Freeport girls cruise to win
Senior guard Lynsey Gugino scored 14 points, including three 3-pointers, as the Freeport girls basketball team crushed host West Shamokin Monday night by a 51-27 margin.
Taylor Schrecengost added 11 points and Jessica Aulicino 10 for the Yellowjackets (3-5).
FREEPORT 51Taylor Schrecengost 4 3-4 11, Jessica McFadden 2 2-3 6, Lynsey Gugino 4 3-3 14, Jessica Aulicino 5 0-2 10, Macy Smolic 1 0-0 2, Michaela Bowser 3 2-2 8.
Totals: 19 10-14 51.
WEST SHAMOKIN 27Michaela Williams 1 0-0 2, Kelly Clowser 1 1-2 3, Jayna Rhine 2 0-0 4, Triston Cribbs 3 0-0 6, Rose Reeseman 0 2-2 2, Leah Cessna 1 0-0 2, Lizzy Cornish 3 0-2 6, Jen Notto 1 0-3 2.
Totals: 12 3-9 27.
Freeport 19 16 4 12—51West Shamokin 8 6 9 4—273-point goals: Freeport 3 (Gugino 3); West Shamokin 0.
Thursday: Freeport at Deer Lakes
Kittanning 56, Karns City 41 — Shanel Preston's 10 points led the Gremlins (1-6) in this defeat.
KITTANNING 56Religa 3 0-2 6, Knepschield 7 4-4 19, Wolf 2 1-4 5, Patterson 7 2-4 20, Cloak 1 2-5 4, Thomas 1 0-0 2.
Totals: 21 9-19 56.
KARNS CITY 41Erin McCue 2 3-4 7, Allyson Olkowski 0 2-2 2, Kara Kerschbaumer 2 3-4 7, Emily Schumacher 3 0-0 8, Shanel Preston 4 2-3 10, Emily Lopresti 1 0-0 3, LeErin Jones 2 0-0 4.
Totals: 14 10-13 41.
Kittanning 17 12 14 13—56Karns City 7 8 11 15—413-point goals: Kittanning 5 (Patterson 4, Knepschield); Karns City 3 (Schumacher 2, Lopresti).
Friday: Karns City at Moniteau
Mohawk 37, Mars 34 — Despite 16 points from freshman Ali Goetz, the Planets dropped this road game, getting outscored 19-11 in the fourth period.
MARS 34Randi Francis 3 3-4 9, Brinsley Evanson 2 0-0 4, Alyssa Mathews 1 2-3 4, Sarah Getsy 0 1-2 1, Ali Goetz 6 4-12 16, Teresa Dallatore 0 0-2 0, Jessica Bunner 0 0-2 0, Paige Castora 0 0-0 0.
Totals: 12 10-25 34.
MOHAWK 37Hoover 4 0-0 8, Sackin 2 0-0 4, Brown 4 1-3 9, See 3 0-0 6, Giancola 4 1-2 10.
Totals: 17 2-5 37.
Mars 8 10 5 11—34Mohawk 4 7 7 19—373-point goals: Mars 0; Mohawk 1 (Giancola).
Wednesday: Mars at North Hills
Tanner Chuba and Tanner Gilliland both scored a goal, but Butler dropped an 8-2 decision to Central Catholic.
The Butler High wrestling team featured five grapplers who went undefeated as the Golden Tornado placed third out of 40 teams at the Wheeling Park Duals Tournament Dec. 28-29.Blake Caudill, Korey Caudill, Nick Sutton, Zach Reges and Dakoda Collins each went 8-0 to win their respective weight classes.Blake Caudill (six) and Collins (seven) tallied 13 pins between them.Will Bortmas went 7-1 for the Tornado, Ryan Hannon went 6-2 while Jesse Spohn, Zach Weaver and Connor Foust all managed a 5-3 record.Butler hosts a non-section match against Connellsville tonight.From staff reports</B><I></I>
