Tucker Preston scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Karns City boys basketball team to a 61-52 KSAC victory over East Forest Wednesday.

The Gremlins (1-0), who drained 10 three-pointers, trailed 44-39 entering the final quarter.

Josh Wallace had 11 points and Jake Henry had eight rebounds for Karns City.

EAST FOREST 52Seth Toski 4 0-0 8, Raymond Gregg 2 2-2 6, Mike Snyder 2 2-2 8, Shane Cotterman 2 1-1 5, Shane Silvis 5 5-5 15, Bill Richter 5 0-0 10, Charles Rini 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 20 10-10 52.

KARNS CITY 61Brad Fuhrer 2 0-0 5, Brandyn Bowser 3 2-2 9, Jake Henry 3 0-0 8, Ethan Williams 1 0-0 2, Brady Ellenberger 0 0-0 0, Andrew Johnston 0 0-0 0, Tucker Preston 8 2-2 20, Josh Wallace 4 0-0 11, Kyle Barger 0 0-0 0, Tyler Kepple 1 2-2 5, Tom Stoughton 0 1-4 1, Zach Kepple 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 22 7-10 61.

East Forest 9 16 19 8—52Karns City 20 14 5 22—613-point goals: East Forest 2 (Snyder 2); Karns City 10 (Wallace 3, Henry 2, Preston 2, Fuhrer, Bowser, T. Kepple

JV: Karns City, 63-15 (KC: Tyler Kepple 16)

Monday: Karns City at Brookville

North Clarion 65, Union 54 — Taylor Smith, Trent Corle and Derek Shirey each had 10 points, and Brody Pollock had nine points and six steals for Union (1-2, 0-1).

UNION 54Taylor Smith 5 0-0 10, Brody Pollock 3 2-2 9, Shawn Booth 1 2-2 4, Trent Corle 3 3-8 10, Derek Shirey 2 6-6 10, Austin Davis 2 2-2 7, Shawn Burns 1 0-0 2, Chase Johnston 0 2-2 2.

Totals: 17 17-22 54.

NORTH CLARION 65J. Schmader 10 1-1 21, Obenrader 2 0-0 4, Weaver 6 0-0 15, Shields 2 0-0 4, Z. Schmader 1 2-2 4, Bauer 4 2-4 10, Haworth 0 0-0 0, Bauer 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 28 6-9 65.

Union 11 14 13 16—54North Clarion 20 11 17 17—653-point goals: Union 3 (Pollock, Corle, Davis); North Clarion 3 (Weaver 3).

JV: Union, 50-29 (U: Austin Davis 15)

Tuesday: Union at Clarion

Cranberry at A-C Valley, Venango Catholic-Moniteau — These KSAC openers were postponed. Moniteau will play Venango Catholic tonight.

Tina Lipps had 22 points and eight rebounds as Union rolled to a 71-15 triumph over North Clarion.Sierra Smith had 13 points, Delani Priester had 10 points and six steals. Mariah Winchester had six steals as well.<B>NORTH CLARION 15</B>Frederick 1 1-2 3, Nick 1 0-0 2, Ochs 1 0-0 2, Schmader 2 1-2 5, Bauer 0 1-2 1, Reed 1 0-2 2. <B>Totals:</B> 6 3-8 15.<B>UNION 71</B>Delani Priester 5 0-1 10, Mariah Winchester 3 0-0 7, Ashley MacKinley 2 0-0 5, Danika Stuart 4 1-2 9, Sierra Smith 6 0-0 13, Mackenzie Divins 1 0-0 3, Tina Lipps 11 2-2 24. <B>Totals:</B> 32 3-5 71.<B>North Clarion 3 1 6 5—15Union 24 21 15 11—713-point goals:</B> North Clarion 0; Union 4 (Winchester, MacKinley, Smith, Divins).<B>Junior varsity:</B> Union, 27-20<B>Tuesday:</B> Clarion at Union<B>Riverside 61, Knoch 41 — </B>Taylor Zonts had 12 points and eight rebounds, and Heather Cooper had seven rebounds for the Knights (1-2).<B>RIVERSIDE 61</B>Stephanie Kaiser 2 0-0 4, Emily Pritts 2 4-8 8, Sam Weir 10 4-8 24, Alex Deep 4 4-4 12, Nicole Mansfield 4 2-2 10, Mikayla Laneve 1 0-0 2, Serania Waldberger 0 1-2 0. <B>Totals:</B> 23 15-24 61.<B>KNOCH 41</B>Heather Cooper 1 1-3 3, Haley Williams 0 1-2 1, Taylor Zonts 6 0-0 12, Kate Miller 1 2-3 5, Sam Logan 3 0-0 6, Brooke Armahizer 2 0-0 4, Amber Henzel 3 0-0 6, Rachel Neff 1 0-0 2, Celina Sanks 1 0-0 2. <B>Totals:</B> 18 4-8 41.<B>Riverside 16 15 17 13—61Knoch 9 6 12 14—413-point goals:</B> Knoch 1 (Miller).<B>Friday:</B> Deer Lakes at Knoch

