Boock's buzzer beater gives Falcons the win

December 22, 2009 Last Updated: December 22, 2009 11:55 AM High School

Kelsey Boocks' rebound and putback at the buzzer lifted the A-C Valley girls basketball team to a 47-46 home win over Redbank Valley Monday night.

Boocks tallied 11 points and eight rebounds, while teammates Tricia Kerlin and Meghan Cratty scored 18 and 16 points, respectively.

Kerlin drained a trio of 3-pointers while Cratty contributed nine rebounds and five blocks for the Falcons (2-1, 1-1).

REDBANK VALLEY 46Verones 3 0-0 6, Gruver 3 3-5 9, Rey 2 0-0 4, S. Neiswonger 4 5-7 13, Adams 2 2-5 6, L. Neiswonger 2 4-7 8, Evans 0 0-2 0.

Totals: 16 14-26 46.

A-C VALLEY 47Meghan Cratty 6 4-11 16, Tricia Kerlin 7 1-2 18, Meredith Snyder 1 0-2 2, Kelsey Boocks 5 1-1 11, Ashley Manculich 0 0-3 0, Nicole Marshall 0 0-0 0, Jessica Bailey 0 0-0 0, Emily Quaill 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 19 6-19 47.

Redbank Valley 4 12 13 17—46A-C Valley 10 15 9 13—473-point goals: A-C Valley 3 (Kerlin 3).

Dec. 29: A-C Valley at Commodore Perry Christmas Tournament

Freeport 38, Burrell 35 — Anna Christy's 21 points were supported by 11 from Jessica McFadden as the Yellowjackets improved to 1-3, 1-1.

BURRELL 35Manga 2 0-0 4, Sharick 2 5-7 9, Okopal 1 0-0 2, Liput 6 6-6 18, Napierkowski 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 12 11-13 35.

FREEPORT 38Anna Christy 7 3-7 21, Jessica McFadden 4 2-2 11, Nicolette Blake 3 0-0 6, Erica Carnahan 0 0-0 0, Jessica Aulicino 0 0-0 0, Hope Thompson 0 0-0 0, Rachel Thomas 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 14 5-9 38.

Burrell 9 9 10 7—35Freeport 2 15 15 6—383-point goals: Freeport 5 (Christy 4, McFadden).JV score: Freeport 27-24

Wednesday: Avonworth at Freeport

Venango Catholic 38, Karns City 28 — Caitlin Davis led the Gremlins (1-4) with 11 points.

KARNS CITY 28Caitlin Davis 4 3-6 11, Corinne Conto 1 0-2 3, Dale Barnhart 1 0-1 2, Brooke Hiles 2 0-2 4, Stephanie Stoughton 4 0-1 8.

Totals: 12 3-12 28.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 38Pragle 6 0-4 12, Cook 1 0-0 2, Janielo 2 2-2 6, Scurry 2 3-4 7, Stack 3 0-2 6, Maleski 2 1-2 5.

Totals: 16 6-14 38.

Karns City 8 7 9 4—28Venango Catholic 10 2 7 19—383-point goals: Karns City 1 (Conto)

Dec. 29: Karns City vs. Keystone

Hampton 51, Mars 43 — Ashley Lynch led the Planets (2-4, 1-1) with 18 points and Alexa Lee chipped in with 11.

HAMPTON 51Ferraro 2 7-9 11, B. Goodman 0 2-3 2, E. Goodman 5 4-4 17, Rylands 1 0-0 2, Wilson 1 1-1 3, Whittmer 2 0-0 4, Luther 1 0-0 2, Gally 3 4-4 10.

Totals: 15 18-21 51.

MARS 43Alexa Lee 3 4-4 11, Ashley Lynch 5 5-8 18, Elaine Hasek 3 0-0 6, Meghan Kelly 2 0-0 4, Kelsey Pelles 2 0-1 4, Carly Clark 0 0-0 0, Corinne Gressang 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 9-13 43.

Hampton 13 13 10 15—51Mars 13 8 9 13—433-point goals: Hampton 3 (E. Goodman 3); Mars 4 (Lynch 3, Lee).

Monday: Mars Christmas Tournament

Kittanning 37, Knoch 30 — Haley Hutterer paced the Knights with 10 points and Hannah Novotny netted eight.

