The Grove City girls basketball team scored the fewest points it had all season Thursday night in Sharpsville.

When the Eagles faced a one-point deficit going into the fourth quarter, Grove City turned to its defense.

The Eagles limited Sharpsville to six points and eked out a 40-37 win to move to 4-0.

Corianne Hyduchak led the Eagles with a game-high 13 points. Jenn Ferguson added 10 points for Grove City.

GROVE CITY 40

Hailey Hall 1 0-0 3, Danyelle Lucido 0 0-0 0, Alexis Deyarmin 2 2-2 6, Brenna Deyarmin 2 2-2 6, Corianne Hyduchak 4 4-6 13, Catie Jaskowak 0 0-0 0, Jordyn Wyllie 0 2-2 2, Rachel Hughes 0 0-0 0, Jenn Ferguson 4 2-2 10. Totals: 13 12-14 40.

SHARPSVILLE 37

Shuttleworth 0 0-0, Davie 3 1-2 9, Przicina 1 1-2 4, Sloan 2 3-4 8, Kurclko 3 0-0 7, Anderson 2 3-4 7, Schell 1 0-0 2. Totals: 7 8-12 28.

Grove City 9 9 12 10—40

Sharpsville7 10 14 6—37

3-point goals: Grove City 2 (Hall, Hyduchak); Sharpsville 4 (Davis 2, Przicina, Kurclko)

JV: Grove City 37-23

Monday: Butler at Grove City.

Freeport 50, Knoch 28 — A strong opening quarter sparked the Yellowjackets to a big win in their Section 1-AAA opener at Knoch High School.

Freeport (2-2, 1-0) outscored the Knights 19-8 in the first quarter.

Zoe Soilis (15 points) and Macy Smolic (13) scored in double digits for Freeport.

Abbie Thrower and Carly Burdett led the Knights (0-4, 0-1) with six points. Burdett also added five steals, while Savanna Steffen had 10 rebounds.

FREEPORT 50

Zoe Soilis 6 2-3 15, Dava Jack 2 2-5 6, Macy Smolic 5 3-4 13, Haley Connor 2 0-0 4, Erica Jack 2 0-2 4, Michaela Bowser 4 0-0 8, Amanda Gomez 0 0-2 0. Totals: 21 7-16 50.

KNOCH 28

Maddy Bricker 0 1-2 1, Angela Cress 1 0-0 2, Savanna Steffen 1 3-4 5, Erica Hunter 0 0-1 0, Abbie Thrower 2 0-0 6, Maddie Canel 2 0-0 4, Alyssa Logan 0 0-2 0, Allie Megahan 1 2-3 4, Carly Burdett 3 0-1 6. Totals: 10 6-13 28.

Freeport 19 12 12 7—50

Knoch8 10 5 5—28

3-point goals: Freeport 1 (Soilis); Knoch 2 (Thrower 2).

JV: Knoch 31-20.

Monday: Knoch at Kittanning; Valley at Freeport.

Mars 52, Valley 28 — Variety on offense helped the Planets open Section 1-AAA play with a win in New Kensington.

Bonnie Workman, who made four 3-pointers and finished with 12 points, helped open things up for Mars (2-3, 1-0).

Ali Goetz (12 points) and Jess Bunner (11) also finished in double figures for the Planets.

MARS 52

Sara Getsy 0 1-2 1, Nicole McCloud 3 0-0 6, Jess Bunner 4 2-6 11, Ali Goetz 4 3-6 12, Daniella Paras 0 0-0 0, Ellyssa Paras 0 0-0 0, Bri Buzard 0 0-0 0, Paige Castora 2 0-0 4, Gabby Kosobucki 0 0-0 0, Bonnie Workman 4 0-0 12, Elise Sheehy 3 0-1 6, Bailey Campbell 0 0-0, Amanda Sommers 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 6-15 52.

VALLEY 28

Iacopino 5 1-3 11, Leshay 4 9-17 17, Reese 0 0-0, Corwin 0 0-2 0, Toney 0 0-0, Ruffini 0 0-0 0, Chambers 0 0-0, Duran 0 0-0, Johnson 0 0-0 0. Totals: 9 10-18 28.

Mars 9 19 11 13—52

Valley8 6 2 12—28

3-point goals: Mars 6 (Workman 4, Goetz, Bunner).

Monday: Franklin Regional at Mars

Mars 8, Freeport 5 — The Planets weren't always in control, but they survived a furious second-period rally to beat the Yellowjackets at the Belmont Ice Complex.Freeport (1-3-2) scored four goals — including two from Cole Hepler — in the second period to take a 4-3 lead.That's when Mars' offense found its footing. The Planets (7-1) scored five goals in the final seven minutes to steal a win.Mars scored the first two goals of the period before Freeport's Stone Haberstroh tied the game at 5-5 with 6:05 remaining.Johnathan Kowalkowski then scored his second goal of the period — and the eventual game-winner — with 2:13 remaining on an assist from Ian Newman and Nicholas Makozy.The Yellowjackets outshot Mars 35-20. Newman, who had four assists, and Makozy, who had two goals and two assists, led the Planets with four points.Nick Rusak scored a goal and had two assists to lead the Yellowjackets.

John Wilson won two events and Nathan Walls and Noah Gumto picked up one win in Knoch's loss to Kiski Area.On the girls' side, Brooke Zuckowski won a pair of individual events and Maddy Czekalski picked up wins for the Knights.Girls Kiski Area 100, Knoch 74200 medley relay: 1-Kiski Area (Krug, Collini, Jackson, Singerman), 2:01.35200 freestyle: 1-Rachel Whitmer (KN), 2:19.32200 individual medley: 1-Paris Krug (KA), 2:15.7550 freestyle: 1-Brooke Zuckowski (KN), 26.201-meter diving: 1-Smail (KA), 119.60100 butterfly: 1-Tori Jackson (KA), 1:10.95100 freestyle: 1-Brooke Zuckowski (KN) 57.19500 freestyle: 1-Maddy Czekalski (KN), 6:18.98200 freestyle relay: 1-Kiski Area (Collini, Paullet, Singerman, Krug), 1:47.12100 backstroke: 1-Krug (KA), 1:02.67100 breaststroke: 1-Collini (KA), 1:18.09400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Erin Daubner, Shannon Simpson, Chelsea Bauer, Hannah Shoemaker), 4:27.02.BoysKiski Area 91, Knoch 87200 medley relay: 1-Kiski Area (Baker, Pepka, Bachner, Kennedy), 1:48.89200 freestyle: 1-John Wilson (KN), 1:58.30200 individual medley: 1-Nolan Pepka (KA), 2:09.8650 freestyle: 1-Nathan Walls (KN), 24.861-meter diving: 1-Bachner (KA), 1:41.25100 butterfly: 1-Blake Bachner (KA), 58.79100 freestyle: 1-Jack Baker (KA), 54.00500 freestyle: 1-Noah Gumto (KN), 5:42.57200 freestyle relay: 1-KA (Baker, Bachner, Principe, Pepka), 1:36.88100 backstroke: 1-Nolan Pepka (KA), 59.97100 breaststroke: 1-John Wilson (KN), 1:06.47400 freestyle relay: 1-KA (Sites, Barker, Kalick, Principe), 3:54.61