Mike Gallagher had 24 points, which included six 3-pointers, Jake McTighe added 18 points and Andrew Wirtz had 13 to lift the Knoch boys basketball team to a 62-50 Section 1-AAA victory overHampton Friday.

The Knights (3-4, 1-1) connected on 20 of 26 free-throw attempts, with Wirtz (9-10) and Chris Cetnar (5-6) sinking all of their throws in the fourth quarter.

HAMPTON 50Bill Luther 4 1-2 9, Nate Wink 0 1-2 1, Chris Dill 2 0-0 6, Brian Steele 2 0-0 4, Jordan Paskorz 1 1-2 3, Matt Madia 7 3-6 17, Tim Dugan 4 0-0 8, T.J. Brown 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 6-12 50.

KNOCH 62Mike Gallagher 8 2-2 24, Andrew Wirtz 2 9-10 13, Chris Cetnar 0 5-6 5, Jake McTighe 8 2-2 18, Micah Lio 0 2-6 2. Totals: 18 20-26 62.

Hampton 7 15 11 17—50Knoch 11 10 19 22—623-point goals: Dill 2; Gallagher 6

Tuesday: Knoch at Deer Lakes

Mars 69, Deer Lakes 30 — Vinny Smith scored a game-high 17 points and Christian Locher added 14 in this lopsided victory for Mars.

DEER LAKES 30Whitico 2 4-4 9, Stanko 4 2-2 10, Reichard 1 1-2 3, Waits 3 0-3 6, Dillner 0 2-2 2. Totals: 10 9-13 30.

MARS 69Chris Herold 3 0-0 6, Brad Weischedel 2 1-1 5, Christian Locher 5 0-2 14, Luke Gruber 4 0-2 8, Alec Mahon 2 0-0 4, Aaron Lozzi 0 1-2 1, Ian Hindley 2 0-0 4, Mike Page 1 0-0 2, Dante DeTillio 3 2-3 8, Vinny Smith 8 1-3 17, Eric Routhieaux 0 0-0 0, Tim Vandall 0 0-0 0, Mike Lindenbaum 0 0-0 0, Eric Guzak 0 0-0 0. Totals: 30 5-13

69.

Deer Lakes 4 8 7 11—30Mars 19 19 21 10—693-point goals: Deer Lakes (Whitico); Mars 4 (Locher 4).

Saturday: Mars at Pine-Richland

Slippery Rock 55, Meadville 35 — Ryan Gordon drained six 3-pointers while scoring 22 points and teammate Brian Giesler added 12 as the Rockets rolled over the Bulldogs.

MEADVILLE 35Phillips 1 0-0 2, Cowan 1 0-0 2, Barba 2 0-0 5, Hamilton 6 2-6 14, Gregor 3 0-0 8, Sanders 1 2-6 4, Shartle 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14

4-12 35.

SLIPPERY ROCK 55Ethan Geisler 4 0-2 9, Brant Sloan 1 0-0 2, Derrick Orloski 2 2-4 6, Brian Giesler 5 0-0 12, Brent Ayers 2 0-0 4, Ryan Gordon 8 0-0 22. Totals: 22 2-6 55.

Meadville 10 7 9 9—35Slippery Rock 13 17 19 6—553-point goals: Meadville 3 (Gregor 2, Barba); Slippery Rock 9 (Gordon 6, Giesler 2, Geisler).

Tuesday: Franklin at Slippery Rock

Keystone 64, Union 58 — Scott Booth had 25 points and seven rebounds, Logan Mortimer had 15 points and eight assists, and Neil Scott had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Knights (4-3, 2-3).

UNION 58Scott Booth 9 7-12 25, Neil Scott 3 4-5 10, Logan Mortimer 6 2-3 15, Zac Smith 2 0-0 6, Colby Davis 0 2-5 2, Travis Anthony 0 0-0 0, Chase Johnston 0 0-0 0, Austin Davis 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 15-25 58.

KEYSTONE 64Marchand 2 0-0 5, Long 4 0-0 9, Clark 0 0-0 0, Black 7 4-7 18, Duke 0 1-2 1, Witkowski 9 2-2 20, Reed 3 2-2 8, Montana 1 0-0 3. Totals: 26 9-13 64.

Union 11 12 21 14—58Keystone 9 20 19 16—643-point goals: Smith 2, Mortimer; Marchand, Long, Montana

JV: Union, 45-34 (U: Austin Davis 17)

Dec. 29: AML-KSAC Challenge-Union vs. DuBois Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m.

Redbank Valley 45, Karns City 39 — Despite 17 points and eight rebounds from Brandon Collier and 12 points and nine boards from Evan Olszak, the Gremlins (0-3, 0-3) dropped this KSAC decision

REDBANK VALLEY 45Truitt 1 1-3 4, Bowser 3 2-3 8, Doverspike 2 1-1 5, Bain 2 4-5 10, Bish 4 2-2 10, Bowser 2 3-4 7, Ruby 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 15 13-18 45.

