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Rockets end year with 70-63 defeat

Slippery Rock's Caleb Whitney (50) battles with Titusville's Alex Kline during the Rockets' 70-63 boys basketball loss Friday night. Slippery Rock ended its season at 7-15.

Dan Bertozzi and Caleb Whitney both scored 11 points for Slippery Rock's boys basketball team, but Titusville used a 26-point first quarter to spark a 70-63 win Friday night.

Ryan Thompson added 10 points for Slippery Rock, which finishes the season at 7-15 overall (4-12 in region play).

TITUSVILLE 70Speer 5 5-6 15, Neely 6 6-10 19, Corklin 1 7-10 10, Ciccarelli 7 2-4 18, Copeland 1 2-6 4, Artis 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 22 22-36 70.

SLIPPERY ROCK 63Sean White 4 0-0 8, Ryan Currie 3 0-0 6, Ryan Thompson 3 1-3 10, Caleb Whitney 4 3-4 11, Mike Rummel 3 0-2 7, Ty Udy 1 0-0 3, Dan Bertozzi 4 2-4 11, Jake Whitmer 3 0-0 7, Bobby Paczkowski 0 0-0 0, Dustin Mellot 0 0-0 0, Perry Christy 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 25 6-13 63.

Titusville 26 15 9 20—70Slippery Rock 13 15 16 19—633-point goals: Titusville 4 (Ciccarelli 2, Neely, Corklin); Slippery Rock 7 (Thompson 3, Rummel, Udy, Bertozzi, Whitmer).

Grove City 52, Oil City 43 — No other details were available from this District 10 region victory for the Eagles.

Despite 16 points from Kelsey Boocks, A-C Valley fell to visiting East Forest 41-31.Erica Long scored 25 of the Bears' points.The Falcons (10-12) will now prepare for the District 9 Class A playoffs.<B>EAST FOREST 41</B>Harriger 2 0-1 4, Kahle 0 2-3 2, Long 10 5-5 25, Oliver 1 2-3 4, Simpson 2 1-2 5, McLaughlin 0 1-2 1. <B>Totals:</B> 15 11-16 41.<B>A-C VALLEY 31</B>Tricia Kerlin 1 0-0 2, Emily Quaill 1 0-0 2, Kelsey Boocks 7 2-3 16, Meredith Snyder 4 1-2 9, Danielle Kaufman 1 0-1 2, Jacqui Hetzler 0 0-0 0, Erin Logue 0 0-0 0, Hanna Hetrick 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 14 3-6 31.<B>East Forest 14 9 7 11—41A-C Valley 11 8 6 6—313-point goals:</B> None.<B>Next:</B> District 9 Class A playoffs, TBD

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