Knoch's girls basketball team featured four players scoring in double figures — led by 12 apiece from Kate Miller and Brooke Armahizer — as the Knights picked up a 60-41 section victory at Highlands Thursday night.

Samantha Logan and Amber Henzel both contributed 11 points for Knoch (8-7, 4-2).

KNOCH 60Celina Sanks 3 3-4 9, Kate Miller 4 0-0 12, Samantha Logan 3 3-5 11, Brooke Armahizer 5 2-4 12, Amber Henzel 3 5-6 11, Angela Cress 0 2-2 2, Abbie Thrower 0 3-4 3.

Totals: 18 18-25 60.

HIGHLANDS 41Johnson 3 1-4 7, James 3 2-8 8, Witucki 1 0-0 2, Misejka 8 8-10 24, Greene 0 0-2 0.

Totals: 15 11-24 41.

Knoch 21 21 13 5—60Highlands 9 11 10 11—413-point goals: Knoch 6 (Miller 4, Logan 2); Highlands 0.

Monday: Valley at Knoch

Freeport 69, West Shamokin 22 — The Yellowjackets (7-10, 4-6) were sparked by 24 points from Jessica Aulicino.Freeport held a 29-2 lead after one quarter of play.

WEST SHAMOKIN 22Williams 1 0-0 2, Clowser 0 2-6 2, Rhine 2 0-0 4, Cribbs 3 0-0 7, Smith 1 0-0 3, Hornish 0 1-4 1, Notto 1 0-0 2, Gandolfe 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 8 4-12 22.

FREEPORT 69Taylor Schrecengost 6 2-2 14, Jessica McFadden 4 0-0 10, Lynsey Gugino 1 1-2 3, Jessica Aulicino 12 0-0 24, Michaela Bowser 5 0-0 10, Kaitlyn Minyon 2 0-0 4, Nicole Miller 1 0-0 2, Marissa Mattioli 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 32 3-4 69.

West Shamokin 2 9 5 6—22Freeport 29 20 16 4—693-point goals: West Shamokin 2 (Cribbs, Smith); Freeport 2 (McFadden 2).

Monday: Deer Lakes at Freeport

Mars 44, Kittanning 38 — Randi Francis (17 points) and Ali Goetz (14) paved the road to victory for the Planets (7-11, 5-1), who outscored Kittanning in the second half 23-15.

MARS 44Randi Francis 7 3-4 17, Alyssa Mathews 2 0-0 4, Sarah Getsy 3 2-2 9, Ali Goetz 6 2-2 14, Jessica Bunner 0 0-2 0, Brinsley Evanson 0 0-0 0, Teresa Dallatore 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 18 7-10 44.

KITTANNING 38Religa 4 2-4 10, Knepshield 7 1-2 15, Wolfe 2 0-2 4, Patterson 2 1-2 7, Merryman 1 0-0 2, Cloak 0 0-0 0, Montgomery 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 16 4-10 38.

Mars 8 13 8 15—44Kittanning 14 9 4 11—383-point goals: Mars 1 (Getsy); Kittanning 2 (Patterson 2).

Monday: Highlands at Mars

Slippery Rock 54, Meadville 49 — Morgan Siebka scored a game-high 21 points and Haley Angerett added 10 to lead the Rockets (10-4, 5-2) to the Region 5 victory.Slippery Rock outscored the Bulldogs 16-7 in the final quarter.

SLIPPERY ROCK 54Morgan Siebka 9 2-5 21, Haley Angerett 4 0-0 10, Anna Cessar 2 0-0 4, Emily Campbell 1 2-2 4, Riley McGonigle 3 2-2 8, Ellie Shaw 0 0-2 0, Haley Urban 0 0-0 0, Lauren Dietz 0 0-0 0, Nicole Papley 2 3-4 7.

Totals: 21 9-15 54.

MEADVILLE 49Chaykala Lindsey 4 1-3 9, Katie DeWalt 1 0-0 2, DaQueisha Epps 3 0-0 6, Shauntia Vactor-Pope 4 0-0 8, Marcadi McCoy McCoy 3 2-5 8, DaQuanda Epps 6 0-0 16.

Totals: 21 3-8 49.

Slippery Rock 17 9 12 16—54Meadville 19 13 10 7—493-point goals: Slippery Rock 3 (Angerett 2, Siebka); Meadville 4 (DaQua. Epps 4).

Saturday: Hopewell at Slippery RockBoys BasketballRyan Bartley scored 24 points and brought down 17 rebounds in A-C Valley's 60-39 victory at East Forest.Brody Irwin added 22 points for the Falcons, who outscored the Bears 23-2 in the final period.

