A 20-point second quarter spurred Mars' girls basketball team to a 62-39 victory over Mercyhurst Prep in the opening round of the Slippery Rock Tip-Off Tournament.

Ava Black scored 16 points to lead the Planets, Alexa McDole added 13 and freshman Vita Vargo 12.

Slippery Rock 44, Sharpsville 30 — Ella McDermott's 11 points included three treys as the Rockets won at their own tournament.

Slippery Rock will face Mars in the championship game at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

DuBois Area 39, Moniteau 34 — The Warriors fell in the opening round of the Brockway Tip-Off Tournament.

Catherine Kelly paced Moniteau with 10 points while Victoria Pry and Davina Pry both scored eight.

DuBois Area 15 12 10 2 — 39 Moniteau 10 4 9 11 — 34

DuBois Central Catholic 47, A-C Valley 12 — The Cardinals held A-C Valley scoreless in the first and fourth quarters in this game at the Karns City Tournament.

DuBois C.C. 11 17 13 6 — 47 A-C Valley 0 10 2 0 — 12

Plum 43, Freeport 33 — Ava Soilis scored 19 points to lead the Yellowjackets, who were outscored 25-12 in the second half.

Wilmington 48, Karns City 40 — The Gremlins got 13 points from Emma Johns and 11 from Cameryn Booher in this defeat at the Karns City Tournament.

Boys Basketball

Luke Lawson led a trio of Seneca Valley players scoring in double figures, draining 14 points in the Raiders' 52-41 win over South Fayette at the Canon-McMillan Tip-Off Tournament.

Jameson Grieco added 13 points in the victory and Connor Oros 11. South Fayette 7 12 12 10 — 41 Seneca Valley 10 11 18 13 — 52

Karns City 64, Portersville Christian 30 — Luke Cramer opened the season in style, scoring 24 points and pulling down eight boards for the Gremlins at the A-C Valley Tip-Off Tournament.

Portersville 8 13 5 4 — 30 Karns City 24 13 17 10 — 64

Cathedral Prep 48, Knoch 31 — Ryan Lang scored 15 points to lead the Knights in this game at the Butler Tip-Off Tournament.

Cathedral Prep 12 10 15 11 — 48 Knoch 9 9 2 11 — 31

Mars 88, Meadville 56 — At the Sharon Tournament, Tasso Sfanos tallied 20 points to lead the Planets.

Zach Schlegel chipped in 18 points and Chris Dvorak added 15 for Mars, which scored 30 points in the second quarter.

Mars 19 30 18 21 — 88 Meadville 8 14 12 22 — 56

North East 67, A-C Valley 52 — The Falcons lost at their own tournament despite 26 points from sophomore forward Jay Clover.

Bowling

Mackensie Livingston's 617 series led Freeport's girls to a 7-0 shutout of St. Joseph. The effort included singles of 236 and 234 while Julia Cummings added a 214.

Freeport's boys received a 681 series from Colin Cummings — including singles of 217, 217 and 247 — in a 7-0 win over St. Joseph.

The 'Jackets also featured Dylan Granata and Ben Perka, who managed singles of 204 and 191, respectively.

Hockey

Marcus Trask's hat trick lifted Freeport to a 3-2 victory over Westmont Hilltop Thursday.

Assists went to Nick Dobransky, Sebastian Cordier and Jake Suwan.

Tyler Lang earned his third win of the season in net, making 20 saves.