Steve Cress had 24 points and 20 rebounds, but the Mars boys basketball team dropped a 75-55 decision to Highlands in Section 1-AAA Friday.

Vinny Smith added 12 points for the Planets, who were outscored 57-32 through three quarters.

MARS 55Chris Herold 1 0-0 2, Dan Colbert 1 0-0 3, Ben Szilogy 0 0-0 0, Ryan Schroth 0 0-0 0, Chris Cassidy 0 0-0 0, Dave Petruska 1 0-0 2, D.J. Cannon 3 1-2 8, Vinny Smith 3 6-6 12, Ryan Nearhoof 1 2-2 4, Steve Cress 8 8-15 24. Totals: 18 17-25 55.

HIGHLANDS 75King 0 0-0 0, Porter 2 4-8 8, Campbell 0 0-0 0, Sinclair 3 0-0 7, Ballard 3 2-2 8, Mitchell 0 0-0 0, Marchi 0 0-0 0, Bouchat 0 0-0 0, Thomas 3 2-3 8, Edwards 1 0-0 2, Porter 6 1-3 15, Mabery 12 0-0 27. Totals: 30 9-16 75.

Mars 14 4 14 23—55Highlands 22 11 24 18—753-point goals: Colbert, Cannon; Mabery 3, Porter 2, Sinclair

Tuesday: Hampton at Mars

Jeannette 86, Freeport 69 — The Yellowjackets'

Cory Massart had 25 points and 10 rebounds, but the Jayhawks used a 31-13 first-quarter lead to pick up the section win.Davonte Shannon scored a career-high 39 points to lead Jeannette (7-3, 7-0), while Freeport (9-4, 5-2) received 17 points and 14 rebounds from Brian Zimmerman.

FREEPORT 69Nate Kotecki 4 1-2 9, Cory Massart 12 1-2 25, Chris Tagmyer 5 2-2 13, Brian Zimmerman 8 1-5 17, Brady Sherrieb 2 0-0 5. Totals: 31 5-11 69.

JEANNETTE 86Jordan Hall 6 3-3 16, Kenneth Grant 0 3-4 3, Davonte Shannon 16 3-6 39, Jerry Harris 6 0-0 12, Terrell Pryor 7 1-4 16. Totals: 35 10-17 86.

Freeport 13 21 15 20—69Jeannette 31 16 18 21—863-point goals: Tagmyer, Sherrieb; Shannon 4, Hall, Pryor

JV: Jeannette, 63-44 (F:Harrison Wood 19)

Tuesday: Apollo-Ridge at Freeport

Titusville 73, Slippery Rock 63 — Rhett Gordon scored 23 points and Zack Ejzak added 18 to lead Slippery Rock (5-11).

SLIPPERYROCK 63Rhett Gordon 9 4-6 23, Nick Cress 0 0-0 0, Kendall Mahan 1 0-0 3, Jarod Agostino 1 0-0 3, Derrick Orloski 0 0-2 0, Vince Papley 0 0-0 0, Sean Schrieber 0 0-0 0, Brian Kelly 2 1-2 5, Zack Ejzak 5 8-9 18, Matt Shearer 2 7-9 11. Totals: 20 20-28 63.

TITUSVILLE 73Seieveisen 2 2-4 7, Vincent 8 7-8 23, Proano 2 4-4 8, Atha 2 1-4 5, Carr 3 6-10 12, Clark 5 1-1 11, Bodamer 2 0-0 4. Totals: 24 21-31 63.

Slippery Rock 14 16 12 21—63Titusville 17 14 20 22—733-point goals: Gordon, Mahan, Agostino

Tuesday: Slippery Rock at Franklin

Redbank Valley 64, A-C Valley 61 — Shawn Courson and Garrett Greathouse netted 19 and 15 points, respectively, but the Falcons fell in overtime.

REDBANK VALLEY 64Matt Krafiuk 0 0-0 0, Joe Monteleone 6 5-6 18, Brock Reed 1 1-2 3, Pat Wasilowski 4 0-0 8, Doug Bish 1 1-2 3, Ryan Radaker 3 4-6 11, Mike Booher 3 5-7 11, Mike Dawson 0 1-2 1, Cory Toth 3 2-4 9. Totals: 21 19-29 64.

A-C VALLEY 61Shawn Courson 7 4-6 19, Garrett Greathouse 6 0-0 15, Ryan Jackson 4 0-5 8, Brandon Eiler 0 0-0 0, Nate Silvis 0 0-0 0, Nick McGuirk 0 0-0 0, John Stumpner 1 0-0 3, Mike Himes 4 0-1 9, Kyle Hirsch 2 2-4 7. Totals: 24 6-16 61

Redbank Valley 11 8 19 15 11—64A-C Valley 16 10 15 12 8—613-point goals: Monteleone, Radaker, Toth; Greathouse 3, Courson, Stumpner, Himes, Hirsch

Tuesday: A-C Valley at Clarion-Limestone

Grove City 67, Hickory 41 — Dan Keil had 15 points to lead the Eagles' scoring attack.Jordan Fee added 12 points, Maxx Stutz 11 and Kyle Perrine 10 for Grove City (13-3, 4-1).

HICKORY 41P. Mudrey 3 3-6 11, S. Baughman 0 1-2 1, J. Shephard 0 1-2 1, J. Benes 2 0-0 5, D. Lumpp 1 0-0 2, J. Wilds 1 0-2 3, A. Banas 3 5-7 11, B. Szabo 1 0-0 2, M. Durisko 1 3-7 5. Totals: 12 13-26 41.

