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Damsels rescue OT victory

Torri Smith had 17 points and Courtney Frederick added 15 points and seven assists as the Union girls basketball team held off Venango Catholic in a 49-45 overtime victory Tuesday.

The Damsels (11-4, 8-3 in the KSAC) also had 13 rebounds from Tina Lipps.

UNION 49Amanda Barger 0 0-0 0, Lanae Cicciarelli 0 0-0 0, Courtney Frederick 6 3-4 15, Brooke Pollock 1 2-2 4, Torri Smith 8 1-3 17, Melissa Shook 2 1-5 5, Tina Lipps 3 0-0 6, Lepha Logue 0 0-0 0, Kylee Kelly 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 21 7-14 49.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 45Lutz 5 1-2 11, McNellie 8 0-0 18, Martin 4 0-0 10, Weaver 1 0-0 2, Scurry 1 0-2 2, Booth 0 0-0 0, Cook 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 20 1-4 45.

Union 10 8 12 15 4—49Venango Catholic 11 13 10 11 0—453-point goals: McNellie 2, Martin 2

Thursday: West Forest at Union

Keystone 50, Karns City 47 — Ashley Campbell had 19 points and seven rebounds, and Allyson Kepple added 12 points in the Gremlins' loss.

KARNS CITY 47Taylor Kerschbaumer 1 2-2 4, Allyson Kepple 6 0-0 12, Hannah Beck 2 0-1 4, Ashley Campbell 5 9-11 19, Katie Weibel 0 0-0 0, Kylee Rankin 2 0-0 4, Maureen McGreevy 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 18 11-14 47.

KEYSTONE 50Olivia Neely 1 0-0 2, Natalie Hartman 1 0-0 2, Casey Hinderliter 5 3-3 13, Brit Mohney 1 0-1 2, Amanda Rodgers 1 2-2 4, Kelly McQuiston 4 0-0 8, Sam Schwabenbauer 5 4-4 14, Caitlin Turk 2 1-2 5.

Totals: 20 10-12 50

Karns City 6 16 11 14—47Keystone 12 15 12 11—503-point goals: None

Thursday: Cranberry at Karns City

Moniteau 41, North Clarion 39 — Christi Kuzma scored the game-winning basket with seven seconds remaining to help the Warriors.Jenna McCorry and Maura McCaslin each registered 11 points for Moniteau.

NORTH CLARION 39Beary 3 0-0 6, J. Zacherl 2 1-1 5, K. Zacherl 3 0-0 8, Tarr 3 0-1 7, Gatesman 5 1-2 11, Schmader 0 2-2 2.

Totals: 16 4-6 39.

MONITEAU 41Jenna McCorry 5 1-2 11, Christi Kuzma 2 0-2 4, Gretchen McCormick 1 0-0 2, Maura McCaslin 3 4-4 11, Ellie Hillard 3 0-0 6, Kathleen Harding 3 1-2 7.

Totals: 17 6-10 41.

North Clarion 9 11 6 13—39Moniteau 15 7 12 7—413-point goals: K. Zacherl 2, Tarr; McCaslin

JV: North Clarion, 27-25, OT (M:Kathleen Harding 11)

Thursday: Moniteau at East Forest, 7 p.m. (no junior varsity game)

Redbank Valley 59, A-C Valley 46 — Despite the loss, Maryellen Busch had 14 points and 18 rebounds for the Falcons (0-14, 0-11).

REDBANK VALLEY 59Kundick 1 0-0 2, Blose 9 5-12 24, Evans 1 0-0 3, Veronesi 4 0-2 8, Goth 3 1-2 7, Case 5 3-4 13, Shuster 1 0-0 2, Hepler 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 24 9-20 59.

A-C VALLEY 46Kate Best 0 0-0 0, Shannon Blauser 0 0-0 0, Erin Larimore 4 0-0 9, Kaylin Strauser 0 0-0 0, Erika Rothen 2 0-0 4, Markeea Hart 4 0-2 8, Katrina Johnston 4 0-0 8, Shannon Bartley 0 0-0 0, Krista Moores 1 0-0 3, Maryellen Busch 7 0-1 14.

Totals: 22 0-3 46.

