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Darius Frantz had 15 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots to help keep the Freeport boys basketball team unbeaten in section play with a 44-31 win over Burrell Friday night.

Jake Campbell pitched in 13 points for the Yellowjackets (9-2, 7-0).

FREEPORT 44Nick Gentile 3 1-2 7, Derek Durand 0 0-0 0, Tyler Collins 2 0-0 4, Darius Frantz 7 1-2 15, Alex Isenberg 0 3-6 3, Jake Campbell 5 1-2 13, Shawn Liberto 1 0-0 2, Alex Parson 0 0-0 0, Kevin Kepple 0 0-0 0, Sean Carson 0 0-0 0, Ryan Dunn 0 0-0 0, Don Pastoria 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 18 6-12 44.

BURRELL 31Kaczanowicz 2 0-0 5, Trozzi 1 0-0 2, Nichols 1 3-5 5, Linden 2 0-2 4, Eckman 2 0-0 5, Bush 1 0-0 2, Heff 0 1-2 1, Betza 3 1-2 7.

Totals: 12 5-13 31.

Freeport 11 7 14 12—44Burrell 4 9 10 8—313-point goals: Freeport 2 (Campbell 2); Burrell 2 (Kaczanowicz, Eckman).

Tuesday: West Shamokin at Freeport

Mars 68, Kittanning 49 — Christian Locher got his 3-point stroke back, hitting five from beyond the arc on the way to 21 points and a win for the Planets (8-4, 5-2).

KITTANNING 49Klingensmith 4 3-6 11. Stolitza 11 4-6 28, Rettig 1 0-0 2, McCanna 1 0-0 2, Hickman 2 0-0 4, Barto 0 0-0 0, Dunn 1 0-2 2, Bowser 0 0-0 0, Toth 0 0-2 0, Lettrich 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 20 7-16 49.

MARS 68Tim Vandall 3 0-0 6, Brad Weischedel 2 5-7 9, Christian Locher 6 4-6 21, Mike Lindenbaum 1 0-0 2, Luke Gruber 4 3-5 11, Ian Hindley 8 3-3 19, Ben Erdahl 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 24 15-21 68.

Kittanning 10 12 6 21—49Mars 20 15 17 16—683-point goals: Kittanning 2 (Stolitza 2); Mars 5 (Locher 5).

Tuesday: Mars at Hampton

Pine-Richland 51, Knoch 23 — The Knights (6-8) dropped their sixth-straight decision in this nonsection setback.

PINE-RICHLAND 51Eric Holmes 3 2-2 9, Brock Baranowski 1 1-2 3, Ryan Collins 1 3-4 5, Chris Rader 2 3-4 8, John Thompson 1 0-0 2, David Menke 1 0-0 2, Chris Miller 0 1-2 1, Ed Baranowski 4 2-2 11, C.J. Jackson 2 0-0 4, Ben Brown 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 18 12-16 51.

KNOCH 23Dan McCormick 1 0-0 2, Kevin Wood 0 1-2 1, Ryan Schultheis 3 0-0 6, Andrew Wirtz 1 1-2 3, Chris Cetnar 0 2-2 2, Jake Hickey 1 0-0 2, Jake McTighe 1 1-5 3, Nathan Junk 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 9 5-13 23.

Pine-Richland 14 10 15 12—51Knoch 2 5 8 8—233-point goals: Pine-Richland 3 (Holmes, Rader, E. Baranowski); Knoch 0

Saturday: Deer Lakes at Knoch, 6:30 p.m.

Clarion 55, Karns City 26 — The Gremlins (3-8, 3-5) fell behind 25-8 at the half and never recovered.

KARNS CITY 26Brad Fuhrer 0 0-0 0, Cameron Harp 1 1-2 3, Brandon Bowser 1 0-0 3, Aaron Markle 0 0-0 0, Jake Henry 1 0-1 2, Matt Bauldoff 0 0-0 0, Eric McCue 1 2-3 4, Evan Olszak 2 0-0 5, Brandon Collier 3 1-2 7, Tucker Preston 0 2-4 2.

Totals: 9 6-12 26.

CLARION 55Renninger 3 6-9 12, Beveridge 2 1-2 6, Fillman 4 0-0 8, Kirkland 3 2-2 9, Miles 2 3-8 7, Tack 1 0-0 2, Straffin 1 0-0 2, Donaldson 1 0-0 2, Armstrong 3 1-1 7.

Totals: 20 13-22 55.

Karns City 6 2 11 7—26Clarion 13 12 10 20—553-point goals: Karns City 2 (Bowser, Olszak); Clarion 2 (Beveridge, Kirkland).

