The following are District 9 playoff basketball games involving Butler County area teams. All games are on Tuesday, starting at 7 p.m.

Boys Class A

• No. 4 A-C Valley boys host No. 13 DuBois Central Catholic.

• No. 14 Union travels to No. 3 Johnsonburg.

Girls Class AA

• No. 2 Karns City hosts No. 7 Brookville.

• No. 4 Moniteau hosts No. 5 Redbank Valley.

Summit coach gets PSU-NK hoop postHERMAN — Summit Academy boys basketball coach Art McCray has been named head coach at Penn State-New Kensington.A PSU-New Kensington graduate, McCray was 39-31 in three years at Summit Academy, including two section titles. The championships were the first for the Knights in any sport.PSU-New Kensington has not had a winning record since 2008-09. The team was 1-17 this year and will return all five starters next season. One of those is freshman forward Rashon Boone, who played for McCray on Summit’s section title team last season.

PSU’s fees reach $27.6 million STATE COLLEGE — Penn State’s bill for legal fees, consultants and other costs associated with the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal stands at more than $27.6 million.An updated figure as of November 2012 was provided this week on a university website. It includes a $13 million price tag for board of trustees communications and the internal investigation into the scandal by former FBI Director Louis Freeh.

Serena Williams returns to No. 1 DOHA, Qatar — Serena Williams returned to the top of women’s tennis, overcoming a series of potentially career-ending injuries since 2010 to become the oldest woman to hold the No. 1 ranking.The 31-year-old rallied from 4-1 down in the third set to beat former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open. She needed to reach the semifinals to replace Victoria Azarenka at No. 1 when the new rankings come out next week.Williams held up one finger after clinching the match with an ace and wiped away tears as she addressed the cheering crowd.The previous oldest No. 1 was Chris Evert, who held the top ranking in 1985 just before her 31st birthday.

NHL players likely to rejoin Olympics NEW YORK — Two days of talks between the NHL and international hockey officials wrapped up with signs that the league will wind up sending its players to the 2014 Sochi Olympics.NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel met for about 2½ hours after a 90-minute get-together Thursday night.