Mihali Sfanos hit six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 20 points to help the Mars boys basketball team overcome a slow start in a 73-42 win over Armstrong Tuesday night.

Andrew Recchia and Khori Fusco each added 12 points and Michael Carmody pitched in 10 more for the Planets.

Mars was down 15-7 after the first quarter but outscored Armstrong 53-18 in the next 16 minutes to put the game far out of reach.

ARMSTRONG 42

J. Price 3, I. Price 16, Cujas 3, Szymanski 8, Weaver 4, Quarz 8.

MARS 73

Khori Fusco 12, Michael Carmody 10, Caleb Schmidt 4, Andrew Recchia 12, Kevin Ceh 2, Joe Craska 2, Brandon Caruso 9, Zac Schlegel 2, Mihali Sfanos 20.

Armstrong 15 13 5 9 — 42

Mars7 25 28 13 — 73

Thursday: Mars at Hollidaysburg

Keystone 59, Karns City 50 — Nathan Waltman notched 26 points for the Gremlins and 12 rebounds as Karns City fell on the road to Keystone.

KARNS CITY 50

Austin Fahlor 12, Chase Beighley 9, Ethan McEllroy 1, Luke Gering 2, Nathan Waltman 26. Totals: 17 13-18 50.

KEYSTONE 59

Johnson 19, Thompson 2, Rapp 5, Steele 14, Laurer 12, Kapp 2, Lavan 5. Totals: 20 16-25 59.

Karns City 2 10 14 24 — 50

Keystone16 9 13 21 — 59

Thursday: Clarion at Karns City

Seneca Valley 65, North Hills 49 — Mason Bush scored 22 points and Marcus Might added 15 points and 11 rebounds as the Raiders won a key section game.

Seneca Valley (9-8, 4-4) will host North Allegheny Friday with third place in the section on the line.

NORTH HILLS 49

Albright 22, Smith 12, Stukert 9, Seidl 2, Marshalak 2, Mannik 2

SENECA VALLEY 65

Tre Rosell 2, Gabe Lawson 7, Trey Barringer 9, Brendan Kiken 6, Marcus Might 15, Mason Bush 22, Zac Zajacs 4

North Hills 10 11 13 15 — 49

Seneca Valley17 19 15 14 — 65

Friday: North Allegheny at Seneca Valley

Freeport 62, Mt Pleasant 54 — Jalen Brown stole the show for Freeport, scoring 29 points as the Yellowjackets defeated Mt. Pleasant at home. Aiden Skradski collected 11 points as the Yellowjackets got their 10th win of the season.

MT. PLEASANT 54

King 14, Salvatore 1, Napper 4, Johnson 20, Kubasky 5, Brander 6, Brungard 4. Totals: 20 10-19 54.

FREEPORT 62

Vincent Clark 6, Jalen Brown 29, Christian Waronsky 1, Aiden Skradski 11, Patrick Keeley 6, Matt Aulicino 9. Totals: 23 12-26 62.

Mt. Pleasant 15 15 11 13 — 54

Freeport13 15 19 15 — 62

Hockey

Alex Colflesh and Case Haberstroh both had a goal and assist, but Freeport dropped a 12-3 decision to West Allegheny recently.

Karter Halleran added a goal for the Yellowjackets and Connor Hoffman had two assists.

Rifle

Andrew Arbanan, Alec Stamm, Aidan Ketterer, Tyler Leary, Taryn Thompson and Max Wertz all shot 100's as Butler defeated Penn Trafford 798-66x to 786-42.