Mason Bush scored 18 points and Seneca Valley raced out to a big lead early in defeating Brashear, 67-37, in the opening round of the Seneca Valley boys basketball holiday tournament Thursday.

The Raiders led 37-14 by halftime, 50-21 through three quarters.

BRASHEAR 37

Cherron Carrington 8, Longae Smith 19, Terrell Stephens 2, Roson Connor 4, Maurice Cumas 2, Demetrius Roach 2. Totals: 11 11-15 37.

SENECA VALLEY 67

Tre Rosell 2, Gabe Lawson 7, Connor Lysek 6, Trey Berringer 11, Brendan Koken 5, Marcus Might 4, Mason Bush 18, Angelo Giannotta 3, Zac Zajacs 9, Ethan Baer 2. Totals: 27 6-8 67.

Brashear 6 8 7 16 — 37

Seneca Valley21 16 13 17 — 67

Ellwood City 58, Moniteau 46 — The Warriors fell at the Mercer Tournament despite 15 points from Ethan McDeavitt and 10 courtesy of Jared Lominski.

MONITEAU 46

Jared Lominski 10, Tyler McFadden 4, Bobby Mathews 1, Ethan McDeavitt 15, Gage Neal 3, Noah McLean 4, Nate Tack 1, Dean Hershey 8. Totals: 18 9-16 46.

ELLWOOD CITY 58

Roth 6, Antuones 22, Padsac 3, M. Sesti 8, Gibbons 4, R. Sesti 8, Pitrelli 5, Coonfare 2. Totals: 20 13-23 58.

Moniteau 6 11 15 14 — 46

Ellwood City13 15 13 17 — 58

Karns City 55, West Shamokin 53 — The Gremlins trailed at halftime, 20-15, but erupted for 25 points in the third quarter of this win at the West Shamokin Tournament.

Chase Beighley scored a team-high 16 points and Nathan Waltman scored 15 and grabbed 10 boards for the Gremlins.

KARNS CITY 55

Josh Wimer 3, Austin Fahlor 9, Erik Pfeifer 7, Chase Beighley 16, Ethan McElroy 5, Nathan Waltman 15. Totals: 19 14-22 55.

WEST SHAMOKIN 53

DeWitt 27, J. Smulik 10, Sweeney 2, Swartz 7, T. Smulik 7. Totals: 23 4-10 53.

Karns City 8 7 25 15 — 55

West Shamokin6 14 18 15 — 53

A-C Valley 80, Forest Area 41 — Sophomore Levi Orton had a monster game, scoring a career-high 36 points and adding 12 rebounds and five steals as the Falcons crushed the Fires at the latter's tournament.

Eddie Stevanus also played very well with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

A-C VALLEY 80

Levi Orton 36, Carson Snyder 5, Eddie Stevanus 14, Eli Penny 4, Broc Weigle 4, Jude Burkett 2, Tanner Merwin 5, Caleb Penny 2, Brady Cullen 8. Totals: 34 9-16 80.

FOREST AREA 41

Names not available. Totals: 17 4-11 41.

A-C Valley 21 18 22 19 — 80

Forest Area7 16 9 9 — 41

Union 61, Saegertown 55 — Freshman guard Caden Rainey paved the way to victory for the Golden Knights at their own tournament by scoring 18 points and adding five assists and three steals.

Nolan Cumberland tallied 15 points, Karter Vogel 11 and Truman Vereb 10 for Union, which outscored Saegertown at the free throw line, 15-1.

SAEGERTOWN 55

Rhoades 6, Fuller 21, Sherry 5, Ingram 5, Drag 10, Johnson 2, Wilkins 6. Totals: 23 1-5 55.

UNION 61

Luke Bowser 5, Karter Vogel 11, Quintin Weaver 2, Caden Rainey 18, Nolan Cumberland 15, Truman Vereb 10. Totals: 21 15-22 61.

Saegertown 15 15 9 16 — 55

Union16 15 12 18 — 61

Girls Basketball

Sidney Shemanski scored 20 points and Freeport (6-1) reeled off its sixth straight victory, cruising past Ligonier Valley, 54-29, Thursday in the West Shamokin Tournament.

