Gary Cooper scored 29 points and Kyle Hilliard added 23 points and 12 rebounds to power the Union boys basketball team to a 93-74 victory over East Forest Wednesday.

Union (9-5, 4-3) scored 33 points in the first quarter and led 59-31 at the break. The teams combined for 54 first-quarter points and 53 in the fourth quarter.

The Golden Knights also had 17 points and 10 assists from Toby Painter, 14 points and seven assists from Billy Burns and 12 assists from Nate Boltz.

UNION 93

Kyle Hilliard 9 5-5 23, Billy Burns 3 6-8 14, Toby Painter 6 0-0 17, Nate Boltz 1 4-4 6, Gary Cooper 14 1-1 29, Neil Scott 0 0-0 0, Colby Davis 1 2-2 4, Colton Davis 0 0-0 0. Totals: 34 18-20 93.

EAST FOREST 74

James Meloney 4 0-0 11, Bob Seider 10 6-8 26, Jarod Curter 2 2-2 6, John Rini 8 1-2 21, Cory Snyder 1 0-0 3, Brad Barto 2 0-0 5. Totals: 27 9-12 74.

3-point goals:

Painter 5, Burns 2; Rini 4, Meloney 3, Snyder, Barto

Friday:

A-C Valley at Union

Moniteau 48, Redbank Valley 47 —

Tyler Grossman and Tyler Armagost each sank two free throws in the final 28 seconds to help the Warriors eke out the KSAC victory.

Moniteau (11-3, 5-1) outrebounded the Bulldogs 62-26, including 33 offensive boards.

MONITEAU 48

Tyler Grossman 5 2-4 12, Zach Thompson 4 0-2 8, Matt Schandelmeier 4 1-7 9, Matt Buczkowski 2 1-4 5, Garth Kohlmeyer 1 2-3 4, Tyler Armagost 1 2-2 4, Barry Jones 3 0-0 6. Totals: 20 8-22 48.

REDBANK VALLEY 47

Johnston 8 1-1 19, Monteleone 0 0-3 0, Goth 3 0-0 9, Doverspike 4 0-0 10, Smith 1 0-0 2, Shirey 0 2-2 2, Rowe 1 0-0 2, Boother 2 0-0 4. Totals: 19 3-6 47.

3-point goals:

Goth 3, Johnston 2, Doverspike 2

Friday:

Moniteau at Clarion-Limesone

A-C Valley 66, West Forest 61 —

Sean Foust poured in 32 points, including 15 in the first quarter, to key the Falcons' road victory.

Foust also sank eight of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off a late West Forest rally.

A-C VALLEY 66

Sean Foust 9 10-12 32, Ted Marron 3 1-2 9, John Kaufman 4 0-0 10, Kyle McCall 0 2-2 2, Ryan Jackson 1 0-0 2, Shawn Courson 2 2-4 6, Garrett Greathouse 1 0-0 2, Willie Thomas 1 0-0 3, Mark Hart 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 15-20 66.

WEST FOREST 61

Delay 1 4-4 6, Eckert 0 0-0 0, Gruzinski 2 0-0 5, Perrett 4 4-4 16, Garrison Daum 1 0-0 2, Lober 1 0-0 2, Wright 2 0-1 2, Garrett Daum 8 3-6 19, Donato 3 0-0 9. Totals: 22 11-15 61.

3-point goals:

Foust 4, Marron 2, Kaufman 2, Thomas; Donato 3, Perrett 2, Gruzinski

Friday:

A-C Valley at Union

Summit Academy 63, Kiski Prep 40 —

Orlando Burt had 26 points and William Dow added 15 on five 3-pointers to lead the Knights (6-8).

SUMMIT ACADEMY 63

Devin Preston 0 1-2 1, John Payne 1 0-0 2, Dreamount Tindell 2 0-0 6, Orlando Burt 9 8-12 26, Jerome Butler 2 0-0 4, Darnell Godfrey 1 0-2 2, William Dow 5 0-0 15, Kasil Butler 2 0-0 5, Tommy Wood 1 0-2 2. Totals: 23 9-18 63.

KISKI PREP 40

C. Dubyak 6 2-3 17, C. Yukevich 3 2-4 8, G. Zonn 1 0-0 2, B. Caruthers 0 3-3 3, J. Ward 3 0-0 6, D. Ward 2 0-0 4. Totals: 15 7-10 40.

3-point goals:

Dow 5, Tindell, 2, K. Butler

Friday:

Neshannock at Summit Academy

Beaver County Christian 53, Portersville Christian 45 —

Josh Aikens had 17 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Justin McCandless had 10 points, four assists and four rebounds to lead Portersville.

Butler 46, North Hills 13 —Josh Pascazi (145) and Josh Coburn (152) each improved to 6-0 in section action and Marcus Hough returned to the lineup and earned a pin at heavyweight to highlight the Tornado's section win Wednesday."It was nice to get back and get us back into winning form," said Butler coach Scott Stoner. "We handled them better than North Allegheny did."I felt at times we were not executing as well as I hoped. We're just trying to develop some consistency. It's been a week since we wrestled against NA," Stoner added.Butler (8-3, 3-3) wrestles Friday at Ambridge.Butler 46, North Hills 13103 pounds—Dave Jaillet (B) won by forfeit112 —Brian Nicelli (B) dec. Rick Miles, 10-4119 —Ian McLaughlin (B) tech. fall over Bob DiCaprio, 15-0125 —Kevin Kyes (NH) dec. Derek Hays, 6-4130 —Alex Martinez (NH) dec. Stewart Rapone, 11-4135 —Cory Perrotte (NH) major dec. over Alex Evanoff, 8-0140 —Jon Sanko (B) dec. Brian Hankins, 9-3145 —Josh Pascazi (B) dec. Adam Harold, 4-2152 —Josh Coburn (B) pinned James Laslow, 4:36160 —Shawn Smith (NH) dec. Aaron Pascazi, 6-4 (OT)171 —Duane Steiffel (B) major dec. over Sal Re, 8-0189 —Dave Coburn (B) won by forfeit215 —Marino Quercio (B) major dec. over Ryan McCarthy, 13-2Hwt —Marcus Hough (B) pinned Andrew Dice, 2:57Highlands 65, Summit Academy 6 —Tyrone Noaks' pin at 189 pounds accounted for the Knights' lone points. Summit Academy will return to the mat Friday at Laurel.

Portersville 53, Beaver County Christian 22 —Britt Schmidtke had 17 points, Val Hamilton had 16 points and Saundy Schmidtberger had 10 rebounds to lead the Warriors to the win.