Moran's 4 goals lead Golden Tornado past Rams

September 15, 2006 Last Updated: September 15, 2006 03:03 PM High School

Butler's Ashley Grenet (25) and Amy Achesinski try to block a shot by a Hampton player Thursday in the Golden Tornado's 3-0 volleyball victory.

Butler's Doug Moran scored all four goals as the Butler boys soccer team dispatched Pine-Richland 4-1 Thursday.

Ben Horner had three assists and Jack Peluso-Hoffman had one assist for the Golden Tornado (6-0, 2-0), which will host North Hills on Saturday.

Slippery Rock 3, Commodore Perry 0 — Craig Bicehouse, Ryan Gercken and Ty Mohler each recorded a goal while Gercken had two assists and Michael Ramirez added another for the Rockets (4-0), who will play at Wilmington Monday.

Amy Achesinski had 10 kills and Becky Smith had seven kills and four blocks to lead Butler to a 25-18, 25-12, 25-17 sweep over the Talbots.Ashley Grenet added six kills and five digs for the Golden Tornado (2-2), which will compete in the Upper St. Clair Tournament Saturday.Knoch 3, Oakland Catholic 0 — Kirsten Brant had 12 service aces and seven assists, and Leanne Wiefling had six kills and 10 assists to power the Knights to a 25-17, 25-9, 25-17 win.Sara Montgomery added seven kills and Zoe Hughes had seven kills and 10 service points for Knoch (6-0, 3-0).Keystone 3, A-C Valley 0 — The Panthers swept the Falcons 25-14, 25-8, 25-21 in KSAC action. Keystone also won the junior varsity match 25-18, 18-25, 27-25.The Falcons (0-2) will play at Venango Catholic Monday.Clarion-Limestone 3, Moniteau 0 — The Lions took this meeting by scores of 25-11, 25-9 and 25-11.Amanda Gladd had 35 assists for the Warriors (0-4) while Kenzie Timblin had five kills and five digs, and Cassie Wiest had four kills.Redbank Valley 3, Karns City 0 — The Gremlins (1-2) dropped a 25-9, 25-12, 25-20 decision.

Mars 20, Fort Cherry 38; Mars 23, Northgate 36 (boys); Mars 15, Fort Cherry 50; Mars 16, Northgate 47 — The Planets' Cody Kier won the boys race with a time of 17 minutes, 24 seconds while Michelle Perri, Sam Brandon and Gabri Pierre each finished with a time of 22:35 to help Mars to a pair of victories each Thursday.Boys Top 10: Cody Kier (M) 17:24, Andrew Lucarini (FC) 17:29, Tim Gillingham (N) 18:20, Chris Alikhani (M) 18:35, Drew Haller (N) 18:43, Justin Stadelmyer (M) 18:45, Mike Lewis (M) 19:15, Jake Montag 20:00, Brandon Stadelmyer (M) 20:01, Zach Bellhy (FC) 20:03Girls Top 10: Michelle Perri (M) 22:35, Sam Brandon (M) 22:35, Gabri Pierre (M) 22:35, Cara Hudac (M) 23:18, Emily Gusew 23:24, Nichole Hardt (M) 23:41, Amara Czech-Thompson (M) 23;45, Rachel Pinkerton (M) 24;37, Terri Kujawa (N) 24:51, Abby Klicker (N) 25:16

Elissa McCune kept up her stellar play with two goals and an assist as the SlipperyRock HighSchool girls soccer team routed Wilmington 5-1.Jence Rhoads added three goals for the Rockets (7-0).Grove City 4, Conneaut Valley 1 — Samantha Lawrence scored two goals, and Courtney Bright and Christy Allison had one each to lead the Eagles.Bright and Shannon Bishop added assists and Ashley Shoop earned the win in net for Grove City (2-2).

