Aulicino scores 28 in Freeport victory
Jessica Aulicino scored 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Freeport girls basketball team to a 64-39 home win over Knoch Thursday night.
Michaela Bowser pitched in 14 points and eight boards for the Yellowjackets (2-2, 1-0).
Sam Logan paced Knoch with 16 points.
KNOCH 39
Molly Freehling 1 0-0 2, Sam Logan 5 6-10 16, Angela Cress 4 1-3 9, Savanna Steffen 2 0-0 4, Erica Hunter 0 1-2 1, Abbie Thrower 3 1-3 7. Totals: 15 9-18 39.
FREEPORT 64
Zoe Sollis 3 0-2 6, Nicole Miller 1 1-2 3, Macy Smolic 4 2-3 10, Haley Conner 1 1-3 3, Jessica Aulicino 14 0-2 28, Michaela Bowser 6 2-2 14. Totals: 29 6-14 64.
Knoch 10 8 12 9—39
Freeport11 24 16 13—64
3-point goals: None
Monday: Freeport at Valley; St. Joseph's at Knoch
Grove City 31, Sharpsville 23 — Corianne Hyduchak scored 14 points and the Eagles defense was stifling in this win.
Jordyn Wyllie added eight points for Grove City (3-1).
SHARPSVILLE 23
Whalen 0 0-0 0, Davis 0 0-0 0, Davies 0 0-0 0, Przicina 2 0-1 5, Popatak 2 11-14 15, Scurpa 0 0-0 0, Henwood 0 0-0 0, Kurelko 1 0-1 3, Anderson 0 0-0 0. Totals: 5 11-16 23.
GROVE CITY 31
Brenna Deyarmin 1 0-0 3, Alexis Deyarmin 2 0-0 4, Corianne Hyduchak 5 4-6 14, Jordyn Wyllie 3 2-6 8, Danyelle Lucido 0 0-1 0, Jenn Ferguson 1 0-2 2, Arianna Sprando 0 0-2 0. Totals: 12 6-17 31.
Sharpsville 3 10 7 3—23
Grove City4 9 9 9—31
3-point goals: Sharpsville 2 (Przicina, Kurelko). Grove City 1 (B. Deyarmin)
JV: Grove City 19-15
Monday: Grove City at Butler
Butler 47, St. George (R.I.) 33 — At the KSA Holiday Tournament in Orlando, Fla., Mackenzie O'Donnell netted 15 points and Morgan Pfabe added seven more as the Tornado kicked off this tournament with the victory.
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St. George 5 3 7 18—33
Butler14 9 11 13—47
Today: Butler vs. South Miami
North Allegheny 74, Seneca Valley 30 — The host Tigers used a 24-7 second-quarter advantage to pull away in this Section 3-AAAA victory.
SENECA VALLEY 30
Shaley Bream 0 0-0 0, Katie Brown 3 0-0 6, Christina Dunning 0 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Eagle 2 0-0 5, Meghan Hess 1 0-0 3, Paige Montrose 2 2-2 6, Hannah Parey 0 1-4 1, Alixis Roccia 0 0-0 0, Alexa Sisko 1 1-1 3, Abbie Trzeciak 1 0-4 2, Jane Vandrak 1 2-2 4. Totals: 11 6-13 30.
NORTH ALLEGHENY 74
Taylor Brennan 4 2-3 13, Sarah Clogan 4 0-0 10, Abby Gonzales 3 0-0 7, Devvin LaBarge 2 2-2 7, Taylor Lake 6 2-3 15, Meg Morningstar 4 0-2 9, Lydia Songer 4 0-0 9, Danielle Wall 1 3-3 5. Totals: 28 9-13 74.
Seneca Valley 5 7 13 5—30
North Allegheny8 24 23 19—74
3-point goals: Seneca valley 2 (Eagle, Hess); North Allegheny 10 (Brennan 3, Clogan 2, Gonzales, LaBarge, Lake, Morningstar, Songer)
Valley at Mars, ppd. — This Section 1-AAA contest was postponed and has been rescheduled for Jan. 11.
Boys Basketball
George Junior Republic 69, Slippery Rock 47 — Despite 10 points from Ryan Currie, the Rockets (0-4) fell in this non-conference matchup.
