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Big 3rd quarter drives KC girls

Ashley Campbell had 16 points and 15 rebounds, and Allyson Kepple recorded 16 points and five assists to guide the Karns City girls basketball team to a 50-38 victory over Clarion-Limestone Friday.

A 16-7 third-quarter advantage helped push the Gremlins to the Keystone Shortway triumph.

KARNS CITY 50Taylor Kerschbaumer 1 0-0 3, Caitlin Davis 0 0-0 0, Allyson Kepple 4 6-8 16, Hannah Beck 1 0-0 2, Ashley Campbell 7 2-4 16, Katie Weibel 3 3-3 9, Kylee Rankin 1 0-0 2, Maureen McGreevy 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 18 11-15 50.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 38J. Wyatt 2 0-2 4, E. Keck 23 3-7 9, O. Pinson 6 0-0 13, A. Klepfer 2 1-2 5, N. Weiszczyk 1 2-2 4, M. Hamilton 0 3-4 3. Totals: 14 9-17 38.

Karns City 13 14 16 7—50C.-Limestone 10 14 7 7—383-point goals: Kepple 2, Kerschbaumer; Pinson

JV: Clarion-Limestone, 47-37 (KC:Taylor Kerschbaumer 7)

Tuesday: Redbank Valley at Karns City

Slippery Rock 52, Sharon 42 — Karly Rhoads scored 15 points to help the Rockets score 21 fourth-quarter points to hold off the Tigers.Ali Doyle added 12 points and Adele Campbell chipped in with 10 to pace Slippery Rock (4-3).

SHARON 42George 0 0-2 0, Smith 6 0-2 12, Taylor 3 8-10 14, Horvath 1 0-0 2, Carpenter 2 0-0 5, Lampkins 3 0-0 9.

Totals: 15 8-14 42.

SLIPPERY ROCK 52Karly Rhoads 6 3-4 15, Ali Doyle 3 5-6 12, Kourtney Rhoads 3 0-0 8, Adele Campbell 5 0-0 10, Sarah Cessar 1 3-4 5, Paige Walter 0 2-2 2.

Totals: 18 13-16 52.

Sharon 9 10 12 11—42Slippery Rock 12 12 7 21—523-point goals: Lampkins 3, Carpenter; Ko. Rhoads 2, Doyle

JV: Sharon, 33-25

Wednesday: Union at Slippery Rock

Union 43, North Clarion 33 — Brooke Pollock had 12 points and Tina Lipps added eight points and 11 rebounds to lead the Damsels (6-1, 3-1) in this KSACcontest.

NORTH CLARION 33Berry 1 0-0 2, J. Zacherl 4 2-2 11, K. Zacherl 3 0-1 7, Je. Tarr 1 0-0 2, Dahner 0 0-0 0, Jo. Tarr 1 0-0 2, Niederriter 0 0-0 0, Gatesman 3 0-0 6, Lauer 0 3-4 3.

Totals: 13 5-7 33.

UNION 43Amanda Barger 1 0-0 2, Lanae Cicciarelli 2 1-2 6, Courtney Frederick 3 1-1 7, Brooke Pollock 5 2-4 12, Torri Smith 2 0-0 4, Melissa Shook 2 0-0 4, Sarah Myers 0 0-0 0, Heather Murray 0 0-0 0, Tina Lipps 3 2-2 8, Madison Elder 0 0-0 0, Lepha Logue 0 0-0 0, Kylee Kelly 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 18 6-9 43.

North Clarion 9 2 10 12—33Union 12 9 8 14—433-point goals: J. Zacherl, K. Zacherl; Cicciarelli

JV: Union, 42-21 (U:Mariah Winchester and Ashley McKinlay 8

Wednesday: Union at Slippery Rock

Keystone 50, Moniteau 40 — Maura McCaslin scored 17 points and Jenna McCorry added 10, but a second-half rally fell short for the Warriors.

MONITEAU 40Jenna McCorry 4 2-6 10, Christi Kuzma 1 1-2 3, Gretchen McCormick 0 0-0 0, Maura McCaslin 6 3-4 17, Kathleen Harding 0 0-0 0, Ellie Hilliard 4 0-1 8, Katie George 0 0-0 0, Chelsea Sellers 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 16 6-13 40

KEYSTONE 50Neely 2 1-1 5, Rhoads 0 0-2 0, Hartman 2 1-1 5, Harrison 0 0-0 0, Hinderliter 5 1-6 11, Mohney 3 0-1 6, Cobler 0 0-0 0, Rodgers 3 0-2 6, Schwabenbauer 3 0-2 6, Turk 5 1-2 11.

