Owen Nearhoof continued his torrid start this season with 19 points — 12 coming in the first half — as Mars downed Freeport 63-45 in high school basketball action Friday night.

John Castello added 13 points and Ethan Lewis 12 for the Planets (4-2, 2-0).

Freeport (3-3, 1-2) was led by Eric Davis’ 13 points.

FREEPORT 45

Mason Eddinger 1 0-3 3, Hunter Fennell 1 0-0 3, Kevin Lynch 0 2-2 2, Kris Keppel 2 4-5 8, Ryan Weigold 2 0-0 4, Seth Bowser 1 0-0 2, Noah Shannon 0 0-0 0, Codey Digiacobbe 2 0-0 4, Josh Beale 1 3-4 6, Eric Davis 5 3-6 13. Totals: 15 12-20 45.

MARS 63

Austin Fetsko 1 1-2 3, John Castello 5 3-4 13, Nick DeCamp 4 0-1 9, Owen Nearhoof 6 3-4 19, Ethan Lewis 3 6-10 12, Ryan Giallonardo 0 0-0 0, Christian Schmitt 2 0-1 5, Errict Haas 0 0-0 0, Mitch Verplank 1 0-3 2, Brett Kloc 0 0-0 0, Nate Sablowski 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22 13-25 63.

Freeport 9 10 16 10—45

Mars16 13 16 18—63

3-point goals: Freeport 3 (Eddinger, Fennell, Beale); Mars 6 (DeCamp, Nearhoof 4, Schmitt)

Friday: Mars at Beaver Falls; Burrell at Freeport

Meadville 50, Slippery Rock 46 — Jake Whitmer scored 12 points, but the Rockets fell in this region game to the Bulldogs.

MEADVILLE 50

Martin 3 1-1 7, Foster 1 0-0 2, Niemann 1 0-3 2, Gregor 2 3-6 8, Lindsey 2 1-2 5, Parker 1 0-0 2, McClure 1 0-0 2. Totals: 17 14-24 50.

SLIPPERY ROCK 46

Jake Whitmer 2 8-9 12, Brady Kadlubek 3 2-2 9, Matt Badger 3 2-2 9, Camren Neal 3 1-1 7, Ryan Dutton 2 2-2 6, Mark Cessar 1 0-0 3, Blake Heller 0 0-2 0, Chris Allen 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 15-18 46.

Meadville 10 11 13 16—50

Slippery Rock9 8 14 15—46

3-point goals: Meadville 1 (Gregor); Slippery Rock 3 (Kadlubek, Badger, Cessar)

Dec. 30: Vision Quest at Slippery Rock

Union 52, Cranberry 50 — Cole Morris’ two-point basket with just one second left in overtime lifted the Golden Knights to a road victory.

Morris paced Union (4-2) with 12 points and Shane Murphy added 11.

UNION 52

Trevor Corle 3 0-1 6, Dylan Shirey 0 2-3 2, Cole Morris 5 1-2 12, Eric Seary 3 0-0 6, Wanya Harris 3 0-0 6, Lane Cicciarelli 2 3-7 7, Shane Murphy 4 1-2 11, Chet Carmichael 1 0-1 2. Totals: 21 7-16 52.

CRANBERRY 50

Creighton 5 1-2 12, T. Rex 1 0-0 3, Lutz 4 7-11 15, Swartfager 1 0-0 2, Swart 7 3-4 17, Cunningham 0 1-2 1. Totals: 18 12-19 50.

Union 13 12 11 11 5 — 52

Cranberry14 6 7 20 3 — 50

3-point goals: Union 3 (Murphy 2, Morris); Cranberry 2 (Creighton, T. Rex).

Friday: Union at Sheffield Tournament

Keystone 51, A-C Valley 41 — Adam Lencer scored 37 points, sinking nine treys for visiting Keystone. Troy Cottrell paced the Falcons (0-6) with 15 points.

Jeff Eaton contributed eight points and 14 rebounds for the Falcons.

