Tigers hold off Raiders rally
Dave Monteleone scored 10 points for the Seneca Valley boys basketball team, but he could not stop another section loss for the Raiders as North Allegheny came out on top 55-39 Tuesday night.
Seneca Valley (6-14, 1-10) rallied in the third quarter, but could not overcome a slow first-half start.
The Raiders will face rival Butler on Friday.
SENECA VALLEY 39
Gabe Grinder 0 0-2 0, Kevin Mayberry 1 0-2 2, Sean Gress 1 0-0 3, Kevin Rohm 1 4-4 7, Pat Heery 0 1-2 1, Jon Bryant 2 0-0 6, C.J. Brown 1 3-3 5, John Fitzpatrick 1 1-2 3, Shawn Eagle 1 0-1 2, Dave Monteleone 5 0-1 10. Totals: 13 9-17 39.
NORTH ALLEGHENY 55
Evans 2 1-1 8, B. Dvorsky 2 0-0 4, G. Dvorsky 1 0-0 2, Tiesi 8 0-1 16, Brock 0 1-2 1, Lavalle 3 0-0 9, Sudo 4 2-4 10, Grow 0 2-2 2, Hoffman 1 1-3 3. Totals: 22 7-13 55.
3-point goals:
Gress, Rohm, Bryant 2, Evans, Lavalle 3
Friday:
Butler at Seneca Valley
Grove City 79, Slippery Rock 40
— Ryan King poured in 24 points and the Eagles stormed out to a huge lead after three quarters in a rout of the rival Rockets.
GROVE CITY 79
Ryan King 9 5-6 24, Thomas 4 0-1 9, Justin McNamara 2 2-2 6, Joe Hazy 3 1-2 7, Jesse Alfreno 1 0-0 2, Ben Liebling 3 2-6 10, Ryan Keil 5 0-2 10, Jordan Fee 2 1-2 5, Dustin Van Hook 3 0-4 6. Totals: 32 11-25 79.
SLIPPERY ROCK 40
Rhett Gordon 1 0-0 2, Joe Bryan 1 0-0 2, Kendall Mahan 0 0-0 0, Jarod Augostino 0 0-0 0, Ben Collins 0 2-2 2, Bill Stoughton 5 1-2 13, Vince Papley 0 0-0 0, Matt Shearer 2 0-1 4, Brian Kelly 1 0-0 2, T.J. Hogue 0 0-0 0, Zach Ejzak 5 0-0 10, John Bennett 0 0-0 0, David Hewitt 2 1-4 5. Totals: 17 4-9 40.
3-point goals:
King, Thomas, Liebling 2, Stoughton 2
JV:
Grove City 46-42
Friday:
Sharon at Slippery Rock
Freeport 67, East Allegheny 50
— A.J. Vidra scored a career-high 25 points, including 15 points in the first quarter, for the Yellowjackets.
Freeport (9-9, 5-6) also got 12 points from Nick Rutkoski and 10 from Brian Zimmerman.
FREEPORT 67
Nate Kotecki 3 1-1 8, Cory Massart 2 1-2 5, A.J. Vidra 10 0-0 25, Brian Zimmerman 5 0-0 10, Nick Rutkoski 3 6-6 12, Brady Sherrieb 0 5-6 5, Miles Smolic 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 13-15 67.
EAST ALLEGHENY 50
Jared Smeltzer 4 2-6 10, Lee Marts 7 2-7 16, John Fazekas 2 0-0 4, Trevor Lofton 1 0-0 2, Jaleel Mason 2 0-0 4, Eric Chontes 1 0-0 3, Mike Wilgus 0 2-2 2, Jordan Matthews 1 0-0 2, Ed Lesnick 1 0-0 2, John Bowchard 1 0-0 2, Kevin Drye 1 1-1 3. Totals: 21 7-16 50.
3-point goals:
Kotecki, Vidra 5, Chontes
JV:
Freeport 32-23
Friday:
West Shamokin at Freeport
Union 53, Clarion 50
— Gary Cooper scored 26 points and had eight rebounds as the Knight got back on track.
Toby Painter added a solid all-around game, scoring 10 points, recording nine assists and notching eight rebounds for Union (13-8, 8-4).
CLARION 50
Banner 3 0-0 7, Hritz 2 1-2 5, Baschnagel 6 1-4 13, Vander Meer 3 1-2 10, Wolf 5 0-0 13, Fabri 1 0-0 2, Miles 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 3-8 50.
UNION 53
Kyle Hilliard 2 1-2 5, Billy Burns 2 3-4 8, Toby Painter 3 2-4 10, Nate Boltz 1 1-4 4, Gary Cooper 12 2-5 26, Colton Davis 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 9-15 53.
3-point goals:
Vander Meer 3, Wolf 3, Banner; Painter 2, Boltz, Burns.
JV:
Union 51-47 (Spencer Varner 13)
Friday:
Union at C-L
Mohawk 64, Summit Academy 58
— Orlando Burt scored 17 points and William Dow added 15, but the Knights (8-12, 3-6) couldn't hang on to a first-half lead.
