Summit Academy boys basketball is for real.

The Knights won for the third time in four games this season, edging Leechburg, 66-63, in the first round of the Apollo-Ridge Holiday Tournament on Wednesday. Elijah Adams scored 19 points and Allen Grimes netted 18 for Summit.

The Knights trailed by six entering the fourth quarter before outscoring Leechburg 23-14 in the final eight minutes. They will play in the tourney title game Thursday.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 66

Allen Grimes 18, Ki’Ron Douglas 9, Elijah Adams 19, Amor Palcey 4, Tayvone Bibbs 8, Kristian Clayton 2, Shakeen Smith 6. Totals: 27 8-14 66.

LEECHBURG 63

Tyler Foley 5, Marcys Cleveland 24, Brad Rollinger 4, Ashton Redmond 4, Braylan Lovelace 18, Jayden Floyd 8. Totals: 23 12-21 63.

Summit Academy 14 17 12 23 — 66

Leechburg 19 11 19 14 — 63

Saegertown 66, Moniteau 52 — Despite 21 points, including four treys, from Chason Delarosa-Rugg, the Warriors fell to the Panthers at the Mercer Holiday Tournament.

Colton Thomas and Aydan Jackson both added 11 points for Moniteau (4-4).

Saegertown’s Brady Greco, who scored his 1,000th career point Tuesday against Ellwood City, tallied 17 points.

MONITEAU 52

Chason Delarosa-Rugg 21, Connor Ealy 4, David Martino 2, Aydan Jackson 11, Landon Kelly 3, Colton Thomas 11. Totals: 19 10-17 52.

SAEGERTOWN 66

Laperriere 2, Jones 9, Greco 17, Yoder 18, H.Shaffer 10, Huson 2, Zirkle 6, J.Grundy 2. Totals: 28 7-8 66.

Moniteau 19 14 7 12 — 52

Saegertown 18 13 13 22 — 66

3-point goals: Moniteau 4 (Delarosa-Rugg 4); Saegertown 3 (Yoder 2, Greco).

Mercer 60, Moniteau 45 — The Warriors dropped this game Tuesday at the Mercer Tournament.

Jackson led Moniteau with 14 points and David Martino added 13.

Moniteau 13 12 9 11 — 45

Mercer 9 22 13 16 —60

Avonworth 74, Knoch 67 — Teegan Finucan tallied 26 points with five treys for the Knights at the Deer Lakes Tournament.

Jackson Bauman contributed 15 points and Kaden Spencer 11 for the Knights (2-7).

Rowan Carmichael drained 26 points for the Antelopes.

Avonworth 17 20 11 26 — 74

Knoch 18 21 12 16 — 67

St. Edward (OH) 84, Mars 67 — After the Planets’ trip to Florida was canceled, they managed to schedule this last-minute matchup in Cleveland.

Tasso Sfanos scored 33 points and Deven Koch added 14 for Mars (5-1), which lost for the first time this season.

Girls Basketball

Slippery Rock 33, Saegertown 23 — No other details were provided from the first win of the season for the Rockets (1-7), earned at the Lakeview Tournament.

Meadville 31, A-C Valley 14 — Mackenzie Parks and Maddy Dehart scored seven points each for the winless Falcons (0-9), who travel to Clarion-Limestone on Tuesday.

A-C VALLEY 14

Mackenzie Parks 7, Maddy Dehart 7.

MEADVILLE 31

Burchard 5, Aston 6, Gallagher 8, Chambers 2, McCoy 4, Pucci 6.

A-C Valley 2 6 3 3 — 14

Meadville 8 9 10 4 — 31

Highlands 54, Mars 46 — A 19-9 deficit in the final quarter doomed the Planets at the Highlands Holiday Tournament.

Olivia Donnelly scored 14 points for Mars (6-2) and Vita Vargo added 13. Jocelyn Bielak scored 20 to pace the Golden Rams.

Mars 18 4 15 9 — 46

Highlands 7 15 13 19 — 54

St. Joseph 56, Freeport 55 — The Yellowjackets were edged by the host Spartans at the St. Joe’s Tournament.

Melaina DeZort led Freeport (4-6) with 22 points, Brooke Kmetz added 14 and Ava Soilis 10.

Freeport 8 18 16 13 — 55

St. Joseph 18 7 10 21 — 56