Hook takes playoff hole to lift Knights to win

September 20, 2006 Last Updated: September 20, 2006 03:06 PM High School

Competitors leave the starting area during the Knoch-Butler-North Hills boys cross country meet at Knoch Tuesday. The Tornado defeated Knoch 21-38 and North Hills 21-36, and the Knights also lost to North Hills 26-29.

Knoch's John Hook shot a 38 and, more importantly, shot par on the playoff hole to nip Adam Wood and Kiski Area 204-204 in boys high school golf Tuesday.

Joe Sopcisak shot a 39 for Knoch (6-2. 5-2).

Knoch (204): John Hook 38, Joe Sopcisak 39, Cam Fusco 40, Tom Gillespie 43, Kory Schorr 44.

Kiski (204): Adam Wood 38, Blaine Woolheater 38, Brandon Grinden 42, Steve Golembiewski 40, Eric Gadola 46

Mars 207, Kittanning 242 — Brian Routhieaux and Greg Hilscher each fired a 39 for the Planets (7-0).

Kittanning 242: Ethan Zimmerman 45, Pat Daisley 48, Curtis Shilling 48, Randy Freehling 50, Connor Cole 51

Mars 207: Greg Hilscher 39, Brian Routhieaux 39, Chris Weber 41, Ian Finney 43, Steven Tracey 45

Keystone 204, A-CValley 206 — Nick McGuirk led the Falcons (6-3) with a 36 in a losing effort Monday.

A-CValley 206:Shawn Courson 41, Luke McCall 42, Nick McGuirk 36, Nate Silvus 43, Garrett Greathouse 44, Jeff Butler 44

Keystone 204:Christian Summerville 37, Mitch McCleary 39, Derek Graham 41, Matt Rearick 44, Seth McCleary 43, Billy Clark 49

Butler 200, Shaler 202 — Matt Maloy earned medalist honors for the Golden Tornado (6-2).

Butler 200:Matt Maloy 37, Andrew Shakely 38, Collin Randall 38, Steven Feczko 41, Grant Nagle 46

Shaler 202:Ben Altmeyer 39, Kurt Stein 40, Steven Aliman 40, Michael Sliman 41, Teddy Chieffe 42

Freeport 209, Ford City 218 — Matt Giesler carded a 38 for the Yellowjackets (9-3, 8-1).

Freeport 209:Matt Giesler 38, L.J. Gaston 43, D.J. Lingelbach 43, Kaine Mowatt 49, Clay Fritz 43, Andrew Vivian 42

Ford City 218:Mike Buzzinotti 41, Chris Stewart 43, Ryan Bartosh 44, Matt Cippel 44, Steve Markinlinski 55, Sean Barnett 46

Union 234, Keystone 241 — Travis Anthony paced the Golden Knights (5-4) with a 40.

Union 234:Travis Anthony 40, Spencer Varner 47, John Heeter 49, Neil Scott 49, Clay Burns 49

Keystone 241:Matt Rearick 45, Seth McCleary 48, Derek Graham 49, Mitch McCleary 50, Christian Summerville 50

Moniteau 245, Rocky Grove 260 — Erik Fort paced the Warriors (4-4) with a 45.

Moniteau 245:Erik Fort 45, Devin Christie 51, Cody Slater 46, Jeremy Ritts 51, Cody Stewart 52

Rocky Grove 260: Cody Confer 52, Ryan Myer 48, Sam Saeli 51, Matt Snyder 50, Matt Hadden 59

Mars 172, Seneca Valley 202 — Lauren Glew earned medalist honors with a 36 to help the Planets to the victory Monday.Chelsie Schade led the Raiders with a 43.Seneca Valley (202): Chelsie Schade 43, Shannon O'Halloran 49, Emily Campbell 53, Sam Craig 57Mars (172): Lauren Glew 36, Marisa Glew 41, Brittney Jones 46, Terri Dederer 49

