Herald staff
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ä Hickory 1, Slippery Rock 1 (2OT) — Under the lights at Hornet Stadium, the Region 2 champion Hornettes (13-1-1) and Rockets played to a tie.
Jackie White scored in the 1st half for Hickory off an assist (corner kick) by M.K. Bair. Marissa Siebka tied the game for Slippery Rock in the 2nd half.
Morgan McBride made 8 saves in goal for Hickory while the Lady Rockets’ Raquel Huff posted 9 saves between the pipes.
JV: No match.
ä Kennedy Catholic 4, West Middlesex 3 — At West Middlesex, Tawney Godfrey snapped a 3-3 tie by scoring the game-winning goal with 15 minutes left to play to lift KC (6-10) past the Ms. Reds (4-11-1).
Monica Riggle had a hat trick for KC and Stacy Goclano was credited with an assist.
Kayla Ballard, Kaitlyn Beck and Delaney David all scored for WM and Sarah Mild had an assist.
Shelby McElhinny made 6 saves in goal for the Lady Golden Eagles while Mackenzie Thompson registered 9 saves between the pipes for WM.
JV: WM, 1-0.
CROSS COUNTRY
Meet director David Frew noted a scheduling change in the order of events for Saturday’s annual District 10 Region 1-2 Cross Country Championships.
The girls’ and boys’ varsity races will commence at 8 and 9:45 a.m., respectively, followed by the junior high girls’ and boys’ at 10:30 and 11 a.m., respectively, and a combined girls-boys’ junior varsity race at 11:30 a.m.
The races will take place at Pymatuning State Park, Route 322, 2 miles west of Jamestown. A PennDOT-related detour in Greenville is possible, Frew cautioned spectators.
BOYS SOCCER
ä Grove City 5, Hickory 0 — On Senior Night at Grove City Wednesday, the Eagles (9-9, 3-7) blanked the Hornets. Assisted by Cole Latimer, senior Will Potter and Peter Conley scored 77 seconds apart in the 1st half to put Grove City up 2-0.
Potter scored again 95 seconds into the 2nd half assisted by Alex Boarts. Boarts and Potter assisted senior striker Michael Augspurger to put the Eagles up 4-0. Boarts and Potter combined again to assist senior Dylan Motta.
Grove City had 42 offensive attacks, 28 shots and 16 shots on goal. Jed Grimm and Zach D’Antoni combined to make 1 save in goal; the Hornets had 10 offensive attacks, 3 shots and one shot on goal. Donté Green and James Dorko made 11 saves.
ä Wilmington 2, Slippery Rock 1 — At New Wilmington Wednesday, Jon Clark and Mark Delio scored for the hosts as the Hounds edged the Rockets.
Josh Jones had the lone goal for Slippery Rock. Zach Latorre made 8 saves in goal for SR while Ian Behm registered 4 for Wilmington.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
ä Hickory 3, Sharon 0 — At “The Hive” in Hermitage, Hope Wilterdink had 14 points (6 aces), 7 kills and 6 digs to lead the Hornettes (5-5) to a 25-12, 25-9, 25-12 sweep.
Hickory: Nicole Lacava 8 points, 7 kills, 6 digs; Erin Hoffacker 5 digs; Danielle Collier 6 points, 8 kills, 16 digs; Victoria Tomko 10 points, 8 digs; Madison Collier 12 points, 9 digs, 16 assists; Katie Gustas 5 kills; Ashley Rose 5 digs. Sharon: No stats reported.
JV: Hickory, 25-17, 25-15.
ä Sharpsville 3, West Middlesex 0 — At West Middlesex, the Blue Darlings improved to 11-0 in Region 1 and 11-2 overall with the 25-8, 25-21, 25-19 sweep.
“We had a couple starters out, so the girls really picked it up and it was a nice region win,” said Sharpsville coach Scott Scurpa. “I was a little concerned because we played hard Wednesday and got beat by a bigger team (McDowell), but they bounced back and did a nice job.”
Sharpsville: Paige Scurpa 12 kills; Megan Davis 5 kills, 7 digs; Alex Ferrera 9 digs; Maddie Przicina 5 digs, 10 assists; Kristen Scurpa 7 assists. WM: No stats reported.
ä Kennedy Catholic 3, Lakeview 0 — At Stone-boro, Sarah Summers set the single-season record for digs (112), breaking the 2010 record of 101 by Jackie Laeng, as KC (10-2) notched a 25-14, 25-15, 25-23 sweep over the Lady Sailors (8-4).
KC: Brie Dickson 6 points, 12 digs, 11 kills; Sarah Summers 14 points, 12 digs; Yasir Muhammad 18 assists; Courtney Sargent 5 digs, 5 kills; J’Shawna Thompkins 7 points, 6 digs, 8 kills; Tatum Kress 5 points. Lakeview: Tia Ray 6 kills, 8 digs; Selena Stutzman 14 digs; Taylor Reed 16 assists, 5 digs.
JV: Lakeview, 25-20, 25-21.
ä Commodore Perry 3, Reynolds 2 — At Transfer, the Lady Panthers outlasted the Lady Raiders (4-10) in 5 sets, 25-22, 17-25, 17-25, 25-17, 15-12.
CP: No stats reportd. Reynolds: Kelly Ansinger 22 assists, 10 points (5 aces); Kayla Hughes 10 points, 6 digs; Autumn Babcock 7 points, 10 digs; Brooke Bresnan 6 points, 9 kills; Chelsea Slater 7 points; Trish Liszka 12 points, 8 kills; Jenna Gardill 10 kills;
JV: CP, 2-1. 15-25, 25-20, 15-8.
ä Kirtland 3, Brookfield 0 — The Lady Warriors (14-8) bowed 25-14, 25-15, 25-21.
Brookfield: Delaney Saxton 8 kills 20 digs; Ali Harpster 6 kills; Sarah Egercic 6 points; Katie Bender 8 assists; Tori Thompson 12 digs 9 assists.
