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Lady Falcons rally late but fall to first-place Norwin in double overtime, 6-5

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Connellsville stormed back with three goals in the final 10 minutes to force overtime but Norwin’s Lacey Bernick scored in the second extra period to give the first-place Lady Knights a 6-5 victory in a Section 3-AAAA girls soccer battle Monday night.

Nowin (8-0, 10-1) took a 5-2 when Emily Shaw scored with 23:04 remaining. The Lady Falcons (6-3, 9-3) sliced the gap to one with two quick goals as Madison Kinneer put in a free kick with 9:33 left and Callie Cunningham scored 30 seconds later.

The score remained 5-4 until Connellsville’s Nevaeh Hamborsky scored the tying goal off a corner kick by Kinneer with just 50 seconds on the clock to force OT.

Neither team scored in the first overtime but Bernick ended it halfway through the second OT.

The Lady Knights led 4-2 after a high-scoring first half. Megan Dietz put the visitors up 1-0, Mary Kate Lape tied it on an assist from Landley Pritts for the Lady Falcons, and Bernick and Katelyn Kauffman both found the net for Norwin to make it 3-1. Lape’s goal with 2:37 left in the half pulled Connellsville within one but Dani Iannuzzo scored 16 seconds later for the Lady Knights.

Goalkeepers Allison Zavatchan of Connellsville and Liz Waszkiewicz of Norwin each made three saves.

The Lady Falcons remain in third place in the second and travel to Taylor Allderdice on Wednesday night.

Belle Vernon 4, Ringgold 0 – Jillian Butchki recorded a hat trick as first-place Belle Vernon all but wrapped up the Section 2-AAA title with a win over host Ringgold.

Morgan Eindoshofer accounted for the Lady Leopards’ other goal. Farrah Reader contributed a pair of assists and Chloe Morgan added one.

“Ringgold came out hard and really pressured us,” BV coach Tracy Lovett said. “Their keeper made some big saves, too. We pulled it together offensively and had a lot of chances.”

Belle Vernon (8-0, 9-2), which led 2-0 at halftime, out-shot Ringgold (5-3, 6-6) 22-4. Grace Henderson stopped all four shots to register the shutout.

“Marissa Grubbs led the defense tonight,” Lovett said.

Belle Vernon hosts Albert Gallatin on Wednesday, while the Lady Rams travel to Greensburg Salem.

Other scores from Monday – Girls: Laurel Highlands 3, Elizabeth Forward 1; Greensburg Salem 3, Uniontown 2; Yough 5, Mount Pleasant 0; Southmoreland 5, South Allegheny 2; Chartiers-Houston 2, Charleroi 0; McGuffey 1, Geibel Catholic 0; Beth-Center 2, Monessen 0. Boys: Brentwood 8, Beth-Center 0; Mount Pleasant 3, Connellsville 2; McKeesport 4, Yough 0.

Girls volleyball

Brownsville 3, Chartiers-Houston 2 – Brownsville let a 2-0 lead slip away but rallied to take the fifth and deciding set to claim a non-section win over visiting Chartiers-Houston.

The Lady Falcons won by scores of 25-13, 25-21, 24-26, 20-25 and 15-8.

Sai Waqanivalu played a strong all-around game for Brownsville with 12 kills, 28 assists, 15 digs and four aces, and Kailyn Martin totaled 17 kills, 15 digs, three assists and two aces. Emma Seto contributed nine kills, 14 digs and three blocks, and Ciara Williams chipped in with six kills and 12 digs.

The Lady Falcons also got 15 digs and two aces from Angel Albright-Sexton, 17 digs from Asia Cruse and six kills and six digs from Aniya Tarpley.

Waynesburg Central 3, Albert Gallatin 0 – Albert Gallatin improved each set but still was swept by visiting Waynesburg Central in a non-section match.

The Lady Raiders won by scores of 25-15, 25-20 and 25-23.

Elizabeth Murtha led the Lady Colonials (7-4) with 13 kills and four blocks. AG also got 18 assists from Noelle Hall, four digs and four kills from Paige Bogozi, five blocks from Odessa Hillard and six digs from Autumn Switalski.

West Greene 3, Cameron 1 — Elizabeth Brudnock had five kills and 11 service aces to help lead West Greene over Cameron in a non-section match.

The Lady Pioneers won by scores of 25-21, 24-26, 25-12 and 25-12.

Paige Taylor had eight kills while Jenna Rush and Bailey Fredericks added five kills apiece for West Greene (5-6), which also got 15 digs from Jersey Wise and four assists each from BreAnn Jackson and Kylie Simms.

Boys golf

Ringgold 221, Southmoreland 233 — Ringgold clinched a winning season and a six-victory improvement from last year with a non-section win over visiting Southmoreland at Rolling Green Golf Course.

Seth Callaway again led the way with a 2-under 34 for the Rams (7-6) who closed the season with a three-match winning streak. Clayton Benson carded a 43 and was followed by CJ Novotny (45), Dax Kelly (48) and Gage Fuller (51).

Clay Sipple led the Scotties with a 40, Max Sokol shot 43 and Ben Zimmerman turned in a 44. Rounding out the scoring for Southmoreland were Tyler Rollison (49) and Vin Ledbetter (51).

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