Totals: 23 4-17 50

Moniteau 13 10 10 7—40Keystone 14 23 12 1—503-point goals: McCaslin 2

Saturday: Moniteau at Grove City

Venango Catholic 42, A-C Valley 26 — Markeea Hart led the Falcons with seven points.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 42Lutz 3 6-7 12, McNellie 8 2-4 18, Martin 2 0-0 5, Weaver 0 0-0 0, Scurry 3 1-5 7, Niederriter 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 16 9-16 42

A-C VALLEY 26Shannon Blauser 1 0-1 2, Erin Larimore 0 0-2 0, Erika Rothen 1 0-2 2, Markeea Hart 3 1-1 7, Shannon Bartley 1 0-0 2, Katrina Johnston 2 1-3 5, Krista Moores 3 0-1 6, Maryellen Busch 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 12 2-10 26

Venango Catholic 10 9 10 13—42A-C Valley 4 8 8 6—263-point goals: Martin

JV: N/A

Tuesday: A-C Valley at West Forest

<B>Butler 31, North Hills 30 — </B>Eric Tuck (103-pounds) picked up an 8-6 decision in the final bout of the night to give the Tornado the win.Mike Crawford (125) and Cole Baxter (130) recorded a couple of quick pins for Butler.Crawford pinned his opponent in 28 seconds while Baxter pinned his foe in 51 seconds.<B>Butler 31, North Hills 30103 pounds</B>: Eric Tuck dec. Craig Esswin, 8-6; <B>112</B>: CameronWeber (NH) pin Daman Redenbach 2:24; <B>119</B>: Dave Jaillet (B) by forfeit; <B>125</B>: Mike Crawford (B) pinned Ethan Capp :28; <B>130</B>: Cole Baxter (B) pinned Aaron Hilderbrand :51; <B>135</B>: Aaron Raible (B) by forfeit; <B>140</B>: Corey Perrotte (NH) d. Ken Rosenbauer 10-2; <B>145</B>: Alex Martinez (NH)_ d. Jon Sanko 2-0; <B>152</B>: Alex Evanoff (B) d. Ben Armheim 14-5; <B>160</B>: Adam Harold (NH)d. Josh Pascazi 11-3; <B>171</B>: Brandon Muelbauer (NH) d. Derek Hays 6-4; <B>189</B>: Nate Lazlow (NH) d. Chris White 12-9; <B>215</B>: Dave McElwain (NH) d. Marino Quercio 16-7; <B>285</B>: Corey Coleman (NH) d. Mark Moses 5-2<B>Mars 76, Summit Academy 6 — </B>This match saw 12 pins in the 14 bouts, 11 recorded by the Planets,.<B>Mars 76, Summit Academy 6103</B>: Frank (M) won by forfeit; <B>112</B>: Lennen (M) pinned Romas, 1:01; <B>119</B>: Pollock (M) pinned Stroud, 1:01; <B>125</B>: Dakan (M) major dec. over Engle, 14-0; <B>130</B>: Hall (SA) pinned Salter, 3:35; <B>135</B>: Selker (M) pinned DeJesus, 2:29; <B>140</B>: Matoka (M) pinned Milton, 1:29; <B>145</B>: Studeny (M) pinned Lee, 5:32; <B>152</B>: Wilson (M) pinned Frain, :16; <B>160</B>: Ziggas (M) pinned Kosharsky, 1:58; <B>171</B>: Smith (M) pinned Flemming, 1:50; <B>189</B>: Thompson (M) pinned Malloy, 3:22; <B>215</B>: Fallecker (M) pinned Mazza, 3:20; <B>285</B>: Johnson (M) pinned Murray, 1:31

<B>Mars 4, Bishop McCort 1 — </B>In a PIHLClass A game, the Planets came away with the win at Warrendale BladeRunners Friday. No details were available.

Slippery Rock opened its dual meet season Thursday with a pair of wins over Beaver Falls. The girls won 92-51 and the boys claimed a 78-48 decision.The Rockets girls finished first and second in the medley and 400 freestyle relays. Kaitlyn Brozenic and Sophia Tsiris won two individual events while Katie Kosiorek, Whitney Snyder, Alyssa Martinez and Nicole Moraitis won single individual events for Slippery Rock.On the boys side, Caleb Sykora-Bodie won the 50 and 100 freestyle races while Andrew Opalewski, Nathan Eilendeldt, Kyle Hawk and Ken Tibbens were individual and first-place finishers.The Rockets host Grove City and Hickory at 6 p.m. Monday at the Slippery Rock University pool.• <B>Grove City 79, Farrell 35 (boys); Grove City 57, Farrell 43 (girls) — </B>Patrick Shaw won the 50 and 100 freestyle events for the Eagles (4-0). Also winning individual events were Drew Archibald, Seth Brooks, Jacob Olson and Tyler Terwilliger.The Eagles girls (1-1) received individual victories from Rachel McFeely, Megan Kays, Janele Baglia, Mary McLachlan and Alyssa Forrest.

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