Balanced Golden Knights topple Gremlins

February 16, 2010 Last Updated: February 16, 2010 01:43 PM High School

Union had four players reach double figure, including 14 points by Taylor Smith and 13 by Zac Smith, to power the Golden Knights boys basketball team to a 74-45 victory over Karns City Monday.

Zac Smith had 11 assists, Scott Booth had 10 points and 11 rebounds, Brody Pollock had 10 points and Chase Johnston had 10 rebounds for Union (14-6, 13-3 in the KSAC).

Eric McCue's nine points led Karns City (4-16, 3-12).

UNION 74Zac Smith 6 0-0 13, Brody Pollock 3 2-2 10, Logan Mortimer 3 2-6 8, Shawn Booth 2 0-0 4, Taylor Smith 4 4-4 14, Derek Shirey 2 1-2 5, Scott Booth 4 1-2 10, Trent Corle 2 0-0 4, Chase Johnston 3 0-2 6.

Totals: 29 10-18 74.

KARNS CITY 45Brad Fuhrer 2 1-2 6, Cameron Harp 0 0-0 0, Brandyn Bowser 0 1-2 1, Aaron Markle 0 4-6 4, Jake Henry 2 0-0 5, Matt Bauldoff 0 0-0 0, Eric McCue 2 3-3 9, Evan Olszak 1 0-0 2, Brandon Collier 2 2-2 7, Tucker Preston 2 1-2 6, Brady Huselton 0 2-2 2, Kyle Barger 0 0-0 0, Mike Sinkevich 0 0-0 0, Brady Ellenberger 0 3-4 3, Tom Stoughton 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 11 17-23 45.

Union 23 16 21 14—74Karns City 9 13 8 15—453-point goals: Union 6 (Pollock 2, T. Smith 2, Z. Smith, Sc. Booth); Karns City 6 (McCue 2, Fuhrer, Henry, Collier, Preston).

Today: Karns City at Union

Valley 56, Mars 55 — The Vikings outscored the Planets 13-7 in the final quarter to earn the section triumph.Ian Hindley led Mars with 18 points and Tim Vandall hand 12.

VALLEY 56G. Fuquay 9 4-7 24, C. Chambers 4 0-0 10, T. Wermychik 4 0-0 10, D. DiCarolis 3 0-0 8, A. DiCarolis 0 0-0 0, A. Kahaan 2 0-0 4, P. Green 0 0-0 0, J. Lloyd 0 0-0 0, B. Clark 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 22 4-7 56.

MARS 55Tim Vandall 3 5-7 12, Brad Weischedel 2 1-2 5, Christian Locher 3 0-0 8, Mike Lindenbaum 2 4-4 9, Luke Gruber 1 0-0 3, Mitch Buzzard 0 0-0 0, Ian Hindley 6 3-4 18.

Totals: 17 8-13 55.

Valley 11 17 15 13—56Mars 14 17 17 7—553-point goals: Valley 8 (Fuquay 2, Chambers 2, Wermychik 2, D. Carolis 2); Mars 8 (Hindley 3, C. Locher 2, Vandall, Lindenbaum, Gruber).

Freeport 56, Apollo-Ridge 45 — Darius Frantz had 14 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks, and Alex Isenberg had 12 points and six assists to lead the Yellowjackets (14-2, 12-0) to wrap up a perfect section record.

APOLLO-RIDGE 45Michael Poydence 5 0-2 12, Tyler Martin 3 0-0 7, Shane Wingard 1 0-0 2, Josh Zelanko 1 3-4 5, Brad Campbell 1 1-2 3, Alan Johnson 4 0-4 10, Michael Dier 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 18 4-12 45.

FREEPORT 56Nick Gentile 2 3-5 7, Derek Durand 2 1-4 6, Tyler Collins 3 0-0 7, Darius Frantz 6 2-4 14, Alex Isenberg 3 5-7 12, Jake Campbell 1 0-0 2, Shawn Liberto 2 0-1 4, Mitch Shaw 1 0-0 2, Don Pastoria 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 21 10-21 56.

Apollo-Ridge 7 11 7 20—45Freeport 11 16 14 15—563-point goals: Apollo-Ridge 5 (Poydence 2, Johnson 2, Martin); Freeport 3 (Durand, Collins, Isenberg).

