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High school roundup: Karns City girls basketball beats Seton LaSalle; Butler swimming splits meet

Naomi Venesky scored nine points and Brooklynn Taylor scored eight on a pair of 3-pointers to lead Karns City girls basketball to a 37-35 win Friday night over Seton LaSalle in Aquinas Academy Tip-Off Tournament.

Hannah Summerville and Chloe Fritch each had six points in the win.

The Gremlins will face host Aquinas in the championship game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Bethel Park 56, Mars 52 — With 13 points, Vita Vargo led the Planets’ four double-digit scorers in the road loss. Mars is back in action against Knoch on Monday.

Mercer 53, Moniteau 38 — Alyssa Thompson led the Warriors with 15 points in the road defeat.

Boys basketball

Owen Congdon poured in 13 points and Nic Santapau another 11, but Seneca Valley fell to Archbishop Spalding (Md.) 78-48 at the North Catholic Tip-Off Tournament on Friday night.

Harvest Preparatory School 68, North Catholic 67 — Joe Waskiewicz had 18 points and Jude Rottman 15 as the Trojans were tripped up.

Brookville 61, Union 32 — Trent Fleming had 10 points for the Knights.

Butler’s Dash Thieme finishes the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:02.68 in a swim meet on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at Butler High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Swimming

Dash Thieme (200-yard individual medley, 100 butterfly) and Jackson Morgus (100 freestyle, 100 backstroke) were both double winners as the Butler boys defeated Armstrong 59-12 in the pool Friday night.

Addison Vance (100 butterfly) was an individual winner in the Golden Tornado girls’ 97-86 loss.

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