Emily Hegedus scored 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Wednesday night as the Karns City girls basketball team rolled to a 52-27 win over Forest Area at home.

Livia Andreassi added 12 points and 10 boards, Alyssa Stitt 11 points for the Gremlins (7-5).

Karns City hosts Knoch Tuesday night.

FOREST AREA 27

Wagner 4, Ginnery 4, Trivett 2, Everett 2, Pederson 6, Villotti 2, Hetrick 3, Cochran 4.

KARNS CITY 52

Alyssa Stitt 11, Emily Hegedus 24, Livia Andreassi 12, Kate Slaugenhoup 3, Payton Turner 2.

Forest Area 4 10 5 8 — 27

Karns City16 14 17 5 — 52

Tuesday: Knoch at Karns City

Mars 52, Pine-Richland 40 — Lauren Wasylson led the Planets (10-4) with 19 points while Ellie Coffield added 12 and Bella Pelaia 10.

Mars trailed by two entering the final quarter before outscoring the Rams 23-9 in the final eight minutes.

PINE-RICHLAND 40

Taylor Brenner 15, Kayla Grafton 10, Luellen 6, Cranhorse 9.

MARS 52

Lauren Wasylson 19, Bella Pelaia 10, Alek Johnson 5, Nichole Sommers 2, Ellie Coffield 12, Caroline Barent 4.

Pine-Richland 6 6 19 9 — 40

Mars4 16 9 23 — 52

Thursday: Kiski Area at Mars

North Clarion 54, Moniteau 38 — Emma Bair scored 12 points for the Warriors (5-6) in this home setback.

NORTH CLARION 54

Tori Obenrater 26, Gabby Carll 10, Bauer 2, Monross 2, Schmader 1, Abby Gatesman 5, Sherman 8.

MONITEAU 38

Emma Bair 12, Alex Hartle 5, Andi Arblaster 4, Izzy Bair 6, Kristen Auvil 6, Kaitlyn Daniels 2, Aslyn Fry 3.

North Clarion 14 14 13 13 — 54

Moniteau8 9 9 12 — 38

Friday: Moniteau at Clarion-Limestone

Slippery Rock 47, Grove City 29 — Emma McDermott scored 19 points for the Rockets, who took control of this game with defense. Anna Kadlubek added 16.

GROVE CITY 29

Clara Hannon 8, Macguire Gubba 4, Becca Santom 8, Abby Biddle 9.

SLIPPERY ROCK 47

MaryAnn Ackerman 5, Emma McDermott 19, Hallie Raabe 4, Jenna Heitzenrater 3, Anna Kadlubek 16.

Grove City 12 8 2 7 — 29

Slippery Rock9 11 13 14 — 47

Boys Basketball

Mike Drambel scored 31 points and John Fukon added 14 as Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic ran away from Carlynton, 66-34.

The Trojans (6-7, 3-1) used a 31-10 scoring advantage in the second quarter to win going away.

CARLYNTON 34

Gallagher 6, Schultz 2, Canton 8, Dietrich 5, Hutchinson 10, Phillips 3.

CW NORTH CATHOLIC 66

Muike Drambel 31, John Fukon 14, Ryan Feczko 4, Zach Rocco 8, Isaiah Pasquall 5, Hans Rottmann 2, Jake Tomer 2.

Carlynton 5 10 14 5 — 34

CWNC10 31 18 7 — 66

Saturday: CWNC at Seton-LaSalle

A-C Valley 73, Cranberry 67 — The Falcons (6-7) won this road game as Eddie Stevanus scored a career-high 22 points and added 11 rebounds. Russell Carr had 17 points — 14 in the first half — five rebounds and four assists.

Jeff Ginn contributed 10 points and 15 rebounds.

A-C VALLEY 73

Eddie Stevanus 22, Jeff Ginn 10, Brendan Price 11, Dalton Callander 13, Russell Carr 17.

CRANBERRY 67

D. McQuaide 23, Meehan 1, Golden 2, Flinspach 8, Zerbe 2, M. McQuaide 20, Stahlman 11.

A-C Valley 17 20 11 25 — 73

Cranberry8 23 14 22 — 67

Friday: A-C Valley at North Clarion

Karns City 78, Forest Area 56 — A 21-7 edge in the second quarter sparked the Gremlins on the road.

