Kelly Benson scored 18 points and Anna Kadlubek added 14 Friday night as the Slippery Rock High girls basketball team built a 25-2 lead after the first quarter and cruised to a 62-27 girls basketball win over Meadville in its season-opener.

Maryann Ackerman added eight as the Rockets led 42-9 at the half.

SLIPPERY ROCK 62

Maryann Ackerman 8, Ella McDermott 5, Kelly Benson 18, Hallie Raabe 2, Bronwyn McCoy 3, Audrey Kura 3, Anna Kadlubek 14, Gianna Bedel 6, Katie Book 3. Totals: 24 7-11 62.

MEADVILLE 27

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Slippery Rock 25 17 13 7 — 62

Meadville2 7 2 16 — 27

A-C Valley 36, Venango Catholic 18 — Baylee Blauser scored nine points to lead a balanced Falcon scoring attack as A-C Valley doubled up on Venango Catholic.

Andrea Meals added eight points for the Falcons.

A-C VALLEY 36

Andrea Meals 8, Mia Sherman 6, Baylee Blauser 9, Meah Ielase 6, Avah Burke 5, Paige Klingler 2. Totals: 15 4-10 36.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 18

Mietus 3, Homas 15. Totals: 8 1-3 18.

A-C Valley 10 5 7 14 — 36

Venango Cath.6 6 0 6 — 18

Moniteau 52, Clarion-Limestone 28 — Aslyn Pry scored 20 points to lead three players in double digits in the Warriors' win.

Catherine Kelly and Kendall Sankey each scored 11 for Moniteau.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 28

Amanda Kennemuth 2, Frances Milliron 6, Sydney Simpson 3, Alyssa Wiant 2, Kendall Dunn 9, Maddy Wenner 6. Totals: 9 9-19 28.

MONITEAU 52

Abby Rottman 3, Aslyn Pry 20, Zoey Hillwig 3, Catherine Kelly 11, Kendall Sankey 11, Davina Pry 2, Camryn Fallen 2. Totals: 20 11-23 52.

C-L 5 6 6 11 — 28

Moniteau15 15 17 5 — 52

Karns City 45, DuBois Central Catholic 36 — Emma Johns scored 17 points in this win for the Gremlins (4-1).

DuBOIS CENTRAL CATH. 36

Paris Farley 6, Faith Jacob 8, Jessy Frank 5, Kayley Risser 14, Lauren Davidson 3. Totals: 15 5-9 36.

KARNS CITY 45

Emma Dailey 5, Brooke Maniel 6, Rossi McMillen 6, Alyssa Fennell 2, Rosie Carden 4, Abby Callihan 5, Emma Johns 17. Totals: 16 11-23 45.

DuBois C.C. 6 12 11 7 — 36

Karns City13 15 13 4 — 45

Keystone 49, Union 25 — Dominika Logue scored 18 points for the Damsels in this loss.

UNION 25

Maggie Minick 4, Dominika Logue 18, Allie Conner 3. Totals: 7 8-10 25.

KEYSTONE 49

Emily Lauer 20, Maddie Dunlap 13, Jozee Weaver 9, Rari Vickers 2, Nataloe Bowser 5. Totals: 21 6-12 49.

Union 7 4 6 8 — 25

Keystone12 10 11 16 — 49

3-point goals: Logue 2, Conner; Lauer

Boys Basketball

John Sabo scored 17 points and Ethan Plesakov added 15, but Slippery Rock dropped its season opener at Greenville, 58-49.

The game was tied at halftime before Greenville outscored the Rockets by 10 in the third quarter.

SLIPPERY ROCK 49

John Sabo 17, Ethan Plesakov 15.

GREENVILLE 58

Landon Bielata 18, Ben Cano 17, Evan Cianci 10.

Slippery Rock 15 10 9 15 — 49

Greenville13 12 19 14 — 58

North Catholic 83, Freeport 57 — The Trojans (4-1) cruised to their fourth straight win in spoiling the Yellowjackets' season opener.

Freeport hosts Knoch on Tuesday while North Catholic plays Baldwin at home Saturday.

Bowling

Freeport scored a pair of 7-0 victories over St. Joseph. Mark Livingston rolled a 749 series for the Yellowjackets, with games of 257, 257 and 235. Blake Olson had a 205 game and 576 series while Issac Spencer and Ashton Guay contributed 525 and 504 series, respectively.

Freeport's girls were led by Julia Cummings' 656 series. She had games of 226, 217 and 213. Mackensie Livingston had a 532 series.