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November 8th, 2010
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Jim MulcahyCLARION - The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch volleyball team closed out their season Saturday by finishing in second place at the District 9 Class AA final four held at Clarion Area High School. The tournament opened with the Punxsutawney Lady Chucks handing the Kane Lady Wolves a 3-0 loss in games of 25-12, 25-20 and 25-23. St. Marys and Kane met in the second match of the day, with St. Marys coming out on top 3-2, 25-18, 25-20, 22-25, 20-25 and 15-12. The third and final match, which decided the District 9-AA title, went to Punxsutawney 3-0, 25-17, 25-17 and 25-11. Punxsutawney will now advance to the regional set for this Saturday at North Hills High School. Punxsy will be in a round robin tournament with Meadville (10-1), Indiana (7-2) and Penn Cambria (6-1). The top two teams will advance to the PIAA Class AA championships set for Central York High School on Nov. 19 and 20. In the first match against Kane, the Lady Dutch opened a 5-2 lead, with Sami Hanes serving and picking up three aces. The teams traded possessions on several occasions as the game was tied at 12-12 and 13-13. St. Marys got the serve back at 14-14 thanks to a kill by Kayla Hoohuli. With Abbey Cribbs, serving St. Marys moved out to a 19-15 lead. She had two aces during that stretch. St. Marys would build a 24-18 lead, with the final point coming off a Kane block that went out of bounds as the Lady Dutch won 25-18. The second game was very similar to the first, with neither team taking charge. With Hoohuli serving, the Lady Dutch went from a 16-15 lead to a 20-16 advantage, then on to win by a 25-20 score. The third game was as close as the previous two. Kane got the lead at 22-19 and was able to hold on to the three-point lead to win 25-22 and close the St. Marys lead in games to 2-1. Kane evened the match at 2-all with a 25-20 victory in game four. While the Lady Dutch opened an early 9-3 lead, Kane came from behind to take the lead at 16-14. The Lady Wolves slowly built their lead to four points and went on to win 25-20. The fifth and deciding game was back and forth early. The Lady Wolves slipped out to a 10-6 lead before St. Marys got the serve back with Chelsie Gaton serving. A kill by Hoohuli made it 10-7. Two balls off Kane players made it 10-9. Gaton served two aces to close the score to 12-10. The teams traded serves. A kill by Hoohuli gave the Lady Dutch the serve back leading 13-12. With Hanes serving, Kane was called for being under the net, 14-12. A shot by Kane hit the antenna and went out of bounds as St. Marys won 15-12 to win the match 3-2. In the first game against Punxsy, the Lady Dutch fell behind 7-2. The Lady Chucks increased their lead to 14-6 and eventually 18-10. St. Marys would close the final margin of victory to 25-17. In the second game against the Lady Chucks, St. Marys took a 3-0 lead behind the serving of Hanes. The Lady Dutch played head-to-head with the Lady Chucks as the game was tied at 7-7, 8-8, 9-9 and 14-14. Punxsy began to take control and eventually went on to win 25-17. The Lady Dutch fell behind early in the third game, as the Lady Chucks went up 6-2 and increased their lead to 12-4. With Tawnee Bowers serving, the Lady Chucks scored six points to take a 20-9 lead. The Lady Chucks went on to win the game 25-11 to win the match 3-0 and advance to regionals. “I think this was the furthest any St. Marys team has come in quite a while,” said St. Marys coach Erica Vogt. “Punxsutawney is a good team and we hung with them for the most part. Overall, it was a good day.” The Lady Dutch finished their season with an 11-7 record. “It was a good year. I had a group of girls that got along, were mature and wanted to play volleyball,” said Vogt. “We have a good thing going here. We knew it was going to be a good season,” she added. The Lady Dutch were led by Kayla Hoohuli with eight kills, nine blocks and five service points. Sami Hanes had 12 service points, while Chelsie Gaton finished with eight kills and four service points. Senior members of the Lady Dutch squad are Megan Longhi, Shelby Zomcik, Kayla Hoohuli, Carley McMackin, Kindred Wiseman and Karisa Krieg.
CLARION - The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch volleyball team closed out their season Saturday by finishing in second place at the District 9 Class AA final four held at Clarion Area High School.
