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Golden Knights grab OT win from Clarion

Scott Booth's two free throws with 20 seconds left in regulation tied the game and A.J. Ethriedge scored seven points in overtime to lead the Union boys basketball team to a 64-57 win over Clarion on Thursday.

Ethriedge led the Golden Knights (14-4, 12-2) with 24 points and 13 rebounds while Booth added 19 points and 10 rebounds.

CLARION 57Vandermeer 4 0-2 9, Larson 5 2-6 12, Zacherl 4 1-2 12, Reddinger 1 0-0 3, Brady 2 0-0 5, Miles 5 5-7 15, Rearick 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 21 9-19 57.

UNION 64Logan Mortimer 1 1-3 4, Neil Scott 1 0-0 2, Clay Burns 2 2-3 7, A.J. Ethriedge 9 6-11 24, Scott Booth 4 10-14 19, Spencer Varner 3 0-0 8, Colby Davis 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 20 19-31 64.

Clarion 14 9 10 17 7—57Union 16 13 15 6 14—643-point goals: Clarion 6 (Zacherl 3, Vandermeer, Reddinger, Brady); Union 5 (Varner 2, Mortimer, Burns, Booth).

JV: Union 45-37 (U-Logan Mortimer 13 points)

Monday: Rocky Grove at Union

Rocky Grove 68, A-C Valley 56 — Josh Austin scored 17 points, but the Falcons fell in this KSAC matchup.

A-C VALLEY 56John Stumpner 3 2-2 11, Matt Bartley 0 0-0 0, Josh Austin 7 2-3 17, Nick McGuirk 1 2-3 4, Mike Himes 4 0-0 12, Reed Terwilliger 3 2-2 10, Blayne McGuirk 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 19 8-10 56.

ROCKY GROVE 68Travis Melhuish 2 3-6 7, Andrew Setzkorn 3 1-2 8, Cruz Mietus 3 4-4 12, Aaron Luce 4 3-5 14, Ed McDonald 0 0-0 0, Ethan Gravatt 2 5-5 9, Dylon Gravatt 6 5-5 18.

Totals: 20 21-27 68.

A-C Valley 16 13 9 18—56Rocky Grove 14 18 16 20—683-point goals: Stumpner 3, Himes 4, Terwilliger 2, Austin; Setzkorn, Mietus, Luce 3, D. Gravatt.

