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Freeport nips Indiana, 49-47

Kris Keppel scored 14 points as the Freeport boys basketball team edged Indiana 49-47 Wednesday night.

Josh Beale added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Yellowjackets (2-2).

FREEPORT 49

Mason Eddinger 4 1-2 10, Evan Schaffhauser 0 0-0 0, Kevin Lynch 1 1-1 3, Kris Keppel 5 0-0 14, Ryan Weigold 2 0-1 4, Brandon Hochbein 2 0-0 4, Ben Beale 1 0-0 2, Derek Jones 0 0-0 0, Josh Beale 5 2-2 12. Totals: 20 4-6 49.

INDIANA 47

Carter 2 0-0 6, Stapleton 2 0-0 4, Arbuckle 1 0-1 2, Thomas 4 2-2 10, Hoff 3 2-3 9, Sissko 0 0-0 0, Brocious 0 0-0 0, Brice 0 0-0 0, Benhart 6 0-0 16, Bianco 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 5-7 47.

Freeport 4 17 16 12 — 49

Indiana9 10 15 13 — 47

3-point goals: Freeport 5 (Eddinger, Keppel 4); Indiana 6 (Carter 2, Hoff, Benhart 3)

Friday: Highlands at Freeport

Union 53, Redbank Valley 31 — Cole Morris scored 17 points as the Golden Knights routed Redbank.

Hank Murphy added 10 points for Union (2-1, 1-0).

REDBANK VALLEY 31

Heeter 3 5-6 12, Dougherty 3 0-0 6, Nulff 1 0-0 2, Reed 3 0-0 7, Scott 1 0-0 2, Harmon 1 0-0 2, Campbell 0 0-0 0. Totals: 12 5-6 31.

UNION 53

Hank Murphy 4 2-4 10, Sutton Varner 1 1-1 3, Cole Morris 7 1-4 17, Gavin Hawk 4 0-0 8, Lucas Bowser 4 1-1 9, Dana Logue 2 2-2 6. Totals: 22 7-12 53.

Redbank Valley 10 4 2 15 — 31

Union10 12 12 19 — 53

3-point goals: Redbank Valley 2 (Heeter, Reed); Union 2 (Morris 2)

Friday: Union at Karns City

Greenville 60, Slippery Rock 42 — Ryan Dutton had his third double-double in as many games for the Rockets with 21 points and 15 rebounds, but Slippery Rock (0-3) fell to Greenville.

SLIPPERY ROCK 42

Chase Allen 2 1-2 5, Josh Bowser 1 1-2 3, Ryan Dutton 10 1-3 21, Luke Brandon 3 0-0 6, Hunter Prementine 0 2-2 2, Jeff Bennett 1 0-0 3, Seth Beels 1 0-0 2. Totals: 18 5-9 42.

GREENVILLE 60

Eason 2 1-5 6, Blaney 4 4-6 14, Blatt 3 2-2 8, Weneline 5 0-1 11, McLane 6 4-6 17,Betullio 2 0-0 4. Totals: 23 11-20 60.

Slippery Rock 6 10 11 15 — 42

Greenville11 15 14 20 — 60

3-point goals: Slippery Rock 1 (Bennett); Greenville 5 (Eason, Blaney 2, Weneline)

Friday: Slippery Rock at Grove City

Grove City 63, North East 46 — Brendan Record scored 22 points and the Eagles won this non-region road game.

Kaiden Young pitched in 15 points for the Eagles (2-1).

GROVE CITY 63

Brendan Record 8 1-1 22, Andrew Mason 1 2-2 4, Kaiden Young 5 4-6 15, Logan Lutz 1 0-0 2, Kameron Patterson 2 2-4 6, Brayden Martin 1 1-2 4, Martin Beatty 2 1-2 5, Tanner Glenn 1 2-2 5. Totals: 21 13-17 63.

NORTH EAST 46

Wisniewski 5 1-1 11, Leonard 1 0-0 2, G. Owens 8 5-8 21, Neff 1 0-0 3, Mayes 1 1-2 3, Kitchen 2 0-0 6. Totals: 18 7-13 46.

