Locher paces Planets victory

December 18, 2010 Last Updated: December 18, 2010 11:25 AM High School

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Christian Locher scored 20 points, including 4-for-4 from the line in the final quarter, as the Mars boys basketball team hung on for a 57-54 win over Valley Friday night.

The Planets (3-1, 1-0) sank 24-of-31 from the stripe.

Brad Weischedel pitched in 13 points for Mars.

VALLEY 54Diccirolls 3 1-1 7, McMillian 5 1-2 11, Fuquay 6 4-7 18, Green 2 1-2 5, Weremeychik 2 3-5 7, Lyons 1 0-0 2, Chambers 0 3-6 3, Gardlock 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 19 14-25 54.

MARS 57Garrett Ashbaugh 1 3-3 6, Brad Weischedel 4 3-3 13, Christian Locher 5 9-11 20, Owen Nearhoff 1 2-3 4, Ben Erdahl 0 0-0 0, Jake Lee 2 4-6 9, Mitch Buzard 1 2-3 4, Josh Goetz 0 1-2 1.

Totals: 14 24-31 57.

Valley 17 14 9 14—54Mars 17 22 7 11—573-point goals: Valley 2 Fuquay 2); Mars 5 (Ashbaugh, Weischedel 2, Locher, Lee).

Saturday: Mars vs. Seton-La Salle at North Catholic, 1 p.m.

A-C Valley 75, Cranberry 68 — Allan Eaton scored 37 points and had 10 rebounds for the Falcon.He was 13-of-15 from the floor and 10-of-11 from the line.

CRANBERRY 68C. Willison 8 1-2 19, O'Neil 4 2-3 11, Raybuck 1 0-0 2, Bernam 4 0-0 12, R. Willison 5 5-7 19, Spence 1 1-4 4, Fowler 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 9-15 68

A-C VALLEY 75Allan Eaton 13 10-11 37, Ryan Bartley 2 7-8 12, Logan Wetzel 1 4-8 7, Landon Delisio 0 2-2 2, Brody Irwin 2 2-2 8, Jeff Eaton 3 1-2 9.

Totals: 21 26-33 75.

Cranberry 17 9 21 21—68A-C Valley 22 11 28 20—753-point goals: Cranberry 11 (C. Willison 2, O'Neil, Vernam 4, R. Willison 4); A-C Valley 7 (A. Eaton, Bartley, Wetzel, Irwin 2, J. Eaton 2).

Tuesday: Redbank Valley at A-C Valley

Kittanning 56, Knoch 53 — Jack Boros scored 14 points for the Knights, but Kittanning's Nathan Stolitza stole the show.Stolitza scored 30 points, including a 13-of-14 shooting night from the line, for the Wildcats.Nathan Junk had 12 points for Knoch (0-3, 0-1).

KNOCH 53Ryan Schultheis 3 1-2 7, Jack Boros 7 0-0 14, Dakota Bruggeman 1 0-0 2, Tavita Lio 2 0-0 6, Marc Vaughan 0 3-4 3, Adam Seger 1 3-4 6, Phil Kletzli 0 3-4 3, Nathan Junk 6 0-0 12.

Totals: 20 10-17 53.

KITTANNING 56Nathan Stolitza 8 13-14 30, Henry Sterling 2 1-2 5, Mike Rettig 5 1-2 12, Vince Mead 3 0-0 6, Mike Hickman 1 0-0 2, Bo Bowser 0 1-4 1.

Totals: 19 17-21 56.

Knoch 15 11 15 12—53Kittanning 13 15 13 15—563-point goals: Knoch 3 (Lio 2, Seger); Kittanning 2 (Stolitza, Rettig).

Monday: Indiana at Knoch

Springdale 67, Freeport 65 — The Yellowjackets scored the first 10 points of the game and led by 16 points early in the second quarter, but fell victim to a second-half rally.Jake Campbell scored 22 points and had seven rebounds, four assists and six steals, but Freeport (1-2, 0-1) coughed up 42 points in the final two quarters.

FREEPORT 65Derek Durand 1 1-4 3, Brendan Lynch 6 5-8 17, Ryan Dunn 1 0-0 2, Jake Campbell 8 4-5 22, Shawn Liberto 6 1-4 13, Cody McClelland 2 0-0 4, Fred Pastoria 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 26 11-21 65.

SPRINGDALE 67Bryan Weimerskirch 2 3-10 8, Bill Arch 6 4-5 17, Joe Killian 4 0-0 9, Charlie Guy 0 2-2 2, Matt Weber 0 0-2 0, Marc Koprivnikar 7 4-8 23, Cory Rodgers 2 4-4 8.

