The Union boys basketball team put up 35 points in the third quarter in a 96-50 drubbing of East Forest.

Scott Booth led the Golden Knights with 18 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals.

Spencer Varner added 13 points and 10 assists, A.J. Ethriedge had 24 points and Clay Burns had 18 points.

Neil Scott chipped in with 10 points and 12 rebounds for Union (16-7, 14-4), which will face Rocky Grove in the KSAC championship game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Clarion High School.

EAST FOREST 50Snyder 8 3-4 22, Anderson 1 0-0 2, Andring 2 1-3 5, Miller 4 0-1 12, Reichart 1 1-2 3, Richter 1 1-1 3, Silvis 1 0-0 3. Totals: 18 6-11 50.

UNION 96Drew Logue 0 1-2 1, Logan Mortimer 2 1-2 5, Neil Scott 3 4-7 10, Clay Burns 6 1-4 18, A.J. Ethriedge 10 4-5 24, Scott Booth 5 6-10 18, Spencer Varner 5 0-0 13, John Heeter 3 0-2 7, Travis Anthony 0 0-0 0, Colby Davis 0 0-0 0, Zac Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals: 34 17-32 96.

East Forest 6 14 18 12—50Union 21 21 35 19—963-point goals: East Forest 8 (Miller 4, Snyder 3, Silvis); Union 10 (Burns 5, Varner 3, Booth 2).

Clarion 60, Karns City 48 — Cameron Turner scored 20 points, but the Gremlins fell to the host Bobcats.Brandon Collier added 10 points for KC.

KARNS CITY 48Dan Everetts 2 0-0 4, Cameron Turner 8 2-4 20, Matt McConnell 1 1-2 4, Cory Terwilliger 3 1-2 8, Josh Callender 1 0-0 2, Brandon Collier 3 2-3 10, Evan Olszak 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 6-11 48.

CLARION 60Vandermeer 9 7-11 26, Zacherl 1 3-4 5, Larson 7 2-2 16, Miles 3 0-0 6, Rearick 1 0-1 2, Renninger 1 2-2 5. Totals: 22 14-20 60.

Karns City 3 15 13 17—48Clarion 13 18 9 20—603-point goals: Karns City 6 (Turner 2, Collier 2, Ma. McConnell, Terwilliger); Clarion 2 (Vandermeer, Renninger).

Next: District 9 playoffs

Moniteau 69, A-C Valley 56 — Tyler Armagost scored 22 points and Josh Loos added 16 as the Warriors toppled the Falcons.Armagost had 17 rebounds and nine assists. Loos also had 17 boards for Moniteau (8-14).Nate Silvis led A-C Valley with 18 points.

MONITEAU 69Tyler Armagost 7 8-13 22, Josh Loos 5 6-13 16, Zack McCormick 4 1-4 11, Josh Madru 3 2-2 9, Clayton Casper 2 0-0 5, Aaron Randall 0 0-0 0, Brandon Simmons 2 2-5 6, JustinLackey 0 0-0 0, Tony Campbell 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 19-37 69.

A-C VALLEY 56Nate Silvis 7 2-4 18, John Stumpner 1 0-0 3, Nick McGuirk 2 1-2 6, Matt Bartley 1 0-0 2, Reed Terwilliger 0 2-2 2, Mike Himes 1 1-4 3, Allan Eaton 8 4-7 20, Blayne McGuirk 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 10-19 56.

Moniteau 20 12 21 16—69A-C Valley 12 13 17 14—563-point goals: McCormick 2, Madru, Casper

