Karns City shrugged off a slow start, scoring 38 points combined in the second and third quarters, in topping host Oil City 52-36 in girls basketball action Tuesday afternoon.

Rossi McMillen and Emma Johns both netted 13 points in the victory and Cameryn Booher scored 11. OIL CITY 36

Petro 2, Stahl 2, Marczak 15, Shreckengost 11, Wenner 6. Totals: 9 17-24 36.

KARNS CITY 52

Brooke Manuel 2, Rossi McMillen 13, Rosie Carden 4, Abby Callihan 3, Emma Johns 13, Emma Dailey 2, Cameryn Booher 11, Jordan Macurak 1, Brooklynn Taylor 3. Totals: 17 13-23 52.

Oil City 10 11 6 9 — 36

Karns City 4 17 21 10 — 52 3-point goals: Karns City 5 (Johns 2, Carden, Callihan, Booher); Oil City 1 (Shreckengost).

Knoch 68, Ligonier Valley 17 — Maddie Boyer's 24 points, which included three treys, led the Knights (4-2) to this win at the Kiski Area Tournament.

Nina Shaw chipped in with 15 points and Naturelle Ewing had 11.

KNOCH 68

Karlee Buterbaugh 2, Hattie McGraw 3, Naturelle Ewing 11, Paige Rodgers 2, Mackenzie McGraw 8, Nina Shaw 15, Maddie Boyer 24, Adah Fuller 3. Totals: 28 4-8 68.

LIGONIER VALLEY 17

Myers 2, Miller 2, Boyd 11, Painter 2. Totals: 7 1-2 17.

Knoch 29 15 15 9 — 68

Ligonier Valley 2 5 5 5 — 17 3-point goals: Knoch 8 (Boyer 3, M.McGraw 2, Shaw, H.McGraw, Fuller); Ligonier Valley 2 (Boyd 2)

A-C Valley 29, Meadville 26 — The Falcons (1-5) picked up their first win of the season in the consolation game of the Farrell Tournament. Keira McVay led A-C Valley with nine points.

A-C VALLEY 29

Baylee Blauser 7, Mckenzie Parks 7, Keira McVay 9, Grace Barlett 2, Brianna Schmidt 2, Ava Snyder 2. Totals: 13 2-4 29.

MEADVILLE 26

Sydney Burchard 8, Avery Phillips 2, Aliviah Ashton 3, Phoebe Templin 6, Marlaya McCoy 7. Totals: 12 1-5 26.

A-C Valley 10 4 7 8 — 29

Meadville 11 4 6 5 — 26

Tuesday: A-C Valley at Union

Mars 64, Highlands 45 — The Planets (7-1) defeated the Golden Rams at the latter's tournament.

Alexa McDole (18 points), Kaitlyn Pelaia (17) and Olivia Donnelly (10) were the top scorers for Mars.

Union 42, Rocky Grove 25 — Keira Croyle and Dominika Logue scored 12 points each for Union, which held Rocky Grove scoreless in the third quarter.

UNION 42

Kennedy Vogle 9, Keira Croyle 12, Hailey Kriebel 5, Dominika Logue 12, Abby Gruver 2, Katie Gezik 2. Totals: 16 6-9 42.

ROCKY GROVE 25

A.Williams 14, R.Reed 4, R. Montgomery 7. Totals: 8 7-13 25.

Union 8 11 12 11 — 42

Rocky Grove 7 9 0 9 — 25

Farrell 45, Slippery Rock 40 — The Steelers won the championship game of their own tournament.

The Rockets (2-4) were led by Gianna Bedel's 11 points.

Moon 56, Seneca Valley 45 — Jess Bickart scored 18 points and Olivia West 12 for the Raiders (5-3) at the Bethel Park Tournament.

North Allegheny 50, North Catholic 37 — No other details were available from this loss for the Trojanettes (4-2).

Ryan Lang scored 22 points — including three treys — and Knoch produced two defensive stops late in defeating Ligonier Valley, 42-40, at the Kiski Area Tournament.The Knights (2-5) missed the front end of two one-and-one's late before holding on. Keagan Fraser added 10 points.LIGONIER VALLEY 40Marinchak 12, Sierocky 12, Drgywijski 12, Tunschall 2, Kontiski 2. Totals: 18 4-8 40.KNOCH 42Ryan Lang 22, Keagan Fraser 10, James Snyder 5, Carson Kosecki 4, Diaran Sinuean 1. Totals: 15 6-11 42.Ligonier Valley 7 13 12 8 — 40Knoch 10 10 18 4 — 42Wednesday: Knoch at Kiski Area, 7:30 p.m.Mars 74, McNicholas (Ohio) 43 — The Planets featured five players scoring in double figures in this game played in Florida.Junior Tasso Sfanos led the way with 19 points while Zach Schlegel added 16 and Austin Cote 13.Chris Dvorak chipped in with 11 points and Jonah Kozora 10 for Mars (5-1).MARS 74Zach Schlegel 16, Austin Cote 13, Chris Dvorak 11, Tasso Sfanos 19, Ryan Ceh 3, Bryce Cunningham 2, Jonah Kozora 10. Totals: 22 23-29 74.MCNICHOLAS 43Haynes 10, J.Gardner 7, Smith 4, Bobo 4, Keith 6, T.Gardner 12. Totals: 16 8-11 43.Mars 16 17 24 17 — 74McNicholas 9 6 13 15 — 433-point goals: Mars 7 (Sfanos 3, Kozora, Ceh, Cote, Schlegel); McNicholas 3 (Haynes, J.Gardner, Keith)Seneca Valley 66, Norwin 60 — At the Moon Tournament, Caiden Oros drained 22 points to help the Raiders get by the Knights.Jameson Grieco and Andrew Roy both added 14 points for SV (2-5).NORWIN 60Bilinsky 12, Edwards 15, Fleming 22, Stecko 9, Denny 2. Totals: 23 6-9 60.SENECA VALLEY 66Aiden Lyczek 4, Connor Oros 5, Luke Lawson 4, Jameson Grieco 14, Jackson Wetzel 3, Andrew Roy 14, Caiden Oros 22. Totals: 25 8-15 66.Norwin 13 11 20 16 — 60Seneca Valley 14 21 15 16 — 66Karns City 49, Union 34 — The visiting Gremlins used an 18-4 run in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Golden Knights.Taite Beighley scored 12 points and added five assists for KC (5-1) while Micah Rupp scored 11 and had nine rebounds.Payton Johnston paced Union with 12 points.KARNS CITY 49Colson Ritzert 2, Cole Sherwin 6, Taite Beighley 12, Luke Cramer 8, Micah Rupp 11, Jacob Callihan 5, Hobie Bartoe 3, Luke Garing 3. Totals: 15 17-24 49.UNION 34Caden Rainey 3, Skyler Roxbury 8, Payton Johnston 12, Dawson Camper 2, Zander Laughlin 6, Hayden Smith 3. Totals: 14 6-12 34.Karns City 15 7 9 18 — 49Union 1 18 11 4 — 34Freeport 47, Slippery Rock 44 — The Yellowjackets (3-3) received 12 points from Gavin Croney and 11 courtesy of Vinnie Clark in this victory over the Rockets (2-4).Slippery Rock's John Sabo tallied 19 points and Dylan Gordon added 11.Slippery Rock 13 10 13 8 — 44Freeport 15 13 7 12 — 47