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Knoch moves to 7-1 with big win

Chris Kier scored 14 points and the Knoch defense quashed Ford City for four quarters in a 52-28 win in the Freeport Tournament.

Austin Miller and David Gallagher each added 10 points for the Knights (7-1), who held Ford City to single digits in each quarter.

KNOCH 52

Austin Miller 5 0-0 10, Mac Christy 1 1-2 3, David Gallagher 3 3-3 10, Matt Zanella 3 1-2 7, Aiden Albert 0 1-2 1, Chris Kier 7 0-0 14, Austin Hannes 0 2-2 2, Connor Shinsky 2 1-2 5. Totals: 21 9-13 52.

FORD CITY 28

Seqiera 1 0-5 2, Nulph 4 0-0 10, Homan 3 2-7 8, Bower 0 1-3 1, Foster 0 1-2 1, Heilman 0 3-6 3, Karabin 0 1-2 1, Kunst 0 2-4 2. Totals: 8 8-24 28.

Knoch 15 14 17 6—52

Ford City3 9 8 8—28

3-point goals: Knoch 1 (Gallagher); Ford City 2 (Nulph 2)

Saturday: Burrell vs. Knoch, 5 p.m.

Union 69, Sheffield 61 — The Golden Knights hit nine 3-pointers, built a huge lead and held off a Sheffield rally for a win in the Sheffield Tournament.

Cole Morris scored 17 points — including four 3-pointers — to lead Union (5-2).

Trevor Corle and Dylan Shirey each pitched in 14 points for the Golden Knights, who also got eight rebounds and six steals from Lane Cicciarelli.

UNION 69

Trevor Corle 4 5-10 14, Dylan Shirey 4 3-6 14, Cole Morris 5 3-4 17, Wanya Harris 3 1-4 8, Lane Cicciarelli 3 0-6 6, Shane Murphy 2 1-2 5, Chet Carmichael 2 1-1 5, Hank Murphy 0 0-2 0, Eric Seary 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 14-35 69.

SHEFFIELD 61

Peterson 5 1-1 12, Higby 2 2-4 7, Conley 1 0-0 2, Johnson 5 0-2 10, Heeter 2 0-0 4, Bile 6 2-2 16, Confer 4 0-0 10. Totals: 25 5-9 61.

Union 22 19 15 13—69

Sheffield9 20 6 26—61

3-point goals: Union 9 (Corle, Shirey 3, C. Morris 4, Harris)

Saturday: Union vs. Cameron County

Freeport 68, Burrell 54 — Mason Eddinger scored 16 points in the Yellowjackets’ win.

Kris Keppel added 14 points for Freeport.

BURRELL 54

Garda 2 6-9 10, B. Lettrich 8 2-2 20, Spagnolo 3 1-2 9, Cable 1 5-6 7, Kotecki 1 0-0 2, Wolfe 0 0-0 0, Johnson 2 0-1 4, Durci 1 0-2 2, J. Lettrich 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 14-20 54.

FREEPORT 68

Mason Eddinger 6 2-3 16, Hunter Fennell 3 0-0 8, Kevin Lynch 0 0-0 0, Kris Keppel 5 3-4 14, Marshall McCormick 0 0-0 0, Ryan Weigold 1 0-0 2, Seth Bowser 2 0-0 4, Danny Fetchko 0 0-0 0, Noah Shannon 1 0-0 2, Codey Digiacobbe 6 1-3 14, Josh Beale 3 0-0 6, Jon Wise 0 0-0 0, Eric Davis 1 0-3 2. Totals: 28 6-13 68.

Burrell 14 12 11 17—54

Freeport16 22 16 14—68

3-point goals: Burrell 4 (B. Lettrich 2, Spagnolo 2); Freeport 6 (Eddinger 2, Fennell 2, Keppel, Digiacobbe)

Saturday: Ford City at Freeport

Beaver Falls 75, Mars 65 — John Castello scored 25 points, but the Planets fell in the C.J. Betters tournament.

MARS 65

Austin Fetsko 1 0-0 3, John Castello 11 3-3 25, Bailey Trzeciak 0 0-0 0, Nick DeCamp 2 0-0 6, Owen Nearhoof 5 2-2 15, Ethan Lewis 3 4-4 10, Ryan Giallonardo 0 0-0 0, Christian Schmitt 2 0-0 6, Mitchell Verplank 0 0-0 0, Brett Kloc 0 0-0 0, Nate Sablowski 0 0-0 0. Totals: 24 9-9 65.

BEAVER FALLS 75

Stratton 9 7-7 25, Turner 7 0-1 17, Thomas 4 0-0 9, Gibson 3 2-2 9, Akins 0 2-3 2, Jeter 3 0-0 6, Creach 3 1-2 7, Akins 0 2-4 2. Totals: 29 12-18 75.

Mars 13 16 18 18—65

Beaver Falls17 21 16 21—75

3-point goals: Mars 8 (Fetsko, DeCamp 2, Nearhoof 3, Schmitt 2)

Cranberry 60, A-C Valley 43 — Jeff Eaton (20) and Troy Cottrell (19) combined for all but four of the Falcons’ points in this loss.

CRANBERRY 60

Swartzfager 4 9-10 19, Creighton 4 1-2 13, Cunningham 3 0-0 6, Lutz 3 0-0 7, T. Rex 2 2-2 6, Swart 3 1-2 7, Zerbe 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20 13-16 60.

A-C VALLEY 43

Troy Cottrell 8 0-0 19, Edwards 0 0-0 0, Seaton 0 0-0 0, Pennington 0 0-0 0, Morgan 0 0-0 0, Heeter 0 0-0 0, Strauser 0 0-0 0, Eaton 9 2-10 20, Fox 2 0-0 4. Totals: 19 2-10 43.

Cranberry 16 16 13 15—60

A-C Valley12 12 10 9—43

3-point goals: Cranberry 7 (Creighton 4, Swartzfager 2, Lutz); A-C Valley 3 9Cottrell 3)

Grove City 77, Sharpsville 44 — Derek Turner scored 19 points and Foster Reznor added 17 as the Eagles routed Sharpsville.

Danny Torok added 13 points for Grove City (6-1).

SHARPSVILLE 44

Lipo 1 0-0 3, Kennedy 6 0-0 13, Morris 0 1-2 1, Fyffe 1 2-2 4, Barringer 4 2-3 10, Calleja 1 1-2 3, Henwood 0 0-1 0, Hartwick 1 0-0 2, Smith 2 0-4 4, Popatak 1 0-0 3, Weaver 0 1-2 1. Totals: 17 7-16 44.

GROVE CITY 74

Kaiden Young 2 0-0 4, Spencer Marnich 0 0-2 0, Derek Turner 6 4-5 19, Danny Torok 5 1-3 13, Foster Reznor 4 8-12 17, Madison Yarletts 1 1-3 3, Colby Polkabla 2 0-0 4, Warren Marlowe 3 2-4 8, Arthur Albuquerque 0 2-2 2. Totals: 23 18-32 74.

Sharpsville 10 9 11 14—44

Grove City21 19 21 13—74

3-point goals: Sharpsville 3 (Lipo, Kennedy, Popatak); Grove City 6 (Turner 3, Torok 2, Reznor)

Hempfield 64, Seneca Valley 46 — The Raiders fell in this Montour Showcase game. No other information was available.

Punxsutawney 52, Moniteau 31 — Cody Skiver and James Bair each scored 10 points, but the Warriors fell in the first round of the Punxsutawney Tournament.

Moniteau will play Marion-Center Saturday at 3 p.m.

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