Brody Pollock tallied 30 points — 20 coming in the first half — as Union posted a 69-62 victory over A-C Valley in boys basketball action Friday.

Union (8-1, 1-0), which also received 17 points from Kaden McGregor, raced out to a 23-6 first-quarter advantage.

The teams combined for 53 fourth-quarter points, 31 coming from the Falcons (5-3, 2-1).

Ryan Bartley had 26 points and Brody Irwin added 15 to lead A-C Valley.

UNION 69Taylor Smith 4 0-0 9, Brody Pollock 9 9-13 30, Brody Shick 1 0-0 2, Kaden McGregor 8 1-2 17, Wanya Harris 2 3-6 7, Austin Davis 1 2-2 4, Brandon Tyson 0 0-0 0, Mikey Harris 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 25 15-23 69.

A-C VALLEY 62Brody Irwin 5 2-2 15, Ryan Bartley 7 11-14 26, Kevin Kaufman 2 3-6 7, Jeff Eaton 2 2-2 6, Landon Delisio 2 0-1 4, Jay Kaufman 0 2-2 2, Keaton King 1 0-1 2, Cole Terwilliger 0 0-0 0, Justin Rothen 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 19 20-28 62.

Union 23 11 13 22—69A-C Valley 6 11 14 31—623-point goals: Union 4 (Pollock 3, Smith); A-C Valley 4 (Irwin 3, Bartley).

Monday: Keystone at Union; A-C Valley at Clarion-Limestone

Mars 64, Deer Lakes 42 — Owen Nearhoof had 17 points to help lift the Planets to the Section 1-AAA victory.Josh Goetz added 11 points and Mitch Buzard 10 for Mars (6-3, 3-1).

DEER LAKES 42Fleming 0 0-0 0, Keenan 2 0-0 6, Kowalkowski 2 1-2 7, Ja. Fragapane 0 0-0 0, Rebel 4 0-0 11, Jo. Fragapane 7 0-1 15, Bryner 1 1-3 3.

Totals: 16 2-6 42.

MARS 64Garrett Ashbaugh 2 2-3 6, Owen Nearhoof 7 1-1 17, Ben Erdahl 2 0-0 5, Ethan Lewis 0 0-0 0, Alex Locher 3 2-2 8, Matt Getsy 3 0-0 7, Mitch Buzard 4 1-3 10, Zach May 0 0-0 0, Josh Goetz 5 1-2 11, Adam Bayuk 0 0-0 0, Jason Lozzi 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 26 7-11 64.

Deer Lakes 14 11 7 10—42Mars 21 16 12 15—643-point goals: Deer Lakes 8 (Rebel 3, Keenan 2, Kowalkowski 2, Jo. Fragapane); Mars 5 (Nearhoof 2, Erdahl, Getsy, Buzard).

Knoch 62, Highlands 55 — Marc Vaughan netted 18 points, Mike Schenk 14 and Tavita Lio 10 to pace the Knights (3-7, 2-2) to the Section 1-AAA win.The Rams' Micah Mason led all scorers with 33 points.

HIGHLANDS 55Glenn Saunders 1 0-0 2, Alan Crise 3 0-0 6, Micah Mason 10 8-9 33, Gage Clark 1 0-0 2, Tyler Kavmirczick 4 2-2 10, Elijah Jackson 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 20 10-11 55.

KNOCH 62Jack Boros 1 3-7 5, Alex Strezeski 2 5-6 9, Dakota Bruggeman 2 1-2 5, Tavita Lio 3 2-5 10, Marc Vaughan 7 4-8 18, Mike Schenk 7 0-0 14, Phil Kletzli 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 22 16-30 62.

Highlands 10 11 7 27—55Knoch 12 14 15 21—623-point goals: Highlands 5 (Mason 5); Knoch 2 (Lio 2).

Tuesday: Knoch at Valley

Freeport 51, Ford City 46 — Brendan Lynch and Ryan Dunn scored 16 points each and Robbie Miller added 10 rebounds to lead the Yellowjackets (5-3, 1-2).

FORD CITY 46Jon Shanty 6 4-4 19, Martin Brison 0 0-0 0, Jesse Sequiera 2 1-2 5, Tyler Nuzzo 1 0-0 2, Andrew Labutka 0 0-0 0, Hunter Bower 5 1-3 11, David Lattanzio 3 0-0 6, August Mantini 0 0-0 0, Zane Hessa 0 0-0 0, Blake Bower 0 3-4 3.

Totals: 17 9-13 46.

