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Damsels secure 2 OT victory

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Union's Tina Lipps tallied 28 points and 18 rebounds in a 70-66 double-overtime girls basketball win at Clarion-Limestone Wednesday night.

Delani Priester and Ashley MacKinlay each added 14 points for the Damsels (9-2, 6-1), and Mariah Winchester tallied eight points and nine steals.

UNION 70Delani Priester 4 6-9 14, Mariah Winchester 3 1-2 8, Ashley MacKinlay 4 4-9 14, Sierra Smith 2 2-2 6, Tina Lipps 9 10-11 28, Daneka Stuart 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Divins 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 22 23-33 70.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 66Laugand 6 7-13 20, Port 2 1-2 6, Wolbert 4 0-0 8, Walker 10 6-7 26, Lewis 1 0-0 2, Champion 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 25 14-22 66.

Union 7 15 14 16 7 11—70Clarion-Limestone 8 9 16 19 7 7—663-point goals: Union 3 (MacKinlay 2, Winchester); Clarion-Limestone 2 (Laugand, Port).

Friday: East Forest at Union

A-C Valley 46, Venango Catholic 37 — Only four players scored for A-C Valley, but three of them reached double figures in this home win.Meghan Cratty and Tricia Kerlin each had 14 points for the Falcons (1-8) and Kelsey Boocks had 13.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 37Kayla Cook 1 2-2 4, Emilee Janidlo 2 1-2 5, Michaela Scurry 1 1-2 3, Taylor Stark 0 3-6 3, Lindsay Homan 6 8-10 20, Courtney Kuhn 1 0-0 2, Mary Maleski 0 0-2 0.

Totals: 11 15-24 37.

A-C VALLEY 46Meghan Cratty 5 4-7 14, Tricia Kerlin 4 5-9 14, Kelsey Boocks 4 5-10 13, Meredith Snyder 2 1-2 5, Emily Quaill 0 0-2 0, Kelsey Russell 0 0-0 0, Hannah Hetrick 0 0-0 0, Rachael Viertel 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 15-30 46.

Venango Catholic 7 6 6 18—37A-C Valley 5 8 12 21—463-point goals: Venango Catholic 0; A-C Valley 1 (Kerlin).

Friday: A-C Valley at Tidioute Charter

Karns City 37, North Clarion 22 — Kara Kerschbaumer led the Gremlins (3-8, 2-5) with 11 points while Erin McCue had eight points and seven assists.

NORTH CLARION 22McCloskey 1 0-0 2, Nick 3 0-0 6, Siegel 1 0-0 3, Sherman 1 1-2 3, Reed 3 0-0 6, Schill 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 10 1-2 22.

KARNS CITY 37Erin McCue 3 2-4 8, Maggie McKain 2 0-0 4, Leah McGuire 0 1-2 1, Emily Schumacher 2 0-0 5, Kara Kerschbaumer 5 0-0 11, Brooke Hiles 1 1-2 3, Chelsea Campbell 2 0-0 5, Makayla Rodgers 0 0-0 0, Allyson Olkowski 0 0-0 0, Sydney Smith 0 0-0 0, Nicole Beck 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 4-8 37.

North Clarion 10 4 3 5—22Karns City 5 11 16 5—373-point goals: North Clarion 1 (Siegel); Karns City 3 (Schumacher, Kerschbaumer, Campbell).

Friday: Karns City at Clarion

Avonworth 71, Knoch 24 — Samantha Logan scored 13 points for the Knights (3-10).

KNOCH 24Brooke Armahizer 0 2-2 2, Amber Henzel 1 2-2 4, Samantha Logan 5 0-0 13, Celina Sanks 1 3-4 5.

Totals: 7 7-8 24.

AVONWORTH 71Costa 7 6-6 24, L. Mayernik 8 3-9 19, Zivic 2 0-0 4, Presutti 2 0-0 6, Zakor 1 0-0 2, M. Mayernik 4 1-2 9, Eck 2 0-0 4, Hunter 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 27 10-17 71.

Knoch 4 6 8 6—24Avonworth 17 17 25 12—713-point goals: Knoch 3 (Logan 3); Avonworth 6 (Costa 4, Presutti 2).

Today: Knoch at Mars

Clarion 36, Moniteau 23 — The Warriors (6-5, 4-3) could not overcome a 22-8 deficit at halftime.

MONITEAU 23Krista Snyder 1 0-0 2, Heather Porter 3 2-4 9, Amanda Sloan 3 1-1 8, Katie Brehm 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 9 3-5 23.

CLARION 36Durkin 0 2-4 2, Peterson 1 0-0 2, Nellis 1 0-1 2, Shannonhouse 7 3-3 19, Fillman 0 2-7 2, Thornton 1 0-0 2, Miles 4 0-0 8, Kroh 0 0-1 0.

Totals: 13 7-16 36.

Moniteau 5 3 3 12—23Clarion 11 11 8 6—363-point goals: Moniteau 2 (Porter, Sloan); Clarion 2 (Shannonhouse 2).

Friday: Cranberry at Moniteau

<B>Franklin 56, Slippery Rock 45 — </B>Bre Northcott scored 13 points and Morgan Siebka had 12 for the Rockets (7-5, 3-3).<B>FRANKLIN 56</B>T. Witt 2 0-0 5, Deal 4 0-0 12, Benvenuti 2 2-3 6, A. Witt 4 0-0 8, Law 1 2-5 4, Starr 8 3-5 21. <B>Totals:</B> 21 7-13 56.<B>SLIPPERY ROCK 45</B>Molly Weitzel 1 4-6 6, Jackie Basta 1 0-0 2, Haley Angerett 2 1-1 5, Morgan Siebka 3 6-6 12, Bre Northcott 6 1-2 13, Ellie Shaw 2 0-0 4, Nicole Papley 1 1-1 3, Anna Cessar 0 0-0 0, Riley McGonigle 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 16 13-16 45.<B>Franklin 14 18 14 10—56Slippery Rock 13 11 10 11—453-point goals:</B> Franklin 7 (Deal 4, Starr 2, T. Witt); Slippery Rock 0.<B>Saturday:</B> Slippery Rock at McDowell

Nick Cooter (267) and Nicole Balk (265) had the top single-game showings for Butler as the Tornado boys and girls both defeated Knoch 7-0.Knoch's boys were led by Kevin Hindman's 591 series. Erica Johns' 521 paced the Knights girls.<B>Boys200 games</B><B>Butler:</B> Brent Fleming (215 and 202), Derek Bush (231 and 206), Cody Rosenbauer (228), Nick Cooter (267 and 223).<B>Knoch:</B> Kevin Hindman (226)<B>600 series</B><B>Butler:</B> Nick Cooter (657), Derek Bush (609)<B>Girls200 games</B><B>Butler:</B> Nicole Balk (265 and 212), Heather Paul (220), Kelly Bintrim (236)<B>600 series</B><B>Butler:</B> Nicole Balk (659)<B>Karns City 7, New Castle 0 (boys); New Castle 7, Karns City 0 (girls) —</B> Aaron Weckerly (235 game and 593 series) and Kevin Bowser (201 game and 549 series) led the Gremlins boys.

Slippery Rock High's Molly Weitzel, left, and Franklin's Angelina Starr stretch for the ball Wednesday in the Rockets' 56-45 loss.

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