Jake Whitmer hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to keep the Slippery Rock High boys basketball team's playoff hopes alive after a dramatic 57-56 win over Franklin Tuesday night.

Whitmer scored 16 points for the Rockets (11-10, 7-8).

Brady Kadlubek and Ryan Dutton each added 14 points for Slippery Rock, which faces another must-win against Sharon at home Friday night.

SLIPPERY ROCK 57

Jake Whitmer 5 5-9 16, Brady Kadlubek 6 2-2 14, Mark Cessar 3 0-0 8, Nate Popejoy 1 1-2 3, Ryan Dutton 5 4-4 14, John Marks 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 12-17 57.

FRANKLIN 56

Morgan 4 0-0 11, Russell 7 0-0 15, Hoffman 2 0-0 4, Drain 5 10-12 20, Spaid 1 4-4 6. Totals: 19 14-16 56.

Slippery Rock 7 11 18 21 — 57

Franklin11 8 19 18 — 56

3-point goals: Slippery Rock 3 (Whitmer, Cessar 2); Franklin 4 (Morgan 3, Russell)

Friday: Sharon at Slippery Rock

Karns City 69, Union 56 — David Olszak scored 28 points as the Gremlins bounced back from an overtime loss to Moniteau 24 hours earlier for a home win over the Golden Knights in the regular-season finale.

Dalton Callihan added 14 points and eight rebounds and Christian Turner pitched in 11 points and nine boards for Karns City (12-9).

Lucas Bowser led Union (12-10) with 14 points. Hank Murphy also reached double digits with 11 points for the Golden Knights.

UNION 56

Hank Murphy 5 0-1 11, Drew Marsh 0 0-0 0, Cole Morris 2 2-2 7, Noah Vereb 0 0-0 0, Zack Hepler 0 0-0 0, Chet Carmichael 3 0-0 7, Lucas Bowser 5 2-2 14, Lane Cicciarelli 0 1-2 1, Sutton Varner 1 0-0 3, Tyler Wiser 4 1-2 9, Gavin Hawk 2 0-0 4. Totals: 22 6-9 56.

KARNS CITY 69

David Olszak 12 2-4 28, Ethan Conto 0 2-2 2, Holden Martin 0 0-0 0, Christian Turner 5 0-0 11, Jake Wiles 1 0-0 2, Colton Hawk 1 0-0 2, Reese Barger 1 0-0 3, Brendan Waltman 2 0-0 5, Chandler Turner 0 0-0 0, Dalton Callihan 7 0-0 14, Noah Pollock 1 0-0 2. Totals: 30 4-6 69.

Union 16 6 20 14 — 56

Karns City12 27 18 12 — 69

3-point goals: Union 6 (Murphy, Morris, Carmichael, Bowser 2, Varner); Karns City 5 (Olszak 2, Chr. Turner, Barger, Waltman)

TBD: Karns City and Union in District 9 playoffs

Grove City 65, George Junior Republic 49 — Spencer Marnich scored 18 points and Brendan Record pitched in 17 as the Eagles shook off a slow start to win this region battle.

Danny Torok and Kameron Patterson also reached double-digits for Grove City (13-8, 11-4). Torok scored 13 points while Patterson added 12.

GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC 49

Barnes 5 2-2 12, Baxley 2 0-0 6, Johnson 1 0-2 2, James 6 0-0 17, Baker 6 0-0 12. Totals: 20 2-5 49.

GROVE CITY 65

Kameron Patterson 5 1-2 12, Spencer Marnich 8 2-6 18, Brendan Record 3 8-8 17, Jared Graham 1 2-2 5, Danny Torok 6 0-0 13. Totals: 23 13-18 65.

GJR 16 4 14 15 — 49

Grove City12 15 20 18 — 65

3-point goals: GJR 7 (Boxley 2, James 5); Grove City 6 (Patterson, Record 3, Graham, Torok)

JV: GJR 60-48 (Kyle Shingledecker 18)

Friday: Grove City at Oil City

Redbank Valley 73, A-C Valley 33 — Austin Heeter scored 13 points, but the Falcons (1-19) dropped this KSAC game.

Girls Basketball

Alycia Brehm scored 12 points and Stephanie McCall added 11, but Moniteau was edged at home by Keystone, 48-44.

Kristina DeMatteis added 10 points for the Warriors (14-7), who will play Keystone again at Keystone tonight to wrap up the regular season.

KEYSTONE 48

Weaver 1 0-4 3, Geer 1 1-1 3, Hess 5 1-1 14, Chapman 0 1-1 1, Beichner 1 0-0 2, Johnson 8 9-11 25. Totals: 16 12-18 48.

MONITEAU 44

Stephanie McCall 3 5-11 11, Alycia Brehm 4 1-1 12, Alazia Greaves 3 0-0 7, Kristina DeMatteis 3 4-9 10, Sara Hull 1 2-3 4. Totals: 14 12-24 44.

