Mars was just fine at the line.

The Planets hit 25-of-28 from the free-throw line Tuesday on the way to a 59-42 win over Kittanning in boys basketball action.

Mitch Buzard scored 14 points, including an 8-for-8 effort at the charity stripe. Zach May also scored 14 for the Planets (14-6, 10-3).

Josh Goetz added 12 points and 17 rebounds for Mars.

MARS 59Garrett Ashbaugh 0 7-8 8. Owen Nearhoof 3 2-2 10, Ben Erdahl 1 0-0 2, Mitch Buzard 3 8-8 14, Zach May 4 4-4 14, Brett Kloc 0 0-0 0, Josh Goetz 4 4-6 12, Adam Bayuk 0 0-0 0, Gabe Spurlock 0 0-0 0, Jason Lozzi 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 15 25-28 59.

KITTANNING 42Henry 5 2-2 13, Mead 5 2-4 12, Lambert 2 1-3 5, Foster 0 0-0 0, Barnes 1 1-1 3, Crissman 1 0-0 2, Pirhalla 0 0-0 0, Schaffer 1 0-0 2, Falchetti 2 0-0 5.

Totals: 17 6-10 42.

Mars 14 15 15 15—59Kittanning 12 9 12 9—423-point goals: Mars 4 (Nearhoof 2, May 2); Kittanning 2 (Henry, Falchetti).

Friday: Knoch at Mars

Slippery Rock 66, Oil City 53 — Caleb Whitney scored 16 points and Dustin Mellott hit five 3-pointers for 15 points to lead the Rockets.Slippery Rock (5-13, 3-10) broke the game open in the third quarter by outscoring the Oilers 25-9.

SLIPPERY ROCK 66Sean White 0 0-1 0, Reed Elder 0 0-0 0, Ryan Currie 5 0-0 11, Ryan Thompson 2 3-5 7, Bobby Paczkowski 0 1-2 1, Mike Rummel 0 1-2 1, Ty Udy 4 3-4 13, Ryan Northcott 0 0-0 0, Dan Bertozzi 0 0-1 0, Jake Whitmer 0 1-2 1, Dustin Mellott 5 0-0 15, Caleb Whitney 6 4-4 16.

Totals: 20 12-19 66.

OIL CITY 53Way 3 4-4 10, Williams 2 1-2 6, McCauley 2 3-3 8, Cimoski 4 1-2 9, Davis 5 0-4 11, Carll 0 0-1 0, Geib 3 1-2 9, Flaherty 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 19 10-18 53.

Slippery Rock 11 16 25 14—66Oil City 15 13 9 16—533-point goals: Slippery Rock 8 (Currie, Udy 2, Mellott 5); Oil City 5 (Williams, McCauley, Davis, Geib 2).

JV Score: Oil City 51-47

Friday: Slippery Rock at Farrell

Freeport 56, West Shamokin 52 (OT) — Brendan Lynch and Ryan Dunn each scored 14 points as the Yellowjackets pulled this one out in overtime.Sean Carson added 12 points for Freeport (10-7, 6-5), which is now in a tie for third place with Ford City in Section 1-AA.

FREEPORT 56Ryan Dunn 6 1-2 14, Robbie Miller 3 1-2 8, Sean Carson 6 0-0 12, Brendan Lynch 3 8-10 14, Tony DeVivo 2 0-0 4, Alex Carson 1 0-0 2, Zane Geist 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 22 10-14 56.

WEST SHAMOKIN 52Jason McCaslin 2 0-0 4, Anthony Rocco 3 4-4 10, Andy Stover 3 0-2 6, Zane Clowser 3 1-2 9, Zac Horner 0 2-2 2, Damon Craig 3 3-8 9, Derek Fleming 3 4-6 10, Matt Marsh 0 2-2 2.

Totals: 17 16-27 52.

Freeport 16 7 11 12 10—56West Shamokin 13 8 13 12 6—523-point goals: Freeport 2 (Dunn, Miller); West Shamokin 2 (Clowser 2).

Friday: Shady Side Academy at Freeport

Grove City 62, Franklin 46 — Four Eagles reached double digits in this Region 6 win.Torin Smith led Grove City (15-4, 10-3) with 14 points. Donte Robinson and Matt Thrasher each had 12 and Alec Goodwin 10.

FRANKLIN 46Mooney 2 1-2 6, Burley 2 0-1 4, Smith 4 0-0 10, King 9 0-1 20, Jones 3 0-1 6.

Totals: 20 1-5 46.

GROVE CITY 62Alec Goodwin 3 4-7 10, Donte Robinson 4 3-4 12, Torin Smith 4 5-6 14, Alex Hall 1 1-2 3, Derek Turner 2 4-6 8, Matt Thrasher 5 0-0 12, Mac Young 1 1-1 3.

Totals: 20 18-26 62.

Franklin 6 12 8 20—46Grove City 10 11 18 23—623-point goals: Franklin 5 (Smith 2, King 2, Mooney); Grove City 4 (Thrasher 2, Robinson, Smith).

JV Score: Grove City 51-43

Summit Academy 68, Ellwood City 60 — The Knights improved to 15-4 overall and 11-1 in the section. Further information was unavailable.

