Raiders get 20th win, first in PIAA play
High school
Waynesburg’s girls volleyball team added another first to its resume Tuesday.
The Raiders earned the first PIAA playoff victory in program history as they defeated host Chestnut Ridge 3-1 to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals against WPIAL champion Freeport.
Game scores were 25-27, 25-19, 25-22 and 25-15.
Harper Grimes turned in a stellar all-around performance with 10 kills, 11 digs, five blocks and four aces for Waynesburg (20-1).
Chatham Knight registered 37 assists – including the 1,000th of her career – to go along with 10 digs and two kills.
Waynesburg also got 14 kills, 16 digs and three aces from Railey Bochna, 10 kills, six digs, two assists and two aces from Emily Rafferty, 21 digs and six aces from Lelia McCollum, and eight kills, three blocks, three aces and three digs from Emma Blair.
Girls soccer
Seneca 5
Bentworth 0
A very good season for Bentworth ended Tuesday with a 5-0 loss at District 10 champion Seneca in the first round of the PIAA Class A playoffs.
The Bearcats, the third-place team from the WPIAL, ended the season with an 18-4 record. Seneca (16-3) moves on to the quarterfinals.
“We did some good things but got into a hole , allowed too much space and fell victim to some outside shots,” Bentworth coach Tyler Hamstra explained. “I am very proud of the girls — one of the three best seasons in program history — and can’t say enough about the senior class, who had stellar careers for us. I’m very sad to see a group like that walk off the field for the last time. They accomplished so much in the last four years.”