Today in high school sports: Sept. 28, 2017

Everything you missed in high school sports — and isn’t listed elsewhere in the CDT — from Thursday:

St. Joseph’s finishes regular season at 34-1

MILL HALL The St. Joseph’s boys’ golf team added another accolade to its long list of accomplishments this season, after it won a quad match Thursday to finish its regular season with a 34-1 record.

At Clinton Country Club, the Wolves combined for a score of 336 — which beat out Central Mountain (341), Wellsboro (356) and Cowanesque Valley (358). SJCA’s Jack Mangene led all golfers once again with a 79, while Matt Steyers was close behind with an 82 — which was good for third overall.

The other two contributors for St. Joseph’s on Tuesday included Ryan Peachey (83) and RJ Marsh (92).

The only team to defeat SJCA this season was Altoona, back in August at the Sinking Valley tournament. That loss came by two strokes, which the Wolves avenged Monday at another tournament.

St. Joseph’s will compete at sectionals on Monday and districts on Wednesday-Thursday.

SJCA sweeps opponent

BOALSBURG St. Joseph’s Ruthanna McMurtrie tallied 11 aces as the Lady Wolves swept Grier School 25-17, 25-3, 25-19.

McMurtrie had one ace after another in the dominant second set, but she wasn’t the only one with a big match. Teammate Ana Legaspi also had eight kills and eight attacks.

SJCA is now 4-4 on the season and will next face Glendale on Monday.

State College rallies to victory

STATE COLLEGE Despite dropping the first set, the Lady Little Lions rallied to a win by scores of 18-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-17.

Leah Henderson led the way with 39 assists and 19 digs, while two girls registered 13 kills apiece — Jess Irwin and Kate Lachendro.

State College will next face Mifflin County on Tuesday.

P-O has fast lead pack for victory

PHILIPSBURG The Lady Mounties took the top-4 spots, as they dropped West Branch 15-50 Thursday.

Samantha Bainey led the pack with her winning 5-kilometer time of 23 minutes, 8 seconds. She was followed by teammates Megan Kosut (25:36), Natalie Shaw (25:56) and Hannah Wildman (26:13) across the finish line. Rachel Burger was eighth to complete the scoring runners for the Lady Mounties (4-3).

Taylor flies fastest for Lady Eagles

WINGATE Caitlyn Taylor led the field with the top individual finish as Bald Eagle Area split a double-dual meet Thursday, edging Mount Union 27-29 and falling to Juniata Valley 24-35.

Taylor finished first in 24 minutes, 4 seconds. BEA’s other scoring finishers had Madisyn McAfee taking eighth, Raelyn McGonigal ninth, Rachel Warner 14th and Mattea Simoncek 15th.

West Branch runs past P-O

PHILIPSBURG With four of the top-6 runners, West Branch edged Philipsburg-Osceola 23-32 Thursday.

Tyler Hoover led the field for the Warriors with his 5-kilometer time of 19 minutes, 37 seconds.

P-O was paced by Zach Myers (19:42) in second and Matthew Thomas (21:12) in fourth. Cole Hoover was seventh, Hunter Wolf was ninth and Ronnie Pinto took 10th to complete the Mounties’ scoring runners.

BEA drops two in home meet

WINGATE Caleb Spackman was Bald Eagle Area’s top finisher in seventh place as an incomplete Eagles team fell 15-50 to both Mount Union and Juniata Valley on Thursday.

Spackman finished the 5-kilometer course in 22 minutes, 49 seconds. Following for the Eagles were Luke Wilson (eighth), Everett Herr (ninth) and Weston Eppley (15th).

State College sweeps CDE

HARRISBURG The Lady Little Lions’ Kelly Vanden, the No. 1 singles player, set the tone by not dropping a single game on her team’s way to a 5-0 win over Central Dauphin East.

Vanden beat her opponent, Michelle Phan, 6-0, 6-0. Each of State College’s singles players — Catelyn Janac and Amelia Dodoo — both won a set apiece without losing a game. Janac won 6-0, 6-3, while Dodoo won 6-1, 6-0.

The Lady Little Lions are now 10-4 and will travel to Mercersburg on Tuesday.

State College slips past Cedar Cliff

STATE COLLEGE Carissa Tambroni scored the game-winning goal on an assist from Grace McDonald, as the Lady Little Lions held on through three corner attempts with no time left in a 1-0 win over Cedar Cliff on Wednesday.

The Lady Little Lions’ Grace Biddle had nine saves to record the shutout.

“Great team effort from everyone,” State College assistant coach Linda Bonness said. “Good up-tempo speed from Sally Stahl and great defensive stops from Abby Kissell, Abby Biddle, Lily Dochat, Grace McDonald and Ainsley Sheehan.”

Tyrone holds on vs. P-O

PHILIPSBURG The Lady Mounties charged back from a four-goal halftime deficit but couldn’t complete the comeback in the 6-4 loss Wednesday to Tyrone.

Philipsburg-Osceola’s Jordan Day finished with a hat trick after scoring her final two goals in the last 10 minutes of the game. Loryn Hughes had the other score for P-O.

This story was originally published September 28, 2017 at 11:21 PM with the headline "Today in high school sports: Sept. 28, 2017."