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KC gets buzzer-beater

Turner jumper nets 53-51 win

Chandler Turner hit a 15-foot jump shot at the buzzer to give the Karns City boys basketball team a dramatic 53-51 home win over West Shamokin Monday night.

Turner scored seven points and also grabbed 11 rebounds.

Reese Barger led Karns City (10-10, 8-7) with 14 points.

WEST SHAMOKIN 51

Barnett 2 0-0 4, Frahley 2 0-0 4, Stover 5 2-2 15, Kintz 1 0-0 3, Vicini 2 0-0 5, Orlowski 3 2-2 10, Lundgrin 5 0-1 10, Dewitt 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 4-5 51.

KARNS CITY 53

Noah Pollock 3 0-0 8, Collin Dunmyre 0 0-0 0, Holden Martin 2 2-2 7, Ben Ealy 3 1-2 7, Ian McElroy 2 0-0 6, Jimmy Thompson 2 0-0 4, Reese Barger 4 3-4 14, Chandler Turner 3 1-2 7, Dom Callihan 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 7-10 53.

West Shamokin 16 5 13 17 — 51

Karns City13 15 11 14 — 53

3-point goals: West Shamokin 7 (Stover 3, Kintz, Vicini, Orlowski 2; Karns City 9 (Pollock 2, Martin, McElroy 2, Barger 3)

Wednesday: Karns City at Redbank Valley

Knoch 53, Armstrong 41 — Mac Christy scored 16 points to lead the Knights.

ARMSTRONG 41

Dawson Porter 1 4-7 6, Joe McCanna 1 0-0 2, Mike Kunst 8 0-0 21, Nate Baillre 2 2-5 6, Brandon Heilman 2 0-0 4, Tanner Witerski 1 0-0 2. Totals:15 6-12 41.

KNOCH 53

Aiden Albert 3 1-2 9, Mac Christy 7 2-4 16, Josh Knochel 2 1-2 6, Austin Hannes 2 2-2 8, Jackson McKee 3 0-0 9, P.J. Gourley 2 1-2 5. Totals: 19 7-12 53.

Armstrong 17 8 18 10 — 41

Knoch10 10 12 9 — 53

3-point goals: Armstrong 5 (Kunst 5); Knoch 8 (Albert 2, Knochel, Hannes 2, McKee 3)

TBD:Knoch in WPIAL Class AAA playoffs

DuBois Central Catholic 62, Moniteau 42 — Aaron Marterella and Lake Pry each scored 10 points in the Warriors' loss.

DuBOIS CENTRAL CATHOLIC 62

Laparne 9 12-14 30, Miknis 6 1-2 14, Grecco 2 0-0 4, Varischetti 5 2-2 12, Brattan 1 0-0 2, Engle 0 0-2 0. Totals: 23 15-23 62.

MONITEAU 42

Aaron Marterella 3 4-4 10, Jake Jewart 1 0-0 3, Derek Boben 1 0-0 2, Lake Pry 4 1-2 10, J.J. Waid 1 4-5 6, Nate Sosigian 3 0-0 8, McKinley Baptiste 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 9-11 42.

DCC 12 14 18 20 — 62

Moniteau8 14 8 12 — 42

3-point goals: DCC 1 (Miknis); Moniteau 4 (Jewart, Pry, Sosigian)

Girls Basketball

Paige Montrose had a monster night for Seneca Valley with 20 points in the Raiders' 73-45 win over Penn Trafford.

Brooke Lyczek added 17 points for Seneca (16-6).

PENN TRAFFORD 45

Not available.

SENECA VALLEY 73

Michael Lamont 1 0-0 3, Cristina Dunning 0 0-2 0, Carolyn Palaski 2 0-0 4, Ayami Harada 1 0-0 3, Brooke Lyczek 5 5-5 17, McKenna Gross 1 2-2 5, Paige Montrose 3 12-16 20, Lexus Lambert 3 0-1 6, Erin Danik 2 5-6 9, Toni Austustine 2 2-2 6. Totals: 20 26-34 73.

Penn Trafford 18 12 10 5 — 45

Seneca Valley21 15 25 12 — 73

3-point goals: Seneca Valley 7 (LaMont, Harada, Lyczek 2, Gross, Montrose 2)

TBD: Seneca Valley in WPIAL Quad-A Playoffs

Hempfield 79, Butler 59 — Jenna Kunst scored 22 points and senior Tiana Schaffner added 11 in the Golden Tornado loss.

Butler finished the season 3-19.

BUTLER 59

Mia Rader 3 1-2 8, Liz Kuhn 2 0-2 4, Melea Barlow 0 2-4 2, Allison Schubert 1 0-0 2, Jenna Kunst 9 4-4 22, Noel Pfabe 1 0-0 2, Tiana Schaffner 5 0-0 11, Emilee Altman 1 0-0 3, Heidi Gross 2 1-3 5. Totals: 24 8-15 59.

HEMPFIELD 79

Pastor 7 0-1 16, Golden 1 0-0 3, Burns 12 1-1 29, Persin 1 0-0 2, Podul 5 0-0 10, Halusie 6 0-0 16, Armstrong 1 0-0 3. Totals: 33 1-4 79.

Butler 11 19 14 15 — 59

Hempfield25 20 17 17 — 79

3-point goals: Butler 3 (Rader, Altman, Schaffner); Hempfield 12 (Pastor 2, Golden, Burns 4, Halusie 4, Armstong)

Armstrong 48, Knoch 42 — Alyssa Logan scored 11 points as the Knights (3-19) dropped their season finale.

