Knights cut through East Forest

January 10, 2009 Last Updated: January 10, 2009 01:15 PM High School

Scott Booth poured in 27 points to lead five Union players in double figures in a 93-35 boys basketball victory over East Forest Friday.

The Golden Knights (7-4, 6-3), who rolled out to a 61-19 halftime lead, also received 15 points and 10 rebounds from Travis Anthony, 13 points from Neil Scott, 11 points and 11 assists from Zac Smith and 10 points from Logan Mortimer.

UNION 93Scott Booth 11 4-4 27, Logan Mortimer 4 1-1 10, Neil Scott 6 1-1 13, Colton Davis 3 2-3 8, Zac Smith 3 3-3 11, Travis Anthony 5 1-2 15, Chase Johnston 1 2-2 4, Trent Corle 2 0-0 5, Derek Shirey 0 0-0 0, Brody Pollock 0 0-2 0.

Totals: 35 14-18 93.

EAST FOREST 35Andring 7 3-10 18, Miller 4 0-0 9, Reichart 0 2-2 2, Cotterman 1 0-0 2, Silvis 2 0-0 4, Richter 0 0-0 0, Hedgecock 0 0-0 0, Anderson 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 14 5-12 35.

Union 31 30 17 15—93East Forest 14 5 4 12—353-point goals: Anthony 4, Smith 2, Booth, Mortimer, Corle; Andring, Miller

JV: Union, 54-28 (U:Taylor Smith 16)

Monday: Clarion-Limestone at Union

Freeport 53, Apollo-Ridge 36 — Nick Gentile had 23 points and five steals while Darius Frantz added 10 blocks and Alex Isenberg had 10 assists as the Yellowjackets (5-8, 2-4) prevailed in this Section 1-AA game.

APOLLO-RIDGE 36Poydence 2 0-0 6, Miller 1 0-0 2, Rotto 4 2-2 11, Johnson 2 0-1 5, Reilly 2 2-2 6, Bandurak 2 0-2 4, Bier 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 14 4-7 36.

FREEPORT 53Sean Carnahan 4 1-6 9, Harrison Wood 2 3-4 7, Alex Isenberg 1 2-6 4, Derek Durand 1 2-2 4, Darius Frantz 3 0-3 6, Nick Gentile 8 3-4 23.

Totals: 19 11-25 53.

Apollo-Ridge 8 8 11 9—36Freeport 15 11 14 13—533-point goals: Poydence 2, Rotto, Johnson; Gentile 4

JV: Freeport, 58-39 (F:Derek Durand and Tyler Collins 15)

Monday: Knoch at Freeport

Valley 77, Knoch 54 — Despite a 28-point outburst by Mike Gallagher, which included six 3-pointers, the Knights fell to the Vikings.Jake McTighe added 15 points for Knoch (5-7, 2-3), which used a 23-point second quarter to tie Valley 32-all at the half.

KNOCH 54Mike Gallagher 10 2-3 28, Andrew Wirtz 2 2-2 7, Jake McTighe 6 3-4 15, Nathan Junk 1 0-0 2, Micah Lio 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 20 7-9 54.

VALLEY 77G. Fuquay 5 2-3 12, T. Hill 7 3-3 17, B. Rayburg 9 0-0 20, T. Collins 7 4-4 19, D. Carter 3 0-0 7, A. Kanaan 1 0-0 2.

Totals:32 9-10 77.

Knoch 9 23 12 10—54Valley 17 15 25 20—773-point goals: Gallagher 6, Wirtz; Rayburg 2, Collins, Carter

Monday: Knoch at Freeport

New Castles 55, Mars 47 — The Red Hurricane won on the road despite placing no one in double figures. Tyrone Steals led New Castle with nine points.Dante DeTillio and Christian Locher scored 16 points each for the Planets, who played without injured forward Vinny Smith.

NEW CASTLE 55Tyrone Steals 3 3-9 9, Eggleston 2 2-4 7, Cox 3 1-2 7, Jay 3 0-0 7, Klein 2 1-2 5, Fulena 1 3-4 6, Parchman 4 0-1 8, Richardson 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 21 10-20 55

MARS 47Brad Weischedel 1 2-4 4, Christian Locher 5 3-4 16, Luke Gruber 2 1-7 5, Ian Hindley 2 1-2 6, Dante DeTillio 7 2-3 16.