Grove City 23 21 6 13 — 63

North East15 11 7 13 — 46

3-point goals: Grove City 8 (Record 5, Young, Martin, Glenn); North East 3 (Neff, Kitchen 2)

Friday: Slippery Rock at Grove City

Girls Basketball

Alazia Greaves continued her torrid start to the season with another double-double as Moniteau cruised to a 57-25 win over A-C Valley.

Greaves scored 18 points and also had 11 rebounds.

Kristina DeMatteis also had a strong game for the Warriors (3-0) with 19 points.

A-C Valley was led by Ellie Thompson’s 18 points.

A-C VALLEY 25

Lauren McNany 0 1-2 1, Jill Caldwell 0 0-0 0, Ellie Thompson 8 2-2 18, Brook Irwin 0 0-2 0, Olivia Boocks 0 0-0 0, Cami McNany 2 0-1 4, Kylee Eaton 1 0-0 2. Totals: 11 3-7 25.

MONITEAU 57

Kara Mentel 1 4-4 6, Kelsey Ripley 0 0-2 0, Kristina DeMatteis 9 1-4 19, Kennedy DeMatteis 0 0-0 0, Alazia Greaves 6 6-7 18, Sara Hull 3 1-3 7, Emma Bair 2 0-0 4, Cambrie Campbell 0 0-0 0, Makayla King 0 0-0 0, Andie Arblaster 1 0-0 3. Totals: 22 12-20 57.

A-C Valley 2 11 12 0 — 25

Moniteau18 14 14 11 — 57

3-point goals: Moniteau 1 (Arblaster)

Friday: Moniteau at Keystone; A-C Valley at Redbank Valley

Redbank Valley 42, Union 36 — Lexey Shick poured in 23 points, but Union was edged in this KSAC game.

A complete box was unavailable.

Wrestling

Knoch needed a pin at 195 pounds to beat Pine-Richland and got it.

Austin Warman picked up the fall in that pivotal match to give the Knights a 40-39 win over the Rams.

Max Freyermuth (145) and Matt Walter (170) also picked up pins for Knoch.

Pine-Richland forfeited two weight classes and two weight classes were uncontested.

Highlands 42, Summit Academy 34 — The Knights got a pin from Allen Jabril at 170 pounds in this loss.

Highlands 42, Summit Academy 34

(Match started at 120 pounds)

106-Double forfeit; 113-Lechner (H) by forfeit; 120-Junior Figueroa (SA) by forfeit; 126-Earnest Turner (SA) d. Hoyd 14-6; 132-Dixon (H) pinned Donovan Trickey 4:36; 138-Coward (H) by forfeit; 145-Geraci (H) by forfeit; 152-Clark (H) pinned Je’Vone Crawford 1:37; 160-Fox (H) pinned Nick Rushworth 1:42; 170-Allen Jabril (SA) pinned Bradley 1:19; 182-Robert Dilullo (SA) pinned Jett 4:28; 195-Tyler Stein (SA) by forfeit; 220-Brandon Duchene (SA) pinned Pihony; Hwt.-Jones (H) pinned Perry 1:56

Private Schools

Alexis Barnhart scored nine points and grabbed 12 rebounds, but the First Baptist Christian School girls lost, 28-21, to Bethel Christian Erie.

Caitlyn Mueller added eight points, Shelby Poorman 14 rebounds and four blocked shots, Katelyn Gavinkski eight rebounds and Michaella Roth five steals.

Bowling

The Butler boys and girls bowling teams both swept Seneca Valley 7-0.

Nick Huff led the Golden Tornado boys with a 667 series with a high game of 246. Matt Wetzel rolled a 663 series (252 high game) and Hunter Lefever added a 653 series and Shawn Marcellus a 616 series.

Tyler Preininger led the Raiders with a 583 series and a high game of 231.

The Butler girls were led by Nicole Nebel who rolled a 586 series with a high game of 212.

Samantha Weber led Seneca Valley with a 483 series.

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