KARNS CITY39Cody Williams 3 0-0 6, Cameron Harp 2 0-0 4, Evan Olszak 6 0-0 12, Brandon Collier 5 4-7 17, Aaron Markle 0 0-0 0, Jacob Henry 0 0-0 0, Tyler Barger 0 0-0 0, Jarrett LaVan 0 0-0 0, Brandyn Bowser 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 4-7 39.

Redbank Valley 18 12 6 9—45Karns City 7 11 12 9—393-point goals: Bain 2, Truitt; Collier 3

JV: Redbank Valley, 34-29 (KC: Aaron Markle 11)

Monday: East Forest at Karns City

Springdale 57, Freeport 49 — Nick Gentile had 14 points and Alex Isenberg added 12, but the Yellowjackets (2-6, 0-3) came up short.

FREEPORT 49Sean Carnahan 4 0-0 8, Tyler Singer 1 1-2 3, Harrison Wood 4 0-0 9, Nick Gentile 5 1-6 14, Alex Isenberg 2 7-9 12, Darius Frantz 1 1-4 3. Totals: 17 10-21 49.

SPRINGDALE 57Arch 6 3-10 15, Andrison 3 2-2 8, Shemenski 7 3-5 19, Noriega 5 2-4 15. Totals: 21 10-21 57.

Freeport 11 17 10 11—49Springdale 17 16 18 6—573-point goals: Gentile 3, Wood, Isenberg; Noriega 3, Shemenski 2

JV: Freeport, 43-29 (F:Mitchell Shaw 14, Shawn Liberto 11)

Tuesday: Riverview atFreeport

Summit Academy 54, Rochester 53 — Keith Banichar had 20 points and Derrick Rawls 18 to lead the Knights (3-3, 2-1) to the one-point win.

SUMMITACADEMY 54Keith Banichar 8 1-2 20, Glasser 2 1-2 5, Jalik Peay 3 0-0 6, Lawrence Lewis 0 1-2 1, Derrick Rawls 8 2-3 18, Chandler Smalls 2 0-0 4. Totals: 23 5-9 54.

ROCHESTER 53Johnson 4 2-5 10, Adamson 5 2-2 12, Blackwell 2 0-0 5, Maybin 1 0-0 2, Whiteleather 1 2-4 4, Everson 2 2-2 6, Hudson 1 0-1 2, Gettings 4 0-0 8, Slade 2 0-0 4. Totals: 22 8-14 53.

Summit Academy 15 21 8 10—54Rochester 13 12 15 13—533-point goals: Banichar 3; Blackwell

JV: Summit Academy, 42-29

Tuesday: New Brighton at Summit Academy

Note: Due to the inclement weather, the Grove City at Franklin game, scheduled for Friday, was moved to 2:30 p.m. Saturday while the Clarion-Limestone at A-C Valley game will be played Jan. 26. The West Forest at Moniteau contest also was postponed with a makeup date to be announced.

Union received key contributions from several players in a 50-40 home win over Keystone.Sophomore forward Tina Lipps tallied 14 points and 12 rebounds, Lanae Ciccarelli had 13 points and five steals, Courtney Frederick had 12 points, five assists and six steals and Lepha Logue chipped in six points and 13 rebounds for the Damsels (4-4 overall, 4-1 in the KSAC).<B>KEYSTONE 40Schwabenbauer 8 5-8 21, Hartman 4 0-0 8, Wilson 4 0-0 8, Ferringer 1 0-1 2, Wise 0 1-2 1, Graham 0 0-1 0. </B>Totals: 17 6-12 40.<B>UNION 50Lanae Ciccarelli 6 0-2 13, Courtney Frederick 5 2-4 12, Melissa Shook 1 0-0 2, Lepha Logue 3 0-4 6, Tina Lipps 6 2-4 14, Heather Murray 1 1-2 3, Amanda Barger 0 0-0 0, Ashley MacKinlay 0 0-0 0, Beichner 0 0-0 0.</B> Totals: 22 5-16 50.<B>Keystone 10 8 12 10—40Union 14 13 14 9—503-point goals:</B> Union (Ciccarelli)<B>Monday:</B> Harmony at Union<B>Avonworth 62, Freeport 9 — </B>The Antelopes rolled to the nonsection win against the Yellowjackets (3-3). No details were available.<B>Note:</B> Due to the inclement weather, the Moniteau at West Forest contest will be made up at 5 p.m. Saturday while the A-C Valley at Clarion-Limestone game will be made up Jan. 26.

<B>Fox Chapel 67, Knoch 9 — </B>James Zellhart won via pin at 189 pounds for the Knights in this Wednesday match. Grayson Hixon won by decision at 119.

<B>Grove City 115, Slippery Rock 51 (boys); Grove City 93, Slippery Rock 74 (girls) — </B>Katie Kosiorek won the 100 backstroke for the Rockets girls.In the boys meet, Kyle Hawk reduced his school record in the 100-yard backstroke for the sixth consecutive meet, lowering the standard to 1 minute, 2.83 seconds. Andrew Opalewski won the 50 freestyle and joined Jacob Johnston, Caleb Sykora-Bodie and James Udischas in setting a school record of 1:36.38 in the 200-yard freestyle relay.The Rockets host Sharon at 6 p.m. Monday at Morrow Fieldhouse.