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SV boys now 2-0

Matt Vogt scored 13 points and C.J. Brown added 11 as the Seneca Valley boys basketball team emerged with a 56-48 win over Grove City in the championship game of the Kiser Classic Saturday night.

Don Fitzpatrick added 10 for the Raiders, who are off to a 2-0 start.

Grove City (1-1) played catch-up from the start, trailing 25-18 at halftime.

The Eagles made a second-half push keyed by Maxx Stutz, who scored a team-high 13 points, but watched their rally fall short.

Ryan McNamara added 12 points and Kyle Perrine 11 for Grove City.

SENECA VALLEY 56Don Fitzpatrick 2 6-9 10, Ryan Turner 1 4-4 6, C.J. Brown 4 3-4 11, Dan Rohm 1 0-0 3, Matt Vogt 5 3-7 13, Dustin Anewalt 2 2-2 6, Christian Durbin 2 2-2 7.

Totals: 17 20-28 56

GROVE CITY 48Maxx Stutz 4 3-3 13, Ryan McNamara 3 5-8 12, Pat Johnson 1 2-5 4, Kyle Perrine 4 2-2 11, Dwayne Martin 1 0-0 2, Derek Forese 2 0-0 6. Totals: 15 12-18 48

Seneca Valley 13 12 11 20—56Grove City 9 9 13 17—483-point goals: Rohm, Durbin; Stutz 2, Forese 2, McNamara, Perrine

Tuesday: Slippery Rock @ Seneca Valley

Franklin 58, Mars 46 — Steve Cress and Vinny Smith combined to score 37 of the Planets' 46 points in a loss to Franklin in the title game of the Franklin Elks Tip-off Tournament.Cress score 19 points and Smith added 18 for Mars (1-1), which played without senior Ryan Schroth due to injury and was without starters Chris Herold and Ben Szilogy becaue of foul trouble.

MARS 46Chris Herold 1 1-2 3, Ben Szilogy 0 0-0 0, ChristianLocher 0 0-0 0, Luke Gruber 0 0-0 0, Justin Stadelmeyer 0 0-0 0, Alec Mahon 0 0-0 0, Brandon Stadelmeyer 0 0-0 0, Dave Petruska 1 0-0 3, Vinny Smith 9 0-0 18, Dante DeTillio 1 1-2 3, Steve Cress 9 0-1 19.

Totals: 21 2-5 46

FRANKLIN 58Eric Calney 7 0-0 15, Jack Villar 2 2-2 6, Ryan Hart 1 0-0 2, Kamau Nixon 0 2-4 2, Tim Maleski 8 0-2 17, David Carter 0 1-2 1, Robbie Villar 4 0-0 8, BryanSmith 2 0-2 5.

Totals: 24 7-15 58

Mars 4 21 13 8—46Franklin 10 14 15 19—583-point goals: Petruska, Cress; Calney, Maleski, Smith

Moon 59, Knoch 50 — Rob Briggs scored 14 points and had nine rebounds, but a poor third quarter doomed the Knights to a loss in the championship game of the Moon Tournament.ShawnSamek and Kyle Reiser each added 10 points for Knoch (1-1).

KNOCH 50Shawn Samek 3 4-5 10, Michael Gallagher 3 1-2 8, Kyle Reiser 4 2-5 10, Rob Briggs 5 3-5 14, Jake McTighe 0 2-4 2, Andrew Wirtz 2 2-2 6, Josh Lio 0 0-0 0, Aaron Boldy 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 17 14-23 50

MOON 59Complete box not availableKnoch 11 16 7 16—50Moon 13 11 18 17—593-point goals: Gallagher, Briggs

Tuesday: Knoch @ Leechburg

Union 72, Brockway 50 — Scott Booth scored 26 points and also had seven rebounds as the Knights pulled away in the second half on the way to a win in the consolation game of the Brookville Tip-off Tournament.

UNION 72Drew Logue 0 1-2 1, Travis Anthony 2 0-0 4, Logan Mortimer 3 1-2 7, Colby Davis 0 0-0 0, Clay Burns 4 0-0 9, A.J. Ethriedge 6 3-3 15, Scott Booth 11 3-6 26, Spencer Varner 1 0-0 2, John Heeter 0 0-0 0, Zac Smith 1 5-6 7, NeilScott 0 1-4 1.

Totals: 28 14-23 72

BROCKWAY 50C. Anderson 1 1-2 3, A. Shaffer 0 1-4 1, Shannon 8 3-5 19, N. Anderson 3 4-5 10, Fortunato 0 0-2 0, N. Shaffer 1 1-2 3, Swintek 5 1-2 12, Robinson 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 19 11-22 50

Union 13 18 20 21—72Brockway 12 17 6 15—503-point goals: Burns, Booth; Swintek

Tuesday: Redbank Valley @ Union

A-C Valley 53, Linesville 48 — Nate Silvis and Blaine McGuirk eached scored 11 points as the Falcons overcame poor foul shooting to down Linesville in the consolation game of the Mercer Tip-off Tournament.A-C Valley (1-1) shot 18-of-46 from the line. Linesville was even worse, making just 7-of-22 attempts.

LINESVILLE 48Litwiler 4 4-4 14, Smith 5 0-3 11, Norwood 0 0-0 0, White 0 0-2 0, Mahoney 1 1-2 3, Williams 4 0-7 10, Clements 1 0-0 2, Hershelman 3 2-4 8.

Totals: 18 7-22 48

A-C VALLEY 53Nate Silvis 3 4-10 11, John Stumpnew 4 0-0 10, Kyle Hirsch 0 7-10 7, Matt Bartley 1 0-5 2, Joe Kaufman 0 0-0 0, Josh Austin 0 1-2 1, Nick McGuirk 1 1-2 4, Mike Himes 1 2-8 5, Reed Terwilliger 0 1-4 1, Alan Eaton 0 1-2 1, Blaine McGuirk 5 1-3 11.

Totals: 15 18-46 53

Linesville 11 15 6 16—48A-C Valley 13 12 7 21—533-point goals: Litwiler 2, Smith, Williams 2; Silvis, Stumpner 2, McGuirk, Himes

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