What a way to start the season.

In its first game of the 2007-08 campaign, the Moniteau boys basketball team needed two overtime periods to dispatch West Forest 69-54 Tuesday night.

The Warriors outscored WestForest 16-1 in the final overtime period.

Sophomore Zack McCormick scored 23 points and hit five 3-pointers for Moniteau. Josh Loos added 14 points and Clayton Casper 11.

MONITEAU 69Tyler Armagost 0 1-2 1, Josh Loos 6 4-5 14, Zack McCormick 8 2-3 23, Clayton Casper 4 1-2 11, JustinLackey 1 0-0 2, BrandonSimmons 3 3-4 9, Josh Madru 3 0-0 9.

Totals: 25 11-14 69

WEST FOREST 54Bemis 2 3-5 7, Clark 7 8-10 22, Daum 3 0-0 7, Gruzinski 2 4-6 9, Adams 3 0-2 9.

Totals: 17 15-23 54

Moniteau 19 8 16 6 4 16—69West Forest 7 6 18 18 4 1—543-point goals: McCormick 5, Madru 3, Casper 2, Loos; Adams 3, Daum, Gruzinski

Thursday: Rocky Grove at Moniteau

Knoch 65, Leechburg 40 — Rob Briggs scored 19 points as the Knights rolled to a 25-point win over Leechburg.

KNOCH 65Shawn Samek 2 2-2 7, Michael Gallagher 2 2-2 8, Kyle Reiser 3 0-0 7, Jake McTighe 4 1-4 9, Rob Briggs 8 1-1 19, Andrew Wirtz 2 0-0 5, Aaron Boldy 3 1-1 7, Preston Saxon 1 1-2 3.

Totals: 25 8-12 65

LEECHBURG 40Steven Meides 7 2-6 18, T.J. Phillips 2 0-0 4, Nick Delvechio 4 4-6 12, Eric Steighner 0 2-2 2, Aaron Sulava 1 0-0 3.

Totals:

Knoch 13 20 18 14—65Leechburg 9 15 9 7—403-point goals: Samek, Gallagher 2, Reiser, Briggs 2, Wirtz

Friday: Kittanning at Knoch

Mars 74, Mohawk 46 — Steve Cress scored 20 points to lead four players in double digits for the Planets.Chris Herold added 15 points, Christian Locher 11 and Ben Szilogy 10 for Mars (3-1), which hit seven 3-pointers.

MOHAWK 46Grim 3 2-3 8, Shaffer 1 2-2 5, Mintear 0 0-0 0, Henry 2 1-2 5, Bealty 0 0-0 0, Nesbit 3 3-5 10, Frederick 1 2-3 5, Powell 2 0-0 4, Lorello 3 3-7 7, Brown 0 0-0 0, Koran 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 14-21 46

MARS 74Chris Herold 5 3-4 15, Ben Szilogy 4 1-1 10, Christian Locher 3 2-2 11, Luke Gruber 0 0-0 0, JustinStadelmeyer 0 0-0 0, Alec Mahon 0 0-0 0, Brandon Stadelmeyer 0 0-0 0, Dave Petruska 1 0-0 3, VinnySmith 2 4-4 8, Steve Cress 10 0-1 20, Brody Evanson 1 1-1 3, Dante DeTillio 2 0-1 4.

Totals: 28 11-14 74

Mohawk 11 13 8 14—46Mars 20 19 16 19—743-point goals: Shaffer, Nesbit; Herold 2, Szilogy, Locher 3, Petruska

Friday: Mars at Highlands

Karns City 69, NorthClarion 57 — Mike McConnell scored 18 points, with 11 coming from the free throw line, and had 11 rebounds and seven assists as the Gremlins rallied for a win.Karns City, playing its first game of the season, entered the fourth quarter in a tie game, but outscored North Clarion 17-5 in the final period.Cameron Turner added 17 points and 10 rebounds and Brandon Collier seven assists for the Gremlins.

KARNS CITY 69Cory Terwilliger 1 0-0 2, Mike McConnell 3 11-19 18, Cameron Turner 7 2-5 17, Markus LaVan 2 3-5 7, Matt McConnell 4 0-0 10, BrandonCollier 1 1-2 3, Evan Olszak 1 0-1 2, Cody Williams 2 2 3-4 7, Brad Fuhrer 0 0-0 0, Dan Everetts 1 1-2 3.

Totals: 22 21-38 69

NORTH CLARION 57Ochs 3 4-5 10, Wielock 0 4-4 4, Burkhardt 3 3-8 9, Wolbert 2 3-4 9, Weaver 3 0-0 6, Bobak 1 0-0 3, Schmader 4 1-2 12, Hargenrader 2 0-2 4, Mannerino 0 0-0 0, B. Weaver 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 19 15-25 57

Karns City 23 17 10 17—69North Clarion 17 18 17 5—573-point goals: Matt McConnell, Mike McConnell, Turner; Schmader 3, Wolbert 2, Bobak

Thursday: Union at Karns City

Keystone 60, A-C Valley 27 — The Falcons scored just eight points in the second half in a lopsided loss.

