Butler’s Rachel Laughlin placed highest among all females at the WPIAL rifle individual championship Thursday at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportmen’s Club in Canonsburg.

Laughlin qualified for states by shooting a 200-18x, tying for second place with Hempfield’s Mason Kemerer.

Kemerer won the tie break because he scored higher on a tie-breaking second target.

Girls basketball

Brenna Deyarmin scored 15 points and Alexis Deyarmin added 10, but Grove City dropped a home region game 48-40 to Oil City.

The Eagles are 12-8 overall and 4-6 in region play.

OIL CITY 48

Davis 5 8-11 18, McCauley 3 4-4 10, Serbati 3 1-6 7, Stevenson 3 1-2 9, Domer 1 0-0 2, Carll 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 14-23 48.

GROVE CITY 40

Danyelle Lucido 1 0-0 3, Carla Cintron 2 0-0 5, Alexis Deyarmin 4 2-3 10, Brenna Deyarmin 5 2-2 15, Jordyn Wyllie 1 5-8 7. Totals: 13 9-13.

Oil City 10 13 9 16 — 48

Grove City5 10 7 18 — 40

3-point goals: Oil City 2 (Stevenson); Grove City 5 (B. Deyarmin 3, Cintron, Lucido)

Saturday: Central Tech at Grove City

A-C Valley 51, Clarion 47 — The Falcons held off a furious fourth quarter run by the Bobcats to clinch their first winning season since 1993-94.

Morgan Cratty led A-C Valley (12-10) with 12 points.

A-C VALLEY 51

Ellie Thompson 3 0-0 6, Sadie Longo 5 1-2 11, Lauren McNany 3 0-0 7, Morgan Cratty 5 2-9 12, Erin Logue 2 5-6 9, Danielle Kaufman 2 2-2 6. Totals: 20 10-19 51.

CLARION 47

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A-C Valley 11 12 14 14 — 51

Clarion9 6 9 23 — 47

3-point goals: A-C Valley 1 (McNany)

Next: A-C Valley at District 9 Class A playoffs TBD

Brookville 59, Union 37 — Hailey Schrecengost (11 points), Shaley Shick (10) and Lexey Shick (10) scored in double figures for the Damsels in a losing effort.

BROOKVILLE 59

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UNION 37

Hailey Schrecengost 4 2-2 11, Lexey Schick 3 3-5 10, Shaley Shick 3 2-3 10, Eiley McGregor 1 0-0 2, Kali Flick 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12 7-10 37.

Brookville 18 9 20 12 — 59

Union10 8 9 8 — 37

3-point goals: Union 4 (S. Shick 2, L. Shick, Schrecengost)

Hockey

Hempfield used three third-period goals to take down Freeport 5-2 in a Class A Tier 1 Eastern Conference matchup at the Belmont Ice Complex.

Michael Frazetta and Stone Haberstroh scored in the second period to give the Yellowjackets (11-8-1) a 2-1 lead. Jacob Bartus tied the game for the Spartans on a power-play goal with 4:02 left in the second period.

Ethan Grant scored the game-winning goal for Hempfield three minutes into the third period.

Matt Houston made 33 stops in net for Freeport, which was outshot 37-24.

Private schools

The First Baptist Christian School girls beat Seeds of Faith Christian School 64-12 to improve to 15-2 overall, 12-0 in league play.

Alexis Barnhart had a game-high 16 points and 12 rebounds. Hannah Roth (14 points) and Lydia Roth (12) each finished in double figures.

The FBCS boys beat the Slippery Rock Homeschoolers 61-54. Javier Iglesia had 25 points and seven assists, while Trevor Barnhart had 21 points, seven steals and six rebounds.

The FBCS junior varsity boys beat St. Fiedelis 49-39.

Aaron Drake had 28 point, seven rebounds and four steals. Nate Errington added 15 rebounds.