Kendall Sankey posted 17 points and seven rebounds as Moniteau cruised to a 56-27 girls basketball victory over visiting DuBois Area on Monday.

The Warriors (6-1) set the tone with a 16-4 edge in the opening quarter.

Catherine Kelly added 15 points and five rebounds, Allie Pry had 11 points and Cheyenne Curl nine boards, four assists and five steals.

DUBOIS AREA 27

Lander 15, Kennis 4, Fontaine 5, Brigger 1, Gray 2. Totals: 8 10-11 27.

MONITEAU 56

Cheyenne Curl 4, Catherine Kelly 15, Allie Pry 11, Kendall Sankey 17, Sophia Fleeger 7, Emily Matz 2. Totals: 23 8-10 56.

DuBois Area 4 10 8 5 — 27

Moniteau 16 9 19 12 — 56

Highlands 38, Knoch 24 — The Knights were outscored 20-7 in the second and third periods of this section loss.

Karlee Buterbaugh scored 10 points for Knoch (2-4, 0-1).

Knoch 9 2 5 8 — 24

Highlands 13 8 12 5 — 38

North Catholic 75, Freeport 35 — Ava Walker paced a quartet of North players scoring in double figures with 17 points.

Alayna Rocco added 12 for the Trojanettes (3-2, 2-0), Brady Wehner 11 and Emma Shoemaker 10.

Brooke Kmetz scored 10 points for Freeport (2-5, 1-1).

North Catholic 25 19 18 13 — 75

Freeport 4 7 13 11 — 35

Mars 54, Hampton 40 — Cecelia Christy (16 points) and Vita Vargo (14) led this win for the Planets.

Mars (5-2, 1-0) gained valuable separation with a 16-7 edge in the third period.

Meg Murray tallied 28 points for the Talbots.

Hampton 13 10 7 10 — 40

Mars 15 14 16 9 — 54

Keystone 45, Union/A-C Valley 27 — Maddy Dehart’s 13 points led the Falcon Knights (2-4).

Swimming

Mars diver Mya Lee qualified for February’s WPIAL championship meet, but the Planet girls dropped a 92-80 decision to Gateway.

In the boys meet, Mars fell to Gateway, 75-50. Preston Heynes earned a WPIAL cut in the 200 individual medley and Sean Muchnok did so in the breaststroke.