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Summit Academy claims section title, 68-48

The Summit Academy boys basketball team clinched the Section 2-AA championship Friday night after the Knights coasted to a 68-48 win over Laurel.

Rakim Reedy led the Knights (14-4, 10-1) with 15 points, including a trio of 3-pointers. Rashon Boone also scored in double figures with 10 points, while Joseph Sumpter added nine and Ralph Marston chipped in eight.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 68Ralph Marston 4 0-1 8, Rakim Reedy 6 0-0 15, Tyrell Wyche 2 2-2 6, Andre Crump 1 1-2 4, Elijah Minnie 2 0-0 5, Rashon Boone 3 3-4 10 , Sunny Munn 1 0-0 3, Matt Archer 1 0-0 2, Davon James 3 0-0 6, Joseph Sumpter 4 1-2 9.

Totals: 27 7-11 68.

LAUREL 48Ryan Hites 5 0-0 13, Richard Jones 3 0-0 6, Stephen Avery 1 0-0 2, Todd Fennick 2 2-2 6, Bradley Telesz 1 0-0 2, Joshua Finley 1 1-2 3, Conor Melichar 2 1-2 6, Joshua Dando 3 2-3 10.

Totals: 18 6-9 48.

Summit Academy 19 19 19 11—68Laurel 15 10 14 9—483-point goals: Summit Academy 7 (Reedy 3, Crump, Minnie, Boone, Munn); Laurel 6 (Hites 3, Dando 2, Melichar).

Tuesday: Ellwood City at Summit Academy

Moniteau 78, East Forest 33 — Kyle Armagost tallied 26 points and 13 rebounds in the rout. Ethan Pry added 18 points and Brayden McCorry 12 for the Warriors (12-5).

EAST FOREST 33Dicorpo 0 1-3 1, Toski 2 0-0 5, Snyder 3 2-2 10, Andrews 2 0-0 4, Rini 6 1-1 13.

Totals: 13 4-6 33.

MONITEAU 78Kyle Armagost 10 6-10 26, Ethan Pry 7 2-2 18, Andrew Armagost 2 1-2 6, Joey Deal 2 0-0 4, Jonathon Loos 1 0-0 2, Brayden McCorry 6 0-0 12, Joe Holfelder 2 0-0 4, Coltan Cumberland 1 0-0 2, Denny Pry 1 0-0 2, Drew Yeckel 1 0-1 2.

Totals: 33 9-14 78.

East Forest 9 10 4 10—33Moniteau 14 21 34 9—783-point goals: East Forest 3 (Snyder 2, Toski); Moniteau 3 (Pry 2, A. Armagost).

Monday: Moniteau at Union

Clarion 65, A-C Valley 58 — Despite 20 points from Ryan Bartley, the Falcons dropped this KSAC contest.

CLARION 65Shannonhouse 5 8-8 21, Kirkland 3 1-4 8, Troese 2 2-2 8, Armstrong 9 4-8 22, Straffin 2 1-3 5, Heeter 0 1-2 1, Painter 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 21 17-27 65.

A-C VALLEY 58Brody Irwin 5 1-5 12, Ryan Bartley 6 5-6 20, Kevin Kaufman 1 3-4 5, Jeff Eaton 3 0-1 8, Landon Delisio 2 0-0 4, Jay Kaufman 3 0-0 6, Cole Terwilliger 1 0-0 3, Eric Orton 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 21 9-16 58.

Clarion 14 11 23 17—65A-C Valley 16 18 14 10—583-point goals: Clarion 6 (Shannonhouse 3, Troese 2, Kirkland); A-C Valley 7 (Bartley 3, Eaton 2, Irwin, Terwilliger).

Monday: A-C Valley at Keystone

Clarion-Limestone 73, Karns City 51 — Tyler Kepple scored 16 points and Tucker Preston added 14, but the Gremlins (6-13) suffered defeat.

KARNS CITY 51Brandyn Bowser 0 1-2 1, Tyler Kepple 5 2-3 16, Nathan Weckerly 1 0-0 2, Brady Ellenberger 2 0-0 5, Tucker Preston 5 1-1 14, Kyle Barger 1 1-2 3, Ethan Williams 1 2-2 5, Andrew Johnston 0 0-0 0, Dan Filges 0 0-0 0, Logan Moroney 1 0-0 2, David Olszak 1 0-0 3.

Totals: 17 7-10 51.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 73R.J. Laugend 3 3-4 9, Ross Munsee 2 0-0 5, Brooks Bennett 0 0-0 0, Corbin Young 0 0-2 0, Billy Kelley 7 3-4 18, Brent Slater 0 0-0 0, Adam Mellott 10 3-8 23, Jesse Himes 1 0-0 2, Tyler Stitt 7 0-0 14.

Totals: 31 9-18 73.

Karns City 11 17 7 16—51Clarion-Limestone 24 10 24 15—733-point goals: Karns City 8 (Kepple 4, Preston 2, Ellenberger, Williams); Clarion-Limestone 2 (Munsee, Kelley).

Monday: Redbank Valley at Karns City

Freeport 57, Apollo-Ridge 52 — Ryan Dunn scored 19 points as the Yellowjackets hung on for a section triumph.Robbie Miller added 13 points and Brendan Lynch pitched in 12 for Freeport (9-7, 5-5).

