Slippery Rock's CJ Sabo (3) looks for an opening to drive the basket in a girls basketball game during the Slippery Rock Tip-Off Tournament on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at Slippery Rock School. Ralph LoVuolo/Special to the Eagle

Slippery Rock girls basketball is heading to the District 10 Class 4A semifinals and has punched its ticket to the PIAA Tournament.

Led by CJ Sabo’s 23-point, 11-rebound double-double, the No. 6 Rockets upset third-seed General McLane on Saturday 54-46 in the district quarterfinals at Meadville High School.

Madison Romanovich scored 18 points and grabbed four rebounds for Slippery Rock; all of her points came in the second half as she went 14 of 20 from the free-throw line.

The Rockets, who secured one of the four D10 seeds in the state tournament, now face No. 2 Harbor Creek in Wednesday’s semifinals at a site and time to be determined. Harbor Creek beat No. 7 Hickory 51-25 in another quarterfinal Saturday. The winner of the semifinal will face No. 5 Franklin or No. 1 Fairview, with the loser heading to the third-place game.

No. 2 North Catholic boys basketball will face top-seeded Belle Vernon for the WPIAL Class 4A championship.

The Trojans thumped No. 3 Beaver 71-42 in Saturday’s semifinals to advance — no stats were provided as of publication — while Belle Vernon won a tight one, 57-56 over No. 4 Avonworth.

The title game will be held 9 p.m. Thursday at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center.

Mars girls basketball’s run as a Cinderella took a detour in Saturday’s WPIAL Class 5A semifinals as top-seeded South Fayette put its foot down on the No. 13 Planets 67-32.

Mars heads into the district third-place game, with a PIAA berth already in hand, to face No. 6 Thomas Jefferson at a site and time to be determined. South Fayette will be the home team against No. 2 Peters Township in Friday’s final at Petersen Events Center.

The Lions flew out to a 21-2 run after one quarter. Alexis Cashdollar led Mars with nine points.

Slippery Rock’s Zac Turberville matched his finish a year ago at the District 10 Class 2A Boys Wrestling Individual Championships, this time at 160 pounds, by finishing fourth Saturday at Meadville High School.

Turberville wrestled back after a semifinal loss in the morning to General McLane’s Hudson Spires (7-4 decision) by beating Corry’s Lamech Albers 3-2 to make the bronze medal match.

Turberville had to medically forfeit the final match. His finish would qualify him for the PIAA Northwest Regional Tournament next week.