Julia Baxter scored a career-high 35 points as Butler concluded its trip to Phoenix, Ariz., and the Nike Tournament Monday with a 55-48 win in overtime over Cherry Creek (Colo.).

Baxter scored 31 points in a loss on Saturday.

BUTLER 55

Ronni Guiney 2 0-0 5, Mia Rader 1 0-1 2, Dani Hensel 2 2-3 6, Kalynn Callihan 1 0-0 3, Jenna Kunst 1 1-2 1, Tiana Schaffner 0 3-4 3, Julia Baxter 13 9-20 35. Totals: 19 15-30 55.

CHERRY CREEK (Colo.) 48

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Butler 14 8 10 16 7 — 55

Cherry Creek7 14 7 10 0 — 48

3-point goals: Butler 2 (Callihan, Guiney)

Monday: Butler vs. Kittanning at Butler Tournament, 6:30 p.m.

Moniteau 52, St. Marys 46 — Stephanie McCall scored 23 points and also had 10 rebounds for the Warriors (5-2).

ST. MARYS 46

M. Bauer 2 0-1 4, Lenze 3 2-6 9, Brackman 2 0-2 4, Banovich 6 3-6 15, Terry 0 0-0 0, Armanini 4 0-0 8, R. Bauer 2 1-2 6. Totals: 19 6-16 46.

MONITEAU 52

Stephanie McCall 9 5-6 23, Alycia Brehm 2 1-6 6, Alazia Greaves 1 0-2 2, Kristina DeMatteis 4 0-2 8, Sara Hull 2 1-3 5, Kennedy DeMatteis 0 0-0 0, Kara Mentel 1 2-4 4, Cortney Claypoole 1 0-3 2, Emma Bair 1 0-3 2. Totals: 21 9-24 52.

St. Marys 10 8 12 16 — 46

Moniteau14 15 15 8 — 52

3-point goals: St. Marys 2 (Lenze, R. Bauer); Moniteau 1 (Brehm)

Friday: Seneca Valley vs. Moniteau, 6 p.m. at Slippery Rock Tournament

Mars 57, Highlands 43 — Ali Goetz scored 22 points, including a 9-for-10 night at the foul line, in the Planets' win.

Sara Getsy added 12 points and Elise Sheehy 10 for Mars (6-1).

MARS 57

Sara Getsy 5 2-3 12, Nicole McCloud 3 2-4 8, Jess Bunner 0 0-0 0, Ali Goetz 6 9-10 22, Elise Sheehy 5 0-2 10, Lauren Wasylson 1 0-0 2, Bri Buzard 0 0-1 0. Bonnie Workman 1 0-0 3, Bailey Campbell 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 13-20 57.

HIGHLANDS 43

Bernardi 2 0-1 4, Boda 2 6-8 10, Jonczak 4 8-9 17, Cebula 0 0-0 0, Beal 2 1-3 5, Cochran 1 4-4 7. Totals: 11 19-25 43.

Away 11 12 18 16 — 57

Home7 14 8 14 — 43

3-point goals: Mars 2 (Goetz, Workman); Highlands 2 (Jonczak, Cochran)

Monday: Mars vs. TBD in KSA Holiday Tournament (Orlando, Fla.), 11:15 a.m.

West Shamokin 48, Freeport 44 — Zoe Soilis scored 17 points and Macy Smolic added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Yellowjackets (1-6, 1-3).

FREEPORT 44

Zoe Soilis 3 6-12 17, Macy Smolic 2 10-15 14, Kim Mixon 0 0-0 0, Carli Schwickrath 2 2-2 6, Megan Minyon 0 0-0 0, Haley Conner 0 0-2 0, Abree Cowen 1 2-2 4, Jenna Manke 1 1-2 3, Natalie Dell 0 0-0 0. Totals: 9 21-35 44.

WEST SHAMOKIN 48

Orloski 2 3-8 7, Fusaro 3 2-2 8, Wilson 1 0-0 2, Coulter 3 1-2 9, Schrecengost 0 0-1 0, Baum 0 1-2 1, Cornish 4 7-13 15, Glover 3 0-0 6. Totals: 13 14-28 48.

Freeport 9 15 3 17 — 44

West Shamokin 12 6 14 16 — 48

3-point goals: Freeport 2 (Soilis 2); West Shamokin 2 (Coulter 2)

Monday: Freeport vs. Deer Lakes at St. Joseph Tournament, 4:15 p.m.

Girard 43, Grove City 35 — Brenna Deyarmin scored 14 points and Jordyn Wyllie added 13, but a second-half scoring slump doomed the Eagles (6-1).

GROVE CITY 35

Abby Fulkerson 0 0-0 0, Danyelle Lucido 2 0-0 6, Carla Cintron 0 0-0 0, Alexis Deyarmin 0 0-0 0, Brenna Deyarmin 5 2-2 14, Catie Jaskowak 0 0-0 0, Jordyn Wyllie 5 3-6 13, Rachel Hughes 1 0-0 2. Totals: 13 5-8 35.

GIRARD 43

Mascaro 1 0-0 3, Dovenport 2 2-3 6, Dudos 0 0-0 0, Byham 0 0-0 0, Stewart 4 2-2 12, Bolt 3 2-2 8, Carves 0 0-0 0, Adamszek 0 1-2 1, Welch 4 2-2 10, Oas 1 0-2 3. Totals: 15 9-13.

Grove City 9 15 6 5 — 35

Girard9 15 11 8 — 43

3-point goals: Grove City 4 (Lucido 2, B. Deyarmin 2); Girard 4 (Mascaro, Stewart 2, Oas)

JV: Grove City 36-28 (Hannah Santon 9, Mekenzie Wolfe 7)

Monday: Grove City at Elizabeth Forward

Clarion 51, Union 49 — Lexey Shick scored 24 points and Shaley Shick added 14, but the Damsels dropped this KSAC game by a basket.

