The SlipperyRock High boys basketball team, making their first playoff appearance since 2004, will take on defending Class AAA state champion GeneralMcLane at 8:30 p.m. Thursday atEdinboro University.

The Slippery Rock girls basketball team, the defending District 10 Class AAA champs, will face Meadville at 7 p.m.Saturday atSlippery Rock University.

The Grove City High boys will face Corry at 8:30 p.m. Thursday atSlippery Rock University.

The Butler girls basketball team (23-2) will face Peters Township (18-7) in a WPIAL Quad A quarterfinal playoff at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Ambridge High School.

GREENSBURG — Butler's Matt Slamecka finished second in the USTAGreensburg Junior 18-and-under Open tennis tournament last weekend.Slamecka defeated Luv Sodha, Kyle Colliluori, Mark Milbrandt and Harrison Abrams before losing to Bjorn Fratangelo 6-3, 6-0 in the finals.With a 9-1 record in his last two tournaments, Slamecka has moved into the top 200 in the USTAnational rankings among 16-year-olds.