GROVE CITY 67Keith Donaldson 1 4-4 6, Keith Rundle 0 1-2 1, Maxx Stutz 4 3-9 11, Ben Liebling 2 1-2 6, Dan Keil 5 5-5 15, Ryan McNamara 0 3-4 3, Jordan Fee 4 3-4 12, Kyle Perrine 4 0-0 10, Nick Lane 0 1-2 1, Devon Owens 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 21-32 67.

Hickory 7 9 11 14—41Grove City 14 22 16 15—673-point goals: Mudrey 2, J. Benes, Wilds; Perrine 2, Liebling, Fee

JV: Grove City, 47-32 (GC:J. Tompkins, Derek Forese 9)

Tuesday: Oil City at Grove City

Venango Catholic 71, Union 65 — The Knights had four players reach double figures, including Nate Boltz with 19 points, but a fourth-quarter rally fell short.

UNION 65Nate Boltz 6 4-6 19, Gary Cooper 6 3-4 15, R.J. Ethriedge 6 1-2 13, Chase Stewart 0 0-0 0, Neil Scott 0 1-4 1, Colby Davis 1 0-2 2, Scott Booth 3 4-4 11, Spencer Varner 1 1-2 4. Totals: 23 14-24 65.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 71McNellie 2 0-0 4, Maleski 2 0-0 4, Siegel 5 4-6 14, Guth 5 2-6 12, Eckert 12 12-27 37. Totals: 26 18-29 71.Union 14 14 11 26—65Venango Catholic 14 22 26 9—713-point goals: Boltz 3, Booth, Varner; Eckert

JV: Union, 51-34 (U:Colby Davis, Logan Mortimer 10)

Tuesday: West Forest at Union

Summit Academy 55, Laurel 51 — Leonard Brown scored a team-high 17 points, including 13 in the pivotal fourth quarter, to lead the Knights (9-7, 5-2) to the Section 2-AA victory.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 55Stephen Grandison 3 0-0 6, Maurice McDaniels 3 3-4 11, Al Brinkley 4 0-0 9, Leonard Brown 7 1-2 17, Hanis Scruggs 3 0-2 6, Rashawn Flemming 2 1-2 6. Totals: 22 5-10 55.

LAUREL51J. Danbo 1 1-2 3, R. Forbes 3 1-2 7, C. Collins 5 3-5 17, M. Cook 5 1-7 11, D. Cline 5 3-4 13. Totals: 19 9-23 51.

Summit Academy 4 15 12 24—55Laurel 10 12 20 9—513-point goals: McDaniels 2, Brown 2, Brinkley, Flemming; Collins 4

JV: Summit Academy, 49-37 (SA:K. Gardner 13)

Tuesday: Rochester at Summit Academy

North Clarion at Moniteau

— This KSAC contest was postponed because of inclement weather.

Portersville Christian 64, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf 36 — Justin McCandless had 21 points and five assists, and Alex Rahall had 12 points and eight rebounds to lead the Warriors Thursday.Spencer Everett added seven assists, J.J. Wehrheim had nine rebounds and Jordan Harbison four steals.Portersville lost to Imani Christian School 39-37 Tuesday. McCandless had 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists and Harbison had 10 points and three steals.

<B>Redbank Valley 69, A-C Valley 27</B> — Markeea Hart had 15 points and 18 rebounds for the Falcons.<B>A-CV ALLEY 27Kate Best 0 0-0 0, Shannon Bartley 0 1-2 1, Shannon Blauser 1 0-0 2, Shelbi Cervenec 0 0-0 0, Natalie Russell 0 0-0 0, Jessica Henry 1 0-0 2, Markeea Hart 7 1-4 15, Karli Kaufman 1 0-0 3, Brandy Jackson 2 0-0 4.</B> Totals: 12 2-6 27.<B>REDBANK VALLEY 69Smith 1 0-0 2, Kundick 2 1-2 5, Blose 4 1-2 9, Delp 4 2-4 10, Goth 0 0-0 0, McClaine 4 0-0 10, Hepler 6 1-2 13, Case 0 0-0 0, Woodall 0 1-2 1, Campbell 1 0-0 3, Gruver 5 5-6 16, Shuster 0 0-0 0.</B> Totals: 27 11-18 69.<B>A-C Valley 2 9 9 7—27Redbank Valley 21 14 22 12—693-point goals:</B> Kaufman; McClaine 2, Campbell, Gruver<B>JV:</B> Redbank Valley, 45-23 (AC:Karli Kaufman 6)<B>Tuesday: </B>Clarion-Limestone at A-C Valley<B>Portersville Christian 62, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf 35 — </B>Val Hamilton turned in team-highs with 22 points, six steals, five rebounds, four assists and three blocks for the Warriors Thursday.Megan DeVries added 15 points and Katie Daugherty had 10 points for Portersville.

In a pair of Friday matchups at the Warrendale BladeRunners, Mars rolled past Deer Lakes 11-1 in a PIHL Class A game while Seneca Valley lost a 7-4 decision to North Allegheny in Class AAA play.Butler was nipped by Baldwin 3-2 in a Class AAA game at the Ice Center.No details were provided.

Butler improved to 11-1 recently with a 60-34 triumph at Connellsville.Gaining pins for the Golden Tornado were Mason DeLess at 85 pounds, Robert Punchur at 105, Mike Crawford at 110, Matt Pribis at 138, Sean Culbertson at 145, Blaise Wheeler at 185 and Chris White at 210.Cole Baxter won by technical fall at 122 pounds, Zach Reges by major decision at 90 pounds and Alex Miranda in overtime at 165.Butler hosts Seneca Valley Wednesday.