Freshmen star in Karns City's win at Venango

January 18, 2020 Last Updated: January 18, 2020 07:11 AM High School

Three-year junior starters Chase Beighley and Nathan Waltman were out of the lineup.

Freshmen Micah Rupp and Eric Booher made up for their absence, both producing double-doubles and career-high point production in Karns City's 68-39 boys basketball victory Friday night at Venango Catholic.

Rupp scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while Booher had 13 points and 10 boards.

Waltman has a tooth injury and Beighley a strained achilles for the Gremlins (10-4, 4-1). Both are listed as day-to-day by coach Chris Bellis.

Karns City hosts West Shamokin Monday.

KARNS CITY 68

Cauden Corbett 6, Cole Sherwin 8, Gage Cowoski 3, Micah Rupp 22, Eric Booher 13, Michael Neff 1, Ethan McElroy 2, Luke Garing 6, Braden Grossman 4, James Jones 1, Nick Slomer 2. Totals: 27 8-16 68.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 39

Andrew Burda 19, Colin Deeter 2,, Reza Reese 9, Brady Cicatella 5, Ben Campbell 4. Totals: 16 4-7 39.

Karns City 13 19 18 18 — 68

Venango Cath.0 16 9 14 — 39

Monday: West Shamokin at Karns City

Canon-McMillan 66, Seneca Valley 57 — The Raiders dropped to 1-12 with this non-section loss at home despite 28 points from Cole Brooks and 16 courtesy of Mason Bush.

CANON-MCMILLAN 66

Semosky 14, Stanley 10, Southern 14, Miller 8, Lewis 11, Duffy 3, Berger 6. Totals: 22 6-7 66.

SENECA VALLEY 57

Cole Brooks 28, Luke Lawson 2, Gabe Lawson 2, Connor Lyczek 2, Mason Bush 16, Brian Olan 3, Brian Hart 4. Totals: 23 2-3 57.

Canon-McMillan 19 17 19 11 — 66

Seneca Valley13 19 11 14 — 57

Tuesday: Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland

A-C Valley 60, Moniteau 53 — Behind 38 points and eight rebounds from junior Levi Orton, the Falcons out-lasted the visiting Warriors.

Orton's effort included five treys.

Only four players scored for A-C Valley (10-5), with Eddie Stevanus adding 12 points and eight rebounds.

For the Warriors (8-7), Quinton Scriven tallied 18 points and Mason Mershimer scored 11.

MONITEAU 53

Ethan McDeavitt 9, Gage Neal 3, Pry 2, Mason Mershimer 11, Quinton Scriven 18, Nate Tack 5, Dean Hershey 2, Chance Diaz 3. Totals: 22 4-5 53.

A-C VALLEY 60

Levi Orton 38, Eddie Stevanus 12, Eli Penny 8, Cole Dehart 2. Totals: 19 16-22 60.

Moniteau 11 15 8 19 — 53

A-C Valley13 11 15 21 — 60

Monday: Moniteau at Brockway; Keystone at A-C Valley

Summit Academy 61, Riverview 60 — Balanced scoring lifted the Knights (5-8, 3-5) to this section win at home.

Lamar Fitzgerald led the way with 14 points, Camryn Snyder added 12, Javon Johnson 11 and Zamir Bryant 10.

RIVERVIEW 60

Williams 8, T. Black 13, Deasy 18, Sebastian 12, N. Black 6, Bovienzo 3. Totals: 25 4-9 60.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 61

Javon Johnson 11, Zamir Bryant 10, Naqwan Parham 2, Jairo Guerrero-Bautista 3, Camryn Snyder 12, Lamar Fitzgerald 14, Justin Rowley 9. Totals: 24 10-23 61.

Riverview 9 13 19 19 — 60

Summit Academy15 15 16 15 — 61

Tuesday: Summit Academy at Propel Braddock Hills

Mars 63, Indiana 37 — Mihali Sfanos led this section win on the road with 22 points and Zach Schlegel added 17 for the Planets (10-3, 5-2).

Girls Basketball

Mars improved to 10-3 overall and 5-2 in section games with a dominant 63-22 win at Kiski Area.

Ava Black scored 14 points in the victory and Alek Johnson chipped in with 11.

Karns City 60, Venango Catholic 27 — The host Gremlins opened up a 22-5 lead in the first quarter and cruised to this win over the Vikings.

Emma Johns scored 14 points to lead KC (7-7) to its third straight win and Rossi McMillen added 13.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 27

Winger 3, Wessell 8, Lopata 3, Stewart 2, Ekis 9, Janidlo 2. Totals: 11 4-13 27.

KARNS CITY 60