Damsels rally late

December 16, 2011 Last Updated: December 16, 2011 01:21 PM High School

Delani Priester scored 19 points and added six rebounds and six assists as the Union girls basketball team rallied for a 53-40 win over North Clarion Thursday night.

The Damsels (3-1) trailed 37-34 after three quarters, but outscored North Clarion 19-3 in the final eight minutes.

Sierra Smith added 18 points for Union.

UNION 53Delani Priester 7 5-6 19, Sydney Varner 0 0-0 0, Danara Hawk 2 1-4 5, Daneka Stuart 1 5-6 7, Kassie McGarrity 0 0-0 0, Sierra Smith 7 3-5 18, Mackenzue Divins 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 19 14-21 53.

NORTH CLARION 40Oaks 0 0-0 0, Siegel 3 0-0 9, Sherman 4 1-4 9, Nick 2 1-4 5, Schmader 5 0-0 11, Bauer 0 0-0 0, Reed 2 0-0 4, Schill 0 2-2 2.

Totals: 16 4-10 40.

Union 10 16 8 19—53North Clarion 10 8 19 3—403-point goals: Union 1 (Smith); North Clarion 4 (Siegel 3, Schmader).

Tuesday: Union at Clarion

East Forest 36, Karns City 34 — Shanel Preston scored 12 points and Emily LoPresti added 10, but the Gremlins (0-3) dropped a close one to East Forest.

EAST FOREST 36Harringer 3 0-0 6, Kahle 1 6-7 8, Long 2 1-2 5, Oliver 2 3-5 7, Simpson 1 2-3 4, Clow 2 0-0 4, McLaughlin 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 12 12-17 36.

KARNS CITY 34Erin McCue 3 0-0 6, Allyson Olkowski 1 0-1 2, Kara Kerschbaumer 1 2-2 4, Leah McGuire 0 0-5 0, Emily Schumacher 0 0-0 0, Shanel Preston 5 0-0 12, Emily LoPresti 10.

Totals: 14 2-8 34.

East Forest 6 12 6 12—36Karns City 6 9 7 12—343-point goals: East Forest 0; Karns City 4 (Preston 2, LoPresti 2).

Today: Karns City at West Shamokin

Apollo-Ridge 48, Freeport 45 — The Yellowjackets were outscored 15-4 in the final quarter.Taylor Schrecengost scored 16 points and Jessica Aulicino added 13 points for Freeport (1-3).

FREEPORT 45Taylor Schrecengost 8 0-0 16, Jessica Aulicino 5 3-4 13, Michaela Bowser 4 0-1 8, Macy Smolic 0 2-2 2, Nicole Miller 1 0-1 2, Jessica McFadden 1 1-4 4.

Totals: 19 6-12 45.

APOLLO-RIDGE 48Orlowski 5 2-6 17, Bonelli 4 5-10 13, Emminger 4 1-3 9, Demeno 1 1-2 3, Stiffey 0 1-3 1, Broman 1 1-2 3.

Totals: 15 11-26 48.

Freeport 9 12 20 4—45Apollo-Ridge 12 17 4 15—483-point goals: Freeport 1 (McFadden); Apollo-Ridge 3 (Orlowski).

Monday: Burrell at Freeport

Oakland Catholic 71, Seneca Valley 26 — The Raiders (3-1, 0-1) suffered their first loss of the season in this section setback.No other information was available.

Cranberry 70, A-C Valley 33 — Kelsey Boocks and Meredith Snyder each scored eight points, but the Falcons (0-3) were done in by big first and fourth quarters by the Berries.

CRANBERRY 70Kylie Mason 4 1-3 12, Lauren Hogue 4 4-5 12, Sune Swart 5 3-4 13, Emily Merryman 11 0-0 24, Julie Swartzfair 3 2-5 8, Maddie Hepler 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 27 11-19 70.

A-C VALLEY 33Tricia Kerlin 3 1-2 7, Emily Quail 1 0-0 2, Racheal Viertel 1 1-2 3, Kelsey Boocks 4 0-0 8, Meredith Snyder 4 0-1 8, Hanna Hetrick 1 1-2 3, Erin Logue 0 0-0 0, Danielle Kaufman 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 15 3-6 33.

