Damsels destroy N. Clarion

February 01, 2008 Last Updated: February 01, 2008 02:44 PM High School

Mars' Lily Grenci takes a shot with Jade Thrower of Knoch right in her face Thursday in the Planets' 46-32 win over the Knights.

Senior guard Torri Smith paced the Union girls basketball team with 17 points as the Damsels crushed North Clarion 65-37 Thursday.

Tina Lipps (13 points) and Brooke Pollock (12) also reached double digits for Union (15-7, 12-5).

UNION 65Amanda Barger 2 0-0 4, Lanae Cicciarelli 2 0-0 4, Brooke Pollock 6 0-0 12, Torri Smith 8 1-2 17, Melissa Shook 1 4-4 6, Sarah Myers 1 0-0 2, Lepha Logue 2 1-2 5, Tina Lipps 6 1-2 13, Kylee Kelley 1 0-0 2, Ashley MacKinlay 0 0-0 0, Heather Murray 0 0-0 0, Madison Elder 0 0-0 0, Mariah Winchester 0 0-0 0. Totals: 29 7-10 65.

NORTH CLARION 37J. Zacherl 4 0-0 10, K. Zacherl 1 0-0 3, Cyphert 5 1-2 11, Je. Tarr 3 4-6 11, Dehner 1 0-0 2, Jo. Tarr 0 0-2 0. Totals: 14 5-10 37.

Union 23 19 8 15—65North Clarion 9 2 12 14—373-point goals: North Clarion 4 (J. Zacherl 2, K. Zacherl, Je. Tarr).

Tuesday: Rocky Grove at Union

Mars 46, Knoch 32 — The Planets (11-11, 7-7) were led by Lily Grenci's 20 points in this Section 1-AAA finale for both teams.Laura Gray led the Knights (4-18, 2-12) with 12 points.

MARS 46Lily Grenci 7 6-8 20, Elaine Hasek 2 1-1 5, Ellen Kenitz 4 0-0 8, Ashley Lynch 0 1-2 1, Kehle Pelles 1 0-0 2, Rachel Pinkerton 1 2-2 5, Maureen Cress 2 0-0 5. Totals: 17 10-13 46.

KNOCH 32Megan Burlbaugh 1 1-2 3, Kristen Gagen 1 0-0 2, Lindsay MacArthur 2 0-0 4, Jessica Protzman 0 1-2 1, Sara Montgomery 4 0-3 8, Jade Thrower 1 0-0 2, Laura Gray 3 5-5 12. Totals: 12 7-12 32.

Mars 9 18 6 13—46Knoch 3 10 11 8—323-point goals: Mars 2 (Pinkerton, Cress); Knoch 1 (L. Gray).

Monday: Bishop Canevin at Knoch; Mars at Mount Lebanon

Venango Catholic 42, A-C Valley 25 — Erin Larimore continued her solid sophomore campaign with 13 points for the Falcons (2-19).

A-C VALLEY 25Erin Larimore 6 1-4 13, Erika Rothen 1 1-2 3, Markeea Hart 1 0-0 2, Shannon Bartley 1 0-0 2, Katrina Johnston 1 0-0 2, Krista Moores 1 0-0 3, Kate Best 0 0-0 0, Shannon Blauser 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11 2-6 25.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 42Lutz 6 4-5 16, McNellie 2 1-2 5, Martin 1 0-0 2, Weaver 1 3-4 5, Scurri 3 4-6 10, Booth 1 0-0 2, Cook 1 0-0 2. Totals: 15 12-17 42.

A-C Valley 3 7 6 9—25Venango Catholic 15 14 7 6—423-point goals: A-C Valley 1 (Moores).

Monday: A-C Valley at Elderton

Keystone 76, Moniteau 52 — Kathleen Harding scored 14 points and Jenna McCorry added 13 for the Warriors (7-13, 5-11) in this KSAC loss.

KEYSTONE 76Neely 0 1-2 1, Hartman 2 3-3 7, Harrison 0 2-2 2, Hinderliter 8 2-6 18, Mohney 5 0-0 10, Cobler 0 0-1 0, Rogers 4 0-2 8, McQuiston 4 0-1 8, Schwabenbauer 4 1-2 9, Turk 4 5-6 13. Totals: 31 14-25 76.

MONITEAU 52Jenna McCorry 5 1-1 13, Christi Kuzma 4 0-0 8, Gretchen McCormick 1 1-2 3, Maura McCaslin 2 3-3 7, Alex Guercio 1 2-4 4, Chelsea Sellers 1 1-2 3, Kathleen Harding 4 6-8 14. Totals: 18 14-20 52.

Keystone 13 12 23 28—76Moniteau 13 6 15 18—523-point goals: McCorry 2

JV: Moniteau 39-36 (Guercio 16)

Monday: WestForest at Moniteau

Seneca Valley 98, Fox Chapel 83 (girls); Fox Chapel 95, Seneca Valley 80 (boys) — The Raiders girls (8-2) will face North Allegheny on Thursday to decide the section champion.SV's boys fell to 2-8.RifleButler 796-56x, Bethel Park 794-65x — Top shooters for the Golden Tornado in this victory were Kara Knechtel, Erica Leslie, Nick McCurdy and Brad Opitz.

Mars 12, Conemaugh Valley 2 — Goalie Martin Lamneck improved his record for the Planets (16-1-1) to 6-0.Freeport 13, Forest Hills 4 — No details were available from this Yellowjackets win.