Roundup: GC, WM cross country teams win; Eagles' golf team 2nd at Meadville Invitational

The Herald, Sharon, Pa.
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Sep. 22—BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

— Grove City 15, Sharon 50 — At Memorial Park, Grove City, the host Eagles eased to the win. Caleb Hawke (17:40) led 7 Eagles to the finish line.

— West Middlesex 26, Lakeview 31; West Middlesex 18, Jamestown 46 — At Stoneboro, the Big Reds captured 6 of the top 10 spots in the win.

Colson Jenkins of Lakeview finished 1st overall in 17:36. Giovanni Rococi was runner-up for West Middlesex in 18:04. Riley Runyon (18:31) led Jamestown with a 5th-place finish.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

— Grove City 15, Sharon 50 — Abby Steffler secured 1st in a time of 20:07, as she edged Sharon's Natalie Ostheimer (20:32) and Abby Douglas (21:26) to the tape at Grove City's Memorial Park.

— Lakeview 15, West Middlesex 50; Jamestown 15, West Middlesex 50 — At Stoneboro, Claire Anderson of Jamestown, who won the individual title at the recent Big Red Invitational, took 1st in a time of 20:08.

Lia Bartholomew (20:45) of West Middlesex placed 2nd while Kady Alexander (21:24) finished 4th for Lakeview.

BOYS GOLF

Meadville Marquette Bank Invitational

Grove City (339) placed 2nd on Tuesday at The Country Club of Meadville. Union City captured the team title with a 321. Rounding out the top 5 were Cathedral Prep (343), Corry (345), and McDowell (346).

West Middlesex (355) tied for 8th place, Hickory (363) finished 13th, Greenville (389) was 17th, and Slippery Rock (396) placed 18th.

Union City's Josh James shot an even par 72 to earn medalist honors. Saegertown's Dylan Flinchbaugh (74) finished 2nd.

Slippery Rock's Jacob Wolak led the locals with a 5th-place finish after shooting a 78. Grove City's Toby Matson (80) placed 9th and teammate Trenton Nemec (84) finished 19th.

Zach Lanshcak (85) of Hickory placed 23rd and West Middlesex's Bowen Briggs (86) and Caden Bender (86) placed 27th and 28th.

Grove City: Matson 80, Nemec 84, Tyler Hamilton 87, Ethan Cunningham 88.

West Middlesex: Briggs, Bender 86s, Luke Mild 87, John Partridge 96.

Hickory: Lanshcak 85, Aidan Enoch 89, Carter Gill 90, Ryan Brown 99.

Greenville: Nate Stuyvesant 91, Kaleb Porter 96, Jacob Csonka 99, Elliot Ellis 103.

Slippery Rock: Wolak 78, Hadley 88, Tyler Rice 111, Kellan Stoughton-Drogowski 119.

Lakeview: Owen Dye 92, Adam Snyder 95, Chris Mong 97.

Mercer: Eli Ellison 97.

Sharon: Hunter Young 98.

BOYS SOCCER

— Sharpsville 8, Kennedy Catholic 1 — At the McCullough Run Complex in South Pymatuning Twp., Collin Trontel had a hat trick to lead the Blue Devils past KC (1-2, 1-2) in a Region 1 contest.

Liam Campbell had 2 goals for Sharpsville while Peyton Haroldson and Brady Jones collected 1 goal each. The name of the other goalscorer was not submitted.

Aidan Churlik scored for Kennedy Catholic.

Mack Staunch picked up the win in goal for Sharpsville while Remington Hart (18 saves) suffered the loss for KC.

— Grove City 3, Hickory 0 — At Forker Field in Grove City, Jacob Irani, Coldan Barr, and Jimmy Irani scored 2nd-half goals as the Eagles shut out the Hornets.

Jacob and Jimmy Irani had 1 assist each and Josh Dreves posted the shutout in goal.

— Slippery Rock 4, Greenville 2 — At Snyder-Stone Stadium in Greenville, Hunter Berry, Cullen Birkes, Ethan Folmer, and Nick Kingerski posted goals for the Rockets in the Region 2 clash.

Rasce Stefanowicz scored both goals for Greenville.

— Brookfield 9, Campbell Memorial 3 — At Campbell, Laven Branham fired in 5 goals to lead the Warriors.

Andrew Budnik had a hat trick for Brookfield and David Masirovits scored the other goal.

Budnik was credited with 3 assists, Mason Graybill had 2 helpers, and AJ Haywood and Brian Smith each had 1. Telly Hamilton made 8 saves in goal.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

— Reynolds 3, Oil City 1 — At Transfer, the Raiders picked up a 23-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-18 Region 3 win.

Reynolds: Kelsey McAdoo 8 digs; Kylie McAdoo 10 digs; Braelynn Anderson 7 hits, 9 digs, 11 points; Haley Chiappini 7 points, 5 kills; Emma Boland 17 points, 16 digs, 6 kills; Halyn Cawthorne 12 assists; Annie Loposky 6 points, 5 kills.

JV: Reynolds, 25-22, 22-25, 15-5.

— West Middlesex 3, Mercer 0 — At Mercer, the Reds improved to 3-0 in Region 1 play and 5-1 overall with a 25-17, 25-8, 25-11 sweep.

