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Sweet revenge

Butler's Alex Collins (41) battles North Allegheny's Nick Jewell for possession of the ball during the Golden Tornado's 1-0 boys soccer victory Tuesday night.
Butler boys soccer team outlasts NA, 1-0, in OT

The last time the Butler boys soccer team played North Allegheny, the Golden Tornado lost 4-0.

This time was different.

Steven Benson scored on a penalty kick four minutes into overtime and Butler goalkeeper Adam Voelker made several outstanding saves in the 1-0 win over the Tigers Tuesday night.

“It's exciting,” said Butler coach Troy Mohney. “It's exciting to have such a turnaround against the same team.”

The win is an important one for Butler (8-5, 6-3) in the section, moving the Golden Tornado ahead of NA (9-3, 5-3) into second place behind Seneca Valley.

“We still have three section games left,” Mohney said. “And all three are important.”

Cross CountryAllison DeMatteis placed first overall with a time of 22 minutes and 18 seconds to pace Moniteau's girls to a 15-46 win over Keystone. A-C Valley also competed, but did not field a full team.In the boys' meet, A-C Valley's John Anderson was first at 18:04, but the Falcons lost to Moniteau 25-30. Keystone was unable to field a full squad.Boys Top 101-John Anderson (ACV) 18:04, 2-Nick Baughman (K) 18:51, 3-Jake Taucich (M) 19:04, 4-Brody Thompson (K) 19:55, 5-Jake Fullerton (M) 19:59, 6-Tom Amsler (ACV) 20:04, 7-Austin Stoops (M) 20:45, 8-Broc Schoeppmer (K) 20:51, 9-Wyatt McDeavitt (M) 23:20, 10-Bryan Miller (ACV) 23:32Girls Top 101-Allison DeMatteis (M) 22:18, 2-Shannon Quail (ACV) 22:27, 3-Samantha Hall (M) 23:18, 4-Mercedes Wallace (M) 23:29, 5-Chloe Wallace (M) 23:45, 6-Emily Rider (M) 23:53, 7-Kristin McDeavitt (M) 24:28, 8-Erin Logue (ACV) 24:33, 9-Kelly Daugherty (K) 25:16, 10-Rachel Viertel (ACV) 25:43Slippery Rock 23, Sharon 33 (boys); Slippery Rock 19, Sharon 40 (girls) — Andrew Maxwell continued his dominance with a first-place finish with a time of 18:28 as the Rockets' boys downed the Tigers.Tabitha Donaldson dominated the girls' race as well for Slippery Rock, winning with a time of 22:37 — nearly three minutes faster than the second-place finisher.Boys Top 101-Andrew Maxwell (SR) 18:28, 2-Will Henry (SR) 19:29, 3-Mac Taylor (Sh) 20:11, 4-Matt Eltz (Sh) 20:36, 5-Maxx Palisin (Sh) 21:04, 6-Tyler Yarington (SR) 21:10, 7-Scott Greenawalt (Sh) 21:11, 8-Vincent Esmond (Sh) 21:47, 9-T.J. Courson (SR) 22:00, 10-Josh Fabian (Sh) 22:05Girls Top 101-Tabitha Donaldson (SR) 22:37, 2-Vhanea Davis (Sh) 25:26, 3-Darienne Yates (SR) 26:11, 4-Becky Anna (SR) 26:27, 5-Brooke Schafers (SR) 26:30, 6-Tiaja Thompson (Sh) 26:32, 7-Delaney Ser (Sh) 26:55, 8-Wuinn Burkhart (SR) 26:44, 9-Amie Cravener (SR) 27:04, 10-JoLynn Anderson (Sh) 27:25Karns City, Union quad meet — A first-place finish from Emily Schumacher paced the Gremlins (4-2) to a pair of wins in the girls meet, while John Garing's third-place showing wasn't enough for the KC boys (2-3).Union's Beau Rankin took second in the boys race, but the Golden Knights did not field a full team.Boys Top 10Clarion 24, Karns City 31Union, Clarion-Limestone also competed1-Liam Raehsler (C) 18:21, 2-Beau Rankin (U) 19:26, 3-John Garing (KC) 19:33, 4-Adam Bettwy (C) 20:22, 5-Conrad Snyder (KC) 20:49, 6-Nadir Lynch (C) 21:14, 7-Grant Curdo (KC) 21:17, 8-Jimmy Smathers (C) 21:21, 9-Nate Forest (CL) 21:23, 10-Jack Brosius (CL) 21:24Girls Top 10Karns City 22, Clarion-Limestone 33Karns City 18, Clarion 37Union also competed1-Emily Schumacher (KC) 21:28, 2-Abby Steele (CL) 21:32, 3-Emily Jones (KC) 23:13, 4-Hannah Frakes (C) 23:14, 5-Tabby Dietz (U) 24:24, 6-Shannon Roberts (U) 24:37, 7-Mariah Helch (KC) 25:18, 8-Abby Wolfe (KC) 25:53, 9-McKenna Forest (CL) 26:03, 10-Chantel Olsen (CL) 26:58Knoch vs. North Alleghey and Pine-Richland — Brandon Grumski led Knoch runners with a third-place finish, while Mandi Moxie was tops for the Knights in the girls race in ninth place.The Knoch boys dropped to 5-4, while the girls sit at 4-5. The Knights will compete next at the Central Catholic Invitational on Saturday.Boys Top 10North Allegheny 22, Knoch 39North Allegheny 25, Pine-Richland 35Pine-Richland 25, Knoch 301-Elijah Stedeford (PR) 16:47, 2-Luke Regan (PR) 16:53, 3-Brandon Grumski (K) 16:57, 4-Matt McGoey (NA) 17:05, 5-Nick McClure (NA) 17:08, 6-Scott Seel (NA) 17:12, 7-Preston Carlsson (K) 17:18, 8-Ben Goehring (NA) 17:25, 9-Jacob Greco (NA) 17:31, 10-Zack Deible (NA) 17:35Girls Top 10North Allegheny 15, Knoch 50North Allegheny 19, Pine-Richland 44Pine-Richland 24, Knoch 331-Madeleine Davison (NA) 20:04, 2-Gabrielle Romeo (PR) 20:16, 3-Kate Guarhaccia (NA) 20:19, 4-Caroline Civalina (NA) 20:33, 5-Erin Keelan (NA) 20:49, 6-Madissen Steiner (NA) 20:50, 7-Caroline Bojarski (NA) 20:51, 8-Caitlin Carmody (NA) 20:53, 9-Mandi Moxie (K) 20:55, 10-Katie Franze (NA) 21:20

