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Mars wrestlers capture narrow win

Calvin Brooks (130 pounds) and Dave Pisarcik (189) recorded first-period pins to help the Mars wrestling team hold off South Side Beaver 36-33 Wednesday.

The Planets also benefited from three forfeit wins along the way.

Mars 36, South Side Beaver 33

Match started at 189

103 pounds-

Luke Selker (M) won by forfeit

112 -

Dustin Brodmerkel (SSB) dec. Matt Perri, 5-3

119 -

Adam Smetana (M) won by forfeit

125 -

Alex Kokkinakis (M) won by forfeit

130 -

Calvin Brooks (M) pinned Zach Clark, 1:52

135 -

Ryan Gibbons (SSB) major dec. over Kevin Kortyna, 13-3

140 -

Glen Pegher (M) dec. Matt Longshore, 3-1

145 -

Josh Smitsky (SSB) pinned Zach Thompson, 0:30

152 -

Keegan Donnan (SSB) dec. Logan Giger, 9-5

160 -

Corey Checkan (SSB) pinned Brian Beck, 0:48

171 -

Tyler Patterson (SSB) tech. fall over Nick Leonhard, 21-5

189 -

Dave Pisarcik (M) pinned Sam Tellish, 1:58

215 -

Pete King (M) dec. James Chambers, 6-5

Hwt -

Kevin Hartung (SSB) pinned Dan Crouthamel, 1:30

Summit Academy 60, Steel Valley 15 -

The Knights tallied six pins, including Lance Branche's win over Steel Valley's Mark McNeil at 152 pounds.

Summit Academy 60, Steel Valley 15

103 pounds -

Mike Ostrosky (SV) dec. Sabu Clayton, 8-3

112 -

Jimmy Keenan (SV) won by forfeit

119 -

Jimmy Johnson (SV) dec. Lamar Evans, 3-1

125 -

Jose Rodriguez (SA) pinned Tim Stevens, 1:45

130 -

Augustine Rivera (SA) pinned Justin Haddad, :36

135 -

Brian Grise (SV) dec. Stephen Dupree, 11-8

140 -

Antoine Cheatum (SA) pinned Owen Merkle, 4:50

145 -

Rob Pritchett (SA) won by forfeit

152 -

Lance Branche (SA) pinned Mark McNeil, 5:14

160 -

Tyrone McDuffie (SA) won by forfeit

171 -

Jamie Chaffin (SA) pinned Josh Joel, 5:17

189 -

Khalif Brooks (SA) won by forfeit

215 -

Carl Smith (SA) pinned Duc Cao, :51

Hwt -

Charles Truax (SA) won by forfeit

Mars 72, St. Joseph's 71 (OT) -Scott Martinelli scored a game-high 27 points in the Planets' win.Martinelli and Sean Gallagher each tallied four points in overtime.Tim Frye added 17 points and Gallagher 11 for the Planets (13-5).MARS 72Mark Lucas 1 1-2 4, Charlie Jaicks 3 2-2 9, Scott Martinelli 11 1-2 27, Dusty Wessel 0 0-2 0, Robbie Herold 2 0-1 4, Tim Frye 7 2-2 17, Sean Gallagher 5 1-2 11. Totals: 29 7-13 72.St. JOSEPH'S 71Tony Fioravanti 0 0-0 0, Joe Rezak 2 0-0 5, John Kuruc 5 2-2 12, Chris Marsili 4 0-2 10, Chris Comroy 6 6-11 18, Josh Robinson 8 1-2 19, Mike Barkowski 3 0-0 7. Totals: 28 9-17 71.3-point goals:Martinelli 4, Lucas, Jaicks, Frye; Marsili, Robinson, Rezak, BarkowskiGrove City 82, Mercer 73 -Jordan Fee scored 23 points and had nine assists for the Eagles (12-4). Andy Geibel added 16 points, Ryan King 13 points and 10 rebounds.GROVE CITY 82Justin McNamara 2 3-5 7, Ben Liebling 4 2-2 11, Ryan King 5 2-4 13, Dan Keil 0 0-1 0, John Fee 1 0-0 3, Jordan Fee 7 5-11 23, Andy Geibel 7 2-4 16, Dustin VanHook 2 1-2 5, Tony Aloisio 2 0-0 4. Totals: 30 15-19 82MERCER 73Zigo 4 1-2 10, Shardy 5 2-2 14, Wasser 7 2-3 16, Kulka 2 2-3 8, Stranahan 5 1-3 11, Bolyard 4 6-10 14. Totals: 27 14-23 723-point goals:Liebling, King, John Fee, Jordan Fee 4; Zigo, Shardy 2, KulkaJV:Grove City, 54-43Friday:Grove City @ Sharon

Union 73, Cranberry 48 -Bethany Koch had 18 points, Andrea Mortimer had 13 and Tiffany Corle had to pace the Damsels to the KSAC ory.Nikki Davis added 10 rebounds for Union (16-2, 6-0).CRANBERRY 48Sanford 0 2-2 2, Aaron 0 0-4 0, Jack 4 5-9 13, Stern 1 3-4 5, Morrow 5 3-4 13, O'Neil 6 3-8 15, Switzer 0 0-0 0, Donahoe 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 16-31 48.UNION 73Bethany Koch 7 2-3 18, Andrea Mortimer 5 3-3 13, Molly Scott 2 4-5 8, Janele Divins 4 0-2 8, Tiffany Corle 5 0-3 12, Makenzie Shirey 1 0-2 2, Nikki Davis 3 0-0 6, Alley Toven 1 0-0 2, Danyelle Painter 2 0-0 4, Courtney Horner 0 0-0 0, Kayla Hepler 0 0-0 0. Totals: 30 9-18 73.3-point goals:Koch 2, Corle 2JV:Union, 42-24 (U: Tiffany Corle 10)Friday:Union at North ClarionKeystone 45, A-C Valley 26 -Cassie Morrison had 12 points to lead the FalconsKEYSTONE 45Sathowski 1 4-6 6, McClearly 0 0-2 0, Fulton 2 0-0 4, Craig 5 0-1 10, Hinterliter 3 0-0 6, Rodgers 8 3-5 19, Mohney 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 7-14 45.A-C VALLEY 26Cassie Morrison 3 5-7 12, Annie Hickman 2 4-4 8, Lorin Kaufman 1 0-1 2, Alisa Snyder 1 0-0 2, Shannon Blauser 1 0-0 2, Markeea Hart 0 0-0 0, Melissa Hickman 0 0-0 0. Totals: 8 9-12 26.3-point goals:Morrison

Bishop McCort 9, Freeport 4 -The Yellowjackets dropped this non-division decision Wednesday.

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