Lily Grenci scored 25 points to power the Mars girls basketball team to a 52-34 victory over Franklin Regional in a Section 1-AAA contest Thursday.

Kehle Pelles added 10 points for the Planets (5-1, 3-0).

FRANKLIN REGIONAL 34McCarrison 1 0-0 3, Vendemia 0 1-3 1, Gradovich 2 1-4 5, Martin 3 5-10 11, Segiel 1 0-0 2, Alexander 1 1-4 3, Riley 1 2-4 4, Drutch 2 1-2 5. Totals: 11 11-27 34.

MARS 52Ally Demetriadis 1 2-3 5, Ashley Lynch 1 0-0 2, Lily Grenci 8 9-11 25, Elaine Hasek 0 1-2 1, Kehle Pelles 4 2-2 10, Maureen Cress 2 0-2 5, Alexa Lee 1 2-2 4. Totals: 17 16-22 52.

Franklin Regional 14 10 4 6—34Mars 15 15 7 15—523-point goals: McCarrison; Demetriadis, Cress

JV: Mars, 35-5

Saturday: Mars at Pine-Richland

North Hills 46, Seneca Valley 39 — Catherine Messmer and Aly Eagle recorded 12 and 10 points, respectively, but it wasn't enough as the Raiders (1-5, 1-1) dropped this section matchup.

SENECA VALLEY 39Aly Eagle 2 4-8 10, Alyssa Miller 4 0-0 8, Brianna Sieminski 0 0-0 0, Kara Moyer 0 0-0 0, Alex Karika 3 2-2 8, Dani Fitzgerald 0 1-2 1, Catherine Messmer 4 4-6 12. Totals: 13 11-18 39.

NORTH HILLS 46Rectenwald 2 1-2 5, Patton 2 2-4 7, Marshall 6 2-4 14, Havrilla 1 6-8 8, Klein 0 2-2 2, Wingerd 3 2-3 9, Turzak 0 1-2 1. Totals: 14 16-25 46.

Seneca Valley 4 11 11 13—39North Hills 11 14 13 8—463-point goals: Eagle 2; Patton, Wingerd

Monday: Shaler at Seneca Valley

Hampton 32, Knoch 22 — Laura Gray had a game-high nine points, but the Knights (3-4, 0-2) fell in this Section 1-AAA play.

HAMPTON 32B. Galley 1 0-0 2, B. Goodman 2 0-0 4, L. Hansen 3 2-5 8, A. Ferrara 3 1-2 7, B. Goodman 2 0-2 5, E. Goodman 2 0-0 4, E. Gally 0 2-2 2. Totals: 13 5-11 32.

KNOCH 22Haley Hutterer 2 0-0 5, Sara Montgomery 2 0-2 4, Laura Gray 1 6-6 9, Emily Protzman 1 0-0 2, Taylor Tresatti 0 2-3 2. Totals: 6 8-11 22.

Hampton 10 12 6 4—32Knoch 9 5 4 4—223-point goals: B. Goodman; Hutterer, Gray

JV: Hampton, 43-12 (K:Jenna Kanterman 6)

Monday: Franklin Regional at Knoch

Ford City 55, Freeport 36 — Andrea Ferko led the Yellowjackets with 10 points in this Section 1-AA loss.

FORD CITY 55Demi Shields 1 1-2 3, Ashlee Panchik 2 0-0 4, Lynzee Panchik 6 1-1 14, Krystal Dudar 4 0-0 9, Lydia Steele 1 0-0 2, Marisa Wolfe 10 3-5 23. Totals: 24 5-8 55.

FREEPORT 36Andrea Ferko 4 1-2 10, Courtney Chelecki 2 3-4 7, Anna Christy 3 0-0 7, Jessica McFadden 2 0-0 4, Erica Carnahan 0 2-2 2, Nicolette Blake 1 2-2 4, Hope Thompson 1 0-0 2. Totals: 13 8-10 36.

Ford City 13 11 14 17—55Freeport 9 9 10 8—363-point goals: L. Panchik, Dudar; Ferko, Christy

Franklin 64, Grove City 16 — Franklin raced out to an 18-0 first-quarter lead and a 44-4 halftime advantage en route to the win.

GROVE CITY 16Caitlin McNamara 2 2-2 6, Lexi Caporali 0 2-4 2, Sammi Bell 0 0-0 0, Brogan Foster 0 2-2 2, Maddie Torok 1 0-0 2, Rachel Kurtz 0 0-0 0, Mariah Jenkins 1 2-2 4, Grace Bennett 0 0-1 0, Katie Byers 0 0-0 0, Jackie Previty 0 0-0 0. Totals: 4 8-11 16.

FRANKLIN 64Kahle 2 0-0 4, Gravatt 5 2-2 14, Ritchey 1 0-0 2, Dolan 1 1-1 3, Smith 1 0-0 2, Hager 6 1-2 15, Deal 3 0-0 9, Foust 4 0-0 9, T. Witt 0 0-0 0, A. Witt 2 2-2 6. Totals: 25 6-7 64.

Grove City 0 4 10 2—16Franklin 18 26 10 10—643-point goals: Deal 3, Gravatt 2, Hager 2, Foust

<B>Seneca Valley 97, Fox Chapel 89 (girls); Seneca Valley 96, Fox Chapel 87 (boys) — </B>Abby Myers won the 200 freestyle (1 minute, 53.01 seconds), Makena Lynch the 50 freestyle (25.66), Julie Titley the 100 freestyle (55.50) and Katie Elkin in diving (175.00 points) to lead the Raiders girls team (2-3).In the boys meet, Seneca Valley (1-3) needed a win in the final event, the 400 freestyle relay, to pick up its first win of the year. Andrew McGlennen, James Geyer, Tyler Piedimonte and Eric Peirce were clocked at 3;33.87.The Raiders return to action Jan. 6 at Gateway.<B>North Hills 92, Butler 82 (boys); North Hills 92, Butler 89 (girls) — </B>Despite the losses, the Tornado's 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams of Jordan McElhaney, Morgan Morrison, Brianna Keelan and Abby Merhaut qualified for the WPIAL finals. Brittney Grenet also qualified in diving.In the boys meet, Erik Bergh (100 backstroke) and Sean Murphy and Heath Calhoun also qualified for the WPIAL meet.

<B>Butler 798-59x, Upper St. Clair 792-46x —</B> Ben Smith, Brianna Ivory, Luc Sedwick, Alicia Kniess, Bryan Andler and Olivia Swiergol each fired 100s to key the Tornado's win over the Panthers.Butler (5-0) will compete at Trinity on Monday.

<B>Kittanning 49, Mars 18 — </B>Dominic Cosentino at 171 pounds and Ronnie Daken at 152 scored pins for the Planets in this Wednesday loss.Luke Salter at 135 and Chris Boggs at 189 won by decision for Mars.