Falcons fly through South

February 15, 2010 Last Updated: February 15, 2010 01:16 PM High School

Allan Eaton

A-C Valley clinches berth in KSAC championship tilt

A-C Valley withstood Keystone's fourth-quarter comeback attempt and the Falcons' boys basketball team pulled out a 56-53 KSAC road victory on Saturday, clinching the South Division title in the process.

Allan Eaton was the only Falcons player to score in double digits with 18 and he added 13 rebounds.

A-C Valley (19-1, 15-0) has two regular season contests remaining before it battles North Clarion, the North Division champ, in next Saturday's KSAC title game.

A-C VALLEY 56Matt Bartley 3 0-1 7, Reed Terwilliger 1 6-6 8, Josh Austin 2 2-4 6, Blayne McGuirk 2 3-5 7, Allan Eaton 6 6-7 18, Logan Wetzel 1 0-0 3, Ryan Bartley 2 0-1 5, Cole Smith 1 0-0 2, Alex Logue 0 0-0 0, Joe Kaufman 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 18 17-24 56.

KEYSTONE 53Rearick 1 0-0 3, Marchand 4 0-0 11, Zuck 2 2-4 6, Wolbert 2 0-0 5, Reed 4 7-10 15, Montana 1 4-6 7, Bowser 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 17 13-20 53.

A-C Valley 17 14 12 13—56Keystone 10 10 14 19—533-point goals: A-C Valley 3 (M. Bartley, Wetzel, R. Bartley); Keystone 6 (Marchand 3, Wolbert, Rearick, Montana).

Tuesday: Redbank Valley at A-C Valley

Mars 67, Ellwood City 54 — Christian Locher scored a game-high 29 points and Ian Hindley added 24 for the Planets (12-6) in a game held at North Catholic High School.Mars exploded for 24 points in the second quarter.

MARS 67Brad Weischedel 2 0-0 5, Christian Locher 10 4-5 29, Mike Lindenbaum 3 0-0 7, Ian Hindley 9 5-5 24, Tim Vandall 1 0-0 2, Luke Gruber 0 0-0 0, Mitch Buzzard 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 25 9-10 67.

ELLWOOD CITY 54McKinney 2 7-8 12, Mittica 8 0-4 16, Horgan 1 0-0 2, Ceriani 4 1-2 10, Lucarelli 2 0-0 6, Crawford 3 2-2 8.

Totals: 20 10-16 54.

Mars 14 24 14 15—67Ellwood City 17 16 5 16—543-point goals: Mars 8 (Locher 5, Lindenbaum, Hindley, Weischedel); Ellwood City 4 (Lucarelli 2, Ceriani, McKinney).

Today: Valley at Mars

Union 64, Moniteau 56 — Scott Booth poured in 32 points, including a 17-of-18 showing at the free throw line, to lead the Golden Knights (13-6, 12-3) to this KSAC win.Booth added 11 rebounds.Kyle Armagost paced the Warriors (8-10, 8-6) with 14 points and Zach McCormick scored 13.

MONITEAU 56Kyle Armagost 4 4-5 14, James Shope 1 0-0 2, Zach McCormick 6 0-0 13, Jereme Loos 2 2-2 6, Heath Lominski 0 1-2 1, Andrew Armagost 4 0-0 10, Zach Sloan 5 0-0 10, Mitch Hunter 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 22 7-9 56.

UNION 64Zac Smith 4 1-1 10, Brody Pollock 0 1-2 1, Shawn Booth 2 0-0 5, Logan Mortimer 1 7-9 9, Taylor Smith 1 2-2 4, Scott Booth 6 17-18 32, Chase Johnston 1 1-2 3.

Totals: 15 29-34 64.

Moniteau 8 14 17 17—56Union 10 9 30 15—643-point goals: Moniteau 5 (K. Armagost 2, A. Armagost 2, McCormick); Union 5 (Sc. Booth 3, Z. Smith, Sh. Booth).

Today: Union at Karns City

Tuesday: Keystone at Moniteau

Knoch 56, Valley 50 — Jake McTighe scored 15 points for the Knights (9-11, 4-8), while Corey Miller and Adam Seger both had 12 in this Section 1-AAA win.Knoch built a 36-20 lead by halftime.

