Grove City High's Josh Wood controls Slippery Rock's Bill Finkbeiner during their 215-pound match Wednesday. Wood grabbed a 10-4 decision over Finkbeiner to help the Eagles beat the Rockets 44-34.

Ryan Jackson tallied 16 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots as the A-C Valley boys basketball team continued to roll with a 51-33 win over Cranberry Wednesday.

The Falcons (11-7, 9-5) got off to a slow start, trailing 21-19 at the half, but took control in the final two quarters, holding Cranberry to 12 points.

Garrett Greathouse added 13 points for A-C Valley.

A-C VALLEY 51Shawn Courson 4 1-2 9, Garrett Greathouse 5 0-0 13, Ryan Jackson 7 2-3 16, BrandonEiler 1 0-0 2, John Stumpner 2 2-2 7, Nate Silvis 1 0-0 2, Mike Himes 0 2-2 2. Totals: 20 7-9 51

CRANBERRY 33Justin Irwin 1 0-0 3, Ryan Buckholtz 2 1-2 5, Nick Adams 2 1-2 5, Chase Mitchell 1 2-2 5, Nick Persing 2 0-0 4, Kelly O'Neil 2 0-0 4, Eric Clark 0 0-0 0, Brad Rembold 2 2-2 6, Luke Heeter 0 1-2 1. Totals: 12 7-10 33

A-C Valley 11 8 14 18—51Cranberry 14 7 3 9—333-point goals: A-CValley 4 (Greathouse 3, Stumpner); Cranberry 2 (Irwin, Mitchell)

JV: N/A

Friday: Rocky Grove at A-C Valley

Caitlyn McNamara scored 15 points, but Grove City could not hold on to a halftime lead on the way to a 48-46 loss.The Eagles (2-18) led by eight at the break, but Reynolds outscored them 34-24 in the second half.<B>GROVE CITY 46Maggie Orr 4 1-4 9, Caitlyn McNamara 4 5-7 15, Lauryn Franklin 2 0-0 4, Caitlin Rothman 4 0-1 8, Stacia Peoples 1 0-0 2, Jenna Kelly 3 2-3 8. </B>Totals: 18 8-15 46<B>REYNOLDS 48Stafford 1 1-3 3, Muscarella 1 2-2 4, Black 2 0-0 4, Nelson 3 5-8 11, Parker 1 1-2 3, Kasbee 0 0-0 0, Marstellar 0 0-0 0, D'Urso 9 5-8 23.</B> Totals: 17 14-23 48<B>Grove City 9 13 13 11—46Reynolds 8 6 20 14—483-point goals:</B> Grove City 2 (McNamara 2)<B>JV:</B> Grove City 33-24<B>Today:</B> Grove City at Commodore PerryPrivate schoolsJordan Harbison scored 16 points as the Portersville Christian School boys basketball team rolled to a 61-32 win over Eden Christian Academy Wednesday night.Eli Miller recorded 13 points and 12 rebounds, Justin McCandless had 11 points and AaronKniess had 10 points for the Warriors.<B>PCS 58, Eden 24 (girls) </B>— Val Hamilton scored 14 points and Megan Deries pitched in 12 for the Warriors.

<B>Grove City 44, Slippery Rock 34</B> — The Rockets (3-7) nearly pulled off an upset against their rivals, but Slippery Rock was hurt by three forfeits and an injury default.<B>Grove City 44, Slippery Rock 34Match started at 189103 pounds: </B>John Pas (GC) by forfeit; <B>112</B>: Ryan Gosset (SR) maj. dec 9-1; <B>119</B>: Marty Phipps (GC) d. Peter Didick injury default; <B>125</B>: Brady Fyffe (GC) by forfeit; <B>130</B>: Kyle Brendlinger (SR) pinned AaronAnderson, 3:18; <B>135</B>: Grant Errera (GC) tech fall Adam Kummer, 15-0; <B>140</B>: Charlie Baer (GC) by forfeit; <B>145</B>: Craig Johnson (GC) pinned Mike Gaurrich, 1:48; <B>152</B>: Josh Miller (GC) by forfeit; <B>160</B>: Jared Vinroe (SR) pinned Mike Turek, 1:17; <B>171</B>: Sean Roth (SR) by forfeit; <B>189</B>: Tyler Beachem (SR) pinned Scott Moore, 3:19; <B>215</B>: Josh Woods (GC) d. Bill Finkbeiner, 10-4; <B>Hwt</B>: Chad Lumley (SR) by forfeit<B>Hampton 57, Mars 15 — </B>Luke Salter and Adrian Camp had pins for the Planets in a losing cause.<B>Hampton 57, Mars 15Match started at 152103 pounds</B>: DeRosa (H)pinned Pollock in 3:43; <B>112</B>: Salter (M)pinned Harrington in 5:35; <B>119</B>: Jarvis (H)dec. Caruso 11-0; <B>125</B>: Steinmetz (H)pinned Dryden in 4:41; <B>130</B>: Hodil (H)dec. Selker 3-1; <B>135</B>: Matthews (H)pinned Kramer in 1:32; <B>140</B>: Krebs (H)pinned Studeny in 1:14; <B>145</B>: Camp (M)pinned Clark in 2:12; <B>152</B>: Van Atta (H)tech. fall over Ziggas in 5:50; <B>160</B>: Gientile (H)dec. Beisinger 12-11; <B>171</B>: Parrish (H)dec. Thompson 10-5; <B>189</B>: Annis (H)pinned Fallecker in 2:10; <B>215</B>: Raimondi (H)dec. Eshenbaugh 9-7; <B>285</B>: Johnston (M)dec. Manz 4-2

Butler beat Hampton, 55-39, to end its regular season with a 13-1 record, the best mark in the program's history.Tallying pins over the Talbots were Zach Reges (90 pounds), Mike Crawford (110), Daman Redenbach (115), Cole Baxter (122), Dillon Weston (130), Alex Miranda (165) and Blaise Wheeler (210).Eric Tuck earned a major decision at 95 pounds, Dakoda Collins won in overtime at 138 and Chris White had a forfeit-win at 185.The Butler junior high wrestling team is led by head coach Donnie Geibel and assistant coach Aaron Pascazi.The Tornado will end their season by competing in the upcoming North Allegheny Junior High Invitational.