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Craska's career night lifts Mars

Hits for 21 as Planets top Armstrong

Joey Craska scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Mars boys basketball team to a 60-38 section win on the road at Armstrong.

Zach Schlegel added 16 points and big man Michael Carmody contributed 16 points and 17 rebounds in the victory for the Planets (13-4, 8-2)

North Hills 74, Seneca Valley 61 — Cole Brooks had a big game with 24 points, but the Raiders dropped this section game.

Jameson Grieco and Connor Lyczek each had 10 for Seneca Valley (2-15, 0-8)

SENECA VALLEY 61

Caiden Oros 3, Cole Brooks 24, Ben Hicks 5, Connor Lyczek 10, Mason Bush 9, Jameson Grieco 10. Totals: 20 10-14 61.

NORTH HILLS 74

Alex Smith 25, Logan Marshalek 21, Ethan Chmura 3, Matt Seidl 11, Devin Burgess 2 . Totals: 25 8-25 74.

Seneca Valley 10 15 20 16 — 61

North Hills20 10 22 22 — 74

Friday: Seneca Valley at North Allegheny

A-C Valley 78, Forest Area 43 — Eddie Stevanus scored 19 points and also had 12 rebounds, six assists and four steals to lead the Falcons.

Levi Orton added 18 points, 13 rebounds and five steals.

Tanner Merwin and Eli Penny also cracked double digits for A-C Valley. Merwin scored 13 and Penny 11.

FOREST AREA 43

Gillenwater 6, Meals 19, Burke 10, Johnston 5, Dashner 1, Eddy 2. Totals: 18 3-7 43.

A-C VALLEY 78

Levi Orton 18, Eddie Stevanus 19, Eli Penny 11, Broc Weigle 6, Cole Dehart 5, Tanner Merwin 13, Russ Carr 6, Alex Preston 2. Totals: 35 5-10 78.

Forest Area 6 11 10 16 — 43

A-C Valley17 21 17 23 — 78

Keystone 64, Karns City 43 — Nathan Waltman returned to the Gremlin lineup and scored 13 points, but KC (11-7, 5-2) lost this battle for first place in the KSAC South. Chase Beighley had 11 points and five assists, Micah Rupp and Luke Garing 10 rebounds each.

KARNS CITY 43

Caiden Corbett 6, Micah Rupp 2, Chase Beighley 11, Ethan McElroy 9, Luke Garing 2, Nathan Waltman 13. Totals: 17 5-10 43.

KEYSTONE 64

Troy Johnson 12, Mark Rearick 14, Isaac Jones 16, Alex Rapp 5, Andrew Lauer 12, Brandon Pierce 3, Collin Say 2. Totals: 28 4-9 64.

Karns City 8 12 7 16 — 43

Keystone11 12 16 25 — 64

Friday: Cranberry at Karns City

Apollo-Ridge 63, Summit Academy 58 — Justin Rowley poured in 22 points, including six 3-pointers, but the Knights (6-10, 4-7) fell.

Lamar Fitzgerald added 17 points and Raemil Morris 11 for Summit Academy.

APOLLO-RIDGE 63

Fello 18, Reiter 15, Fitzroy 12, Reese 12, Gumone 6. Totals: 22 9-12 63.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 58

Raemil Morris 11, Keyshon Davis 3, Zamir Bryant 2, Camryn Snyder 2, Kysheem Woods 1, Lamar Fitzgerald 17, Justin Rowley 22. Totals: 22 6-9 58.

Apollo-Ridge 6 13 19 25 — 63

Summit Acad.14 10 17 17 — 58

Friday: Summit Academy at Northgate

Girls Basketball

Andrea Meals scored 12 points, but the third quarter doomed A-C Valley in a 50-40 loss to DuBois Central Catholic, which scored 25 in the frame.

A-C VALLEY 40

Rachel Cullen 5, Mia Sherman 6, Baylee Blauser 2, Andrea Meals 12, Meah Ielase 8, Avah Burke 7. Totals: 16 5-10 40.

DuBOIS CENTRAL CATHOLIC 50

Shay Gulvas 17, Maia Cogley 18, Jordan Koska 13, Faith Jacob 2. Totals: 20 8-12 50.

A-C Valley 8 8 11 13 — 40

DBois C.C.5 10 25 10 — 50

Seneca Valley 51, Pine-Richland 30 — Maddie Karchut returned to the lineup and scored 22 points for the Raiders Monday night. Jaden Davinsizer added 15.

SENECA VALLEY 51

Haley Cramer 4, Jaden Davinsizer 15, Jess Bickart 2, Maddie Karchut 22, Olivia West 8.

PINE-RICHLAND 30

Pifer 4, Luellen 8, Catalano 2, Doctor 15, Laira 1.

Seneca Valley 17 9 15 10 — 51

Pine-Richland4 12 10 4 — 30

Rifle

Andrew Arbanas, Kayla Kopelic, Bailey Beers, Aidan Ketterer, Cody Stroup all shot 100s for Butler in a 799-59x to 797-56x loss to Penn-Trafford.

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