Butler's Ben Porter and Tess Crispin won the boys and girls races, respectively, in a double dual meet against North Hills and Knoch Tuesday.The Tornado boys defeated Knoch 21-38 and North Hills 21-36 while Knoch (9-3) also fell to North Hills 26-29.The Butler girls defeated Knoch 26-29 but lost to North Hills 23-36. the Knoch girls (5-7) also lost to North Hills 18-44.Boys Top 10: Ben Porter (B) 17:06, Steve Monnie (B) 17:16, Mike Ulah (NH) 17:20, Rob Miller (B) 17:25, Ben Hutterer (K) 17:28, Corey Steinhagen (K) 17:37, Greg Sencak (NH) 17:38, Brian Tackett (K) 17:54, Wayne Dailey (NB) 18:04, Adam Brown (NH) 18:09Girls Top 10: Tess Crispin (B) 20:42, E. Slegal (NH) 21:11, M. Hebda (NH) 21:11, Alyssa Kunkel (K) 21:23, Chelsea Cooper (B) 21:37, M. McIntyre (NH) 22:12, J. Ogden (NH) 22:18, McManus (NH) 22:32, Fontaine Graham (B) 22:43, K. Gumpf (NH) 22:53In other meets:• The Mars girls grabbed the top three places en route to a 15-50 victory over Riverside and 19-40 over host Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.The Planets' Cody Kier won the boys race with a time of 17 minutes, 13 seconds in a 15-49 win over Riverside and a 27-28 loss to OLSH.Boys Top 10: Cody Kier (M) 17:13, Mark Grogan (O) 17:47, Derek Workman (M) 18:28, Jeff Rosser (O) 18:34, Justin Stadelmyer (M) 18:39, Mat Kapela (O) 18:59, Nick Michalenko (O) 19:00, Greg Rosser (O) 19:03, Funderlich (M) 19:14, Montag (NM) 19:20Girls Top 10: Michelle Perri (M) 22:06, Cara Hudac (M) 22:06, Pierre (M) 22:07, Marybeth Martin (O) 22:30, Caroline Kapella (O) 22:35, Brandon (M) 22:36, Amara Czech-Thompson (M) 23:53, Christa Vandollenberg (O) 24:01, Rachel Pinkerton (M) 24:03, Saska (R) 24:14• Eric Hillard's time of 18:01 was good enough for first overall as Moniteau's boys defeated A-C Valley (15-50), Keystone (15-48) and Venango Catholic (17-45).The Warriors (5-1) managed six of the top 10 finishers.The girls meet, which was not scored because all four squads were unable to field a full team, saw Moniteau's Amy Gladd place second (23:31) while A-C Valley's Nicole Marshall was fourth at 25:19.Boys Top 101-Eric Hillard (M) 18:01, 2-Aaron Smith (M) 19:01, 3-Matt O'Malley (M) 19:09, 4-Chris Delaney (VC) 19:19, 5-Lucas Rodgers (M) 19:56, 6-Aaron Edmonds (M) 19:57, 7-Andy Weichey (M) 20:14, 8-Mike McNellie (VC) 20:48, 9-Brian Long (K) 20:55, 10-Nate Wolbert (K) 20:59Girls Top 101-Megan Lutz (VC) 21:54, 2-Amy Gladd (Moniteau) 23:31, 3-Sarah McNellie (VC) 23:51, 4-Nicole Marshall (ACV) 25:19, 5-Sam Kristufek (M) 25:58, 6-Michelle Gebhart (Moniteau) 26:05, 7-Kristi Ice (M) 26:18, 8-Kate Best (ACV) 27:00, 9-Caroline Blauser (ACV) 27:57, 10-Julia Zacherl (VC) 29:03• Matt Thaemert was the top Freeport boys finisher with a time of 18:54 as Freeport downed Kittanning 22-39, but fell to Greensburg Central Catholic 16-47.On the girls side, Kristen Prazenica ran a time of 21:58 to finish fourth as the Yellowjackets defeated Kittanning 15-48, but dropped the meet against Greensburg 17-44.Boys Top 101-Chelednik (G) 18:00; 2-Forsythe (G) 18:24, 3-Jubek (G) 18:37, 4-Vitale (G) 18:47, 5-Mat Thaemert (F) 18:54, 6-Morris (K) 19:16, 7-Pezze (G) 19:23, 8-Sergei Dines (F) 19:31, 9-Stevens (G) 19:36, 10-Bryne Houser (G) 19:42Girls Top 101-Lash (G) 20:01. 