California boys open with Section 5-AA meet sweep
California started the Section 5-AA cross country schedule at home Tuesday afternoon by sweeping Belle Vernon and East Allegheny.
The Trojans edged Belle Vernon, 28-29, and defeated East Allegheny, 25-30. The Leopards picked up a win against the Wildcats, 22-35.
California’s Niamh McClaflin finished first in a time of 19:04. Teammate Carter Kent placed third in 19:25. Charles Meiss (8, 21:55) and Quinn Barbero (9, 22:51) also had top-10 finishes.
Belle Vernon’s Logan Metzger finished fourth in 19:27, followed by Colby Hibner (20:05) and Sam Rushak (21:35).
Laurel Highlands 21, Elizabeth Forward 34; Thomas Jefferson 21, Laurel Highlands 40; Thomas Jefferson 28, Ringgold 31; Ringgold 20, Elizabeth Forward 38 – The Mustangs and Rams split the opening Section 2-AAA meet at Thomas Jefferson.
Laurel Highlands’ Matt Schwertfeger cruised to victory in 17:58. Ringgold’s Daniel Peterson crossed the line in second place with a time of 18:46.
Ringgold’s Andrew Bruce (4, 18:58) and Ethan Rohr (5, 19:39) had top-10 finishes. Laurel Highlands’ Drake Shaffer placed ninth in 19:49.
Kristofer Vietmeier had the top finish for the Warriors in 12th place in 20:43.
Calvary Chapel Christian School 15, South Allegheny 50; Calvary Chapel Christian School 24, Steel Valley 36; Calvary Chapel Christian School 15, Southmoreland 50; South Park 15, Steel Valley 34; South Park 15, Southmoreland 50; Steel Valley 15, Southmoreland 50 – Calvary Chapel Christian School swept a Section 5-AA home meet.
Steel Valley’s Alex Broul finished first in 21:27, with Southmoreland’s Dylan Bierhals second in 21:41. The Scotties’ Connor Dillon was fifth in 23:18.
CCCS’ Stephen Chapley placed third with a time of 21:50. Teammates Caleb Bevans (8, 24:35) and Logan Angelo (10, 25:38) placed in the top 10.
Greensburg C.C. 17, Brownsville 38; Serra Catholic 24, Brownsville 31; Greensburg C.C. 20, Serra Catholic 35 – The Falcons’ Owen Shimshock finished third overall with a time of 20:10 in a home Section 5-AA meet.
Greensburg C.C.’s Lukas Czegan finished first in 17:29 and Will Gazelewski was second in 19:45.
Brownsville’s Sam Vol was 10th in 23:04.
West Greene 15, Washington 50; Waynesburg Central 26, West Greene 29; Seton-La Salle 28*, Waynesburg Central 28; Waynesburg Central 26, Chartiers-Houston 29; Seton-La Salle 26, West Greene 31; West Greene 26, Chartiers-Houston 29; Waynesburg Central 15, Washington 50 – Waynesburg’s Will Maxwell finished first with a time of 20:13 in the Section 3-AA meet held at Chartiers-Houston.
West Greene’s Jackson Grimes was second in 20:25, with the Raiders’ Craig Rohanna third with a time of 20:40.
Girls cross country
Laurel Highlands 26, Elizabeth Forward 31; Thomas Jefferson 26, Laurel Highlands 31; Thomas Jefferson 21, Ringgold 40; Elizabeth Forward 25, Ringgold 33 – Laurel Highlands split the opening Section 2-AAA meet at Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson’s Sylvi Kashak cruised to first place in 21:20.
Laurel Highlands’ Bella Baker finished in second place with a time of 22:32. Teammate Taylor Schwertfeger was fourth in 23:26. Maura Nagle was ninth in 25:49.
Ringgold’s Lily Brenneman placed third in 22:42. Teammate Sarah Palmer was 10th in 26:08.
Elizabeth Forward’s Lily Ash was fifth with a time of 24:11 and teammate Brooke Yurkovich placed sixth in 25:14.
Belle Vernon 15, California 50 – The Lady Leopards had six runners in the top 10 for a Section 5-AA win at California.
The Lady Trojans’ Lucia Meiss finished first in 24:39.
Belle Vernon’s Brooklyn Steeber (24:55), Lily Walsh (25:37), Bella Tatar (26:38), Claire Sokol (27:12), Heidi Beitler (26:05), and Gina Bellissimo (28:19) followed Meiss across the finish line.
California’s Ella Neil was seventh in 29:48 and Ally Grodz placed eighth in 39:36.