Today: Moniteau at Keystone

Union's Torri Smith added another strong performance to her senior campaign, scoring 20 points to lead the Damsels to a 47-41 victory at East Forest.The Damsels (17-7, 14-5), champions of the KSAC East, will face Keystone, the West champion, in the conference championship game at 3 p.m. Saturday at Clarion High School.<B>UNION 47Amanda Barger 1 0-3 2, Lanae Cicciarelli 3 2-2 9, Torri Smith 7 5-6 20, Melissa Shook 3 3-5 9, Tina Lipps 0 1-2 1, Lepha Logue 1 0-0 2, Kylee Kelley 2 0-2 4. </B>Totals: 17 11-20 47.<B>EAST FOREST 41Ponegalek 2 1-3 6, Kandray 1 1-4 3, Geyer 6 3-3 15, Oliver 3 4-4 11, Rini 1 4-4 6.</B> Totals: 13 13-18 41.<B>Union 13 9 7 18—47East Forest 9 14 10 8—413-point goals:</B> Union 2 (Cicciarelli, Smith); East Forest 2 (Ponegalek, Oliver).<B>Moniteau 61, A-C Valley 52 — </B>Ellie Hillard paced the Warriors with 17 points while Markeea Hart had 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Falcons (2-22).Maura McCaslin (12 points) and Jenna McCorry (11) also had strong games for Moniteau (8-16), while Erin Larimore had 16 points and five blocks for A-C Valley.<B>A-C VALLEY 52Kate Best 1 0-0 2, Shannon Blauser 1 2-2 4, Erin Larimore 4 6-8 16, Erika Rothen 2 0-3 4, Markeea Hart 7 0-0 14, Shannon Bartley 1 0-0 2, Katrina Johnston 2 1-2 5, Krista Moores 2 0-0 5. </B>Totals: 20 9-15 52.<B>MONITEAU 61Jenna McCorry 4 3-4 11, Christi Kuzma 1 0-0 2, Gretchen McCormick 1 2-4 4, Maura McCaslin 4 3-4 12, Ellie Hillard 8 1-2 17, Alex Guercio 2 0-2 4, Chelsea Sellers 2 0-0 4, Kathleen Harding 3 1-2 7.</B> Totals: 25 10-18 61.<B>A-C Valley 9 14 12 17—52Moniteau 19 10 6 26—613-point goals:</B> A-C Valley 3 (Larimore 2, Moores); Moniteau (McCaslin).WrestlingAlex Evanoff and Cole Baxter managed pins for Butler in a 35-29 loss to Waynesburg Thursday.The Golden Tornado (21-5) will host Meadville at 7 p.m. today in the final dual match of the season.<B>Waynesburg 35, Butler 29</B><B>103 pounds</B>: McGinnis (W) pinned Eric Tuck, 1:55; <B><I>112</B></I>: Nelson (W) won by tech. fall over Damon Redenbach; <B>119</B>: Dave Jaillet (B) dec. Runsing, 8-2; <B>125</B>: Mike Crawford (B) dec. Headley, 7-1; <B>130</B>: Cole Baxter (B) pinned Thomas, 2:33; <B>135</B>: Brian Knapp (W) won by forfeit; <B>140</B>: Camps (W) dec. Ken Rosenbauer, 5-0; <B>145</B>: Jon Sanko (B) major dec. Teagarden, 18-5; <B>152</B>: Alex Evanoff (B) pinned Phillips, 1:18; <B>160</B>: Josh Pascazi (B) major dec. Calvert, 14-6; <B>171</B>: Ellis (W) pinned Derek Hays, 1:57; <B>189</B>: Higginbotham (W) pinned Chris White, 1:45; <B>215</B>: Alex Miranda (B) dec. Baker, 5-4; <B>285</B>: Butcher (W) dec. Marino Quercio, 5-0.

Butler's Brittney Grenet and Heath Calhoun captured first place in the girls and boys diving competition, respectively, in Thursday's meet with Pine-Richland.The Golden Tornado girls tied the Rams, 93-93, while Butler's boys dropped a 104-74 decision.<B>GirlsButler 93, Pine-Richland 93</B><B>200 medley relay:</B> 1-Pine-Richland 1:37.74<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Molloy (P-R) 1:57.87<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Kubelick (P-R) 2:17.31<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Jordan McElhaney (B) 26.97<B>1-meter diving:</B> 1-Brittney Grenet (B) 223.90<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Brianna Keelan (B) 1:04.33<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Morgan Morrison (B) 58.54<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Molloy (P-R) 5:09.80<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Butler (Morgan Morrison, Jordan McElhaney, Brianna Keelan, Brittany Vogel), 1:47:68<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Brittany Vogel (B) 1:04.45<B>100 breaststroke: </B>1-Renee Clouse (B) 1:14.87<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Pine-Richland 3:52.39<B>BoysPine-Richland 104, Butler 74</B><B>200 medley relay:</B> 1-Pine-Richland 152.41<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Erik Bergh (B) 1:58.30<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Jason Clouse (B) 2:11.59<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Travis Donnelly (P-R) 24.99<B>1-meter diving:</B> 1-Heath Calhoun (B) 287.65<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Whittington (P-R) 59.53<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Sargent (P-R) 52.07<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Jason Clouse (B) 5:13.09<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Butler (Erik Bergh, Hans Bergh, Alex Bauer, Jason Clouse), 1:41.21<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Erik Bergh (B) 59.67<B>100 breaststroke: </B>1-Sargent (P-R) 1:10.96<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Pine-Richland 3:37.42<B>Seneca Valley 93, North Allegheny 93 (girls); North Allegheny 94, Seneca Valley 68 (boys) — </B>No details were available from this section meet.Rifle<B>Butler 800-73x, Plum 798-69x — </B>Top shooters for Butler included Kayla Fry, Darin Gallagher, Kara Knechtel, Erica Leslie, Nick McCurdy, Mark Zanella, Alicia Kniess and Brad Opitz.The Golden Tornado will compete in the upcoming WPIAL playoffs.

<B>Freeport 13, Forest Hills 2 — </B>The Yellowjackets had nine different players light the lamp in this rout on Thursday.Jeremy Hepler, David Bonitsky, Neil DeCroo and Dalton Moore had two goals apiece while Wyatt McQueen, Cody Barker, John Reichenbaugh, Zachary King and Kiersten Alvarez had one tally each. Shane Gallagher made 16 saves in net for Freeport (12-5-2), who will play at Serra Catholic Thursday.