Saturday: West Shamokin at Karns City

Moniteau 72, Cranberry 34 — Kyle Armagost had 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Warriors (5-6, 5-3.

CRANBERRY 34C. Willison 3 0-3 6, O'Neil 3 0-2 6, Raybuck 4 0-0 9, R. Willison 2 0-0 4, Vernam 1 0-0 3, Spence 1 0-2 2, Fowler 0 4-4 4.

Totals: 14 4-11 34.

MONITEAU 72Kyle Armagost 10 3-4 26, James Shope 3 0-0 7, Zach Sloan 6 0-1 12, Heath Lominski 2 0-0 5, Zach McCormick 5 3-6 13, Jereme Loos 1 0-0 2, Andrew Armagost 2 0-0 4, Mitch Hunter 0 1-2 1, Jordan Smith 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 32 7-13 72.

Cranberry 9 6 8 11—34Moniteau 23 18 15 16—723-point goals: Cranberry 2 (Raybuck, Vernam); Moniteau 7 (K. Armagost 3, Shope,).

Wednesday: A-C Valley at Moniteau

Union 77, East Forest 40 — Taylor Smith and Scott Booth each scored 21 points to lead the Golden Knights.Logan Mortimer added 16 points and 12 rebounds for Union (9-3, 7-1).

EAST FOREST 40Seth Toski 2 0-0 4, Raymond Gregg 3 1-1 8, Shane Cotterman 1 3-4 5, Shane Silvis 7 0-2 15, Bill Richter 3 2-3 8, Hunter Jackovitz 3 2-3 8.

Totals: 16 6-10 40.

UNION 77Zac Smith 3 0-0 7, Brody Pollock 0 0-0 0, Shawn Booth 2 0-0 5, Logan Mortimer 7 2-3 16, Taylor Smith 8 3-4 21, Shirey 0 0-0 0, Austin Davis 0 0-0 0, Scott Booth 9 3-5 21, Trent Corle 2 1-1 5, Chase Johnson 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 32 9-13 77.

East Forest 11 6 13 10—40Union 19 28 12 18—773-point goals: East Forest 2 (Gregg, Silvis); Union 4 (Z. Smith, Sh. Booth, T. Smith 2).

Monday: Union at Clearfield

Summit Academy 53, Shenango 46 — Devon Barlow had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and Qu'ran Reaves had 11 points and 10 assists to lead the Knights to the section victory.Onyx Robinson chipped in with 11 points for Summit Academy (5-9, 4-3).

<B>Union 65, East Forest 38</B> — Brooke Pollock scored 14 points as the Damsels (8-3, 5-3) shook off a sluggish start and cruised to a conference win.<B>UNION 65</B>Delani Priester 2 2-3 6, Miriah Winchester 2 0-0 5, Ashley MacKinlay 2 2-5 7, Brooke Pollock 7 0-2 14, Lepha Logue 4 4-4 12, Niki Stuart 0 0-0 0, Danica Stuart 1 0-0 2, Sierra Smith 1 2-2 4, Mackenzie Divins 1 0-0 2, Tina Lipps 4 5-5 13. <B>Totals:</B> 24 15-21 65.<B>EAST FOREST 38</B>Rudy 1 0-2 2, Wagner 1 0-1 2, Armstrong 0 0-0 0, Harriger 0 2-4 2, Kahle 1 3-5 5, Long 6 2-3 14, Oliver 3 5-8 11, Simpson 1 0-1 2. <B>Totals:</B> 13 12-24 38.<B>Union 13 15 23 14—65East Forest 13 11 6 8—383-point goals:</B> Union 2 (Winchester, MacKinlay); East Forest 0.<B>Monday:</B> Clearfield at Union<B>Clarion 57, Karns City 39</B> — Brooke Hiles recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in this KSAC loss for the Gremlins (1-11, 1-7).<B>CLARION 57</B>Ganó 2 0-4 4, Roth 4 2-2 12, Beakner 4 0-2 8, Nellis 2 2-4 6, Peterson 5 0-0 10, Burkin 2 0-0 4, Best 1 0-0 2, Fillman 1 1-4 3, Thornton 2 0-2 4. <B>Totals:</B> 25 5-18 57.<B>KARNS CITY 39</B>Caitlin Davis 3 4-6 10, Sarah Young 2 0-0 4, Erin McCue 3 0-1 6, Corinne Conto 0 3-4 3, Kara Kerschbaumer 1 0-0 2, Brooke Hiles 5 0-0 10, Stephanie Stoughton 2 0-0 4. <B>Totals:</B> 16 7-11 39.<B>Clarion 19 12 12 14—57Karns City 6 10 12 11—393-point goals:</B> Clarion 2 (Roth 2); Karns City 0.<B>Wednesday:</B> Karns City at Cranberry<B>Cranberry 70, Moniteau 39 — </B>Jenna McCorry scored 11 points, but a disastrous start doomed the Warriors.<B></B>MONITEAU 39Ashley Brehm 0 2-2 2, Krista Snyder 1 1-2 3, Brittany Wright 0 1-2 1, Nikki Yeckel 2 0-0 4, Jenna McCorry 3 4-5 11, Heather Porter 1 0-2 2, Amanda Sloan 1 0-0 2, Alex Guercio 2 2-2 6, Kathleen Harding 1 4-5 6, Katie Brehm 1 0-0 2. <B>Totals:</B> 12 14-20 39.<B>CRANBERRY 70</B>Heeter 11 0-0 22, Neidich 4 0-0 8, Gaston 1 2-2 4, Lutz 6 2-4 14, Adams 3 2-2 8, Mason 3 1-2 9, O'Neil 0 1-2 1, Mitchell 2 0-0 4, Docherty 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 30 8-12 70.<B>Moniteau 6 9 13 11—39Cranberry 25 7 14 24—703-point goals:</B> Moniteau 1 (McCorry); Cranberry 2 (Mason 2).<B>Wednesday:</B> Moniteau at A-C Valley<B>A-C Valley vs. Tidioute Charter</B> — The game was postponed. No makeup date was announced.

