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Local roundup: Montoursville’s Khaya Bennett scores 4 goals in win vs. WR

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Montoursville scored twice in both half to defeat Warrior Run in a close contest, 4-3. Khaya Bennett scored all four goals for the Warriors. Warrior Run was led by Natalie Hall, Chloe Bastian and Abby Bastian, as the trio all scored one goal apiece and Lacey Betz and Scarlett Dunkleberger had assists.

Abby Strassner played well in goal, coming up with five saves to prevent Warrior Run from tying the game late.

Loyalsock and Lewisburg fought to a tough 1-1 draw on Tuesday night in girls soccer at Loyalsock. The Lancers’ Madi Perry scored first to give the Lancers a 1-0 lead going into the break.

In the second half, Lewisburg’s Emma Wert struck to tie it up. Lewisburg out-shot Loyalsock, 11-2, but Ava Deknecht kept the Lancers in a tied game by recording 10 saves.

Hughesville fired an impressive 63 shots in a 12-0 rout over Mount Carmel on the road. Sierra DeWire had a hat trick while Regan Sellers and Jaysa Kiess both found the back of the net twice. Hughesville scored seven goals in the second half. Kalia Hack and Kinley Woolever combined in goal for the shutout.

Haylie Smith scored in the first half off an assist from Megan Newrock to give Wellsboro a lead it never let up, en route to a 1-0 win against NTL rival North Penn-Mansfield.

Wellsboro out-shot the Tigers, 7-3. Jadyn Dunlap had three saves in goal for the shutout win.

• Bodie Moyer came up with 16 saves for Muncy, but the Indians weren’t able to put in any goals in a 5-0 Mid-Penn loss to Benton. Abe Heiss scored twice for Benton, which out-shot Muncy 34-5.

Milton cruised to a 6-0 win over Shikellamy thanks to scoring three goals in each half. Tobin Strous had a pair of goals and assists in the win. Caleb Langdon, Tavin Reitz, Orrie Godown and Yomar Vargas also scored.

• Montgomery came up with a 3-2 win against a talented Danville team in girls tennis, handing the Ironmen just their third loss of the year. Emily Miller had a hard-fought three-set win at No. 2 singles when she beat Ellen Pena, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8-7).

At No. 1 doubles, the Red Raiders’ Leanne Fouquet and Laine Suland had a three-set win over Siyah Bhanushali and Chetna Chauhan, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Montgomery’s Avelyn Moore won at No. 3 singles over Jiya Khara, 6-3, 6-3.

Jersey Shore defeated Mifflinburg, 4-1. Molly Dalton earned a 6-3, 6-2 win for the Bulldogs at No. 1 singles over Alice Grill and at No. 3 singles, Rylee Allison of Jersey Shore earned a 6-0, 6-2 win vs. Breonna Zimmerman.

In doubles competition, Azlyn Guerrero and Kamryn Kowalski won at No. 1 doubles against Megan Blake and Mary Turner, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3. At No. 2 doubles, Jersey Shore’s duo of Scarlett Hensler and Aubree Reichard beat Charlie Midkiff and Peyton Schlegel, 6-0, 6-0.

Muncy secured a 4-1 win over Bucktail. The Bucks’ lone victory came at No. 2 doubles where the team of Rebekah Conway and Kaitlyn Paloskey beat Aly Eck and Raegen Charles, 2-6, 6-3, 10-6.

Muncy’s Zoe Dohl won at No. 1 singles over Kelsie Wagner, 6-2, 6-2; Lola Fox picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles for Muncy against Carrie Ditty; and Elizabeth Howard of Muncy won at No. 3 singles by beating Makenna Phillips, 6-4, 6-2.

At No. 1 doubles, Muncy’s pair of Alaina Krepinevich and Ruth Lauchle beat Riley Salizzoni and Olivia Henderson, 6-2, 6-2.

• Lewisburg and Central Mountain competed in a cross country meet with Central Columbia, Midd-West and Mount Carmel.

On the boys side, Mount Carmel’s Ebin Hine won in 16:29.20 and Midd-West’s Grant Boop took second in 16:31.90. Lewisburg’s Hugh Ikeda Shields was third in 16:40.10 while Tyler Confer of Lewisburg finished fourth in 16:46.40. Lewisburg’s Evan Young (17.43.20), Thomas Graham (17:55.60) and Addison Merritt (17:56.60) were seventh through ninth places, respectively.