<B>Butler 77, Shaler 0 — </B>Pins by Cody Houston (112), Xavier Bennett (130), Jesse Spohn (135), Eric Tuck (145), Cole Baxter (215) and Timmy Fulks (285) allowed the Tornado to roll past the Titans.Butler also benefited from five forfeits by Shaler, including four in a row from 152 to 189.Butler will compete in this weekend's Central Mountain Tournament, which has 41 teams taking part.<B>Butler 77, Shaler 0Matched started at 112103</B> <B>pounds:</B> Cody Houston (B) pinned Kevin Bonicky, 1:52; <B>112: </B>Korey Caudill (B) dec. Ted Mazer, 5-0; <B>119: </B>Nick Sutton (B) won by forfeit; <B>125: </B>Zach Reges (B) major dec. over Zach Grezmicki, 12-3; <B>130: </B>Xavier Bennett (B) pinned Chad Schwartz, 3:03 <B>135: </B>Jesse Spohn (B) pinned Chris Arensberger, 1:07; <B>140: </B>Doug DeFrancisis (B) major dec. over Travis Turkalay, 9-0; <B>145: </B>Eric Tuck (B) pinned Jeff Nix, 5:07; <B>152: </B>Mike Crawford (B) won by forfeit; <B>160: </B>Dakoda Collins (B) won by forfeit; <B>171: </B>Matt Pribis (B) won by forfeit; <B>189: </B>Carlos Sanchez (B) won by forfeit; <B>215: </B>Cole Baxter (B) pinned Joe Jackson 3:26; <B>285: </B>Timmy Fulks (B) pinned Nick Carey 2:23.<B></B>Fox Chapel 43, Mars 30 — Jake Snyder at 112 pounds and Ronnie Dakan at 171 earned pins for the Planets Tuesday.<B>Fox Chapel 43, Mars 30103</B> <B>pounds:</B> Jared Rice (FC) by forfeit; <B>112: </B>Jake Snyder (M) pinned Cameron Ferguson, 5:15; <B>119: </B>Christian Nicole (FC) by forfeit; <B>125: </B>Chad McDade (M) by forfeit; <B>130: </B>Art Newman (FC) dec. Drew Schulthies 12-1; <B>135: </B>Andy Selker (M) dec. Corey Mahon 4-0; <B>140: </B>Alex Carlier (FC) pinned Blake Bernard, 2:18; <B>145: </B>Sam Molina (FC) by forfeit; <B>152: </B>Runyon (FC) dec. Ryan McMahon 7-1; <B>160: </B>Chris Boggs (M) by forfeit; <B>171: </B>Ronnie Dakan (M) pinned Trevor Weis, 5:16; <B>189: </B>Anthony Brooks (FC) dec. Shane Smith 8-4; <B>215: </B>Dan Mahon (FC) pinned Austin Bitzer, 1:31; <B>285: </B>Tyler Leker (FC) pinned Cameron Cress, 3:33.