Robbie Miller scored 13 points and the Freeport boys basketball team put the game away with a stifling defensive effort in the second half for a 45-31 section win Tuesday night.

The Yellowjackets (6-7, 3-5) outscored Valley 10-1 in the third quarter to break the game open.

Fred Pastoria added 11 points for the Yellowjackets.

VALLEY 31

Gunner 0 0-0 0, Whitman 1 2-2 4, Gardlock 3 2-3 8, Johnson 0 0-0 0, J. Carter 0 0-0 0, McNabb 5 1-3 11, Lloyd 2 0-0 4, Primus 0 0-0 0, Davis 0 0-0 0, Frame 0 0-0 0, Hampton 1 0-0 2, Hill 1 0-0 2. Totals: 13 5-8 31.

FREEPORT 45

Fred Pastoria 5 0-0 11, Robbie Miller 5 1-3 13, Brendan Lynch 2 0-0 4, Tony DeVivo 1 0-0 3, Seth Bowser 1 0-0 2, Zane Geist 2 1-2 5, Ethan McCormick 1 1-2 3, Josh Beale 2 0-0 4, Casey Collins 0 0-0 0, Mike Teorsky 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 3-7 45.

Valley 9 10 1 11—31

Freeport13 13 10 9—45

3-point goals: Freeport 4 (Miller 2, DeVivo, Pastoria)

Friday: Freeport at Mars

Kittanning 59, Knoch 49 — Austin Miller and David Gallagher each scored 12 points, but the Knights fell in this key section matchup.

Matt Zanella added 11 points for Knoch (9-6, 4-4).

KNOCH 49

Austin Miller 4 2-2 12, David Gallagher 3 3-4 12, Dakota Bruggeman 3 1-2 7, Matt Zanella 5 1-2 11, Marc Vaughan 3 0-2 6, Chris Kier 0 1-2 1. Totals: 18 8-14 49.

KITTANNING 59

Sterling Henry 7 0-1 17, Vince Mead 1 1-2 3, Kevin Barnes 4 1-2 11, Alex Schaffer 6 0-0 12, Eric Hulings 2 0-0 4, Noah Kunst 5 0-0 12. Totals: 25 2-5 59.

Knoch 10 11 13 15—49

Kittanning15 20 10 14—59

3-point goals: Knoch 5 (Gallagher 3, Miller 2); Kittanning 7 (Henry 3, Barnes 2, Kunst 2).

JV: Knoch 37-27

Friday: Indiana at Knoch

George Junior Republic 90, Slippery Rock 45 — Shane Karl scored 11 points, but the Rockets fell to 1-14.

GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC 90

Coggs 3 2-2 8, Brown 12 1-2 26, McKinley 2 0-0 5, Pearson 4 0-0 8, Toney 0 0-0 0, Barnes 3 0-0 8, Plowder 2 0-0 4, Oliver 4 0-0 8, Gibson 8 1-4 17, Pena 3 0-0 6. Totals: 41 4-8 90.

SLIPPERY ROCK 45

Kyle Bell 1 2-4 5, Reed Elder 2 0-0 6, Matt Badger 0 0-0 0, Ryan Currie 2 0-0 5, Bobby Paczkowski 0 0-0 0, Mike Rummel 1 0-0 3, Jake Whitmer 1 0-0 2, Ryan Northcott 1 0-0 2, Brady Kadlubek 1 0-0 3, Joe Barnhart 1 0-0 3, Dustin Mellott 1 0-0 3, Shane Karl 5 1-4 11, Bruce Pellitier 1 0-0 2. Totals: 17 3-8 45.

GJR 21 22 24 23—90

Slippery Rock8 10 16 11—45

3-point goals: GJR 4 (Brown, McKinley, Barnes 2). Slippery Rock 7 (Bell, Elder 2, Currie, Rummel, Kadlubek, Barnhart, Mellott)

Friday: Slippery Rock at Farrell

Franklin 43, Grove City 29 — Matt Thrasher scored 10 points, but the Eagles (4-10, 2-7) struggled to score in a region loss.

FRANKLIN 43

McCoy 0 0-2 0, Ritchey 4 4-6 12, Mooney 0 2-2 2, Kahle 0 0-0 0, Rutherford 3 1-3 9, Maxon 1 0-0 2, Mook 0 0-0 0, Russell 0 0-0 0, Jones 6 6-10 18. Totals: 14 13-23 43.

GROVE CITY 29

Kaiden Young 1 0-0 2, Spence Marnich 0 0-0 0, Derek Turner 3 0-0 7, Danny Torok 1 0-0 3, Matt Thrasher 4 1-1 10, Foster Reznor 1 1-2 3, Colby Polkabla 1 0-0 2, Jorden Dolan 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12 2-3 29.

Franklin 6 7 12 18—43

Grove City8 3 8 10—29

3-point goals: Franklin 2 (Rutherford 2). Grove City 3 (Turner, Torok, Thrasher).

Friday: Grove City at Oil City

West Shamokin 74, Summit Academy 57 — The Knights fell to 4-11 overall and 2-5 in section play. No other information was available.

SwimmingSkylar Roth won a pair of events to lift the Knoch boys swimming team to an 82-56 win over Northgate.The Knoch girls also picked up an 82-66 win.GirlsKnoch 82, Northgate 66200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Christa Marie Wilson, Miranda McCune, Hannah Shoemaker, Erin Daubner) 2:18.35200 freestyle: 1-Rebecca Volk (N) 2:22.84200 individual medley: 1-Abby Jones (K) 2:27.1850 freestyle: 1-Madison Whalen (K) 27.00100 butterfly: 1-Shoemaker (K) 1:15.68100 freestyle: 1-Anna Cunningham (K) 1:00.10500 freestyle: 1-McCune (K) 6:52.31200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Jones, Katie Jones, Whalen, Cunningham) 1:54.13100 backstroke: 1-Katie Jones (K) 1:13.02100 breaststroke: 1-Claire Danyio (N) 1:22.12400 freestyle relay: 1-Northgate (Slenska, Daniyo, Volt, Stone) 4:25.17BoysKnoch 82, Northgate 56200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Austin Wittmer, Ian Lindsey, Nathan Walls, Noah Gumto) 1:57.47200 freestyle: 1-Jake Nelson (K) 2:17.85200 individual medley: 1-Walls (K) 2:21.9850 freestyle: 1-Lindsey (K) 24.44100 butterfly: 1-Skylar Roth (K) 1:07.60100 freestyle: 1-Anthony McGoha (N) 57.33500 freestyle: 1-Roth (K) 6:19.63200 freestyle relay: 1-Northgate (Herzig, Lawhead, Kolarila, McGoha) 1:48.18100 backstroke: 1-Wittmer (K) 1:01.73100 breaststroke: 1-Gumpto (K) 1:13.97400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Walls, Lindsey, Roth, Wittmer) 3:48.64

RifleMatt Weiland, Raycine McCandless, Alissa Wulff and Sarah Laughlin all had 100s as Butler downed Indiana 796-60x to 704-51x.