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Raiders roll to win

Butler's Heather Straynick (28) and Gabriell Carney (35) attempt to block a swing from Seneca Valley's Alex Karika (18) Tuesday during a three-game sweep for the Raiders over the Golden Tornado.

Adam Suter scored three goals and added an assist as the Butler boys soccer team crushed visiting Fort LeBouef Tuesday night.

Jonah Kalafut contributed a goal and two assists for the Golden Tornado (7-3-1).

Scoring one goal apiece were Glenn Brennen, Anthony Werth and Cody West. Adding assists were Matt Huey, Craig Hortert and Steven Benson.

Goalkeepers Mark Malecky and Adam Voelker shared the shutout in net.

Knoch 5, Kittanning 1 — James Conklin scored a pair of goals and had one assist for the Knights (5-3, 4-3).Josh Burd scored once and added two assists while Ben Andrews and Brandon Vargo both scored a goal.Austin Wolford and Jordon Hill both assisted and Andy Fritz made four saves.

Mars 3, Deer Lakes 0 — Spencer Posey had two goals and Noah Hudac also scored for the Planets (7-2-1, 6-0-1).

<B>Slippery Rock 6, Grove City 2 — </B>Danielle Wissinger had two goals and an assist for the Rockets (7-1-1, 4-0), who play at Sharon Thursday.Harley Boyd scored two goals, Casey Dudek had a goal and assist, Morgan Siebka and Jenny Dudek a goal each. Jordan Marks had two saves in goal. Mariah Trieber and Kalie Davis scored for Grove City.<B>Seneca Valley 2, Butler 0 — </B>The Raiders (9-1, 6-0) remained undefeated in Section 2-AAA with a win over the Golden Tornado. Further details were unavailable.

<B>Knoch 3, Deer Lakes 0 — </B>Schaely Renfrew had 10 service points and five kills and Celina Sanks added eight points and nine kills as the Knights (5-3, 4-1) swept the Lancers 25-18, 25-21, 25-17.<B>Seneca Valley 3, Butler 0 — </B>The Raiders downed the Tornado 25-14, 25-15, 25-14 in this section matchup.<B>Freeport 3, Highlands 0 — </B>Alexis Schrecengost had 19 service points, five aces and five kills for the Yellowjackets (7-0) in this 25-9, 25-2, 25-6 win. Ashley Sample had six kills, two blocks and five service points, Taylor Schrecengost seven kills, two blocks and four service points, Karlie Hill four kills.Freeport plays at Montour tonight.<B>Ambridge 3, Mars 2 — </B>Jaden Zimmer and Emily King had 15 kills apiece to lead Mars, but the Bridgers came away with the win.Lara Caraway added 29 digs and Katie King 49 assists for the Planets.<B>Karns City 3, North Clarion 2 — </B>Leah Bullman had 17 points and six kills for the Gremlins (4-2), who won the match by scores of 25-17, 25-19, 14-25, 23-25, 19-17.Taylor Armstrong added 16 points, Erin Wiles 21 digs and Kristen Smith 17 assists and four points. Karns City plays at Moniteau Thursday.<B>A-C Valley 3, Venango Catholic 0 — </B>Emily Quaill had 15 assists and Tricia Kerlin and Meredith Snyder each had eight service points — six and three aces, respectively — to lead the Falcons to a 25-9, 25-16, 25-17 victory.The Falcons, who totaled 24 kills, will face host Union on Thursday.The A-C Valley junior varsity team also prevailed 25-11, 24-26, 15-10.