FREEPORT 57Fred Pastoria 1 0-0 2, Rob Palko 0 0-0 0, Brendan Lynch 3 6-7 12, Ryan Dunn 6 4-7 19, Robbie Miller 5 3-6 13, Zane Geist 0 0-1 0, Alex Carson 0 0-0 0, Tony DiVivo 3 0-1 6, Sean Carson 2 1-4 5, Jordan Ziemianski 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 20 14-26 57.

APOLLO-RIDGE 52Tre Tipton 5 2-4 12, Lucas Burrell 1 0-0 2, Alex Smith 5 0-0 11, Brad Campbell 1 2-2 4, Anthony Bozzarrelli 5 2-2 12, Josh Reynolds 4 1-3 9, Connor Billingsley 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 22 7-11 52.

Freeport 16 19 10 12—57Apollo-Ridge 12 15 13 12—523-point goals: Freeport 3 (Dunn 3); Apollo-Ridge 1 (Smith).

Tuesday: Freeport at West Shamokin

Girls Basketball

East Forest 49, Moniteau 35 — Amanda Sloan paced the Warriors (8-8, 4-1) by scoring 11 points.

MONITEAU 35Katie Brehm 4 1-2 9, Fontaine Glenn 4 0-0 8, Nikki Yeckel 1 2-2 4, Heather Porter 1 1-6 3, Amanda Sloan 5 0-0 11, Emily Rider 0 0-0 0, Ashley Brehm 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 4-10 35.

EAST FOREST 49Songer 1 0-0 2, Kahle 1 2-3 4, Long 11 3-4 25, Oliver 5 1-2 11, Simpson 3 0-0 7.

Totals: 20 6-9 49.

Moniteau 6 7 10 12—35East Forest 11 14 16 8—493-point goals: Moniteau 1 (Sloan); East Forest 1 (Simpson).

Saturday: Moniteau at North Clarion

Clarion-Limestone 59, Karns City 46 — The Gremlins gave up a 19-5 first-quarter run to the Lions.Shanel Preston led KC (4-13) with 22 points.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 59Laugand 7 5-7 19, Port 8 4-5 20, Parsons 2 0-0 4, Wolbert 3 1-2 7, Lewis 3 0-2 6, Burns 1 0-0 3.

Totals: 24 10-16 59.

KARNS CITY 46Erin McCue 2 0-2 4, Kara Kerschbaumer 1 0-2 2, Emily Schumacher 1 0-0 2, Shanel Preston 8 3-4 22, Emily LoPresti 3 0-0 7, LeErin Jones 2 0-0 4, Leah McGuire 0 3-4 3, Annie Hegedus 1 0-2 2.

Totals: 18 6-14 46.

Clarion-Limestone 19 13 15 12—59Karns City 5 10 15 16—463-point goals: Clarion-Limestone 1 (Burns); Karns City 4 (Preston 3, LoPresti).

Monday: Karns City at Redbank Valley

Clarion 66, A-C Valley 36 — The Falcons (9-7) fell behind 40-14 by the half in this loss.Meredith Snyder and Kelsey Boocks led A-C Valley with eight points.

A-C VALLEY 36Tricia Kerlin 0 2-2 2, Emily Quaill 1 0-1 2, Racheal Viertel 3 0-0 7, Kelsey Boocks 3 2-6 8, Meredith Snyder 4 0-4 8, Hanna Hetrick 0 1-2 1, Erin Logue 3 0-0 7, Jacqui Hetzler 0 1-2 1, Danielle Kaufman 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 14 6-17 36.

CLARION 66Bri Nellis 2 0-0 4, Liz Shannonhouse 2 0-0 5, Kate Fillman 1 3-4 5, Kyla Miles 8 2-2 18, Mercy Kroh 2 2-2 6, Ashley Hummell 2 4-8 8, Maci Thornton 8 0-1 16, Grace Kroh 0 2-4 2, Laken Ganoe 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 25 13-21 66.

A-C Valley 4 10 9 13—36Clarion 15 25 13 13—663-point goals: A-C Valley 2 (Viertel, Logue); Clarion 1 (Shannonhouse).

Monday: Keystone at A-C Valley

WrestlingThe Raiders crushed the visiting Highlanders, including pins from Nick Zoria, Brennen O'Shea, Austin Leon, Tyler Schillero, Jake Eaton and Joe Duggan.

Seneca Valley 55, Baldwin 18

106: Nick Zoria (SV) pinned D'Adrian Carter, 2:54;

113: Anthony Latess (SV) won by forfeit;

120: Said Hasanovic (B) dec. Zain Skalas, 11-7;

126: Brennen O'Shea (SV) pinned Jared Mott, 2:26;

132: Austin Leon (SV) pinned Mike Conway, 3:33;

138: Tyler Schillero (SV) pinned Alec Tambakis, 1:52;

145: Zack Bernarding (B) dec. Timmy O'Shea, 7-2;

152: Stephen Rudolph (SV) dec. Nelson Mangoliko, 7-2;

160: Matthew King (SV) major dec. Mark Moir, 10-0;

170: Jake Eaton (SV) pinned Alex Pantuso, 1:45;

182: John Proper (SV) won by forfeit;

195: Joe Duggan (SV) pinned Will Ostermeyer, 5:54;

220: Devontae Evans (B) pinned Tyler Miller, 5:30;

285: Bobby Bush (B) pinned Clayton Hoover, 0:33.

Private Schools

Calvary Baptist Academy 55, First Baptist Christian 53 (boys basketball) — Tommy Barnhart scored 20 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and had five assists in the loss. Adam Drake contributed 17 points, nine rebounds and four steals.

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