Keystone 14 9 16 9 — 48

Moniteau13 7 9 15 — 44

3-point goals: Keystone 4 (Weaver, Hess 3); Moniteau 4 (Brehm 3, Greaves)

Today: Moniteau at Keystone

Hickory 60, Grove City 34 — Alexis Deyarmin scored 12 points for the Eagles, who managed only three points in the first quarter.

LaCava paced three Hickory players in double figures with 17 points.

Swimming

John Wilson won a pair of events to lead the Knoch boys to a 99-75 win over Shady Side Academy.

The Knights' girls fell to SSA, 92-79, despite wins by Brooke Zukowski, Lydia Walls and Abby Jones.

Both Knoch swim teams finished the season 8-4 overall and 5-1 in the section.

Last week, Knoch swam in a tri-meet against Mars and Freeport. Those scores are as follows:

Boys

Mars 55, Knoch 46

Mars 66, Freeport 38

Knoch 75, Freeport 25

Girls

Knoch 69, Mars 30

Freeport 68, Mars 29

Knoch 65, Freeport 33

Girls

Shadyside Academy 92, Knoch 79

200 medley relay: 1-Shady Side Academy (Colville, Grune, Cummings, Lauer) 2:00.07

200 freestyle: 1-Grune (SSA) 1:59.36

200 individual medley: 1-Brooke Zukowski (K) 2:14.92

50 freestyle: 1-Jaffe (SSA) 28.27

1-meter diving: 1-Lydia Walls (K) 161.70

100 butterfly: 1-Cummings (SSA) 1:02.17

100 freestyle: 1-Grune (SSA) 56.0

500 freestyle: 1-Colville (SSA) 5:27.99

200 freestyle relay: 1-Shady Side Academy (Azzarello, Cummings, Lauer, Grune) 1:44.70

100 backstroke: 1-Azzarello (SSA) 1:03.50

100 breaststroke: 1-Abby Jones (K) 1:09.68

*400 freestyle relay: 1-Shady Side Academy 3:48.14

Boys

Knoch 99, Shady Side Academy 75

200 medley relay: 1-Knoch (Austin Wittmer, John Wilson, Matt Karenbauer, Derek Ekas) 1:47.47

200 freestyle: 1-Wittmer (K) 1:58.11

200 individual medley: 1-Wilson (K) 2:05.76

50 freestyle: 1-Leach (SSA) 23.25

1-meter diving: 1-Ben Lowery 263.20

100 butterfly: 1-Karenbauer (K) 58.61

100 freestyle: 1-Ekas (K) 54.61

500 freestyle: 1-Zac Coughlin (SSA) 5:13.23

200 freestyle relay: 1-Shady Side Academy (Forgas, Coughlin, Taylor, Leach) 1:40.12

100 backstroke: 1-Leach (SSA) 55.30

100 breaststroke: 1-Wilson (K) 1:02.52

400 freestyle relay: 1-Knoch (Wittmer, Karenbauer, Ekas, Wilson) 3:33.41

Wrestling

Scott Dietrich and Jeremiah Bortmas went 5-0 at 132 and 160 pounds, respectively, as Butler placed second out of 11 teams at the Penn State-Fayette Duals last weekend.

The Golden Tornado defeated Laurel Highlands 66-10, Connellsville 37-33, Albert Gallatin 66-9 and Woodridge (Ohio) 42-36, the latter match being for second place. Caleb Baxter had a pin to break the 36-36 deadlock in that match.

Butler (15-7) defeated Connellsville for the first time ever. The Tornado's lone loss was 42-21 to Latrobe.

“Our team grew up a lot in that tournament,” Butler coach Scott Stoner said. “We're jelling and meshing as a unit at the right time.”

Bortmas had three pins and Dietrich two on the day. Four Butler wrestlers went 4-1 in the tournament — Connor Foust, Sam Dietrich, Baxter and Nick Roth — with Baxter securing three pins.

The Tornado return to action Feb. 21 in the section tournament at Fox Chapel.

Indoor Track and Field

Butler's boys and girls competed in an open high school invitational over the weekend at Youngstown State University.

The Golden Tornado boys 4x200 meter relay team placed third, the 4x400 fourth and the 4x800 fifth. Medaling for Butler were Jeff Bailey, Bob Burdine, Connor Frost, Josh Rader, Patrick Fullerton, Adam Knauer, Brandon Critchlow, John Yannotty, Nicoli Peterson, Lamont Hoy, Joe Greaves and Brady Hartle.

On the girls side, Emily Horstman placed eighth in the 200 meters and anchored the 4x200 relay team to a fifth-place finish with Savannah Miller, Adrianna McGarrah and Shana Hoy. The 4x400 relay team of Hoy, Hanna Sheaffer, Kelly Kabay and Horstman was fifth, the 4x800 relay of Kabay, Emma LeMay, Erin LeMay and Michaela Brydon sixth.

Freshman McGarrah placed seventh in the long jump. There were more than 1,200 athletes from Ohio and Pennsylvania at the meet.

Private Schools

North Main Street Church 43, First Baptist Christian 39 (boys) — Trevor Barnhart tallied 17 points and 14 rebounds for FBC while Javier Iglesia had 16 points, five steals and five assists. Cameron Karnes had 11 rebounds.