Jake McTighe scored 19 points and Andrew Wirtz added 13 as the Knoch boys basketball team snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 69-38 section win over Kittanning Tuesday night.

The Knights (7-9, 2-5) led 36-15 at halftime.

KNOCH 69Corey Miller 2 0-0 4, Dan McCormick 1 0-0 3, Ryan Schultheis 2 2-2 6, Andrew Wirtz 5 2-2 13, Chris Cetnar 4 0-0 8, Jake Hickey 1 0-0 3, Jake McTighe 9 1-2 19, Adam Tuzikow 1 0-0 2, Robert Zanella 3 2-2 8, Nathan Junk 1 1-2 3.

Totals: 29 8-10 69.

KITTANNING 38Klingensmith 4 2-4 10, Stolitza 7 3-3 18, Rettig 1 0-0 2, McCanna 2 0-0 5, Hickman 1 0-0 2, Myers 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 15 6-11 38.

Knoch 17 19 11 22—69Kittanning 7 8 13 10—383-point goals: Knoch 3 (McCormick, Wirtz, Hickey); Kittanning 2 (Stolitza, McCanna).

Friday: Hampton at Knoch

Freeport 64, West Shamokin 41 — Darius Frantz tallied 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Yellowjackets (10-2, 8-0) remained unbeaten in the section.Don Pastoria had 13 points off the bench and Jake Campbell scored 13 for Freeport.

WEST SHAMOKIN 41Tom Skamai 0 0-0 0, Joe Dalessio 3 0-0 8, Mike Mikita 5 1-2 11, Anthony Rocco 3 0-0 7, Andrew Steighner 1 0-0 3, Nathan Knetschied 3 4-4 10, Kyle Lowry 0 2-2 2, Jason McCaslin 0 0-0 0, Derek Fleming 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 7-8 41.

FREEPORT 64Nick Gentile 1 0-0 2, Derek Durand 1 0-0 2, Tyler Collins 2 0-0 4, Darius Frantz 10 2-4 22, Alex Isenberg 1 0-2 3, Jake Campbell 6 0-0 13, Shawn Liberto 1 0-0 3, Alex Carson 0 0-0 0, Kevin Kepple 0 0-0 0, Ryan Dunn 1 0-1 2, Don Pastoria 5 3-4 13.

Totals: 28 5-11 64.

West Shamokin 7 10 9 15—41Freeport 13 13 19 19—643-point goals: West Shamokin 4 (Dalessio 2, Rocco, Steighner); Freeport 3 (Isenberg, Campbell, Liberto).

Friday: Freeport at Springdale

Farrell 49, Grove City 48 — Jeff Hershberger scored 22 points and Pat Johnson added 17 for the Eagles in their region loss.

GROVE CITY 48Pat Johnson 6 3-6 17, Brady Beech 2 0-0 4, Jeff Hershberger 8 5-6 22, Alec Goodwin 0 0-0 0, Torin Smith 0 1-2 1, Anthony Ruffo 0 1-2 1, O.J. Orlowski 1 0-0 3, Chauncey Miller 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 17 10-16 48.

FARRELL 49Odem 1 0-0 3, Johnson 2 1-2 6, Trudo 1 0-0 3, Horton 5 0-2 12, Shannonhouse 4 0-0 9, Scott 2 2-2 7, Brodie 3 1-2 7, Goudy 0 2-2 2, Eilam 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 18 7-12 49.

Grove City 5 15 13 15—48Farrell 15 6 14 14—493-point goals: Grove City 4 (Johnson 2, Hershberger, Orlowski); Farrell 4 (Horton 2, Scott, Shannonhouse).

Friday: Grove City at Franklin

Hampton 68, Mars 31 — The Planets were outscored 42-11 in the second half in this section loss. Ian Hindley led Mars with 12 points.

MARS 31Tim Vandall 0 0-0 0, Brad Weischedel 0 1-2 1, Christian Locher 3 0-0 6, Mike Lindenbaum 2 0-0 6, Luke Gruber 1 0-0 2, Jake Lee 1 0-0 3, Mitchell Buzzard 0 1-4 1, Ian Hindley 4 4-6 12, Brandon Eckstein 0 0-0 0, Garrett Ashbaugh 0 0-0 0, Ben Erdahl 0 0-0 0, Zach May 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 11 6-12 31.

HAMPTON 68Weinheimer 1 1-2 4, Klodowski 1 0-0 2, Luther 3 2-4 10, Schneider 1 0-0 2, Winek 1 2-2 5, Dill 2 4-4 9, Sayres 0 2-2 2, Callan 0 2-2 2, Steele 2 2-2 7, Donegan 4 3-5 11, Brown 6 2-4 14.

Totals: 21 20-27 68.

Mars 11 9 5 6—31Hampton 14 12 18 24—683-point goals: Mars 3 (Lindenbaum 2, Lee); Hampton 6 (Luther 2, Weinheimer, Winek, Dill, Steele).