KNOCH 56Corey Miller 5 0-0 12, Kevin Wood 1 0-0 2, Ryan Schultheis 1 1-3 3, Chris Cetnar 2 0-0 4, Adam Seger 3 4-7 12, Jake McTighe 7 0-0 15, Nathan Junk 4 0-0 8.

Totals: 23 5-10 56.

VALLEY 50Fuquay 9 2-4 22, Chambers 2 0-0 5, Weremeychik 1 0-0 2, B. DiCarlis 1 0-0 3, A. DiCarlis 3 0-0 6, Kannan 5 0-0 10, Green 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 22 2-4 50.

Knoch 15 21 5 15—56Valley 7 13 10 20—503-point goals: Knoch 5 (Miller 2, Seger 2, McTighe); Valley 4 (Fuquay 2, Chambers, B. DiCarlis).

Tuesday: Highlands at Knoch

Farrell 77, Slippery Rock 50 — Brian Giesler's 22 points were not enough to lift the Rockets (8-11) to victory.

SLIPPERY ROCK 50Brent Ayers 4 1-2 9, Justin Bennett 3 0-1 6, Brian Giesler 9 2-3 22, Ryan Gordon 1 0-0 3, Caleb Whitney 1 0-0 2, Rummel 2 0-1 5, Sean White 1 1-4 3.

Totals: 21 4-11 50.

FARRELL 77Scott 3 1-1 8, Jefferson 5 0-0 11, Johnson 3 0-2 8, Ellam 1 0-0 2, Horton 9 1-2 20, Brodine 3 4-4 10, Shannonhouse 3 0-0 7, Goudy 1 2-2 5, Trudeau 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 31 8-11 77.

Slippery Rock 11 6 16 17—50Farrell 18 17 22 20—773-point goals: Slippery Rock 4 (Giesler 2, Gordon, Rummel); Farrell 7 (Johnson 2, Horton, Shannonhouse, Jefferson, Scott, Goudy).

Tuesday: Grove City at Slippery Rock

Redbank Valley 58, Karns

City 43 — The Gremlins (4-15, 3-11) were led by Aaron Markle's 12 points.

REDBANK VALLEY 58Bain 5 0-0 12, Bowser 2 0-1 4, Ruby 11 1-3 24, McCrea 3 0-2 7, Scott 2 0-0 4, Sovik 2 0-0 4, Rupp 1 0-0 3.

Totals: 26 1-6 58.

KARNS CITY 43Brad Fuhrer 2 0-0 5, Cameron Harp 2 0-0 4, Aaron Markle 4 4-8 12, Eric McCue 3 3-5 9, Evan Olszak 3 0-0 6, Brandon Collier 0 1-2 1, Tucker Preston 2 0-0 6, Jake Henry 0 0-0 0, Brandyn Bowser 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 16 8-15 43.

Redbank Valley 20 15 10 13—58Karns City 14 11 12 6—433-point goals: Redbank Valley 5 (Bain 2, Ruby, McCrea, Rupp); Karns City 3 (Preston 2, Fuhrer).

Today: Union at Karns CityFollowing are boys basketball results from over the weekend in which no other details were available.

Pine-Richland 45, Seneca Valley 43 — The Raiders are now 2-9 in their section and 7-12 overall.

Freeport 49, Ford City 29 — Freeport remains perfect in section play at 11-0 and 13-2 overall. The Yellowjackets won their first section title since 2004.

