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SV stops Butler

Raiders dominant in girls basketball win

Seneca Valley received balanced scoring and its defense stifled visiting Butler as the Raiders earned a 64-41 girls basketball victory Tuesday night.

Jess Bickart led the way with 17 points for SV (8-5, 5-2), Olivia West tallied 13 and Chloe Leonard 10.

Justine Forbes scored 11 points for the Golden Tornado (7-6, 3-4).

BUTLER 41

Justine Forbes 11, Hannah Aldridge 3, Maisy Gibson 7, Megan Penrod 2, Makenna Maier 9, Kelli Kovalick 9. Totals: 14 5-11 41.

SENECA VALLEY 64

Jess Bickart 17, Allison Sevin 8, Kirsten Vislosky 8, Olivia West 13, Chloe Leonard 10, Emerson Peffer 2. Totals: 23 13-18 64.

Butler 8 14 5 14 — 41

Seneca Valley 20 14 9 21 — 64

Karns City 35, Clarion 28 — Abby Callihan’s 11 points helped lift the Gremlins over visiting Clarion Wednesday night. In a low-scoring affair, Karns City watched seven players tally buckets. The Bobcats were within four points at the end of each the second and third quarters, but the hosts held them off in the final stanza.

CLARION 28

Aaron 10, Ketner 8, Anthony 5, Alston 3, Simko 2. Totals: 10 5-11 28.

KARNS CITY 35

Abby Callihan 11, Rosie Carden 7, Brooke Manuel 5, Cameryn Booher 4, Emma Johns 4, Emma Dailey 2, Julia Andreassi 2. Totals: 13 5-10 35.

Clarion 5 10 9 4 — 28

Karns City 12 7 9 7 — 35

3-point goals: Clarion 3 (Aaron 2, Anthony); Karns City 4 (Callihan 3, Carden)

Redbank Valley 88, A-C Valley 20 — Only able to manage single digits in each quarter, the Falcons (2-9) were soundly defeated during this trip to play the Bulldogs. Redbank Valley’s Caylen Rearick posted 27 points and led each of her team’s 10 contributors.

A-C VALLEY 20

Baylee Blauser 8, Keira McVay 5, Mackenzie Parks 4, Kyleigh Morrison 2, Ava Snyder 1.

REDBANK VALLEY 88

Rearick 27, Foringer 18, Huffman 10, Bond 8, Harmon 8, Davis 6, Smathers 4, Bonanno 4, Edmunds 2, Clouse 1.

A-C Valley 6 8 3 3 — 20

Redbank Valley 23 16 22 17 — 88

Thursday: Karns City at A-C Valley

Boys Basketball

A stingy defensive effort powered Slippery Rock to a 60-29 home victory over Wilimington on Wednesday night.

The Rockets’ Dylan Gordon tallied as many points in the first half (12) as the Greyhounds did as a whole. Gordon ended up pacing the hosts with 17 total points, while Brady Prementine and John Sabo chipped in with 13 and 12, respectively.

WILMINGTON 29

Micco 11, McConohy 5, Miller 5, Hill 5, Taylor 3. Totals: 11 5-10 29.

SLIPPERY ROCK 60

Dylan Gordon 17, Brady Prementine 13, John Sabo 12, Shane Thompson 7, Jacob Wolak 6, Maddox Allen 3, Walker Vogan 1, Quinn Parson 1. Totals: 23 8-12 60.

Wilmington 6 6 10 7 — 29

Slippery Rock 10 15 16 21 — 60

3-point goals: Wilmington 2 (Miller, McConohy); Slippery Rock 6 (Gordon 2, Prementine, Sabo, Thompson, Allen)

Moniteau 62, Venango Catholic 36 — The Warriors hit the road and made sure to bring their defense, too. The Vikings could only manage one point in the first eight minutes, allowing their guests to jump out to an early lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. David Dessicino and Ryan Jewart both scored a dozen points for Moniteau. Only four players would get on the board for the hosts.

