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Knoch swimmers get sweep of Valley

Both Knoch swimming teams picked up wins Tuesday night against Valley.

Abby Jones won the 200-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly for the girls in a 90-43 victory.

In the boys' meet, Noah Gumto prevailed in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke in a 70-60 triumph.

Girls

Knoch 90, Valley 43

200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Abby Jones, Rachel Wittmer, Hannah Shoemaker, Maddy Czekalski) 2:11.54

200 freestyle: 1-Abby Jones (K) 2:11.76

200 individual medley: 1-Hannah Shoemaker (K) 2:32.2

50 freestyle: 1-Rachel Wittmer (K) 28.33

1-meter diving: 1-No competition

100 butterfly: 1-Abby Jones (K) 1:10.66

100 freestyle: 1-Meghan Hunt (K) 1:07.86

500 freestyle: 1-Hannah Shoemaker (K) 6:15.94

200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Elizabeth Butler, Meghan Hunt, Chelsea Bover-Bauer, Shannon Simpson) 2:05.33

100 backstroke: 1-Martina Henson (V) 1:10.97

100 breaststroke: 1-Rachel Wittmer (K) 1:23.37

400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Abby Jones, Hannah Shoemaker, Maddy Czekalski, Rachel Wittmer) 4:16.02

Boys

Knoch 70, Valley 60

200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (John Wilson, Noah Gumto, Nathan Walls, Derek Ekas) 2:02.63

200 freestyle: 1-Cody Schrecengost (V) 2:01.25

200 individual medley: 1-Nathan Walls (K) 2:26.11

50 freestyle: 1-Noah Gumto (K) 26.59

1-meter diving: 1-No competition

100 butterfly: 1-John Wilson (K) 1:02.74

100 freestyle: 1-Cody Schrecengost (V) 53.54

500 freestyle: 1-Paul Kasunic (K) 6:18.0

200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Jake Nelson, Eric Hacker, Austin Thomasmeyer, Paul Kasunic) 1:50.73

100 backstroke: 1-Noah Gumto (K) 1:11.29

100 breaststroke: 1-John Wilson (K) 1:06.13

400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Nathan Walls, Derek Ekas, Noah Gumto, John Wilson) 3:55.15

