The Karns City-Moniteau girls basketball game on Friday will be a showdown for first place in the KSAC-South after the Gremlins defeated Redbank Valley 49-39 on the road Wednesday night.

Shanel Preston led a balanced scoring effort with 14 points for Karns City (7-2, 2-0). Emily Hegedus (12 points) also scored in double figures for the Gremlins.

KARNS CITY 49

Alyssa Gibson 1 1-2 3, Emily Hegedus 4 4-5 12, Emily LoPresti 2 0-0 5, Saydie Moore 0 0-0 0, LeErin Jones 0 0-0 0, LeeAnn Gibson 1 4-4 6, Annie Hegedus 3 0-0 9, Shanel Preston 5 2-2 14. Totals: 16 11-13 49.

REDBANK VALLEY 39

Baine 2 1-2 5, Fink 2 0-0 4, Dougherty 3 0-0 6, Hinderliter 6 8-12 21, Gruver 1 1-4 3, King 0 0-0 0, Landers 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 10-18 39.

Karns City 14 11 8 16 — 49

Redbank Valley12 7 10 10 — 39

3-point goals: Karns City 6 (A. Hegedus 3, Preston 2, LoPresti); Redbank Valley 1 (Hinderliter).

Friday: Karns City at Moniteau

The following varsity basketball games were postponed Wednesday due to inclement weather. If available, the rescheduled dates are provided.

Girls

Moniteau at Forest Area (Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m.)

Union at Keystone (Today, 6 p.m.)

A-C Valley at Clarion-Limestone (TBD)

Boys

Forest Area at Moniteau (Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m.)

Union at Keystone (Today, 7:30 p.m.)

Clarion-Limestone at A-C Valley (TBD)

The Butler boys and girls bowling teams picked up wins over Knoch 5-2 and 7-0, respectively.The Golden Tornado boys were led by Matt Wetzel, who had a 595 series with high games of 217 and 207. Shawn Marcellus also bowled a 570 series for Butler.Joel Zacherl led Knoch with a 626 series and a high game of 264.Megan Paul, who leads Section 2 with a 203 average, led the Butler girls (4-0) with a 624 series (217-200-207). MiKayla White added a 577 series and a high game of 219 for the Golden Tornado.Chelsea Cimbala led the Knights with a 561 series and a high game of 217.

Kristamarie Wilson won her first varsity event, taking the 100-yard butterfly in the Knoch girls' 98-81 win at Beaver.Knoch's boys also won 86-70, with Derek Ekas winning the 50 and 100 freestyle events.Both Knoch teams improved to 4-2 and compete at Deer Lakes this evening.GirlsKnoch 98, Beaver 81200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Mya Wirtz, Abby Jones, Brooke Zukowski, Rachel Wittmer) 2:07.24200 freestyle: 1-Abby Crumrine (B) 2:39.42200 individual medley: 1-Abby Jones (K) 2:22.7850 freestyle: 1-Brooke Zukowski (K) 26.541-meter diving: 1-Rachel Kullen (B) 180.15100 butterfly: 1-Kristamarie Wilson (K) 1:17.68100 freestyle: 1-Sydney Johnston (B) 1:00.03500 freestyle: 1-Brooke Zukowski (K) 5:41.31200 freestyle relay: 1-Beaver 2:07.07100 backstroke: 1-Lily Kraus (B) 1:10.37100 breaststroke: 1-Abby Jones (K) 1:14.47400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Abby Jones, Rachel Wittmer, Megan Hunt, Brooke Zukowski) 4:18.26BoysKnoch 86, Beaver 70200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (John Wilson, Noah Gumto, Matt Karenbauer, Derek Ekas) 1:51.19200 freestyle: 1-David Wymer (K) 2:21.31200 individual medley: 1-John Wilson (K) 2:06.6350 freestyle: 1-Derek Ekas (K) 24.131-meter diving: 1-Shane Frishkorn (K) 180.0100 butterfly: 1-Matt Karenbauer (K) 59.77100 freestyle: 1-Derek Ekas (K) 54.91500 freestyle: 1-David Wymer (K) 6:25.43200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Mike Renaud, Ian Gumto, Shane Frishkorn, Noah Gumto) 1:48.79100 backstroke: 1-Riley Crognale (B) 1:24.0100 breaststroke: 1-Mike Horne (B) 1:22.51400 freestyle relay: 1-Beaver 4:53.87

Alex Fisher (132 pounds) and Dante Santelli (285) both picked up pins, but Seneca Valley dropped a Section 3-AAA match 47-19 to Pine-Richland.Gavin Funovits (145) and Zac Cowell (152) also picked up decisions for the Raiders.Pine-Richland 47, Senca Valley 19(Match started at 126 pounds)106-Alex Salas (P) decision Louis Newell, 5-0; 113-Hunter Baxter (P) major decision Alex Lynch, 8-0; 120-Garret Burnham (P) decision Ben Lynch, 7-2; 126-Ryan Baer (P) decision Ty Gross, 5-3; 132-Alex Fisher (S) pin Vittorio Orsini, 5:09; 138-David Kelly (P) pin Tyler Smith, 2:20; 145-Gavin Funovits (S) major decision Grant Felt, 8-0; 152-Zac Cowell (S) decision Justin McFarland, 6-1; 160-Tony Jones (P) pin Dustin Moniot, 3:51; 170-Brendan Burnham (P) major decision Austin Leon, 13-4; 182-Michael Geyer (P) by forfeit; 195-Keegan Harris (P) pin Lucas Chieppor, 1:04; 220-Brendan Schellar (P) by forfeit; Hwt.-Dante Santelli (S) pin Luke Krebs, 3:52Indiana 57, Summit Academy 24 — The Knights saw their record fall to 6-8 with this loss to the Indians.