Lady Rockets soar past Mapletown, 3-0
Local volleyball, soccer roundup
Kelsey Vessels rang up 15 kills and eight digs as Jefferson-Morgan swept Mapletown in Section 4-2A girls volleyball action on Tuesday.
Scores were 25-10, 25-12 and 25-10.
Bailey Cervone and Isabella Rodriguez followed Vessels with seven and six kills, respectively.
The Lady Rockets (4-4, 4-7) also got 14 digs and nine assists from Mia Bertagnolli and seven assists and eight digs from Mallory McManis.
Lily Hawk paced the Lady Maples (0-7, 1-11) with five kills, two assists, two digs and two aces. Mapletown also got five assists and five digs from Leona Liggett, three kills and three digs from Sophia Vanata and three digs from Willow Rudman.
GEIBEL CATHOLIC 3, TRINITY CHRISTIAN 0 – Neville Petrosky had 15 kills and 18 digs in the Lady Gators’ sweep of Trinity Christian.
Scores were 25-23, 25-19 and 25-23.
Nolace Petrosky and Angela Li added 14 digs apiece for Geibel, which also got 29 assists from Annabelle Kelly, and three blocks each from Riley Knizner and Mallory Clemmer.
WAYNESBURG CENTRAL 3, BROWNSVILLE 0 – Harper Grimes had nine kills and nine digs and Chatham Knight contributed 23 assists, 10 digs and two aces to the Lady Raiders’ Section 4-3A win over the Lady Falcons (5-3, 7-4).
Scores were 25-19, 25-12 and 25-19.
Emily Rafferty added eight digs, five kills and three aces for Waynesburg (8-0, 12-0), which also got 12 kills and three digs from Railey Bochna and 11 digs from Lelia McCollum.
VALLEY 3, BELLE VERNON 1 – Valley beat the Lady Leopards in a Section 2-4A match.
Scores were 25-14, 29-27, 21-25 and 25-21.
Abby Nickolls led Belle Vernon (6-3, 8-4) with 11 kills and 23 assists. The Lady Leopards also got nine kills from Mia Bosetti, 16 digs from Mailey Hayes and 15 digs from Ava Jones.
Valley improved to 8-1 in the section and 11-1 overall.
WEST MIFFLIN 3, LAUREL HIGHLANDS 0 – The Lady Titans (3-5,4-5) knocked off the Fillies (1-8, 1-12) in a Section 2-4A match by scores of 25-16, 25-11 and 25-21.
FRAZIER 3, WEST GREENE 0 – The Lady Commodores swept the Lady Pioneers in a Section 4-2A match by scores of 25-16, 25-15 and 25-10.
SOUTHMORELAND 3, CHARLEROI 2 – The Lady Scotties nipped the Lady Cougars in a Section 4-3A match.
BETH-CENTER 3, CARMICHAELS 2 – The Lady Bulldogs topped the Lady Mikes in a five-set Section 4-2A battle.
FORT CHERRY 3, CALIFORNIA 0 – The Lady Rangers rolled past the Lady Trojans in a non-section match.
BOYS SOCCER
MOUNT PLEASANT 2, BELLE VERNON 1 – Tyke Snyder tallied a goal and an assist and Tyler Barron also knocked in a goal as the Vikings edged the Leopards in a battle of the top two teams in Section 5-2A.
Antony Sawa scored the lone goal for Belle Vernon (7-1-1, 9-1-2) which suffered its first loss of the season. Morgan Bunch made eight saves for the Leopards.
Grayson Gardner stopped eight shots for Mount Pleasant (8-1, 11-1) kept its grip on first place.
DERRY 4, BROWNSVILLE 2 – The Trojans beat the Falcons in a Section 5-2A match.
Dustin Evans and Landyn Bachinski accounted for both Brownsville goals with John King assisting on the former.
BISHOP CANEVIN 4, BETH-CENTER 3 – The Crusaders edged the Bulldogs in a Section 2-A match.
Beth-Center goals were by Parker Amos, Ryder Roule and Trent Roule.
NORWIN 5, CONNELLSVILLE 0 – The Knights blanked the Falcons in a Section 1-5A match.
CHARTIERS-HOUSTON 8, CALIFORNIA 0 – Josh Hawkins had three goals as the Bucs (6-2-2, 10-2-2) defeated the Trojans (0-10, 0-13) in a Section 2-A match.
SETON LASALLE 3, WAYNESBURG CENTRAL 0 — Ty Kovalcik scored twice as Seton LaSalle (5-0-3, 6-3-3) shut out the Raiders (0-7-2, 4-7-2) in a Section 4-2A match.
THOMAS JEFFERSON 10, ALBERT GALLATIN 0 – The Jaguars (4-2-1, 6-6-2) triumphed over the Colonials (0-8, 2-11) in a Section 2-3A match.