Ryan Jackson's 16 points and 17 rebounds sparked the A-C Valley boys basketball team to a 54-51 home victory over St. Joseph's on Saturday.

Garrett Greathouse added 16 points and Shawn Courson chipped in with 10 for the Falcons (12-7).

SAINT JOSEPH'S 51Matt Thimons 2 1-2 6, Pat Tutka 1 0-0 2, Greg Conroy 1 0-0 3, Mike Tarosinski 0 2-4 2, Nate Vertosick 6 3-4 17, Rich Thimons 1 0-0 2, Mike Barkowski 8 2-5 19. Totals: 19 8-15 51.

A-C VALLEY 54Shawn Courson 4 1-2 10, Garrett Greathouse 5 5-6 16, Ryan Jackson 5 6-8 16, Brandon Eiler 1 1-2 4, John Stumpner 1 5-6 8, Nate Silvis 0 0-0 0, Mike Himes 0 0-0 0, Kyle Hirsch 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 18-24 54.

St. Joseph's 11 11 9 20—51A-C Valley 9 14 15 16—543-point goals: St. Joseph's 5 (Vertosick 2, M. Thimons, Conroy, Barkowski); A-C Valley 4 (Courson, Greathouse, Eiler, Stumpner)

Tuesday: A-C Valley @ Clarion

West Shamokin 70, Freeport

59 — Brian Zimmerman scored 22 points and Chris Tagmyer 17 more, but the Yellowjackets (11-6, 7-4) fell to the Wolves on the road.

FREEPORT 59Nate Kotecki 3 4-4 12, Chris Tagmyer 6 5-7 17, Brian Zimmerman 7 7-10 22, Justin Bollinger 1 2-2 4, Brady Sherrieb 1 1-2 4. Totals: 18 19-25 59.

WEST SHAMOKIN 70Adams 4 4-4 12, Byerly 0 1-2 1, Buzzard 12 3-3 27, Henderson 5 7-8 18, Grantz 2 2-2 6, Baum 3 0-0 6. Totals: 26 17-19 70.

Freeport 11 12 21 15—59West Shamokin 10 20 16 24—703-point goals: Freeport 4 (Kotecki 2, Zimmerman, Sherrieb); West Shamokin (Henderson)

Tuesday: Burrell @ FreeportGirls BasketballCranberry outscored A-C Valley 14-4 in the first quarter and went on to defeat the Falcons 56-16 in Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference action on Saturday.

A-C VALLEY 16Kate Best 1 2-6 4, Shannon Blauser 1 0-3 2, Markeea Hart 3 1-4 7, Shannon Bartley 1 1-3 3, Natalie Russell 0 0-2 0, Karli Kaufman 0 0-0 0, Shelbi Cervenec 0 0-0 0, Jessica Henry 0 0-0 0. Totals: 6 4-18 16.

CRANBERRY 56Jackie Schmader 1 1-3 3, Emily Hatch 2 1-3 7, Maggie O'Neil 5 3-6 13, Chyanne Shuffstall 1 0-1 2, Alyssa Croft 2 0-0 4, Hannah Heeter 6 2-4 14, Lyndsay Burneisen 2 3-7 8, Sarah Greenley 1 0-0 2, Kirstin Neidich 1 0-0 3. Totals: 21 10-24 56.

A-C Valley 4 4 5 3—16Cranberry 14 16 16 10—563-point goals: Cranberry 4 (Hatch 2, Burneisen, Neidich).

JV: Cranberry 44-19

Monday: A-C Valley @ Keystone

<B>Portersville Christian 62, Imani Christian 51 (boys); Portersville Christian 70, Trinity Christian 34 (girls) —</B> Justin McCandless had a superb game to lead Portersville's boys team to the 11-point win.McCandless tallied 22 points, eight rebounds, five assists, two blocks and a steal while teammate Scott Burton had 10 points and Eli Miller grabbed nine rebounds.In the girls game, Megan DeVries (20 points) and Val Hamilton (16) combined for 36 points in the blowout win.Hamilton added eight assists and 13 rebounds while Bre Aikens grabbed 11 boards.