Matt Geisler fired a 41 at Buffalo Golf Course in a torrential rain and on waterlogged fairways to lead Freeport to a 222-225 win over section rival West Shamokin Thursday.The win puts the Yellowjackets (8-3, 7-1) in first place in the section.Freeport (222): Matt Geisler 41, Kain Mowatt 46, L.J. Gaston 46, D.J. Lingelbach 45, Clay Fritz 47, Andy Vivian 44West Shamokin (225): Keifer O'Neill 39, Nick Byerly 49, Austin Baum 45, Matt Schrader 41, Cody Binger 44, Colby Lowry 51Seneca Valley 196, North Hills 218 — Luke Martin fired a 38 to lead the Raiders, who had all five scorers record a round of 40 or better, at Cranberry Highlands Thursday.Seneca Valley (6-2) will face Pine-Richland at Treesdale on Tuesday.North Hills (218):Matt Sladic 40, Ryan Fichter 42, Jack Ross 45, Mike O'Malley 45, Cory Mergenthaler 46Seneca Valley (196): Luke Martin 38, Kirk Pappas 39, John Ryamus 39, Ben Skal 40, Matt Vogt 40Region 2 megamatch — At Oakview Golf Club, Grove City's Cameron Peterson, Derek Forese and Zach Nesbitt fired a 72, 73 and 74, respectively, to lead the way for the Eagles in a megamatch victory.Slippery Rock's Jeff Tracy led the Rockets, carding a 77.The win keeps Grove City atop the Region standings with 39 points, ahead of Titusville with 34 points. The next region match will be held Monday at Meadville.Team results: 1-Grove City 298, 2-Titusville 325, 3-Lakeview 332, 4-Slippery Rock 334, 5-Meadville 341, 6-Oil City 349, 7-Maplewood 356, 8-Franklin 359Grove City: Cameron Peterson 72, Derek Forese 73, Zach Nesbitt 74, Steve Deyarmin 79SlipperyRock: Jeff Tracy 77, Nick Cress 81, Shawn Beatty 87, Shawn Lefebvre 89Forest Area 216, Moniteau 223 — Devin Christy led the Warriors with a 39, but Josh Adams' 37 keyed the Forest Area win at Shamrock Golf Course.Moniteau (2-5) will host Karns City at Shamrock on Monday.Forest Area (216): Josh Adams 37, Jesse Oliver 38, Jesse Gadley 44, Seth Sneerineer 47, Wayne Gadley 50Moniteau (223): Devin Christy 39, Eric Fort 43, Cody Slater 44, Paul Thompson 48, Ethan Fowler 49Karns City 252, Rocky Grove 256 — Sam Saeli of Rocky Grove earned medalist honors with a 38, but the Gremlins came away with the KSAC win at St. Jude's.Saxon Parker and Patrick Snow each carded a 48 to lead Karns City (1-4), which will play Moniteau at Shamrock Golf Course Monday.Rocky Grove (256):Sam Saeli 38, Cody Confer 53, Matt Habben 54, Ryan Meyer 54, Matt Snyder 57Karns City (252): Saxon Parker 48, Patrick Snow 48, Beau Bachman 50, Matt Hillwig 51, Andy Kijowski 55Cranberry 207, Union 231 — Travis Anthony shot a 43, but Union (4-3) fell to Cranberry at Clarion Oaks.Union (231): Eddie Stewart 44, Travis Anthony 43, Neil Gott 45, John Hetter 47, Chase Stewart 52Cranberry (207): A.J. Gaw 37, Alan Felenlee 38, Braden Harmon 41, Nick Persing 47, John Nelson 44

Butler (6-2) swept the doubles matches and Carolyn Shetter and Kristin Cypher each won 10-0 decisions as the Golden Tornado team beat Valley 4-1 Thursday.Singles: Carolyn Shetter (B) d. Kristen Ravotti 10-0; Corie Ravotti (V) d. Madison Kerr 10-8, Kristin Cypher (B) d. Elyse Prioetti 10-0Doubles: Angie Byrnes-Maggie McGinnis (B) d. Chelsea Campbell-Josie Sarinilli 10-4; Melanie Ward-Melanie Sessa (B) d. Gillian Snocnik-Brittany Scaypiniti 10-3

Butler had its seven-match win streak ended Wednesday in a 4-1 loss to North Allegheny. Rosel Nesbitt was the lone winner for the Golden Tornado (7-1)