KEYSTONE 51

Adam Lencer 12 4-4 37, Alex Graf 2 0-0 4, Micah Sherry 1 1-2 3, Tim Haines 1 0-0 3, Jake Courson 1 2-2 4. Totals: 17 7-8 51.

A-C VALLEY 41

Troy Cottrell 6 0-1 15, Ivan Pennington 1 3-4 5, Jeff Eaton 3 0-2 8, Dylan Fox 3 0-0 7, Dan Deloe 0 6-8 6. Totals: 13 9-15 41.

Keystone 20 5 18 8—51

A-C Valley9 17 5 10—41

3-point goals: Lencer 9, Haines; Cottrell 3, Eaton 2, Fox

Friday:North Clarion at A-C Valley Tournament

Sharon 75, Grove City 63 — The Eagles (5-1, 2-1) led by 13 points after one quarter, but could not sustain that pace against the host Tigers.

Spencer Marnich scored 18 points to lead Grove City.

GROVE CITY 63

Kaiden Young 2 3-3 7, Spencer Marnich 9 0-0 18, Derek Turner 5 4-5 16, Dan Torok 1 1-4 3, Foster Reznor 5 2-4 14, Colby Polkabla 2 1-2 5. Totals: 24 11-18 63.

SHARON 75

Hawkins 5 2-6 13, Henry 2 3-4 7, Jennings 4 0-0 10, Stovall 1 0-0 3, Austin 5 2-2 16, Waller 4 1-1 9, Magestro 1 2-2 5, Seay 3 2-2 8, Jordan 2 0-0 4. Totals: 27 12-17 75.

Grove City 21 15 18 9 — 63

Sharon8 27 19 21 — 75

3-point goals: Grove City 4 (Turner 2, Reznor 2); Sharon 9 (Austin 4, Jennings 2, Stovall, Hawkins, Magestro).

Friday: Sharpsville at Grove City

Summit Academy 75, Apollo-Ridge 67 — Dasonte White scored 19 of his game-high 30 points in the fourth quarter to help the Knights rally to a win in their section opener.

Lemuel McFadden added 18 points and Donte Tyson 14 for Summit Academy (5-2, 1-0).

APOLLO-RIDGE 67

Ferguson 1 0-0 2, Smith 5 0-0 12, Johnston 7 1-2 15, Brown 7 3-4 18, Tipton 8 3-4 20. Totals: 28 7-10 67.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 75

M. Anderson-Meade 3 0-1 6, Devin Montgomery 3 0-1 7, Donte Tyson 5 4-6 14, Lemuel McFadden 6 6-8 18, Dasonte White 13 2-4 30. Totals: 30 12-20 75.

Apollo-Ridge 16 17 19 15—67

Summit Academy23 15 11 26—75

3-point goals: Summit Academy 3 (Montgomery, White); Apollo-Ridge 4 (Smith 2, Brown, Tipton)

Saturday: Summit Academy vs. Quaker Valley

Redbank Valley 59, Moniteau 43 — James Bair scored 17 points in the Warriors’ loss.

REDBANK VALLEY 59

Devin Shumaker 9 3-5 26, Jake Dougherty 8 5-5 22, Quintin Brocious 0 1-2 1, Zach Westover 3 4-6 10. Totals: 20 13-18 59.

MONITEAU 43

Mark Kimmel 1 5-6 7, Jake Fullerton 1 0-1 2, Aaron Marterella 1 0-2 2, Cody Skiver 5 4-4 15, James Bair 6 5-7 17, Zack Jewart 0 2-2 2. Totals: 14 16-22 43.

Redbank Valley 15 16 21 7—59

Moniteau13 5 14 11—43

3-point goals: Redbank Valley 6 (Shumaker 5, Dougherty)

JV: Moniteau 43-27 (M: Aaron Marterella 11)

Friday: Moniteau at Punxsutawney Tournament

Girls Basketball

Stephanie McCall scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds Friday night as Moniteau (4-2, 2-0 in the KSAC) won at previously unbeaten Redbank Valley, 45-38.

Fontaine Glenn added 11 points for the Warriors while Emily Rider scored 10.

