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Lawson's 3 at the buzzer lifts SV

Luke Lawson hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer — the last of the 15 hit in the game by Seneca Valley — as the Raiders beat North Hills on the road, 73-71, in high school boys basketball action Friday night.

Cole Brooks scored a game-high 34 points for Seneca Valley (6-7).

Lawson added 24 in the Raiders' win.

SENECA VALLEY 73

Connor Lyczek 5, Cole Brooks 34, Luke Lawson 24, Aiden Lyczek 4, Caiden Oros 3, Connor Oros 3. Totals: 25 8-13 73.

NORTH HILLS 71

Alex Smith 21, Ethan Chmura 2, Matt Seidl 13, Devin Burgess 14, Nate Belack 1, Logan Johnson 2, Royce Parham 18. Totals: 31 9-12 71.

Away 14 14 19 26 — 73

Home16 16 19 20 — 71

Saturday: SV at Fox Chapel

Mars 56, Plum 27 — Mihali Sfanos poured in 28 points as the Planets rolled.

Zach Schlegel added 15 points for Mars.

PLUM 27

C. Moss 6, Ca. Moss 1, Means 10, Katvas 2, Kellinger 6. Totals: 13 1-1 27.

MARS 56

Zach Schlegel 15, Chris Dvorak 9, Tasso Sfanos 9, Nate Raush 2, Mihali Sfanos 28, Eric Schaffner 1. Totals: 21 7-12 56.

Plum 6 9 8 4 — 27

Mars16 15 15 10 — 56

Slippery Rock 44, Mercer 37 — Ethan Plesakov scored 20 points as the Rockets shook off a slow start to edge Mercer.

Dylan Gordon pitched in 14 for Slippery Rock, which led 12-10 at the half.

MERCER 37

Woody Nickel 11, Logan Turton 3, Connor Grossman 3, Jake Mattocks 11, Dom Pugh 4, Sam Ellison 5. Totals: 15 2-4 37.

SLIPPERY ROCK 44

Brady Prementine 2, Shane Thompson 5, Ethan Plesakov 20, Jacob Wolak 2, Dylan Gordon 14, Dylan Twentier 1. Totals: 17 5-10 44.

Mercer 8 2 11 16 — 37

Slippery Rock4 8 16 16 — 44

Karns City 78, Cranberry 28 — Chase Beighley had 22 points and five assists, Nathan Waltman 17 points and nine rebounds, Micah Rupp 15 points and nine rebounds for the Gremlins (11-1).

Luke Cramer contributed 12 points and Taite Beighley five assists for KC, which was whistled for only one personal foul all night.

KARNS CITY 78

Eric Booher 8, Taite Beighley 2, Micah Rupp 15, Chase Beighley 22, Luke Cramer 12, Leuke Garing 2, Nathan Waltman 17. Totals: 32 6-10 78.

CRANBERRY 28

Stahlman 2, Russell 10, Forrest 2, Bunuyak 6, Zerbe 4, Weaver 2, Merriman 2. Totals: 14 0-1 28.

Karns City 29 23 12 14 — 78

Cranberry8 4 10 6 — 28

Tuesday: Redbank Valley at Karns City

Union 62, Clarion-Limestone 56 — Caden Rainey scored 21 points while Skyler Roxbury had 12 and Karter Vogle 11 for the Golden Knights.

UNION 62

Karter Vogle11, Caden Rainey 21, Brock Jordon 9 Skyler Roxbury 12, Payton Johnson. Totals: 21 16-19 62.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 56

Jordan Hesdon 8, Hayden Siegel 8, Ryan Hummell 6, Braden Rankin 5, Hayden Callen 12, Riley Klingensmith 10, Tommy Smith 7. Totals: 23 6-8 56.

Union 17 5 17 23 — 62

Cl-Limestone15 16 17 8 — 56

3-point goals: Vogle, Rainey 2, Johnston; Callen 2, Klingensmith 2

A-C Valley 78, Venango Catholic 46 — Levi Orton had 29 points and 13 rebounds for the Falcons. Tanner Merwin added 15 points, Eli Penny six assists and Landon Chalmers seven rebounds.

