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Slippery Rock's Derrick Orloski netted 23 points, but it was Sharon that came away with a 66-54 boys basketball triumph Tuesday.

Ryan Gordon and Brian Giesler had 11 points apiece for the Rockets.

SHARON66Louis Brown 7 1-4 15, Malik Finnegan 1 0-0 3, D'Andre Johnson 6 1-3 15, Robert Hubbard 3 0-0 7, Shawn Mastko 4 3-4 12, Sam Schweiss 3 4-4 11, Dustin Norcross 1 1-2 3. Totals: 25 10-17 66.

SLIPPERY ROCK 54Ethan Geisler 2 1-2 5, Ryan Gordon 4 1-2 11, Brant Sloan 1 0-3 2, Derrick Orloski 8 6-9 23, Brian Giesler 5 0-0 11, Brent Ayers 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 8-16 54.

Sharon 9 17 22 18—66Slippery Rock 16 12 10 16—543-point goals: Johnson 2, Finnegan, Hubbard, Mastko, Schweiss; Gordon 2, Orloski, Giesler

JV: Slippery Rock, 39-35 (SR:Sean White 14)

Friday: Grove City at Slippery Rock

<B>Grove City 55, Meadville 50 — </B>Kyle Perrine dropped in 25 points as the Eagles (6-7, 3-2) posted the league win.<B>MEADVILLE 55T. Phillips 4 2-5 10, J. Gregor 1 0-0 3, R. Hamilton 9 2-2 20, A. Barba 7 1-1 16, S. Newsome 0 1-2 1. </B>Totals: 21 6-10 50.<B>GROVE CITY 55Brady Beech 3 0-0 7, Jon Anderson 1 0-0 3, Jeff Herschberger 4 1-2 9, Patrick Johnson 1 3-4 5, Kyle Perrine 9 4-4 25, Rashad Durant 2 0-0 4, JasonFerderber 1 0-0 2.</B> Totals: 21 8-10 55.<B>Meadville 13 11 12 14—50Grove City 17 11 11 16—553-point goals:</B> Gregor, Barba; Perrine 3, Beech, Anderson<B>JV:</B> Grove City, 44-35 (GC:Ryan Prokay 13, D. Dzadony 13)<B>Friday:</B> Grove City at Slippery Rock

<B>Butler 798-67x, Bethel Park 785-45x —</B> Top performers for Butler (7-2) included Ben Smith, Nicole Smith, Nathan Wulff, Nikki Bruner, Luc Sedwick and Brad Opitz.

In PIHL action, Seneca Valley and Plum skated to a 2-all tie at Warrendale Blade Runners.No details were available.

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