Calvary Chapel Christian School 15, South Allegheny 50 – CCCS’ Chelsea Glumac was second in 34:45 and teammate Rosie Startare placed third in 34:46. Leona D’Antonio placed fifth in 35:46.
Greensburg C.C. 18, Brownsville 45; Brownsville 15, Serra Catholic 50; Greensburg C.C. 15, Serra Catholic 50 – The Lady Falcons picked up a split of a Section 5-AA home meet.
Greensburg C.C.’s Ainsleigh Stickle won in 21:33 and teammate Shea House placed second in 23:10.
Brownsville’s Peyton Remington was sixth in 26:24. Payton Evanchak placed ninth in 27:52.
West Greene 25, Chartiers-Houston 30; West Greene 15, Seton-La Salle 50, West Greene 15, Waynesburg Central 15, West Greene 15, Washington 50 – The Lady Pioneers’ Eryka Hackney finished fourth with a time of 28:03 in a Section 3-AA meet at Chartiers-Houston.
Teammate Emily Stokes placed fifth in 28:57.
Waynesburg’s Kiley Bledsoe finished eighth in 29:20.
Girls golf
Franklin Regional 175, Elizabeth Forward 178 – The Lady Panthers won a hard-fought Section 3-AAA home match at Murrysville Golf Course.
Mya Morgan had medalist honors for the Lady Warriors (9-1, 11-1) with 2-under 37. She finished with two birdies and an eagle. Sydney Boyd (45), Annalise Didjunas (46), and Alizabeth Leezer (52) closed out the scoring.
Mia Snyder was the low golfer for Franklin Regional (9-1, 10-2) with 41.
Boys golf
Mount Pleasant 214, Jeannette 264 – Ryan Karfelt fired a 1-under 35 to lead the Vikings to a Section 2-AA road victory at Greensburg Country Club.
Aydan Gross (47), Nico Pisula (42), Tannery Frye (44), and Darren Kinneer (46) rounded out the scoring for Mount Pleasant (7-3, 8-3).
Carmichaels 224, Bentworth 242 – Nathan Dursa, Connor Lapana and Jase Zdravecky all shot 44 in the Mikes’ Section 3-AA road win at Chippewa Golf Course.
Zach Murphy shot 45 and Aydan Bate and Eli Hastings both finished with 47 for Carmichaels (6-3, 6-4).
Ross Skerbetz was the low man for the Bearcats (1-9, 1-11) with 44.
Charleroi 212, Uniontown 222 – The Cougars picked up a non-section home win at Mon Valley Country Club over the visiting Red Raiders.
Gage Patterson shot an even-par 36 for Charleroi (10-3). Jake Corrin (45), Kaden Woods (45), Levi Large (43), and Josh Chambers (44) rounded out the scoring.
Emily Myers was the low golfer for Uniontown with 42. Trevor Uphold (44), Colton Mathias (43), Austin Thomas (46), and Brody Schiffbauer (47) closed out the scoring.
Girls volleyball
Laurel Highland 3, Belle Vernon 0 – Laurel Highlands returned home with a Section 3-AAA victory.
Laurel Highlands won by the scores, 25-18, 26-24, 25-19.
Laurel Highlands was led by Jayna Fabrey (9 digs, 2 aces), Alexandra Mattey (7 digs, 7 kills, 3 blocks), Lucy Baker (8 digs, 3 kills), Sara Reed (10 assists, 2 digs), Ayrianna Sumpter (6 kills), Yelena Ford (7 assists), and Diondra Brown (2 digs, 2 kills, 3 blocks, 4 aces)..
Thomas Jefferson 3, Uniontown 0 – The Lady Jaguars swept past Uniontown for a Section 3-AAA road victory.
Uniontown stats leaders were Maggie Campbell (14 assists, 2 aces), Lexi Humberston (13 digs), Ryleigh Jose (7 kills, 3 digs, 2 blocks, 2 assists), Lyric McLee (4 kills, 4 digs), Ava Livingood (3 kills, 3 blocks), Lauren White (2 digs), and Layla Fitzgerald (2 kills).
Ringgold 3, Albert Gallatin 1 – The visiting Lady Rams downed Albert Gallatin in four sets for a Section 3-AAA win.
Ringgold won by the scores, 25-15, 28-30, 25-14, 25-13.
Mia Myers finished with 17 assists for the Lady Colonials. Leah Myers had 12 kills. Mya Glisan added three digs, five aces and seven kills.
Charleroi 3, Brownsville 0 – The Lady Cougars won a Section 3-AA road match in three sets.