The tournament opened with the Punxsutawney Lady Chucks handing the Kane Lady Wolves a 3-0 loss in games of 25-12, 25-20 and 25-23.
St. Marys and Kane met in the second match of the day, with St. Marys coming out on top 3-2, 25-18, 25-20, 22-25, 20-25 and 15-12.
The third and final match, which decided the District 9-AA title, went to Punxsutawney 3-0, 25-17, 25-17 and 25-11.
November 5th
The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders volleyball team kept their record clean on Thursday evening, defeating the Otto-Eldred Lady Terrors by a 3-1 score in the quarterfinals of the District 9-A Volleyball Tournament. The Lady Crusaders ran their slate to 14-0 on the season as they defeated the Lady Terrors 25-14, 23-25, 25-14 and 25-14 in a match held at the Aaron J. Straub Gym on the Elk Catholic campus.
DuBOIS - The Karns City Lady Gremlins edged the Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders by a 1-0 score Thursday night at the DuBois Area High School field for the District 9 Class A championship.
Karns City will now take on the third-place team from District 7, either Springdale or Greensburg Central Catholic, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at a site and time to be announced.
Last night’s contest saw the two teams battle to a 0-0 tie at the half.
November 2nd
BROCKWAY - The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusader soccer team advanced to the District 9 Class A championship with a 1-0 victory over the DuBois Central Lady Cardinals in a match played at Frank Varischetti Field in Brockway.
The Lady Crusaders will take on the Karns City Lady Gremlins Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at the DuBois Area High School field for the District 9 title.
The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusader volleyball team will open play in the District 9-A tournament on Thursday by hosting the Otto-Eldred Lady Terrors.
Elk Catholic, the top seed, received a bye on Tuesday. Eighth-seeded Otto-Eldred beat ninth-seeded Curwensville 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-19).
November 1st
BROCKWAY - The Punxsutawney Chucks edged the St. Marys Area Flying Dutch soccer team by a 4-3 score in overtime Monday night in a District 9-AA semifinal game played at Frank Varischetti Field in Brockway.
The Chucks will now meet the Bradford Owls Thursday night at Clarion University for the District 9-AA title.
In last night’s semifinal game, the Chucks wasted little time, scoring with 38:57 left in the first half to take the 1-0 lead.
The two teams battled back and forth, with both having scoring opportunities, but neither were able to find the goal.
BROCKWAY - The Bradford Area Lady Owls scored three goals in 5:49 seconds in the second half of Monday evening's District 9-AA soccer playoff game at Brockway to defeat the St. Marys Area Lady Dutch, 3-0. The loss ended the season for the Lady Dutch, while the Bradford girls will take on the Clearfield girls on Wednesday night at Clarion for the District championship. Clearfield won over Ridgway by a 4-0 score for the right to meet Bradford for the District title.
October 31st
RIDGWAY - The Elk County Catholic cross country teams successfully defended their District 9 Class AA championships by taking home the team titles at the 2010 District 9 meets held at Ridgway’s Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School on Boot Jack Road Saturday.
The Crusaders won the boys’ title with a total of 63 points. They were followed by Oswayo Valley with 69, Cranberry 80, Northern Potter 86, Kane 144, North Clarion 147, Moniteau 217, Brockway 217, Clarion-Limestone 234, Brookville 236, AC Valley 277, DuBois Central 328, Smethport 368 and Port Allegany 387.
RIDGWAY - The St. Marys Area cross country teams qualified three runners for this weekend’s PIAA meet in Hershey.
Adair Gennocro, Gideon Woelfel and Justin Huey will be representing St. Marys Area on Saturday.
Gennocro set a new District 9 course record on Saturday, winning the girls’ Class AA crown with a time of 18:51. The old record of 19:03 was set in 2008 by Dani Kocjancic of Kane.
October 29th
The St. Marys Area Flying Dutch football team closed out their 2010 season with a 28-20 victory over the Karns City Gremlins Friday night at Dutch Country Stadium.
The Dutch finished the year with a solid 6-3 record.
The game was a back-and-forth affair, as the teams exchanged the lead during the first half and early in the second half.
St. Marys began to take charge when they went up 20-12 with 40 seconds remaining in the third quarter on a screen pass from quarterback Brad Yetzer to running back Brian Merritt, who took the ball 34 yards for the touchdown.