A-C VALLEY 78

Tanner Merwin 15, Ryan Cooper 2, Levi Orton29, Brody Duittman 2, Eli Penny 10, Broc Weigle 2, Landon Chalmers 11, Alex Preston 3, Jay Clover 4. Totals: 32 7-9 78.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 46

A.Burda 14, C.Anderson 5, C.Deeter 6, P.McGrall 2, J.Liederbach 11, L.Liederbach 6, K.Beichner 2. Totals: 15 8-13 46.

A-C Valley 29 23 20 6 — 78

Venango Catholic10 17 8 11 — 46

3-point goals: Merwin 5; Burda 2, Anderson, Deeter, J.Liederbach 3, L.Liederbach)

Freeport 68, Keystone Oaks 63 — Cole Charlton led the Yellowjackets with 17 points, Jason Kijowski added 14 and Conner Holloway 12.

FREEPORT 68

Dean Furer 4, Ben Lane 4, Brady Stivenson 2, Zach Clark 4, Vinnie Clark 6, Conner Holloway 12, Isaac Wetzel 3, Cole Charlton 17, Parker Lucas 2, Jason Kijowski 14.

KEYSTONE OAKS 63

Colin Harris 10, Nick Bucjley 5, Owen Minford 20, Zack Taylor 8, Alex Samarin 3, Tyler Feeney 5, Quinn Kenny 2.

Freeport 17 18 16 17 — 68

Keystone Oaks17 8 15 13 — 63

Girls Basketball

Rossi McMillen scored five of her game-high 12 points in the first quarter to get Karns City off to a hot start on the way to a 34-26 win over Cranberry.

The Gremlins led 13-4 after the first.

CRANBERRY 26

Jordan Montgomery 9, Ava Ferringer 11, Ayanna Ferringer 2, Ayanna Ferringer 2, Kendal Findlay 2, Kaia Dean 2. Totals: 6 14-19 26.

KARNS CITY 34

Emma Dailey 2, Brooke Manuel 3, Rossi McMillen 12, Rosie Carden 4, Emma Johns 6, Abby Callihan 5, Makenna Martin 2. Totals: 11 11-22 34.

Cranberry 4 6 9 7 — 26

Karns City13 5 4 12 — 34

A-C Valley 36, Venango Catholic 29 — Mia Sherman scored 14 points to lead the Falcons.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 29

Liederbach 6, Mietus 2, Wessel 2, Homan 19. Totals: 10 6-7 29.

A-C VALLEY 36

Rachel Cullen 6, Andrea Meals 8, Mia Sherman 14, Baylee Blauser 4, Meah Ielase 4. Totals: 13 6-8 36.

Venango Cath. 9 3 5 12 — 29

A-C Valley12 10 12 2 — 36

Union 57, Clarion-Limestone 56 — Dominika Logue scored 17 points as the Damsels hung on for a big home win over the Lions.

Kennedy Vogle, Keira Croyle and Maggie Minick each added nine for Union.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 56

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UNION 57

Kennedy Vogle 9, Keira Croyle 9, Hailey Kriebel 8, Maggie Minick 9, Dominika Logue 17, Hailey Theuret 3, Katie Gezik 2.

C-L 13 10 25 8 — 56

Union15 15 11 16 — 57

Freeport 34, Derry 26 — The Yellowjackets limited Derry to eight points in the middle two quarters. Melaina DeZort scored 16 points in the win.

FREEPORT 34

Melaina DeZort 16.

DERRY 26

Tiana Moracco 18

Freeport 6 11 8 9 — 34

Derry7 3 5 11 — 26

Hockey

Keith Smilowitz and Caleb Hoffman both had two goals and an assist as Freeport (7-0) remained unbeaten with an 8-2 win over Sewickley Academy.

Addison Stewart and Nico DiSanti both added a goal and assist. Joe Liput scored a goal, Jake Suwan netted his first varsity goal and Marcus Trask had three assists.

Tyler Lang stopped 16 of 18 shots on goal.

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