High school sports roundup: Seneca Valley girls tennis tops Butler; Freeport, Butler golf win matches
Seneca Valley earned a 3-2 girls tennis victory Monday at Butler.
The Raiders (2-2, 1-1) earned singles victories thanks to the efforts of Sydney Blucher and Cady Shea while Anna Coon and Giannna Guandolo won in doubles action.
For Butler (3-1, 1-1), Laini Spohn and the doubles team of Cassie Busler/Lindsey Lipp scored wins.
Seneca Valley 3, Butler 2
Singles: Laini Spohn (B) def. Alaina Brody 6-1, 6-1; Sydney Blucher (SV) def. Sophia Kingsley 7-5, 7-6; Cady Shea (SV) def. Emily Hinch 6-0, 6-2
Doubles: Anna Coon/Giannna Guandolo (SV) def. Maggie Bodamer/Olivia Porneluzi 6-1, 6-2; Cassie Busler/Lindsey Lipp (B) def. Emily Marla/Jenna Muenck 6-2, 6-3
Pine-Richland 5, Mars 0 — The Planets’ Grace McMichael lost in a second-set tiebreaker in this team defeat for the Planets.
Boys Golf
Freeport’s Stephen Evans fired a 36 and teammate Ethan Crooks a 38 to lead the Yellowjackets to a 191-244 win over Valley at Buffalo Golf Course. Freeport improved to 6-1 overall and 5-0 in section play.
Freeport (191): Stephen Evans 36, Ethan Crooks 38, Cam Zigo 39, Carson Kane 39,
Gavin Tola 39
Valley (244): Brett Crawn 43, Baxter Diehn 45, Maddox DeAntonio 46, Zo Taliani 50, Logan Lawson 60
Butler 186, Knoch 215 — At Slippery Rock Golf Club, the Golden Tornado improved to 3-4 overall due in large part to the play of Boden Lenyk (35), Anthony Trombatt (36) and Levi McClellan (37).
Knoch’s top golfers included Jeremy Scheidt (37), Aaron Voltz (43) and Jake Jones (43).
KSAC Mega Match #4 — Connor Ealy’s 39 led Moniteau to a tie for third place out of nine teams at Slippery Rock Golf Club.
Joey O'Donnell carded a 40 for Karns City and Joe Rapp a 43 for A-C Valley/Union.
3(tie)-Moniteau (222): Connor Ealy 39, Tyson Voloch 43, Brennan Kelly 44, Carson Minear 48, Corbin Fallen 48
5-A-C Valley/Union (232): Joe Rapp 43, Koen Strauser 44, Alex Walzak 46, Hudson Bliss 47, Jake Fisher 52
8-Karns City (269): Joey O'Donnell 40, Chloe Fritch 43, Alex Wilson 58, Michael Perry 64, Grant Rice 64
Girls Volleyball
Kolstin Wetzel tallied six kills and two blocks as Union swept Tidioute Charter by scores of 25-18, 25-14 and 29-27.
Kya Wetzel added five aces, and Adrianna Kreibel had four digs.
A-C Valley 3, Sheffield 0 — The Falcons topped the Wolverines by scores of 25-11, 25-13 and 25-20.
Pacing the winning effort was Maddy Dehart with five kills, three blocks and two aces. Malia Page added five kills and Nichole Wingard nine assists and three kills.
Girls Soccer
Butler opened the season with a 2-0 loss at Mt. Lebanon. No other details were available.
