Levi Orton poured in 32 points — 22 coming in the first half — as the A-C Valley boys basketball team outlasted Venango Catholic 75-50 Thursday night.

Orton made 15 field goals. Venango Catholic made just nine as a team.

Eddie Stevanus added 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Falcons.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 50

Andrew Burda 29, Chase Anderson 3, Colin Deeter 6, Brady Cicctella 4, Reza Reese 8. Totals: 9 23-31 50.

A-C VALLEY 75

Levi Orton 32, Eddie Stevanus 19, Eli Penny 4, Austin Cratty 4, Tanner Merwin 5, Russ Carr 7, Riley Bauer 2. Totals: 35 4-9 75.

Venango Cath. 9 10 18 13 — 50

A-C Valley18 14 24 19 — 75

Monarch (Fla.) 53, Mars 52 — At Coral Springs, Fla., Michael Carmody scored 31 points and also had 23 rebounds, but the Planets fell short.

Mihali Sfanos added 11 for Mars (4-2).

MARS 52

Jared Kozora 2, Zach Schlegel 5, Michael Carmody 31, Anthony Vargo 3, Mihali Sfanos 11. Totals: 15 18-22 52.

MONARCH 53

Chehade 9, Cashman 9, Phay 10, Thompson 3, Burgess 4, Laneaut 12, Gafew 6. Totals: 18 14-19 53.

Mars 15 13 10 14 — 52

Monarch8 17 10 18 — 53

Sharpsville 74, Slippery Rock 55 — The Rockets couldn't climb out of a huge early hole in this setback.

Jack Allen scored 14 points and Ethan Plesakov pitched in 13 for Slippery Rock, which trailed 23-4 after the first quarter.

SLIPPERY ROCK 55

Ethan Plesakov 13, Jack Allen 14, Nathaniel Willison 9.

SHARPSVILLE 74

Noah Flaherty 12, Jackson Doyle 22, Brayden Fry 19, Max Staunch 12.

Slippery Rock 4 15 13 23 — 55

Sharpsville23 13 16 22 — 74

Nevaeh Ewing scored 27 points as Knoch jumped out to a big lead and cruised to a 64-42 win over Greensburg Salem.The Knights had four players in double-digit scoring. Madilyn Boyer added 11 and Lauren Cihonski and Nina Shaw each added 10.GREENSBURG SALEM 42Mankins 27, Smith 6, Garner 4, Caldwell 3, Henry 2.KNOCH 64Nevaeh Ewing 27, Madilyn Boyer 11, Lauren Cihonski 10, Nina Shaw 10, Abby Shearer 4, Jaylee Lassinger 2.Greens. Salem 8 16 10 8 — 42Knoch21 9 17 17 — 64Friday: Knoch at Winchester-ThurstonFreeport 57, Burrell 37 — Harley Holloway scored 17 points to lead three Yellowjackets in double-digits.Melaina Dezort added 13 and Samantha Clark pitched in 11 for Freeport.FREEPORT 57Harley Holloway 17, Melaina Dezort 13, Samantha Clark 11.BURRELL 37Olivia Watts 15.Freeport 16 11 13 17 — 57Burrell10 13 3 11 — 37Mars 69, Plum 47 — Alek Johnson scored 22 points, including six 3-pointers, and Bella Pelaia added 20 to lead the Planets (5-1, 2-1).PLUM 47Seneca 2, Montue 26, Johnson 6, Lake 5, Trombetta 8. Totals: 19 5-6 47.MARS 69Bella Pelaia 20, Madeleine Horvath 4, Alek Johnson 22, Carly Kern 2, Ava Black 10, Kaitlyn Pelaia 9, Megan Yanief 2. Totals: 28 5-6 69.Plum 14 6 7 20 — 47Mars23 14 17 15 — 69Dec. 27: Mars vs. OLSH at Hempfield TournamentNorth Clarion 62, A-C Valley 28 — Rachel Cullen paced the Falcons with 11 points.A-C VALLEY 28Rachel Cullen 11, Baylee Blauser 7, Andrea Meals 6, Meah Ielase 4. Totals: 8 11-19 28.NORTH CLARION 62Bauer 9, Schmader 11, Siegel 3, Gatesman 23, Thompson 4, Aites 2, Sherman 10. Totals: 21 19-34 62.A-C Valley 9 8 7 4 — 28North Clarion11 12 12 27 — 62

Mark Livingston rolled a 700 series with a high game of 249 to lift the Freeport boys to a 5-2 win over Kiski.Livingston also had a 244 game.Julia Cummings had a 501 series for the Freeport girls in a 7-0 sweep of Kiski. Her high game was 222.

Andrew Arbanas, Riley Rodgers, Taryn Thompson, Michael Davis, Chance Downing, Kolton Goss and Cody Stroup all shot 100s in Butler's 799-56 to 793-39 win over Mt. Lebanon.

The Slippery Rock girls 200 medley relay team of Alyssa Olshanski, Natalie Double, Maggue Massella and Gracie Olshanski swam another District 10 qualifying time, but the Rockets fell to Grove City 106-58.On the boys side, Ryan Hinkle won the 50 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke, Conner Wallace claimed the 100 freestyle and 200, but the Rocket boys lost 62-52.

Paul Zecca scored a pair of goals, but Freeport dropped a 5-3 decision to Westmont Hilltop.Nico DiSanti also scored for the Yellowjackets.