Defense drives Damsels to win
Union’s defense proved stingy and the Damsels received 30 combined points from Dominika Logue and Keira Croyle in a 47-36 girls basketball triumph over Clarion-Limestone Tuesday night.
Logue scored 16 points while Croyle added 14 for Union (9-2), which allowed just 21 points in the first three quarters.
UNION 47
Kennedy Vogle 6, Keira Croyle 14, Hailey Kriebel 5, Dominika Logue 16, Hailey Theuret 6. Totals: 17 7-14 47.
CLARION-LIMESTONE 36
Milliron 10, K.Dunn 12, Wiant 5, Coull 2, Leadbetter 3, J.Dunn 3, Simpson 1. Totals: 14 8-12 36.
Union 7 16 13 11 — 47
C-L 8 5 8 15 — 36
Moniteau 47, Venango Catholic 29 — The Warriors built a 15-point lead by halftime and cruised to this KSAC win at home.
Kendall Sankey paced Moniteau (7-6) with 11 points, 10 rebounds and three assists. Catherine Kelly scored 14 points in the victory.
VENANGO CATHOLIC 29
Ma. Wessell 6, Homan 15, Stewart 2, Mo. Wessell 6. Totals: 10 8-13 29.
MONITEAU 47
Abbey Jewart 3, Sophia Fleeger 2, Catherine Kelly 14, Allie Pry 6, Davina Pry 7, Kendall Sankey 11, Victoria Pry 4. Totals: 18 9-14 47.
Venango Catholic 6 5 12 6 — 29
Moniteau 17 9 10 11 — 47
3-point goals: Venango Catholic 1 (Homan); Moniteau 2 (Jewart, Kelly).
Mars 57, Hampton 50 — The Planets (12-2, 5-1) won their fourth straight game, with Olivia Donnelly sinking a game-high 18 points.
Ava Black added 14 for Mars and Alexa McDole 11.
Hampton 21 8 12 9 — 50
Mars 14 13 16 14 — 57
Boys Basketball
Jay Clover scored 19 points and controlled 11 rebounds in A-C Valley’s 65-44 victory over Cranberry.
Alex Preston tallied 11 points, six blocks and six rebounds for the Falcons (6-6).
CRANBERRY 44
Forrest 2, Weaver 5, Zerbe 11, Ley 2, Merryman 10, Hanna 6, Mitchell 4. Totals: 16 8-12 44.
A-C VALLEY 65
Brody Dittman 5, Ryan Cooper 10, Lane Bauer 3, Landon Chalmers 8, Alex Preston 11, Henry Stevanus 5, Jay Clover 19, Easton Wingard 4. Totals: 23 19-24 65.
Cranberry 4 10 10 20 — 44
A-C Valley 18 13 20 14 — 65
North Catholic 82, Deer Lakes 67 — Max Hurray exploded for 36 points as the Trojans (11-1, 6-0) were too much for the Lancers.
Andrew Maddalon and Max Rottmann both added 12 points in the win while Mathew Gregor added 10.
North Hills 63, Seneca Valley 40 — The visiting Raiders fell behind 22-8 in losing this section game to the undefeated Indians.
Luke Lawson scored 13 points for SV (6-7, 2-5) and Connor Oros added 11.
SENECA VALLEY 40
Aiden Lyczek 1, Connor Oros 11, Luke Lawson 13, Beaux Lizewski 7, Jameson Grieco 2, Andrew Roy 6. Totals: 17 5-8 40.
NORTH HILLS 63
Smith 19, Blass 4, Seidel 14, Burgess 5, Parham 21. Totals: 26 5-7 63.
Seneca Valley 8 10 12 10 — 40
North Hills 22 19 12 10 — 63
Aliquippa 68, Summit Academy 48 — Kylee Davenport scored 20 points for the Knights (1-5, 1-3) and Allen Grimes chipped in with 14.
Summit Academy 15 8 9 16 — 48
Aliquippa 17 19 16 16 — 68
Mars 69, Hampton 52 — Austin Cote dropped 22 points on the Talbots to lead the Planets to this section win.
Tasso Sfanos added 18, Chris Dvorak 15 and Zach Schlegel 12 for Mars (10-1, 6-0).
Rifle
Butler topped Woodland Hills by out-shooting the Wolverines 798(57x)-793(43x).
