Oct 11, 2018 4 min read

Boys soccer

Mason Fabean scored the match’s lone goal with 2:14 remaining in overtime as Ringgold defeated Laurel Highlands, 1-0, to win the Section 3-AAA championship Thursday night.

Ringgold finished 10-2 in the section and is 11-6 overall. It is the Rams’ second consecutive section title.

Laurel Highlands began the night in first place but the Mustangs slip to 8-2-1 in section and 10-4-1 overall. Ringgold and LH split their two matches with each ending in a 1-0 score.

• Cullin Woytovich, a junior striker, had a hat trick and set the single-season scoring record in Charleroi’s 14-3 win over Washington in a Section 3-AA match.

Woytovich has 40 goals on the season, breaking the previous mark of 37, set by Rob Maglici in 1999.

Charleroi (11-0, 14-0) is also two wins away from the first undefeated season since the 1999 team went 15-0-2.

Nick Laskey and Phil Banks each scored two goals. Getting one each were Sam and Leo Iacovangelo, Ryan Withers, Joe Caruso, J.D. Fleming, A.J. Kostelansky and Eben McIntyre.

• Belle Vernon’s Markello Apodiakos became the school’s all-time leader in points in the Leoprads’ 6-1 rout of Albert Gallatin in Section 3-AAA.

Apodiakos tallied four goals and now has 202 career points. The senior forward broke the record of 200 points by 1989 graduate Mike Posey.

Niko Apodiakos and Aaron Brown collected the other goals for the Leopards (7-3-1, 10-5-1). Tyler Mocello and T.J. Watson both saw time in the net and combined for four saves.

Albert Gallatin drops to 1-11 in section and 4-12 overall.

• Monessen defeated California, 5-1, in Section 4-A. The Greyhounds (7-3-1, 8-3-2) have won seven of their last nine matches.

Morgan Madison scored two goals for Monessen. Charles Mrack III, Cam Frolo and Dishon Howell had the other goals for the Greyhounds, who are in third place in the section behind Seton LaSalle and Brentwood.

• Elijah Cincinnati scored three times to lead Trinity to a 4-0 victory over Uniontown in Section 3-AAA.

Elliott Salvatori was credited with a score on a Uniontown (1-10, 4-12) own goal. Colby Thomas and Drew Vonscio combined for the shutout for the Hillers (6-5, 9-6).

• Bentworth suffered a 6-0 setback to Avonworth on the road in a non-section match.

Douglas Everett compiled 16 saves for the Bearcats (4-12). The Antelopes (14-0-1) received two goals from Jimmy Calvanaugh.

Steelers’ Brown to fight civil lawsuits

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is planning to fight a pair of lawsuits filed against him stemming from an incident at a Florida apartment complex last spring.

Ophir Sternberg is seeking damages against Brown, claiming that objects thrown by Brown from the 14th floor of an apartment building came close to striking Sternberg’s father and Sternberg’s 22-month-old son in April. The lawsuit claims Sternberg’s son was “extremely traumatized” by the event.

A second lawsuit filed by the owner of the apartment building is seeking more than $15,000 in damages from Brown.

Brown told police that the incidents occurred after a gun and $80,000 were stolen from the apartment. Brown said in a statement Thursday the lawsuits contained “false claims” against him.

“The facts will soon come out that prove my innocence,” Brown said.

Correction

Brenna Benke should have been credited with one of the goals in Waynesburg’s 8-0 girls soccer victory over South Allegheny Wednesday night. Rhea Kijowski had four goals instead of five as originally reported.