Planets girls take section win at Valley

January 18, 2011 Last Updated: January 18, 2011 02:43 PM High School

Hope Thompson of Freeport, left, and Elderton's Katie Kunselman fight for the ball Monday in the Yellowjackets' 42-32 section loss at Freeport High.

Alexa Lee scored 15 points and Meghan Kelly had 16 rebounds to lead the Mars girls basketball team to a 57-40 Section 1-AAA victory over Valley Monday.

Kelsey Pelles had 14 points and Lizz Tumminello 10 for the Planets (9-6, 3-1).

MARS 57Alexa Lee 4 6-9 15, Carly Clark 2 2-3 6, Lizz Tumminello 4 2-2 10, Meghan Kelly 4 0-0 8, Kelsey Pelles 5 4-5 14, Randi Francis 1 2-2 4, Brinsley Evanson 0 0-0 0, Alyssa Mathews 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 20 16-21.

VALLEY 40Vining 4 0-0 10, Madison 7 1-4 15, Smith 2 2-3 6, Hudzick 3 1-2 7, A. Pitts 1 0-2 2, Q. Pitts 0 0-0 0, Watkins 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 17 4-11 40.

Mars 16 13 14 14—57Valley 8 8 10 14—403-point goals: Mars 1 (Lee); Valley 2 (Vining 2).

Thursday: Knoch at Mars

Union 69, DuBois Central Catholic 49 — Mariah Winchester scored 21 points to lead the Damsels to a rout.Ashley MacKinlay added 12 points and Daneka Stuart had 10 for Union (8-2).

UNION 69Delani Priester 4 0-0 8, Mariah Winchester 9 0-0 21, Ashley MacKinlay 5 2-2 12, Sydney Varner 0 0-0 0, Daneka Stuart 4 2-2 10, Danara Hawk 0 0-0 0, Kassie McGarrity 0 0-0 0, Sierra Smith 2 3-3 7, Mackenzie Divins 1 0-0 3, Tina Lipps 4 0-0 8.

Totals: 29 7-7 69.

DuBOIS CENTRAL CATHOLIC 49Marchioni 0 1-2 1, Varacallo 1 1-2 3, Snyder 0 0-0 0, Varichetti 0 0-0 0, Gulvas 2 0-0 6, Hopkins 7 4-4 18, Schaffer 4 0-0 8, Witherow 3 3-5 9, Ridenour 0 0-0 0, French 1 0-0 2, Fitzer 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 19 9-13 49.

Union 27 12 15 15—69DuBois Central 11 8 14 16—493-point goals: Union 4 (Winchester 3, Divins); DuBois Central Catholic 2 (Gulvas 2).JV Score: Dubois Central Catholic 47-35

Wednesday: Union at Clarion-Limestone

Keystone 49, Moniteau 41 — Amanda Sloan scored 18 points for the Warriors (6-4, 4-2).

KEYSTONE 49Black 1 0-0 2, Love 1 1-2 3, Johnson 9 5-7 24, Reed 1 0-0 2, Brozenick 1 2-2 4, Greathouse 7 0-0 14.

Totals: 20 8-11 49.

MONITEAU 41Ashley Brehm 3 0-0 6, Krista Snyder 1 8-12 10, Nikki Yeckel 1 0-0 2, Amanda Sloan 6 3-5 18, Katie Brehm 2 0-2 4, Fontaine Glenn 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 13 12-21 41.

Keystone 13 9 10 17—49Moniteau 11 8 9 13—413-point goals: Keystone 1 (Johnson); Moniteau 3 (Sloan 3).JV Score: Moniteau 42-22

Wednesday: Moniteau at Clarion

Elderton 42, Freeport 32 — Jessica Aulicino scored 12 points for the Yellowjackets.

ELDERTON 42Jill Glover 1 13-16 15, Brianna Switzer 5 3-11 13, Lauren Schultheis 2 2-4 6, Bethany Meyer 2 0-1 4, Katie Kunselman 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 12 18-32 42.

FREEPORT 32Anna Christy 1 0-0 3, Nicolette Blake 2 0-0 4, Jessica Aulicino 5 2-4 12, Lynsey Gugino 1 0-0 2, Jessica McFadden 2 3-6 7, Hope Thompson 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 12 5-10 32.