<B>Karns City 224, A-C Valley 225 — </B>At St. Jude Golf Club, Tucker Preston fired a 39 to lead the Gremlins to the KSAC win.On Monday, Preston tied for fourth place with a 79 in the first round of the District 9 playoffs at Pine Acres in Bradford and will advance to Saturday's final round, also at Pine Acres.Karns City (5-3) will play at Forest today.<B>A-C Valley (225):</B> Landon Delisio 42, Jackson Shook 44, Ryan Bartley 45, Ian Seaton 45, Brody Irwin 49<B>Karns City (224):</B> Tucker Preston 39, Trevor Beham 44, Tanner Kerschbaumer 45, Mike Riley 47, Kaden Young 49<B>Venango Catholic 221, Union 263 — </B>The Knights (1-7) host Moniteau Thursday at Clarion Oaks.<B>Venango Catholic (221): </B>Garrett Hawkins 38, Matt Kuhn 38, Alec Thurau 43, Jonah Jones 47, Nathan Dudcic 55<B>Union (263): </B>Chase Shirey 47, Trevor Corle 48, Shane Murphy 53, Derek Priester 56, Zac Hepler 59<B>Freeport 209, Ford City 249 —</B> The Yellowjackets' top score at Buffalo Golf Course was Robbie Miller's 38.<B>Ford City (249):</B> Drew Labutka 42, Chuck Cippel 42, Josh Oliver 52, Richie Hrvabosky 54, Yuri Panchek 59<B>Freeport (209):</B> Robbie Miller 38, Josh Luchesa 41, Richard VanDruff 41, Steve Vento 44, Luke Mariotti 45<B>Butler 196, Pine-Richland 196 —</B> The playoff was suspended due to darkness and will be played at a later date.Corey Morabito led Butler with a 36.<B>Butler (196):</B> Corey Morabito 36, Phil Schultz 39, Conner Gray 39, Gino Baroffio 41, Jake Campbell 41<B>Pine-Richland (196):</B> Kevin Kunkel 37, Sam Dunsmore 38, Angad Guglani 39, Nick Lowry 41, Scott H. 41<B>Clarion-Limestone 260, Moniteau 277 —</B> At Shamrock Golf Course, the Lions topped the Warriors.<B>Clarion-Limestone (260):</B> Chris Henry 45, Mike Staley 50, Neel Daugherty 52, Giorgio Neiswonger 55, Ben Henry 58<B>Moniteau (277):</B> Jared Say 49, Aleisha Fowler 56, Chris Gibson 56, Matt Martarella 58, John Cravenor 58

<B>Butler 176, Pine-Richland 205 — </B>Marissa DeCola paced the Golden Tornado and earned medalist honors with a 37. Tori Hesidence had a 43, Emily Feczko a 46 and Rebecca Shakely 50.<B>Mars 193, Kittanning 212 — </B>Alexa Glew fired a 38 at Kittanning Country Club to pace the Planets (6-2, 6-2) to victory on Monday.<B>Mars (193): </B>Alexa Glew 38, Alexa Titchen 48, Olivia Laughlin 50, Avery Snyder 57, Lauren Schaper 61.

