Seneca Valley strengthened its chances of making the WPIAL Class AAAA girls basketball playoffs with a dominating 59-25 win at North Hills Thursday night.

Melissa Carter managed a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Raiders (10-6, 5-3). Michaela Lamont added 12 points, Christina Dunning 11 points and Erin Danik eight points and 12 boards.

SENECA VALLEY 59

Michaela Lamont 5 0-0 12, Shaley Bream 1 0-0 3, Christina Dunning 4 1-2 11, Carolyn Palaski 1 0-0 2, Brooke Lyczek 1 0-0 2, Meghan Hess 2 0-0 6, Melissa Carter 7 1-3 15, Erin Danik 1 6-6 8, Maggie Maloney 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Cruttenden 0 0-0 0, Sarah Jones 0 0-0 0, Paige Montrose 0 0-0 0, Toni Augustine 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22 8-11 59.

NORTH HILLS 25

Stats not available.

Seneca Valley 9 18 25 7 — 59

North Hills3 8 11 3 — 25

3-point goals: Seneca Valley 7 (Lamont 2, Dunning 2, Hess 2, Bream).

Monday: Shaler at Seneca Valley

Mars 69, Valley 10 — The Planets dismantled the host Vikings, who trailed 40-8 at halftime.

Sara Getsy scored 22 points for the Planets (15-2, 10-0) and Ali Goetz scored 10.

MARS 69

Sara Getsy 11 0-2 22, Nicole McCloud 2 5-6 9, Jess Bunner 3 0-0 6, Ali Goetz 5 0-1 10, Elise Sheehy 2 0-0 4, Lauren Wasylson 2 3-4 7, Bri Buzard 0 1-2 1, Bonnie Workman 1 1-2 4, Hunter Berneburg 1 0-0 2, Hannah Ryan 1 0-0 2, Bailey Campbell 1 0-1 2, Amanda Sommers 0 0-0 0, Grace Ryan 0 0-0 0. Totals: 29 10-18 69.

VALLEY 10

Reese 1 0-0 3, Ruffini 1 0-0 2, Toney 1 0-0 2, Ward 1 1-2 3. Totals: 4 1-2 10.

Mars 25 15 23 6 — 69

Valley2 6 2 0 — 10

3-point goals: Mars 1 (Workman); Valley 1 (Reese).

Monday: Highlands at Mars

Greensburg Central Catholic 69, Freeport 24 — The Yellowjackets’ rough season continued with this Section 2-AA loss.

Zoe Soilis had 14 points and six rebounds for Freeport (5-11, 3-7).

GREENSBURG C.C. 69

Appleby 7 6-6 21, Adisey 5 0-0 10, Bisignani 6 0-0 12, Stawovy 1 3-3 5, Stunja 1 0-0 2, Czarnecki 2 2-2 6, Moore 2 0-1 4, Coddington 3 0-0 7, DeFazio 1 0-0 2. Totals: 28 11-12 69.

FREEPORT 24

Zoe Soilis 5 4-9 14, Macy Smolic 2 2-2 6, Aubree Cowen 1 0-2 2, Jenna Manke 1 0-0 2. Totals: 9 6-13 24.

Greensburg C.C. 22 20 19 8 — 69

Freeport5 6 9 4 — 24

3-point goals: Greensburg C.C. 2 (Appleby, Coddington).

Monday: West Shamokin at Freeport

Hickory 49, Grove City 22 — No Eagles’ player scored more than five points in this loss to the Hornets.

GROVE CITY 22

Danyelle Lucido 2 0-0 5, Carla Cintron 1 0-0 2, Alexis Deyarmin 1 0-0 2, Brenna Deyarmin 2 1-3 5, Jordyn Wyllie 1 3-6 5, Rachel Hughes 1 1-2 3. Totals: 8 5-11 22.

HICKORY 49

DeJulia 1 2-2 5, Chess 1 1-4 3, Grober 1 0-2 2, Whitehead 1 4-4 6, Beader 5 4-6 17, LaCava 6 4-4 16, Aikins 0 0-2 0. Totals: 15 15-24 49.

Grove City 3 7 5 7 — 22

Hickory14 10 11 14 — 49

3-point goals: Grove City 1 (Lucido); Hickory 4 (Beader 3, DeJulia).

Monday: Grove City at Oil City

Kittanning 52, Knoch 31 — The Knights fell to 7-11 overall, 2-8 in Section 1-AAA with this loss to the Wildcats.

KITTANNING 52

Montgomery 3 1-2 8, Hulings 1 0-1 2, Thomas 1 7-10 9, Klingensmith 3 5-6 11, Wolf 1 0-0 3, Kristen 2 0-0 4, Delp 4 5-6 14, Murphy 0 1-2 1. Totals: 15 21-27 52.

