Tigers jump on Tornado

April 30, 2009 Last Updated: April 30, 2009 03:26 PM High School

North Allegheny scored three runs in the first two innings Wednesday and cruised to a 7-2 high school baseball win over Butler.

The Golden Tornado (10-6, 5-4) were limited to four hits. Bobby Swartwout had a run-scoring single and Ryan Fennell delivered a sacrifice fly for the Butler runs.

Seneca Valley's 8-1 win over Shaler Wednesday pulled the Raiders into a tie for third place in Section 1-AAAA.

In other games:

• Blackhawk pitcher Ben Rawding threw a no-hitter in a 7-0 win over host Mars.

Rawding struck out five and walked four in the victory.

• Randy Risch struck out four and added a single and double in Grove City's 10-0, five-inning win at Commodore Perry.

Butler 010 001 0 — 2 4 0North Allegheny 120 022 x — 7 7 0W: R. Ogelsby (6X\c IP) 5 K, 3 BB.

L: Zac Sessa (5 IP) 2 K, 2 BB.

Byutler (10-6, 5-4): Cody Herald 2B, Evan Oswald 1B, Bobby Swartwout 1B RBI, Tyler Slepski 2B, Ryan Fennell RBI

North Allegheny: Brozick 3B 1B, Dassner 3B, Boyd HR 2-RBI, Nikifhser 3B, Butterini 1B, Ludwig 2B

Today: Butler at North Hills

Blackhawk 001 150 0 — 7 9 1Mars 000 000 0 — 0 0 2W: Ben Rawding (7 IP) 5 K, 4 BB.

L: Tyler Dean (6 IP) 4 K, 1 BB.

Blackhawk: Mike Pearson HR 2 RBI

Friday: Highlands at Mars

Grove City 052 30x x — 10 11 1Commodore Perry 000 00x x — 0 4 1W: Randy Risch (5 IP) 4 K, 0 BB.

L: Nick Huffman (2 IP) 3 K, 0 BB.

Grove City (10-3, 5-0): Randy Risch 1B 2B, Jason Revesz 1B 2B, Alan Saylor 2-1B, Garrett Herald 2B