Franklin Regional 39, Butler 17 — </B>Butler (11-1) dropped its first match of the season despite a quick pin by 171-pounder Cole Baxter and a tough 3-1 decision by 145-pounder Eric Tuck.<B>Franklin Regional 39, Butler 17103 pounds</B>-Blake Caudill (B) d. Zach Wentling 9-7 (OT); <B>112</B>-Connor Medlang (FR) d. Nick Sutton 11-0; <B>119</B>-Nico Megaludis (FR) p. Brendan Bauer 2:12; <B>125</B>-Trevor Medlang (FR) p. Zach Collins 4:38; <B>130</B>-Dakota Shay (FR) d. Zach Reges 9-8; <B>135</B>-Ben Johnson (FR) d. Jesse Spohn 11-3; <B>140</B>-Petrarca (FR) d. Cody Hartman 13-2; <B>145</B>-Eric Tuck (B) d. Chris Little 3-1; <B>152</B>-Dakoda Collins (B) d. Kevin Wilhelm 7-2; <B>160</B>-Sarbarik (FR) d. Matt Pribis 8-5; <B>171</B>-Cole Baxter (B) p. Adam Liss 1:10; <B>189</B>-Mark Boeltger (FR) p. Mike Scialabba 4:55; <B>215</B>-Josh Fine (FR) d. Chris White 11-4; <B>275</B>-Luke Fleck (FR) d. Tim Fulks 3-1 (OT).<B></B>Grove City 63, Slippery Rock 18 — The Rockets picked up three pins in this losing effort Thursday.<B>Grove City 63, Slippery Rock 18103 pounds</B>-John Scott Somora (GC) by forfeit; <B>112</B>-Kayla Brendlinger (SR) pinned Kevin Bable, 5:58; <B>119</B>-Ian Adplanap (GC) dec. Gordon Beiber, 7-1; <B>125</B>-Trey Mayner (GC) by forfeit; <B>130</B>-Ben Hoffman (GC) by forfeit; <B>135</B>-Kirby Buchanan (GC) by forfeit; <B>140</B>-Garrett Zaracky (GC) by forfeit; <B>145</B>-Cody Anderson (GC) by forfeit; <B>152</B>-Kevin Moore (GC) pinned Anthony Mineo; <B>160</B>-Wesley Phipps (GC) pinned J.J. Graham, 1:58; <B>171</B>-Zack Retort (GC) by forfeit; <B>189</B>-F. Christman (SR) pinned Gabe Wyatt; <B>215</B>-Tim Kerr (SR) pinned Devin Lindberg; <B>275</B>-Cameron Marlowe (GC) by forfeit.Nate Medic, Evan Gorse and Neal Donnelly found the net for the Knights.

Nick Bribach scored the winning goal for Knoch with 57 seconds remaining as the Knights edged Mars 4-3.Knoch goalie Ryan Naples had 37 saves.Rusty Miller, Rob Sigurdsson and Nick Blaney all scored for the Planets.

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