Redbank Valley 10 19 21 9—59A-C Valley 8 14 8 16—463-point goals: Blose, Evans; Larimore, Moores

Burrell 48, Freeport 45 — Samantha Campbell dropped in 19 points, but the Yellowjackets (4-12, 2-7) fell to the Bucs (10-5, 5-4) in a section contest.

FREEPORT 45Andrea Ferko 4 0-0 10, Jordan Dunn 3 0-0 8, Samantha Campbell 6 6-8 19, Jen Hawk 1 0-0 2, Courtney Chelecki 1 0-0 2, Nicolette Blake 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 17 6-8 45.

BURRELL 48Amanda Mazonkey 4 4-5 13, Shea Liput 4 3-4 11, Kylie Cochran 4 6-7 16, Jessa manga 3 0-0 6, Courtney Legters 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 16 13-16 48.

Freeport 16 6 14 9—45Burrell 18 11 7 12—483-point goals: Ferko 2, Dunn 2, Campbell; Cochran 2, Mazonkey

<B>Hampton 58, Mars 47 — </B>Dave Petruska led the Planets with 16 points, including four 3-pointers, in this section loss.<B>MARS 47</B>Chris Herold 4 0-0 10, Ben Szilogy 0 0-1 0, Christian Locher 0 0-0 0, Luke Gruber 0 0-0 0, Justin Stadelmyer 1 0-0 3, Alec Mahon 0 0-0 0, Brandon Stadelmyer 0 0-0 0, Dave Petruska 6 0-0 16, Ian Hindley 1 0-0 2, Vinny Smith 1 2-2 4, Dante DeTillio 0 0-0 0, Steve Cress 5 2-9 12. <B>Totals:</B> 18 4-12 47.<B>HAMPTON 58</B>Chris Dill 0 0-0 0, Bill Luther 4 0-0 8, Nate Winek 4 3-5 12, Greg Conner 0 0-0 0, Dan O'Mara 6 2-3 15, Pat Dill 6 4-7 16, Jordan Paskorz 0 0-0 0, Nate Madia 4 1-3 9, Dan Hannan 0 0-0 0, Ben Mall 0 0-0 0.<B> Totals: </B>24 10-18 58.<B>Mars 9 16 10 12—47Hampton 7 15 18 18—583-point goals:</B> Petruska 4, Herold 2, J. Stadelmyer; Winek, O'Mara<B>Freeport 51, Apollo-Ridge 47 — </B>Alex Isenberg had 13 points, eight assists and five rebounds, and Darius Frantz added 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Yellowjackets.Freeport (6-9, 2-7) also got 10 points from Tyler Collins.<B>FREEPORT 51</B>Darius Frantz 4 2-5 10, Sean Carnahan 1 3-9 5, Tyler Collins 3 3-4 10, Harrison Wood 3 1-2 9, Alex Isenberg 3 5-11 13, Nick Gentile 2 0-0 4, Derek Durand 0 0-0 0, Tyler Singer 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 16 14-31 51.<B>APOLLO-RIDGE 47</B>Damon Andring 3 0-0 6, Brian Wheatley 4 2-4 10, Josh Eckman 0 3-4 3, Derek Bandurak 3 3-4 9, Corey Reilly 6 2-4 16, Mike Poydence 1 0-0 3.<B> Totals: </B>17 10-16 47.<B>Freeport 13 13 14 11—51Apollo-Ridge 10 7 17 13—473-point goals:</B> Wood 2, Isenberg 2, Collins; Reilly 2, Poydence<B>JV:</B> Freeport, 40-36 (F:Jake Campbell 15, Tyler Singer 11)<B>Grove City 42, Oil City 38 — </B>Kyle Perrine's 14 points in the Eagles' victory.<B>GROVE CITY 42</B>Keith Rundle 1 1-1 3, Maxx Stutz 2 4-10 8, Ryan McNamara 0 4-6 4, Patrick Johnson 3 2-3 8, Kyle Perrine 5 3-4 14, Dwayne Martin 0 2-8 2, Derek Forese 1 0-0 3. <B>Totals:</B> 12 16-32 42.<B>OIL CITY 38</B>Carson 1 0-0 3, Martin 2 0-0 4, Davis 1 0-0 2, Carll 4 0-0 10, May 6 5-5 17, Winger 1 0-0 2.<B> Totals:</B> 15 5-5 38.<B>Grove City 10 7 10 15—42Oil City 5 10 11 12—383-point goals:</B> Perrine, Forese; Carll 2, Carson<B>JV:</B> Oil City, 38-31<B>Summit Academy 73, Rochester 64 — </B>LaRon Green (18 points), Matt Vaughn (16), Terrence Davis (14) and Henry Brown (11) led a balanced attack for the Knights.<B>SUMMIT ACADEMY 73</B>Matt Vaughn 6 3-4 16, Elexis Rosario 3 0-0 6, Henry Brown 5 1-2 11, Will Jordan 1 0-0 2, LaRon Green 6 5-6 18, Terrence Davis 6 1-2 14, Derrick Elliott 3 0-1 6. <B>Totals: </B>30 10-15 73.<B>ROCHESTER 64</B>Taylor 6 1-2 14, Johnson 2 2-2 8, Everson 1 2-2 4, Gettings 3 2-2 8, Adamson 6 0-0 12, Goosby 2 3-3 7, Blackwell 2 0-0 6, Figueiredo 1 3-4 5. <B>Totals:</B> 23 13-15 64.</B>Summit Academy 11 14 26 22—73Rochester 16 23 16 9—xx3-point goals: Vaughn, Green, Davis; Johnson 2, Blackwell 2, Johnson

