Jenna Manke's 20 points helped lift Freeport's girls basketball team to a crucial section win over Knoch, 44-38, Monday night.

Emily Fraser and Gabby Fennell both scored 12 points to lead Knoch (8-10, 6-3).

Sidney Shemanski added 10 points for Freeport (11-6, 8-2), which plays at Shady Side Academy Tuesday.

Knoch hosts Valley on Thursday.

Mars 66, Indiana 34 — Lauren Wasylson scored 21 points and Tai Johnson 17 for the Planets (14-4, 8-1), who had a 25-10 lead after the first quarter and limited Indiana to four points in the third period.

Mars travels to Armstrong Thursday.

INDIANA 34

H.Zimmerman 6, H.Starvina 2, S.Zimmerman 2, A.Donatch 8, L.Dills 6, B.Dills 10.

MARS 66

Lauren Wasylson 21, Tai Johnson 17, Bella Pelaia 6, Alek Johnson 8, Regan Kramm, Daria Hockenberry 2, Olivia Lockette 6, Cassie Mueller 2, Haylee Fredericks 2.

Indiana 10 11 4 9 — 34

Mars25 15 16 10 — 66

Thursday: Mars at Armstring

North Allegheny 35, Seneca Valley 24 — The Raiders held the undefeated Tigers to just 14 points in the first half, but still fell in this section contest.

SV (9-8, 4-4) was led by eight points from McKenna Gross.

NORTH ALLEGHENY 35

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SENECA VALLEY 24

Gretchen Koken 3, Haley Cramer 6, Maddie Karchut 7, McKenna Gross 8.

North Allegheny 4 10 7 14 — 35

Seneca Valley5 5 5 9 — 24

Thursday: Seneca Valley at Shaler

Meadville 55, Grove City 36 — The Bulldogs led 28-18 at halftime and rolled to this region win over the Eagles.

GROVE CITY 36

Clara Hannon 11, Emma Isenberg 2, Becca Santom 14, Abby Biddle 7, Katie McDowell 2.

MEADVILLE 55

Narr 1, Fantarez-Ward 7, Schweter 4, Gregor 6, Miller 2, Johnson 2, Glatch 9, Bradley 3, Boitnott 13, Speed 8.

Grove City 5 13 9 9 — 36

Meadville14 14 16 11 — 55

Cardinal Mooney 64, Slippery Rock 43 — Emma McDermott paced the Rockets (11-4) with 22 points.

CWNC 78, Valley 18 — The Trojanettes (16-1) bounced back from their first loss of the season with this lopsided road victory.

Boys Basketball

West Shamokin 56, Karns City 54 — The Gremlins were edged by the Wolves from District 6.

Chase Beighley scored 16 points for KC (10-6) and Nolan Riley added 13.

WEST SHAMOKIN 56

Orlosky 20, DeWitt 12, Lightcap 9, Libengood 7, Allen 4, Sweeney 4.

KARNS CITY 54

Austin Fahlor 8, Chase Beighley 16, Logan Pistorius 8, Nolan Riley 13, Jacob Friel 4, Nathan Waltman 5.

West Shamokin 9 11 18 18 — 56

Karns City7 14 16 17 — 54

Wednesday: Keystone at Karns City

Wrestling

In its first-ever appearance in the WPIAL team playoffs, Mars fell to Thomas Jefferson, 35-32, in a Class AAA preliminary match at Franklin Regional High School.

No other details were available.