Jordan Shoop scored 20 points and Ryan Hollihan tallied 19, but the Knoch boys basketball team fell to North Hills 68-66 Wednesday night.

Ryan Ziacik contributed 14 points for the Knights (10-2).

North Hills' Evan Sandherr led all scorers with 22 points.

NORTH HILLS 68

Evan Sandherr 10 0-0 22, Matt Timko 2 0-0 4, Josh Trocchio 7 0-0 19, Brian Long 4 0-0 8, Caleb Dorman 0 3-4 3, Andy Monahan 1 0-0 2, Dexter Bertram 5 0-1 10. Totals: 29 3-5 68.

KNOCH 66

Jordan Shoop 7 5-8 20, Ryan Hollihan 5 9-12 19, Ryan Ziacik 5 0-0 14, Scott Muska 1 0-0 2, Eric Czech 1 2-4 4, Bill Elliot 3 0-1 7. Totals: 22 16-25 66.

3-point goals:

Trocchio 5, Sandherr 2; Ziacik 4, Shoop, Elliot.

Friday:

Valley @ Knoch

West Shamokin 64, Moniteau 43 -

Tyler Grossman led the Warriors (2-11) with 16 points and Matt Buczkowski added 14 in the loss.

MONITEAU 43

Tyler Grossman 6 2-3 16, Matt Buczkowski 4 6-8 14, Matt Schandelmeier 4 0-0 8, Zach Thompson 2 1-2 5. Totals: 16 9-13 43.

WEST SHAMOKIN 64

Nagy 2 0-0 4, Troutman 1 0-0 2, Ashley 9 1-2 19, Kaplan 1 1-2 3, Henderson 4 4-6 14, Wilson 10 2-3 22. Totals: 27 8-13 64.

3-point goals:

Grossman 2, Henderson 2.

Friday:

Moniteau @ Venango Catholic

Postponements

- Poor weather forced the postponements of several games Wednesday night.

The Clarion-Limestone vs. Union girls basketball game was postponed and rescheduled for tonight.

The Moniteau-North Clarion girls game was rescheduled for Feb. 2.

The Cranberry-A-C Valley and Karns City at West Forest tilts were also postponed. No makeup dates were available.

Trevor Gallo (189 pounds) recorded a pin and Corey Sheibel (103), Jeff Becker (145) and Chris Barron (171) won decisions, but the Slippery Rock High School wrestling team fell to perennial power Reynolds 50-15 Wednesday night.Reynolds 50, Slippery Rock 15103 pounds -Corey Sheibel (SR) d. Brandon Maun 6-1112 -Curtis Reynolds (Re) d. Peter Didik 9-7119 -Paul Kulka (Re) pinned Chelsea Fuller :53125 -Corey Brown (Re) pinned Tom Jordan 3:30130 -Stephen Nestor (Re) d. Jeff Kline 5-3 (OT)135 -Matt Dunn (Re) by forfeit140 -Mason Stewart (Re) pinned Bill Lyons 1:56145 -Jeff Becker (SR) d. Aaron Nestor 7-1152 -Jason Brown (Re) tech fall Jarrod Vinroe 4:20160 -Lawrence Beckman (Re) by forfeit171 -Chris Barron (SR) d. Ryan Dawes 12-6189 -Trevor Gallo (SR) pinned Sam Kulka 1:34215 -Ryan Foust (Re) d. Patrick Kearney 4-2Hwt -Mike Edwards (Re) pinned Steve Kay 1:45---More photographs from this match are at www.butlereagle.com. You can access that site by becoming a Butler Eagle Gold subscriber. For information, call 724-431-2200.---Seneca Valley 41, Shaler 31- The Raiders (7-6) won eight of the last 11 matches after falling behind 18-0 to claim a narrow win.Seneca Valley 41, Shaler 31103 pounds -Lou Cervi (Sh) pinned Nick Minton :48112 -Steve Fleming (Sh) pinned Tyler Baldauf 1:14119 -John Drezemicki (Sh) pinned Danny Huang 1:00125 -Pat Coyne (SV) d. Brian Gianuzzi 10-2130 -Brian Snyder (SV) pinned Kyle Stagle 5:15135 -Lee Layton (SV) d. Andy Siebenac 6-3140 -Nick Nelson (Sh) d. Frank Mullett 16-6145 -Dave Kocach (SV) pinned Matt Sample :38152 -Zach Cahall (SV) d. Chris Sample 9-0160 -Curtis Howard (Sh) d. Dale Dicicco 3-1171 -Pat Prader (SV) pinned Nick Krotec 4:46189 -Mike Rossetti (SV) pinned Jeremy Chmuda 2:47215 -Mike Bianco (SV) pinned Matt Frissora 1:49Hwt -Grayson Flaherty (Sh) pinned Ian Whittaker 3:55Fort Cherry 46, Mars 30- The Planets came out on the short end of a pin-happy match as nine contests were decided by a fall, with four coming in less than a minute.Fort Cherry 46, Mars 30103 pounds -Mollina (FC) d. Selker 11-8112 -Perri (M) by forefeit119 -Smetana (M) pinned Martinez 1:53125 -Kokkinakis (M) pinned Zimmerman 2:16130 -Hoffman (FC) pinned Ben Ziggas :37135 -Diamond (FC) pinned Kortyna :50140 -Pieckovich (FC) pinned Pegher 4:48145 -Giger (M) pinned Gegliskey :16152 -Berbst (FC) by forfeit160 -Cook (FC) pinned Beck :28171 -Deveaney (FC) maj d. Leonhard 14-1189 -Pisarcik (M) pinned Mroz 2:41215 -Kiefer (FC) d. Piking 5-2Hwt -Kosarik (FC) pinned Crouthamel :42

Josh Schreckengost scored two goals and Dustin Gaworski added two goals and three assists as Freeport disposed of Ferndale 7-2 Tuesday night.Also scoring one goal each for the Yellowjackets (9-2-1) were Zach Hepler, James Johns and Cody Barker.Hepler (3) and Braden McQueen (1) contributed assists.Butler 2, Freeport 2 (freshmen) -Zach Pennington scored one goal and added an assist for Butler.Also scoring for the Golden Tornado was Dave Wolfe while Tanner Master and Chris Glover each had an assist.