Kepple leads the way in Gremlins' big win

February 10, 2007 Last Updated: February 10, 2007 12:47 PM High School

Allyson Kepple scored 17 points as the Karns City High School girls basketball team won a big Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference showdown with Clarion-Limestone, 54-38 Friday night.

Haley Callihan added 10 points, six rebounds and six steals for Karns City (17-4, 14-2), which dropped Clarion-Limestone's record to 17-5, 13-4.

KARNS CITY 54Tausha Bowser 1 3-7 5, Michelle Sweeney 2 0-0 6, Allyson Kepple 5 6-8 17, Julia Zaludek 0 1-2 1, Ashley Campbell 1 3-4 5, Haley Callihan 3 3-4 10, Katie Weibel 0 0-2 0, Kylee Rankin 3 3-4 9, Kailyn Weibel 0 1-2 1, Audra Buechele 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 20-33 54

CLARION-LIMESTONE 38Rhoades 1 0-0 3, Johnston 5 4-4 14, Stewart 4 1-2 12, Jones 0 1-2 1, Keck 1 0-0 2, Karls 0 0-0 0, Pinson 2 1-4 6.

Totals: 13 7-12 38

Karns City 12 7 14 21—54C-L 4 8 12 14—383-point goals: Karns City 4 (Sweeney 2, Kepple, Callihan); C-L 5 (Rhoades, Stewart 3, Pinson)

Monday: NorthClarion at Karns City

Union 75, North Clarion 31 — Tiffany Corle scored 23 points and added eight assists, five rebounds and three steals for the Damsels (19-3, 16-1).Mackenzie Shirey added 10 points and seven boards, and Denyelle Painter also scored 10 points for Union.Corle now has 951 points in her career.

NORTH CLARION 31Niederriter 2 4-5 8, Berry 1 0-0 2, Lauer 1 0-0 2, K. Zacherl 0 0-0 0, J. Zacherl 1 0-0 2, Jess Tarr 0 3-4 3, Jordan Tarr 4 0-0 10, Gatesman 2 0-1 4.

Totals: 11 7-10 31

UNION 75Tiffany Corle 9 4-4 23, Janele Divins 4 0-0 8, Mackenzie Shirey 4 1-2 10, Denyelle Painter 4 2-2 10, Torri Smith 4 0-0 8, Alicia Anthony 1 0-0 2, Meagan Booth 2 0-0 4, Corri Seybert 1 1-2 3, Heather Booth 1 2-2 4, Courtney Frederick 1 0-0 2, Lanae Cicciarelli 0 1-2 1, Melissa Shook 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 31 11-14 75

NorthClarion 4 12 3 12—31Union 21 21 22 11—753-point goals: North Clarion 2 (Jordan Tarr 2); Union 2 (Corle, Shirey)

JV: Union 35-25

Tuesday: Union at Rocky Grove

Venango Catholic 62, A-C Valley 18 — Natalie Russell scored eight points for the Falcons (0-21, 0-15).

VENANGO CATHOLIC 62Meghan Lutz 1 2-2 4, Sarah McNellie 11 2-2 29, Sarah Scurry 4 4-7 12, Adrienne Weaver 2 0-0 4, Evan Martin 6 1-1 13, Melania Booth 0 0-0 0, Lindsay Huff 0 0-0 0, Julia Zachrel 0 0-0 0, Evana Warner 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 24 9-12 62

A-C VALLEY 18Kate Best 1 0-1 2, Shannon Blauser 1 2-3 4, Markeea Hart 1 0-4 2, Jessica Henry 0 2-2 2, Shannon Bartley 0 0-2 0, Shelbi Cervenec 0 0-0 0, Brandy Jackson 0 0-0 0, Natalie Russell 4 0-0 8.

Totals: 7 4-11 18

Venango Cath. 20 19 16 7—62A-C Valley 4 6 2 6—183-point goals: Venango Catholic 5 (McNellie 5)

