Johnson nets 15 as Mars girls win
Tai Johnson scored 15 points to lead three Mars players in double-figures as the Planets outlasted Indiana 47-39 in high school girls basketball action Monday night.
Nicole McCloud pitched in 13 points and Lauren Wasylson added 10 points for Mars (6-2, 3-0).
INDIANA 39
Abby Myers 4 0-0 8, Jen Stever 4 5-10 14, Alicia Kunkle 1 4-6 6, Bailey Dills 3 0-0 6, Christina Franks 1 2-2 5. Totals: 13 11-18 39.
MARS 47
Bri Buzard 3 0-0 7, Lauren Wasylson 3 4-4 10, Nicole McCloud 6 1-2 13, Tai Johnson 6 1-1 15, Hannah Ryan 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 6-7 47.
Indiana 3 17 8 11 — 39
Mars8 19 11 9 — 47
3-point goals: Indiana 2 (Stever, Franks); Mars 3 (Buzard, Johnson 2)
Today: Mars at North Allegheny
Mohawk 48, Knoch 37 — Emily Fraser and Casey Kretzer each scored 10 points for the Knights (0-7).
MOHAWK 48
Gage 4 8-9 16, McConnell 1 1-1 3, Giarcola 6 3-6 15, Stella 2 4-6 9, Westcott 1 0-0 2, Carnuche 1 1-2 3. Totals: 15 17-24 48.
KNOCH 37
Allyson Riley 2 2-2 7, Kayla Grafton 2 0-0 4, Gabby Fennell 2 0-0 4, Emily Fraser 3 2-2 10, Casey Kretzer 2 5-8 10. Totals: 11 9-12 37.
Mohawk 9 10 14 15 — 48
Knoch4 5 7 21 — 37
3-point goals: Mohawk 1 (Stella); Knoch 4 (Riley, Fraser 2, Kretzer)
Wednesday: Derry Area at Knoch
Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 82, Leechburg 29 — Sam Breen scored 25 points for the Trojanettes (6-0, 4-0), who remained unbeaten.
West Shamokin 48, Freeport 30 — Zoe Soilis led the Yellowjackets (1-6, 0-4) with 10 points.
Boys Basketball
Ezra Weah scored 22 points, but Summit Academy was blitzed by 64 first-half points in a 98-58 loss to Greensburg Central Catholic.
GCC made 15 3-pointers in the game.
SUMMIT ACADEMY 58
Nathaniel Phillips 1 0-0 3, Braheem Alston 7 0-0 14, Tony Sprinkle 4 2-4 10, Ezra Weah 8 4-6 22, DeMarco Francis 4 0-2 9. Totals: 24 6-12 58.
GREENSBURG C.C. 98
White 4 0-0 12, Ross 2 2-2 8, McDermitt 4 1-2 10, Eisaman 2 0-0 4, Hertzog 4 0-0 11, Ferrari 2 0-0 5, Liberatore 2 0-0 5, Nowicki 4 0-1 11, Rullo 3 0-1 6, Riley 1 1-1 3, Fichner 2 0-0 4, Rullo 7 5-8 19. Totals:37 9-15 98.
Summit Ac. 15 16 15 12 — 58
GCC26 38 16 18 — 98
3-point goals: Summit Academy 4 (Phillips, Weah, Francis); GCC 15 (White 4, Ross 2, McDermitt, Hertzog 3, Ferrari, Liberatore, Nowicki 3
Today: Summit Academy at South Allegheny
Swimming
John Wilson broke a Montour pool record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1 minute, 0.86 seconds to lead the Knoch boys swim team to a 85-77 win.
The pool record had stood since 1988. Wilson also won the 50 freestyle.
In the Knoch girls’ 74-45 win over Montour, Brooke Zukowski, Abby Jones and Lindsey Fanton were multiple winners.
Girls
Knoch 74, Montour 45
200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Maya Wirtz, Brooke Zukowski, Lindsey Fanton, Abby Jones) 2:03.16
200 freestyle: 1-Zukowski (K) 2:07.33
200 individual medley: 1-Wirtz (K) 2:30.89
50 freestyle: 1-Jones (K) 26.62
1-meter diving: 1-Kristen Jerich (K) 159.15
100 butterfly: 1-Fanton (K) 1:06.70
100 freestyle: 1-Fanton (K) 1:01.54
500 freestyle: 1-Amanda Keck (M) 6:12.13
200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Jones, Wirtz, Fanton, Zukowski) 1:51.95
100 backstroke: 1-Kaylee Hogan (M) 1:30.06
100 breaststroke: 1-Jones (K) 1:12.84
400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Rachel Shoemaker, Abby Bielstein, Dominique Wilson, Rachael Wittmer) 4:39.50
Boys
Knoch 85, Montour 77
200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (John Wilson, Noah Gumto, Derek Ekas, Michael Renaud) 1:52.96
200 freestyle: 1-Norbert Janas (M) 2:06.78
200 individual medley: 1-Gumto (K) 2:17.50
50 freestyle: 1- Wilson (K) 23.73
1-meter diving: 1-Ben Lowery (K) 281.32
100 butterfly: 1-Ekas (K) 1:00.30
100 freestyle: 1-Gumto (K) 56.45
500 freestyle: 1-Christopher Newell (M) 5:51.25
200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Ekas, Shane Frishkorn, Gumto, Wilson) 1:40.89
100 backstroke: 1-Ryan Sharkey (M) 1:08.95
100 breaststroke: 1-Wilson (K)* 1:00.86
400 freestyle relay: 1-Montour 4:13.18
Hockey
Jonathan Kowalkowski’s hat trick led Mars to a 6-2 triumph over Latrobe at Kirk S. Nevin Arena.
Owen Vasbinder, Keaton Hanna and Beau Heakins each added one goal. Ian Newman, Michael McCann and Hanna all contributed two assists.
Tyler Spreng stopped 21 shots in net for the Planets (10-3).