Charleroi (2-1) swept to victory by the scores, 25-17, 25-20, 25-23.
Payton Evanchak (10 assists, 12 service points, 4 aces), Skyler Gates (7 kills), Lydia Geary (5 kills), and Ashley Evanchak (26 digs) were stats leaders for the Lady Falcons (1-2, 1-4).
Waynesburg Central 3, Chartiers-Houston 0 – The Lady Raiders powered to a Section 3-AA road victory by the scores 25-13, 25-18 and 25-19.
Waynesburg Central (3-0, 4-0) was led by Emily Rafferty (12 kills), Ani Cree with (7 kills, 6 digs), Railey Bochna (8 kills), Bailey Rafferty (18 assists, 4 digs, 3 aces), Gina Tedrow (7 assists, 6 aces, 4 digs), and Lelia McCollum (11 digs, 4 assists, 2 aces).
Bentworth 3, Washington 1 – The Lady Bearcats won the last two sets for a Section 3-AA home win.
Bentworth opened with a 27-25 win. Washington tied the match with a 26-24 win in the second set. The Lady Bearcats closed out with set wins of 26-24 and 25-18.
Zoie McDonald had 23 assists and six aces in the win. Nora Lindsey finished with nine kills and Olivia Telegraphis had a team-high 22 digs.
Beth-Center 3, Mapletown 0 – The Lady Bearcats swept past visiting Mapletown for a Section 3-A win.
Beth-Center won by the scores, 25-9, 25-14, 25-10. Mapletown slips to 0-1 in the section and 0-2 overall.
Carmichaels 3, Jefferson-Morgan 0 – Carmichaels rolled to a Section 3-A win over the visiting Lady Rockets.
The Lady Mikes swept to victory by the scores, 26-24, 25-12, 25-16.
Ashton Batis led Carmichaels with 23 digs. Pacey Pratt had a double-double with 16 digs and 10 kills. Bailey Barnyak finished with 14 digs and 13 kills. Avery Voithofer added 25 assists and four digs.
Frazier 3, Geibel Catholic 0 – The Lady Commodores were tough at home for a Section 4-A win over the visiting Lady Gators.
Frazier (2-0, 3-2) swept to victory with the scores 25-9, 25-12 and 25-11.
Grace Vaughn led the Lady Commodores with 27 assists and nine kills. Allie Monack finished with 10 kills and Addison Day had 11 service points.
Boys soccer
Bentworth 14, Chartiers-Houston 0 – Adam Moessner scored a hat trick as the Bearcats rolled to a Section 2-A victory over the Bucs.
Dillan Colbert, Cameron Butler and Billy Moyer all scored two goals for Bentworth (2-0, 6-0). Austin Holler, Caden Hackison, Ryan Moessner, Aiden McMurray and Noah Reynolds scored one goal apiece.
DJ Hays and Issac Vipperman combined on the shutout.
Greensburg C.C. 2, Beth-Center 1 – The Centurions edged the Bulldogs for a Section 2-A victory.
Beth-Center is 0-1-0 in the section and 3-1-1 overall.
Southmoreland 2, Waynesburg Central 0 – Jack Ryan and Hunter Ryan scored for the Scotties in a Section 4-AA win.
Southmoreland improves to 3-1 in the section and 5-2 overall. The Raiders slip to 0-3 in the section and 0-4 overall.
Mount Pleasant 2, Greensburg Salem 0 – Tyke Snyder scored in the first half and Jarett Garn added an insurance goal in the second half for a Section 4-AA road victory.
Grayson Gardner preserved the shutout for Mount Pleasant (4-0, 5-1).
Allderdice 8, Belle Vernon 1 – Chris Showman scored the Leopards’ lone goal in a Section 3-AAA loss to the Dragons.
Belle Vernon goes to 1-2 in the section and 3-2 overall. Allderdice improves to 2-0-1 in the section and 4-1-1 overall.
Charleroi 7, Brownsville 0 – Dylan Klinger and Blake Pendo both scored two goals in the Cougars’ Section 4-AA win over the Falcons.
Ethan Hartley, Nolan Mosco and Declan Carter netted one goal apiece for Charrleroi (3-0, 4-0).
Brownsville slips to 1-2-1 in the section and 1-3-1 overall.
Trinity 6, Laurel Highlands 0 – Cooper Cincinnati scored two goals in the Hillers’ Section 2-AAA victory.
Trinity improves to 3-0-1 in the section and 3-1-2 overall. The Mustangs slip to 0-3-1 and 0-3-2.