A 44-point first half paved the way for Butler's girls basketball team Monday in a 63-54 victory at Shaler.

Makenna Maier scored 20 points and added six rebounds while Justine Forbes sank five treys and tallied 19 points.

Aubree Tack had six steals. Megan Penrod and Maisy Gibson both contributed four assists for the Golden Tornado (4-1, 2-0).

BUTLER 63

Justine Forbes 19, Hannah Aldridge 3, Macklin Hanley 3, Maisy Gibson 6, Megan Penrod 5, Makenna Maier 20, Aubree Tack 7. Totals: 19 15-26 63.

SHALER 54

Kostorick 20, DeJidas 3, Quinn 10, Barr 21. Totals: 19 12-16 54.

Butler 20 24 11 8 — 63

Shaler 10 16 17 11 — 54

Brockway 48, Moniteau 34 — The host Warriors fell behind early and trailed 28-14 at the half.

Davina Pry and Catherine Kelly both scored 12 points in defeat.

BROCKWAY 48

Rendos 4, Schmader 8, Morelli 3, Wood 19, Buttery 14. Totals: 18 6-8 48.

MONITEAU 34

Sophia Fleeger 2, Catherine Kelly 12, Allie Pry 4, Davina Pry 12, Victoria Pry 4. Totals: 12 8-10 34.

Brockway 18 10 13 7 — 48

Moniteau 5 9 4 16 — 34

North Catholic 63, Riverside 16 — The Trojanettes cruised to this road win as Alayna Rocco and Tori Drevna scored 15 points each.

North had a 37-9 lead at halftime.

NORTH CATHOLIC 63

Alayna Rocco 15, Tori Drevna 15, Dacia Lewandowski 13.

RIVERSIDE 16

G.Finch 8.

N. Catholic 25 12 18 8 — 63

Riverside 7 2 3 4 — 16

Union 46, Cranberry 13 — Kennedy Vogle and Dominika Logue led this blowout win over the Berries, both scoring 14 points.

UNION 46

Kennedy Vogle 6 0-1 14, Hailey Theuret 1 0-2 2, Keira Croyle 3 2-4 8, Hailey Kriebel 3 0-0 6, Dominika Logue 7 0-0 14, Abby Gruver 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 2-7 46.

CRANBERRY 13

Bunyak 5, Ferringer 2, Rembold 2, Schoch 2, Gregory 2. Totals: 5 2-4 13.

Union 18 15 7 6 — 46

Cranberry 5 0 2 6 — 13

Knoch 59, Burrell 23 — Madilyn Boyer (21 points) and Nina Shaw (20) combined for 41 points for the Knights (3-1, 1-0).

BURRELL 23

Omecinski 2, H. Clark 3, A. Clark 5, Landowski 6, Wojtczak 5, Sterlitz 2. Totals: 7 8-16 23.

KNOCH 59

Madilyn Boyer 21, Karlee Buterbaugh 6, CeCe Kosecki 2, Hattie McGraw 5, Mackenzie McGraw 2, Paige Rodgers 3, Nina Shaw 20. Totals: 22 10-15 59.

Burrell 12 2 5 4 — 23

Knoch 25 15 10 9 — 59

Freeport 36, Deer Lakes 31 — The host Yellowjackets withstood a fourth-quarter rally by the Lancers in claiming the Section 1-4A opener for both teams.

Melaina DeZort netted 15 points and Ava Soilis added 11 for Freeport (2-2, 1-0).

Deer Lakes 7 4 4 16 — 31

Freeport 14 10 6 6 — 36