Natalie Hambly’s 19 points led a quartet of Seneca Valley players scoring in double figures as the Raiders defeated visiting Fox Chapel 70-61 in girls basketball action on Thursday.

Allison Sevin and Makayla Canty both added 15 points and Emerson Peffer chipped in with 13.

A 14-2 advantage in the third quarter sparked the Raiders.

Knoch 45, Hampton 38 — Naturelle Ewing (15 points) and Adah Fuller (14) were key as the Knights (2-2) downed the Talbots.

Knoch went 5-for-8 from the foul line late to stave off Hampton.

Knoch boards the bus to take on Indiana in non-conference play on Monday.

Knoch 13 12 9 11 — 45

Hampton 12 8 12 6 — 38

Mars 54, Franklin Regional 47 — Four players poured in double-digits for the Planets (3-1) Thursday night as they rebounded from a home loss to Knoch earlier this week. Cecelia Christy led the charge with 13 points, while Carmella McDole added 12, Vita Vargo 11, and Alexis Cashdollar 10.

The win was Mars’ first at home this go-round. They’ll hit the road to face Blackhawk next week.

Franklin Regional 10 8 6 23 — 47

Mars 13 12 16 13 — 54

Karns City 55, Keystone 15 — The Gremlins held their visitors under 10 points — including a scoreless second frame — in the first half of this Thursday night victory. Karns City was paced in scoring by Naomi Venesky’s 16 points.

Keystone 9 0 2 4 — 15

Karns City 14 16 5 10 — 55

Karns City 55

Naomi Venesky 16, Brooklynn Taylor 7, Chloe Fritch 5, Hanna Dailey 4, Phoebe Brandon 4, Savanna Prescott 3, Hannah Buchanan 2, Nicole Huff 2, Trinity McFarland 2. Totals: 25 4-9 55.

KEYSTONE 15

Albright 6, Patrick 4, Brandon 2, Sterner 2, Bell 1. Totals: 5 3-4 15.

Forest Area 36, Union/A-C Valley 35 — Maddy Dehart bucketed 14 points as the Falcon Knights lost a close battle with the Fires at home. Kya Wetzel added nine points in the defeat.

Forest Area 8 11 7 10 — 36

Union/A-C Valley 10 6 15 4 — 35

Forest Area 36

Colvin 11, Guzzi 10, Rooke 9, Brown 6. Totals: 12 10-24 36.

Union/A-C Valley 35

Maddy Dehart 14, Kya Wetzel 9, Ava Strauser 5, Emma Raschiatore 3, Brianna Schmidt 4. Totals: 15 3-13 35.

Bowling

Butler swept Seneca Valley, 7-0, Wednesday at Family Bowlaway. The Golden Tornado girls (3-0) were led by Makenzie Zimmerman with a 645 series and a high game of 225. Kelsee McConnell added a 621 series and matched Zimmerman’s high game.

Greg Wilbert paced Butler’s boys by rolling a 610 series and a high game of 224. Micah Potts added a 569 series. David Shever had a 565 series and led all bowlers with a high game of 234. Seneca Valley’s Chance Evans rolled a 571 series with a high game of 204.

The Golden Tornado improved to 2-1, while the Raiders dropped to 0-3.