Totals: 21 17-31 67.

Freeport 20 17 12 16—65Springdale 8 17 16 26—673-point goals: Freeport 2 (Campbell 2); Springdale 8 (Weimerskirch, Arch, Killian, Koprivnikar 5).

JV score: Freeport 48-36

Tuesday: Riverview at Freeport

Karns City 30, West Shamokin 20 — Despite shooting 7-of-22 from the line, the Gremlins picked up their first win of the season.Erin McCue scored nine points to pace Karns City (1-3).WEST SHAMOKIN 20Schink 3 0-0 6, Wilson 5 0-0 10, Stewart 1 0-0 2, Clouser 1 0-0 2, Williams 0 0-0 0, Rhine 0 0-0 0. Totals: 10 0-0 20.KARNS CITY 30Erin McCue 4 1-4 9, Maggie McKain 1 0-0 3, Leah McGuire 0 2-3 2, Allyson Olkowski 2 0-0 4, Emily Shumaker 0 1-3 1, Kara Kerschbaumer 1 0-0 3, Brooke Hiles 0 3-12 3, Chelsea Campbell 2 0-0 5. Totals: 10 7-22 30.West Shamokin 6 8 4 2—20Karns City 5 7 12 6—303-point goals: West Shamokin 0; Karns City 3 (McKain, Kerschbaumer, Campbell).JV score: Karns City 51-21 (Nicole Beck 11)Tuesday: Venango Catholic at Karns CityDeer Lakes 59, Knoch 20 — Kate Miller scored 10 points for the Knights (1-3).DEER LAKES 59N. Kearns 2 0-2 5, D. Kearns 1 4-6 6, Babinsak 8 2-2 20, Dugan 5 0-1 12, Schrieber 1 0-0 2, Scanga 4 0-1 8, Khan 3 0-2 6. Totals: 24 6-14 59.KNOCH 20Haley Williams 2 0-0 6, Taylor Zonts 0 1-4 1, Kate Miller 3 3-3 10, Samantha Logan 0 1-2 1, Celina Sanks 1 0-0 2. Totals: 6 5-9 20.Deer Lakes 21 17 17 4—59Knoch 5 5 3 7—203-point goals: Deer Lakes 5 (N. Kearns, Babinsak 2, Dugan 2); Knoch 3 (Williams 2, Miller).Tuesday: Knoch at Plum

Penn-Trafford 9, Butler 1 — The Tornado dropped this PIHL Class AAA contest.No details were available.

Both Knoch teams opened the season with a win over Burrell Thursday night.The girls prevailed 85-76 and the boys won 89-79.GirlsKnoch 85, Burrell 76200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Anna Cunningham, Jolene Kunkel, Nikki Krause, Kristy Daubner) 2:06.09200 freestyle: 1-Lauren Clune (B) 2:05.93200 individual medley: 1-Hannah Shoemaker (K) 2:33.050 freestyle: 1-Anna Cunningham (K) 27.1100 butterfly: 1-Lauren Clune (B) 1:06.28100 freestyle: 1-Kristy Daubner (K) 1:00.84500 freestyle: 1-Jolene Kunkel (K) 6:05.28200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Nikki Krause, Leah Walsh, Jolene Kunkel, Kristy Daubner) 1:54.21100 backstroke: 1-Berkebile (B) 1:10.79100 breaststroke: 1-Minor (B) 1:21.18400 freestyle relay: 1-Burrell (Sluse, Christy, Berkebile, Clune) 4:14.17BoysKnoch 89, Burrell 79200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Josh Tackett, Ian Lindsey, Nathan Walls, Van McCarren) 1:52.58200 freestyle: 1-Van McCarren (K) 2:01.71200 individual medley: 1-Nathan Walls (K) 2:23.0850 freestyle: 1-Josh Tackett (K) 23.98100 butterfly: 1-Nathan Walls (K) 1:02.31100 freestyle: 1-Steve Casselberry (B) 54.23500 freestyle: 1-Van McCarren (K) 5:41.13200 freestyle relay: 1-Burrell (Casselberry, Johnson, Powers, Walker) 1:41.49100 backstroke: 1-Josh Tackett (K) 1:01.05100 breaststroke: 1-Ian Lindsey (K) 1:13.34400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Matt Wilson, Nathan Walls, Van McCarren, Josh Tackett) 3:43.5