A-C VALLEY 60Brody Irwin 7 7-9 22, Ryan Bartley 10 2-4 24, Kevin Kaufman 1 4-4 6, Jeff Eaton 1 1-2 3, Landon Delisio 1 0-0 2, Jay Kaufman 1 1-2 3, Eric Orton 0 0-2 0, Cole Terwilliger 0 0-0 0, Chase Longo 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 21 15-23 60.

EAST FOREST 39DiCorpo 2 0-0 4, Toski 2 2-2 7, Snyder 4 0-0 10, Andrews 1 0-2 2, Rini 7 1-4 16.

Totals: 16 3-8 39.

A-C Valley 14 16 7 23—60East Forest 8 13 16 2—393-point goals: A-C Valley 3 (Bartley 2, Irwin); East Forest 4 (Snyder 2, Toski, Rini).

<B>Shady Side Academy 83, Knoch 78 (girls); Shady Side Academy 89, Knoch 81 (boys)</B> — The Knoch boys (6-3) broke a pair of school records Thursday, but were edged by the Indians.Matt Wilson, Nathan Walls, Austin Wittmer and Chadd Cummings combined for a school-record time of 3:32.62 during a first-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay.Cummings, Ian Lindsey, Walls and Wittmer teamed up for a school-record time of 1:46.45 in the 200 free relay, but settled for second in the event.Anna Cunningham earned first-place finishes in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke in the narrow loss suffered by the Knoch girls (3-6).<B>Girls</B><B>Shady Side Academy 83, Knoch 78</B><B>200 medley relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy (Courtney Collins, Destin Groff, Emily Jaffe, Maggie Leech) 1:57.55<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Alexis Concordia (SSA) 2:08.08<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Jaffe (SSA) 2:26.85<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Groff (SSA) 26.38<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Collins (SSA) 1:04.56<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Anna Cunningham (K) 56.49<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Collins (SSA) 5:52.82<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy (Devon Chosky, Groff, Leech, Concordia) 1:48.34<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Cunningham (K) 1:04.70<B>100 breaststroke:</B> 1-Groff (SSA) 1:13.87<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy (Collins, Concordia, Ali Sarner, Jaffe) 3:56.36<B>BoysShady Side Academy 89, Knoch 81</B><B>200 medley relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy (Brendan Leech, Grant Zentgraf, Chris Leech, Ryan Koul) 1:44.92<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Austin Wittmer (K) 1:57.34<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Nathan Walls (K) 2:11.66<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Matt Wilson (K) 23.58<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-C. Leech (SSA) :57.98<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Chadd Cummings (K) 52.37<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Zentgraf (SSA) 5:19.44<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Shady Side Academy (B. Leech, C. Leech, David Simmott, Thad Ellis) 1:36.78<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Austin Wittmer (K) 1:00.34<B>100 breaststroke:</B> 1-Ian Lindsey (Knoch) 1:04.54<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Knoch (Wilson, Walls, Wittmer, Cummings) 3:32.62

Tyler Laughner bowled a career-best 565 series to help Knoch's boys beat Karns City 7-0 at Family Bowlaway.Laughner's effort included games of 215, 168 and 182.Kevin Hindman managed a 599 series (182-229-188) for the Knights (5-2).In the girls' match, Knoch's Erica Johns bowled a 594 series (215-190-189) in the Knights' 7-0 victory over the Gremlins.• Butler's boys and girls teams remained undefeated Wednesday by posting 7-0 wins over Mars. Both Butler teams are 7-0.Kelly Bintrim led the Golden Tornado girls with a 596 series while Jacob Cookson had a 577 for the boys. Butler will host North Allegheny at 3:30 p.m. next Wednesday at Family Bowlaway.<B>Top Butler boys scores</B>Garrett Sexton 189, Matthew Blose 190-204, Brandt Fleming 187-182, Jacob Cookson 268, Dan Bellis 181, Cody Rosenbauer 187-181, Andrew Barron 197<B>Top Butler girls scores</B>Heather Paul 160-211, Kelly Bintrim 193-181-222, Megan Paul 168-169, Autumn Hepler 191, Alisha Fisher 178, Nicole Balk 164

<B>Woodland Hills 800-60x, Butler 799-66x —</B> Shooting 100 for the Golden Tornado were Brad Gallagher, Dana McCurdy, Morgan Minto, Sarah Laughlin, Olivia Eagal, Harlee McDonald and Skyler Bittner.

<B>Knoch 36, Highlands 27 —</B> No other details were available from this win for the Knights.

Freeport scored five goals in the third period to take down Bishop McCort 6-2.Cole Hepler and Justin Drzemiecki both scored twice for the Yellowjackets, while Greg Newman scored once.Cody Lee stopped 30 shots in net for Freeport.