Mars caps wild rally with win
Despite trailing host West Allegheny by 10 points with one minute left in regulation, the Planets made an incredible run to tie the game, then won it in overtime, 78-70.
Robby Carmody led all scorers with 43 points for the Planets and Cade Hetzler added 12 points.
Mars (13-3, 8-0) remained unbeaten in section play with the victory.
MARS 78
Cade Hetzler 12, Michael Carmody 7, Andrew Recchia 11, Brandon Caruso 5, Robby Carmody 43
WEST ALLEGHENY 70
Crowe 25, Faulk 18, Konop 13.
Mars 19 14 9 25 11 — 78
West Allegheny19 19 14 15 3 — 70
Sunday: Mars vs. Sewickley Academy at Montour
Karns City 72, Redbank Valley 43 — Freshman guard Chase Beighley had a career night with 28 points for the Gremlins.
Austin Fahlor added 11 points and seven assists for the Gremlins (10-5), who also got 10 rebounds from Nolan Riley in the victory.
REDBANK VALLEY 43
Bowser 6, Kahle 13, Smith 14, Wadding 4, Hetrick 6.
KARNS CITY 72
Austin Fahlor 11, Chase Beighley 28, Logan Pistorius 9, Nolan Riley 7, Jacob Friel 6, Nathan Waltman 4, Caiden Corbett 2, Anthony Kamenski 2, Trevor Knox 1, Trevor Callihan 2
Redbank Valley 15 8 13 7 — 43
Karns City17 21 19 15 — 72
Monday: West Shamokin at Karns City
Moniteau 51, Union 46 — Jared Lominski scored 16 points and Ethan McDeavitt added 14 as the Warriors held on for a five-point win over the Golden Knights.
Moniteau led 30-13 at the half.
Lucas Bowser scored 16 points and Luke Bowser added 12 for Union.
MONITEAU 51
Tyler McFadden 6, Ross Tenney 9, Ethan McDeavitt 14, Cory McKinley 6, Jared Lominski 16.
UNION 46
Luke Bowser 12, Greg Duncan 2, Reece Saylor 4, Nolan Cumberland 3, Hunter Johnston 9, Lucas Bowser 16.
Moniteau 12 18 10 11 — 51
Union6 7 16 17 — 46
George Junior Republic 75, Slippery Rock 51 — Nick Wherthey scored 14 points and Logan Croll and Rod Williams each had 10 for the Rockets.
SLIPPERY ROCK 51
Nick Wherthey 14, Oliver Valera 7, Luke Brandon 9, Logan Croll 10, Rod Williams 10.
GJR 75
Robinson 13, Jones 17, Lawrence 21, Saunder 15, Thomas 6, Gibbs 1.
Slippery Rock 13 8 7 23 — 51
GJR29 20 15 11 — 75
Sharon 51, Grove City 46 — Isaac Thrasher scored 19 points, but the Eagles fell in overtime to the Tigers.
Brayden Martin added 15 points for Grove City (12-3, 6-3).
GROVE CITY 46
Isaac Thrasher 19, Martin Beatty 2, Brayden Martin 15, Logan Lutz 2, Marcos Cintron 8.
SHARON 51
McKinney 6, Askerneese 5, Williams 9, Porterfield 19, Ballard 10, Hubbard 2.
Grove City 6 13 17 6 4 — 46
Sharon13 11 11 7 9 — 51
Saturday: Grove City vs. Erie First Christian Academy
Seton LaSalle 39, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 34 — John Fukon scored 22 points, but the Trojans lost this key section matchup to fall to 7-9 overall and 4-3 in the section.
SETON LASALLE 39
Bansbury 13, Richardon 11.
CWNC 34
Mike Drambel 2, John Fukon 22, Ryan Feczko 2, Zack Rocco 5.
Seton LaSalle 10 6 12 11 — 39
CWNC7 4 6 17 — 34
Tuesday: Brentwood at CWNC
Freeport 76, Indiana 62 — Isiah Bauman scored 20 points as the Yellowjackets captured this section clash.
The Yellowjackets (10-5, 5-3) had three other players core in double digits. Jalen Brown scored 19, Gavin Skradiski Skradski 15 and Ben Beale 12.
Montour 85, Knoch 66 — Jared Schrecengost scored a career-high 25 points, but the Knights dropped another section game.
Julian Sanks added 18 for Knoch (5-11, 0-9).
Keystone 64, A-C Valley 52 — Eddie Stevanus scored 16 points to lead the Falcons in this loss.
Levi Orton added 11 and Jeff Ginn 10 for A-C Valley.
KEYSTONE 64
Thompson 2, Henry 2, D. Jones 12, Hurrellonink 3, I. Jones 12, Steele 4, Rapp 20, Lavcun 5, Wingard 4.
A-C VALLEY 52
Levi Orton 11, Eddie Stevanus 16, Jeff Ginn 10, Dalton Callander 5, Tanner Merwin 5, Russell Carr 5.
Keystone 13 17 17 17 — 64
A-C Valley10 15 9 18 — 52
Leechburg 70, Summit Academy 56 — Brian Allen scored 19 points, but the Knights were eliminated from the playoff chase with this loss.
SUMMIT ACADEMY 56
Nasir Bluitt 8, Brian Allen 19, Pierre Thomas 5, Jaylon Ketchum 10, Luis Vasquez 1, Quhhar Goods 13.
LEECHBURG 70
Blumer 19.
Summit Academy 10 12 20 14 — 56
Leechburg15 21 17 17 — 70
Girls Basketball
Emily Hegedus scored 24 points and added 12 rebounds as Karns City rallied for a 55-42 win over Redbank Valley.
The Gremlins trailed 37-36 heading into the fourth quarter, but outscored Redbank Valley 19-5 in the final eight minutes.
Livia Andreassi also recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 boards. Alyssa Stitt added 12 points for Karns City (9-6).
REDBANK VALLEY 42
Elmer 2, Hoffman 2, Holt 22, Hinderliter 14, Smith 2.
KARNS CITY 55
Alyssa Stitt 12, Emma Clark 2, Emily Hegedus 24, Sara Knox 1, Livia Andreassi 16.
Redbank Valley 9 13 15 5 — 42
Karns City9 16 11 19 — 55
Saturday: Karns City at West Shamokin
Private Schools
Despite 15 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals from Aaron Drake, First Baptist Christian's boys dropped a 60-44 decision to Harvest Baptist.
Ben Drake contributed 12 points and 19 rebounds and Nate Errington 11 points and 11 rebounds.
In a 63-47 win over East Liverpool Academy on Tuesday, Aaron Drake tallied 15 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. Errington netted 12 points and Derek Butterworth 11. Ben Drake pulled down 10 rebounds, Jacob Kushie had eight rebounds and Noah Flatt had seven points.