Jenna McCorry's 18 points helped lift host Moniteau to a 42-39 win over Union.The Warriors (11-8, 9-5) used a 25-18 advantage in the second half to pick up the win.Mariah Winchester led Union (10-7, 7-6) with 12 points.UNION 39Delani Priester 2 0-0 4, Mariah Winchester 5 0-0 12, Ashley MacKinlay 0 2-2 2, Brooke Pollock 4 1-4 9, Sierra Smith 3 0-0 6, Tina Lipps 0 6-7 6, Divins 0 0-2 0. Totals: 14 9-15 39.MONITEAU 42Ashley Brehm 2 1-3 5, Jenna McCorry 5 5-8 18, Amanda Sloan 3 1-2 7, Alex Guercio 2 3-4 7, Kathleen Harding 0 1-4 1, Katie Brehm 2 0-2 4. Totals: 14 11-23 42.Union 6 15 9 9—39Moniteau 6 11 11 14—423-point goals: Union 2 (Winchester 2); Moniteau 3 (McCorry 3).Today: A-C Valley at UnionTuesday: Moniteau at KeystoneA-C Valley 53, Keystone 48 — Tricia Kerlin scored 16 points and added four assists as the Falcons outscored the Panthers 21-9 in the fourth quarter.Meghan Cratty tallied 14 points and nine rebounds for A-C Valley (7-10, 4-9), while Erin Larimore contributed 10 points, three steals and three assists.KEYSTONE 48Block 0 2-2 2, Ferringer 2 0-0 4, Love 2 0-0 6, Johnson 5 1-1 12, Wilson 6 4-5 17, Deloe 1 0-0 2, Wise 2 1-2 5. Totals: 18 8-10 48.A-C VALLEY 53Erin Larimore 3 3-6 10, Meghan Cratty 6 2-7 14, Mikyla Denchke 2 0-0 4, Tricia Kerlin 3 10-18 16, Kelsey Boocks 4 1-2 9, Ashley Manculich 0 0-0 0, Meredith Snyder 0 0-0 0, Nicole Marshall 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 16-33 53.Keystone 11 12 16 9—48A-C Valley 13 11 8 21—533-point goals: Keystone 4 (Love 2, Johnson, Wilson); A-C Valley 1 (Larimore).Today: A-C Valley at UnionRedbank Valley 59, Karns City 38 — The Gremlins (2-14, 2-11) were outscored 34-10 in the first and fourth quarters.KARNS CITY 38Cait Davis 2 0-0 4, Sarah Young 4 0-0 8, Corinne Conto 1 1-2 3, Dale Barnhart 1 0-0 2, Brooke Hiles 1 1-2 3, Chelsea Campbell 2 0-0 6, Allyson Olkowski 3 0-0 6, Stephanie Stoughton 2 2-2 6, Kara Kerschbaumer 0 0-0 0, Erin McCue 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 4-6 38.REDBANK VALLEY 59Evans 5 0-0 11, Veronesi 5 3-4 13, Gruver 5 10-14 21, Bowers 0 3-4 3, Rey 3 1-5 7, Neiswonger 2 0-1 4, Adams 0 0-2 0. Totals: 20 17-30 59.Karns City 4 13 15 6—38Redbank Valley 16 6 19 18—593-point goals: Karns City 2 (Campbell 2); Redbank Valley 2 (Evans, Gruver).Tuesday: Union at Karns CityFollowing are girls basketball results from over the weekend in which no other details were available.Ford City 52, Freeport 51 — The Yellowjackets fell to 4-14 overall and 3-8 in section play.North Allegheny 72, Seneca Valley 61 — The Raiders' loss drops the team to 2-18 overall and 1-11 in section play.Knoch 49, Valley 23 — The Knights end the season at 4-8 in section, 7-13 overall.

Butler's varsity squad ended the regular season with an 11-7 win over Montour.Michael Ocvirk and Robbie Barnhart both scored a hat trick and Aaron Jamison added two goals.Also finding the net in victory were Charlie Beers, A.J. Jamison and Sam Junker.Garrett Weitzel, A.J. Jamison, Barnhart and Ocvirk each had a pair of assists, while Tommy Mitch was the winning goalie and added one helper.

Mars received pins from Chad McDade (119 pounds), Ronnie Dakan (160), Chris Boggs (215) and Cameron Cress (285), but the Planets dropped a 37-33 decision to Highlands.Highlands 37, Mars 33103-Casella (H) won by forfeit; 112-Schulteis (M) won by forfeit; 119-Chad McDade (M) pinned Sciscrani, 2:57; 125-Andy Selker (M) dec. Wilson, 5-3; 130-O'Neil (H) pinned Winter, 1:24; 135-Kremer (H) major dec. Lennen, 9-0; 140-Zeiler (H) dec. Flinn, 1-0; 145-Bass (H) pinned McMahon, 4:24; 152-Bachman (H) dec. Matoka, 8-5; 160-Ronnie Dakan (M) pinned Sciscrani, 2:41; 171-Festa (H) dec. Smith, 9-6; 189-Barry (H) pinned Bitzer, 4:52; 215-Chris Boggs (M) pinned Lang, 2:39; 285*-Cameron Cress (M) pinned Bonnett, 2:45.