Taylor Schrecengost scored eight of her team-high 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Freeport girls basketball team rallied to beat Apollo-Ridge 49-42 Thursday night.

The Yellowjackets (4-8, 3-5) entered the fourth quarter trailing by four before outscoring Apollo-Ridge 23-12 over the final eight minutes.

Schrecongost, playing in her first game in weeks because of an injury, also had 12 rebounds.

Lynsey Gugino added 11 points for Freeport.

APOLLO-RIDGE 42Broman 2 1-2 5, Bonelli 1 0-0 2, Demeno 4 1-2 9, Orlowski 3 2-4 8, Emminger 8 0-0 16, Fairman 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 19 4-8 42.

FREEPORT 49Taylor Schrecengost 7 0-0 14, Jessica McFadden 2 2-2 7, Lynsey Gugino 4 0-0 11, Jessica Aulicino 3 0-2 6, Macy Smolic 2 3-4 7, Michaela Bowser 1 2-2 4.

Totals: 19 7-10 49.

Apollo-Ridge 9 15 6 12—42Freeport 9 7 10 23—493-point goals: Apollo-Ridge 0; Freeport 4 (McFadden, Gugino 3).

Today: Freeport at Knoch

Grove City 57, Meadville 47 — Corianne Hyduchak poured in 23 points for the Eagles in this region victory.Jen Ferguson added 10 points for Grove City (9-5, 3-3).

GROVE CITY 57Brogan Foster 0 2-2 2, Jen Ferguson 3 4-5 10, Hailey Hall 3 2-4 8, Corianne Hyduchak 8 7-7 23, Arianna Sprando 2 0-0 4, Danyelle Lucido 1 1-2 3, Jordyn Wyllie 2 3-4 7.

Totals: 19 19-24 57.

MEADVILLE 47Harkness 0 0-0 0, Lindsey 6 3-6 15, DaQueisha Epps 1 0-0 2, McCoy 5 0-2 10, DeQuanda Epps 5 1-4 14, Vactor-Pope 1 1-2 4, DeWalt 0 2-2 2.

Totals: 18 7-16 47.

Grove City 10 16 16 15—57Meadville 11 7 17 12—473-point goals: Grove City 0; Meadville 4 (DaQuanda Epps 3, Vacto-Pope).

JV Score: Grove City 32-16

Monday: Hickory at Grove City

Oakland Catholic 47, Seneca Valley 32 — The Raiders (8-5, 2-5) came up short in this section clash.After a 7-1 start, Seneca Valley has now lost four of its last five.No other information was available.

<B>George Junior Republic 95, Slippery Rock 74</B> — Ryan Thompson scored 18 points, but the Rockets could not keep up in this loss.George Junior hit 13 3-pointers in the game.Sean White added 13 points, Caleb Whitney 12 and Ty Udy 11 for Slippery Rock (2-9).<B>SLIPPERY ROCK 74</B>Sean White 5 2-2 13, Reed Elder 1 0-0 2, Ryan Currie 1 1-2 3, Ryan Thompson 6 4-6 18, Bobby Paczkowski 0 0-0 0, Mike Rummel 0 0-1 0, Ty Udy 4 3-4 11, Dan Bertozzi 3 2-2 8, Jake Whitmer 0 0-0 0, Dustin Mellot 2 2-3 7, Caleb Whitney 4 4-5 12, Kyle Bell 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 26 18-25 74.<B>GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC 95</B>D. Jones 7 0-0 19, Brown 7 2-2 19, Roane 1 0-0 2, Harrington 6 0-0 15, Thomas 1 0-0 2, B. Jones 2 1-2 5, Richardson 3 3-6 9, Swinton 10 2-4 24. <B>Totals:</B> 37 8-14 95.<B>Slippery Rock 16 19 24 15—74George Junior 30 19 28 18—953-point goals:</B> Slippery Rock 4 (White, Thompson 2, Mellot); George Junior 13 (D. Jones 5, Brown 3, Harrington 3, Swinton 2).<B>JV Score:</B> George Junior 66-27<B>Saturday:</B> Slippery Rock at Titusville<B>Grove City 46, Hickory 43 </B>— Torin Smith and Matt Thrasher each scored 12 points as the Eagles (10-3, 5-2) held off Hickory for a big region win.<B>HICKORY 43</B>Tindall 0 0-0 0, Votino 1 3-4 5, Mastrian 3 3-4 9, Sonoga 0 4-6 4, Nardone 1 2-4 4, Cannone 5 2-2 15, Green 3 0-1 6. <B>Totals:</B> 13 14-21 43.<B>GROVE CITY 46</B>Alec Goodwin 2 0-0 4, Donte Robinson 1 3-4 6, Torin Smith 3 4-4 12, Alex Hall 0 0-0 0, Matt Thrasher 4 2-4 12, Foster Reznor 4 0-0 9, Mac Young 0 1-2 1, Colby Polkabla 1 0-0 2. <B>Totals:</B> 15 11-14 46.<B>Hickory 11 10 14 8—43Grove City 8 12 18 8—463-point goals:</B> Hickory 3 (Cannone 3); Grove City 5 (Smith 2, Robinson, Thrasher, Reznor).<B>JV Score:</B> Hickory 46-44<B>Saturday:</B> Oil City at Grove City

