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Turner's 28 points drive Gremlins victory

Cameron Turner dropped in 28 points and added 12 rebounds to power the Karns City boys basketball team to a 67-59 nonconference victory over Punxsutawney Friday.

Dan Everetts chipped in with 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Mike McConnell had 10 assists for the Gremlins (6-2, 5-1).

Karns City outscored the Chucks 20-9 in the final quarter to pull out the win.

PUNXSUTAWNEY 59Furman 3 0-0 9, Bush 4 0-0 9, Kopas 2 1-3 5, Neal 5 5-8 16, Cook 4 1-2 13, Muth 2 0-0 5, Starr 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 7-13 59.

KARNSCITY 67Brad Fuhrer 0 0-0 0, Cory Terwilliger 3 0-0 8, Mike McConnell 1 6-6 8, Cameron Turner 9 10-15 28, Matt McConnell 1 1-2 3, Brandon Collier 1 0-1 3, Evan Olszak 1 0-0 2, Markus LaVan 0 1-2 1, Dan Everetts 6 2-2 14. Totals: 22 18-26 67

Punxsutawney 15 14 21 9—59Karns City 19 10 18 20—673-point goals: Cook 4, Furman 3, Bush, Neal, Muth; Terwilliger 2, Collier

Thursday: Keystone at Karns City

West Middlesex 64, Slippery Rock 63 — Troy Mild hit a 3-pointer with seven seconds left, then sank a pair of free throws with three seconds remaining to give West Middlesex the victory.Zack Ejzak scored 21 points, Matt Shearer 17 and Brian Kelly 14 to lead the Rockets (5-4).

WESTMIDDLESEX 64Allen 4 0-0 8, Matt Murray 2 2-2 8, Marcus Miurray 2 0-0 4, Gregorich 1 0-0 2, Chupak 4 4-5 12, Mild 10 5-6 30. Totals: 23 11-13 64.

SLIPPERYROCK 63Ethan Giesler 2 1-3 5, Derrick Orloski 0 2-2 2, Matt Shearer 7 3-4 17, Brian Kelly 5 1-2 14, Zack Ejzak 8 5-7 21, Brant Sloan 0 0-0 0, Brian Giesler 1 1-2 4, Nick Cress 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 13-20 63.

West Middlesex 16 14 14 20—64Slippery Rock 21 13 17 12—633-point goals: Mild 5, Matt Murray 2; Kelly 3, B. Giesler

JV: Slippery Rock, 43-37 (SR:Alec McDeavitt 15)

Friday: Jamestown at Slippery Rock

Mars 54, Kittanning 48 — Vinny Smith and Steve Cress each scored 16 points to lead the Planets past the Wildcats.

Box incompleteMARS 54Chris Herold 0 2-2 2, Ben Szilogy 1 0-0 2, Christian Locher 0 0-0 0, Alec Mahon 1 0-0 3, Dave Petruska 3 0-0 7, Vinny Smith 8 0-0 16, Dante Detillio 3 2-4 8, Steve Cress 7 1-6 16. Totals: 23 5-12 54.

Kittanning 12 6 18 12—48Mars 14 17 11 14—543-point goals: Kittanning 4; Mahon, Petruska, Cress

Grove City 46, Warren 39 — Maxx Stutz scored 13 points and Pat Johnson added 12 points and 13 rebounds for the Eagles (7-2, 2-0).Jeff Eaton scored 15 for Warren (5-3).

GROVECITY46Keith Rundle 0 1-2 1, Maxx Stutz 4 4-4 13, Ryan McNamara 2 2-2 6, Pat Johnson 5 2-4 12, Kyle Perrine 1 6-6 8, Dwayne Martin 3 0-2 6, Derek Forese 0 0-0 0, Justin Taylor 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 15-18 46

WARREN39Mitch McTavish 1 2-2 4, Cole Boje 1 0-0 2, Jeff Eaton 5 2-3 15, Eric Decker 2 0-2 4, Charlie Thomas 5 0-2 13, Travis Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 4-9 39

Grove City 16 11 5 14—46Warren 14 7 9 9—393-point goals: Stutz; Eatron 3, Thomas 3

JV: Warren, 41-36

Friday: Grove City vs. Saegertown at Grove City Christmas Tournament

West Shamokin 61, Freeport 35 — Sean Carnahan had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Darius Frantz added nine points and 11 rebounds, but the Yellowjackets (1-6, 0-5) fell to the Wolves (6-1, 3-1) in this Section 1-AA matchup.

FREEPORT 35Darius Frantz 4 1-2 9, Sean Carnahan 4 3-9 10, Tyler Collins 3 0-0 6, Harrison Wood 0 2-4 2, Alex Isenberg 1 0-0 2, Derek Durand 0 2-2 2, Tyler Singer 1 0-0 2, Jake Christy 0 1-2 1. Totals: 13 9-21 35.

