Tai Johnson scored 21 points as the Mars girls basketball team earned a Section 1-AAA road victory, 46-41 over Highlands Thursday night.

Nicole McCloud added 12 points and Lauren Wasylson 11 for the Planets (5-2, 2-0).

MARS 46

Bri Buzard 1 0-1 2, Lauren Wasylson 2 6-8 11, Nicole McCloud 4 2-2 12, Tai Johnson 7 5-7 21. Totals: 14 13-18 46.

HIGHLANDS 41

Cebula 1 0-0 3, Jonczak 4 7-9 17, Beale 1 2-2 4, Thomas 1 1-2 3, Boda 5 3-4 14. Totals: 12 13-17 41.

Mars 10 10 16 10 — 46

Highlands8 7 15 11 — 41

3-point goals: Mars 5 (McCloud 2, Johnson 2, Wasylson); Highlands 4 (Jonczak 2, Cebula, Boda).

Monday: Indiana at Mars

Deer Lakes 48, Knoch 38 — Despite 17 points from Alyssa Logan and 14 more from Emily Fraser, the Knights (0-6, 0-3) dropped this Section 1-AAA contest on the road.

Logan drained five 3-pointers.

KNOCH 38

Allyson Riley 0 1-2 1, Alyssa Logan 6 0-0 17, Allie Megahan 1 1-3 3, Emily Fraser 5 3-6 14, Casey Kretzer 0 3-6 3, Gabby Fennell 0 0-2 0. Totals: 12 8-19 38.

DEER LAKES 48

Burke 2 2-2 8, Chaiura 3 0-0 8, Phillistine 2 8-9 12, Karson 6 4-5 17, Schmitzer 1 0-0 2, Hollibaugh 0 1-3 1. Totals: 14 15-19 48.

Knoch 5 13 12 8 — 38

Deer Lakes20 10 6 12 — 48

3-point goals: Knoch 6 (Logan 5, Fraser); Deer Lakes 5 (Burke 2, Chaiura 2, Karson).

Monday: Mohawk at Knoch

Greensburg Central Catholic 52, Freeport 33 — The Yellowjackets (1-5, 0-3) were led by 12 points from Zoe Soilis and 11 from Jenna Manke.

GREENSBURG C.C. 52

Stats not available.

FREEPORT 33

Zoe Soilis 5 0-3 12, Jenna Manke 2 7-13 11, Kim Mixon 1 2-4 4, Sarah Copeland 1 0-0 2, Abree Cowan 0 4-6 4. Totals: 9 13-26 33.

Greensburg C.C. 15 19 5 13 — 52

Freeport4 4 12 13 — 33

3-point goals: Freeport 2 (Soilis 2).

Monday: West Shamokin at Freeport

Boys Basketball

John Castello scored 30 pints as Mars defeated a team from British Columbia, 90-53, in Las Vegas Thursday night.

Bailey Trzeciak and Steve Castello each scored 15 points for the Planets while Nate Sablowski added 10.

Hockey

Christopher Lipnicky and Tyler Murphy both scored in the first period to give Seneca Valley an early edge, but Cathedral Prep scored the next five goals and the Ramblers posted a 5-4 win.

Connor Williams and Alex Crilley scored SV's final two goals, with Crilley adding two assists.

The loss dropped the Raiders to 6-6.

South Park 6, Freeport 3 — The Yellowjackets found themselves in an early 2-0 hole.

Robbie Reichenbaugh evened the score with a pair of goals in the second period, but the Eagles scored four times in the third to pull away.

Stone Haberstroh scored the game's last goal for Freeport (8-3).

Rifle

Jake Huffman and Gerry Newman both shot 100 to lead Butler to a 794(54x)-764(26x) win over Upper St. Clair.