Scott Booth recorded 22 points and eight rebounds as Union dispatched visiting Clarion, 64-43.Brody Pollock had 10 points for the Golden Knights (2-2, 1-1).CLARION 43C. Reddinger 9 0-0 19, N. Reddinger 1 0-0 3, Fillman 1 0-0 2, Kirkland 2 2-2 6, Miles 1 1-2 3, Selker 1 0-0 2, Straffin 1 0-0 2, Armstrong 2 2-2 6. Totals: 18 5-6 43.UNION 64Zac Smith 1 2-2 5, Brody Pollock 4 0-0 10, Shawn Booth 1 0-0 2, Logan Mortimer 2 0-2 4, Shawn Burns 0 0-0 0, Taylor Smith 4 0-0 9, Shirey 0 1-2 1, Trent Corle 1 0-0 2, Scott Booth 6 10-13 22, Chase Johnston 4 1-2 9, Austin Davis 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 14-21 64.Clarion 13 8 9 13—43Union 18 17 14 15—643-point goals: Clarion 2 (C. Reddinger, N. Reddinger); Union 4 (Pollock 2, T. Smith, Z. Smith).Dec. 29: Union vs. Curwensville at A-C Valley Christmas TournamentA-C Valley 67, Redbank Valley 34 — Allan Eaton put up 16 points and 14 rebounds in the Falcons rout.Blayne McGuirk had 14 points, and Matt Bartley and Reed Terwilliger each scored 13 for A-C Valley.A-C VALLEY 67Matt Bartley 6 1-2 13, Reed Terwilliger 4 5-9 13, Allan Eaton 7 2-3 16, Josh Austin 2 0-0 5, Blayne McGuirk 4 4-5 14, Alex Logue 0 0-2 0, Logan Wetzel 1 0-0 2, Zach Gates 0 0-0 0, Jackson Wingard 2 0-0 4, Joe Kaufman 0 0-0 0. Totals: 26 12-19 67.REDBANK VALLEY 34Brandon Bain 5 0-0 11, A.J. McCrea 1 1-1 3, Nathaniel Bouser 3 0-2 6, Tyler Ruhy 0 0-0 0, Nolan Savik 1 0-0 2, Justin Dawson 1 2-2 4, Caleb Delp 1 4-6 6, Kody Gruber 1 0-0 2. Totals: 13 7-11 34.A-C Valley 15 15 21 16—67Redbank Valley 7 10 7 10—343-point goals: A-C Valley 3 (Austin, McGuirk); Redbank Valley 1 (Bain).Dec. 29: A-C Valley Christmas Tournament

James Flinn, Ryan McMahon, Ronnie Dakan, Shane Smith and Cameron Cress each tallied pins for Mars as the Planets squeaked by Knoch, 39-37.Justin Grossman, Kevin Green and Robbie Nilson managed pins for the Knights (1-5).Mars 39, Knoch 37103-Allee Oskin (K) won by forfeit; 112-McDade (M) won by forfeit; 119-Justin Grossman (K) pinned Andrew Schultheis, 1:32; 125-Blaine Elliott (K) major dec. A. Selker, 8-0; 130-Grayson Hixon (K) won by forfeit; 135-D. Lennen (M) dec. Britteny Faust, 1-0; 140-James Flinn (M) pinned Tyler Hlebiczki,: 30; 145-Ryan McMahon (M) pinned Joe Colonello, 3:12; 152-Kevin Green (K) pinned Nelko, 1:31; 160-Ronnie Dakan (M) pinned Alex Lefever, 1:05; 171-Shane Smith (M) pinned Dan Goff, 1:11; 189-James Zellhart (K) dec. Chris Boggs, 8-6 (OT); 215-Robbie Nilson (K) pinned Cody Moody, 1:02; 275-Cress (M) pinned Joe Hlebiczki, 2:22.Summit Academy 51, Laurel 24 — The Knights improved to 2-0 with this decisive win and will compete in the Valley Duals Jan. 2.Summit Academy 51, Laurel 24103-Shane King (L) won by forfeit; 112-Kenneth Turner (SA) won by forfeit; 119-Joe Dilenardo (SA) won by forfeit; 125-Aaron Camp (SA) pinned Hughes,: 41; 130-Davis Hall (SA) dec. Conway, 4-2; 135-Kirkwood (L) dec. Tyler French, 7-2; 140-Peterson (L) dec. Devaughn Bickel, 7-4; 145-Shawn King (L) won by forfeit; 152-Zach Julian (L) pinned Haslam,: 58; 160-Damian Holden (SA) pinned Craig Knox, 2:35; 171-William Worthy (SA) pinned Ringler,: 45; 189-Cole Brennan (SA) won by forfeit; 215-Niran Williams (SA) won by forfeit; 275-Raheem Lomax (SA) won by forfeit.

In PIHL Class AAA play, Seneca Valley defeated Pine-Richland 6-4.In Class A action, Hampton beat Knoch 2-1.No details were available.

Morgan Pfabe scored 21 points to lead Butler to a 42-20 win against Pine-Richland.Emily Eyth had seven points and six rebounds, while Suzy Klann and Maria Noel each had five rebounds.