Montour’s Jonah Camardese advanced to Thursday’s WPIAL Class 2A Section 2 boys tennis singles finals, where he will take on the reigning WPIAL and PIAA champion Max Henson of Belle Vernon.
Belle Vernon does not compete as a team, but Henson is permitted to play as an individual.
Camardese is no stranger to the spotlight, having teamed with former Montour standout John Rohrkaste to win the WPIAL doubles championship two years ago.
Camardese and current Spartan Trey Varga placed third in last year’s section doubles tournament to advance to the WPIAL tournament but they were ousted in the opening round.
In Wednesday’s first round of section singles play, Camardese defeated Austin Dooley of Ringgold, 10-0; then downed Grant Goodman of South Park, 11-9, in the quarterfinals before beating Nolan Taucher of Frazier, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3, player in the semifinals.
Varga also competed in Wednesday’s singles tournament and won his opening-round match, 10-1, over Collin Zhang of Seton LaSalle before losing to Henson, 10-0, in the quarterfinals.
The top four finishers in each section advance to the WPIAL singles tournament, which will take place Tuesday, April 7, at North Allegheny.
In Class 3A action, Moon’s Srikarthik Battu fell 10-1 to Marcos Lopez of Seneca Valley in the first round of Section 2 competition and his Tigers teammate, Adam Jaszcar, lost 10-6 to Arav Amin of Pine-Richland.
SOFTBALL
Bishop Canevin 20, Rochester 1
Lizzy Fuchs went 4 for 4 to lead an offensive onslaught that powered the Crusaders to an easy win over the Rams in a Class 1A Section 1 matchup.
Bishop Canevin’s Macie McClain faced 12 batters in the three-inning contest and struck out five hitters. She helped her own cause with a pair of hits and two walks.
Desiah Trent went 2 for 3 for the Crusaders while Lia Pilarski and Zoe Goodwin each had one hit and walked three times.
The Crusaders led just 2-0 after one inning but pushed across 18 runs in the second inning to take control.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 3, Ambridge 1
Isaac Tarbuk led the way with 11 kills and two aces and the Chargers improved to 2-0 in Class 2A Section 4 action.
OLSH won the first two games 25-19 and 25-17, but Ambridge came back to win the third game, 25-23. OLSH appeared poised to close out game four after leading 23-20, but Ambridge rallied to tie the score at 23-23. But the Chargers took the next two points to close out the 25-23 victory.
Paddy Altmar added 10 kills and five blocks while Brady Rooney netted eight kills and two aces.
Also contributing to the win for OLS were Aiden Curry, who had 29 assists, one ace and one block; Ryan Bridge, who had three kills, five blocks and an assist; and Oliver Tomsic, who totaled three kills and two blocks.
FLAG FOOTBALL
Seton LaSalle 52, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 0
The Rebels overpowered the Chargers in a Section 4 matchup. Reagan Kavals’ sack was the highlight of the game for OLSH.
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