Totals: 17 9-20 47

New Castle 15 13 21 6—55Mars 14 13 12 8—473-point goals: Eggleston, Jay, Fulena; Locher 3, Hindley

Tuesday Mars at Knoch

Cranberry 52, Moniteau 39 — Tyler Armagost and Zach McCormick recorded 13 and 10 points for the Warriors, respectively, but the Berries captured this KSAC matchup.Moniteau (2-7, 2-3) announced a pair of make-up dates: home vs. Clarion Jan. 24 and home against West Forest Jan. 26.

MONITEAU 39Zach McCormick 3 3-3 10, Tyler Armagost 6 0-2 13, Zach Sloan 2 1-1 5, Clayton Casper 1 3-4 5, Kyle Armagost 2 0-0 4, Josh Madru 1 0-0 2, Brandon Bonzo 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 7-10 39.

CRANBERRY 52Feimell 4 4-9 13, Hogue 2 2-2 6, Wilson 3 5-6 11, McBay 1 4-4 6, Burrows 4 2-2 12, Bell 1 0-0 2, Neal 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 17-23 52.

Moniteau 10 6 9 14—39Cranberry 15 16 6 15—523-point goals: McCormick, T. Armagost; Burrows 2, Feimell

JV: Moniteau, 30-24 (M:Mitch Hunter 13)

Wednesday: Moniteau at A-C Valley

Slippery Rock 67, Oil City 58 — Ethan Geisler scored 27 points, Brian Giesler added 17 and Derrick Orloski had 16 as the Rockets captured the win.

SLIPPERY ROCK 67Ethan Geisler 5 14-16 27, Brant Sloan 0 0-0 0, Derrick Orloski 8 0-2 16, Brian Gielser 5 3-4 17, Brent Ayers 0 0-0 0, Ryan Gordon 2 0-0 6, Caleb Whitney 0 1-1 1, Kevin Rummell 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 20 18-23 67.

OIL CITY 58Davis 7 0-1 14, May 12 2-3 26, Williams 1 0-0 3, Carll 3 3-3 9, Winger 1 0-0 2, Plumer 2 0-0 4, Heim 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 26 5-7 58.

Slippery Rock 19 12 16 19—67Oil City 13 18 12 15—583-point goals: B. Giesler 4, E. Geisler 3, Gordon 2; Williams

Karns City 37, Clarion 34 — The Gremlins (3-5, 3-4) outscored the Bobcats 17-7 in the final quarter to pull out the KSAC win.Karns City's Aaron Markle led all scorers with 11 points while teammate Evan Olszak had 10 rebounds.

CLARION 34Cody Renninger 4 0-0 8, Derek Craig 1 1-2 4, Cody Zacherl 4 0-0 8, Zach Selker 0 2-2 2, Sheldon Miles 4 1-5 9, Snowden 1 1-2 3.

Totals: 14 5-11 34.

KARNS CITY 37Cody Williams 1 5-6 7, Aaron Markle 5 1-2 11, Tyler Barger 2 0-0 4, Jesse Garing 0 2-4 2, Evan Olszak 2 0-0 5, Brandon Collier 2 0-0 6.

Totals: 13 8-12 37.

Clarion 15 8 4 7—34Karns City 7 5 8 17—373-point goals: Craig; Collier 2, Olszak

JV: Karns City, 50-40

Wednesday: Karns City at Cranberry

Hickory 57, Grove City 51 — Kyle Perrine and Jon Anderson scored 17 and 13 points, respectively, but the Eagles (5-7, 2-2) dropped this decision against the Hornets (10-1, 2-1).

GROVE CITY 51Dwayne Martin 1 0-0 2, Brady Beech 2 0-0 5, Jon Anderson 5 1-1 13, Jeff Herschberger 2 2-4 6, Patrick Johnson 1 6-8 8, Kyle Perrine 5 5-6 17.

Totals: 16 14-19 51.

HICKORY 57Jordan Wilds 8 3-4 19, Jaymee Shephard 1 3-4 6, Aaron Banas 1 0-0 2, Justin Lenhart 1 2-3 4, Elrico Jones 0 8-10 8, Matt Durisko 6 6-9 18.

Totals: 17 22-30 57.

Grove City 12 14 8 17—51Hickory 12 16 13 16—573-point goals: Anderson 2, Perrine 2, Beech; Shephard

JV: Hickory, 5-3-41 (GC:Torin Smith 14)

Tuesday: Franklin at Grove City

Summit Academy 73, Laurel 49 — Keith Banichar had 26 points, Derrick Rawls had 15 points and 15 rebounds, Martrell Mitchell added 14 points and Lawrence Lewis had 10 assists as the Knights (4-8, 3-3) rolled to the section win.