Highlands outscored Freeport 11-1 in the third overtime as the Golden Rams escaped the Yellowjackets' gym with a 59-49 Section 1-AAA victory.Ryan Weigold led Freeport (7-5, 2-4) with 16 points and Kris Keppel added 11.HIGHLANDS 59Boda 1 0-0 2, Alworth 1 0-0 2, Martin 6 3-6 15, Lineburg 4 2-5 10, Thimons 3 2-2 8, Branch 9 3-5 22. Totals: 24 10-18 59.FREEPORT 49Kris Keppel 2 6-10 11, Ryan Weigold 7 0-1 16, Seth Bowser 3 0-2 6, Codey Digiacobbe 1 3-9 5, Josh Beale 3 3-5 9, Eric Davis 1 0-0 2. Totals: 17 12-27 49.Highlands 11 10 8 10 3 6 11 — 59Freeport7 10 10 12 3 6 1 — 493-point goals: Highlands 1 (Branch); Freeport 3 (Weigold 2, Keppel).Today: Freeport at Deer LakesSummit Academy 97, Burrell 61 — Dasonte White drained nine 3-pointers, scoring 35 total points, as the Knights ran the Bucs out of the gym in Herman.With the victory, Summit Academy improved to 9-3 overall and 4-0 in section play.BURRELL 61Cable 4 0-0 8, Lamberton 3 0-0 7, Lettrich 8 4-5 25, Wolfe 1 1-1 3, Kotecki 1 2-4 4, Garda 4 5-7 14. Totals: 21 12-17 61.SUMMIT ACADEMY 97Devin Montgomery 6 1-3 14, Dasonte White 13 0-0 35, Shaquawn Cole 3 1-2 7, Donte Tyson 9 0-0 18, Marquise Wright 1 0-0 2, Cassan Fields 1 0-0 2, Lemuel McFadden 4 0-2 8, Micheon Anderson-Meade 4 1-4 9, Shaquawn Johnson 1 0-0 2. Totals: 42 3-11 97.Burrell 13 9 23 16 — 61Summit Academy25 23 19 30 — 973-point goals: Burrell 7 (Lettrich 5, Garda, Lamberton); Summit Academy 10 (White 9, Montgomery).Friday: Summit Academy at Apollo-RidgeHickory 78, Slippery Rock 60 — Jake Whitmer's 20 points highlighted this road loss for the Rockets (4-7). Matt Badger added 12 points and Ryan Dutton 10.SLIPPERY ROCK 60Jake Whitmer 6 6-6 20, Brady Kadlubek 0 1-2 1, Matt Badger 3 3-3 12, Mark Cessar 2 3-4 7, Zac McCue 0 1-2 1, Blake Heller 3 0-0 6, Ryan Dutton 4 2-2 10, Josh Bowser 1 0-0 3, Aaron Rager 0 0-2 0, C.J. Welsh 0 0-0 0, Camren Neal 0 0-0 0, Johnny Marks 0 0-0 0, Chris Allen 0 0-0 0, Nate Popejoy 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 16-21 60.HICKORY 78R. Passalinqua 2 3-5 8, Pantuo 2 0-0 6, A. Cannone 7 3-4 22, Prycs 6 0-1 12, Green 5 1-5 11, Mastrian 1 2-2 4, Rhoades 2 3-4 7, Gagliardi 1 0-0 2, Nardone 1 2-2 4, N. Cannone 1 0-1 2. Totals: 28 14-24 78.Slippery Rock 19 15 6 20 — 60Hickory17 19 25 17 — 783-point goals: Slippery Rock 6 (Badger 3, Whitmer 2, Bowser); Hickory 8 (A. Cannone 5, Pantuo 2, R. Passalinqua).Friday: Franklin at Slippery RockKarns City 43, North Clarion 41 — The Gremlins bettered the Wolves thanks in large part to a combined 23 points from Tyler Kepple (12) and David Markel (11).Logan Moroney added nine points and 10 rebounds for KC (5-5).NORTH CLARION 41C. Cyphert 9 0-0 19, J. Cyphert 4 3-3 11, Sigel 3 0-0 6, Bauer 1 0-0 2, Hargenrader 1 1-4 3. Totals: 18 4-7 41.KARNS CITY 43David Olszak 3 1-2 7, Tyler Kepple 3 5-8 12, David Markel 4 0-0 11, Logan Moroney 2 5-8 9, Dalton Callihan 2 0-1 4, Nathan Weckerly 0 0-1 0, Ethan Conto 0 0-0 0, Dakota Mohney 0 0-0 0, Christian Turner 0 0-0 0, Dan Filges 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 11-20 43.North Clarion 12 10 6 13 — 41Karns City15 7 11 10 — 433-point goals: North Clarion 1 (C. Cyphert); Karns City 4 (Markel 3, Kepple).Friday: Karns City at ClarionGrove City 57, Meadville 54 — The Eagles withstood a fourth-quarter rally from the visiting Bulldogs.Derek Turner paced Grove City (10-2, 5-2) with 28 points, including six 3-pointers.MEADVILLE 54Foster 1 0-0 3, Niemann 3 0-1 6, Gregor 3 1-2 7, Lindsey 2 0-0 4, McClure 7 4-5 18, Clune 6 2-5 15, McDonald 0 1-2 1. Totals: 22 8-15 54.GROVE CITY 57Kaiden Young 1 0-0 2, Spencer Marnich 3 4-8 10, Derek Turner 10 2-2 28, Danny Torok 2 1-1 5, Foster Reznor 2 6-8 10, Colby Polkabla 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 13-19 57.Meadville 12 13 7 22 — 54Grove City13 12 15 17 — 573-point goals: Meadville 2 (Foster, Clune); Grove City 6 (Turner 6).Saturday: George Junior Republic at Grove CityClarion-Limestone 64, Union 48 — Trevor Corle scored 12 points for the Golden Knights (6-5).Union trailed by 19 at halftime.UNION 48Trevor Corle 4 1-2 12, Cole Morris 2 0-0 5, Eric Seary 2 0-0 4, Wanya Harris 0 2-2 2, Lane Cicciarelli 3 0-3 6, Shane Murphy 4 0-0 11, Chet Carmichael 2 0-0 6, Hank Murphy 1 0-0 2, Noah Vereb 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 3-7 48.CLARION-LIMESTONE 64Legand 7 2-2 17, Bakewell 1 0-0 2, Kahle 4 1-2 10, Rankin 2 0-1 4, Pezzuti 4 2-2 10, Slater 1 1-2 3, Stiglitz 5 0-1 10, Callen 4 0-1 8. Totals: 28 6-11 64.Union 4 10 15 19 — 48C-L12 21 15 16 — 643-point goals: Union 9 (Corle 3, Murphy 3, Carmichael 2, Morris); Clarion-Limestone 2 (Legand, Kahle).Friday: East Forest at UnionVenango Catholic 62, A-C Valley 43 — Troy Cottrell led the Falcons (1-10) with 18 points.A-C Valley was outscored 17-4 in the secomd quarter in suffering defeat.VENANGO CATHOLIC 62Toy 5 1-2 11, Zagar 6 2-4 14, Hale 6 2-2 14, Jones 2 0-0 5, Kingston 5 4-5 14, Plumer 0 2-4 2, Puleo 1 0-0 2. Totals: 25 11-17 62.A-C VALLEY 43Troy Cottrell 6 4-4 18, Jake Edwards 1 0-1 2, Ivan Pennington 2 0-0 5, Zach Muhl 1 0-0 2, Jeff Eaton 2 1-3 5, Anthony Painter 0 2-2 2, Andrew Strauser 1 0-2 2, Dylan Fox 3 0-0 7, Drew Kralj 0 0-2 0, Austin Morgan 0 0-1 0, Austin Heeter 0 0-2 0. Totals: 16 7-17 43.Venango Cath. 12 17 21 12 — 62A-C Valley11 4 10 18 — 433-point goals: Venango Catholic 1 (Jones); A-C Valley 4 (Cottrell 2, Pennington, Fox).Tuesday: A-C Valley at Clarion-LimestoneClarion 65, Moniteau 54 — James Bair scored 29 points, but the Warriors rally fell short.Moniteau trailed 38-15 at the half, but outscored the Bobcats 36-27 in the second half.Bair scored 31 points and Skiver added 14 in Monday's 72-38 win over West Forest.MONITEAU 54Mark Kimmel 1 1-2 3, Jake Fullerton 0 0-0 0, Aaron Marterella 3 0-1 6, Shawn Giddings 3 0-0 6, Cody Skiver 2 2-4 6, James Bair 12 5-7 29, Zack Jewart 0 0-0 0, Derek Boben 2 0-0 4, J.J. Waid 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 8-14 54.CLARION 65Painter 4 1-3 9, Brenon Miller 3 0-1 6, Hearst 7 3-6 17, Smith 6 5-6 18, Barger 3 0-0 6, Cherico 1 0-0 2, Smathers 2 0-0 4, Verke 1 1-5 3. Totals: 27 10-21 65.Moniteau 9 6 22 14 — 54Clarion19 19 23 4 — 653-point goals: Clarion 1 (Smith)JV: Clarion 49-44 (Marterella 16)Friday: Cranberry at Moniteau

