Oct 10, 2019 5 min read

Girls soccer

Rhea Kijowski and Ashlyn Basinger each scored two goals as Waynesburg shut out South Allegheny, 6-0, Thursday in a Section 3-AA match.

Waynesburg (6-4, 9-5) also got a goal from Kylie Sinn and Jillian Kijowski, who became the first Raiders midfielder to score 100 points in a career. She had three assists.

It was the fourth consecutive victory for Waynesburg, which has outscored opponents in those matches 26-2.

South Allegheny is 0-11 in the section and 2-13 overall.

• Annabel Thomas had a hat trick as Canon-McMillan breezed past Class 4A Section 2 foe Brashear, 8-0.

Lexi Twaddle added a pair of goals for the Big Macs, who clinched a playoff berth Wednesday night with a win over Mt. Lebanon.

It was the third win in the last four matches for C-M (8-5, 11-5).

Brashear is winless (0-13, 0-16).

• Alyssa Wright, Ashley Horvath and Lexi Durkacs all scored on penalty kicks as Chartiers-Houston blanked Beth-Center, 6-0, in a Section 2-A match.

Wright and Horvath each had two goals for the Bucs. Horvath also had two assists, including one on a Desiree Hancq goal.

Madison Smith made nine saves for C-H (9-2, 11-6).

Beth-Center falls to 6-5 in the section and 7-8 overall.

Boys soccer

Playoff-bound Chartiers-Houston remained undefeated at home by scoring a pair of second-half goals to defeat Bishop Canevin 2-0 Thursday night in Section 4-A.

After a scoreless first half, Brevon Johnston gave the Bucs (7-3-2, 11-5-2) the only goal they would need. Matt Bucha tacked on an insurance score and goalkeeper Chris Rethage made four saves to keep Bishop Canevin (6-4-2, 9-5-2) playing from behind.

Char-Houston is 8-0-2 at home.

• Section 3-AAA champion Belle Vernon finished the regular season undefeated at home after blanking Albert Gallatin 4-0.

Daniel Sassak scored in each half, giving him 27 goals for the season. Maverick Selvoski and Tyler Kovatch also had tallies as the Leopards (11-1, 15-1) won their third in a row. Goalkeeper T.J. Watson had three saves.

• Canon-McMillan received goals from three different players and defeated host Peters Township 3-0 in the Section 2-AAAA finale for the Big Macs.

A goal by Joey Fonagy gave C-M (9-2-1, 12-3-1) a 1-0 lead at halftime. Nino Civitate gave the Big Macs a two-goal cushion and Luke Gladden capped the scoring, finding the net on a free kick.

Peters Township is 2-7-2 in section and 3-9-3 overall.

• Elijah Cincinnati and Logan Errett each had hat tricks as Trinity bounced back from a loss to trounce Uniontown, 12-0, in a Section 3-AAA match.

It is the fifth win in six matches for playoff-bound Trinity (8-3, 10-4).

Mason Pendergast, Aidan Belcastro, Jonah Spensor, Elliot Salvatori Charlie McIlvaine and Zach Diedrich also scored for the Hillers.

Goalkeeper Colby Thomas kept Uniontown (0-13, 0-15) scoreless.

• Avonworth was a 5-2 winner over Bentworth in a non-section match.

Jerzy Timlin and Trevor Richardson scored the goals for the Bearcats (8-7-1). Avonworth, which has qualified for the WPIAL playoffrs, is 13-3.

Cross country

Peters Township’s Zack Marmol capped a big week by winning the boys race and Canon-McMillan won the Class AAA team title at the Mingo Classic held Thursday at Mingo Park.

Marmol, who finished first Monday at the Washington County Coaches Association meet, ran 16:02. Canon-McMillan wa sled by Josiah Wudkwych, who placed fourth, and Doron Wudkwych, who was ninth. Logan Ford gave C-M top-10 finishers.

The Canon-McMillan girls placed sixth in the team scoring, led by Stephanie Keelon’s fifth-place finish. Bethel Park’s Emily Carter won the girls race in a course record time of 17:19.84.

South Fayette placed second in both boys and girls. Lauren Iagnemma led the Lions by placing second to Carter.

West Greene placed third in the Class A girls team scoring.

Ringgold was third in Class AA.

D-III school stripped of football title

The NCAA has ordered Mary Hardin-Baylor to vacate its 2016 Division III national championship because the head football coach let a player use his car for more than 18 months, which was determined to be an improper benefit for a student-athlete.

The NCAA announced its findings Thursday and said it would vacate any victories in which ineligible athletes played. The school said that would include 29 victories over the 2016-2017 seasons and the 2016 championship, a 10-7 win over Wisconsin-Oshkosh. School officials said they will appeal that punishment.

The NCAA said coach Pete Fredenburg loaned a player his 2006 Subaru for the 2016-2017 seasons. He then loaned it to another player, but the car broke down within an hour and had to be towed.

Fredenburg said in a statement he “unintentionally” broke the rules. He was previously suspended by the school for three months without pay and sat out the first three games of the 2018 season.