Ethan Geisler and Brian Giesler tallied 22 points apiece to power Slippery Rock to a 67-64 victory over George Junior Republic in boys basketball action Thursday.

Geisler drained four 3-pointers while Giesler, along with Ryan Gordon (10 points) added two treys for the Rockets (7-6).

SLIPPERY ROCK 67Ethan Geisler 7 4-4 22, Ryan Gordon 4 0-0 10, Brant Sloan 0 3-4 3, Kevin Rummell 1 0-0 2, Brian Giesler 10 0-0 22, Brent Ayers 3 0-0 6, Mark Drake 1 0-0 2. Totals: 26 7-8 67.

GEORGE JR. REPUBLIC 64Hanton 4 1-1 9, Lemon 8 3-4 19, Tommony 2 0-0 4, Napier 8 1-1 18, Bryant 5 0-0 12, Lawrence 1 0-0 2. Totals: 27 5-6 64.

Slippery Rock 19 17 14 17—67G.J. Republic 13 21 13 17—643-point goals: Geisler 2, Gordon 2, Gielser 2; Bryant 2, Napier

JV: Slippery Rock, 44-41 (SR:Justin Bennett 16)

Saturday: Slippery Rock at Meadville

Mars 54, Kittanning 43 — Christian Locher had 19 points to pace the Planets (10-5, 5-3) over the Wildcats in Section 1-AAA action.

MARS 54Chris Herold 2 3-6 8, Brad Weischedel 3 2-3 8, Christian Locher 7 2-2 19, Luke Gruber 3 1-2 7, Alex Mahon 2 2-2 7, Dante DeTillio 0 0-0 0, Vinny Smith 2 1-2 5. Totals: 19 11-11 54.

KITTANNING 43Klingensmith 3 5-6 12, Stolitza 2 8-8 12, Risch 2 0-0 4, Ohm 1 2-2 4, Rettig 1 2-2 4, Rumbarger 2 0-0 4, Hickman 1 1-2 3, McCanna 0 0-0 0, Kilgore 0 0-0 0. Totals: 12 18-20 43.

Mars 17 5 10 22—54Kittanning 8 8 9 18—433-point goals: Klingensmith; Locher 3, Herold, Mahon

Today: Mars at Deer Lakes

Summit Academy 61, Kiski Prep 38 — John Jenkins had 20 points to lead the Knights (5-11) to the non-section victory.

Incomplete boxSummit Academy 15 18 16 12—61Kiski Prep 8 13 8 9—38

</B>Mars 59, Franklin Regional 28 — Lily Grenci had 18 points and 13 rebounds and Kehle Pelles 15 points and 11 boards to lead the Planets to the Section 1-AAA triumph.Alexa Lee and Elaine Hasek added 14 and 10 points, respectively, for Mars (13-3, 8-1).<B>MARS 59Ashley Lynch 0 2-4 2, Lily Grenci 8 2-3 18, Elaine Hasek 5 0-0 10, Kehle Pelles 6 3-4 15, Alexa Lee 6 0-0 14, Ally Demetriadis 0 0-0 0, Maureen Cress 0 0-0 0. </B>Totals: 25 7-11 59.<B>FRANKLIN REGIONAL 28Vendemia 1 0-2 2, Obradovich 0 1-2 1, Segiel 3 2-2 8, Martin 2 0-0 4, Alexander 3 1-2 7, Riley 1 0-4 2, Drutch 2 0-4 4.</B> Totals: 12 4-16 28.<B>Mars 18 15 15 11—59Franklin Regional 7 5 4 12—283-point goals:</B> Lee 2<B>JV:</B> Mars, 35-14 (M:Lizz Tumminello 14)<B>Sunday:</B> Mars vs. Montour at Robert Morris University<B>Hampton 26, Knoch 14 — </B>Sara Montgomery had 14 rebounds, but the Talbots outscored the Knights 22-7 in the second half to pull away with the Section 1-AAA win.<B>KNOCH 14Gina Robb 1 0-0 2, Sara Montgomery 3 1-2 7, Laura Gray 2 1-2 5, Hannah Novotny 0 0-0 0, Haley Hutterer 0 0-0 0, Taylor Tresatti 0 0-0 0, Lindsay MacArthur 0 0-0 0. </B>Totals: 6 2-5 14.<B>HAMPTON 26B. Gally 1 0-0 2, E. Gally 1 0-0 2, Hanson 1 1-3 3, Schaffer 4 1-3 10, Ferraro 2 1-2 5, Goodman 1 1-2 4, Whitmer 0 0-2 0.</B> Totals: 10 4-12 26.<B>Knoch 5 2 6 1—14Hampton 1 3 12 10—263-point goals:</B> Schaffer, Goodman<B>JV:</B> Hampton, 36-15 (K:Jenna Kanterman 5)<B>Monday:</B> Knoch at Franklin Regional<B>Meadville 53, Slippery Rock 51</B> — Karly Rhoads scored 18 points, but the Rockets (11-5, 7-1) suffered their first region loss.Meadville (10-6, 6-2) closed to one game behind Slippery Rock in the region chase.<B>SLIPPERY ROCK 51Karly Rhoads 5 7-7 18, Ali Doyle 2 1-1 5, Kourtney Rhoads 2 0-0 5, Adele Campbell 3 0-1 6, SarahCessar 2 1-3 6, Taylor Crocker 4 0-0 9, Bre Northcott 1 0-0 2. </B>Totals: 19 9-12 51<B>MEADVILLE 53Severo 9 0-0 18, Mott 3 4-4 10, Wade 2 3-4 7, Gerhart 2 0-1 4, Chandler 1 0-0 2, Seidler 5 2-2 12.</B> Totals: 22 9-11 53<B>Slippery Rock 14 8 11 18—51Meadville 17 10 10 16—533-point goals:</B> Ka. Rhoads, Ko. Rhoads, Cessar, Crocker<B>JV:</B> Meadville 24-20<B>Monday:</B> SlipperyRock at Franklin<B>Franklin 63, Grove City 36 — </B>Caitlin McNamara accounted for half of the Eagles' points in this Region 5 loss to Franklin.<B>FRANKLIN 63Gravatt 6 0-1 13, Ritchey 2 0-1 4, Kahle 0 0-0 0, Dolan 3 0-0 6, Hager 4 3-4 11, A. Witt 2 4-5 8, Smith 0 1-2 1, Deal 4 0-0 11, Foust 2 0-0 5, Simons 0 0-0 0, Gibson 0 0-0 0, T. Witt 2 0-0 4, Irwin 0 0-0 0, Snyder 0 0-0 0. </B>Totals: 25 8-13 63.<B>GROVE CITY 36Caitlin McNamara 4 10-13 18, Lexi Caporali 1 2-4 4, Sammi Bell 2 0-1 4, Brogan Foster 1 0-0 2, Maddie Torok 1 0-0 2, Rachel Kurtz 0 0-0 0, Mariah Jenkins 1 0-1 2, Grace Bennett 0 0-0 0, Vanessa Sprando 0 1-3 1, Danielle Johnson 1 0-0 2, Katie Byers 0 0-0 0, Jackie Previty 0 1-2 1.</B> Totals: 11 14-24 36.<B>Franklin 16 15 20 12—63Grove City 8 10 13 5—363-point goals:</B> Deal 3, Gravatt, Foust<B>JV:</B> Franklin, 46-20 (GC:Mariah Jenkins 9)<B>Monday:</B> Oil City at Grove City<B>Ford City 44, Freeport 21</B> — The Yellowjackets (7-9, 5-5) fell to the Sabers in a Section 1-AA contest. No other details were available.

