Dustin Mellot had 27 points — all coming on nine 3-pointers — but the Slippery Rock boys basketball team fell short in a 69-63 Region 6 loss at Sharon Tuesday.

The Rockets (2-7, 0-5) scored just six first-quarter points before climbing their way back into the contest.

SLIPPERY ROCK 63Dan Bertozzi 2 0-0 4, Ryan Thompson 3 0-0 7, Caleb Whitney 2 2-4 6, Ryan Currie 2 5-9 9, Ty Udy 2 2-2 6, Sean White 1 0-0 2, Dustin Mellot 9 0-0 27, Mike Rummel 0 2-2 2, Jake Whitmer 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 21 11-18 63.

SHARON 69Sanders 4 0-3 8, Jefferson 9 6-11 25, Rice-Woods 2 0-2 4, Henry 5 2-2 12, Crawford 1 2-4 4, Stabler 3 1-2 7, Whipley 3 3-6 9, Jacoway 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 27 14-30 69.

Slippery Rock 6 15 20 22—63Sharon 15 20 8 26—693-point goals: Slippery Rock 10 (Mellot 9, Thompson); Sharon 1 (Jefferson).

Friday: Oil City at Slippery Rock

Freeport 75, Apollo-Ridge 61 — Ryan Dunn dropped in 34 points and Brendan Lynch added 22 as the Yellowjackets downed the Vikings.Freeport had 10 3-pointers in the game and connected on 23 of 30 free throws; the Vikings were 4 of 7 from the line.

FREEPORT 75Rob Palko 0 0-0 0, Brendan Lynch 6 8-9 22, Ryan Dunn 8 12-15 34, Robbie Miller 2 0-0 5, Zane Geist 1 0-0 2, Alex Carson 0 0-0 0, Tony DeVivo 2 2-4 7, Sean Carson 2 1-2 5, Jordan Ziemianski 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 21 23-30 75.

APOLLO-RIDGE 61Tre Tipton 5 0-1 10, Ben Carnahan 0 0-0 0, Alex Smith 5 0-0 11, Brad Campbell 3 0-0 6, Evan Davis 1 0-0 3, Anthony Bozzarelli 7 2-4 16, Josh Reynolds 6 2-2 15.

Totals: 27 4-7.

Freeport 19 21 16 19—75Apollo-Ridge 12 16 22 11—613-point goals: Freeport 10 (Dunn 6, Lynch 2, Miller, DeVivo); Apollo-Ridge 3 (Smith, Davis, Reynolds).

Knoch 49, Valley 48 — The Knights outscored the Vikings 12-8 in the final stanza to pick up the Section 1-AAA victory.Mike Schenk had 11 points and Jack Boros and Tavita Lio had 10 points apiece to pace Knoch (4-7, 3-2).

KNOCH 49Jack Boros 3 4-4 10, Alex Strezeski 3 1-1 7, Dakota Bruggeman 1 0-0 2, Tavita Lio 1 8-10 10, James Larrimer 1 0-0 2, Marc Vaughan 3 0-0 6, Mike Schenk 5 0-0 11, Phil Kletzli 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 17 14-17 49.

VALLEY 48P. Weirimecher 3 0-0 6, E. Lyons 1 1-4 3, V. McMillan 3 6-11 12, P. Duncan 6 0-0 13, C. Chatman 4 0-0 8, T. Gerlach 2 2-4 6.

Totals: 19 9-19 48.

Knoch 13 14 10 12—49Valley 11 11 18 8—483-point goals: Knoch 1 (Schenk); Valley 1 (Duncan).

Today: Knoch at Plum

Mars 56, Highlands 47 — Owen Nearhoof and Mitch Buzard had 13 points each and Josh Goetz had 11 points and 21 rebounds as the Planets came away with the Section 1-AAA win.Micah Mason led the Rams with 23 points.

MARS 56Garrett Ashbaugh 0 1-2 1, Owen Nearhoof 5 1-2 13, Ben Erdahl 0 0-0 0, Alex Locher 1 2-2 4, Matt Getsy 3 3-4 9, Mitch Buzard 5 2-4 13, Zach May 2 0-0 5, Josh Goetz 5 1-4 11. Totals: 21 10-18 56.

HIGHLANDS 47Saunders 1 0-0 2, Crise 0 0-0 0, Virag 3 0-1 7, Mason 10 3-5 23, Clark 5 3-4 13, Jones 0 0-0 0, Kazmierczyk 0 0-0 0, Szymkiewicz 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 20 6-10 47.

Mars 15 12 11 18—56Highlands 10 10 13 14—473-point goals: Mars 4 (Nearhoof 2, Buzard, May); Highlands 1 (Virag).

Summit Academy 85, Laurel 58 — Rakim Reedy had 27 points — including seven 3-pointers — and Elijah Minnie added 21 and Omar Johnson 14 — to power the Knights (8-3, 5-0) to the Section 2-AA win.

LAUREL 58R. Hiles 4 0-0 9, R. Jones 8 1-2 19, S. Avery 0 1-2 1, T. Fennick 7 0-0 15, B. Telesz 4 0-0 8, J. Finley 0 1-4 1, C. Melichon 1 1-4 3, J. Dando 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 25 4-14 58.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 85David Carter 2 2-2 6, Rakim Reedy 8 4-4 27, Omar Johnson 5 4-5 14, Elijah Minnie 9 1-4 21, Rashon Boone 3 1-2 7, Devon James 1 0-0 2, Joseph Sumpter 1 0-0 2, Sunny Munn 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 32 12-17 85.

Laurel 15 14 16 13—58Summit Academy 22 19 19 25—853-point goals: Laurel 4 (Jones 2, Hites, Fennick); Summit Academy 9 (Reedy 7, Minnie 2).

Friday: Summit Academy at Ellwood City

<B>Woodland Hills 800-70x, Butler 800-55x — </B>Olivia Eagal, Brad Gallagher, Abby Gallagher, Olivia Swiergol, Sarah Laughlin, Morgan Minto, Trevor Beige and Ryan Stalnaker each fired 100s, but the visiting Wolverines edged the Tornado.

<B>Freeport 39, Burrell 29, Springdale 25 — </B>The Yellowjackets' girls squad picked up a pair of victories in the season opener Tuesday.Bria Otwell won the 100 butterfly — qualifying for the WPIAL finals in the event with a time of 1:06.90 — and 100 breaststroke (1:17.89) and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay (2:08.00) along with Megan Sweeny, Kylie Lucas and Becca Dudek.Dudek won the 100 free (1:01.29) and 200 free (2:15.29) and Sweeny the 100 back (1:13.96).Freeport's lone boy swimmer, Zachary Persijn, placed second in the 50 free and third in the 100 back.Freeport returns to action Thursday at Highlands.From staff reports<B><I></B></I>