Jenna Kunst scored 17 points and the Butler girls basketball team led after one quarter, but Latrobe's offense hit its stride as the Golden Tornado fell, 70-51, Thursday night.

Alyssa Eyth and Jordan Kauffman each added eight points for Butler (7-6), which was outscored by Latrobe 50-18 in the second and third quarters.

BUTLER 51

Mia Rader 6, Alyssa Eyth 8, Jordan Kaufman 8, Jenna Kunst 17, Morgan Gage 3, Julia Gibson 4, Emilee Altman 3, Sarayne Forbes 2.

LATROBE 70

Shelby Wetzel 8, Bethany Havrilla 4, Carly Augustine 2, Rachel Ridilla 4, Kayla White 5, Laura Graytok 23, Ava Vitola 2, McKenze Markus 20.

Butler 17 7 11 16 — 51

Latrobe 12 29 21 8 — 70

Saturday: Butler at New Castle

Mars 61, Kiski 35 — Lauren Wasylson scored 20 points and Tai Johnson added 16 as the Planets rolled.

Alek Johnson pitched in 11 for Mars (11-4).

KISKI 35

Holloway 16, Shick 3, Brown 2, Potter 9, Menzivich 5.

MARS 61

Lauren Wasylson 20, Tai Johnson 16, Bella Pelaia 6, Alek Johnson 11, Nichole Sommers 3, Ellie Coffield 4, Cassie Mueller 1.

Kiski 7 9 11 8 — 35

Mars 16 18 13 14 — 61

Tuesday: Allderdice at Mars

Avonworth 49, Knoch 39 — Emily Fraser scored 18 points, but the Knights' fourth-quarter comeback fell short.

AVONWORTH 49

Hayden Robinson 11, Hunter Robinson 6, Nicole Costa 15, Lily Tedesco 3, Kat Goetz 1, Harris Robinson 5, Alexa Davis 2, Grace O'Brien 6

KNOCH 39

Gabby Fennell 2, Emily Fraser 18, Casey Kretzer 11, Anna Neff 3, Hannah Rowe 6.

Avonworth 17 16 10 6 — 49

Knoch11 8 4 16 — 39

Slippery Rock 67, Meadville 53 — Maryann Ackerman scored 21 points as the Rockets claimed this region matchup.

Emma McDermott added 16 points, Anna Kadlubek 13 and Jenna Heitzenrater 10 for Slippery Rock (9-3, 5-1).

MEADVILLE 53

N/A.

SLIPPERY ROCK 67

Maryann Ackerman 21, Emma McDermott 16, Anna Kadlubek 13, Jenna Heitzenrater 10, Hallie Raabe 6, Taylor Balint 1.

Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 67, Deer Lakes 30 — Dani Short scored 17 points and Tess Myers added 16 to lead the Trojanettes to a rout.

Myers also had 10 rebounds.

Freeport 61, Valley 26 — Jenna Manke scored 16 points to lead four players in double-digits in the Yellowjackets' win.

Sidney Shemanki added 15 points, Madeline Clark 12 and Samantha Clark 10 for Freeport.

Boys Basketball

Isaac Thrasher poured in 22 points as Grove City used a big fourth quarter to pull away from Franklin for a region win.

The Eagles led by just two heading into the final eight minutes, but outscored Franklin 24-13 in the final quarter to improve to 10-2 overall and 4-2 in the region.

Franklin fell to 9-3, 3-2.

FRANKLIN 48

Johnson 13, Morgan 17, Wood 9, Kaely 7, Baughman 2.

GROVE CITY 61

A.J. Miller 2, Isaac Thrasher 22, Kade Persinger 5, Brayden Martin 8, Caden Mattocks 2, Logan Lutz 9.

Franklin 9 12 14 13 — 48

Grove City12 11 14 24 — 61

Friday: Grove City at Oil City

Swimming

Makenna Shaner and Barbie Cessar each won multiple evens as the Slippery Rock girls edged Titusville 88-82.

The Rocket boys fell 82-54.

Girls

Slippery Rock 88, Titusville 82

200 medley relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Alyssa Olshanski, Barbie Cessar, Kaitlin Novak, Makenna Shaner)

200 freestyle: 1-Cessar (SR)

200 individual medley: 1-Olshanski (SR)

50 freestyle: 1-Makenna Shaner (SR)

100 butterfly: 1-Amy Bleday (T)

100 freestyle: 1-Shaner (SR)

500 freestyle: 1-Jazmyn Young (T)

200 freestyle relay: 1-Titusville

100 backstroke: 1-Kate McAllister (T)

100 breaststroke: 1-Cessar (SR)

400 freestyle relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Alyssa Olshanski, Makenna Shaner, Charlee Caldwell, Barbie Cessar)

Boys

Titusville 82, Slippery Rock 54

200 medley relay: 1-Titusville

200 freestyle: 1-Zach Titus (T)

200 individual medley: 1-Titus (T)

50 freestyle: 1-Brian Clark (T)

100 butterfly: 1-Max McAllister (T)

100 freestyle: 1-Seth Brooks (T)

500 freestyle: 1-Shane Steffy (T)

200 freestyle relay: 1-Titusville

100 backstroke: 1-Darius Crawford (T)

100 breaststroke: 1-Titus (T)

400 freestyle relay: 1-Titusville

Knoch vs. Northgate — The Knights boys and girls both dropped meets to Northgate.

Girls

Northgate 91, Knoch 79

200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Rachel Shoemaker, Lydia King, Abby Bielstein, Grace Phillips) 2:14.75

200 freestyle: 1-Lindsey Fanton (K) 2:04.63

200 individual medley: 1-Maya Wirtz (K) 2:28.48

50 freestyle: 1-Amelia Walls (K) 28.11

100 butterfly: 1-Fanton (K) 1:04.29

100 freestyle: 1-Madison Gumto (K) 1:02.53

500 freestyle: 1-Abby Bielstein (k) 5:49.70

200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Gumto, Wirtz, Walls, Fanton) 1:52.02

100 backstroke: 1-Shoemaker (K) 1:14.16

100 breaststroke: 1-Wirtz (K) 1:17.14

400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Wirtz, Gumto, Bielstein, Fanton) 4:11.69

Boys

Northgate 95, Knoch 69

200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Zach Wilson, Braden Zukowski, Matt Karenbauer, Michael Phillips) 1:46.18

200 freestyle: 1-Wilson (K) 1:56.09

200 individual medley: 1-Karenbauer (K) 2:03.06

50 freestyle: 1-Phillips (K) 25.42

100 butterfly: 1-Wilson (K) 1:01.93

100 freestyle: 1-Karenbauer (K) 50.16

500 freestyle: 1-Zukowski (K) 5:21.38

200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Lachlan King, Ian Gumto, Liam King, Ethan Revitsky) 1:49.17

100 backstroke: 1-Gumto (K) 1:16.19

100 breaststroke: 1-Zukowski (K) 1:07.75

400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Zukowski, Phillips, Wilson, Karenbauer) 3:39.75