Commodore Perry: Cody Yavorski 2-2B

Today: Grove City at Harborcreek

The Moniteau boys improved to 8-0 on the season by defeating Cranberry 97-44 and Clarion-Limestone 108-33.Jacob Boy swept the shot put, discus and javelin while Victor Santoyo won the long jump, triple jump and high jump for the Warriors.Moniteau's Courtney Catterall took the 100 dash, the 200 dash and the long jump as the Warrior girls beat Cranberry 86-63, but lost to Clarion-Limestone 86-64.In other meets:• Evan Wagner won both the discus (122 feet, 6 inches) and the javelin (154-5), but the A-C Valley boys lost to Keystone 85-64 and to Clarion 79-71.In the girls meet, Erika Rothen won both hurdles events, but the Falcons lost to Keystone 89-59 and to Clarion 114-33.• Knoch's boys competed in the WPIAL Class AAA team semifinals at North Allegheny.The Knights defeated New Castle 74-66, but lost to North Allegheny 98-43 and Mount Lebanon 71-70.BoysMoniteau 97, Cranberry 44Moniteau 108, Clarion-Limestone 333,200-meter relay: Moniteau (Schnoll, Groom, Haney, P. Kristufek) 10:08; 110-meter hurdles: Franiewski (M) 17.7; 100-meter dash: Hepler (C) 11.7; 1,600-meter run: Stiglitz (C) 4:54; 400-meter dash: Hepler (C) 52.9; 400 meter relay: Cranberry 47.8; 300-meter hurdles: Thompson (C) 44.4; 800-meter run: Rodgers (M) 2:10; 200-meter dash: Santoyo (M) 24.8; 3,200-meter run: Stiglitz (C) 10:58; 1,600-meter relay: Cranberry 3:44High jump: Santoyo (M) 5-11; Long jump: Santoyo (M) 17-5; Triple jump: Santoyo (M) 40-2; Shot put: Boy (M) 41-5 Discus: Boy (M) 125-5; Javelin: Boy (M) 128-6; Pole vault: not contestedGirlsMoniteau 86, Cranberry 63Clarion-Limestone 86, Moniteau 643,200-meter relay: Clarion-Limestone 11:11; 100-meter hurdles: Kathleen Harding (M) 17.2; 100-meter dash: Courtney Catterall (M) 12.2; 1,600-meter run: Wyatt (CL) 6:12; 400-meter dash: O'Neil (CR) 1:02.4; 400 meter relay: Clarion-Limestone 57.3; 300-meter hurdles: Gaston (CR) 52.7; 800-meter run: Wyatt (CL) 2:44; 200-meter dash: Courtney Catterall (M) 29.7; 3,200-meter run: Wyatt (CL) 13:10; 1,600-meter relay: Moniteau (Brooke Schwab, Krista Snyder, Kathleen Harding, Taylor Shaffer) 4:40High jump: O'Neil (CR) 5-1; Long jump: Courtney Catterall (M) 13-11; Triple jump: Leadbetter (CL) 29-4¼; Shot put: Karlie Bly (M) 28-3; Discus: Keck (CL) 82-9; Javelin: Schirmer (CL) 97-9; Pole vault: Schirmer (CL) 7-0BoysKeystone 85, A-C Valley 64Clarion 79, A-C Valley 713,200-meter relay: Clarion 9:24.8; 110-meter hurdles: Reed (K) 16.8; 100-meter dash: Gailon (K) 11.2; 1,600-meter run: Miller (ACV) 5:05.4; 400-meter dash: Straffin (C) 52.5; 400 meter relay: Keystone 46.9; 300-meter hurdles: Reed (K) 32.8; 800-meter run: Wolber (K) 2:13.1; 200-meter dash: Switzer (K) 23.1; 3,200-meter run: Bower (C) 11:24.7; 1,600-meter relay: Keystone 3:35.5High jump: Staab (ACV) 5-9; Long jump: Staab (ACV) 18-7½ ; Triple jump: Black (K) 40-4½ ; Shot put: Siegel (K) 41-4; Discus: Wagner (ACV) 122-6; Javelin: Wagner (ACV) 154-5; Pole vault: Porter (C) 11-3GirlsKeystone 89, A-C Valley 59Clarion 114, A-C Valley 333,200-meter relay: Clarion 11:52.9; 100-meter hurdles: Rothen (ACV) 17.2; 100-meter dash: Schwabenbauer (K) 12.5; 1,600-meter run: Grove (C) 5:47.7; 400-meter dash: Ganoe (C) 1:00.0; 400 meter relay: A-C Valley 53.6; 300-meter hurdles: Rothen (ACV) 50.8; 800-meter run: Sintobin (C) 2:44.8; 200-meter dash: Schwabenbauer (K) 26.9; 3,200-meter run: Grove (C) 13:20.8; 1,600-meter relay: Clarion 4:28.1High jump: Snyder (ACV) 4-5; Long jump: Black (K) 14-6; Triple jump: Roth (C) 30-6½; Shot put: Larson (C) 31-5; Discus: Larson (C) 92-7; Javelin: Schwabenbauer (K) 114-9½ ; Pole vault: Garbarino (C) 7-6Boys TennisJake Rupert won at No. 1 singles and the duo of Joe and Jack Boros won at No. 1 doubles, but Knoch dropped a 3-2 decision to Quaker Valley.Singles: 1-Jake Rupert (K) def. Chris Kennedy 5-7, 6-1, 6-0; 2-Jon West (QV) def. Tim Fritz 7-6, 2-6, 7-6; 3-John Means (QV) def. Jordan Laidlaw 6-1, 6-0Doubles: 1-Joe Boros/Jack Boros (K) def. Jim Munizza/Eric Noyes 7-5, 6-1; 2-Christopher Harris/Charlie Wilson (QV) def. Sean McDonald/Corey Miller 6-3, 6-0

Tyler Kotch and Jarrod Oesterling each scored three goals as Butler (8-4, 5-1) beat visiting Erie Cathedral Prep 9-5.Cody Bachman, Cody Conklin and Nathan Barthlow each scored a goal, with Bachman getting two assists.Butler's junior varsity won 6-0.