The Seneca Valley girls team (4-2) defeated Shaler 103-72 while the boys squad (2-4) also prevailed 96-72 against the Titans on Thursday.Both teams return to action Tuesday at Gateway.<B>North Allegheny 115, Butler 66 (boys), North Allegheny 105, Butler 76 (girls) — </B>Erik Bergh, Matt Goettler, Bri Keelan and Morgan Morrison were individual event winners for the Golden Tornado in Wednesday's home losses.<B>BoysNorth Allegheny 115, Butler 66200 medley relay:</B> 1-North Allegheny 1:38.73<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Matthew Buerger (NA)1:50.86<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Sean Battle (NA)2:10.30<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Jonthan Du (NA)23.30<B>1-meter diving:</B> 1-Connor Kuremsky (NA)295.10<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Matthew Buerger (NA)58.25<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Kevin Kuntz (NA)50.24<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Erik Bergh (B)5:20.44<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-North Allegheny 1:30.16<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Jonathan Buerger (NA)57.58<B>100 breaststroke: </B>1-Matt Goettler (B)1:10.58<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Butler (Jason Clouse, Matt Goettler, Alex Bauer, Erik Bergh)3:46.22<B>GirlsNorth Allegheny 105, Butler 76200 medley relay:</B> 1-Butler (Jordan McElhaney, Morgan Morrison, Bri Keelan, Abby Merhaut) 2:02.33<B>200 freestyle:</B> 1-Stephanie Graham (NA)2:03.58<B>200 individual medley:</B> 1-Bri Keelan (B)2:20.20<B>50 freestyle:</B> 1-Courtney Thompson (NA)26.70<B>1-meter diving:</B> 1-Emilie Foley (NA)241.80<B>100 butterfly:</B> 1-Erin Bishop (NA)1:02.52<B>100 freestyle:</B> 1-Marina Rozick (NA)58.70<B>500 freestyle:</B> 1-Courtney Thompson (NA)5:28.15<B>200 freestyle relay:</B> 1-North Allegheny 1:46.00<B>100 backstroke:</B> 1-Sam Cready (NA)1:06.66<B>100 breaststroke: </B>1-Morgan Morrison (B)1:16.62<B>400 freestyle relay:</B> 1-Butler (Bri Keelan, Jordan McElhaney, Morgan Morrison, Abby Merhaut) 34:59.91

<B>Mt. Lebanon 800-67x, Butler 799-63x — </B>Brianna Ivory, Alicia Kniess, Ben Patton, Nathan Wulff, Brad Opitz, Luc Sedwick and Andrew Olexsak each fired 100's for the visiting Tornado (9-3), who host Woodland Hills on Tuesday.

In PIHL action Thursday, Knoch defeated Somerset Area 3-2 at Planet Ice while Bishop McCort downed Freeport 5-3 at the War Memorial.No other details were available.