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Aug 27, 2024 By Jim Downey 4 min read

Rylee Leasher scored all of Connellsville’s goals Monday night in the Lady Falcons’ 4-1 non-section victory at Hempfield.

Addy Bandemer set up Leasher for the first goal of the game at 36:11. Hayley Washington set up the second goal eight minutes later.

Hempfield’s Jiana Patterson cut the lead to a goal, but Leasher completed her first-half hat trick with a goal at 12:07.

Leasher scored an unassisted goal at 31:33 of the second half.

Connellsville’s Sara Tinkey made six saves in the victory. Hempfield keeper Lila Clark had 13 saves.

The Lady Falcons improve to 2-0 overall.

Waynesburg Central 2, Washington 1 – The Lady Raiders opened the season with a non-section victory.

Bree Clutter and Rylei Rastoka scored one goal each, and Rastoka assisted on Clutter’s goal.

Belle Vernon 3, Steel Valley 1 – The Lady Leopards scored two goals in the second half for a non-section home victory.

Courtney Martin set up Abby Russel for the game-winning goal. Grace West added an insurance goal on a direct kick. Ava Scalise, with Tempe Musingo assisting, scored in the first half.

Skylar Salay and Rory Bastedo combined on six saves for Belle Vernon (1-0).

Bentworth 4, Albert Gallatin 1 – The Lady Bearcats led 3-0 at halftime and cruised to a non-section road victory.

Brina Orsatti scored the eventual game-winning goal for Bentworth.

Brielle Dillon scored two goals and Megan Keturakis added an insurance goal. Bella Moyer and Madelyn Johns both assisted on two goals. Nita Anderson was the winning goalie.

“We had a fast start. Brielle scored the first goal within five minutes. We were able to create several chances,” said Bentworth coach Tyler Hamstra. “We have lots to continue to work on and improve, but now we can focus on the little things.”

Boys soccer

Bentworth 3, Trinity Christian 1 – Adam Moessner, Ryan Moessner and Andrew Vipperman all scored one goal apiece in the Bearcats’ non-section win.

Ryan Moessner assisted on two goals and Gaige Davenport assisted on the other for Bentworth (2-0).

Girls volleyball

California 3, Mapletown 0 – The Lady Trojans returned home from Mapletown with a straight-sets, non-section victory.

California swept to victory by the scores, 25-21, 25-12, 25-20.

Miranda Fox (6 kills), Treslee Weston (4 kills, 2 aces), Marley Seward (5 kills), Marley Shiflett (7 assists), and Leah Williamson (5 assists) were stats leaders for the Lady Maples.

Trinity 3, Frazier 0 – The Lady Commodores had a rough road trip to Washington for a non-section defeat in three sets.

Trinity won by the scores, 25-20, 25-22, 25-16.

Addison Schultz finished with 7 service points and five blocks for Frazier (0-1). Allie Monack (8 kills), Gracen Hartman (11 assists), and Addison Hiles (11 digs) also had noteworthy performances.

Girls tennis

Mount Pleasant 3, Greensburg C.C. 1 – The Lady Vikings swept the doubles and won a single match for a Section 1-AA home victory.

Dani Trainer and Autumn Jurkovic-Kuzma swept to a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 1 doubles. Ella Alakson and Hannah Shawley took second doubles in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.

Ryleigh Drzal won her second singles match in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0.

Kiersten O’Connor’s third single match was stopped after two sets. She won the first set, 6-3, and lost the second, 6-4.

Boys golf

Laurel Highlands 206, Ringgold 230 – Jacob Kalich had his round of the season with a 3-under 33 in the Mustangs’ Section 2-AAA road victory at Rolling Green Golf Course.

Sevi Vecchiolla shot 41. Kayden Smith finished with 42 and Tyler Cook carded 43 for Laurel Highlands (2-3, 2-4). Ryan Revak and Nico Harim both finished with 46.

Brice Kowall was the low man for the Rams (0-5, 0-6) with 40. Evan Callaway (44), Evan Anderson (43), Trevor Benson (46), and Brandon Nguyen (57) rounded out the scoring.

McGuffey 189, Carmichaels 213 – The Highlanders remained undefeated in Section 3-AA play with a road win at Carmichaels Golf Club.

Logan Crowe (35), Joel Sovich (39), Brody Wagner (35), and Josh Rusimisel (37) all broke 40 for McGuffey (6-0, 8-1). Vaughn Fleissner closed the scoring with 43.

Connor Lapana was the low man for the Mikes (3-2, 3-3) with even-par 37. Nathan Dursa finished with 41. Zach Murphy, Aydan Bate, Eli Hastings, and Jase Zdravecky all shot 45.

Yough 212 (won playoff), Geibel Catholic 212 – The Cougars won the playoff, 19-21, for a Section 8-AA home victory at Madison Golf Club.

Seth Dolan had medalist honors for the Gators with 1-over 37. Mike Miller also had a solid round with 3-over 39. Aiden Holt (46), John Hess (43), and Gary Tarbuk (47) also counted in the final score.

Landon O’Donnell was the low man for Yough with 39. Caden Doran, Anthony Bonari, and Ian Toman all shot 43, and Nathaniel Bell closed the scoring rounds with 44.