KNOCH 31

Ally Riley 3 0-1 6, Alyssa Logan 2 0-0 5, Kayla Grafton 0 0-0 0, Allie Megahan 1 0-0 2, Emily Frazier 2 3-6 7, Casey Kretzer 1 1-2 3, Erica Hunter 1 0-2 2, Maddie Canal 2 0-0 4, Carly Burdett 0 0-0 0, Sara Armahizer 1 0-0 2. Totals: 13 4-13 31.

Kittanning 17 12 3 20 — 52

Knoch4 11 8 8 — 31

3-point goals: Kittanning 3 (Montgomery Wolf, Delp); Knoch 1 (Kretzer)

Monday: Deer Lakes at Knoch

Boys Basketball

Despite having three players score in double figures, Slippery Rock suffered a 62-55 loss to visiting Meadville.

Jake Whitmer led the Rockets (6-9) with 21 points, Ryan Dutton had 20 and Brady Kadlubek 12.

MEADVILLE 62

Boitnott 2 0-0 4, McClure 3 1-2 8, Lindsey 7 0-2 14, Foster 3 2-4 10, Clune 6 3-4 18, Parker 2 2-2 6, Byham 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 8-14 62.

SLIPPERY ROCK 55

Jake Whitmer 8 2-4 21, Brady Kadlubek 5 0-0 12, Ryan Dutton 8 4-6 20, Camren Neal 1 0-0 2. Totals: 22 6-10 55.

Meadville 18 9 16 19 — 62

Slippery Rock13 10 14 18 — 55

3-point goals: Meadville 6 (Clune 3, Foster 2, McClure); Slippery Rock 5 (Whitmer 3, Kadlubek 2).

Saturday: Slippery Rock at Hickory

Hockey

Freeport had its five-game unbeaten streak snapped with a 4-2 non-section loss to Montour at the Belmont Ice Complex.

Hunter Kepple scored twice for the Yellowjackets (11-5-1). Dom Digiacobbe made 26 saves in net for Freeport.

Swimming

Tabitha Donaldson won the 100 and 200 freestyle events and Ben Shumway the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle, but Slippery Rock’s girls and boys fell to Titusville by scores of 91-79 and 105-54, respectively.

Girls

Titusville 91, Slippery Rock 79

200 medley relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Cessar, Broad, Reott, Donaldson) 2:06.8

200 freestyle: 1-Tabitha Donaldson (SR) 2:10.41

200 individual medley: 1-Ava Young (T) 2:31.07

50 freestyle: 1-Hannah Leach (T) 26.58

100 butterfly: 1-Mari Reott (SR) 1:08.56

100 freestyle: 1-Tabitha Donaldson (SR) 58.37

500 freestyle: 1-Hannah Leach (T) 6:05.14

200 freestyle relay: 1-Titusville 1:53.0

100 backstroke: 1-Mari Reott (SR) 1:05.2

100 breaststroke: 1-Barbara Cessar (SR) 1:19.63

400 freestyle relay: 1-Titusville 4:03.48

Boys

Titusville 105, Slippery Rock 54

200 medley relay: 1-Titusville 2:01.96

200 freestyle: 1-Shane Steffy (T) 2:00.15

200 individual medley: 1-Ben Shumway (SR) 2:23.69

50 freestyle: 1-Matt Johnston (SR) 23.68

100 butterfly: 1-Matt Leach (T) 1:08.3

100 freestyle: 1-Austin France (SR) 54.47

500 freestyle: 1-Ben Shumway (SR) 5:51.59

200 freestyle relay: 1-Titusville 1:38.89

100 backstroke: 1-Matt Johnston (SR) 1:04.63

100 breaststroke: 1-Robby Younkin (T) 1:16.04

400 freestyle relay: 1-Slippery Rock (France, Masterson, Shumway, Johnston) 4:02.34

Rifle

Butler 800-57x, Indiana 770-33x — The Golden Tornado received strong efforts from Rachel Laughlin, Hayden Burd, Alissa Wulff, Wes McCurdy, Bryant Libler, Carlie Gallagher, Zane Barnett and Luke Montag.

Private Schools

First Baptist Christian (boys) 87, Cambria Christian 39 — Javier Iglesia scored 31 points, grabbed 10 steals and eight assists for FBC. Trevor Barnhart had 28 points, 20 rebounds and five steals, Aaron Drake 16 points, Cameron Karnes 10 points and 18 rebounds.

Cambria Christian 48, FBC (girls) 47 — Hannah Roth scored 29 points for FBC, sinking four treys, and had eight rebounds. Lydia Roth added 12 points, six rebounds and five steals.