Next: WPIAL playoffs

Union 57, A-C Valley 41 — Tina Lipps had 19 points and 13 rebounds, Ashley MacKinlay had 11 points and six assists, and Brooke Pollock had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Damsels (11-7, 8-6).A-C Valley (7-11, 4-10) received 12 points from Tricia Kerlin, 11 from Erin Larimore and 10 from Meghan Cratty. Kelsey Boocks chipped in with nine rebounds.A-C VALLEY 41Erin Larimore 2 6-6 11, Meghan Cratty 4 2-5 10, Ashley Manculich 0 0-2 0, Mikyla Denchke 0 0-2 0, Tricia Kerlin 4 4-5 12, Meredith Snyder 1 0-0 2, Nicole Marshall 0 0-0 0, Jessica Bailey 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Boocks 3 0-0 6, Emily Quaill 0 0-1 0. Totals: 14 12-20 41.UNION 57Dani Priester 1 0-0 2, Mariah Winchester 3 3-4 9, Ashley MacKinlay 2 6-8 11, Brooke Pollock 3 4-11 10, Niki Stuart 0 0-0 0, Danica Stuart 0 0-0 0, Sierra Smith 3 0-2 6, Mackenzie Divins 0 0-0 0, Tina Lipps 8 3-5 19. Totals: 20 16-30 57.A-C Valley 8 4 15 14—41Union 16 15 13 13—573-point goals: A-C Valley 1 (Larimore); Union 1 (MacKinlay).Tuesday: Union at Karns CityWednesday: A-C Valley at Redbank ValleyDeer Lakes 45, Freeport 29 — Jessica McFadden had 12 points for the Yellowjackets in this section loss.FREEPORT 29Erica Carnahan 1 0-0 2, Nicolette Blake 2 0-0 4, Anna Christy 1 1-2 3, Jessica McFadden 3 5-8 12, Taylor Schrecengost 1 0-0 2, Jessica Aulicino 2 2-4 6. Totals: 10 8-14 29.DEER LAKES 45Emily Casello 2 0-0 4, Danielle Kearns 1 0-0 2, Sara Katich 1 1-2 3, Melissa Carr 1 0-0 2, Nicole Holtz 1 2-5 4, Beca Babincak 2 0-3 6, Shannon Dugan 3 6-7 12, Candice Scanga 4 0-0 8, Megan Kaven 1 0-2 2. Totals: 16 9-19 45.Freeport 5 8 7 9—29Deer Lakes 17 10 14 4—453-point goals: Freeport 1 (McFadden); Deer Lakes 2 (Babincak 2).

Slippery Rock 91, Titusville 78 (girls); Titusville 101 Slippery Rock 66 — Kelsey Reott and Nicole Moratis each won two events and were a part of the winning 400 freestyle relay to lead the Rockets.In the boys meet, Caleb Sykora-Bodie and Brandon Bridges also were double individual winners for Slippery Rock.Girls200 medley relay: 1-Titusville (Westcoat, Rodgers, Snyder, Nottington) 2:09.41200 freestyle: 1-Kelsey Reott (SR) 2:07.02200 individual medley: 1-Nicole Moratis (SR) 2:41.1950 freestyle: 1-Taylor Snyder (T) 25.31100 butterfly: 1-Nicole Moratis (SR) 1:15.30100 freestyle: 1-Taylor Snyder (T) 56.81500 freestyle: 1-Kelsey Reott (SR) 5:40.40200 free relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Mackenzie Burkhart, Katelyn Brozenic, Emma Knox, Chloe Pizor) 2:00.17100 backstroke: 1-Emily Wetzel (T) 1:15.72100 breaststroke: 1-Katelyn Brozenic (SR) 1:23.09400 free relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Emma Knox, Nicole Moratis, Chloe Pizor, Kelsey Reott) 4:15.02Boys200 medley relay: 1-Titusville (Come, Lesko, Furlan, Bledey) 1:50.38200 freestyle: 1-Seth Come (T) 2:04.34200 individual medley: 1-Brandon Bridges (SR) 2:18.0250 freestyle: 1-Caleb Sykora-Bodie (SR) 22.66100 butterfly: 1-Alex Furlan (T) 1:01.25100 freestyle: 1-Caleb Sykora-Bodie (SR) 51.18500 freestyle: 1-Brandon Bridges (SR) 5:31.91200 free relay: 1-Titusville (Leach, Lesko, Whitman, Pattison) 1:38.12100 backstroke: 1-Kyle Hawk (SR) 1:03.87100 breaststroke: 1-James Udischas (SR) 1:14.51400 free relay: 1-Titusville (Pattison, Furlan, Come, Bledey) 3:34.69n Knoch swept a pair of meets from Deer Lakes Friday night, the boys winning 80.5-74.5 and the girls claiming a 94-69 decision.The Knight boys (4-5) and girls (5-4) are scheduled to swim at Northgate tonight.GirlsKnoch 94, Deer Lakes 69200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Anna Cunningham, Jessica Gross, Jill Vogus, Kristy Daubner) 2:04.71200 freestyle: 1-Kistler (DL) 2:08.80200 individual medley: 1-Jill Vogus (K) 2:36.6450 freestyle: 1-Kristy Daubner (K) 25.93100 butterfly: 1-Jill Vogus (K) 1:08.45100 freestyle: 1-Kristy Daubner (K) 57.63500 freestyle: 1-Evanvik (DL) 5:52.41200 free relay: 1-Knoch (Else Goldman, Stephanie Gross, Pam Pivaronas, Leah Walsh) 1:56.61100 backstroke: 1-Anna Cunningham (K) 1:09.92100 breaststroke: 1-Jessica Gross (K) 1:17.22400 free relay: 1-Knoch (Anna Cunningham, Jessica Gross, Jill Vogus, Kristy Daubner) 4:11.14BoysKnoch 80.5, Deer Lakes 74.5200 medley relay: 1-Deer Lakes 1:52.59200 freestyle: 1-Van McCarren (K) 1:57.96200 individual medley: 1-Evan Uik (DL) 2:16.2450 freestyle: 1-Hull (DL) 1:00.26100 butterfly: 1-Deer Lakes (no name provided) 1:00.26100 freestyle: 1-Josh Tackett (K) 53.04500 freestyle: 1-Evan Uik (DL) 5:07.19200 free relay: 1-Knoch (Mike Kasunic, Luke Nelson, Cody Lehnerd, Jacob Shoemaker) 1:46.74100 backstroke: 1-Caklaus (DL) no time provided100 breaststroke: 1-Aaron Goldman (K) 1:12.76400 free relay: 1-Deer Lakes 3:35.25