FREEPORT 54

Sidney Shemanski 20, Madeline Clark 12, Samantha Clark 10.

LIGONIER VALLEY 29

Destiny Sheriff 18.

Freeport 13 13 17 11— 54

Ligonier Valley9 5 8 7 — 29

North Catholic 65, Trinity 54 — Tess Myers scored 17 points to lead the Trojanettes to victory in the Penn Hills Tournament.

NORTH CATHOLIC 65

Tess Myers 17, Cassie Foster 15, Kylee Lewandowski 13, Belle O'Hara 11.

TRINITY 54

Kaylin Vendick 13, Julia Chakos 10.

North Catholic 19 13 17 16 — 65

Trinity11 15 11 17 — 54

Shady Side Academy 48, Knoch 41 — Skylar Burkett (13 points) and Maddie Boyer (12) combined for 25 points, but the Knights dropped this game at Shady Side's Peter Sauer Memorial Tournament.

KNOCH 41

Skylar Burkett 13, Maddie Boyer 12, Jaylee Lassinger 8, Lauren Cihonski 6, Abbey Sherer 2. Totals: 15 5-6 41.

SHADY SIDE ACADEMY 48

Jewart 21, Goitz 15, Renee 6, Rozier 4, Witting 2. Totals: 20 3-4 48.

Knoch 7 7 16 11 — 41

SSA12 8 12 16 — 48

General McLane 59, Karns City 9 — The Lancers were too much for the Gremlins at the Oil City Tournament.

KARNS CITY 9

Alyssa Stitt 1, Peyton Turner 4, Kate Slaugenhoup 2, Rossi McMillen 2. Totals: 4 1-4 9.

GENERAL MCLANE 59

Campbell 3, Freyermuth 4, Seidel 2, McKissock 10, Seneta 18, Lamoreaux 2, Shade 6, Steiner 7, Karlis 7. Totals: 24 4-6 59.

Karns City 1 6 0 2 — 9

General McLane24 17 9 9 — 59

Grove City 47, A-C Valley 37 — At the Mercer Tournament, senior swing player Cami McNany led all scorers with 21 points for the Falcons.

Olivia Boocks added 10 points in defeat.

The Eagles outscored the Falcons 16-7 in the final period.

A-C VALLEY 37

Cami McNany 21, Olivia Boocks 10, Rachel Cullen 5, Emily Wetzel 1. Totals: 13 7-10 37.

GROVE CITY 47

Clara Hannon 14, Becca Santom 12, Emma Santom 2, Abby Biddle 8, Katie McDowell 6, Lily Burtch 5. Totals: 13 17-26 47.

A-C Valley 6 16 8 7 — 37

Grove City10 11 10 16 — 47

Union 55, Sheffield 13 — The Damsels dominated at their own tournament, with freshman Dominika Logue scoring 14 points and Marli Hawk adding 10.

SHEFFIELD 13

Schmader 2, Bailey 3, Lauffenburger 6, Grubbs 2. Totals: 6 0-0 13.

UNION 55

Dominika Logue 14, Marli Hawk 10, Bryn Davis 9, Hailey Kriebel 8, Maggie Minick 8, Morgan Cumberland 4, Cassie Austin 2. Totals: 22 7-12 55.

Sheffield 2 2 5 4 — 13

Union17 12 20 6 — 55

Seneca Valley 53, Southmoreland 42 — McKenna Gross dropped a game-high 25 points and Gretchen Koken chipped in with 10 for the Raiders at the Riverside Tournament.

Punxsutawney 35, Moniteau 34 — Kristin Auvil paced the Warriors with 14 points at the Punxsutawney Tournament.

MONITEAU 34

Andie Arblaster 8, Izzy Bair 4, Kristin Auvil 14, Haley Pry 2, Aslyn Pry 6. Totals: 6 20-25 34.

PUNXSUTAWNEY 35

Gigliotti 3, M. Griebel 6, K. Griebel 4, Presloid 2, Weaver 6, Horner 14. Totals: 13 7-20 35.

Moniteau 5 14 6 9 — 34

Punxsutawney5 8 15 7 — 35