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Freeport romps to win

Darius Frantz had 13 points, 11 steals, eight rebounds and seven assists to power the Freeport boys basketball team to a 64-36 victory over West Shamokin in a Section 1-AA game Tuesday.

Tyler Collins had 10 points and Alex Isenberg had seven assists for the Yellowjackets (3-2, 2-0), who raced out to a 42-13 halftime advantage.

FREEPORT 64Nick Gentile 3 0-0 6, Tyler Collins 5 0-2 10, Darius Frantz 6 1-2 13, Alex Isenberg 2 0-0 5, Jake Campbell 3 2-2 8, Shawn Liberto 3 2-8 8, Kevin Keppel 0 0-2 0, Sean Carson 3 0-2 6, Ryan Dunn 1 2-2 4, Don Pastoria 1 0-0 2, Team 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 27 7-20 64.

WEST SHAMOKIN 36Tom Skamai 1 0-0 2, Joe Dalessio 3 0-0 9, Mike Mikita 1 1-2 3, Anthony Rocco 5 3-4 14, Andrew Steighner 0 0-0 0, Nathan Knepshield 4 0-1 8, Kyle Lowry 0 0-0 0, Steve Klvuch 0 0-0 0, Jason McCaslin 0 0-0 0, Derek Fleming 0 0-0 0,

Totals: 14 4-7 36.

Freeport 19 23 13 9—64West Shamokin 8 5 8 15—363-point goals: Freeport 1 (Isenberg); West Shamokin Dalessio 3, Rocco).

JV: Freeport, 53-34 (F: Don Pastoria 15)

Dec. 30: Leechburg at Freeport

Grove City 70, Mercer 34 — Jordan Patterson had 16 points and Jeff Hershberger and Pat Johnson added 15 apiece to key the Eagles' victory.Hershberger had 11 rebounds, and Johnson had six assists and six rebounds for Grove City (5-0).

GROVE CITY 70Brady Beech 1 2-2 4, Tyler Dagres 0 0-2 0, Torin Smith 2 2-3 8, Alec Goodwin 0 1-2 1, Anthony Ruffo 1 0-0 2, Jeff Hershberger 7 1-3 15, O.J. Orlowski 3 2-4 9, Pat Johnson 6 0-0 15, Jordan Patterson 7 2-2 16,

Totals: 27 10-18 70.

MERCER 34J. Mock 1 0-2 2, E. Staul 1 0-0 2, R. Huntley 2 1-2 6, A. McElrath 2 0-0 4, J. Glass 3 3-5 9, B. Selders 2 0-0 4, R. McCollough 0 2-2 2, D. Burns 2 1-3 5,

Totals: 13 7-14 34.

Grove City 13 22 17 18—70Mercer 8 2 9 15—343-point goals: Grove City 6 (Johnson 3, Smith 2, Orlowski); Mercer 1 (Huntley).

JV: Grove City, 34-17

Tuesday: Grove City Holiday Tournament

Summit Academy 57, Riverside 53 — The Knights erased an 11-point first-quarter deficit en route to the Section 2-AA victory.Quadeer Devaughn dropped in 27 points while Lamar Clayton added 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Quran Reaves had 12 assists for the Knights (3-3, 2-0).Summit Academy plays Tuesday against Butler in the Butler Christmas Tournament.

<B>Clarion 47, Union 38 —</B> Ashley MacKinlay had 13 points, but the Damsels couldn't shake off a cold start in the KSAC road loss to the Bobcats.Union (2-1, 1-1), which also received 11 points from Brooke Pollock, 13 rebounds from Tina Lipps and 10 rebounds from Lepha Logue, scored 17 points through three quarters.<B>UNION 38</B>Ashley MacKinlay 5 3-6 13, Brooke Pollock 4 3-4 11, Lepha Logue 0 0-0 0, Niki Stuart 1 0-0 3, Tina Lipps 3 1-4 7, Delani Priester 0 0-0 0, Danica Stuart 0 0-0 0, Sierra Smith 1 2-2 4, <B>Totals:</B> 14 9-16 38.<B>CLARION 47</B>Ganoe 4 2-2 10, Roth 2 3-6 8, Beichner 5 0-1 10, Nellis 3 3-7 9, Peterson 2 4-6 8, Durkin 1 0-0 2, <B>Totals:</B> 17 12-22 47.<B>Union 6 7 4 21—38Clarion 12 11 15 9—473-point goals: </B>Union 1 (N. Stuart); Clarion 1 (Roth).<B>Dec. 30:</B> Union at Cameron County

In PIHL Class A play, Mars defeated Kittanning 6-2 at the BladeRunners in Warrendale and Freeport downed Westmont Hilltop 4-1 at the War Memorial in Johnston.No details were available.

<B>Butler 800-65x, Upper St. Clair 789-45x — </B>Nicole Smith, Brad Opitz, Bryan Andler, Andrew Olexsak, Luc Sedwick, Taylor Smith, Randy Morrow and Olivia Swiergol each shot 100s to lead the Tornado to the victory over the Panthers.

In a meet from Monday, Mars' Maggie Gruber won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, and Gabri Pierre took the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyleBoth also were members of the winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays to lead the girls squad.In the boys meet, Jack Muehlheuser won the 200 IM and 100 backstroke, and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay team.

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