<B>Mars 22, Seneca Valley 34; Pine-Richland 26, Mars 32; Pine-Richland 20, Seneca Valley 39 (boys); Seneca Valley 26, Mars 29; Pine-Richland 16, Mars 41, Pine-Richland 16, Seneca Valley 41 (girls) — </B>Mars' Chris Georgeiadis was the overall winner in the boys contest with a time of 17:43 while Pine-Richland took the top-four spots in the girls meet.Mars (boys 6-3, girls 4-5) will host Butler and Shaler Tuesday.<B>Boys Top 10</B>Chris Georgeiadis (M) 17:43, Derek Rynn (PR) 17:51, Elijah Stedford (PR) 18:02, Sean Gannon (M) 18:04, Madison Goodman (SV) 18:05, Scott Slaney (M) 18:06, Jared Todoroski (PR) 18:27, Ben Nichel (SV) 18:30, Kevin Davis (PR) 18:45, Brian McWilliams (PR) 18:54<B>Girls Top 10</B>Natalie Regan (PR) 21:04, Jasmine Clark (PR) 21:15, Matt Davies (PR) 21;16, Hannah Vowman (PR) 22:12, Katie Lutz (SV) 22;12, Shannon McChesney (M) 22;19, Kim Jokl (PR) 22;32, Maggie McChesney (M) 22;32, Emily Seibert (SV) 22:45, Taryan Latsko (SV) 22:45<B>Freeport 20, Kittanning 39; Greensburg Central Catholic 20, Freeport 37 (boys); Freeport 21, Greensburg Central Catholic 37; Freeport 16, Kittanning 43 (girls) —</B> Kayla Zboran and Becca Dudek placed first and second, respectively, to help the Yellowjackets' girls remain unbeaten (4-0).Freeport's boys (1-3) were led by Nick Brosius, who finished third overall.<B>Boys Top 10</B>1-David DeVivo (K) 19:07, 2-Barrett Naugle (GCC) 19:15, 3-Nick Brosius (F) 20:18, 4-Matt Osche (GCC) 20:22, 5-Phillip Forsythe (GCC) 21:26, 6-Nick Very (GCC) 21:29, 7-Jared Kapustik (F) 21:34, 8-Daniel Seamans (GCC) 21:38, 9-Jake McQueen (F) 22:16, 10-Vincent Mirigliano (GCC) 22:16<B>Girls Top 10</B>1-Kayla Zboran (F) 21:38, 2-Becca Dudek (F) 21:52, 3-Meghan Obusek (GCC) 22:00, 4-Ellen Jameson (GCC) 22:52, 5-Hayley Davis (F) 23:53, 6-Laura Will (F) 24:11, 7-Megan Kidder (K) 24:25, 8-Nicole Miller (F) 24:26, 9-Bridgette Malley (GCC) 24:37, 10-Emily Kutch (K) 24:43<B>Moniteau 20, A-C Valley 42; Moniteau 16, Keystone 46 (boys); Moniteau 19, A-C Valley 40; Moniteau 19, Keystone 41 (girls) — </B>The Warrior boys improved to 5-1 while the girls moved to 4-2.Venango Catholic also competed, but did not have enough runners to qualify for a team score.<B>Boys Top 10</B>Nate Best (ACV) 18:15, Evan Miller (M) 18:40, Jake Fullerton (M) 20:31, Anthony Conn (M) 20:39, Tyler Kristufek (M) 21:14, Brady Thompson (K) 21:29, Nate Taylor (M) 21:45, Devin Nassy (M) 21:48, Clayton McHenry (ACV) 21:59, Roman Weingartner (M) 22:01<B>Girls Top 10</B>Heather Porter (M) 22:29, Emily Baughman (K) 23:24, Chelsea Miller (M) 24:07, Rachael Viertel (ACV) 24:54, Emily Rider (M) 25:11, Miranda McGovern (M) 25:14, Erin Logue (ACV) 25:23, Angela Schandelmeier (M) 25:39, Taylor Weeter (K) 25:48, Rosemary Brooker (VC) 26:43

<B>Quaker Valley 5, Knoch 0 — </B>The Knights were swept in this non-section matchup. Knoch will play at St. Joe's Thursday before playing section doubles Friday at Vincentian.<B>Singles:</B> Spencer Caravaggio (QV) def. Katie Conlon 6-0, 6-1; Sam Richmond (QV) def. Brooke Ross 6-0, 6-0; Francesca Friday (QV) def. Peggy Kanterman 6-0, 6-1<B>Doubles:</B> Susie Kraus-Kelsey Spaulding (QV) def. Abby Conlon-Alyssa King 6-0, 6-1; Connor Hamilton-Carolyn Steliotis (QV) def. Hannah Pfeifer-Emily Ortiz 6-0, 6-0)

<B>First Baptist Christian 3, Faith Christian School 0 (girls volleyball) — </B>Emily Rowland had 10 service points as First Baptist Christian won the match by scores of 25-12, 25-12, 25-13. Hildi Burleigh added six aces, 13 assists and six kills. Freshman Kenzi Uber had a block in the win.

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