Elderton 7 10 6 19—42Freeport 6 9 7 10—323-point goals: Freeport 1 (Christy).

Grove City 53, Northwestern 50 — Corianne Hyduchak and Brogan Foster had 14 and 10 points, respectively, to pace the Eagles (7-5.

NORTHWESTERN 50Megan Alward 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Lavery 0 0-0 0, Whitney Snyder 1 4-4 7, Cassidy Taylor 0 0-0 0, Callie Markovich 3 2-2 9, Haley Schaef 5 2-2 14, Sara Miniaci 4 2-2 10, Angela Meadow 1 0-0 2, Morgan Alward 0 0-0 0, Izzy McKean 3 2-2 8, Marissa Teed 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 17 12-12 50.

GROVE CITY 53Brogan Foster 3 2-2 10, Mariah Jenkins 2 1-3 5, Vanessa Sprando 3 1-2 7, Corianne Hyduchak 5 4-4 14, Arianna Sprando 1 2-2 4, Jenn Ferguson 2 0-0 4, Diamond Basham 1 1-2 3, Nicole Eisler 0 0-0 0, Kennedy Young 0 0-0 0, Hannah Hostetler 0 0-0 0, Hailey Hall 3 0-2 6.

Totals: 17 11-15 53.

Northwestern 5 16 18 11—50Grove City 11 12 14 16—533-point goals: Northwestern 4 (Schaef 2, Snyder, Markovich); Grove City 2 (Foster 2).

JV: Grove City, 45-17 (GC: Kennedy Young 11, Corianne Hyduchak 10

Today: Grove City at Linesville

Hampton 45, Knoch 24 — The Knights (3-10, 1-3) mustered just eight points in the first half.

HAMPTON 45Dayna Lazzaro 3 8-11 14, Breanna Interi 0 1-2. Molly Luther 6 6-10 18, Maggie White 0 2-3 2, Lindsay Huber 1 0-0 2, Stephanie Kobert 1 0-0 2, Sara Pilarski 2 2-3 6.

Totals: 13 19-29 45.

KNOCH 24Haley Williams 2 1-4 5, Brooke Armahizer 1 0-0 2, Amber Henzel 1 0-0 2, Kate Miller 2 0-0 5, Samantha Logan 1 0-2 2, Celina Sanks 2 4-4 8.

Totals: 9 5-10 24.

Hampton 9 10 13 13—45Knoch 2 6 12 4—243-point goals: Hampton 0; Knoch 1 (Miller).

Wednesday: Knoch at Avonworth

Moniteau 49, Keystone 43 — The Warriors' Zach Sloan led all scorers with 15 points while Kyle Armagost had 14 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists and Mitch Hunter had 10 points for Moniteau (7-4, 4-2).MONITEAU 49Kyle Armagost 5 4-5 14, Zach Sloan 7 1-2 15, Andrew Armagost 1 0-1 2, Dalton Shuler 1 1-2 4, Ethan Pry 1 0-0 2, Mitch Hunter 3 2-3 10, Jordan Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 8-13 49.KEYSTONE 43Hess 1 0-1 2, A. Lencer 1 0-0 2, Rearick 5 2-2 14, Eberhart 1 0-0 2, Wolbert 3 2-2 9, Beichner 2 2-6 6, J. Lencer 1 0-1 2, Summerville 2 0-0 6. Totals: 16 6-12 43.Moniteau 8 13 12 16—49Keystone 18 8 4 13—433-point goals: Moniteau 3 (Hunter 2, Shuler); Keystone 5 (Rearick 2, Summerville 2, Wolbert).JV: Keystone, 45-30 (M: Joe Holifelder 11).Today: Clarion at Moniteau

Paige Rittelmann (high jump) and Meghan Studds (long jump) qualified for the PIAA Championship meet at last weekend's competition.Also, all three relay teams came away with first-place performances: Rachel Koniczney, Vanessa Tomsey, Amanda Wiest and Macey Stalnaker in the 3,200 relay; Trisha Brandt, Ashley Grooms, Paige Allen and Koniczney in the 1,600 relay and Allen, Alyssa Olenick, Nicole Ander and Rittelmann in the 800 relay.

Bethel Park 7, Butler 0 — No details were provided.