Girls VolleyballCarly Shearer had 19 kills as Slippery Rock won a marathon match against Mercer in five games, 25-19, 25-19, 22-25, 21-25, 15-6.Kayla Broad added two big aces for the Rockets (4-5).Karns City 3, Moniteau 0 — Kristen Smith tallied 14 assists, four service points and two kills to lead the Gremlins to a 25-8, 25-11, 25-10 win over the Warriors.Kendyll Smith added eight kills and 10 service points, LeeAnn Gibson recorded 11 kills and four service points, while Clara Stoughton racked up 21 service points.Karns City (6-3, 6-2) hosts Keystone on Thursday.A-C Valley 3, Union 0 — Morgan Cratty registered 21 service points, five aces, nine kills and three blocks to lead the Falcons to a 25-12, 25-13, 25-21 sweep of the Damsels.Makayli Terwilliger had 10 kills and seven blocks, Jess Callender added six kills and Melanie Lewis chipped in 13 assists for A-C Valley (6-3).Sadie Longo added seven assists, two kills and a block, while Halee Wetzel tallied 10 digs.The A-C Valley JV team picked up a 23-25, 25-11, 25-17 victory.Freeport 3, Burrell 0 — The Yellowjackets remained undefeated with a 25-17, 25-7, 25-8 triumph.Zoe Pawlak led the way with 10 kills, five blocks, seven service points and two aces. Morgan Ruppersberger had five kills and seven blocks, while Maddie Christy recorded four kills, three blocks, 11 service points and two aces. Lydia Gasenski chipped in 14 service points and two kills.Knoch 3, Highlands 0 — Mary Zellhart (16), Katie Bozzo (14) and Taylor Tabacchi (14) combined for 44 service points as Knoch crushed Highlands by scores of 25-7, 25-6 and 25-16.The Knights pushed their overall record to 8-2 (6-1 in the section).

Boys GolfFontaine McFeaters shot a 42 to lead Grove City to a 177-185 victory over West Middlesex at Grove City Country Club.Grove City (177): Fontaine McFeaters 42, Kyle Shingledecker 44, Devin Reynolds 44, Jordan Anderson 47West Middlesex (185): Ryan Dogan 42, Travis Roberts 47, Chaz Burger 47, Ethan Moroco 49Freeport 228, Leechburg 229 — At Lenape Heights Golf Course, Dylan Clinton sunk a 20-foot par putt on the final hole to win the match for the Yellowjackets (14-3, 7-2).Freeport (228): Cole Hepler 41, Mickey Frazetta 46, Matt Swartz 47, Corey Mellinger 47, Dylan Clinton 47Leechburg (229): Matt Barto 35, Mike Kawka 47, Nick Yurievich 47, John Ancosky 50, Tyler Waltenbaugh 50Butler 205, Seneca Valley 213 — In their last dual match of the season, the Golden Tornado beat the Raiders at Butler Country Club to improve to 8-7 overall and 5-7 in the section.Nic Leone paced Butler with a 39, while Ross Bondo carded a 40 for the Raiders.Butler (205): Nic Leone 39, Tommy Dimun 40, Jake Campbell 41, Corey Pizor 42, Gabe Baroffio 43Seneca Valley (213): Ross Bondo 40, Garrett Schlick 41, Ryan Senka 41, Evan Hangliter 45, Tyler Leake 46

Girls GolfCatie Dillon fired a 46 to pace Seneca Valley to a 197-253 over Butler in their final dual match of the season at Connoquenessing Country Club.The Raiders finish the year with an 8-6 record.Seneca Valley (197): Catie Dillon 46, Jessica Howard 50, Courtney Wahlstrom 50, Alex Steighner 51Butler (253): Abby Dunbaugh 51, Liz Rakers 54, Deidra Anthony 67, Caroline Piccola 71

Girls TennisLauren Steele and Emily Krofcheck won at No. 2 doubles for Grove City, but the Eagles fell to Hickory 3-2.Hickory 3, Grove City 2Singles: 1-Claire Casalnova (GC) def. Marissa Works 6-1, 2-6, 6-1; 2-Lauren McGonigle (H) def. Katie Kosick 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; 3-Rachel Mettee (H) def. Molly Somora 6-0, 6-0Doubles: 1-Nikki Marrone-Bailey McLaughlin (H) def. Maddie Jazwinski-Morgan McCommon 6-3, 7-5; 2-Lauren Steele-Emily Krofcheck (GC) def. Annalise Bianco-Camille Testani 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

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