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Slippery Rock downs Eagles

Dan Bertozzi netted 20 points to lead the Slippery Rock boys basketball team to a 55-45 victory over Grove City Monday.

Ty Udy added 11 points for the Rockets (4-9, 2-6).

The Eagles received 18 points from Donte Robinson and 10 from Alec Goodwin.

GROVE CITY 45Alec Goodwin 5 0-0 10, Donte Robinson 6 3-7 18, Torin Smith 3 1-3 7, Alex Hall 1 1-2 3, Derek Turner 0 0-0 0, Matt Thrasher 1 0-0 3, Foster Reznor 1 2-2 4, Jordan Patterson 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 17 7-14 45.

SLIPPERY ROCK 55Sean White 2 0-0 4, Ryan Currie 2 4-6 8, Ryan Thompson 1 2-6 4, Mike Rummel 1 0-0 3, Ty Udy 5 1-2 11, Dan Bertozzi 6 7-9 20, Dustin Mellot 0 0-0 0, Caleb Whitney 1 2-2 5.

Totals: 18 16-25 55.

Grove City 8 11 10 16—45Slippery Rock 8 14 17 16—553-point goals: Grove City 4 (Robinson 3, Thrasher); Slippery Rock 3 (Rummel, Bertozzi, Whitney).

Friday: Slippery Rock at Franklin

Freeport 45, Riverview 42 (OT) — Ryan Dunn scored 20 points, two coming on a coast-to-coast layup before the buzzer to force overtime, which the Yellowjackets went on to the Section 1-AA triumph.Robbie Miller added 10 points for Freeport (8-5).

RIVERVIEW 42Sam Gonsowski 4 2-2 11, Nick Massack 5 0-0 10, Jake Milberger 6 2-4 16, Nick DiBucci 0 0-0 0, Zack Stitt 1 1-2 3, Jason Anthony 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 17 5-8 42.

FREEPORT 45Rob Palko 0 0-0 0, Brendan Lynch 2 1-2 5, Ryan Dunn 8 0-0 20, Robbie Miller 3 2-2 10, Zane Geist 0 0-0 0, Alex Carson 0 0-0 0, Tony DeVivo 3 0-0 6, Sean Carson 1 2-2 4.

Totals: 17 5-6 45.

Riverview 7 13 7 11 4—42Freeport 13 6 12 7 7—453-point goals: Riverview 3 (Milberger 2, Gonsowski); Freeport 6 (Dunn 4, Miller 2).

Today: Freeport at Knoch

Summit Academy 90, Neshannock 82 — The Knights had four players score 17 or more points while Neshannock had just four players score in this wild Section 2-AA contest.Rakim Reedy (20), Omar Johnson (19), Rashon Boone (19) and Elijah Minnie (17) led the way for the Knights (12-3, 8-0).The loss offset the performance of Ernie Burkes, who led Neshannock with 39 points.

NESHANNOCK 82M. McKinney 2 0-0 4, J. Sansone 9 0-1 22, E. Burkes 14 11-13 39, J. Iorio 7 3-4 17.

Totals: 32 14-18 82.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 90Rakim Reedy 6 7-11 20, Tyerell Wyche 2 1-2 5, Andre Crump 1 2-2 4, Omar Johnson 8 3-5 19, Elijah Minnie 6 5-6 17, Rashon Boone 5 9-14 19, Sunny Munn 1 0-0 2, Devon James 1 0-1 2, Joseph Sumpter 1 0-1 2.

Totals: 31 27-42 90.

Neshannock 19 16 19 28—82Summit Academy 23 18 20 29—903-point goals: Neshannock 4 (Sansone 4); Summit Academy 1 (Reedy).

Friday: Summit Academy at Shenango

<B>Freeport 45, Highlands 25 — </B>Jessica McFadden had 13 points to lead a balanced attack in the Yellowjackets' Section 1-AA win.Taylor Schrecengost and Lynsey Gugino each added 10 points for Freeport (6-10).<B>FREEPORT 45</B>Taylor Schrecengost 5 0-0 10, Jessica McFadden 6 0-0 13, Lynsey Gugino 4 0-0 10, Jessica Aulicino 2 2-2 6, Michaela Bowser 2 0-0 4, Nicole Miller 1 0-0 2. <B>Totals:</B> 20 2-2 45.<B>HIGHLANDS 25</B>DeeDee Hrond-Pittman 0 2-4 2, Karenda Johnson 1 1-6 3, Channing James 1 1-4 3, Nikki Green 5 0-2 10, Sam Witucki 2 2-4 7. <B>Totals:</B> 9 6-20 25.<B>Freeport 16 12 13 4—45Highlands 4 11 3 7—253-point goals:</B> Freeport 3 (Gugino 2, McFadden); Highlands 1 (Witucki).

<B>Knoch 88, Northgate 60 (girls); Knoch 77, Northgate 35 (boys) — </B>Anna Cunningham won the 100 free, 100 back and took part in two winning relays to highlight the Knights girls team (3-5) over the Flames.In the boys meet, Nathan Walls and Austin Whitmer also won two events apiece and two relays to power the Knights (6-2), who had six different individual winners.Knoch returns to action Thursday at Shady Side Academy.<B>GirlsKnoch 88, Northgate 60200 medley relay:</B> 1-Knoch (Elizabeth Butler, Jenny Allen, Hannah Shoemaker, Patricia Pivaronas) 2:16.51<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Gould (N) 2:06.15<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Katie Jones (Kn) 2:39.20<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Stone (N) 27.84<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Madison Whalen (K) 1:10.91<B>1-meter diving:</B> 1-No event<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Anna Cunningham (K) 57.35<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Gould (N) 5:32.45<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Knoch (Katie Jones, Shannon Simpson, Madison Whalen, Anna Cunningham) 1:55.0<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Anna Cunningham (K) 1:07.11<B>100 breaststroke:</B> 1-Slensko (N) 1:20.53<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Knoch (Katie Jones, Maranda Tano, Madison Whalen, Anna Cunningham) 4:19.25<B>BoysKnoch 77, Northgate 35200 medley relay:</B> 1-Knoch (Chad Cummings, Ian Lindsey, Nathan Walls, Austin Whitmer) 1:53.07<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Nathan Walls (K) 2:13.0<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Chad Cummings (K) 2:15.66<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Austin Whitmer (K) 23.91<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Jacob Shoemaker (K) 1:05.69<B>1-meter diving:</B> 1-No event<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Matt Wilson (K) 56.89<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Nathan Walls (K)<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Knoch (Jacob Shoemaker, Joe Hutchinson, Mike Kasunic, Matt Wilson) 1:42.88<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Austin Whitmer (K) 1:01.60<B>100 breaststroke:</B> 1-Ian Lindsey (K 1:05.56)<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Knoch (Chad Cummings, Nathan Walls, Austin Whitmer, Matt Wilson) 3:55.13

<B>Butler 800-59x, Mt. Lebanon 797-57x — </B>Led by 100s from Olivia Eagal, Brad Gallagher, Abby Gallagher, Mary Hoffman, Harlee McDonald, Sarah Laughlin, Morgan Minto and Hunter Morgan, the host Tornado downed the Blue Devils.

<B>Mt. Lebanon 10, Seneca Valley 5 — </B>Andrew Gagnon and Luke Reed tallied two goals each and Chrisopher Marziotto accounted for the other in this PIHL Class AAA game at the Warrendale BladeRunners.

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