WM: Alaina Bowers 19 points, 13 aces, 5 digs; Emily Anthony 12 assists; Carlie Beatty 6 kills; Kennedy Beatty 7 kills; Caitlin Stephens 8 assists; Katy Briggs 5 digs. Mercer: No stats reported.

JV: WM, 25-13, 25-15.

— Conneaut Area 3, Grove City 1 — At Linesville, Grove City (1-1, 3-1) dropped a Region 5 decision to CASH.

Grove City: Hailey Conway 12 digs; Britney Kuhn 5 digs; Carlie Reynolds 18 points, 6 kills, 20 assists; Cassie Smith 7 kills; Delaney Callahan 6 kills; Abby Berry 6 points, 10 kills, 12 assists.

JV: CASH, 25-8, 24-26, 15-10.

— Kennedy 3, Commodore Perry 1 — At Hermitage, KC picked up the Region 1 win, 10-25, 25-11, 25-19, 25-17.

Kennedy Catholic: Alaina Suhar 6 points, 10 kills; Marissa Winland 6 points, 8 kills; Jordan Lewis 6 kills, 5 digs; Faith Clayton 7 points, 6 assists; Lakye Field 6 kills; Princess Ochweri 5 digs; Lydia Groves 5 digs. Commodore Perry: No stats reported.

JV: No score reported.

— Brookfield 3, Liberty 1 — At Brookfield, the Warriors defeated the Leopards, 25-20, 25-16, 22-25, 25-20.

Brookfield: Anna Reichart 21 points, 17 digs; Lauren Shingledecker 17 points, 15 digs; Alexa Lindholm 7 points; Bailey O'Brien 48 assists; Katie Logan 14 digs; Bailey Hackett 6 aces, 10 digs.

JV: Liberty, 25-20, 23-25, 25-14.

— These Tuesday matches were canceled: Farrell at Jamestown, Lakeview at Sharpsville, and Union at Wilmington.

GIRLS TENNIS

— Grove City 5, Franklin 0 — At Grove City, the Lady Eagles captured the sweep.

Singles: Macy Mattson def. Alex Nordozzi, 6-0, 6-0; Katie Feng def. Alysa Rial, 6-0, 6-1; Emily Williams def. Kilia Harris, 6-0, 6-1. Doubles: Rachael Simpson-Rheagan Hohn def. Ella Bodien-Allie Miller, 6-0, 6-0; GC won by default.

— Tuesday's Sharon at Hickory match was halted due to rain. The match will be completed on Friday at 2 p.m. at Buhl Farm Park, Hickory co-Head Coach Ed Newmeyer reported.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

GROVE CITY 15, SHARON 50

1. Caleb Hawke (GC) 17:40; 2. Quinn McKnight (GC) 17:41; 3. MJ.Pottinger (GC) 17:41; 4. Josh Jones (GC) 17:41; 5. Justice Brown (GC) 17:41; 6. Wyatt Shepson (GC) 18:19; 7. Noah Byun (GC) 19:42; 8. Michael Unrue (SH) 20:43; 9. Isaiah Harvey (S) 23:49. 10. Carter Burns (S) 23:54.

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W.MIDDLESEX 26, LAKEVIEW 31;

W.MIDDLESEX 18, JAMESTOWN 46

1. Colson Jenkins (L), 17:36; 2. Giovanni Rococi (WM), 18:04; 3. Carter Williams (L), 18:22; 4. Nick Varga (WM), 18:24; 5. Riley Runyon (J), 18:31; 6. Luke Schneider (WM), 18:59; 7. Cody Sturgeon (L), 19:19; 8. Devin Gruver (WM), 19:28; 9. Logan Kent (WM), 19:47; 10. Dennis Jones (WM), 19:49; 11. Tucker Amon (L), 19:56; 12. Nick Salvokis (L), 20:28; 13. Ashton Pierce (WM), 20:36; 14. Aidan Black (L), 20:39; 15. Jonathan Jewett (WM), 20:39.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

GROVE CITY 15, SHARON 50

1. Abby Steffler (GC) 20:07; 2. Natalie Ostheimer (S) 20:32; 3. Abby Douglas (S) 21:26; 4. Abbey Nichols (GC) 22:08; 5. Alayna Bishop (GC) 24:26; 6. Phoebe Graham (GC) 24:26; 7. Emmaleah Riddle (GC) 25:44; 8. Destiny Morley (GC) 25:46; 9. Savannah Allen (GC) 26:19; 10. Zoey Beck (GC) 26:25.

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LAKEVIEW 15, W.MIDDLESEX 50

JAMESTOWN 15, W.MIDDLESEX 50

1. Claire Anderson (J), 20:08; 2. Lia Bartholomew (WM), 20:45; 3. Karis McElhaney (J), 21:02; 4. Kady Alexander (L), 21:24; 5. Mikayla Montgomery (L), 21:25; 6. Abby Mellon (L), 22:00; 7. Aubrey Hogue (L), 22:07; 8. Kelsey Seddon (L), 22:15; 9. Ella Bartholomew (WM), 22:18; 10. Lydia Reed (L), 23:56; 11. Brianna Stafford (J), 25:18; 12. Julia Thornton (WM), 25:29.