Chase Beighley scored 17 points, Jacob Friel added 12 and Nolan Riley 11 for KC (8-4).

KARNS CITY 78

Josh Wimer 2, Austin Fahlor 7, Eric Pfeifer 1, Chase Beighley 17, Logan Pistorius 9, Anthony Kamenski 2, Nolan Riley 11, Jacob Friel 12, Ethan McElroy 2, Nathan Waltman 6, Trevor Knox 9.

FOREST AREA 56

Bicorpo 15, Berlin 19, Kahle 5, Meals 12, Miller 5.

Karns City 13 21 22 22 — 78

Forest Area16 7 11 22 — 56

Friday: Venango Catholic at Karns City

Freeport 83, Deer Lakes 71 — The Yellowjackets (7-4, 3-2) placed five players in double figures in winning their fifth straight game Tuesday night.

Jalen Brown scored 20 points, Isiah Bauman 19 and Ben Beale 18. Aiden Skradski made his first varsity start and scored 16 points, including four treys. Damon Shiring added 10.

FREEPORT 83

Jalen Brown 20, Isiah Bauman 19, Aiden Skradski 16, Damon Shiring 10, Ben Bealer 18.

DEER LAKES 71

J.Kelly 16, B.Perrotte 10, T.Sutch 14, J.Colton 7, J.Soloman 2, T.Noble 6, C.Kadlick 11.

Freeport 14 18 22 29 — 83

Deer Lakes15 25 17 14 — 71

Private Schools

Aaron Drake had 14 points and seven assists, but the First Baptist Christian School boys basketball team dropped a 52-32 decision to Neighborhood Academy Tuesday night.

Ben Drake had 11 points and nine rebounds.

In recent action, FBC defeated Plants & Pillars 73-68 in overtime.

Derek Butterworth had 23 points, Ben Drake 16 points and 11 rebounds, Nick Flatt and Nate Errington 11 points each.

Flatt added 13 rebounds, Aaron Drake 10 points and eight assists.

Swimming

Knoch dropped a pair of meets to Shady Side Tuesday. The girls (1-4, 1-1) lost 89-81 while the boys (0-5, 0-2) took an 87-81 defeat.

The Knights compete at Northgate Thursday. Knoch winners against Shady Side follow:

Girls

200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Amel;ia Walls, Maya Wirtz, Lindsey Fanton, Madison Gumto) 2:02.01

50 freestyle: 1-Lindsey Fanton 27.94

100 freestyle: 1-Lindsey Fanton 59.11

Boys

200 freestyle: 1-Matt Karenbauer 1:52.77

200 individual medley: 1-Zachary Wilson 2:10.42

100 butterfly: 1-Matt Karenbauer 54.32

100 freestyle: 1-Braden Zukowski 53.47

400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Liam King, Ethan Wymer, Ian Gumto, Lachlan King) 4:02.74

Bowling

Butler swept Mars at Family Bowlaway, winning both matches 7-0. The Golden Tornado boys won 2,737-1,756, the girls by a 2,304-1,868 count.

Jordan Reges led Butler’s boys with a 582 series, a high game of 212. Cole Thrash rolled a 572 series, Trey Barto a 253 game. Zach Brandl led Mars with a 144 game and 413 series.

Ashley McCue led the Tornado girls with a 490 series. Alayna Nagel paced Mars with a 439 series and 168 game. Paige Schindler added a 422 series.

Butler’s final home match is next Wednesday against Seneca Valley. It will be Senior Night for the Golden Tornado.

In other action:

Freeport’s boys improved to 4-3 on the season with a 7-0 win over Seneca Valley. Mark Livingston had a 206 game and 572 series, Issiac Spencer a 181 game and Seth Change a 157.

The Yellowjacket girls (1-6) got their first victory, 4-3, as Caitylyn Crissman rolled a 130 game and 350 series. Amber Cetec rolled a 164 game for the Freeport junior varsity.

Freeport travels to Shaler next Wednesday.