SwimmingDespite reaching three WPIAL qualifying standards, the Freeport girls swimming team fell to Kiski Area 78-61.Becca Dudek swam a time of 2 minutes, 9.34 seconds in the 200 freestyle to qualify for the WPIAL championships.Freshman Bria Otwell also qualified in the 100 backstroke, coming in at 1:02.71 and the 400 freestyle relay team of Dudek, Otwell, Megan Sweeny and Riley Farneth also met the qualifying standard, finishing at 4:09.83.Freeport's Zachary Persijn, won the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:05.88.

GirlsKiski Area 78, Freeport 61200 medley relay: 1-Kiski 2:04.75

200 freestyle: 1-Becca Dudek (F) 2:09.34

200 individual medley: 1-Paulett (K) 2:34.17

50 freestyle: 1-Megan Sweeny (F) 27.82

100 butterfly: 1-Kuzemchak (K) 1:11.47

1-meter diving: 1-Culp (K) 227.70

100 freestyle: 1-Dudek (F) 1:00.20

500 freestyle: 1-Debick (K) 7:54.01

200 freestyle relay: 1-Kiski 1:51.28

100 backstroke: 1-Bria Otwell (F) 1:02.71

100 breaststroke: 1-Otwell (F) 1:15.20

400 freestyle relay: 1-Freeport (Otwell, Riley Farneth, Sweeny, Dudek) 4:09.83

Hampton 95, Knoch 82 (girls); Hampton 90, Knoch 85 (boys) — Anna Cunningham won a pair of events, but the Knights' girls (3-7) were edged.It was even closer on the boys side as the meet came down to the final event with Hampton securing the victory with first place in the 400 freestyle relay.Jacob Shoemaker and Ian Lindsey each won individual events for Knoch (6-4).

GirlsHampton 95, Knoch 82200 medley relay: 1-Hampton 2:05.23

200 freestyle: 1-Jamie Bonino (H) 2:08.65

200 individual medley: 1-Katie Fernander (H) 2:25.28

50 freestyle: 1-Kristen McKnight (H) 26.72

100 butterfly: 1-Maddie Wolf (H) 1:08.00

1-meter diving: 1-Lindsay McGivern (H) 197.39

100 freestyle: 1-Anna Cunningham (K) 56.79

500 freestyle: 1-Bonino (H) 5:51.89

200 freestyle relay: 1-Hampton 1:52.32

100 backstroke: 1-Cunningham (K) 1:04.81

100 breaststroke: 1-Fernander (H) 1:11.36

400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Katie Jones, Maranda Tano, Madison Whalen, Cunningham) 4:08.16

BoysHampton 90, Knoch 85200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Chad Cummings, Ian Lindsey, Nathan Walls, Austin Wittmer) 1:48.45

200 freestyle: 1-Kyle Berkow (H) 1:53.07

200 individual medley: 1-Drew Werner (H) 2:10.26

50 freestyle: 1-Matt Wilson (K) 24.31

100 butterfly: 1-Jacob Shoemaker (K) 1:01.10

1-meter diving: 1-Andrew Olczak (K) 69.60

100 freestyle: 1-Werner (H) 51.35

500 freestyle: 1-Jake Kocsis (H) 5:08.81

200 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Wilson, Mike Kasunick, Joe Hitchison, Shoemaker) 1:40.55

100 backstroke: 1-Kocsis (H) 1:01.67

100 breaststroke: 1-Lindsey (K) 1:05.63

400 freestyle relay: 1-Hampton 3:27.38

Hockey

Mars 8, Serra Catholic 4 — Austin Heakins, Maxwell Master and Joseph Bender each scored two goals to lead the Planets (13-1).Heakins and Nicholas Blaney also had two assists.

Freeport 3, Westmont Hilltop 1 — Eric Waddell broke a 1-1 tie with a third-period goal and Gregory Newman added another late to lead the Yellowjackets.Cole Hepler also scored for Freeport.

Wrestling

Knoch 53, Riverside 24 — Joel Hixon at 126 pounds, Blaine Elliott (132) and Tyler Hlebiczki (145) each recorded pins to lift the Knights.

106

pounds: Andy Lowery (R) by forfeit;

113: Megan Moroney (R) by forfeit;

120: Ryan Grossman (K) dec. Mike Johnson (R) 7-3;

126: Joel Hixon (K) pinned Michael Johnson 2:44;

132: Blaine Elliott (K) pinned Evan Scott 2:32;

138: Col McLaughlin (K) maj. dec. Caleb Whelan 17-2;

145: Tyler Hlebiczki (K) pinned Tyler Murphy 3:07;

152: Matthew Steinmiller (K) by forfeit;

160: Justin Lezark (R) pinned Ben Nowicki 4:59;

170: Bailey Savage (K) by forfeit;

182: Cody Bracken (K) by forfeit;

195: Brian Mowry (K) dec. Mitchell Paskorz 6-2;

220: Regis McGill (R) by forfeit;

285: Ian Adkin (K) by forfeit.

Rifle

Butler 797-66x, Plum 796-48x — Shooting 100s for the Golden Tornado in this win were Dana McCurdy, Olivia Eagal, Brad Gallagher, Skyler Bittner and Sarah Laughlin.

Private Schools

First Baptist Christian 33, Calvary Baptist Christian 31, OT (girls basketball) — Lydia Roth scored nine points in the win. Shelby Poorman had six steals, Hannah Roth had three assists and Alyssa Barnhart three steals.FBC also defeated Evangel Heights, 40-23, as Barnhart scored 15 points, Lydia Roth 10. Hannah Roth had six steals.