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Raiders boys climb over North Hills

Pat Heery scored 13 points and C.J. Brown added 11 as Seneca Valley beat North Hills, 56-48, in boys basketball Friday night.

The Raiders (12-9, 4-7) limited North Hills to 14 points in the first half.

Cody Patton paced the Indians with 11 points.

NORTH HILLS 48Cody Patton 3 4-7 11, Kyle Henny 3 0-0 8, Brandon Paulik 1 2-2 5, R.J. Miller 3 1-1 8, Matt Timko 1 1-2 3, Dante Anglin 4 0-1 8, Dave McIntyre 2 1-5 5. Totals: 17 9-18 48

SENECA VALLEY 56Gabe Grinder 2 3-4 7, Kevin Mayberry 2 0-0 4, Kevin Rohm 1 0-0 2, Pat Heery 2 9-10 13, John Bryant 1 3-4 5, C.J. Brown 4 3-4 11, John Fitzpatrick 3 0-0 7, Shawn Eagle 1 0-2 2, Jarrett Shotts 2 1-1 5. Totals: 18 19-25 56

North Hills 8 6 10 24—48Seneca Valley 10 11 14 21—563-point goals: Patton, Henny 2, Miller, Paulik; Fitzpatrick

JV: Seneca Valley, 58-30

Tuesday: Seneca Valley atShaler

Mars 41, Kittanning 35 — Vinny Smith and Steve Cress scored 15 and 12 points, respectively, to lead the Planets past the Wildcats in Section 1-AA action.

KITTANNING 35DeLuca 1 0-0 3, Metro 4 1-2 10, Kittanning 4 0-0 9, Klingensmith 2 2-2 6, Bowser 3 0-1 7, Shearer 0 0-0 0, Rumbergar 0 0-0 0, Risch 0 0-0 0, Lambert 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 3-5 35.

MARS41Chris Herold 0 2-2 2, Dan Colbert 0 0-0 0, Dave Petruska 1 0-0 3, D.J. Cannon 3 0-0 7, Vinny Smith 4 7-8 15, Ryan Nearhoof 1 0-0 2, Steve Cress 5 2-3 12. Totals: 14 11-13 41.

Kittanning 4 7 16 8—35Mars 7 13 10 11—413-point goals: DeLuca, Metro, Kittanning, Bowser; Petruska, Cannon

Tuesday: Mars at Indiana

Erie East 82, Slippery Rock 71 — Matt Shearer dropped in 21 points and Rhett Gordon added 20 for the Rockets.

SLIPPERY ROCK 71Rhett Gordon 6 8-11 20, Nick Cress 0 0-0 0, Kendall Mahan 2 1-2 5, Jarod Agostino 0 0-0 0, Derrick Orloski 4 1-3 9, Vince Papley 0 0-0 0, Brian Kelly 2 2-2 8, Zack Ejzak 3 2-3 8, Matt Shearer 9 3-7 21. Totals: 26 14-28 71.

ERIE EAST 82R. Jones 2 6-6 10, McCullum 1 2-2 4, Crosby 6 0-0 12, Moore 2 0-0 4, Rogers 6 0-0 12, Thomas 9 5-8 23, Crockett 6 4-9 17, S. Jones 0 0-2 0, Glover 0 0-0 0, Torres 0 0-0 0. Totals: 32 17-27 82.

Slippery Rock 16 15 19 21—71Erie East 16 16 21 29—823-point goals: Kelly 2; Crockett

JV: East, 55-39

Tuesday: Grove City at Slippery Rock

Grove City 71, Erie Central 41 — Dan Keil led the Eagles (17-3, 7-0) with 16 points, and Ben Liebling added 12.

ERIE CENTRAL 41Osvaldo Ortiz 1 0-0 2, Reggie Harris 1 0-0 3, Angel Lockett 4 1-2 9, Maleek Toran 3 0-0 6, Rakim Ellis 3 2-2 8, Brandon Dunn 2 0-1 4, Jake Griffin 3 3-3 9. Totals: 17 6-8 41.

GROVE CITY 71Keith Donaldson 1 0-3 2, Keith Rundle 1 1-3 4, Maxx Stutz 3 3-4 9, Ben Liebling 5 1-2 12, Dan Keil 7 1-1 16, Ryan McNamara 3 2-5 8, Jordan Fee 3 2-4 9, Kyle Perrine 3 0-0 7, Nick Lane 0 1-2 1, Derek Forese 0 1-2 1, Devon Owens 1 0-0 2. Totals: 27 12-26 71.