WESTSHAMOKIN 61Dylan Henderson 5 2-2 12, Aaron Bussard 8 9-12 25, Dustin Goldstrohm 3 0-0 9, Jake Ondich 3 2-4 9, Mike Brown 2 0-1 4, Mark Brown 0 2-2 2. Totals: 21 15-21 61.

Freeport 15 3 8 9—35West Shamokin 26 13 14 8—613-point goals: Goldstrohm 3, Ondich

Riverside 61, Summit Academy 58 — The Knights fell to the Panthers in this Section 2-AA game. No details were available.Girls Basketball

Union 40, East Forest 36 — Torri Smith had 13 points, eight rebounds and four steals to key the KSAC triumph for the Damsels (7-2, 4-1).East Forest received 15 points and 15 rebounds from Kelsey Rini.

EASTFOREST 36Alicia Ponegalek 1 3-4 6, Stacy Kandray 2 1-3 5, Kelsey Rini 5 5-8 15, Nicole Geyer 2 1-5 5, Ashley Oliver 1 1-2 3, Jena Cotterman 0 0-0 0, Danielle Kirkwood 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12 11-22 36.

UNION 40Lanae Cicciarelli 2 1-2 6, Courtney Frederick 3 2-6 8, Torri Smith 4 5-8 13, Melissa Shook 1 0-0 2, Tina Lipps 1 0-0 2, Amanda Barger 1 0-0 2, Brooke Pollock 0 0-0 0, Ashley Mackinlay 0 0-0 0, Lepha Logue 1 1-2 3, Kylee Kelly 2 0-0 4. Totals:15 9-18 40.

East Forest 8 11 6 11—36Union 10 14 10 6—403-point goals: Ponegalek; CicciarelliWrestling

Butler 58, Hampton 16 — The Golden Tornado (9-0, 4-0) continue to roll as they routed Hampton.Twelve of the 14 wrestlers in the starting lineup have winning records, including undefeated marks by Alex Evanoff (160 pounds) and freshmen Cole Baxter (130) and Mike Crawford (125), the latter two now with six pins.In the junior varsity matches, Todd Wiest (140) earned a major decision while Ray Boldstridge (152) and Mike Scialabba (171) had pins.

Butler 58, Hampton 16103 pounds: Eric Tuck (B) Chris McAwley, 7-0;

112: Daman Redenbach (B) pinned Max Bombi, 2:23;

119: John Harrington (H) pinned Dave Jaillet, 5:02;

125: Mike Crawford (B) pinned Dominic DeRosa, 1:28;

130: Cole Baxter (B) pinned Jared Steinmetz, 1:31;

135: Aaron Raible (B) dec. Kevin O'Keefe, 6-2;

140: Ken Rosenbauer (B) major dec. over Eric Edelman, 13-5;

145: Jon Sanko pinned Carl Kohan, 2:55;

152: Josh Pascazi (B) pinned Lee Lah, 3:14;

160: Alex Evanoff (B) pinned A.J. Vescio, :22;

171: Derek Hays (B) pinned Jordan Shulman, 4:43;

189: Mark Hunkele (H) major dec. over Chris White, 9-1;

215: Joe Raimondi pinned Marino Quercio, 4:34;

285: Mark Moses (B) pinned Brandon Gamble 6:50 (OT)

Seneca Valley 66, Laurel 12 — The Raiders (3-2) benefitted from eight forfeits to roll to the win over the Spartans.Dan Papst (130), Nate Cully (140) and Shon Schettler (145) earned pins to help the Raiders' cause. The team will return to action next weekend at the West Mifflin Christmas Tournament.

Seneca Valley 66, Laurel 12103 pounds: Colton Schiever (SV) won by forfeit;

112: Zack Julian (L) pinned Aaron Schettler, 3:06;

119: Grant Evans (SV) won by forfeit;

125: Vincent Matteo (L) dec. Jason Hidum 5-3;

130: Dan Papst (SV) pinned Mitchell Kirkwood: 045;

135: Blake Peterson (L) dec. Bart LaLonde, 7-6;

140: Nate Cully (SV) pinned Henry Plucket, 2:54;

145: Shon Schettler (SV) pinned Sam Poneius 1:32;

152: Ryan Behning (SV) won by forfeit;

160: Will Hugo (SV) won by forfeit;

171: Grant Colton (SV) won by forfeit;

189: Jordan Williams (SV) won by forfeit;

215: Dave Bonetti (SV) won by forfeit;

285: Zach Eckstrom (SV) won by forfeitHockeyIn PIHL Class A action Friday, Mars downed Knoch 8-1 at Warrendale BladeRunners while in Class AAA, host State College defeated Seneca Valley 3-1.No details were available.

Penn Trafford 7, Butler 5 — Beau Bechtel had two goals and an assist, and R.C. Double added a pair of goals in the Golden Tornado loss Thursday at the Ice Connection.Zach Pennington had a goal and assist for Butler with Mavrik Geopfert and Patrick Welner contributing an assist each.SwimmingButler split its meet against Knoch Thursday night, the girls winning 98-85 and the boys dropping a 101-76 decision. No details were available.

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