Knoch girls hold on for 40-37 victory
Abbey Shearer drained two free throws with five seconds left as the Knoch girls basketball team held off section foe Indiana, 40-37, on the road Monday night.
Nevaeh Ewing led the Knights (8-7, 6-3) with 14 points while Madilyn Boyer added 11.
Knoch plays at Deer Lakes Tuesday night.
KNOCH 40
Nevaeh Ewing 14, Madilyn Boyer 11, Lauren Cihonski 7, Abbey Shearer 2, Skylar Burkett 6. Totals: 13 8-13 40.
INDIANA 37
Hope Cook 16, Hannah Scardina 10, A.Bonatch 3, Laken Dills 2, Mya Ciocca 2, Lubold 4. Totals: 14 3-4 37.
Knoch 9 16 9 6 — 40
Indiana7 5 16 9 — 37
Shaler 32, Butler 31 — Sydney Hanratty sank a 3-pointer at the end of regulation to force overtime, but the Golden Tornado dropped a tough one on the road.
Jordan Kauffman paced Butler (6-9, 2-7) with 13 points.
Butler hosts Pine-Richland at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
BUTLER 31
Sarayne Forbes 3, Jordan Kauffman 13, Emma Monteleone 1, Ali Altman 4, Sydney Hanratty 5, Makenna Maier 3, Emilee Altman 2. Totals: 9 7-14 31.
SHALER 32
Audrey Fisher 2, Emily Cavacini 10, Meghan Lacey 12, Claire Grunden 6, Emily Miller 2. Totals: 12 3-4 32.
Butler 5 10 7 8 1 — 31
Shaler9 13 6 2 2 — 32
Freeport 66, Highlands 18 — Madeline Clark scored 13 points for the Yellowjackets, who led 42-6 at halftime.
FREEPORT 66
Madeline Clark 13, Sidney Shemanski 12, Harley Holloway 12.
HIGHLANDS 18
Sarah Sawhook 6.
Freeport 22 20 17 7 — 66
Highlands2 4 5 7 — 18
Gateway 48, Mars 39 — The host Gators avenged an earlier section loss to the Planets (11-4, 5-3). No other details were available.
North Catholic 59, Apollo-Ridge 22 — Tess Myers led three Trojanettes (13-1, 9-0) in double figures with 17 points.
North Catholic hosts Highlands Thursday night.
NORTH CATHOLIC 59
Tess Myers 17, Kylee Lewandowski 12, Dani Short 10.
APOLLO-RIDGE 22
Liz Penrose 6, Maddy Moore 6.
North Catholic 16 13 15 15 — 59
Apollo-Ridge6 7 3 6 — 22
Boys Basketball
Karns City jumped out to a 22-2 lead in the first quarter and cruised to a 75-33 victory at home over Forest Area.
Austin Fahlor paced KC with 21 points and eight rebounds and Chase Beighley added 15 points and seven assists.
Nathan Waltman contributed 13 points and eight boards for the Gremlins (9-5).
FOREST AREA 33
Meals 12, Quinn 8, Miller 2, Burke 5, Cussins 4, Spuck 2. Totals: 15 3-5 33.
KARNS CITY 75
Josh Wimer 8, Austin Fahlor 21, Chase Beighley 15, Cole Sherwin 2, Ty Belles 5, Ethan McElroy 9, Luke Garing 2, Nathan Waltman 13. Totals: 30 6-11 75.
Forest Area 2 4 13 14 — 33
Karns City22 23 21 9 — 75
Wednesday: Clarion at Karns City
North Clarion 53, Moniteau 39 — The Wolves broke out after a slow first quarter, scoring no less than 15 points in each of the final three periods to down the host Warriors (9-5).
Pacing Moniteau was junior Gage Neal with 14 points and Ethan McDeavitt added 11.
NORTH CLARION 53
L. Minich 7, S. Minich 4, Ky. Mills 9, Ko. Mills 14, McCord-Wolbert 7, Hargenrader 3, Bauer 1, Walters 6, P. Schmader 2. Totals: 19 9-18 53.
MONITEAU 39
Tyler McFadden 7, Bobby Mathews 5, Ethan McDeavitt 11, Gage Neal 14, Noah McLean 2. Totals: 15 7-14 39.
North Clarion 4 16 15 18 — 53
Moniteau7 9 11 12 — 39
Wednesday: Forest Area at Moniteau