Mars improved to 3-0 on the season with a 63-45 win at Taylor Allderdice in girls basketball play Monday night.

Alexa McDole paced the effort with 24 points while Ava Black, Olivia Donnelly and Kaitlyn Pelaia each contributed 10 points.

The Planets open section play Thursday at Armstrong.

MARS 63 Alexa McDole 24, Ava Black 10, Olivia Donnelly 10, Kaitlyn Pelaia 10, Vita Vargo 2, Kylee Fredericks 2, Lauren Atwell 5. ALLDERDICE 45 Murray 21, Reck 10. Mars 14 15 22 12 — 63 Allderdice 8 15 12 10 — 45 Thursday: Mars at Armstrong

Hampton 45, Knoch 33 — The Knights (2-1) trailed 30-15 at halftime in this loss on the road.

Karlee Buterbaugh scored 12 points for Knoch. KNOCH 33 Madilyn Boyer 6, Karlee Buterbaugh 12, Naturelle Ewing 7, Hattie McGraw 6, Adah Fuller 2.

Totals: 11 9-12 33. HAMPTON 45 Milon 7, Rodgers 3, Murray 11, Hoehler 10, Watson 6, Kuznewski 8. Totals: 15 7-12 45. Knoch 8 7 10 8 — 33 Hampton 20 10 8 7 — 45 Thursday: Knoch at Deer Lakes

Seneca Valley 55, New Castle 17 — The Raiders (2-1) dominated the Red Hurricanes, leading 31-8 at halftime.

Olivia West scored 16 for SV and Jess Bickart added 11.

NEW CASTLE 17 Hudson 8. SENECA VALLEY 55 Jess Bickart 11, Allison Sevin 6, Kirsten Vislosky 2, Brionna Brown 5, Olivia West 16, Chloe Leonard 2, Gracie Cato 3, Gianna Talento 3, Emerson Peffer 7. New Castle 4 4 4 5 — 17 Seneca Valley 14 17 15 9 — 55 Thursday: Penn-Trafford at Seneca Valley

Clarion 42, Moniteau 38 — Sophomore guard Catherine Kelly netted 14 points and Victoria Pry added eight for the Warriors in this loss to the Bobcats on Saturday.

Moniteau 9 12 9 8 — 38 Clarion 4 18 17 3 — 42

Double-digit scoring efforts from Max Hurray (17 points), Andrew Maddalon (15) and Max Rottmann (11) helped North Catholic open its schedule with a 68-44 victory at Hickory.North Catholic 17 27 12 12 — 68 Hickory 9 15 14 6 — 44

At Saturday's Prep/Villa Invitational in Erie, Slippery Rock's girls were led by several third-place finishes while placing fourth out of seven teams.Junior Grace Olshanski was third in the 100-yard freestyle (57.77 seconds) while freshmen Mollie Massella and Anne-Katherine Burns placed third in the butterfly (1:03.76) and breaststroke (1:11.14), respectively.In the boys event, freshman Cody Hartle was third in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:17.47.