Austin Miller scored 14 points off the bench, 11 of those coming from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter, to help the Knoch boys basketball team to a 70-56 victory over Highlands in Section 1-AAA action Tuesday.

Tavita Lio also scored 14 points for Knoch (9-10, 7-4).

KNOCH 70Austin Miller 1 11-15 14, Jack Boros 3 1-2 7, Alex Strezeski 2 0-0 4, Dakota Bruggeman 4 0-0 8, Tavita Lio 5 2-3 14, Marc Vaughan 5 1-1 11, Mike Schenck 5 2-2 12.

Totals: 25 17-23 70.

HIGHLANDS 56Micah Mason 7 1-2 17, Glenn Saunders 6 0-0 14, Gage Clark 5 2-3 12, Tyler Kazmierczyk 2 1-3 5, Tyler Szymkiewicz 3 2-2 8.

Totals: 23 6-10 56.

Knoch 16 14 17 23—70Highlands 17 11 14 14—563-point goals: Knoch 3 (Miller, Lio 2); Highlands 4 (Mason 2, Saunders 2).

Friday: Valley at Knoch

Mars 50, Deer Lakes 36 — Mitch Buzard (11 points), Owen Nearhoof (10) and Josh Goetz (10) led a balanced scoring attack in the Planets' Section 1-AAA triumph.Mars (12-6, 8-3) connected on 19 of its 24 free-throw attempts.

MARS 50Garrett Ashbaugh 2 3-4 7, Owen Nearhoof 2 5-6 10, Ben Erdahl 0 0-0 0, Matt Getsy 3 2-4 8, Mitch Buzard 4 3-4 11, Zach May 1 2-2 4, Josh Goetz 3 4-4 10.

Totals: 15 19-24 50.

DEER LAKES 36Keenan 1 0-0 3, Kowalkowski 4 0-0 10, Rebel 1 2-2 4, Jo. Fragapane 3 0-1 6, Bryner 2 0-0 4, Cresta 0 0-0 0, Jaczesko 4 0-0 9.

Totals: 15 2-3 36.

Mars 11 11 13 15—50Deer Lakes 7 4 13 12—363-point goals: Mars 1 (Nearhoof); Deer Lakes 4 (Kowalkowski 2, Keenan, Jaczesko).

Friday: Highlands at Mars

Ford City 48, Freeport 43 — The Yellowjackets trailed 17-2 after one quarter, but battled back only to fall in this Section 1-AA matchup against the Sabers.Ryan Dunn led Freeport (8-7, 4-3) with 12 points.

FREEPORT 43Rob Palko 1 1-2 3, Brendan Lynch 2 0-0 4, Ryan Dunn 3 5-8 12, Robbie Miller 3 1-2 7, Zane Geist 0 0-0 0, Alex Carson 0 0-0 0, Tony DeVivo 1 0-0 2, Sean Carson 3 0-1 6, Jordan Ziemianski 3 0-1 9.

Totals: 16 7-14 43.

FORD CITY 48Jon Shanty 2 7-12 12, Jesse Sequiera 5 0-2 12, Hunter 3 1-4 7, David Lattanzio 5 3-3 16, Blake Bower 0 0-0 0, Martin Brison 0 0-0 0, Zane Hassa 0 0-0 0, August Mantini 0 1-4 1, Andrew Labutka 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 12-25 48.

Freeport 2 15 12 14—43Ford City 17 4 15 12—483-point goals: Freeport 4 (Ziemianski 3, Dunn); Ford City 6 (Lattanzio 3, Sequiera 2, Shanty).

Meadville 54, Slippery Rock 50 — Ryan Thompson scored 15 points, but he couldn't keep the Rockets (4-11, 2-8) from another close Region 6 loss.

SLIPPERY ROCK 50Sean White 3 1-4 7, Ryan Currie 3 1-2 7, Ryan Thompson 6 2-2 15, Mike Rummel 3 0-0 8, Ty Udy 1 0-0 2, Dan Bertozzi 1 0-0 2, Jake Whitmer 0 0-0 0, Dustin Mellot 1 0-0 2, Caleb Whitney 3 1-1 7.

Totals: 21 5-9 50.

MEADVILLE 54Zach Price 3 4-6 12, Jake Gregor 2 3-4 8, Donte Hollingsworth 10 0-1 20, Artrel Foster 3 0-0 6, Fred Epps 1 0-0 2, Tyler Myers 0 0-0 0, Trevor Clune 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 22 7-11 54.

Slippery Rock 14 10 13 13—50Meadville 15 14 12 13—543-point goals: Slippery Rock 3 (Thompson, Rummel 2); Meadville 3 (Price 2, Gregor).

JV Score: Slippery Rock 53, Meadville 50

Thursday: Slippery Rock at Hickory

Summit Academy 66, Mohawk 50 — Omar Johnson and Rakim Reedy scored 20 and 18 points, respectively, to power the Knights to the Section 2-AA victory.Elijah Minnie and Rashon Boone had 10 points apiece for the Knights (13-4, 10-1), who outscored Mohawk 21-6 in a pivotal second quarter.

