Pelles leads Planets to victory

December 21, 2010 Last Updated: December 21, 2010 01:43 PM High School

Seneca Valley's Bri Sieminski shoots a jump shot over West Allegheny's Audra Mercurio, left, in the Raiders' 34-30 loss Monday night.

Kelsey Pelles had 16 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks to lead the Mars girls basketball team to a 48-42 victory over Elizabeth-Forward Monday.

Alexa Lee had 12 points, and Carly Clark had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Planets (2-3).

MARS 48Alexa Lee 3 6-8 12, Carly Clark 3 2-2 11, Lizz Tumminello 0 2-4 2, Meghan Kelly 0 3-4 3, Kelsey Pelles 5 6-12 16, Randi Francis 1 2-2 4, Brinsley Evanson 0 0-0 0, Teresa Dallatore 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 12 21-32 48.

ELIZABETH-FORWARD 42Hightower 0 0-0 0, Ulmer 1 0-2 2, Buck 5 3-5 13, Sekula 2 1-3 6, Steinenkopf 2 1-2 5, Sekula 1 7-8 9, Onoc 2 2-2 6, Pastore 0 1-2 6.

Totals: 13 15-24 42.

Mars 15 10 5 18—48Elizabeth-Forward 14 11 5 12—423-point goals: Mars 3 (Clark 3); Elizabeth-Forward 1 (Sekula 1).

Wednesday: Shenango at Mars, 7 p.m. (varsity only)

West Allegheny 34, Seneca Valley 30 — The Indians outscored Seneca Valley 16-7 in the final quarter to pull out the nonsection victory.Alyssa Miller led the Raiders (2-3) with eight points.

WEST ALLEGHENY 34Johns 4 2-4 12, Trautman 1 10-10 12, Hemich 0 0-0 0, Pattochei 1 0-2 2, Chiodo 0 0-0 0, Flecker 1 0-0 2, Hohn 0 1-2 1, Mercurio 0 0-0 0, Atkins 2 1-2 5, Murn 0 0-0 0, Crawford 0 0-0 0

Totals: 9 14-20 34.

SENECA VALLEY 30Brooke Clifford 0 0-0 0, Julia Vandrak 1 0-0 3, Alyssa Miller 3 0-0 8, Katie Brown 0 0-2 0, Mary Kate Fullerton 0 0-0 0, Bri Sieminski 1 0-0 2, Amanda Geiger 2 2-2 6, Angie Lalonde 1 2-2 5, Alex Karika 3 0-0 6, Abby Trzeciak 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 11 4-6 30.

West Allegheny 4 4 10 16—34Seneca Valley 6 6 11 7—303-point goals: West Allegheny 2 (Johns 2); Seneca Valley 4 (Miller 2, Vandrak, Lalonde).

Monday: Seneca Valley at KSA Disney Tournament

Meadville 62, Slippery Rock 22 — Morgan Siebka had 11 points, but the Rockets (2-1) couldn't keep up with the Bulldogs, who scored 41 points in the second and third quarters combined to pull away.

MEADVILLE 62Fevero 9 2-3 24, Jones 4 0-0 9, Da. Epps 0 0-0 0, Er. Chandler 3 1-2 7, Ei. Chandler 0 0-0 0, De. Epps 4 1-2 10, Fifer 5 2-2 12.

Totals: 25 6-9 62.

SLIPPERY ROCK 22Molly Weitzel 0 1-4 1, Jackie Basta 2 0-0 6, Haley Angerett 1 0-0 2, Morgan Siebka 5 1-1 11, Riley McGonigle 1 0-0 2, Ellie Shaw 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 9 2-5 22.

Meadville 13 24 17 8—62Slippery Rock 4 11 5 2—223-point goals: Meadville 6 (Fevero 4, Jones, De. Epps); Slippery Rock 2 (Basta 2).

Wednesday: Farrell at Slippery Rock, 5:30 p.m. (varsity only)

Freeport 42, Burrell 26 — The Yellowjackets (2-3, 2-0) defeated the Bucs in Section 1-AA action Monday. No details were available.• Mars resident Jess Mrdjenovich had 10 points, four rebounds and three steals to lead Oakland Catholic to a 54-44 victory over North Hills.

Brookville 72, Karns City 25 — The Raiders raced out to a 26-3 first-quarter advantage en route to the KSAC victory. Tyler Kepple led the Gremlins (1-1) with nine points.KARNS CITY 25Brad Fuhrer 2 2-2 7, Mike Sinkevich 0 0-0 0, Brandyn Bowser 0 0-0 0, Dylan Hipple 2 0-0 4, Jake Henry 0 0-2 0, Ethan Williams 0 0-0 0, Brady Ellenberger 1 0-0 2, Andrew Johnston 0 0-0 0, Tucker Preston 0 0-0 0, Josh Wallace 1 0-0 3, Kyle Barger 0 0-0 0, Tyler Kepple 3 1-1 9, Tom Stoughton 0 0-0 0, Zach Kepple 0 0-0 0, Brandon Krumpe 0 0-0 0. Totals: 9 3-5 25.BROOKVILLE 72Ryan Zimmerman 1 0-0 2, Dan Ion 5 0-0 14, Kyle Baughman 4 2-2 10, Garrett Heschke 3 5-5 11, Zane Hackett 2 4-10 8, Seth Connor 2 0-0 4, Adam Dennison 2 1-1 5, Tighe Tauman 3 0-0 8, Seb Kerr 1 0-0 3, Austin Burney 1 1-2 3, Jaden Young 1 0-0 2, Levi Pauk 1 0-0 2. Totals: 26 13-19 72.Karns City 3 13 2 7—25Brookville 26 17 24 5—723-point goals: Karns City 4 (T. Kepple 2, Fuhrer, Wallace); Brookville 7 (Ion 4, Tauman 2, Kerr).Today: Karns City at Venango Catholic

Erie McDowell 8, Butler 5 — Cody Bachman and Tanner Gilliland netted two goals apiece, and Troy Double accounted for Butler's other goal in this PIHL Class AAA game.Jake Tomasovic had three assists, Bachman and Double had two each, and Gilliland and Jake Whann one apiece.Butler will return to the ice Jan. 3 against Central Catholic at BladeRunners in Harmarville.Kittanning 8, Knoch 2 — The Wildcats rolled to the Class A triumph over the Knights.No details were available.

Seneca Valley 3, Pine-Richland 1 — Dan Bezila, Tim Pecora and Dom Pecora scored for the Raiders. Joe Lang was the winning goaltender.