Slippery Rock's Marissa Siebka scored 15 points as the Rockets (7-2) overwhelmed visiting Oil City 42-28.Oil City failed to reach double digits in any quarter. Slippery Rock travels to rival Grove City Thursday.OIL CITY 28Wenner 2 0-0 4, Domer 1 0-0 2, Davis 4 3-4 12, McCauley 2 2-4 6, Serbati 0 4-5 4. Totals: 9 9-13 28.SLIPPERY ROCK 42Jenna Whitmer 1 2-2 4, Marissa Siebka 6 1-2 15, Lauren Dietz 2 0-0 4, Riley McGonigle 1 2-3 4, Sedona Campbell 3 2-2 8, Nicole Papley 2 2-2 7, Bailey Boyd 0 0-0 0, Alicia Bertozzi 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 9-11 42.Oil City 6 9 7 6 — 28Slippery Rock16 10 8 8 — 423-point goals: Oil City 1 (Davis); Slippery Rock 3 (Siebka 2, Papley)Thursday: Slippery Rock at Grove CityIndiana 64, Freeport 27 — Zoe Soilis scored 10 points, but the Yellowjackets (6-7) couldn't overcome a huge early hole in a road loss.FREEPORT 27Zoe Soilis 5 0-1 10, Dava Jack 1 0-4 2, Macy Smolic 1 1-2 3, Kim Mixon 1 0-0 2, Carli Schwickrath 1 0-0 2, Megan Minyon 0 0-0 0, Hailey Connor 1 0-0 2, Abree Cowen 0 0-0 0, Carly Van Tine 0 0-0 0, Erica Jack 0 0-0 0, Michaela Bowser 3 0-0 6, Natalie Dell 0 0-0 0, Victoria Delk 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 1-7 27.INDIANA 64Karchen 2 0-0 6, Meyers 2 0-0 4, Bujdos 6 2-2 15, Stiver 7 2-4 16, Kunkle 1 0-0 2, Hoff 2 5-7 9, McKingan 1 0-0 2, Sottile 2 0-0 5, Wagner 0 1-2 1, Zahorchak 2 0-0 4. Totals: 25 10-15 64.Freeport 9 4 6 8 — 27Indiana27 6 7 24 — 643-point goals: Indiana 4 (Karchen 2, Bujdos, Sottile)Thursday: Knoch at Freeport

Hempfield 800-66x, Butler 799-59x — Shooting 100 for the Golden Tornado were D.J. Beacom, Chloe Eagal, Raycine McCandless, Ben Crusan, Zach Fischer, Rebecca Frazier and Wes McCurdy.

First Baptist Christian 57, Family Life 16 — Trevor Barnhart had 20 points to lead FBC and Paul Drake added 17 points and eight steals.Alan Han had 13 rebounds and D.J. Bowser scored eight points and had 12 rebounds and six steals.Portersville Christian 61, First Baptist Christian 32 — Paul Drake scored 18 points and Alan Han added 14 rebounds for First Baptist.

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