Slippery Rock jumped out to a 40-16 lead by halftime and cruised to a 63-40 girls basketball win over Grove City on Saturday.

Hallie Raabe paced the Rockets with 20 points while MaryAnn Ackerman added 16.

Lily Burtch led Grove City with 12.

SLIPPERY ROCK 63

Emma McDermott 8, Anna Kadlubek 9, Hallie Raabe 20, MaryAnn Ackerman 16, Michaella Roth 2, Bronwyn McCoy 8. Totals: 20 17-24 63.

GROVE CITY 40

Clara Hannon 3, Kenz Haggan 5, Alli Lewis 1, Becca Sansom 8, Abby Biddle 2, Hannah Reiber 4, Lily Burtch 12. Totals: 13 11-14 40.

Slippery Rock 14 26 16 8 — 63

Grove City4 12 15 9 — 40

Peters Township 64, North Catholic 53 — The Trojanettes lost for just the second time this season. Tess Myers scored 27 points in the defeat.

Peters Township grabbed 20 offensive rebounds.

PETERS TOWNSHIP 64

Makenna Marisa 25, Journey Thompson 16, Isabella Mills 12.

NORTH CATHOLIC 53

Tess Myers 27, Kylee Lewandowski 9, Dani Short 9.

Peters Township 15 18 14 17 — 64

North Catholic14 11 13 15 — 53

Boys Basketball

Levi Orton scored 27 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and had five assists, but A-C Valley dropped a 73-64 decision to DuBois Central.

Eddie Stevanus added 14 points and 12 rebounds, Caleb Penny 14 points and eight boards in the defeat.

DuBOIS CENTRAL 73

Miknis 34, Kurtz 10, Peck 3, H.Starr 3, Walker 12, Downer 6, J.Ness 2, Kosko 2, Spellen 1. Totals: 24 14-17 73.

A-C VALLEY 64

Levi Orton 27, Eddie Stevanus 14, Eli Penny 3, Caleb Penny 14, Brady Cullen 6. Totals: 22 14-18 64.

DuBois Central 20 17 9 27 — 73

A-C Valley14 15 17 18 — 64

Indoor Track

Jack Codispot won the pole vault and Elena DiPippa the triple jump for Butler as the Golden Tornado competed in the Ohio Indoor Preview Meet at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, Saturday.

Numerous other Butler athletes fared well at the meet. The list of Golden Tornado placers follow:

Girls

Triple Jump: 1-Elana DiPippa 33-11.75, 3-Lucy Link 32-9.25

4x400 relay: 2-Anna Baxter, Liz Simms, Taylor Timmons, Chelsea Tomko 4:13.17

4x800 relay: 4-Chelsey Kabel, Jen Cichra, Emma Lehman, Autumn Pettinato 10:34.81

4x200 relay: 6-Emma Stewart, Chesna Tomko, Taylor Timmons, Liz Simms 1:48.62

800 meters: 5-Liz Simms 2:20.44

400 meters: 7-Chesna Tomko 59.91

High jump: 7-Taylor Timmons 4-5

Long jump: 7-Lucy Link 15-7.5

Boys

Pole vault: 1-Jack Codispot 13-6, 7-Tristan McGarrah 11-6

4x200 relay: 2-Ryan Marcella, Isaiah Seybert, Guinness Brown, Cade Gratzmiller 1:32.47

4x400 relay: 2-Isaiah Seybert, Cody Reddick, Guinness Brown, Cade Gratzmiller 3:32.09

Shot put: 3-Dennis Goodwine 46-7

4x800 relay: 4-Ethan Depew, Cole Lyons, Lucas Slear, Ryder Kriley 8:52.18

High jump: 6-Sami Taoufik 5-10

Triple jump: 7-Tyler Rekich 39-6

Long jump: 8-Sami Taoufik 20-4