MOHAWK 50L. Grim 8 0-0 20, T. Glass 2 2-3 6, V. Monichino 1 0-1 2, I. Rader 1 0-0 3, J. Hartzill 2 0-0 5, J. Grim 5 0-0 12, M. Grim 0 2-2 2.

Totals: 19 4-6 50.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 66Rakim Reedy 6 5-6 18, Andre Crump 1 0-0 2, Omar Johnson 8 4-5 20, Elijah Minnie 4 0-0 10, Rashon Boone 4 2-2 10, Sunny Munn 1 0-0 2, Joseph Sumpter 1 0-0 2, Devon James 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 26 1-17 66.

Mohawk 9 6 18 17—50Summit Academy 11 21 21 13—663-point goals: Mohawk 8 (L. Grim 4, J. Grim 2, Rader, Hartzill); Summit Academy 3 (Minnie 2, Reedy).

Friday: Summit Academy at Laurel

Grove City 54, Titusville 28 — Torin Smith had 22 points and Donte Robinson added 13 points to lead the Eagles to the Region 6 win.

GROVE CITY 54Alec Goodwin 0 0-0 0, Donte Robinson 6 1-3 13, Brandon Wise 0 0-0 0, Logan Cook 0 0-0 0, Torin Smith 8 2-2 22, Alex Hall 2 0-0 4, Derek Turner 1 0-0 2, Danny Torok 1 0-0 2, Matt Thrasher 3 0-2 7, Foster Reznor 0 0-0 0, Mac Young 1 0-0 2, Colby Polkabla 0 2-2 2, Jorden Dolan 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 22 5-9 54.

TITUSVILLE 28Johnson 0 0-0 0, Kline 1 0-0 2, Neely 2 4-6 9, Corklin 1 0-0 2, Ciccarelli 3 0-0 7, Speer 0 0-0 0, Rickerson 1 0-0 2, Copeland 0 0-0 0, Artis 2 0-0 6.

Totals: 10 4-6 28.

Grove City 21 7 14 12—54Titusville 9 3 5 11—283-point goals: Grove City 5 (Smith 4, Thrasher); Titusville 4 (Artis 2, Neely, Ciccarelli).

<B>Knoch 53, Summit Academy 24 — </B>Knoch received pins by Joel Hixon (120), Ryan Grossman (126), Tyler Hlebiczki (152) and Ben Nowicki (160) plus three forfeits to down Summit Academy.Kenyatta McCloud recorded Summit Academy's lone pin.Knoch (8-5) will wrestle its third dual match in as many days when it travels to Penn Hills today and the Montour Duals Saturday.<B>106</B> <B>pounds:</B> Dillion Holben (K) won by forfeit; <B>113: </B>Diallo Watts (SA) won by forfeit; <B>120: </B>Joel Hixon (K) pinned Tyrone Germany, 1:24; <B>126: </B>Ryan Grossman (K) pinned Malik Miller, 1:39; <B>132: </B>Blaine Elliott (K) dec. Omar Boozer, 7-6; <B>138: </B>Col McLaughlin (K) tech. fall. over Nate Howerton, 23-4; <B>145: </B>John Nice (SA) tech. fall over Matthew Steinmiller, 16-1; <B>152: </B>Tyler Hlebiczki (K) pinned Jessie Pino, 2:53; <B>160: </B>Ben Nowicki (K) pinned Gary Wilson, 1:45; <B>170: </B>Cody Bracken (K) won by forfeit; <B>182: </B>Bailey Savage (K) won by forfeit; <B>195: </B>Brian Mowry (K) major dec. over Qamar Tinsley, 12-10; <B>220: </B>Kyle Givens (SA) won by forfeit; <B>285: </B>Kenyatta McCloud (SA) pinned Ian Adkins, 5:29.

<B>Mars 6, Hampton 2 — </B>Joe Bender had two goals and two assists and Nick Blaney added two goals and one assist as Mars downed the Talbots in Class A action at the Warrendale BladeRunners.Austin Heakins added a goal and four assists and Robert Foley one goal and two assists, while Christian Knapp made 24 saves for Mars (11-1), which plays Greensburg Central Catholic Thursday at Kirk Nevin Arena.<B>Fox Chapel 5, Seneca Valley 4 — </B>Two goals by Chris Marziotto and one apiece from Logan Rose and Brendan McFarland staked the Raiders to a 4-0 lead, but a natural hat trick by Christian Wirginis late in the second period aided Fox Chapel's comeback.

<B>Bethel Park 800-55x, Butler 799-58x — </B>Dana McCurdy, Olivia Eagel, Brad Gallagher, Abby Gallagher, Skyler Bittner, Harlee McDonald and Sarah Laughlin each fired a 100, but it was the Black Hawks that came away with the win.