FREEPORT 51Rob Palko 1 0-0 2, Brendan Lynch 6 3-6 16, Ryan Dunn 7 0-3 16, Robbie Miller 2 0-1 5, Zane Geist 0 0-0 0, Alex Carson 0 0-0 0, Tony DeVivo 0 3-4 3, Sean Carson 3 3-5 9.

Totals: 19 9-19 51.

Ford City 17 5 10 14—46Freeport 20 9 8 14—513-point goals: Ford City 3 (Shanty 3); Freeport 4 (Dunn 2, Lynch, Miller).

Grove City 56, Farrell 43 — Torin Smith scored 22 points and Jordan Patterson added 11 for Grove City in this region victory.

GROVE CITY 56Torin Smith 6 7-9 22, Donte Robinson 4 1-3 9, Matt Thrasher 0 0-0 0, Alec Goodwin 1 0-0 2, Alex Hall 2 0-0 4, Jordan Patterson 5 1-2 11, Foster Reznor 3 2-3 8.

Totals: 21 11-17 56.

FARRELL 43Burns 2 0-0 5, Brewer 1 0-1 2, Jones 6 0-2 12, Peterson 1 0-0 2, Stewart 2 0-0 4, Pierce 2 0-1 4, Hughes 1 0-0 2, Hyman 3 1-1 8, Archie 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 20 1-5 43.

3-point goals: Grove City 3 (Smith 3); Farrell 2 (Burns, Hyman).

Summit Academy 53, Mohawk 50 — The Knights (7-3, 4-0) continued their strong Section 2-AA play as they downed host Mohawk.

Girls Basketball

Moniteau 44, Karns City 28 — Amanda Sloan had 13 points to lead the Warriors (4-4, 2-0) to the KSAC-South triumph.Ally Olkowski's 11 points led the Gremlins (1-7, 0-1).

KARNS CITY 28Erin McCue 1 0-1 2, Ally Olkowski 5 1-1 11, Kara Kerschbaumer 1 0-0 2, Shanel Preston 2 2-6 7, Erin Lopresti 2 0-0 4, Leah McGuire 0 2-4 2.

Totals: 11 5-12 28.

MONITEAU 44Fontaine Glenn 1 0-0 2, Ashley Brehm 2 0-2 4, Krista Snyder 3 1-2 7, Nikki Yeckel 3 0-0 6, Heather Porter 4 0-0 8, Amanda Sloan 5 2-2 13, Katie Brehm 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 20 3-6 44.

Karns City 6 11 4 7—28Moniteau 16 12 8 8—443-point goals: Karns City 1 (Preston); Moniteau 1 (Sloan).

Monday: West Forest at Moniteau; Redbank Valley at Karns City

A-C Valley 52, Union 44 — The Falcons limited Union to 11 total points in the second and third quarters combined en route to the KSAC win.Kelsey Boocks and Meredith Snyder had 15 and 11 points, respectively, for A-C Valley (5-4, 3-2), which connected on 30 free throws.Union (3-4, 0-2) received 20 points from Sierra Smith and 13 from Delani Priester.

A-C VALLEY 52Tricia Kerlin 2 4-6 9, Emily Quaill 2 1-2 5, Racheal Viertel 1 2-2 5, Kelsey Boocks 1 13-17 15, Meredith Snyder 3 5-6 11, Hanna Hetrick 1 5-10 7, Erin Logue 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 10 30-43 52.

UNION 44Delani Priester 5 3-6 13, Sydney Varner 0 0-0 0, Danara Hawk 1 0-0 2, Daneka Stuart 0 2-4 4, Eiley McGregor 0 0-0 0, Kassie McGarrity 0 2-4 2, Sierra Smith 5 7-10 20, Mackenzie Divins 2 1-2 5.

Totals: 13 15-26 44.

A-C Valley 17 7 9 19—52Union 16 3 8 17—443-point goals: A-C Valley 2 (Kerlin, Viertel); Union 3 (Smith 3).

Monday: Union at Keystone; Clarion-Limestone at A-C ValleyHockey

Mars 6, South Park 1 — Nick Blaney had four goals and an assist to power the Planets.Mars (9-0) outshot South Park 41-10.

Private Schools

First Baptist Christian (girls basketball) 37, Aquinas Academy 20 — Hannah Roth scored 22 points while Lydia Roth had three rebounds and three steals, Alyssa Barn six points and three steals.

Christian Life Academy 73, First Baptist Christian (boys) 43 — Tommy Barnhart had 17 points for FBC, Adam Drake 13 and Josh Drake 10. Paul Drake had 19 points and 11 rebounds in the junior varsity's 48-41 win.

Ohio Homeschool 47, First Baptist Christian (boys) 40 — Drake had 16 points and nine rebounds for FBC, Barnhart 10 points and four assists, Richie Dickson 10 points.