Erie Central 8 14 6 13—41Grove City 17 23 21 10—713-point goals: Central (Harris); Grove City 5 (Fee, Rundle, Liebling, Keil, Perrine)

JV: Grove City 63-47 (GC-Pat Johnson 15 points)

Tuesday: Grove City at Slippery Rock

Summit Academy 70, Riverside 34 — Leonard Brown (22 points) and Maurice McDaniels (20) combined for 42 points for the Knights (11-9, 6-4).

RIVERSIDE 34Rushnock 1 0-0 2, Jurinko 0 4-9 4, Wickline 4 0-0 10, Smith 0 1-2 1, Kolesar 2 0-0 5, Vucevich 1 1-2 3, Murphy 2 3-5 7, Baldelli 1 0-0 2. Totals: 11 9-18 34.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 70Stephen Grandison 3 1-2 7, Maurice McDaniels 8 2-2 20, Leonard Brown 7 6-7 22, Jeremy Whittington 1 0-0 2, Rashawn Flemming 1 1-2 3, Anthony Lemon 3 0-0 6, Tom McMillen 0 1-2 1, Jeremy Hollenbaugh 1 0-0 2, Hanif Scruggs 3 1-2 7. Totals: 27 12-17 70.

Riverside 7 7 4 16—34Summit Academy 16 7 21 26—703-point goals: Riverside 3 (Wickline 2, Kolesar); Summit Academy 4 (McDaniels 2, Brown 2)

JV: Riverside 45-39

Tuesday: Summit Academy at Mohawk

Clarion 65, Union 45 — Gary Cooper scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Golden Knights (7-13, 5-10). A.J. Ethriedge added 12 points and Nate Boltz had five assists.

UNION 45Nate Boltz 0 6-8 6, Gary Cooper 9 1-1 19, A.J. Ethriedge 5 2-2 12, Neil Scott 0 0-0 0, Colby Davis 0 0-0 0, Scott Booth 0 2-2 2, Spencer Varner 2 0-1 6. Totals: 16 11-14 45

CLARION 65Ryan Hritz 4 3-4 11, Drew Vandermeer 6 1-1 14, Tharon Miles 5 1-1 11, Paul McGinley 2 0-0 6, Adam Bevevino 2 0-0 4, Scott Larson 1 0-0 2, Ryan Best 6 0-2 17. Totals: 26 4-6 65

Union 10 10 15 10—45Clarion 12 20 13 20—653-point goals: Varner 2; Vandermeer, McGinley 2, Best 5

JV: Union, score not available

Tuesday: Clarion-Limestone @Union

Butler at Pine-Richland, Karns City at Moniteau, Freeport at West Shamokin and Rocky Grove at A-C Valley were postponed because of inclement weather.Butler will play at Pine-Richland Saturday, with the junior varsity start at 1 p.m. Freeport-West Shamokin play Saturday night, with the JV game at 6 p.m. The Karns City-Moniteau game has been rescheduled for Feb. 16.A-C Valley host St. Joe's at 6 p.m. Saturday

<B>Seneca Valley 52, Ambridge 18 — </B>The Raiders benefitted from five forfeits and pins by Dave Kovach (160) and Ian Whittaker (285) to roll to the non-section win Friday.Seneca Valley (10-7) host Fort Cherry on Tuesday.<B>Seneca Valley 52, Ambridge 18Match started at 135103 pounds</B>: Nick Phillips (SV) dec. Derek Pursit, 10-5; <B>112</B>: Grant Evans (SV) won by forfeit; <B>119</B>: Dan Papst (SV) won by forfeit; <B>125</B>: Nate Cully (SV) won by forfeit; <B>130</B>: Alex Reddinger (SV)major dec. over Rich Cataline, 11-3; <B>135</B>: Bart LaLonde (SV) won by forfeit; <B>140</B>: No match <B>145</B>: Pat Coyne (SV) won by forfeit; <B>152</B>: Ryan Wilson (A)pinned Bill Galiotis, 1:38; <B>160</B>: Dave Kovach (SV) pinned Steve Snyder, 1:25; <B>171</B>: Mike Fitzpatrick (A) pinned Eric Stanley, 1:11; <B>189</B>: Ryan Scheller (SV) dec. Matt Kwdis 5-3; <B>215</B>: Kevin Rosinsky (A) pinned Jordan Williams 2:30; <B>285</B>: Ian Whittaker (SV) pinned Matt Wisniewski :26HockeyIn a PIHLClass AAA game, Seneca Valley dropped a 3-0 decision to Mt. Lebanon Friday.

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