Jordyn Graham put together a 599 series and the Butler girls bowling team avenged an earlier loss to Shaler and took over first place in the WPIBL North Section with a 5-2 win over the Titans.

Graham had games of 247 and 245 to lead the win Wednesday at Family Bowlaway. Reegan Malis added a 203 game and 551 series while Lauren Bash had a 510 series for the Golden Tornado (5-1).

Shannon Roche paced Shaler (4-1) with a 556 series.

Butler's boys improved to 5-1 with a 7-0 victory. Jordan Reges rolled a 553 series and Cole Thrash a 546 for the Tornado. Shaler slipped to 2-3.

In other action:

Freeport's boys and girls swept Apollo-Ridge, 7-0. Mark Livingston paced the Yellowjacket boys with games of 202 and 206, and a 585 series. Blake Olson had a 206 game, David Kinniburgh a 193.

Girls Basketball

Kristin Auvil scored 18 points and added 11 rebounds and Aslyn Pry also grabbed 11 boards, but Moniteau dropped a 55-40 decision at Clarion.

The Warriors slipped to 3-8 and travel to Cranberry Monday.

MONITEAU 40

Andie Arblaster 4, Kristin Auvil 18, Haley Pry 2, Aslyn Pry 5, Kaitee Chesonis 7, Zoe Hillwig 4. Totals: 14 10-17 40.

CLARION 55

Simko 1, Grivan 12, Best 12, Groese 15, Constantino 6, Beriege 3, Lerth 2, Cherico 4. Totals: 21 12-18 55.

Moniteau 4 12 16 12 — 40

Clarion14 11 13 17 — 55

Boys Basketball

Aiden Skradski scored 22 points and Jalen Brown added 18 Tuesday night as Freeport defeated Mount Pleasant, 66-55.

The Yellowjackets trailed 26-25 at halftime before outscoring Mount Pleasant 23-11 in the third quarter.

FREEPORT 66

Vincent Clark 6, Jalen Brown 18, Garret Schaffhauser 5, Aiden Skradski 22, Matt Aulicino 8, Nolan Plocki 4, Colin Gaspersic 3. Totals: 23 10-13 66.

MOUNT PLEASANT 55

Jonas King 4, Zak Luculto 4, Tyler Salvatore 4, Sam Napper 5, Jacob Johnson 16, Nathan Kabooky 15, Luke Brandeer 7. Totals: 22 7-13 55.

Freeport 15 10 23 18 — 66

Mount Pleasant14 12 11 18 — 55

Summit Academy 50, Northgate 45 — Junior forward Tavon Johnson paced the Knights with 21 points in this win Tuesday.

Summit Academy (5-3, 4-1) is currently in a three-way tie for first place in Section 1-2A with Springdale and Sto-Rox.

The Knights travel to Springdale on Friday.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 50

Jaleel Christian 15, DeShawn Stevens 3, Takoma Askew 4, Tavon Johnson 21, Jason Ortiz 6. Totals: 20 9-22 50.

NORTHGATE 45

Eubanks 4, Sustayna 7, Roberts 2, Brooks 6, Randall 26. Totals: 13 15-22 45.

Summit Academy 11 14 15 10 — 50

Northgate12 6 9 18 — 45

Private Schools

Tyler Hollerman scored 20 points as Portersville Christian's basketball team (10-4) defeated First Baptist Christian 68-19. Eli Stroh added 14 points and Christian Kauffman 13.

Ben Drake led First Baptist with 15 points.