KEYSTONE 60Jake Knight 1 0-0 2, Ben Marchard 2 2-2 7, Kyle Rhoads 3 3-4 Tyler Harrison 2 2-2 6, Brian Long 4 2-3 10, Derek Swartzfager 0 0-0 0, Nick Bowser 0 0-0 0, Matt Dean 0 0-2 0, Brock Witkowski 3 0-0 6, Chris Sumerville 2 0-0 6, Dan Reed 2 0-0 4, Chandler Clark 0 0-0 0, Josh Huffman 2 3-4 7, Josh Montana 1 0-0 3.

Totals: 22 12-17 60

A-C VALLEY 27Nate Silvis 5 1-2 11, John Stumpner 0 0-0 0, Kile Hirsch 1 0-0 2, Joe Kaufman 0 0-0 0, Josh Austin 0 0-0 0, Mike Himes 1 0-2 2, Reed Terwilliger 1 0-0 2, Alan Eaton 4 0-1 8, Blaine McGuirk 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 13 1-5 27

Keystone 14 16 13 23—60A-CValley 10 9 4 4—273-point goals: Marchard, Summerville 2, Montana

Thursday: A-C Valley at Cranberry

Union 55, Redbank Valley 48 — Spencer Varner scored 23 points — 15 on five 3-pointers — to help the Golden Knights.A.J. Ethridge added 14 points and 14 rebounds, Scott Booth 11 points and Neil Scott 11 rebounds and five assists for Union (2-1, 1-0).

RED BANK VALLEY 48Ryan Radaker 5 2-3 16, Mike Dobson 2 1-2 5, Kevin Doverspike 4 0-0 8, Trevor Reed 6 0-0 12, Doug Bish 3 1-2 7, Chris Fox 0 0-0 0, Chris Clemens 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 20 4-7 48.

UNION 55Zac Smith 1 0-0 2, Drew Logue 0 0-0 0, Logan Mortimer 0 0-0 0, Neil Scott 2 0-1 4, Clay Burns 0 1-2 1, A.J. Ethriedge 7 0-1 14, Scott Booth 4 3-5 11, Spencer Varner 8 2-4 23.

Totals: 22 6-13 55.

Redbank Valley 6 20 15 7—48Union 15 9 19 12—553-point goals: Radaker 4; Varner 5JV: Union, 51-30 (Zac Smith 22)

Thursday: Union at Karns City

Shaler 53, Grove City 38 — Maxx Stutz and Kyle Perrine each scored 11 points for the Eagles (1-2), but they weren't enough to overcome a sluggish start.

GROVE CITY 38Keith Rundle 1 0-0 2, Justin Burk 0 0-0 0, Jeff Hershberger 0 0-0 0, Maxx Stutz 4 2-2 11, Ryan McNamara 1 4-4 6, Pat Johnson 2 1-2 6, Kyle Perrine 3 4-4 11, Dwayne Martin 0 0-0 0, Derek Forese 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 11 11-12 38

SHALER 53Altmyer 3 4-4 11, Della Valle 2 2-4 6, D. Wirkowski 8 0-2 17, Taylor 4 4-4 15, Pendelton 1 0-0 3.

Totals: 18 10-12 53

Grove City 5 6 9 18—38Shaler 4 13 20 16—533-point goals: Stutz, Johnson, Perrine; Altmyer, Wirkowski, Taylor 3, Pendleton

JV: Shaler 56-29

Friday: OilCity at Grove City

Serra 41, Summit Academy 39 — The Eagles outscored the Knights 14-6 in the fourth quarter and used a basket in the closing seconds to pull out the two-point win.Henry Brown led Summit Academy (1-1) with nine points.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 39Terrence Davis 4 0-0 8, Derrick Elliott 1 2-6 4, Darryl Reese 3 0-0 8, Matt Vaughn 3 0-0 6, Henry Brown 4 1-2 9, LaRon Green 2 0-0 4, John Leggett 0 0-0 0, Elexis Rosario 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 17 3-8 39.

SERRA 41Adam Cristdillina 0 3-4 3, Ryan Rosa 4 1-3 11, Alex Matta 2 0-0 4, Anthony Epolito 6 7-10 23.

Totals: 12 11-17 41.

Summit Academy 14 5 14 6—39Serra 11 10 6 14—413-point goals: Reese 2; Epolito 4, Rosa 2

Friday: Summit Academy at Laurel