Knoch senior Matt Karenbauer broke the school record in the boys 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4 minutes, 55.09 seconds in a meet against Freeport Tuesday night.

Knoch's boys defeated the Yellowjackets 120-41 while the girls downed Freeport 121-54.

The Knights will compete against C.W. North Catholic Feb. 15.

Boys Basketball

Robby Carmody scored 33 points and Mars clinched at least a share of the WPIAL Section 2-5A title with a 69-53 win over Chartiers Valley Tuesday night.

Cade Hetzler and Michael Carmody each added 13 for the Planets (16-4, 10-1).

Mars leads Moon by a game in the section standings with one more league game on the schedule for both teams.

If the Planets beat Hampton Friday, they will win the section title outright.

CHARTIERS VALLEY 53

Goldstrom 14, Shaw 2, Reynolds 6, Beattie 8, Banas 12, Pipilo 11.

MARS 69

Cade Hetzler 13, Michael Carmody 13, Andrew Recchia 4, Luke Morrissey 3, Brandon Caruso 3, Robby Carmody 33.

Chartiers Valley 13 5 20 15 — 53

Mars19 19 14 17 — 69

Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 51, Avonworth 34 — Mike Drambel scored 16 points to pace the Trojans.

AVONWORTH 34

Harper 8.

CWNC 51

Mike Drambel 16, John Fukon 12, Joe Meinert 3, Ryan Feczko 11, Zack Rocco 6, Nick Kozcinski 3.

Avonworth 5 8 12 9 — 34

CWNC5 21 16 9 — 51

Saturday: CWNC at Franklin Regional

Grove City 60, Franklin 48 — Martin Beatty scored 15 points to lead a very balanced attack for the Eagles in this region victory.

Marcos Cintron and Logan Lutz each added 13 points and Isaac Thrasher added 11 for Grove City (15-4, 8-4).

GROVE CITY 60

Isaac Thrasher 11, Marcos Cintron 13, Martin Beatty 15, Logan Lutz 13, Spencer Pokrant 2, Kade Persinger 3, Caden Mattocks 3.

FRANKLIN 48

Haynes 4, Buckley 5, Hawke 2, Morgan 26, Baughman 4, Wood 8.

Grove City 16 16 13 15 — 60

Franklin13 12 14 10 — 48

Friday: Grove City at George Junior Republic

Hickory 67, Slippery Rock 37 —Luke Brandon scored 15 points to lead the Rockets.

HICKORY 67

Hannonhouse-Blackwell 1, Walsh 5, Whitehead 13, Wallace 2, Cannone 4, Iacino 4, Filardi 6, Javie 9, Beader 17, Mele 5.

SLIPPERY ROCK 37

Nick Wherthey 7, Jack Allen 2, Mitchell Houston 6, Luke Brandon 15, Rod Williams 7.

Hickory 20 24 13 10 — 67

Slippery Rock9 10 8 10 — 37

Hampton 61, Knoch 56 —Julian Sanks scored 25 points, but the Knights dropped this section battle with the Talbots.

Freeport 74, Derry 59 — Isiah Bauman scored 23 points and Ben Beale pitched in 16 in the Yellowjackets' win.

DERRY 59

Aidan Bushey 3, Ryan Bushey 2, Anthony Oshie 4, Will Huss 9, Connor Watt 6, Tanner Nicely 5, Justin Huss 11, Chuck Webb 5, John Kerr 14.

FREEPORT 74

Jalen Brown 8, Isiah Bauman 23, Gavin Skradski 7, Garret Schaffhauser 4, Aiden Skradski 5, Damon Shiring 9, Andrew Speer 2, Ben Beale 16.

Derry 12 11 15 21 — 59

Freeport12 14 23 25 — 74

A-C Valley 50, Union 49 — Eddie Stevanus totaled 18 points to go with six rebounds and three steals as the Falcons edged the Golden Knights.

Russ Carr added 15 points and six rebounds in the win and freshman Levi Orton seven points for A-C Valley (7-12).

Girls Basketball

Casey Kretzer scored 17 points as Knoch downed Apollo-Ridge, 50-45.

Emily Fraser added 12 points and Hannah Rowe 10 for the Knights (11-10, 8-3).

KNOCH 50

Casey Kretzer 17, Emily Fraser 12, Hannah Rowe 10, Kayla Grafton 1, Sadie Siegel 6, Skyler Burkett 4.

APOLLO-RIDGE 45

Megan Ost 12, Madeline Moore 8, Elizabeth Penrose 14, Rylie Eaton 5, Morgan Gamble 3, Madison Marks 1, Emily Bonell 2.

Knoch 11 13 12 14 — 50

Apollo-Ridge12 7 9 17 — 45

Thursday: Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic at Knoch

Rifle

The Butler rifle team finished third at the WPIAL team championships with a score of 799-60x.

Hempfield won the WPIAL title with a score of 800-54x.

Private Schools

Michaella Roth scored 16 points, on four 3-pointers, as First Baptist downed Evangel Heights, 35-34.

Alexis Barnhard added 10 points and 15 rebounds.