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Eagles get past Hickory

The Grove City boys basketball team stayed perfect in District 10, Region 5 with a 69-64 victory over Hickory Friday night.

Ryan King led the Eagles (21-2, 14-0) with 27 points and Jordan Fee added 17.

GROVE CITY 69

Ryan King 11 2-6 27, Nate Thomas 1 0-0 2, Justin McNamara 2 1-2 5, Joe Hazy 1 0-0 3, Ben Liebling 3 2-2 8, Dan Keil 0 1-2 1, Jordan Fee 4 7-7 17, Dustin Van Hook 1 4-6 6. Totals: 23 17-25 69.

HICKORY 64

Watts 5 3-5 14, Janusko 0 2-2 2, Bentson 1 1-2 3, Banas 1 0-0 2, Leetch 8 0-0 16, Erdeski 3 3-3 9, Ward 6 4-5 18. Totals: 24 13-17 64.

3-point goals:

King 3, Fee 2, Hazy; Ward 2, Watts.

Saturday:

Erie McDowell @ Grove City

Oil City 66, Slippery Rock 34 —

Dave Hewitt scored 12 points to lead the Rockets (5-19) in this lopsided defeat to end the season.

SLIPPERY ROCK 34

Rhett Gordon 1 0-0 2, Joe Bryan 2 0-0 4, Ben Collins 1 0-0 2, Bill Stoughton 4 0-0 10, Brian Kelly 1 0-0 2, Dave Hewitt 4 4-7 12, Shearer 1 0-0 2, Kendall Mahan 0 0-0 0, Jarod Agostino 0 0-0 0, Zack Ejzak 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 4-7 34.

OIL CITY 66

Brozeski 3 0-0 8, Way 3 0-0 6, Stallone 3 1-2 8, Jasiota 4 7-8 15, McGinty 4 2-2 11, Karl 2 2-2 6, Carson 1 0-0 2, Bukas 2 0-0 6, Frost 1 0-0 2, Bogan 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 12-14 66.

3-point goals:

Stoughton 2; Brozeski 2, Bukas 2, Stallone, McGinty.

Butler (freshmen) 8, Gateway 4 —R.C. Double, Timmy Smith, Matt Stirling and Patrick Wellner each scored two goals for the Golden Tornado (4-8-1). Willy Smith was the winning goaltender.Freeport (freshmen) 12, Kiski Area 1 —Shane Gallagher, Jeremy Gent and John Reichenbaugh each scored three goals for the Yellowjackets (8-3-3). Jon Hill, Dalton Moore and Neil DeCroo added single tallies.Nick Spangler, Cody Lee, Nate King and Jeremy Hepler added assists for Freeport.

Portersville (girls) 53, Greater Works Academy 37 —Britt Schmidtke scored 16 points and pulled down six rebounds to lead the Warriors. Sandy Schmidtberger added eight points and 12 boards in the win.Portersville (boys) 62, East Liverpool Christian 48 —Josh Aikens scored 16 points and had 13 rebounds to pace the Warriors.Justin McCandless contributed 15 points and Jordan Harbison 14 to the victory.

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