Freshman reserve Allen Eaton had 18 points and nine rebounds to carry the A-C Valley boys basketball team to a 51-41 Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference victory over Karns City Thursday.

The Gremlins held a 15-6 lead after the first quarter before the Falcons (5-10, 3-7) outscored Karns City 34-14 over the next two quarters.

Nate Silvis added 13 points and Blayne McGuirk added 10 for A-C Valley.

The Gremlins (9-5, 8-3) were led by Cory Terwilliger and Matt McConnell, who had nine points each, and Cameron Turner had 10 rebounds.

KARNS CITY 41Brad Fuhrer 1 0-0 3, Cory Terwilliger 4 0-0 9, Mike McConnell 2 4-6 8, Cameron Turner 0 3-5 3, Matt McConnell 1 6-6 9, Brandon Collier 0 0-0 0, Josh Callender 1 0-0 2, Evan Olszak 0 1-2 1, Cody Williams 0 0-0 0, Dan Everetts 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 12 14-19 41.

A-C VALLEY 51Nate Silvis 5 3-3 13, John Stumpner 0 2-2 2, Kyle Hirsch 0 1-2 1, Nick McGuirk 1 2-3 5, Mike Himes 0 2-2 2, Reed Terwilliger 0 0-0 0, Allen Eaton 7 3-5 18, Blayne McGuirk 4 1-1 10.

Totals: 17 14-18 51.

Karns City 15 7 7 12—41A-CValley 6 17 17 11—513-point goals: Fuhrer, C. Terwilliger, Ma. McConnell; N. McGuirk, Eaton, B. McGuirk

Slippery Rock 62, Corry 47 — Matt Shearer (17), Brian Kelly (16) and Zack Ejzak (15) led a balanced scoring attack to pace the Rockets (9-5).

CORRY 47Brown 1 0-0 2, Anderson 3 0-0 9, Oesch 3 1-2 8, Jordan 4 2-2 10, Maedje 7 3-5 18.

Totals: 18 6-9 47.

SLIPPERY ROCK 62Ethan Geisler 1 2-2 4, Derrick Orloski 4 1-1 9, Matt Shearer 8 1-1 17, Brian Giesler 5 5-8 16, Zack Ejzak 6 3-5 15.

Totals: 24 12-17 62.

Corry 12 7 6 22—47Slippery Rock 17 12 17 16—623-point goals: Anderson 3, Oesch, Maedje; Kelly

JV: Slippery Rock, 44-40 (SR:Brian Giesler 15)

Saturday: Titusville at Slippery Rock

Franklin 59, Grove City 51 — Maxx Stutz scored 14 points, but the Eagles' 29-game region winning streak came to an end.Grove City (10-4, 3-1) also got 12 points each from Kyle Perrine and Patrick Johnson.

GROVE CITY 51Ryan McNamara 2 3-4 7, Maxx Stutz 4 6-9 14, Kyle Perrine 3 4-4 12, Patrick Johnson 4 4-5 12, Dwayne Martin 2 0-0 4, Keith Rundle 1 0-0 2, Derrick Forese 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 16 17-22 51.

FRANKLIN 59Caffrey 2 0-0 4, Hart 0 1-2 1, Malewski 6 8-11 22, J. Villar 5 1-2 13, R. Villar 3 0-0 6, Smith 0 1-2 1, Anderson 2 2-4 8, Owens 1 2-2 4.

Totals: 19 15-23 59.

Grove City 11 11 20 9—51Franklin 11 10 20 18—593-point goals: Perrine 2; Anderson 2, J.Villar 2, Malewski 2