SLIPPERY ROCK 47
Kyle Bell 00-0 0, Reed Elder 1 1-2 4, Ryan Currie 3 4-7 10, Bobby Paczkowski 1 4-4 7, Jake Whitmer 1 0-0 3, Ryan Northcott 4 1-2 5, Brady Kadlubek 1 0-0 3, Dustin Mellot 2 2-2 8, Shane Karl 2 0-0 4, Delmas Hayes 0 0-0 0, Bruce Pellitier 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 12-17 47.
GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC 69
Boggs 4 2-4 10, Brown 2 7-7 11, Pearson 0 0-0 0, Toney 1 0-0 2, Barnes 3 2-2 8, Powler 3 0-0 6, Gibson 7 2-4 16, Pena 3 1-3 7, Pace 4 0-0 9. Totals: 27 14-20 69.
Slippery Rock 7 11 11 18—47
George Jr. Rep.19 18 12 20—69
3-point goals: Slippery Rock 6 (Mellot 2, Elder, Paczkowski, Whitmer, Kadlubek); George Junior Republic 1 (Pace)
JV: GJR, 56-40 (SR: Matt Badger 14)
Seneca Valley 95, Knoch 78 (boys); Seneca Valley 101, Knoch 73 (girls) — Boys 1-1; girls 0-2)All the Knights winners on the night reached qualifying standards, led by Madison Whalen in the 500 freestyle, Anna Cunningham in the 100 backstroke and 400 free relay on the girls side.In the boys meet, the Knights qualified the 200 medley and 400 free relays while Austin Whitmer (200 free) and Chad Cummings (50 free, 100 back) also qualified.For the Raiders, Maddie Tretter and Katie Burkett each won two individual events in the girls' meet while Spencer Tretter did likewise to lead the Raiders' boys team.Knoch (boys 1-1, girls 0-2) will return to action Monday at Hampton.GirlsSeneca Valley 101, Knoch 73200 medley relay: 1-Seneca Valley (Kassi Grumski, Carley Belsterling, Holly Sauer, Katie Gutmann) 2:04.58200 freestyle: 1-Katie Burkett (SV) 2:08.99200 individual medley: 1-Carley Belsterling (SV) 2:22.1850 freestyle: 1-Maddie Tretter (SV) 26.141-meter diving: 1-Madi Lehman (SV) 173.70100 butterfly: 1-Katie Miller (SV) 1:05.23100 freestyle: 1-Katie Burkett (SV) 56.0500 freestyle: 1-Madison Whalen (K) 5:42.25*200 freestyle relay: 1-Seneca Valley (Jess Morris, Maddie Tretter, Katie Burkett, Katie Miller) 1:49.46100 backstroke: 1-Anna Cunningham (K) 1:04.95*100 breaststroke: 1-Maddie Tretter (SV) 1:14.34400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Katie Jones, Madison Whalen, Abby Jones, Anna Cunningham) 4:03.90*BoysSeneca Valley 95, Knoch 78200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Chad Cummings, Ian Lindsey, Nathan Walls, Austin Whitmer) 1:46.95*200 freestyle: 1-Austin Whitmer (K) 1:56.36*200 individual medley: 1-Spencer Tretter (SV) 2:11.9450 freestyle: 1-Chad Cummings (K) 24.09*1-meter diving: 1-Zac Misitis (K) 102.75100 butterfly: 1-Spencer Tretter (SV) 57.0100 freestyle: 1-Austin Whitmer (K) 51.21500 freestyle: 1-Michael Palaski (SV) 5:14.19200 freestyle relay: 1-Seneca Valley (Spencer Tretter, Michael Rhein, Michael Palaski, Nate Burkett) 1:36.09100 backstroke: 1-Chad Cummings (K) 59.44*100 breaststroke: 1-Dan Barnes (SV) 1:14.05400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Nathan Walls, Ian Lindsey, Chad Cummings, Austin Whitmer) 3:33.50*
Butler 796-59x, Plum 794-58x — Courtney Barnhart, Connor Harvey, Wesley McCurdy and Morgan Minto each shot 100s to lift the Tornado past the Mustangs in this home matchup.
Troy Double scored three goals and Tanner Gilliland added a goal and an assist as Butler (4-3) downed State College 4-1.Golden Tornado goalie Clay Bachman had a stellar game, surrendering just one goal while making 48 saves.The only goal he gave up came off the stick of Jared Karas to put State College up 1-0.Freeport 10, South Fayette 5 — Stone Haberstroh scored four goals to lead the Yellowjackets.Freeport outshot South Fayette 39-19.
