Moniteau boys basketball shakes off rust in win at Union; Mars girls crush New Castle: Roundup
After not playing a game in 10 days due to inclement weather, Moniteau boys basketball returned to the court Monday and handled host Union easily with a 71-37 decision.
Dawson Cook paced the Warriors (10-5) with 21 points and Andrew Zepeda.
Trent Fleming tallied 13 points for the Golden Knights (5-13).
Montour 56, Mars 42 — The Planets were outscored 37-23 in the second half of this loss to the Spartans.
Ethan Kresinski scored 10 points for Mars (9-11, 5-5 WPIAL Section 4-5A).
Alexis Cashdollar netted 21 points and Cecilia Christy 15, both draining three 3-pointers in Mars’ 70-18 win over New Castle.
Mars (7-11, 4-6) moved into a tie with Montour for the final WPIAL playoff spot out of Section 3-5A.
Seneca Valley 61, Woodland Hills 21 — The Raiders’ Brooke Dufford led all scorers with 21 points as SV improved to 13-5 overall and 9-0 in WPIAL Section 1-6A.
Slippery Rock 71, Sharon 41 — No other details were available from this District 10 Region 4 victory for the Rockets (14-4).
North Catholic 50, Knoch 31 — The visiting Trojanettes improved to 14-5 overall and 9-2 in WPIAL Section 1-4A.
Sam Weir scored 13 points in the win.
Knoch (4-16, 4-7) was led by Neah Ewing’s 13 points and 11 from Olivia Hawk.
Freeport 2, Highlands 0 — The Yellowjackets (11-9, 5-6) clinched a WPIAL Class 4A playoff berth thanks to this forfeit win.
Slippery Rock’s Jordan Eckenrode (200-yard freestyle, 100 butterfly) was a double winner, and Roan Stauffer (500 free) and Joey Dropp (100 breaststroke) also earned solo wins, but the Rockets’ boys bowed to rival Grove City 91-43.
Grove City 90, Slippery Rock (girls) 55 — The Rockets’ Avery Grossman (200 individual medley, 500 free) notched a pair of individual victories in her side’s defeat.
Freeport splits with Indiana — The Yellowjacket boys topped the Indians 108-43, while the girls dropped a 119-65 decision. No other details were available.