Cranberry 22 9 4 25—70A-C Valley 8 9 10 6—333-point goals: Cranberry 2 (Merryman 2; A-C Valley 0.

Six Butler shooters notched scores of 100 as the Golden Tornado downed Avella 798-58x-796-62x.Olivia Eagal, Abby Gallagher, Olivia Swiergol, Kayla Goas, Sarah Laughlin and Morgan Minto were Butler's top shooters.

Katie Antal easily won the 50 freestyle and 500 freestyle and Kelsey Reott also captured two individual events as the Slippery Rock girls swimming team toppled Franklin 107-57.Antal won the 50 free by nearly three seconds and the 500 free by nearly a minute.Zack France won a pair of events for the Slippery Rock boys in a 99-68 loss to Franklin.GirlsSlippery Rock 107, Franklin 57200 medley relay: 1-Slippery Rock (McLaughlin, Antal, Cooper, Fair) 2:05.28200 freestyle: 1-Hailey McLaughlin (SR) 2:19.10200 individual medley: 1-Megan Emerson (F) 2:30.0450 freestyle: 1-Katie Antal (SR) 26.50100 butterfly: 1-Kelsey Reott (SR) 1:03.17100 freestyle: 1-Alexis Ziegler (F) 1:03.32500 freestyle: 1-Antal (SR) 5:48.98200 freestyle relay: 1-Slippery Rock (McLaughlin, Fair, Antal, Reott) 1:50.65100 backstroke: 1-Reott (SR) 1:02.63100 breaststroke: 1-Nikki Fair (SR) 1:18.79400 freestyle relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Cooper, Lueken, Ripley, Reott) 4:16.38BoysFranklin 99, Slippery Rock 68200 medley relay: 1-Franklin 1:50.22200 freestyle: 1-Zack France (SR) 1:57.72200 individual medley: 1-Phil Emerson (F) 2:06.4250 freestyle: 1-Matyi Kovac (SR) 23.00100 butterfly: 1-Andy Frederick (F) 57.08100 freestyle: 1-Emerson (F) 49.36500 freestyle: 1-James Udischas (SR) 5:38.65200 freestyle relay: 1-Franklin 1:37.62100 backstroke: 1-Connor Virgile (F) 1:01.47100 breaststroke: 1-France (SR) 1:10.14400 freestyle relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Bridges, Johnston, France, Kovac) 3:38.26

Cole Hepler scored the lone goal for Freeport and Cody Lee stopped 22 shots to preserve a 1-1 tie against Westmont Hilltop.The Yellowjackets were outshot 23-11 in the game.Penn Trafford 7, Seneca Valley 1 — The Raiders got a goal from Brandon Wehner, but were outshot 21-6 in this loss.

Autumn Hepler rolled a 578 series and Brea Suchonic notched a 579 series to help the Butler girls bowling team to a 7-0 win over Mars Wednesday.Hepler's high game was a 211. Suchonic's high was 212.The Butler boys downed Mars 5-2, led by a 584 series from Garrett Sexton.

Seneca Valley 54, Ambridge 28 — The Raiders received six pins and three forfeit victories to topple Ambridge in this match from Wednesday.106 pounds: Nick Zoria (SV) pinned Michael Roberts 2:40; 113: Anthony Latess (SV) pinned Michael Chambers 4:25; 120: Zain Skales (SV) by forfeit; 126: Brennen O'Shea (SV) by forfeit; 132: Austin Leon (SV) by forfeit; 138: Jimmy Nusser (SV) pinned Nicholas VanDyke 2:23; 145: Tommy O'Shea (SV) pinned Justin Shuttleworth 1:54; 152: Stephen Rudolph (SV) pinned Anthony Hill 3:02; 160: Josef Baran (A) pinned Jake Eaton 1:48; 170: Matt Banyas (SV) pinned Michael Sherin 3:40; 182: Elliott Baran (A) pinned Joe Duggan 1:40; 195: Calvin Sittig (A) pinned Christian Long; 220: Luke Heilig (A) maj. dec. Sean Stanek 10-1; 285: Sebastian Perez (A) pinned Clayton Hoover (SV) :28.