JV: Venango Catholic 21-13

Monday: A-C Valley at Keystone

Brian Zimmerman scored 28 points, but Freeport came up short in a 68-67 overtime loss to Ford City Friday night.Nate Kotecki thought he had scored the game-winning basket in regulation with a layup with 6.2 seconds remaining, but the Freeport guard was called for a charge.In overtime, Ryan Good scored his only three points of the game on a basket and foul shot with 13 seconds left to provide Ford City with the winning margin.Brady Sherrieb added 16 points for the Yellowjackets (12-7, 8-5).FREEPORT 67Nate Kotecki 4 3-3 12, Chris Tagmyer 0 7-8 7, Brian Zimmerman 10 8-16 28, JustinBollinger 1 0-0 2, Miles Smolic 0 2-2 2, Brady Sherrieb 6 1-3 16. Totals: 21 21-32 67FORD CITY 68Ryan Hand 1 4-5 6, Aaron Shriber 9 7-8 26, Jordan Eckman 2 2-2 6, Ryan Good 1 1-1 3, Nathan Cousins 1 0-0 2, Ryan Young 6 0-1 15, Jack McAfoose 3 2-2 8, Lucas Prazenica 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 16-19 68Freeport 12 9 21 16 9—67Ford City 14 16 14 14 10—683-point goals: Freeport 4 (Kotecki, Sherrieb); Ford City 4 (Shriber, Young 3)JV: Ford City 41-30 (Andrew Vidra 9)Saturday: Jeannette at FreeportOil City 76, Slippery Rock 61 — Zack Ejzak scored 21 points, but the Rockets (5-17, 1-8) fell again.SLIPPERY ROCK 61Ethan Giesler 0 0-0 0, Rhett Gordon 4 1-2 9, Nick Cress 0 0-0 0, Kendall Mahan 2 0-0 6, Derrick 3 2-5 8, Vince Papley 0 0-0 0, Brian Kelly 4 0-1 11, Zack Ejzak 5 9-10 21, Matt Shearer 1 4-6 6. Totals: 19 16-24 61OIL CITY 76Carson 3 8-8 14, Carll 1 4-4 6, Frost 6 0-0 17, Reinsel 4 4-6 12, K. Vogan 3 0-0 8, Williams 0 0-0 0, T. Vogan 0 0-0 0, May 8 3-4 19, Martin 0 0-0 0, Kase 0 0-0 0, Fox 0 0-0 0. Totals: 25 19-22 76Slippery Rock 20 16 6 19—61Oil City 20 10 19 27—763-point goals: Slippery Rock 7 (Kelly 3, Ejzak 2, Mahan 2); Oil City 7 (Frost 5, K. Vogan 2)JV: N/ATuesday: Strong Vincent at Slippery RockGrove City 46, McDowell 31 — Ben Liebling scored 12 points, and Jordan Fee and Kyle Perrine each added nine points as the Eagles (19-3) kept rolling.McDOWELL 31Zach Stano 3 0-0 8, Dillon Loomis 2 0-0 6, Bryant Kimball 0 3-4 3, Jason Keim 1 0-0 2, Ryan Kellie 0 1-2 1, Glenn Connor 3 1-2 7, Tom Kuna 2 0-0 4. Totals: 11 5-8 31GROVE CITY 46KeithDonaldson 1 0-0 2, Maxx Stutz 1 1-2 3, Ben Liebling 2 6-8 12, Danny Keil 2 1-3 5, Ryan McNamara 1 2-2 4, Jordan Fee 3 2-5 9, Kyle Perrine 4 0-0 9, Nicke Lane 1 0-0 2. Totals: 15 12-20 46McDowell 5 5 10 11—31Grove City 8 13 9 16—463-point goals: McDowell 4 (Stano 2, Loomis 2); Grove City 4 (Liebling 2, Fee, Perrine)JV: Erie McDowell 50-48 (Pat Johnson 13)Tuesday: Grove City at FranklinMoniteau 74, West Forest 47 — Josh Loos had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Nick Morrow had 21 points and Tyler Armagost had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Warriors.Moniteau (11-10, 10-6) took a 25-3 lead after the first quarter and a 44-10 advantage at the break.MONITEAU 74Tyler Armagost 3 8-14 16, Nick Morrow 8 0-0 21, Josh Loos 9 5-10 24, Matt Buczkowski 0 1-4 1, Aaron Randall 1 0-0 2, Mitch Czech 1 1-1 3, Tyler Drezmiecki 1 3-4 5, Zack McCormick 0 2-2 2, David Glenn 0 0-0 0, Clayton Casper 0 0-0 0, Mike Kosick 0 0-0 0, Brandon Simmons 0 0-0 0, Wayne Barry 0 0-0 0, Adam Cousins 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 20-35 74.WEST FOREST 47Jones 0 1-3 1, Gruzinski 2 0-2 4, Garrison 1 3-6 5, Adams 6 8-8 21, Byers 3 0-0 7, Lober 2 0-0 4, Dunkle 1 0-0 2, Clark 0 3-4 3, Dietrich 0 0-1 0. Totals: 15 15-24 47.Moniteau 25 19 13 17—74West Forest 3 7 14 23—473-point goals: Morrow 5, Armagost 2, Loos; Adams, Byers)JV: West Forest, 56-37 (M:Brandon Simmons 10)Monday: Karns City at MoniteauSummit Academy 64, Neshannock 41 — The Knights roared out to a 22-5 lead and cruised to a section win.Leonard Brown and Rashawn Flemming paced a balanced attack with 12 points apiece for Summit Academy (13-9, 8-4).NESHANNOCK 41Ray 1 0-0 3, Conglose 4 1-2 11, Richards 5 0-0 10, Davis 1 0-0 2, Mitsos 1 0-0 2, Altman 3 1-2 8, Brown 1 0-0 2, Perrott 1 0-0 2, Iorio 0 1-2 1. Totals: 17 3-5 41SUMMIT ACADEMY 64Steve Grandison 3 0-0 6, Roman Herring 4 0-0 8, Jarred Moore 1 0-0 2, K'on Gardner 4 1-2 9, Leonard Brown 5 2-2 12, JeremyWhittington 2 0-0 4, Rashawn Flemming 5 2-2 12, Jeremy Hollenbaugh 1 0-0 2, Anthony Lemon 0 1-2 1, Tommy McMillen 1 2-2 4, Hanif Scruggs 2 0-2 4. Totals: 28 8-12 64Neshannock 5 11 10 15—41Summit Academy 22 16 20 6—643-point goals: Neshannock 4 (Ray, Conglose 2, Altman)JV: Neshannock 52-41 (Lemon 11)Monday: Summit Academy at OLSH

Titusville 73, Slippery Rock 26; Slippery Rock 41, Farrell 31 (boys); Titusville 68, Slippery Rock 33; Slippery Rock 45, Farrell 36 (girls) — Vicky Kosiorek, Whitney Snyder, Alyssa Martinez, Hannah Parsons, Kristen Workley and Jatelyn Brozenic all won for the Rockets in this recent meet. Martinez and Kosiorek captured four first-place finishes each.On the boys side, Andrew Opalewski, Chuck Davies, Kyle Hawk and Caleb Sykoras-Bodie all had at least one individual and two relay event victories.Slippery Rock's girls compete Monday at Oil City. The boys host Beaver Falls Tuesday at Slippery Rock University's Morrow Fieldhouse pool.

Seneca Valley defeated Plum, 4-2, Friday night at Warrendale BladeRunners.