In high school sports yesterday, in girls’ basketball Seneca Valley lost to Pine-Richland 46-34 despite 10 points from Kara Moyer.  Knoch defeated Highlands 38-35 behind 12 points from Hannah Novotny.  The Mars girls’ dominated Valley last night and cruised to an easy 65-19 win at home.  Elaine Hasek and Carly Clark each had 15 points.  In one of the lowest scoring games of the season, Freeport lost to West Shamokin last night 28-23, Jessica McFadden had nine points for Freeport.  Sharon defeated Grove City by a final score of 55-46.  In boys’ basketball last night, Seneca Valley lost to Oliver 60-51 despite 25 points from Christian Durbin.  The A-C Valley boys’ continued their winning streak with a 75-69 win over North Clarion. 

Last night in high school girls’ basketball, the Butler Tornado kept their winning streak rolling with a 53-42 win over Altoona in non-section play.  Butler was led by Olivia Bresnahan who had 22 points and Cassie Cygan who had 20 points.  In boys’ basketball, A-C valley defeated West Forest 70-35 for their ninth win a row; they will take on North Clarion tonight at North Clarion.  Karns City lost to Keystone 57-54 and Moniteau lost to Union 71-70 for their second straight loss.  In other action last night, Hampton defeated Mars 58-18 in wrestling action.  Coming up tonight in girls’ basketball, Seneca Valley will be at Pine-Richland, Knoch will be at home playing host to Highlands, Mars is also at home taking on Center in non-section play, Freeport will be at West Shamokin, Slippery Rock will travel to Titusville and Grove City will be at home taking on Sharon. 

Coming up tonight in high school girls’ basketball, the Butler girls’ will be at home taking on North Allegheny on WBUT 1050AM at 7:30, Seneca Valley will also be at home tonight taking on Shaler, Knoch will be on the road against Franklin Regional, Mars will be on the road as well taking on Highlands, the Slippery Rock girls’ will be at home taking on Franklin and the Grove City girls ’will be on the road taking on Oil City.  All girls’ games tonight are scheduled to begin at 7:30.  In boys’ basketball tonight, Karns City will be at home against Ford City and the Moniteau boys’ will be on the road taking on Brookville at 7:30. The Butler Tornado wrestling team is ranked eighth in the WPIAL with a record of 12-2.  Cole Baxter of Butler and Nate Cully of Seneca Valley continue to hold on to their number one rankings in their weight divisions. 

In high school sports last night, the A-C Valley boys’ increased their winning streak to six games with a 74-68 hard fought win over Moniteau last night at Moniteau.  The Karns City boys’ lost their fourth game in row, this time to Cranberry by a final score of 47-41 at home.  In girls’ basketball last night, the A-C Valley girls’ had their three game win streak snapped with a 57-22 loss to Moniteau at home.  The Karns City girls’ losing streak hit nine games with a 68-34 loss to Cranberry last night at Cranberry.  In other high school sports last night, the Butler boys’ bowling team defeated North Hills 6-1 while the Mars bowling team lost to North Allegheny by a final score of 7-0.  In girls’ bowling, it was Butler over North Hills 7-0 and Mars lost to NA by a final score of 5-2.  In high school wrestling last night, Butler defeated North Hills 38-29 but lost to NA 33-28 in the championship of the WPIAL team section tournaments.  In other wrestling action, Knoch defeated Riverview 42-24.

Coming up tonight in high school girls’ basketball, the Butler Tornado will travel to Pine-Richland for a 7:30 matchup on WBUT 1050AM, Seneca Valley will travel down to North Hills, the Knoch Knights will face Hampton at home, Mars will play host to Franklin Regional, Freeport will be at home against Leechburg and the Grove City girls’ will be on the road at Franklin at 7:30.  In boys’ basketball action tonight, the Slippery Rock boys’ will be playing at home against George Junior Republic at 7:30.

In high school sports last night, the Butler Tornado rebounded nicely from their loss to North Hills with a win against Shaler 53-48 behind 18 points for Nate Snodgrass.  The Knoch Knights got 19 points from Jake McTighe as they cruise past Kittanning 69-38 last night.  Hampton continues their dominance in class AAA by beating Mars last night 68-31; Mitchell Buzzard led Mars with seven points.  Freeport defeated West Shamokin by a final score of 64-41; Darius Frantz led all scorers with 22 points.  The Freeport girls’ lost to Highlands last night by a final score of 56-38 despite 15 points from Lynsey Govino.  In other sports last night, the Butler rifle team falls to Mt. Lebanon 800-795 and the Knoch wrestling team falls to Penn Hills 45-32.