MONITEAU 62

David Dessicino 12, Ryan Jewart 12, Kyle Pry 10, Colton Thomas 10, Nathan Kelly 5, Connor Ealy 5, Aydan Jackson 3, Chason Rugg 3, Connor Alferno 2. Totals: 23 9-12 62.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 36

J. Liederbach 17, C. Liederbach 10, Beichner 5, Rakow 4. Totals: 12 10-13 36.

Moniteau 18 16 7 21 — 62

Venango Catholic 1 13 15 7 — 36

3-point goals: Moniteau 7 (Jewart 2, Pry 2, Rugg, Ealy, Kelly); Venango Catholic 2 (J. Liederbach 2)

Clarion-Limestone 83, Union 69 — The Knights led by three after the first frame, but the Lions ran away with this one by outscoring their hosts, 65-48, over the last three quarters. A half-dozen players knocked down a trey for Clarion-Limestone, who saw five shooters post double digits.

Union’s Caiden Rainey led all scorers with 20 points, but was held without a basket in a third quarter where the visitors pulled away.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 83

Hummel 18, Klingensmith 16, Hesdon 13, Ferguson 13, Smith 11, Huwar 5, Megnin 3, Painter 2, Craig 1, Lutz 1. Totals: 31 15-23 83.

UNION 69

Caiden Rainey 20, Payton Johnston 17, Skyler Roxbury 11, Zander Laughlin 10, Dawson Camper 6, Trey Flemming 3, Joey Morrison 2. Totals: 30 6-9 69.

Clarion-Limestone 18 24 23 18 — 83

Union 21 17 18 13 — 69

3-point goals: Clarion-Limestone 6 (Ferguson, Hesdon, Hummel, Klingensmith, Megnin, Smith); Union 3 (Rainey 2, Roxbury)

Redbank Valley 70, A-C Valley 41 — The Falcons as a team were outscored by the visitors’ Bryson Bain (24 points) and Chris Marshall (20) and the Bulldogs led by 23 at the break.

Alex Preston, Landon Chalmers, and Jay Clover each scored at least ten points for A-C Valley (6-7, 2-3), who’s dropped five of its eight home fixtures this season.

REDBANK VALLEY 70

Bain 24, Marshall 20, Gardlock 11, O. Clouse 9, M. Clouse 4, Ortz 2. Totals: 28 5-7 70.

A-C Valley 41

Alex Preston 14, Landon Chalmers 10, Jay Clover 10, Brody Dittman 5, Lane Bauer 2. Totals: 19 2-2 41.

Redbank Valley 18 28 13 11 — 70

A-C Valley 10 13 6 12 — 41

3-point goals: Redbank Valley 9 (Bain 6, Gardlock, Marshall, O. Clouse) ; A-C Valley 1 (Dittman)

Wrestling

Knoch topped host Summit Academy, 57-12, Wednesday night. Matt Frank, Paul Kuczynski, Christopher Michaux, Gavin McGowan, and Logan Klemm all had pins for the visiting Knights. Anthony Nicolazzo (145 pounds) picked up a win by an 11-10 decision.

106-Miranda LeJevic (K) won by forfeit; 113-Matt Frank (K) pinned Tod’Juan Lentz, 2:20; 120-Paul Kuczynski (K) pinned Alexander Kowalyk, 3:20; 126-Nicholas Golab (K) won by forfeit; 132-double forfeit; 132-Christopher Michaux (K) pinned William Jackson, 1:29; 145-Anthony Nicolazzo (K) dec. Omar Casarrubias Jr., 11-10; 152-Aaron Butler (K) pinned Matthew Taylor, 0:58; 160-Gavin McGowan (K) pinned Dillon Miller, 0:50; 172-Caden Toy (K) won by forfeit; 189-Beau Azzato (SA) pinned Wyatt Foster, 3:05; 215-Jonas Keller (SA) won by forfeit; 285-Logan Klemm (K) pinned Zander Baron, 2:33

Hockey

Kyle Grasha scored an early goal, but Butler took a 5-1 loss to Latrobe earluier this week.

Brody Simko and Parker Worsley assisted on the Golden Tornado goal. EJ Delaney made 26 saves in goal.

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