Incomplete box scoreLaurel 21 12 12 4—49Summit Academy 26 14 20 13—73Friday: Summit Academy at Highlands

Lanae Cicciarelli had 19 points and Brooke Pollock added 14 as Union rolled to a 79-55 victory over East Forest.Tina Lipps added 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Courtney Frederick had 12 points and five assists for Union (7-4, 6-1).EAST FOREST 55Harringer 1 1-1 3, Armstrong 1 0-0 2, Ruddy 0 0-0 0, Kahle 2 0-0 4, Long 2 1-2 5, Kirkwood 1 0-0 2, Rini 1 2-2 4, L. Oliver 1 4-6 6, Geyer 5 7-12 18, A. Oliver 4 3-9 11, Wagner 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 18-32 55.UNION 79Lanae Cicciarelli 8 0-1 19, Courtney Frederick 5 0-0 12, Melissa Shook 1 3-6 5, Lepha Logue 4 1-2 9, Tina Lipps 3 6-7 12, Amanda Barger 1 3-5 5, Brooke Pollock 5 4-7 14, Ashley MacKinlay 0 0-2 0, Sarah Beichner 0 1-4 1, Heather Murray 0 2-2 2. Totals: 27 20-36 79.East Forest 11 11 15 18—55Union 14 22 21 22—793-point goals: Geyer; Cicciarelli 3, Frederick 2JV: Union, 47-42 (U:Ashley MacKinlay 12)Monday: Union at Clarion-Limestone (make-up game)Slippery Rock 44. Oil City 38 — Karly Rhoads netted 13 points and Kourtney Rhoads 10 as the Rockets (8-4, 4-0) downed the Oilers.SLIPPERY ROCK 44Karly Rhoads 4 4-6 13, Ali Doyle 2 2-2 6, Kourtney Rhoads 3 1-2 10, Adele Campbell 0 4-4 4, Sarah Cessar 3 2-2 8, Taylor Crocker 1 0-0 3, Breanna Northcott 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 13-16 44.OIL CITY 38Clyde 0 4-4 4, Sandrock 3 0-1 6, Weidle 3 2-2 8, McKissick 2 0-0 4, Hidinger 3 7-12 13, Knight 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12 13-19 38.Slippery Rock 10 11 7 16—44Oil City 5 12 11 10—383-point goals: Ko. Rhoads 3, Ka. Rhoads, CrockerJV: Slippery Rock, 39-37 (SR:Breanna Northcott 12)Monday: Sharon at Slippery RockClarion 46, Karns City 26 — The Bobcats limited the Gremlins (1-7, 1-5) to single digits in each quarter to come away with the KSACtriumph.KARNS CITY 26Taylor Kerschbaumer 0 0-0 0, Caitlin Davis 1 1-3 3, Sarah Young 0 0-0 0, Jen Pickett 1 0-0 2, Hannah Beck 2 0-1 4, Ashley Campbell 2 5-6 9, Corrine Conto 1 0-0 2, Brooke Hiles 0 0-0 0, Stephanie Stoughton 2 2-3 6. Totals: 9 8-13 26.CLARION 46Smathers 6 0-1 12, Ganoe 2 0-0 5, Larson 10 1-2 21, Beichner 3 2-2 8. Totals: 21 3-5 46.Karns City 7 7 4 8—26Clarion 20 12 10 4—463-point goals: GanoeWednesday: Cranberry at Karns City

In PIHLaction Friday, Seneca Valley and North Allegheny skated to a 1-1 overtime tie, then Mars blanked Richland 12-0. No details were available.Knoch 4, Center 1 — Shayne Hennessy, Evan Gorse and Neal Donnelly each had a goal and an assist Thursday in the Knights' victory.Nate Medic added his first goal of the season. Knoch travels to Bishop McCort Monday.Ford City 6, Derry Area 1 — Butler senior R.C. Double had three goals and an assist for Ford City (11-1) Fellow Butler senior Tanner Master had two goals and two assists while Butler senior Justin O'Donnell was the winning goaltender.SwimmingSlippery Rock (boys) 88, Oil City 87 — The Rockets (6-2) won the meet by placing first and third in the 400 freestyle relay. Andrew Opalewski finished undefeated in head-to- head individual competition for the first half of the season.Scoring individual and relay victories for Slippery Rock were Kyle Hawk, James Udisious, Opalewski, Caleb Sykora-Bodie and Jacob Johnston.Oil City 123, Slippery Rock (girls) 60 — Kelsey Reott and Nicole Moraitis won events for the Rockets (4-4).