JV: N/A

Saturday: Grove City at Hickory

<B>Mars 45, Burrell 31 — </B>Lily Grenci dropped in 24 points as the Planets downed the Bucs in this nonsection matchup.<B>BURRELL 31</B>Amanda Mazankey 3 3-7 9, Taylor Myers 2 5-10 9, Kylie Cochran 1 5-8 7, Eryn Ciccocioppo 0 1-2 1, Shea Liput 1 0-0 2, Jessa Manga 1 1-2 3, Courtney Legters 0 0-0 0. <B>Totals:</B> 8 15-29 31.<B>MARS 45</B>Lily Grenci 8 8-10 24, Tori Gressang 0 0-0 0, Elaine Hasek 2 1-2 5, Ellen Kenitz 0 1-2 1, Kelsey Ferguson 0 2-2 2, Alexa Lee 0 1-2 1, Ashley Lynch 3 0-0 6, Kehle Pelles 2 0-0 4, Rachel Pinkerton 1 0-0 2, Ally Demetriadis 0 0-0 0, Katie Demetriadis 0 0-0 0, Maureen Cress 0 0-0 0.<B> Totals:</B> 16 13-18 45.<B>Burrell 5 6 11 9—31Mars 8 14 15 8—453-point goals:</B> None<B>Seneca Valley 41, Pine-Richland 36 — </B>Jackie Mangola scored 14 points to lead all scorers as the Raiders (6-9, 4-3) grabbed their third consecutive section win.<B>SENECA VALLEY 41</B>Aly Eagle 1 2-2 4, Megan Gebrosky 2 5-6 9, Alyssa Miller 1 0-0 3, Kelsey Patsilevas 4 0-0 9, Shayna Elser 0 0-0 0, Nicole Roche 0 0-0 0, Jackie Mangola 5 1-2 14, Catherine Messmer 1 0-1 2. <B>Totals:</B> 14 8-11 41.<B>PINE-RICHLAND 36</B>Wise 4 0-0 10, Jackson 0 0-0 0, Pikur 2 0-0 4, Richert 2 0-0 5, Steger 1 1-2 4, Altman 1 0-0 2, Karr 4 2-2 11.<B> Totals:</B> 14 3-4 36.<B>Seneca Valley 10 4 14 13—41Pine-Richland 7 9 12 8—363-point goals:</B> Mangola 3, Miller, Patsilevas; Wise 2, Richert, Steger, Karr<B>Monday:</B> North Allegheny at Seneca Valley<B>Kittanning 56, Knoch 40</B> — The Knights held the Wildcats to 10 field goals, but Kittanning was 34-of-39 from the free throw line in this section win.At the half, Kittanning led by 10 points, but had made only three field goals. It was 17-of-18 from the line in the first two quarters.Laura Gray led Knoch (2-13, 0-8) with nine points.<B>KNOCH 40</B>Megan Burlbaugh 1 1-2 3, Haley Hutterer 1 2-2 5, Gina Robb 2 2-3 6, Kristen Gagen 2 1-2 5, Lindsay MacArthur 2 2-2 6, Sara Montgomery 1 0-0 2, Jade Thrower 2 0-0 4, Laura Gray 2 5-9 9. <B>Totals:</B> 13 13-20 40.<B>KITTANNING 56</B>Jackson 3 11-12 19, Lambert 1 8-8 10, Ochs 1 0-1 2, Volek 4 7-8 15, Adams 0 2-2 2, McElvey 1 6-8 8.<B> Totals: </B>10 34-39 56.<B>Knoch 8 5 12 15—40Kittanning 10 13 15 18—563-point goals:</B> Hutterer; Jackson 2<B>JV:</B> Knoch 38-29<B>Today:</B> Knoch at Saltsburg<B>Apollo-Ridge 64, Freeport 29 —</B> Samantha Campbell's 11 points were the lone bright spot for the Yellowjackets.<B>FREEPORT 29</B>Samantha Campbell 2 7-12 11, Jordan Dunn 1 2-2 5, Hope Thompson 2 0-0 4, Courtney Chelecki 0 3-4 3, Andrea Ferko 1 0-0 2, Erica Carnahan 1 0-0 2, Stephanie Gentile 0 2-2 2. <B>Totals: </B>7 14-20 29.<B>APOLLO-RIDGE 64</B>Jordan Guthrie 7 4-6 20, Ellen Reilly 1 6-6 8, Laura Gartley 3 2-6 8, Danielle Gentile 2 1-2 5, Laiken Anderson 2 0-1 4, Megan Broman 2 0-2 4, Allysa Eckman 1 2-2 4, Jessica Fatta 0 4-5 4, Hannah Shaffer 2 0-0 4, Marilee Madison 1 1-2 3.<B> Totals: </B>21 20-32<B> </B>64.<B>Freeport 4 13 2 10—29Apollo-Ridge 15 20 11 18—643-point goals:</B> Freeport 1 (Dunn); Apollo-Ridge 2 (Guthrie 2).

<B>Butler 800, Woodland Hills 794 — </B>Led by the shooting of Colt Filges, Kayla Fry, Darin Gallagher, Erica Leslie, Nick McCurdy, Brianna Ivory, Ben Smith and Nikki Bruner, the host Tornado rolled to the win.

<B>Butler 105, Shaler 48 (girls); Shaler 78, Butler 74 (boys) — </B>The Tornado girls team improved to 3-2 on the season with a win over the Titans Thursday.