The Union girls basketball team held off a feisty Keystone squad and improved to 11-1 in KSAC play with a 50-47 victory Saturday afternoon.

Mariah Winchester paced the Damsels (15-2 overall) with 20 points and Tina Lipps tallied 12 points and 11 boards, putting her over 1,000 career rebounds.

KEYSTONE 47Jillian Love 5 0-0 11, Molly Wise 7 1-2 16, Samantha Black 1 1-1 3, Morgan Johnson 4 8-10 17.

Totals: 17 10-13 47.

UNION 50Delani Priester 3 0-2 6, Mariah Winchester 6 5-6 20, Ashley MacKinlay 2 2-3 6, Sierra Smith 1 3-4 6, Tina Lipps 4 2-4 12, Daneka Stuart 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Divins 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 16 12-19 50.

Keystone 16 6 11 14—47Union 13 11 11 15—503-point goals: Keystone 3 (Love, Wise, Johnson); Union 6 (Winchester 3, Lipps 2, Smith).

Friday: Karns City at Union

Hopewell 69, Slippery Rock 48 — Morgan Siebka's 16 points were not enough to lift the Rockets (8-8) in this road defeat.

SLIPPERY ROCK 48Molly Weitzel 3 0-0 8, Jackie Basta 2 0-0 4, Morgan Siebka 8 0-2 16, Bre Northcott 3 3-6 9, Nicole Papley 5 1-2 11, Haley Angerett 0 0-2 0, Anna Cessar 0 0-0 0, Michelle Hartzell 0 0-0 0, Ellie Shaw 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 21 4-12 48.

HOPEWELL 69Gill 8 1-1 18, Rivers 3 2-2 8, Rizzo 0 2-2 2, Rowan 4 3-3 11, Farris 4 0-0 10, Santia 0 2-2 2, Becker 1 1-2 3, Parish 1 0-0 2, Walker-Kimbrough 4 5-6 13.

Totals: 25 16-18 69.

Slippery Rock 8 8 13 19—48Hopewell 20 23 17 9—693-point goals: Slippery Rock 2 (Weitzel 2); Hopewell 3 (Farris 2, Gill).

Today: Slippery Rock at Oil City

Shawn Booth netted 15 points as Union crushed visiting Keystone 58-39. Taylor Smith added 14 points for the Golden Knights (12-4, 10-2).<B>KEYSTONE 39</B>Hess 0 1-2 1, Rearick 2 0-1 4, Wolbert 9 2-6 21, Beichner 1 1-2 4, Lencer 2 2-2 6, Summerville 1 0-0 3. <B>Totals:</B> 15 6-13 39.<B>UNION 58</B>Taylor Smith 6 1-2 14, Brody Pollock 3 5-6 12, Shawn Booth 6 0-0 15, Trent Corle 3 1-6 7, Derek Shirey 0 4-6 4, Austin Davis 3 0-0 6, Mike Harris 0 0-0 0, Aaron Graham 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 21 11-20 58.<B>Keystone 9 10 7 13—39Union 17 16 10 15—583-point goals:</B> Keystone 3 (Beichner, Wolbert, Summerville); Union 5 (Booth 3, Pollock, Smith).<B>Monday:</B> Union at Moniteau<B>Sharon 63, Slippery Rock 57 — </B>The Rockets (7-10, 2-10) lost despite getting 33 points from Brian Giesler. <B>SHARON 63Sanders 11 2-6 24, Little 0 1-2 1, Jefferson 3 4-6 10, Hopson 3 0-0 6, Brown 6 3-7 15, Otey 1 0-2 2, Jackson 1 2-2 5. </B>Totals: 25 12-25 63.<B>SLIPPERY ROCK 57</B>Ryan Thompson 1 0-0 3, Brian Giesler 13 2-2 33, Caleb Whitney 3 0-2 6, Andrew Waryanka 1 0-0 2, Alec McDeavitt 5 1-1 13, Sean White 0 0-0 0, Cody Wolinski 0 0-0 0, Ryan Currie 0 0-0 0, Ty Udy 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 23 3-5 57.<B>Sharon 15 11 17 20—63Slippery Rock 13 14 17 13—573-point goals:</B> Sharon 1 (Jackson); Slippery Rock 8 (Giesler 5, McDeavitt 2, Thompson).<B>Tuesday:</B> Oil City at Slippery Rock

Knoch's Blaine Elliott (125 pounds) and Dillion Holben (103) went 5-0 to as the Knights placed fourth at the Montour Duals.Elliott had four pins as Knoch went 3-2 as a team.Also performing well for Knoch were Allee Oskin (112, 4-1), Steve Mowry (215, 4-1) and Col McLaughlin (135, 2-2).Following are the Knights' team results from Saturday:Montour (L 60-18), Central Valley (W 41-33), Elderton (W 54-27), Perry (W 60-9), Thomas Jefferson (L 48-23).