Central Mountain’s top finshier was Shane Walker, who ran an 18:18.10 to take 12th place.

On the girls side, Lewisburg went 1-2 and had four of the top six finishers. Kaelyn Bozella ran a 19:59.00 to win and Ella Beal’s 20:18.20 gave her a second-place finish. Loghan Klinger of Leiwsburg was fourth in 20:53.60 and Porter Durden Spiro of Lewisburg took sixth in 21:26.30.

Central Mountain saw Emma Wolfe run a 21:59.80 to finish in seventh and Kaylie McCloskey ran a 22:18.40 for tenth. Maci Blazina of Central Mountain took 11th place in 22:26.60 and Alanna Hosley ran a 22:40.60 for 13th place.

• In girls volleyball, North Penn-Liberty’s Maddie McNamara reached a milestone of 500 digs in a tough five-set loss to Wellsboro, 3-2. McNamara had 25 digs to reach 500. Gabby Bubeck had 24 digs and Lilly McNamara had 20. Maddison Smith added 15 and Elaina Shaw had 11.

• The Lycoming College field hockey team fell to Scranton, 7-0, in a Landmark Conference matchup. Scranton scored twice in each of the first two periods to take a 4-0 lead into halftime. The Royals added a fifth goal in the third, then put two more in the cage in the fourth.

Junior keeper Hillary Clark stopped six shots in the cage for the Warriors. Junior Annika Klinefelter notched a pair of shots.

• The Lock Haven women's golf team wrapped up its two-day showing at the Battle of Bulle Rock hosted by Alvernia. Lock Haven finished seventh out of 10 teams in the two-day event, competing against Bloomsburg, Stevenson, Seton Hill, Roanoke, Eastern (Pa.), Salisbury, Adelphi, Moravian and Alvernia.  

On day one, the Bald Eagles finished as a team in eighth place with a total score of 126. On the second and final day, the Bald Eagles battled back to move up to seventh with a total score of 231.

Adelphi finished with a score of 91 on the final day taking the overall team win.

Hannah Kopac was the top scorer for the Bald Eagles on day one with a score of 95 (23 over). On day two, Macy Trostle was the top scorer for the Haven with a score of 91 (19 over).

GIRLS SOCCER

Montoursville 4, Warrior Run 3

Montoursville goals: Khaya Bennett 4. Warrior Run goals: Natalie Hall 1, Chloe Bastian 1, Abby Bastian 1. Warrior Run assists: Lacey Betz 1, Scarlett Dunkleberger 1.

Shots: M 8, WR 7. Corners: M 3, WR 3. Saves: M 5 (Abby Strassner), WR 3 (Melody Gardiner).

Lewisburg 1, Loyalsock 1

Lo--Madi Perry. Le--Emma Wert.

Shots: Le 11, Lo 2. Saves: Le 1 (Nora Hockenbrock), Lo 10 (Ava Deknecht).

Records: Loyalsock (3-6-3)

Hughesville 12, Mount Carmel 0

H--Sierra DeWire (Giada Good), 1:54. H--Good (Jaysa Kiess), 12:18. H--Bella Young, 17:30. H--Regan Sellers (Tori Morgan), 21:48. H--Sellers (Katelyn Tempple), 24:07. H--DeWire (Morgan), 41:12. H--Kiess (DeWire), 44:43. H--Kiess (DeWire), 49:22. H--DeWire (Kiess), 54:13. H--Ella McClintock (Temple), 70:29. H_Temple (McClintock), 72:22. H--Ciara Campbell (Leah Lehman), 78:54.

Shots: H 63, MCA 1. Corners: H 4, MCA 0. Saves: H 1 (Kalia Hack 1, Kinley Woolever 0), MCA 25 (Arianna Adams).

Wellsboro 1, North Penn-Mansfield 0

W--Haylie Smith (Megan Newrock), 22:03.

Shots: NPM 3, W 7. Corners: NPM 4, W 6. Saves: NPM 6 (Avalon Rew), W 3 (Jadyn Dunlap).

BOYS SOCCER

Benton 5, Mucny 0

B--Colter Galanda, 17:00. B--Abe Heiss, 26:09. B--Ian Posey, 41:17. B--Heiss, 43:00. B--Cale Kocher, 55:37.

Shots: M 5, B 34. Corners: M 0, B 14. Saves: M 16 (Bodie Moyer), B 3 (AJ Varner).

