Vita Vargo totaled 16 points to lead Mars’ girls basketball team to a 57-47 victory at Plum Tuesday night.

The win was head coach Dana Petruska’s 500th career victory.

Ava Black contributed 13 points and Olivia Donnelly had 12 for the Planets (17-4, 9-2).

North Catholic 64, Beaver Falls 31 — Dacia Lewandowski scored 20 points and Alayna Rocco added 15 as North Catholic overwhelmed the Tigers.

Anna Waskiewicz added 11 points for the Trojanettes (14-4, 11-0).

Beaver Falls 2 10 6 13 — 31

North Catholic 17 24 15 8 — 64

Freeport 80, Valley 31 — The Yellowjackets (6-9, 5-5) won this section road game easily, with Ava Soilis scoring 22 points, Melaina Dezort adding 19 and Marlee Sholtes 14.

Freeport 37 22 17 4 — 80

Valley 4 5 10 12 — 31

Boys Basketball

Colton Thomas and Kyle Pry both netted 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Moniteau allowed just 12 second-half points in a 58-30 victory at Cranberry.

Pry added five assists for the Warriors (4-11).

MONITEAU 58

Aydan Jackson 4, Landon Kelly 1, David Dessicino 7, Nathan Kelly 6, Ryan Jewart 8, Kyle Pry 15, Wade Wolfe 2, Colton Thomas 15. Totals: 22 10-17 58.

CRANBERRY 30

Weaver 2, C.Zerbe 5, Bunyak 7, D.Zerbe 2, Merryman 6, Blauser 8. Totals: 14 1-6 30.

Moniteau 14 12 16 16 — 58

Cranberry 10 8 4 8 — 30

3-point goals: Moniteau 4 (Jewart 2, Pry); Cranberry 1 (C.Zerbe).

North Clarion 63, A-C Valley 58 — The Falcons (8-10) received balanced scoring, but could not overcome an 11-point deficit at halftime.

Jay Clover’s 16 points paced A-C Valley, which was outscored at the free throw line 14-2.

NORTH CLARION 63

Daum 12, Byers 4, Schmader 20, Hartle 23, Hargenrader 4. Totals: 21 14-21 63.

A-C VALLEY 58

Brody Dittman 15, Ryan Cooper 6, Landon Chalmers 6, Alex Preston 15, Jay Clover 16. Totals: 26 2-6 58.

North Clarion 21 22 12 8 — 63

A-C Valley 15 17 15 11 — 58

3-point goals: North Clarion 7 (Schmader 3, Hartle 3, Daum); A-C Valley 4 (Dittman 3, Preston).

Summit Academy 65, New Brighton 52 — Kylee Davenport led a trio of Knights who scored in double figures with 27 points.

Antwaan Evans added 14 points and Allen Grimes 12 for the Knights (6-7, 3-5).

Summit Academy 12 13 16 24 — 65

New Brighton 11 8 12 21 — 52

North Catholic 70, Freeport 54 — Ben Tomer’s 18 points led the Trojans (17-1, 11-0) to this section win at home.

North also received 10 points apiece from Matt Gregor and Max Hurray.

Freeport (11-8, 6-4) was led by Gavin Glista and Zack Clark, who both tallied 11 points.

Freeport 7 10 14 23 — 54

North Catholic 18 19 20 13 — 70

Union 60, Forest Area 13 — Trey Fleming led this rout of the Fires with 21 points.

Dawson Camper added 12 points for the Golden Knights (11-7).

Redbank Valley 48, Karns City 42 — The Gremlins’ late rally fell short after the team scored just 24 points in the first three quarters.

Luke Cramer scored 25 for the Gremlins (14-4). Chris Marshall matched that total for the Bulldogs.

Rifle

Butler finished second in the WPIAL championship competition Tuesday with a score of 800-59x. The Golden Tornado were nosed out for the title by Hempfield, which had an 800-64x.