ARMSTONG 48

Catie Cujas 1 0-0 3, Kenzie Lasher 5 9-14 19, Abby DiGregorio 2 0-1 5, Breanna McGaughey 1 0-1 2, Taylar Wolfe 0 6-6 6, Taylor Woods 3 0-0 7, Katelyn Crispen 1 0-0 2, Olivia Murphy 1 0-0 2, Emily Goldinger 1 0-0 2. Totals: 15 15-22 48.

KNOCH 42

Ally Riley 1 0-0 3, Alyssa Logan 3 2-2 11, Kayla Grafton 0 4-4 4, Gabby Fennell 2 0-0 5, Emily Fraser 2 2-3 8, Casey kretzer 1 2-2 4, Maddie Canel 1 1-2 3, Carly Burdett 1 2-3 4. Totals: 11 13-16 42.

Armstrong 16 10 8 14 — 48

Knoch14 12 5 11 — 42

3-point goals: Armstrong 3 (Cujas, DiGregorio, Woods); Knoch 7 (Riley, Logan 3, Fennell, Fraser 2)

Slippery Rock 63, Titusville 20 — Marissa Siebka scored 12 points and also had 10 rebounds, three assists and four steals in this region win.

Slippery Rock (15-6, 9-0) will square off with Hickory (19-1, 8-1) Thursday. The Rockets already clinched at least a share of the region title but can win it outright with a win over the Hornets.

TITUSVILLE 20

Not available.

SLIPPERY ROCK 63

Madison Chechak 0 0-0 0, Elena McDermott 0 0-0 0, Marissa Siebka 4 3-4 12, Lilly Weitzel 1 0-0 2, Bailey Boyd 0 0-0 0, Jenna Heitzenrater 0 1-2 1, Julia Steele 3 1-2 7, Macy McCall 0 0-0 0, Emma McDermott 3 2-2 9, Jenna Whitmer 4 0-0 9, Hope Schnell 3 2-2 8, Steph Croll 2 1-2 7, Sedona Campbell 2 0-0 4, JoElla Neal 2 0-0 4. Totals: 24 10-15 63.

Titusville 4 5 4 7 — 20

Slippery Rock14 21 16 12 — 63

3-point goals: Slippery Rock 5 (Siebka, E. McDermott, Whitmer, Croll 2)

Thursday: Slippery Rock at Hickory

Hickory 41, Grove City 33 — Hannah Santom paced the Eagles (13-7, 5-4) with nine points.

GROVE CITY 33

Hallie Culmer 0 0-0 0, Carli Cook 0 0-0 0, Abby Fulkerson 2 2-2 6, Carla Cintron 4 0-0 8, Alexis Deyarmin 2 4-4 8, Hannah Santom 3 3-4 9, Anna Burtch 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12 9-10 33.

HICKORY 41

Greenburg 2 0-0 6, DeJulia 3 5-8 10, Whitehead 4 9-11 18, Aikens 1 0-1 2, White 0 1-3 1, Brest 1 0-0 2. Totals: 11 15-23 41.

Grove City 7 8 4 14 — 33

Hickory9 5 11 16 — 41

3-point goals: Hickory 4 (Greenburg 2, DeJulia, Whitehead)

Thursday: Grove City at Oil City

Highlands 55, Freeport 38 — Jenna Manke scored 22 points to lead the Yellowjackets.

Swimming

Mari Reott won a pair of events for the Slippery Rock girls and Trent Donaldson and Ben Shumway a pair of events for the boys as the Rockets swept Sharon with the girls winning 97-72 and the boys 70-60.

Girls

Slippery Rock 97, Sharon 72

200 medley relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Mari Reott, Barbie Cessar, Kayla Broad, Tabitha Donaldson) 1:58.83

200 freestyle: 1-Madeline Songer (S) 2:03.95

200 individual medley: 1-Katie Levitt (S) 2:27.86

50 freestyle: 1-Anna Beckert (S) 25.39

100 butterfly: 1-Reott (SR) 1:00.42

100 freestyle: 1-Donaldson (SR) 55.92

500 freestyle: 1-Songer (S) 5:32.07

200 freestyle relay: 1-Sharon 1:55.73

100 backstroke: 1-Reott (SR) 1:00.78

100 breaststroke: 1-Beckert (S) 1:17.47

400 freestyle relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Reott, Annie Cravener, Broad, Donaldson) 3:55.42

Boys

Slippery Rock 70, Sharon 60

200 medley relay: 1-Sharon 1:57.94

200 freestyle: 1-Ben Shumway (SR) 2:03.11

200 individual medley: 1-Heston Suorsa (SR) 2:24.70

50 freestyle: 1-Clayton Cupec (SR) 24.21

100 butterfly: 1-Trent Donaldson (SR) 1:00.57

100 freestyle: 1-Cupec (SR) 57.79

500 freestyle: 1-Luc Tomasello (S) 5:11.66

200 freestyle relay: 1-Sharon 1:55.73

100 backstroke: 1-Shumway (SR) 1:02.28

100 breaststroke: 1-Donaldson (SR) 1:12.67

400 freestyle relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Cupec, Donaldson, Suorsa, Marty Doyle) 3:35.78

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