ST. MARYS — The Otto-Eldred girls volleyball team couldn’t pull off another upset.
Two days after knocking off second-seeded Redbank Valley, the No. 10 Lady Terrors hung tight with Elk County Catholic only to fall in three sets in a District 9, Class A quarterfinal match on Thursday.
Leading No. 2 ECC to the 25-14, 25-20, 25-19 sweep was Tori Newton, who notched 10 kills and three aces, plus her 1,000th career kill in the first set.
Carrie Drummond posted 15 kills and 10 digs, Kate Rhinehart 11 kills and eight digs, and Anna Schuessler 26 assists for O-E, which ended its season with a 13-7 record.
“We honestly played really well,” coach Dan Drummond said. “ECC is solid. They are loaded with seniors and defensively they’re tough to score on. They dug out a lot of our scoring chances. Kudos to them. We did not play badly. We played well, but they played better.”
Payton Newton (8 kills, 2 aces), Reagan Bauer (5 kills, 2 aces), Lucy Klawuhn (5 kills, 4 aces), and Kiri Emmert (28 assists) helped key the Lady Crusaders, who host No. 3 Coudersport at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the semifinals.
“I felt the girls played with a lot of composure tonight,” ECC coach Tricia Bauer said. “We served and blocked well. Otto did a nice job digging our attacks and put pressure on our defense but our defense responded well. The girls were really communicating and trusting each other. It was a fun game to watch.”
Oswayo Valley 3,
Clarion 0
CLARION — Olivia Cook produced four aces, 10 kills, 17 digs, and three blocks to lift No. 5 Oswayo Valley over fourth-seeded Clarion in a quarterfinal sweep, 26-24, 25-17, 25-18.
Makenna Manning (4 digs, 3 blocks) and Praylan Perkins (13 digs) added 11 kills each in the win, while Eva West had three aces, six kills and nine digs for OV.
The Green Wave visit top-seeded Clarion-Limestone at 6:30 p.m. Monday in a semifinal match.
Clarion-Limestone 3,
Port Allegany 1
STRATTANVILLE — Top-seeded Clarion-Limestone survived No. 8 Port Allegany, 25-20, 18-25, 25-23, 25-13.
FOOTBALL NON-LEAGUECoudersport 20, Cowanesque Valley 6
WESTFIELD — Gayn Ayers threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to power Coudersport (7-3).
Ayers rushed for 117 yards and passed for 101 on nine completions. He fired TD scores to Jackson Moss and Danny Vanvladricken, who had three catches for 52 yards.
Ayers also led the Falcons on defense with 10 tackles. Parker Sherry chipped in an interception and fumble recovery, Moss had an interception, and James Liller, Cal Dunn, and Owen Deutschlander registered a sack each.
Coudy (8-3) heads into the District 9, Class A playoffs riding a 6-game winning streak.
Cowanesque Valley fell to 5-5
BOYS SOCCER DISTRICT 9, CLASS AKarns City 6,
Port Allegany 1
KARNS CITY — Henry Kisler scored the lone goal for fifth-seed Port Allegany, which was eliminated in a semifinal game.
Lathan Price netted two goals, and Colson Ritzert, Carter Ritzert and Braden Slater chipped in one each for top-seeded Karns City.
Lucas Yasika made three saves in the win and Aiden Clark had nine saves for Port A.