Wednesday: Clarion at A-CValley

Jackie Mangola scored 15 points as Seneca Valley rolled to a 51-31 victory at North Hills Thursday.Aly Eagle added 10 points for the Raiders (8-12, 5-6).<B>SENECA VALLEY 51</B>Aly Eagle 5 0-0 10, Beth Talarico 1 0-0 2, Megan Gebrosky 1 0-0 2, Gabby Allen 0 2-2 2, Kelsey Patsilevas 1 2-2 4, Shayna Elser 2 3-4 7, Jackie Mangola 6 2-3 15, Catherine Messmer 3 3-5 9, Alyssa Miller 0 0-1 0, Brianna Sieminski 0 0-0 0, Paige Tretter 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 19 12-17 51.<B>NORTH HILLS 31</B>Veverka 1 0-0 2, Rectenwald 3 0-0 6, Wilson 1 2-2 4, Wieland 2 0-1 4, O'Connell 1 0-0 3, Zangero 1 0-0 2, Marx 0 2-2 2, Wingerd 1 0-0 2, Turzak 2 2-4 6.<B> Totals:</B> 12 6-9 31.<B>Seneca Valley 17 13 15 6—51North Hills 3 7 9 12—313-point goals:</B> Seneca Valley 1 (Mangola); North Hills 1 (O'Connell).<B>Monday:</B> Shaler at Seneca Valley<B>Slippery Rock 51, Sharon 49 —</B> Sarah Cessar (16 points) and Adele Campbell (13) combined for 29 points as the Rockets moved their region mark to 6-2, 14-5 overall.<B>SLIPPERY ROCK 51</B>Karly Rhoads 5 0-0 10, Ali Doyle 1 0-0 2, Kourtney Rhoads 2 0-0 6, Adele Campbell 6 1-2 13, Sarah Cessar 5 5-8 16, Taylor Crocker 1 2-2 4, Paige Walter 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 20 8-12 51.<B>SHARON 49</B>George 4 0-0 8, Smith 7 0-0 14, Taylor 4 2-2 10, Horvath 3 0-0 6, Carpenter 0 1-2 1, Lampkins 2 0-0 4, Denedetto 1 0-0 2.<B> Totals:</B> 21 3-4 49.<B>Slippery Rock 10 21 11 9—51Sharon 12 14 10 13—493-point goals:</B> Slippery Rock 3 (Ko. Rhoads 2, Cessar).<B>Monday:</B> Slippery Rock at Moon<B>Indiana 55, Knoch 37 —</B> The Knights (3-16, 1-10) dropped this section matchup at home.Haley Hutterer led Knoch with 10 points.<B>INDIANA 55</B>Mack 5 5-6 16, Mathe 2 0-2 4, Stossel 4 0-0 9, Frye 1 2-2 4, Cavalancia 1 1-2 3, Riley 1 0-0 2, Brice 0 1-2 1, Hansen 1 0-0 2, Miller 2 0-0 4, Glinsky 4 0-0 10, Violi 0 0-2 0, Brown 0 0-2 0. <B>Totals:</B> 21 9-18 55.<B>KNOCH 37</B>Haley Hutterer 3 2-2 10, Hannah Novotny 2 0-0 4, Gina Robb 2 2-2 6, Kristen Gagen 0 2-2 2, Lindsay MacArthur 0 1-2 1, Sara Montgomery 3 3-12 9, Laura Gray 0 5-8 5.<B> Totals: </B>10 15-28 37.<B>Indiana 11 14 18 12—55Knoch 16 4 9 8—373-point goals:</B> Indiana 4 (Glinsky 2, Mack, Stossel); Knoch 2 (Hutterer 2).<B>Monday:</B> Knoch at Hampton<B>Titusville 51, Grove City 42 —</B> Caitlin McNamara's 18 points were not enough to lead the Eagles past the Rockets.<B>TITUSVILLE 51</B>Saultz 0 1-2 1, Ward 6 1-2 13, Orr 4 2-2 10, Barnhart 6 0-0 15, Neely 2 2-4 8, Massey 0 1-2 1, O'Neil 1 1-2 3. <B>Totals:</B> 19 8-14 51.<B>GROVE CITY 42</B>Maggie Orr 4 2-2 10, Caitlin McNamara 5 7-9 18, Caitlin Rothman 2 0-0 4, Lauryn Franklin 1 1-2 3, Kristy Woods 2 1-1 5, Samantha Bell 1 0-0 2, Lexi Caporali 0 0-0 0.<B> Totals: </B>15 11-14 42.<B>Titusville 17 10 13 11—51Grove City 14 10 11 7—423-point goals:</B> Titusville 5 (Barnhart 3, Neely 2); Grove City 1 (McNamara).<B>JV:</B> Titusville 38-17 (GC-Lexi Caporali 10 points)<B>Monday:</B> Commodore Perry at Grove City<B>East Allegheny 48, Freeport 35 —</B> The Yellowjackets (4-14, 2-7) lost this section showdown. No details were available.

<B>Seneca Valley 90, Shaler 68 (girls); Seneca Valley 80, Shaler 66 (boys) —</B> Both Raiders teams picked up a section win Thursday. No details were available.

<B> Mt. Lebanon 800-73x, Butler 799-67x —</B> The Golden Tornado received a number of solid performances in this close defeat, including Colt Filges, Kayla Fry, Steve Gizienski, Erica Leslie, Nick McCurdy, Mark Zanella and Brad Opitz.

<B> Freeport 6, Conemaugh Valley 3 —</B> The Yellowjackets received two goals from Shane Gallagher and one apiece from Wyatt McQueen, Jeremy Hepler, John Reichenbaugh and Neil DeCroo.Kiersten Alvarez contributed a pair of assists, while Gallagher, McQueen, DeCroo, Cody Barker and Jeremy Gent each had one assist.Tim Zahumensky tallied 18 saves for Freeport (10-5-2).<B>Erie McDowell 6, Butler 4 —</B> No details were available from this Golden Tornado loss.<B>Knoch 8, Forest Hills 1 — </B>No details were available from this Knights' win.

Cole Hepler scored three goals to lead Freeport to a 4-3 victory over Ford City recently.Greg Newman added a goal for the Yellowjackets while Justin Drzemiecki had two assists.Alexander Gladysiewski, Zachary Phelps and Benjamin Young scored for Ford City.

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