The Moniteau girls basketball team is fighting the flu bug, but it still has plenty of fight on the court, as well.

Playing with a pulled quad muscle, Natalie DeMatteis had 15 points and six rebounds to lead the Warriors (1-2, 1-0) to a 33-30 come-from-behind victory over Keystone Wednesday in the conference opener for both squads.

Moniteau didn't score in the first quarter and trailed 21-15 through three periods.

"Some of our girls kept getting sick and had to run to the locker room," Moniteau coach Mark Yeager said. "This was a gutsy win."

Kristin Baronetski contributed seven rebounds and Alyssa Deal had four assists.

KEYSTONE 30

J. Satkowski 3 0-0 8, M. McCleary 3 0-0 6, A. Craig 1 0-1 2, J. Bifano 1 1-2 3, C. Hinderliter 0 2-2 2, A. Rodgers 4 1-2 9. Totals: 12 4-7 30.

MONITEAU 33

Jenna Beatty 1 0-0 2, Kristin Baronetski 3 0-2 6, Natalie DeMatteis 5 3-3 15, Alyssa Deal 1 0-0 2, Laken Burk 0 0-0 0, Amy Gladd 4 0-1 8. Totals: 14 3-6 33.

3-point goals:

Satkowski 2; DeMatteis 2

JV:

Moniteau, 24-17

Friday:

Moniteau @ Cranberry

Union 80, Brookville 37 -

Bethany Koch scored 18 points and recorded nine rebounds to lead the Damsels (3-0).

Andrea Mortimer led Union with 21 points, Courtney Horner scored 12 and Janele Divins dished out nine assists and scored 10 points.

BROOKVILLE 37

Cook 6 1-4 15, Cline 3 0-1 6, Pierson 2 0-1 4, Reinard 1 0-0 2, Elkin 1 6-8 8, Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 7-14 37.

UNION 80

Bethany Koch 6 4-6 18, Andrea Mortimer 9 3-3 21, Courtney Horner 4 4-5 12, Molly Scott 1 2-2 4, Janele Divins 3 2-2 10, Tiffany Corle 3 0-0 6, Makenzie Shirey 1 1-4 3, Nikki Davis 1 0-0 2, Jennifer Switzer 2 0-0 4. Totals: 30 16-22 80.

3-point goals:

Cook 2; Koch 2, Divins 2.

JV:

Union 42-28

Friday:

Union vs. Knoch @ Karns City Tournament

Karns City 54, East Forest 37 -

Haley Callihan scored 21 points and had 11 rebounds for the Gremlins (2-1) while teammate Morgan Summerville grabbed 10 rebounds in the victory.

EAST FOREST 37

Sara Harp 1 0-0 2, Muriel Mayes 1 0-0 2, Nicole Oliver 4 1-2 9, Kala Paulsen 1 1-2 3, Kayla Popoleo 3 4-6 10, Stacy Kandray 2 2-2 6, Alicia Ponegalek 2 0-2 5. Totals: 14 8-14 37.

KARNS CITY 54

Haley Callihan 7 5-5 21, Ashley Fuhrer 1 0-0 2, Morgan Summerville 4 0-0 8, Mallory Craig 0 0-0 0, Brianna Markle 4 0-0 9, Allyson Kepple 3 0-1 7, Kailyn Weibel 3 0-0 7. Totals: 22 5-6 54.

3-point goals:

Ponegalek; Callihan 2, Markle, Kepple, Weibel.

JV:

Karns City 47-35

Friday:

Karns City vs. Freeport @ Karns City Tournament, 8 p.m.

Clarion 51, A-C Valley 31 -

Cassie Morrison's 21 points couldn't lift the Falcons (0-2) to a win at Clarion. The loss came two days after the team dropped a 50-42 decision at Cambria Heights.

A-C VALLEY 31

Annie Hickman 2 0-0 4, Jacque Kriley 0 0-2 0, Kristen Sloan 0 0-0 0, Alisa Snyder 3 0-1 6, Cassie Morrison 6 9-11 21, Shannon Blauser 0 0-0 0, Sara Doran 0 0-0 0, Jennie Kaufman 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11 9-14 31.

CLARION 51

Je. Hagen 4 0-0 8, Kapp 1 3-6 5, Hughes 0 0-2 0, Glem 4 0-0 8, Moore 2 3-4 7, Smith 0 1-2 1, Ja. Hagen 2 6-6 10, Anderson 6 0-3 12. Totals: 19 13-23 51.

3-point goals:

None.

JV:

Clarion 60-31

Tuesday:

Clarion-Limestone @ A-C Valley

Keystone 47, Moniteau 34-Tyler Grossman scored 16 points, but the Warriors (0-3) fell to the rival Panthers.MONITEAU 34Tyler Grossman 6 3-4 16, Garth Kohlmeyer 1 0-0 2, Matt Buczkowski 4 0-0 8, Matt Schandelmeier 1 4-6 6, Zach Thompson 0 2-6 2. Totals: 12 9-16 34.KEYSTONE 47Duffee 2 0-0 4, Swartzfager 8 0-0 17, Ferringer 4 0-1 8, Aaron 3 0-0 6, Cotherman 1 0-0 3, Nesta 0 1-2 1, Bifano 4 0-0 8. Totals: 22 1-3 47.3-point goals:Grossman; Cotherman, Swartzfager.Friday:Cranberry @ Moniteau

Freeport 5, Forest Hills 2 -Dustin Gaworski scored two goals and added two assists to power the Yellowjackets (6-2) to the win. Also scoring were Josh Schreckengost, Cody Barker and Beau Zack.Tim Zahumensky was the winning goalie.

Freedom 55, Mars 16 -Adam Smetana (119 pounds) and Pete King (215) both scored pins for Mars while Dave Pisarcik (189) gained the Planets' other win with a major decision.Freedom 55, Mars 16103 pounds -Jules Brown (F) tech. fall Luke Selker, 18-2112 -Nick Endres (F) dec. Matt Perri, 7-6119 -Adam Smetana (M) pinned Justin Lubert, :20125 -Jake Calvin (F) major dec. Alex Kokkinkas, 17-9130 -Ryan King (F) pinned Ben Ziggas, :38135 -Josh Wine (F) won by forfeit140 -Dan Stehle (F) tech. fall Glenn Pegher, 15-0145 -Damian Rose (F) pinned Brandon Biesinger, :49152 -Grant McCabe (F) pinned Logan Giger, 1:50160 -Jeff Roberts (F) won by forfeit171 -Cody Calvin (F) dec. Nick Leonhard, 17-15189 -Dave Pisarcik (M) major dec. Robin McCabe, 8-0215 -Pete King (M) pinned Patric Lee, 1:34Hwt -Tony Newvall (F) pinned Dan Crouthamel, :18

Burrell 88, Knoch 67 (boys); Burrell 95, Knoch 64 (girls) -Joe Wagner led the Knights boys with winning times in the 200 freestyle (2 minutes, 0.77 seconds) and the 500 freestyle (5:39.90) in this Tuesday competition. Both marks qualified Wagner for the WPIAL meet in February.Wagner teamed with Brad Troutman, Doug Vogus and Mike McCoy to qualify for the district meet in the 400 freestyle relay at 3:53.44.Steve Edwards replaced McCoy in the quartet that qualified for WPIAL meet in the 200 medley relay with a finish of 1:58.33.Junior Beth Legin paced the Knoch girls with a winning time of 2:28 in the 200 individual medley to make the WPIAL meet.