MOHAWK 64
Ryan Arena 2 0-1 4, Richard Colick 9 8-9 27, Josh Shaffer 0 1-2 1, Brandon Vantassel 0 1-4 1, Chase Frederick 1 0-0 3, Josh Crum 7 2-5 20, Matt Wier 3 2-4 8. Totals: 22 14-25 64.
SUMMIT ACADEMY 58
Devin Preston 4 0-2 10, Alfonzo Rodgers 1 2-4 4, Orlando Burt 7 3-4 17, Jerome Butler 1 0-0 2, Darnell Godfrey 2 0-0 4, William Dow 4 4-6 15, Greg Nash 1 0-0 2, Tommy Wood 1 2-5 4. Totals: 21 11-21 58.
3-point goals:
Colick, Frederick, Crum 4, Preston 2, Dow 3
JV:
Summit Academy 61-45
Friday:
Summit Academy at Riverside
A-C Valley 83, West Forest 56
— Sean Foust scored 25 points and John Kaufman added 17 for the Falcons (16-5, 6-4).
WEST FOREST 56
Delay 0 1-2 1, Eckert 2 0-0 6, Coruzinski 1 1-2 3, Ralston 0 0-0 0, Perrett 5 7-8 19, Garrison Daum 0 1-2 1, Lober 1 1-2 3, Wright 0 1-2 1, Garrett Daum 7 1-5 15, Donato 3 0-0 7. Totals: 19 13-23 56.
A-C VALLEY 83
Sean Foust 8 6-7 25, Ted Marron 1 0-0 2, John Kaufman 8 0-2 17, Ryan Jackson 5 1-2 11, Kyle McCall 3 2-2 9, Sean Courson 3 5-5 12, Garrett Greathouse 0 2-2 2, Mark Hart 1 0-0 2. Totals: 31 16-20 83.
3-point goals:
Eckert, Perrett 2, Donato, Foust 3, Kaufman , Courson
JV:
N/A
Thursday:
A-C Valley at Venango Catholic
Tina Mangola scored 21 points as Seneca Valley pulled away from North Allegheny in the second half on the way to a 63-44 victory Tuesday night.The game was scheduled for Monday, but was moved as the front part of a girls-boys doubleheader Tuesday because of a water main break.Chelsey Pavlick added 14 points for the Raiders (15-4, 9-2).SENECA VALLEY 63Kelsey Spencer 2 2-3 6, Chelsey Pavlick 4 6-12 14, Ryan Ingrassia 1 0-0 2, Tina Mangola 5 8-11 21, Amanda Johnson 3 2-4 8, Ashley Turici 4 2-6 10, Jackie Mangola 0 2-2 2. Totals: 19 22-38 63.NORTH ALLEGHENY 44Lang 1 2-2 4, Beatty 0 1-2 1, Murphy 3 0-0 7, Nolan 2 4-6 8, Haas 4 0-2 10, Dice 1 0-0 3, Gleason 2 2-2 6, Posierero 1 2-4 5. Totals: 14 11-18 44.3-point goals:Mangola 3, Murphy, Haas 2, Dice, PosiereroJV:N/AThursday:Butler at Seneca Valley
West Greene 42, Mars 24 —The Planets lost this WPIAL team tournament first-round match Monday.West Greene 42, Mars 24103 pounds-Biffle (WG) pinned Salter, :32112-Johnston (WG) dec. Selker, 2-1119-Caruso (M) by forfeit125-Perri (M) dec. Courtwright, 6-5130-Tharp (WG) dfec. Kokkinakis, 8-0135-Bissett (WG) pinned Kortyna, 1:51140-Renner (WG) pinned Ziggas, :16145-Conklin (WG) dec. Giger, 9-3152-Waston (WG) dec. Romatowski, 9-2160-Miller (WG) pinned Armstrong, 1:21171-Morris (WG) pinned Thompson, :33189-Pisarcik (M) pinned Ranck, :57215-King (M) pinned Harr, 1:23HWT-Whittington (M) dec. Herrington, 7-0
Trailing by 12 points after four events, the Slippery Rock girls swimming team rallied for an 86-83 win over rival Grove City.Vicky Kosiorek won the 100-yard butterfly and Melanie Prelec and Andrea Shaffer placed third and fourth to get the Rockets rolling again.Whitney Snyder won the 100-yard freestyle and teamed with Britley Raabe, Alyssa Martinex and Rachel Opp to win the 200 freestyle relay to clinch the victory.The Slippery Rock girls 400 relay team of Calley Bridges, Bethany Johnston, Kosiorek and Lauren Tibbens broke their school record by 1.57 seconds with a mark of 4 minutes, 14.22 seconds.The 200-medley relay of Johnson, Kosiorek, Tibbens and Raabe also broke their own school record with a mark of 2:08.50.On the boys side, Slippery Rock beat Grove City 78-48. Nathan Eilenfelt won the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke to lead the way for the Rockets.
Justin Simons, Jason Melton, Erica Leslie, Brian Osche and James Kerr were the top shooters for Butler in a 800-67x-797-63x loss to Mt. Lebanon Tuesday.
Franklin Regional 3, Seneca Valley 2 —The Panthers edged the Raiders in this contest at Warrendale Blade Runners Tuesday. No other details were available.