<B>Seneca Valley 38, Pine-Richland 22 — </B>Pins by Bart LaLonde (135 pounds) and Zack Eckstrom (285) helped the Raiders (6-4, 4-2) to knock off the Rams.<B>Seneca Valley 38, Pine-Richland 22Match started at 135103 pounds: </B>No match; <B>112</B>: Ross Orler (PR) pinned Colton Schiever, 3:55 <B>119</B>: Grant Evans (SV) dec. Brad Punch, 6-3; <B>125</B>: Ryan Norris (PR) pinned Jason Hildum 5:12 <B>130</B>: Dan Papst (SV) dec. Anthony Haley, 7-2; <B>135</B>: Bart LaLonde (SV) pinned Jay McMahill 1:36; <B>140</B>: Nate Cully (SV) dec. Sam Bream, 4-1; <B>145</B>: Harrison Maxwell (PR) dec. Shon Schetter, 13-4; <B>152</B>: Ryan Behning (SV) dec. Tyler Ankney, 9-1; <B>160</B>: Steve Fawcett (PR) pinned Bill Galliotos, 3:33; <B>171</B>: Grant Colton (SV) dec. Tom Martinelli, 12-8; <B>189</B>: Jordan Williams (SV) won by forfeit; <B>215</B>: Dave Bonetti (SV) dec. Alex Luger, 20-11; <B>285</B>: Zack Eckstrom (SV) pinned Steven Hudec, :24

<B>Seneca Valley 10, Gateway 0 — </B>The Raiders rolled past the Gators in PIHLClass AAA action Tuesday.Joe Sasala, Tyler Mesisca and Logan Pfeffer each had two goals while Matt Jarrett, Andrew Tang, John Raymus and Ryan Dowd added one goal each.Jarrett and Sam Jarrett had three assists each while Sasala and Raymus had two apiece. Goalie Ryan Schutte earned the shutout in goal for the Raiders (10-3).

<B>Butler 798-73x, Bethel Park 798-72x — </B>Colt Filges, Kayla Fry, Darin Gallagher, Steve Gizienski, Nick McCurdy and Brianna Ivory led the Tornado effort

<B>Slippery Rock (girls) 70, Farrell 13; Titusville 81, Slippery Rock 19 — </B>Individual and relay event winners for the Rockets (3-6) from this Monday meet were Katie Kosiorek, Kaitlyn Brozenic, Kristen Thompson, Carrie Pizor, Cory Kirk, Whitney Snyder, Kristen Workley, Alyssa Martinez, Sophia Tsiris and Hannah Parsons.<B>Slippery Rock (boys) 50, Farrell 16; Titusville 70, Slippery Rock 29 — </B>Winners of events for the Rockets (3-6) included Andrew Opalewski, Nathan Eilenfeldt, Caleb Sykora-Bodie, Jacob Johnston and Kyle Hawk.

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