2-Jekobek (G) 20:33, 3-Lammert (G) 21:37, 4-Kristen Prazenica (F) 21:58, 5-Pimpenella (G) 23:19, 6-Kuta (G) 23:27, 7-Christine Marty (F) 23:41, 8-Duda (G) 23:53, 9-Tressler (G), 10-Brittany Macshane (F) 24:44• Travis Hendell earned the top spot with a time of 18:33 in the Karns City boys team's victory over Rocky Grove (26-31). The win improves the Gremlins to 6-0 overall, 3-0 in the KSAC.Rocky Grove defeated Union, 15-50.KC's Sarah Young placed third in the girls competition, which was not scored, with a time of 24:39.Boys Top 101-Travis Hendell (KC) 18:33, 2-Aaron McGarvey (KC) 18:39, 3-Chris Harmon (KC) 18:52, 4-Pat Fuller (RG) 19:01, 5-Ryan Yarnell (RG) 19:57, 6-Jacob Shevitz (RG) 20:20, 7-Andrew Fetzkorn (RG) 20:25, 8-Eric Kriebel (KC) 20:27, 9-Matt Buckley (RG) 21:18, 10-Cruz Mietus (RG) 21:26Girls Top 101-Rachel Berry (RG) 23:51, 2-Mariah Rodemoyer (RG) 23:52, 3-Sarah Young (KC) 24:39, 4-Hannah Prorok (RG) 25:14, 5-Beth Gadsby (RG) 25:51, 6-Ashley Myers (RG) 26:56, 7-Shenoa Hendell (KC) 26:57, 8-Renae Henderson (RG) 26:58, 9-Rocky Grove, 10-Rocky Grove.• Brittany Lyons paced Slippery Rock's girls with a first-place time of 19:27 in an 18-41 win over Franklin.The Slippery Rock boys team lost to Franklin, 26-29. Nate King led the Rockets by finishing third (17:18).Boys Top 101-Alex Desko (F) 16:37, 2-Nick Perrin (F) 17:03, 3-Nate King (SR) 17:18, 4-Dan Hartzell (SR) 17:41, 5-Bert Hines (F) 17:57, 6-Ed Schreiber (SR) 17:58, 7-Owen Bowser (SR) 18:19, 8-Brandon Laufer (F) 18:21, 9-Cal Spigler (SR) 18:24, 10-Dave Brooks (F) 18:30Girls Top 101-Brittany Lyons (SR) 19:27, 2-Andrea Shaffer (SR) 19:57, 3-Calley Bridges (SR) 20:04, 4-Sarah Opp (SR) 20:31, 5-Misty Byler (F) 20:38, 6-Sadie Gravatt (F) 20:42, 7-Kathleen Marsh (F) 20:55, 8-Nicole Fuchs (SR) 21:05, 9-Ally Plummer (SR) 21:17, 10-Brittany Richter (SR) 22:58VolleyballMars 3, Quaker Valley 1 — Senior captain Jodi Leopold had 27 kills and junior Kelsey Rovnan added 21 kills as the Planets (4-3, 4-1) won 25-8, 25-18, 25-27 and 25-16. Mars hosts North Hills Thursday.Moniteau 3, Forest Area 0 — The Warriors picked up their first win of the season with a 25-14, 25-11, 25-10 decision.Amanda Gladd had 31 assists for Moniteau (1-4 overall), while Kenzie Timblin managed 10 kills, Cassie Wiest had seven kills and Kendra Hall had five kills.Moniteau's junior varsity squad also won, 2-0.North Clarion 3, Karns City 1 — The Gremlins (1-3) dropped this KSAC match by scores of 25-14, 25-20, 16-25 and 25-22.Stephanie Isacco had six blocks and Brianna Bowser had two service aces for Karns City.KC took the junior varsity match, 2-1.

Allyson Kepple and Julienne Scott each scored two goals to lead Karns City to a 6-1 rout of Clarion.Also scoring goals were Michelle Sweeney and Brooke Miller. Kiersten Foreback tallied the shutout in net for the Gremlins (6-1).Slippery Rock 5, Hickory 0 — Alissa McCune scored two goals for the Rockets (7-0) while Brittney Miller had two assists. Sarah Cessner, Karly Rhoades and Mallory Ralston each added single tallies.Kara Foley got the shutout in goal.

Butler's Wade Grubbs and Ben Horner each scored one goal while Tim Duffy and Zeke O'Donnell combined in net to shut out North Allegheny in a 2-0 win for the Tornado (8-0).Knoch 2, Freeport 1 — Buddy Carr scored both goals for the Knights (4-3). Teammates Eric Paul and Adam Sharbaugh each contributed an assist.