Matt McConnell netted 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and Mike McConnell added 16 points, nine rebounds and six assists to lead Karns City to a 68-51 boys basketball victory over Clarion-Limestone Friday.

Mike McConnell was a perfect 10-of-10 from the free-throw line while Cameron Turner chipped in 13 points.

The Gremlins (3-2, 3-1) trailed 18-15 after the first quarter, but used a 20-6 advantage in the second to take a double-digit lead into halftime.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 51Rhoads 1 0-0 2, Plucinski 4 5-9 14, Ledbetter 4 0-0 8, Raybuck 8 0-4 16, Dulavitch 5 1-1 11.

Totals: 22 6-14 51.

KARNS CITY 68Brad Fuhrer 2 0-0 5, Cory Terwilliger 3 2-2 8, Mike McConnell 3 10-10 16, Cameron Turner 5 2-4 13, Tyler Barger 0 0-0 0, Matt McConnell 5 2-2 17, Brandon Collier 1 2-5 4, Evan Olszak 0 0-0 0, Markus LaVan 0 1-2 1, Dan Everetts 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 21 19-25 68.

C.-Limestone 18 6 12 15—51Karns City 15 20 18 15—683-point goals: Plucinski; Matt McConnell 5, Fuhrer, Turner

JV: Karns City, 41-32 (KC:Brandon Collier 14)

Tuesday: Karns City at Redbank Valley

Union 65, North Clarion 58 — Scott Booth scored 28 points and Spencer Varner added 10 points, six assists and five steals as the Golden Knights earned the KSACvictory.Neil Scott added nine points and 11 rebounds for Union.

UNION 65Zac Smith 1 2-3 4, Drew Logue 0 0-0 0, Travis Anthony 1 0-0 2, Neil Scott 4 1-5 9, Colby Davis 0 0-0 0, A.J. Ethriedge 3 0-0 6, Scott Booth 11 3-3 28, Spencer Varner 3 4-4 10, John Heeter 2 1-2 5, Logan Mortimer 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 25 12-19 65.

NORTH CLARION 51Jordan Ochs 1 0-0 2, Rob Wielock 2 0-0 6, Brian Burkhardt 6 4-5 16, Chad Wolbert 5 0-0 14, Zach Weaver 3 0-0 6, Jeremy Schmader 1 3-3 5, Tyler Miller 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 19 7-8 51.

Union 16 16 17 16—65North Clarion 10 11 13 17—513-point goals: Booth 3; Wolbert 4, Wielock 2

Monday: Moniteau at Union

Valley 61, Mars 57 — Steve Cress scored 29 points, but the Planets (4-4, 1-2) came up short in this section matchup.The Planets drained eight 3-pointers, but were 3-of-4 from the free-throw line.

MARS 57Ryan Schroth 1 0-0 3, Chris Herold 3 0-0 8, Ben Szilogy 2 0-0 6, Christian Locher 0 0-0 0, Alec Mahon 0 0-0 0, Dave Petruska 2 0-0 5, Vinny Smith 2 0-0 4, Dante DeTillio 1 0-0 2, Steve Cress 12 3-4 29.

Totals: 23 3-4 57.

VALLEY 61T. Hill 8 3-5 19, B. Rayburg 4 0-0 8, M. Trenski 6 2-2 16, T. Collins 5 1-2 12, T. Davis 0 0-0 0, G. Fuquay 2 2-4 6, J. Meridak 0 0-0 0, A. DiCarlos 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 25 8-13 61.

Mars 8 21 13 15—57Valley 11 18 15 17—613-point goals: Herold 2, Szilogy 2, Cress 2, Schroth, Petruska; Trenski 2, Collins

Keystone 70, Moniteau 49 — Josh Loos had 14 points and 13 rebounds and Tyler Armagost had 11 and 10, respectively, in the loss to the Panthers.Moniteau (1-3, 1-3) misfired on all 17 3-point attempts and shot 16 percent from the floor.

KEYSTONE 70Marchand 3 0-0 8, Rhodes 7 2-4 18, Long 2 3-4 7, Dean 1 0-2 2, Witkowski 7 0-0 14, Summerville 4 0-0 12, Reed 1 1-2 3, Clark 0 1-2 1, Hoffman 2 0-0 5.

Totals: 27 7-14 70.

MONITEAU 49Tyler Armagost 5 1-4 11, Josh Loos 7 0-0 14, Aaron Randall 2 2-2 6, Josh Madru 2 0-0 4, Zack McCormick 1 0-0 2, Brandon Simmons 4 0-1 8, Spencer 1 0-0 2, David Glenn 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 23 3-7 49.

Keystone 13 21 13 23—70Moniteau 8 12 14 15—493-point goals: Summerville 4, Marchand 2, Rhodes 2, Hoffman

Monday: Moniteau at Union

Greensburg Central Catholic 68, Freeport 31 — The Centurions jumped out to a 44-10 halftime lead en route to the section victory. Harrison Wood and Sean Carnahan scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, for Freeport (1-3).