Lexey Shick added eight rebounds for Union (2-5).

Deer Lakes 67, Knoch 53 — Sarah Armahizer scored 18 points in the Knights' loss.

Casey Kretzer added 11 points and Emily Fraser 10 for Knoch (4-4, 1-3).

Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 73, Leechburg 42 —Sam Breen scored 38 points as the Trojanettes (5-1, 4-0) remained perfect in section play.

Slippery Rock 43, George Junior Republic 29 — Brady Kadlubek and Ryan Dutton each scored 10 points and Jake Whitmer added nine and the defense did the rest for Slippery Rock in a 43-29 win over George Junior Republic.The Rockets (3-4, 2-2) held GJR to single digits in each quarter.SLIPPERY ROCK 43Jake Whitmer 3 0-0 9, Brady Kadlubek 4 0-0 10, Nate Popejoy 2 0-0 6, Cam Neal 2 0-0 4, Ryan Dutton 5 0-0 10, Mark Cessar 1 1-2 4, John Marks 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 1-2 43.GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC 29Barnes 4 3-6 11, Whitehead 0 0-2 0, Thompson 2 2-4 7, James 3 2-3 11, Baker 0 0-2 0, Brown 0 0-0 0, Goode 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals: 9 7-15 29.Slippery Rock 16 5 14 8 — 43Home9 6 9 5 — 293-point goals: Slippery Rock 8 (Whitmer 3, Kadlubek 2, Popejoy 2, Cessar). GJR 4 (Thompson, James 3)JV: George Junior 69-28Tuesday: Kittanning at Slippery RockUnion 57, Clarion 47 — Cole Morris scored 21 points and the Golden Knights rallied in the fourth quarter for a win.Union (4-3) outscored Clarion 16-4 in the final eight minutes.Lane Cicciarelli added 14 points and Hank Murphy 11 for the Golden Knights.UNION 57Hank Murphy 4 3-7 11, Cole Morris 8 2-3 21, Gavin Hawk 0 0-0 0, Zach Hepler 1 0-0 3, Chet Carmichael 1 0-1 2, Lucas Bowser 1 0-0 2, Lane Cicciarelli 6 2-4 14, Tyler Wiser 2 0-0 4. Totals: 23 8-16 57.CLARION 47C. Smith 1 0-0 2, Lauer 0 1-2 1, T. Smith 5 0-0 13, Plummer 4 0-0 8, Reed 0 0-0 0, Craig 3 0-0 6, Zach Hill 6 0-0 15, Skunda 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20 1-2 47.Union 14 7 20 16 — 57Clarion13 11 19 4 — 473-point goals: Union 3 (Morris 2, Hepler); Clarion 6 (T. Smith 3, Hill 3)Friday: Union vs. Sheffield, 7:30 p.m.

Knoch diver Lydia Walls qualified for the WPIAL meet with a score of 175.05 as the Knoch girls downed Montour 91-83.The Knoch boys also beat Montour, 82-44.In a tri-meet last week against Highlands and Springdale, the following Knoch swimmers qualified for the WPIAL meet: Abby Jones, 200 freestyle (2:05.12) and the 100 freestyle (57.09); Brooke Zukowski, 50 freestyle (25.71); the 400 freestyle relay team of Jones, Maya Wirtz, Rachel Wittmer and Zukowski (4:12.40).On the boys side, Austin Wittmer, 200 individual medley (2:05.09) and the 100 butterfly (57.39); Chad Cummings, 50 freestyle (22.58) and the 100 backstroke (56.51); and John Wilson, 100 freestyle (50.71) and the 100 breaststroke (1:02.18) all qualified.Girls200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Maya Wirtz, Abby Jones, Brooke Zukowski, Rachel Wittmer) 2:07.45200 freestyle: 1-Christine Shine (M) 2:11.91200 individual medley: 1-Zukowski (K) 2:20.1550 freestyle: 1-Wittmer (K) 29.551-meter diving: 1-Lydia Walls (K) 175.05*100 butterfly: 1-Megan McNally (M) 1:12.02100 freestyle: 1-Jones (K) 58.57500 freestyle: 1-Megan Hunt (K) 6:37.64200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Jones, Noelle Steedle, Wittmer, Zukowski) 1:55.03100 backstroke: 1-Olivia Rose (M) 1:16.05100 breaststroke: 1-Jones (K) 1:13.05400 freestyle relay: Montour 4:31.37Boys200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Austin Wittmer, John Wilson, Chad Cummings, Derek Ekas) 1:43.47200 freestyle: 1-Ryan Sharkey (M) 2:19.85200 individual medley: 1-Wittmer (K) 2:13.2150 freestyle: 1-Wilson (K) 26.321-meter diving: 1-Shane Fishborn (K) 167.75100 butterfly: 1-Ekas (K) 1:02.36100 freestyle: 1-Cummings (K) 49.49500 freestyle: 1-Wilson (K)200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Wittmer, Ekas, Cummings, Wilson) 1:36.86100 backstroke: 1-Cummings (K) 1:03.16100 breaststroke: 1-Wittmer (K) 1:05.60

First Baptist Christian (girls) 34, Portersville Christian 10 — Hannah Roth had 11 points, six steals and four assists for FBC, now 3-0 in division play. Lydia Roth had nine points, six rebounds and six steals, Caitlyn Mueller and Shelby Poorman six steals each as the team had a record 27 steals.Portersville Christian 66, FBC (boys), 44 — Javier Iglesia had 17 points and five steals, Aaron Drake 16 points and four assists, Trevor Barnhart nine points and 10 rebounds for FBC.