Butler girls win tourney
Julia Gibson scored 11 points and Emma Monteleone 10 as the Butler girls basketball team won the Armstrong Tip-Off Tournament with a 51-45 victory over the host River Hawks Saturday.
Jordan Kauffman contributed eight points for the Golden Tornado (2-0), who trailed 33-30 after three quarters.
Butler outscored Armstrong 21-10 in the final eight minutes. L.Bowser scored 22 points for Armstrong.
BUTLER 51
Sarayne Forbes 3, Julia Gibson 11, Jordan Kauffman 8, Emma Monteleone 10, Alison Altman 2, Sydney Hanratty 6, Emilee Altman 5, Heidi Gross 6. Totals: 17 12-16 51.
ARMSTRONG 45
J.Callipare 3, M.Lorigan 6, S. Clark 6, A. Rugalski 3, L.Bowser 22, S.Duncan 5. Totals: 14 13-19 45.
Butler 11 11 8 21 — 51
Armstrong10 9 14 12 — 45
Mars 48, Slippery Rock 43 — The Planets won the Slippery Rock tournament as Tai Johnson scored 25 points and Bella Pelaia 14.
Anna Kadlubek scored 14 points and Hallie Raabe 10 for the Rockets.
MARS 48
Tai Johnson 25, Ellie Coffield 7, Bella Pelaia 14, Mara Fuller 2.
SLIPPERY ROCK 43
Emma McDermott 9, Anna Kadlubek 14, Hallie Raabe 10, MaryAnn Ackerman 8, Bronwyn McCoy 2.
Mars 5 16 15 12 — 48
Slippery Rock7 16 11 9 — 43
West Middlesex 47, A-C Valley 30 — Kylee Eaton scored 11 points and Cami McNany 10 for the Falcons in a losing cause. White scored 28 for West Middlesex.
Knoch 51, West Shamokin 35 — Skylar Burkett scored 20 points and Neveah Ewing 16 for the Knights (1-1).
KNOCH 51
Madilyn Boyer 6, Skylar VBurkett 20, Lauren Cihonski 4, Neveah Ewing 16, Abbey Shearer 2, Terann McElravy 2. Totals: 17 8-11 51.
WEST SHAMOKIN 35
Erin Crissman 4, Sheloy Cessha 2, Shayla Cessha 6, S.Fusaro 16, Oesterling 4, Youns 3. Totals: 15 1-7 35.
Knoch 10 13 9 17 — 51
West Shamokin9 8 13 5 — 35
Freeport 74, Albert Gallatin 41 — Sidney Shemanski scored 21 points and made the All-Tournament Team for the Yellowjackets. Madeline Clark added 15 points, Harley Holloway 13.
Freeport scored 35 points in the first quarter and led 59-23 at halftime. Bryn Bezjaj paced Albert Gallatin with 17 points.
Union 40, Commodore Perry 25 — Maggie Minick scored 17 points and Dominika Logue 14 for Union, which led 41-26 at halftime.
UNION 40
Dominika Logue 14, Marli Hawk 1, Bryn Davis 2, Hailey Kriebel 2, Maggie Minick 17, Morgan Cumberland 2, Jada Zitzman 2. Totals: 13 13-28 51.
COMMODORE PERRY 25
Marnete 1, Harper 2, Hause 3, Jones 2, Kimbal 2, Schrock 14, Clevenger 1. Totals: 5 13-27 25.
Union 14 13 7 6 — 40
Com. Perry9 6 1 9 — 25
Boys Basketball
Andrew Recchia scored 26 points to lead Mars (2-0) to a runaway 94-47 win over host Freeport at the Freeport Tip-Off Tournament.
Khori Fusco added 18 points and Michael Carmody 14 for the Planets. Garret Schaffhauser netted 16 for Freeport.
MARS 94
Khori Fusco 18, Michael Carmody 14, Nolan Carr 2, Caleb Schmidt 6, Andrew Recchia 26, Kevin Ceh 2, Joe Craska 8, Brandon Caruso 9, Zac Schlegel 6, Jack Kepreos 3. Totals: 37 15-19 94.
FREEPORT 47
Vincent Clark 5, Jalen Brown 7, Garret Schaffhauser 16, Christian Waronsky 4, Cole Furer 2, Patrick Keeley 4, Jason Kijowski 3, Nolan Plocki 6. Totals: 18 8-14 47.
Mars 24 27 16 27 — 94
Freeport9 15 16 7 — 47
Karns City 56, Portersville Christian 31 — Austin Fahlor led three Gremlins in double figures with 16 points. Karns City (1-1) had a 35-13 lead at halftime.
KARNS CITY 56
Austin Fahlor 16, Eric Pfeifer 11, Chase Beighley 8, Ethan McElroy 9, Nathan Waltman 12.
PORTERSVILLE CHRISTIAN 31
Elijah White 12, Eli Stroh 5, Derek Butterworm 6, Tyler Hollerman 2, Christian Kauffman 3, Michael Camp 3.
Karns City 21 14 11 10 — 56
Portersville11 2 11 7 — 31
North East 79, A-C Valley 38 — Eddie Stevanus led the Falcons with 14 points and eight rebounds in a losing cause. Broc Weigle had seven points and six rebounds.
NORTH EAST 79
Hassenplug 5, Hein 26, Watts 8, Smith 3, Conn 12, Neff 12, Jelley 2, Perez 6, Skrekia 4, Lican 1. Totals: 28 11-16 79.
A-C VALLEY 38
Levi Orton 8, Eddie Stevanus 14, Austin Cratty 2, Broc Weigle 7, Jude Burkett 3, Cole Dehart 3, Caleb Penny 1. Totals: 8 20-26 38.
North East 18 18 24 19 — 79
A-C Valley8 10 9 9 — 38
Knoch 65, Blackhawk 59 — The Knights picked up their first win of the season at the Armstrong Tip-Off Tournament.
Wrestling
Butler placed fourth at the Chartiers Houston Invitational over the weekend.
Nick Schaukowitz placed second for the Golden Tornado at 106 pounds. Jack Codispot took third at 160, Cooper Baxter fourth at 170.
Clayton Dressler was fifth at 120, as were Colton Spohn at 132, Nate McMaster at 138 and Steven Green at 145. Shawndell Zapata was sixth at 220.
North Catholic's Matt Ferraro was fourth at 145.
In other action:
Numerous Mars and Knoch wrestlers placed at the Hickory Invitational.
For the Planets, Noah Hunkele took second at 103 pounds, as did Jake Richardson at 160. Christian Scheller was fourth at 132, Anthony Maiure fifth at 126, Sean McElhinney fifth at 170.
For the Knights, fifth-place finishers were Kam Grassi at 138, Brendan Hinchberger at 160 and Eli Reese at 285. Guy DeLeonardis was sixth at 152, Hunter Oskin seventh at 132.
Seneca Valley competed in the prestigious Walsh Ironman Tournament in Ohio. Alejandro Herrera took second at 113 pounds.