It took sweating out a last-second shot, but North Catholic’s boys hoops team outlasted Beaver, 60-59, at home Friday night to claim second-place in WPIAL Section 2-4A. The Trojans led for most of the contest then fell behind in the fourth frame, before Max Hurray took the advantage back by knocking down a three with 16 seconds to go.

The visitors’ Brady Mayo missed the mark on a final gasp. Hurray had a game-high 25 points — including six treys — while Matt Ellery added 15 and Andrew Maddalon 10.

New Castle 65, Seneca Valley 60 — The Red Hurricanes improved to 19-2 and 9-1 in WPIAL Section 1-6A by beating the Raiders on the road. Seneca Valley senior Luke Lawson bucketed a 28 points, while both Aiden Lyczek (11) and Connor Oros (10) also got into the double-figures.

NEW CASTLE 65

Anderson 20, Blundo 16, Wallace 11, Boice 9, Young 9. Totals: 25 10-14 65.

SENECA VALLEY 60

Luke Lawson 28, Aiden Lyczek 11, Connor Oros 10, Andrew Roy 7, Kai West 2, Tyler Pepin 2. Totals: 22 12-17 60.

New Castle 15 15 14 21 — 65

Seneca Valley 16 9 16 19 — 60

3-point goals: New Castle 9 (Wallace 3, Anderson 2, Blundo 2, Boice, Young); Seneca Valley 4 (Oros 2, Roy, Lawson)

Union 68, Sheffield 54 — Zander Laughlin and Payton Johnston combined for 35 points for the Knights, who led after every frame in this victory.

SHEFFIELD 54

McNeal 21, Waterson 12, Finch 12, Silvis 6, Mott-Macalush 3. Totals: 21 7-11 54.

UNION 68

Zander Laughlin 18, Payton Johnston 17, Trey Fleming 12, Owen Bish 9, Hayden Smith 7, Skyler Roxbury 5. Totals: 29 5-5 68.

Sheffield 14 12 11 17 — 54

Union 17 23 14 14 — 68

3-point goals: Union 5 (Laughlin 2, Smith, Bish, Roxbury); Sheffield 5 (Silvis 2, Waterson 2, Mott-Macalush)

Moon 63, Mars 60 — The Planets sank 11 three-pointers, but weren’t able to overcome the Tigers at home. Tasso Sfanos poured in 24 points for Mars and Ryan Ceh chipped in with 17.

MOON 63

Guillory 23, Michnowicz 12, Santicola 10, Reeseman 5, C. Depner 4, Stuart 4, Turner 3, M. Depner 2. Totals: 23 8-10 63.

MARS 60

Tasso Sfanos 24, Ryan Ceh 17, Drew Navetta 6, Deven Koch 5, Ian Zukowski 4, Remi Black 4. Totals: 25 2-2 60.

Moon 16 19 13 15 — 63

Mars 13 12 17 18 — 60

3-point goals: Mars 11 (Sfanos 4, Ceh 3, Navetta 3, Koch); Moon 8 (Guillory 3, Michnowicz 2, Santicola 2, Reeseman)

Neighborhood Academy 59, Summit Academy 57 — Four players scored in the double-digits for the Knights (10-7, 5-5), but they couldn’t get past against the visitors in their regular-season finale. Allen Grimes had a team-high 18 points, while Elijah Adams added 14.

Highlands 75, Knoch 60 — Teagan Finucan had 18 points and Kaden Spencer 11, but the Knights fell on the road.

Beaver Falls 73, Summit Academy 67 — Down by 13 points at halftime, a rally by the Knights (10-6) fell short in this non-section game Thursday.

Allen Grimes paced Summit with 23 points, Tayvone Bibbs had 17, Ki’Ron Douglas added 14 and Elijah Adams 11.

Redbank Valley 53, Moniteau 38 — A 16-2 deficit in the second quarter doomed the Warriors in this Thursday loss.

Aydan Jackson was the lone Moniteau player to reach double digits in points, scoring 18 points.

The Warriors (12-9) close the regular season Tuesday at home against Karns City.

MONITEAU 38

David Martino 2, Andrew Zepeda 2, Aydan Jackson 18, David Dessicino 6, Dawson Cook 2, Colton Thomas 8. Totals: 13 10-11 38.

REDBANK VALLEY 53

Minich 4, Ortz 5, B.Wagner 10, Fricko 6, O.Clouse 19, M.Clouse 7, C.Wagner 2. Totals: 17 12-14 53.

Moniteau 12 2 15 9 — 38

Redbank Valley 16 16 12 9 — 53

3-point goals: Moniteau 2 (Jackson 2); Redbank Valley 7 (B.Wagner 2, Fricko 2, O.Clouse 2, M.Clouse).

Girls Basketball

Karns City got 16 points out of Hanna Dailey, 12 from Brooklyn Taylor, and another 10 to Chloe Fritch in a 50-38 road win over Clarion-Limestone. The Gremlins hit the mark on eight treys.

KARNS CITY 50

Hanna Dailey 16, Brooklynn Taylor 12, Chloe Fritch 10, Emma Dailey 6, Naomi Venesky 4, Savanna Prescott 2. Totals: 19 4-5 50.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 38

Dunn 17, Leadbetter 12, Wiant 9. Totals: 16 3-4 38.

Karns City 15 12 19 4 — 50

Clarion-Limestone 15 9 7 7 — 38

3-point goals: Karns City 8 (Dailey 4, Fritch 3, Taylor); Clarion-Limestone 3 (Leadbetter 2, Dunn)

Rifle

Three Butler marksmen finished in the top 16 at Thursday’s WPIAL championship meet, held at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club in Canonsburg, and qualified for the state championship in the process.

Brady Stewart placed fifth (200-17x) while teammate Hayleigh Gorog was ninth (200-16x) and Luke Frazier finished in 14th place (200-14x).

McGuffey’s Riley Dunn earned a second straight district crown by shooting 200-19x.

The competition included 82 shooters.

Five different players scored goals Thursday night as Seneca Valley defeated Bethel Park, 5-3. Jack Smelscer, Jaxson Read and Michael Varrati all had a goal and assist. Alec Malichky and Tyler Garvin scored goals as well.

Johnathan Nichols made 30 saves. The Raiders host North Allegheny at 7 p.m. Monday.