FREEPORT 31Sean Carnahan 3 4-5 10, Harrison Wood 4 2-4 11, Nick Gentile 1 0-0 2, Derek Durand 3 1-1 8, Jake Christy 0 0-0 0, Kaine Mowatt 0 0-0 0, Tyler Collins 0 0-0 0, Alex Isenberg 0 0-0 0, Tyler Singer 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 11 7-10 31.

GREENSBURG C.C. 68Palcic 3 1-2 7, Tamasy 2 2-2 6, Antone 3 2-4 9, Kukic 6 1-2 13, Hurley 5 2-4 13, Gibson 3 0-0 6, Akine 1 0-0 3, Gigilatti 1 2-2 5, Kober 0 0-1 0, Nowicki 1 3-4 7.

Totals: 25 13-21 68.

Freeport 4 6 13 8—31Greensburg C.C. 20 24 9 15—683-point goals: Wood, Durand; Antone, Hurley, Akine, Gigilatti, Nowicki

JV: GCC, 67-27 (F:Kaine Mowatt 9)

Tuesday: East Allegheny at Freeport

Grove City 76, Titusville 72 (OT) — Ryan McNamara dropped in 33 points, connecting on 22 of 25 free-throw attempts in the process, as the Eagles outlasted the Rockets.The teams combined for 69 free-throw attempts and made 50. Kyle Perrine added 10 points for Grove City (4-2, 2-0), while Titusville had four players in double figures.

TITUSVILLE 72J. Feiereisen 1 1-1 3, D. Carr 7 3-5 17, J. Proano 5 4-5 15, C. Atha 4 4-5 12, S. Clark 2 2-2 6, A. Rapasky 2 3-4 7, A. Clark 3 4-5 12.

Totals: 24 21-27 72.

GROVE CITY 76Keith Rundle 2 0-1 4, Maxx Stutz 2 0-0 4, Ryan McNamara 5 22-25 33, Pat Johnson 3 1-4 7, Kyle Perrine 3 3-8 10, Dwayne Martin 3 3-4 9, Derek Forese 3 0-0 9.

Totals: 21 29-42 76.

Titusville 6 14 18 23 11—72Grove City 21 5 15 20 15—763-point goals: Clark 2, Proano; Forese 3, McNamara, Perrine

JV: Grove City, 45-33 (GC:Randy Risch 20)

Saturday: Kennedy Catholic at Grove City

Venango Catholic 75, A-C Valley 52 — Reed Terwilliger and John Stumpner had 11 and 10 points, respectively, to pace the Falcons, who had eight 3-pointers, in this KSACloss.Parker James led Venango Catholic with 29 points, including seven treys.

A-C VALLEY 52Nate Silvis 3 0-2 8, John Stumpner 3 2-2 10, Kyle Hirsch 1 0-0 3, Joe Kaufman 2 0-0 4, Josh Austin 0 1-2 1, Mike Himes 1 3-6 6, Reed Terwilliger 4 2-2 11, Alan Eaton 2 0-1 4, Blaine McGuirk 2 0-2 5, Nick McGuirk 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 18 8-17 52.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 75Trey Siegel 4 1-2 9, Alex Eckert 4 4-6 12, Eric Guth 5 0-1 10, Mike McNellie 5 1-2 11, Parker James 9 4-9 29, Joe Maleski 1 0-0 3, Alex O'Polka 0 1-2 1, Eric Paskie 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 28 11-22 75.

A-C Valley 9 12 15 16—52Venango Catholic 19 19 22 15—753-point goals: Silvis 2, Stumpner 2, Hirsch, Himes, Terwilliger, B. McGuirk; James 7, Maleski

Summit Academy 59, Shenango 47 — Matt Vaughn scored 20 points, Terrence Davis had 13 and Elexis Rosario 10 to lead the Knights (5-2, 3-0) to the section win.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 59Terrence Davis 6 1-1 13, Matt Vaughn 7 4-4 20, Derrick Elliott 2 0-0 4, Henry Brown 1 0-0 2, Elexis Rosario 3 4-4 10, LaRon Green 2 3-4 8, Darryl Reese 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 22 12-13 59.

SHENANGO 47Brian Chieze 3 0-0 8, Andrew Watson 1 0-0 3, Richard Gaston 5 5-10 15, Mike Murcko 4 1-1 9, Ryan Tanner 2 0-0 6, Jesse Noka 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 15 7-13 47.

Summit Academy 14 17 10 18—59Shenango 3 11 10 23—473-point goals: Vaughn 2, Green; Chieze 2, Tanner, Watson

Saturday: Summit Academy at Highlands

Summit Academy 52, Kiski Prep 24 — The Knights received 10 points from Derrick Elliott in this Thursday game.