan eight kills and seven blocks for the Eagles, who won by scores of 25-22, 25-23 and 25-20.Butler 3, Hampton 0 — Erin Hilderbrand had 10 digs in the Golden Tornado’s 25-12, 25-10, 25-20 victory.Hilderbrand also tallied a pair of aces, along with Gabriell Carney and Tarrah Freund.Mars 3, Highlands 0 — The Planets’ 25-10, 25-8, 25-4 win was sparked by Maria Nicassio’s five aces and four kills.Mars (8-4, 7-2) also received nine kills from Hannah Both and 11 assists from Liz Matusik.Freeport 3, Deer Lakes 0 — Grace Ward had 25 service points, four aces and 24 assists to lead the Yellowjackets to a 25-21, 25-13, 25-15 sweep.Zoe Pawlak added 12 points, two aces and seven kills; Alexis Schrecengost nine points, two aces and seven kills and Morgan Ruppersberger with five kills and six blocks for Freeport (10-1, 8-1).Knoch 3, Burrell 0 — The Knights cruised to a 25-10, 25-10, 25-17 sweep over the Bucs.Celina Sanks tallied 16 kills and Mary Zellhart added 25 service points for Knoch (11-2, 9-1). Katie Bozzo recorded 17 service points and six kills.A-C Valley 3, Redbank Valley 1 — Jessica Callender paced the Falcons (7-3) with 14 digs and 14 service points.Sadie Longo tallied 12 points, 10 assists, nine digs and seven kills and Makayli Terwilliger 13 kills, four aces and three blocks.Melanie Lewis added 12 assists in the 25-20, 25-19, 21-25, 25-18 win.Union 3, Moniteau 0 — The Damsels won this match by scores of 25-17, 25-17 and 25-20.Beau Rankin had 12 assists while Leah Conner and Kassie McGarrity both had four kills for Union, which won the junior varsity match 2-0.
Cross CountryFreeport’s Hayley Davis placed first overall with a time of 20 minutes and 11 seconds as the Yellowjackets (6-1) defeated Greensburg Central Catholic (19-40) and Southmoreland (19-44).In the boys’ meet, Freeport (5-2) tallied wins over the Centurions (25-34) and Scotties (26-33). Colin Meehan was second overall at 17:29.
Boys Top 101-Ben Bickerton (S) 16:56, 2-Colin Meehan (F) 17:29, 3-Philip Forsythe (GCC) 17:45, 4-Mike Garlowich (S) 18:15, 5-Vince Mirigliano (GCC) 18:55, 6-Noah Bowser (F) 19:00, 7-Caleb Bowser (F) 19:01, 8-Jon Frye (GCC) 19:16, 9-Sage Guynn (S) 19:59, 10-Malique Nadzam (F) 20:02Girls Top 101-Hayley Davis (F) 20:11, 2-Cassie Sauter (GCC) 20:12, 3-Riley Beistel (S) 20:19, 4-Becca Dudek (F) 20:33, 5-Kim Mixon (F) 20:49, 6-Laura Will (F) 22:32, 7-Haley Redmond (F) 22:41, 8-Katie Hill (F) 22:41, 9-Karabin (GCC) 22:59, 10-Jade Clinton (F) 23:11Clarion 20, Moniteau 36 (boys); Moniteau 21, Clarion-Limestone 35; Moniteau 19, Clarion 40 (girls) — Samantha Hall’s second-place finish helped lift Moniteau’s girls to a pair of victories.For the boys, Jake Taciuch placed third overall.Boys Top 101-Liam Raehsler (C) 18:04, 2-Adam Bettwy (C) 19:44, 3-Jake Taciuch (M) 19:51, 4-Jimmy Smathers (C) 20:07, 5-Jake Fullerton (M) 20:46, 6-Nadir Lynch (C) 20:57, 7-Crowe Thiem (C) 20:59, 8-Austin Stoops (M) 21:20, 9-Nate Forrest (C-L) 21:50, 10-Jake Brosius (C-L) 21:54Girls Top 101-Abby Steele (C-L) 21:56, 2-Samantha Hall (M) 23:02, 3-Hannah Frakes (C) 23:03, 4-Allison DeMatteis (M) 23:15, 5-Kristin McDeavitt (M) 24:34, 6-Cloey Wallace (M) 24:36, 7-Macrina Forrest (C-L) 24:53, 8-Emily Rider (M) 24:59, 9-Kaleigh Kirby (C-L) 26:12, 10-Chantell Olson (C-L) 26:26Cranberry 17, Karns City 45 (boys); Cranberry 20, Karns City 38 (girls) — Emily Jones finished second in the girls race for the Gremlins with a time of 22:47, but Karns City was swept by Cranberry.John Garing was the top finisher for the KC boys at fourth.Boys Top 101-Sam Lander (C) 19:04, 2-Harrison Keenan (C) 19:16, 3-Nick Barsek (C) 19:44, 4-John Garing (KC) 19:50, 5-Nolan Brannon (C) 20:02, 6-Beau Rankin (U) 20:12, 7-Paul Zacherl (C) 20:18, 8-Jared Dailey (C) 20:24, 9-Conrad Snyder (KC) 20:25, 10-Zach Bruce (C) 20:55Girls Top 101-Kristen Reynolds (C) 21:54, 2-Emily Jones (KC) 22:47, 3-Maddie Keenan (C) 24:03, 4-Suzi Schetz (C) 24:21, 5-Alexis Dailey (C) 24:49, 6-Mariah Helch (KC) 25:10, 7-Tabby Dietz (U) 25:41, 8-Amanda Cornelius (C) 25:53, 10-Shannon Roberts (U) 26:11Private SchoolsAdam Mueller scored a goal and also had an assist as the First Baptist boys soccer team dumped WPSD 4-0,Trevor Barnhart, Bosco Garcia and Paul Drake also scored for First Baptist.First Baptist 3, WPSD 1 (volleyball) — Emily Rowland had 15 points and 18 assists in First Baptist’s 25-15, 21-25, 25-21, 29-27 win.Casey Hall added eight digs and Lyndsey Lowe nine kills and five blocks.
