Union beats Forest Area, 66-30
Behind Gage Jordan’s 26-point showing, Union’s boys hoops team blew by Forest Area at home Thursday night, winning 66-30. Owen Bish and Trey Fleming both added 11 points in the commanding victory, in which the Knights only needed to sink one trey.
UNION 66
Gage Jordan 26, Owen Bish 11, Trey Fleming 11, Dawson Camper 6, Trent Fleming 6, Carter Burns 4, Christian Sallizoni 2. Totals: 30 5-11 66.
FOREST AREA 30
K. Custer 12, Kuntz 5, Bowden 4, D. Custer 3, Dashner 2, Dietrich 2, Carll 2. Totals: 12 1-2 30.
Union 21 18 23 4 — 66
Forest Area 13 8 9 0 — 30
3-point goals: Forest Area 5 (K. Custer 4, Kuntz); Union 1 (Bish)
Summit Academy 54, Propel Braddock Hills 42 — Ja’Mere Lucas had 14 points and Kristian Clayton added 11 as the Knights won this matchup Thursday night.
Girls Basketball
Alayna Rocco scored a team-high 18 points for the North Catholic as it beat Highlands, 44-24, Thursday night. The Trojanettes held the Golden Rams to just nine points in the second half.
Swimming
Mollie Massella (200-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly), Tessa Syzmanski (200-yard IM), Raely FaJohn (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke), Season Grant (100-yard freestyle), Kendall Krenn (500-yard freestyle), and Avery Grossman (100-yard breaststroke) helped Slippery Rock sweep the individual events as the Rockets’ girls beat Franklin, 125-38, Thursday night.
The 200-yard medley relay (Elise Cagle, Kaitlyn Parson, Symanski, Grossman), 200-yard freestyle relay (Maddy Gauselmann, Massella, Grant, FaJohn), and 400-yard freestyle relay (Massella, Gauselmann, Grant, FaJohn) teams also finished first.
On the boys’ side, Cody Hartle’s win in the 500-yard freestyle was the Rockets’ only first-place finish. His team dropped a 110-35 decision.