Milton 6, Shikellamy 0

M--Tobin Strous (Ben Jones), 10:03. M--Strous (Gabe Heise), 24:35. M--Caleb Langdon, 32:02. M--Tavin Reitz (Strous), 41:23. M--Orrie Godown (Langdon), 42:04. M--Yomar Vargas (Strous), 62:02.

Shots: M 8, S 14. Saves: M 4 (Coltin Dauberman), S 2 (Allen Light).

GIRLS TENNIS

Montgomery 3, Danville 2

SINGLES

1, Alexa Preisz (D) def. Arianna Snyder, 6-1, 6-2; 2. Emily Miller (M) def. Ellen Pena, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6); 3. Avelyn Moore (M) def. Jiya Khara, 6-3, 6-3.

DOUBLES

1, Leanne Fouqet/Laine Suland (M) def. Siyah Bhanushali/Chetna Chauhan, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; 2. Grace Dickerman/Gracie Moya (D) def. Kim Hunyh/Margot Schreber, 6-2, 6-1.

Records: Danville (14-3).

Jersey Shore 4, Mifflinburg 1

SINGLES

1, Molly Dalton (JS) def. Alice Grill, 6-3, 6-2; 2. Holly Swartz (M) def. Emily Shemory, 6-3, 6-4; 3. Rylee Allison (JS) def. Breonna Zimmerman, 6-0, 6-2.

DOUBLES

1, Azlyn Guerrero/Kamryn Kowalski (JS) def. Megan Blake/Mary Turner, 7-6 (8-66), 6-3; 2. Scarlett Hensler/Aubree Reichard (JS) def. Charlie Midkiff/Peyton Schlegel, 6-0, 6-0.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Lewisburg 23, Midd-West 38

Lewisburg 20, Mount Carmel 42

Lewisburg 15, Central Mountain 48

Lewisburg 18, Central Columbia 40

Central Mountain 24, Mpunt Carmel 35

Central Columbia 17, Central Mountain 46

Midd-West 20, Central Mountain 37

Central Columbia 26, Midd-West 31

Central Columbia 21, Mount Carmel 40

Mount Carmel 35, Midd-West 23

Top 10 finishers: 1. Ebin Hine, MCA, 16:29.20; 2. Grant Boop, MW, 16:31.90; 3. Hugh Ikeda Shields, L, 16:40.10; 4. Tyler Confer, L, 16:46.40; 5. JosepH Pecora, CC, 17:16.40; 6. Lyncoln Hoffman, MW, 17:40.50; 7. Evan Young, L, 17:43.20; 8. Thomas Graham, L, 17:55.60; 9. Addison Merritt, L, 17:56.60; 10. Jack Weyrauch, CC, 17:58.50.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Lewisburg 15, Central Columbia 50

Lewisburg 15, Mount Carmel 48

Lewisburg 19, Central Mountain 36

Lewisburg 24, Midd-West 32

Midd-West 20, Central Mountain 36

Central Mountain 16, Mount Carmel 43

Central Mountain 15, Central Columbia 46

Mount Carmel 25, Central Columbia 33

Midd-West 15, Central Columbia 47

Midd-West 15, Mount Carmel 48

Top 10 finishers: 1. Kaelyn Bozella, L, 19:59.00; 2. Ella Beal, L, 20:18.20; 3. Ashlyn Hoffman, MW, 20:26.10; 4. Loghan Klinger, L, 20:53.60; 5. Evelyn Weiser, MW, 21:15.10; 6. Porter Durden Spiro, L, 21:26.30; 7. Emma Wolfe, CM, 21:59.80; 8. Kylie Hassenplug, MW, 22:01.00; 9. Ashley DeLong, MW, 22:05.20; 10. Kaylie McCloskey, CM, 22:18.40.

JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL

Montoursville 47, Danville 8

Montoursville 28 7 12 0 -- 47

Danville 0 0 0 8 -- 8

First quarter

M--Jaxson Eavenson 8 run (Eavenson kick)

M--Eavenson 34 run (Eavenson kick)

M--Cruz Weaver 11 fumble recovery (Eavenson kick)

M--Zach George 15 pass from Jackson Smith (Eavenson kick)

Second quarter

M--Weaver 1 run (Eavenson kick)

Third quarter

M--Jayden Lundy 55 run (kick blocked)

M--Grayson Madey 46 pass from Emerson Eck (kick failed)

Fourth quarter

D--Carter Laginski 50 pass from Kingery (Seabrook pass from Laginski)

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