<B>Freeport 44, Springdale 38 (girls); Shady Side Academy 50, Freeport 35 (girls) </B>— Bria Otwell won the 200 individual medley and the 500 freestyle against both Springdale and Shady Side Academy in this split.Otwell also was on the 400 freestyle relay that beat both teams.Rebecca Dudek and Megan Sweeny also took home multiple wins.Freeport's lone boy, Zachary Persijn, won the 100 backstroke with a time of 1 minute, 15.80 seconds. He also beat Springdale in the 50 freestyle with a time of 27.87 seconds.<B>GirlsFreeport 44, Springdale 38200 medley relay:</B> 1-Freeport (Megan Sweeny, Kylie Lucas, Bria Otwell, Rebecca Dudek) 2:07.97<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Dudek (F) 2:10.62<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Otwell (F) 2:17.36<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Marissa Sarsfield (S) 28.70<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Sweeny (F) 1:11.34<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Dudek (F) 59.95<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Otwell (F) 5:23.97<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Springdale 2:06.52<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Sweeny (F) 1:14.11<B>100 breaststroke:</B> 1-Rachael Carlberg (S) 1:23.44<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Freeport (Otwell, Riley Farneth, Sweeny, Dudek) 4:12.58<B>Shadyside 50, Freeport 35200 medley relay:</B> 1-Shadyside 1:58.76<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Dudek (F) 2:10.62<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Otwell (F) 2:17.36<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Courtney Collins (S) 26.69<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Emily Jaffe (S) 1:05.94<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Destin Groff (S) 56.47<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Otwell (F) 5:23.97<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Shadyside 1:52.12<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Groff (S) 1:03.63<B>100 breaststroke:</B> 1-Kylie Lucas (F) 1:26.62<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Freeport (Otwell, Farneth, Sweeny, Dudek) 4:12.58

<B>Freeport 3, Knoch 1</B> — The Yellowjackets opened up the game with two goals in the second period on the way to a win.Nicholas Zidek put Freeport on the board first with an unassisted power-play goal.Justin Dzemiecki and Greg Newman added the two goals in the second period within two minutes of each other.Knoch's lone goal came off the stick of Zachary Naples just 11 seconds after Newman's goal.Freeport was 2-of-13 on power play opportunities. Knoch was 0-of-6.<B>Bethel Park 9, Butler 0 </B>— Logan Rothbauer made 46 saves in goal for the Golden Tornado.Bethel Park out-shot Butler 55-5.

Butler's boys and girls teams improved to 6-0 Wednesday with 7-0 sweeps over New Castle.Sophomore Garrett Sexton led the boys with a 232 high game and 602 series. He leads the section with a 200 average for 15 games. Jacob Cookson had a 219 for the Golden Tornado.Freshman Megan Paul paced the girls win with a 211 game and 593 series. Nicole Balk had a 225 game and 587 series.<B>Butler boys over 180: </B>Garrett Sexton 232, 200; Matthew Blose 191, 192; Brandt Fleming 184, 181; Jacob Cookson 219; Dan Bellis (JV) 248; Zack Sexton 201; Austin Gagliardi 194; Braedyn Troyan 181; Brandon Buzard 191<B>Butler girls over 160:</B> Heather Paul 172, 170; Nicole Balk 201, 165, 225; Megan Paul 190, 211, 192; Autumn Hepler 214, 167; Brea Suchonic 169; Kelly Bintrim 183, 187, 187; Alisha Fisher 187; Ciara Pellegrini 205, 194; Mikayla White 179