Mars boys beat Armstrong
Tasso Sfanos dropped 25 points on host Armstrong as the Mars boys basketball team won handily, 75-51, Friday night.
Point guard Zach Schlegel added 15 points, Bryce Cunningham scored 13 and Chris Dvorak 12.
The Planets (3-0, 1-0), who drained 10 treys in the game, led 46-20 at halftime.
MARS 75
Drew Schlegel 15, Austin Cote 3, Chris Dvorak 12, Tasso Sfanos 25, Bryce Cunningham 13, Jared Kozora 7. Totals: 28 9-11 75.
ARMSTRONG 51
Valasek 18, C. Olsen 18, Kamer 2, Conroy 3, Szep 2, Wiles 4, Claypoole 4. Totals: 19 7-9 51.
Mars 20 26 17 12 — 75
Armstrong 8 12 17 14 — 51
North Catholic 75, Burrell 58 — Max Hurray's 24 points sparked the Trojans to this section win on the road.
Andrew Maddalon contributed 13 points and Ben Tomer 11.
North Catholic 25 27 14 9 — 75
Burrell 12 11 19 16 — 58
A-C Valley 68, Venango Catholic 30 — Four Falcons reached double figures in points, led by 11 apiece from Henry Stevanus, Brody Dittman and Ryan Cooper.
Alex Preston added 10 points in the win.
A-C VALLEY 68
Brody Dittman 11, Ryan Cooper 11, Lane Bauer 3, Seth Best 4, Josh Kelly 2, Landon Chalmers 8, Alex Preston 10, Henry Stevanus 11, Ian Runyan 4, Jay Clover 4. Totals: 28 3-4 68.
VENANGO CATHOLIC 30
J. Leiderbach 4, Campbell 6, C. Leiderbach 16, Rakow 2, Beichner 2. Totals: 9 9-17 30.
A-C Valley 24 24 10 10 — 68
Venango Cath. 6 5 11 8 — 30
Grove City 51, Slippery Rock 47 (OT) — The Eagles outscored the Rockets 7-3 in the extra period to earn this win.
Dylan Gordon had 13 points for Slippery Rock (2-2, 1-1) and Shane Thompson scored 10.
GROVE CITY 51
Hathaway 4, Stull 14, Greer 4, Loughry 2, Haggert 8, Dreves 7, Lutz 9, Martin 3. Totals: 21 7-15 51.
SLIPPERY ROCK 47
Brady Prementine 9, John Sabo 4, Dylan Gordon 13, Shane Thompson 10, Walker Vogan 5, Elam Pyle 6. Totals: 17 7-11 47.
Grove City 5 6 21 12 7 — 51
Slippery Rock 8 10 16 10 3 — 47
Karns City 56, Cranberry 19 — The Gremlins (4-0) remained unbeaten by crushing the host Berries.
Luke Cramer's 22 points paced the effort while teammate Micah Rupp scored 11 points and had seven rebounds.
Luke Garing had nine boards and Taite Beighley five assists.
KARNS CITY 56
Cole Sherwin 2, Taite Beighley 8, Luke Cramer 22, Micah Rupp 11, Jacob Callihan 3, Hobie Bartoe 4, Luke Garing 6.
CRANBERRY 19
Forrest 2, Weaver 6, Zerbi 8, Merryman 3.
Karns City 18 14 15 9 — 56
Cranberry 6 8 3 2 — 19
Clarion 63, Union 60 — The Golden Knights fell to the Bobcats, despite a 26-point night from Caden Rainey.
Skyler Roxbury scored 12 points in defeat and Dawson Camper 11.
Union trailed 39-21 at halftime before outscoring Clarion 26-11 in the third quarter.
UNION 60
Caden Rainey 26, Skyler Roxbury 12, Payton Johnston 9, Bailey Crissman 2, Dawson Camper 11. Totals: 25 6-9 60.
CLARION 63
Lauer 9, Alston 7, C. Simko 23, G. Simko 11, Da. Smail 12, De. Smail 1. Totals: 23 13-16 63.
Union 11 10 26 13 — 60
Clarion 19 20 11 13 — 63
Freeport 72, Springdale 42 — The Yellowjackets' duo of Vinnie Clark (23 points) and Gavin Croney (16) was too much for the Dynamos.
Springdale 12 6 16 8 — 42
Freeport 14 16 20 22 — 72
Miles Frazier, Liam Hein, Cooper Courson, and Christian Scheller won by pinfall and Eli Wright by decision in Mars' 45-30 home win over Knoch on Thursday.Knoch received pins from Aaron Butler and Wyatt Foster.Mars 45, Knoch 30106-Miranda LaJevic (K) won by forfeit; 113-Matt Frank (K) won by forfeit; 120-Miles Frazier (M) pinned Paul Kuczynski, 4:26; 126-Liam Hein (M) pinned Paul Kuczynski, 5:00; 132-Nicholas Butler (M) won by forfeit; 138-Christopher Michaux (K) won by forfeit; 145-Griffin Frazier (M) won by forfeit; 152-Aaron Butler (K) pinned Jaden Fotta, 0:25; 160-Eli Wright (M) dec. Gavin McGown, 7-4; 172-Cooper Courson (M) pinned Caden Toy, 2:39; 189-Wyatt Foster (K) pinned Ethan Wolf, 1:20; 215-Christian Scheller (M) pinned Nathaniel Becker, 1:14; 285-Riley Lefcakis (M) won by forfeit.
Both Slippery Rock teams dominated in a meet against Farrell on Thursday.Grace Olshanski won the 50- and 100-yard freestyles for the girls while Kevin Bowser claimed the 200 freestyle and butterfly for the Rocket boys.Team scores were not available.Girls200 medley relay: Slippery Rock (Double, Parson, Massella, Shea) 2:03.05 200 freestyle: Tessa Szymanski (SR) 2:16.43 200 individual medley: Katie Shea (SR) 2:38.06 50 freestyle: Grace Olshanski (SR) 27.60 100 butterfly: Mollie Massella (SR) 1:04.13 100 freestyle: Grace Olshanski (SR) 1:02.02 500 freestyle: Natalie Double (SR) 5:59.16 200 freestyle relay: Slippery Rock (Massella, Shea, Gauselmann, Gaskill) 2:00.97 100 backstroke: Maggie Massella (SR) 1:11.68 100 breaststroke: Katie Parson (SR) 1:19.80 400 freestyle relay: Slippery Rock (Gauselmann, Double, Massella, Olshanski) 4:13.11 Boys 200 medley relay: Slippery Rock (Suorsa, Bowser, Hartle, Wallace) 2:04.12 200 freestyle: Kevin Bowser (SR) 2:18.01 200 individual medley: Cody Hartle (SR) 2:20.69 50 freestyle: Connor Wallace (SR) 25.36 100 butterfly: Kevin Bowser (SR) 1:13.97 100 freestyle: Landen Suorsa (SR) 1:06.23 500 freestyle: Connor Wallace (SR) 5:42.96 200 freestyle relay: Slippery Rock (Bowser, Suorsa, Hartle, Wallace) 1:53.75 100 backstroke: Landen Suorsa (SR) 1:21.14 100 breaststroke: Cody Hartle (SR) 1:13.44 400 freestyle relay: no competition
