A 24-14 edge in the third quarter sparked Moniteau’s 59-53 boys basketball win at Union Wednesday night.

Cody Skiver scored 24 points to pace the Warriors (7-9), who won their third straight game. James Bair contributed 19 points.

Cole Morris dropped 22 points for the Golden Knights (8-8).

MONITEAU 59

James Bair 9 1-6 19, Cody Skiver 10 2-4 24, Aaron Marterella 3 3-4 9, Jake Fullerton 1 0-0 2, Derek Boben 2 0-0 5, Zack Jewart 0 0-0 0, Shawn Giddings 0 0-0 0. Totals: 25 6-14 59.

UNION 53

Hank Murphy 2 2-4 6, Cole Morris 6 9-10 22, Gavin Hawk 0 1-2 1, Chet Carmichael 3 0-4 6, Lucas Bowser 5 0-0 11, Lane Cicciarelli 2 3-8 7, Zach Hepler 0 0-0 0, Tyler Wiser 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 15-28 53.

Moniteau 10 13 24 12 — 59

Union12 14 14 13 — 53

3-point goals: Moniteau 3 (Skiver 2, Boben); Union 2 (Morris, Bowser).

Friday: Moniteau at Clarion-Limestone; Karns City at Union

West Shamokin 57, Summit Academy 51 — Anthony Rentas scored 17 points for the Knights (3-14) in this non-section loss.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 51

Bilal Muhammad 1 0-0 2, Anthony Rentas 6 1-2 17, Terell Turner 6 3-4 16, Henderson 2 1-2 5, Dennis Richardson 5 1-2 11. Totals: 20 6-10 51.

WEST SHAMOKIN 57

Dean 1 0-0 2, Crise 2 1-2 5, Hough 9 5-6 23, Przybysz 9 1-1 19, Horner 2 2-2 8. Totals: 23 9-11 57.

Summit Academy 20 5 7 19 — 51

West Shamokin9 13 18 17 — 57

3-point goals: Summit Academy 5 (Rentas 4, Turner); West Shamokin 2 (Horner 2).

Friday: Summit Academy at Shenango

Girls Basketball

Stephanie McCall and Kristina DeMatteis both registered double-doubles as Moniteau crushed visiting Union 72-45.

DeMatteis had 19 points and 10 rebounds and McCall tallied 18 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

Alycia Brehm added 12 points and Alazia Greaves 10 points for the Warriors (12-5).

Lexey Shick scored 22 points for Union (4-13).

UNION 45

Kloe Remmick 4 2-3 12, Eiley McGregor 1 1-1 3, Frankee Remmick 0 1-2 1, Kali Flick 3 0-0 7, Lexey Shick 9 1-3 22, Hailey Schrecengost 0 0-2 0, Raianne Chains 0 0-0 0, Ali Roraback 0 0-0 0, Hannah Atzeni 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 5-11 45.

MONITEAU 72

Stephanie McCall 7 4-4 18, Alycia Brehm 4 2-2 12, Alazia Greaves 4 0-0 10, Kristina DeMatteis 8 3-7 19, Sara Hull 1 0-0 2, Kara Mentel 2 0-0 4, Cortney Claypoole 1 0-0 2, Emma Bair 1 0-0 2, Cambrie Campbell 1 0-0 3, Alyssa Dailey 0 0-0 0, Kennedy DeMatteis 0 0-0 0. Totals: 29 9-13 72.

Union 5 17 9 14 — 45

Moniteau19 17 21 15 — 72

3-point goals: Union 6 (L. Shick 3, K. Remmick 2, Flick); Moniteau 5 (Brehm 2, Greaves 2, Campbell).

Today: Moniteau at Keystone

Friday: Union at Karns City

Bowling

Matt Wetzel had a 665 series to lead Butler’s boys to a 6-1 win over Armstrong.

Wetzel began his second game with eight consecutive strikes before settling for a 254.

Dan Bellis also had a good night for the Golden Tornado (6-1) with a 624 series.

The Tornado girls dropped their second straight match with a 7-0 loss to Armstrong.

Megan Paul paced Butler (5-2) with a 613 series.

Wrestling

Butler’s Seth McCrea earned the Golden Tornado’s lone win with a pin in the heavyweight bout in a 65-6 loss to Franklin Regional in the WPIAL Class AAA team playoffs.

The defending state champion Panthers tallied seven pins.

“We knew we were up against a very good team,” said Butler coach Scott Stoner. “Franklin has several Division I recruits and it was like wrestling a college team. They were physical the whole time and kept coming at us full bore.”

Franklin Regional 65, Butler 6

(Match started at 106 pounds)

106-Mark Prevanal (FR) tech. fall Isaiah Christy 15-0; 113-Devin Brown (FR) pinned Shane Culp, 2:24; 120-Spencer Lee (FR) pinned Sam Dietrich, :28; 126-Gus Solomon (FR) pinned Connor Foust, 2:52; 132-Kyle Burk (FR) dec. Scott Dietrich, 10-3; 138-Dom Gianegelli (FR) pinned Caleb Baxter, 5:47; 145-Mike Kemmerer (FR) pinned Donovan Malovich, 1:11; 152-Josh Maruca (FR) pinned Hank Finan, 3:24; 160-Josh Shields (FR) major dec. Jeremiah Bortmas, 15-5; 170-Ryan Reckeon (FR) dec. Christian Sequet, 9-4; 182-Max Kubas (FR) tech. fall Nick Roth, 18-3; 195-Jeremy Nestor (FR) dec. Justin Johnson, 6-3; 220-Jake Pickup (FR) pinned J.D. Bojanac, 3:55; Hwt.-Seth McCrea (B) pinned Logan Miller, 3:58.

Hockey

Seneca Valley 3, Peters Township 1 — Christopher Lipnicky scored a hat trick for the Raiders (9-8) while Alyssa Peterson made 33 saves in this Tuesday win at the Iceoplex.

Peters Township fell to 13-3-1 with the loss.

Private Schools

First Baptist Christian (girls) 49, Neighborhood Academy 27 — Hannah Roth scored 16 points and added 11 rebounds, seven steals and four assists for FBC (11-2, 8-0). Caitlyn Mueller scored 11 points, Lydia Roth had eight steals and five blocks, Katelyn Gavinski seven rebounds.

Neighborhood Academy 40, FBC (boys) 39 — Javier Iglesia had 20 points, seven assists and six steals for FBC while Aaron Drake had 14 points and Cameron Karnes eight rebounds.