Friday: Deer Lakes at Mars

Summit Academy 54, Riverside 33 — Steven Boone recorded 13 points and 15 rebounds for the Knights, who outscored Riverside 14-0 in the final quarter.Oxyn Robinson added 12 points for Summit (6-9, 5-3), Qu'ran Reaves scored 10 points and had 10 assists and Devon Barlow chipped in with 10 points.

Complete box not availableRiverside 10 11 12 0—33Summit Academy 14 12 14 14—54Friday: Summit Academy at Rochester

Lynsey Gugino made five 3-pointers, but Freeport dropped a 56-38 nonsection decision at Highlands.<B>FREEPORT 38</B>Anna Christy 5 0-1 12, Jessica McFadden 1 1-2 3, Nicolette Blake 0 1-2 1, Taylor Schrecengost 1 0-0 2, Jessica Aulicino 1 1-6 3, Jennifer Hawk 0 2-2 2, Lynsey Gugino 5 0-0 15, Erica Carnahan 0 0-0 0, Samantha Angely 0 0-0 0, Hope Thompson 0 0-0 0, Alyssa Elder 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 13 5-13 38.<B>HIGHLANDS 56</B>Panchik 3 1-1 7, Grabigel 5 4-4 15, Cook 1 0-0 2, Cassoni 2 5-6 9, Hetrick 8 4-5 21, Hines 1 0-0 2, Crise 0 0-1 0. <B>Totals:</B> 20 14-17 56.<B>Freeport 4 9 12 13—38Highlands 24 14 9 9—563-point goals:</B> Freeport 7 (Gugino 5, Christy 2); Highlands 2 (Grabigel, Hetrick).<B>Thursday:</B> Leechburg at Freeport

Butler fell to Mount Lebanon Tuesday, 800(67x)-795(65x).The Tornado received solid outings from Nicole Smith, Andrew Olexsak, Luc Sedwick, Luke Laughlin and Randy Morrow, who all shot 100.

<B>Mars 41, Jeannette 20 — </B>The Planets recorded four pins Monday.<B>Mars 41, Jeannette 20103 pounds</B>-No match; <B>112</B>-No match; <B>119</B>-Vandrite (J) by forfeit; <B>125</B>-Selker (M) pinned Stikkel; <B>130</B>-DePalme (J) pinned Winters, :21; <B>135</B>-Lennen (M) dec. Nedly 12-10; <B>140</B>-Glasgow (J) pinned McMahon, 4:44; <B>145</B>-Flinn (M) pinned Wolf, 1:48; <B>152</B>-Tummello (M) pinned Deiloius, :44; <B>160</B>-Comport (M) by forfeit; <B>171</B>-Dakan (M) tech. fall over Poole, 18-2; <B>189</B>-Smith (M) dec. King, 5-0; <B>215</B>-Den (J) dec. Boggs, 3-2; <B>275</B>-Cress (M) pinned Moore, 1:37.<B>Raider Classic Duals — </B>Seneca Valley hosted and won the first Raider Classic Duals Saturday, defeating Knoch 48-25, Ambridge 45-34, Thomas Jefferson 54-24 and Summit Academy 56-6.Jake Perri, Jason Hildum, Nate Cully and Nick Marchi went 4-0 for the Raiders and Nick Phillips was 3-0.

Knoch's Van McCarren won the boys 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5 minutes, 28.64 seconds, but the Knights (2-3) dropped an 87-65 decision Monday at Shady Side Academy.In the girls meet, Penn Township resident Anne Marie Bilott won the 200 individual medley (2:13.72) and the 100 breaststroke (1:09.49) for the Indians in an 87-75 win over the Knights (2-3)<B>GirlsShady Side Academy 87, Knoch 75200 medley relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy 1:57.75<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Groff (SSA) 2:03.64<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Bilott (SSA) 2:13.72<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Domeisen (SSA) 25.45<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Collins (SSA) 1:04.32<B>1-meter diving:</B> 1-not contested<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Domeisen (SSA) 56.04<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Brutch (SSA) 5:43.95<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy 1:44.36<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Collins (SSA) 1:07.77<B>100 breaststroke:</B> 1-Bilott (SSA) 1:09.49<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy 3:56.9<B>BoysShady Side Academy 87, Knoch 65200 medley relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy 1:48.77<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Kelley (SSA) 1:53.42<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Paulk (SSA) 2:00.94<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Brown (SSA) 23.08<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Kelley (SSA) 56.52<B>1-meter diving:</B> 1-not contested<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Brown (SSA) 51.31<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Van McCarren (K) 5:28.64<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy 1:36.01<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Paulk (SSA) 54.92<B>100 breaststroke:</B> 1-Zentgraf (SSA) 1:08.58<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy 3:35.42