Brooke Hinderliter paced Redbank with 12 points. She averages more than 20 per game.

“Our freshman, Alazia Greaves, did a great job defending her,” Moniteau coach Matt Stebbins said. “Stephanie helped out there, too. Hinderliter only scored four points in the second half.

“We locked her down.”

MONITEAU 45

Fontaine Glenn 3 5-6 11, Emily Rider 3 4-4 10, Alycia Brehm 2 0-0 6, Stephanie McCall 5 4-6 14, Alazia Greaves 2 0-2 4, Sara Hull 0 0-0 0, Kennedy DeMatteis 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 13-18 45.

REDBANK VALLEY 38

Bain 2 0-0 5, Fink 0 0-0 0, Kennemuth 1 0-0 2, Dougherty 1 0-0 2, Brooke Hinderliter 4 3-4 12, Gruver 3 4-4 10, McClain 3 0-0 7. Totals: 14 7-8 38.

Moniteau 9 8 14 14—45

Redbank Valley10 9 12 7—38

3-point goals: Brehm 2; Bain, Hinderliter, McClain

JV: Moniteau, 37-6

Friday: Moniteau vs. Venango Catholic at Oil City Tournament

Karns City 68, Farrell 33 — LeeAnn Gibson scored 22 points and also added 11 rebounds as the Gremlins routed the Steelers.

Shanel Preston pitched in 19 points and five steals and Emily LoPresti also scored 14 points for Karns City (6-0).

FARRELL 33

Smith 3 2-4 8, Avery 2 1-2 5, Gambill 0 2-4 2, Wade 1 0-0 2, Page 2 2-4 6, Evans 5 0-0 10. Totals: 13 7-14 33.

KARNS CITY 68

Emily Schumacher 1 0-2 2, Shanel Preston 7 4-5 19, Annie Hedegdus 2 0-0 4, Emily LoPresti 5 3-4 14, LeeAnn Gibson 6 10-15 22, LeErin Jones 0 3-4 3, Alyssa Gibson 1 0-0 2, Brody Whited 1 0-0 2, Clara Stoughton 0 0-0 0, Saydie Moore 0 0-0 0, Abby Wolfe 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 20-30 68.

Farrell 6 10 8 9—33

Karns City22 21 21 4—68

3-point goals: Karns City 2 (Preston, LoPresti)

Friday: Keystone at Karns City

Grove City 50, Meadville 31 — Corianne Hyduchak scored 16 points and Jenn Ferguson added 14 as the Eagles (5-1, 1-0) opened up the region schedule with a victory.

MEADVILLE 31

Newsome 4 0-2 11, McCoy 4 3-4 11, Schweter 4 1-2 9. Totals: 12 4-8 31.

GROVE CITY 50

Hailey Hall 1 0-0 3, Danyelle Lucido 0 0-2 0, Alexis Deyarmin 2 0-0 4, Brenna Deyarmin 2 1-2 6, Corianne Hyduchak 6 3-4 16, Jordyn Wyllie 0 4-4 4, Rachel Hughes 0 1-2 1, Jenn Ferguson 5 4-7 14, Arianna Sprando 0 2-4 2. Totals: 16 15-25 50.

Meadville 9 12 5 5—31

Grove City16 13 15 6—50

3-point goals: Meadville 3 (Newsome 3); Grove City 3 (Hall, B. Deyarmin, Hyduchak)

JV: Grove City 55-8 (Rachel Hughes, Hannah Santon 10)

Thursday: Grove City at Franklin

Keystone 66, A-C Valley 34 — Erin Logue scored 14 points in the loss for the Falcons (2-4).

Hockey

Kyle Thomas and Johnathan Kowalkowski both scored twice in Mars’ 9-1 victory over South Fayette.

Beau Heakins added one goal and one assist while Alex Stepke made seven saves for the Planets.

Upper St. Clair 1, Seneca Valley 0 — Tanner Pfeffer made 21 saves, but the Raiders fell on a power-play goal by Kasey Colcombe with less than a minute to play in the third period.