FOXBURG, Pa. (D9Sports) — Behind 12 points, eight rebounds and three steals from Jeff Ginn, A-C Valley grabbed its first win of the season, 55-48 over Saegertown, in the A-C Valley’s Hoops For Heroes Classic.
(Photo: Jeff Ginn, A-C Valley)
Dalton Callander and Russ Carr each added 11 points for the Falcons, while freshman Eli Penny came off the bench to provide a spark with eight points.
PURCHASE LINE 79, KARNS CITY 60
FOXBURG, Pa. — Melvin Sanchez scored 28 points and Shamar Campbell added 23 to lead Purchase Line to a 79-60 win over Karns City in the A-C Valley Hoops for Heroes Classic.
Jacob Friel had 14 points and eight rebounds for Karns City, while Chase Beighley scored 12 points and Nathan Waltman 11.
UNION 45, MONITEAU 39
BROOKVILLE, Pa. — Lucas Bowser scored 26 points and collected 14 rebounds to lead Union to a 45-39 consolation game win over Moniteau at the Brookville Tip-Off Tournament Saturday afternoon.
The Knights jumped out to a 12-0 lead to start the game, but Moniteau climbed back into things and led as late as 39-37 with 2:40 left. That was the last points the Warriors scored as Union closed with a 8-0 run, started by a Bowser 3-pointer.
Bowser earned all-tournament honors while Reice Saylor reached double figures with 11 points and six rebounds. Hunter Johnston had six points and seven rebounds.
Jared Lominski scored 10 points and added 10 rebounds for a double-double effort. He was Moniteau’s all-tourney selection.
AUSTIN 69, YOUNGSVILLE 56; AUSTIN 63, FOREST AREA 53; YOUNGSVILLE 61, FOREST AREA 36
MARIENVILLE, Pa. — Austin matched its win total from last year in one day winning a pair of games at the Forest Area Tip-Off Tournament at East Forest.
The Panthers beat Youngsville, 69-56, and then came back and topped the host Fires, 63-53. Youngsville then made it a split beating Forest Area, 61-36.
In the Austin/Youngsville game, Blake Burgett had 18 points and Jackson Glover 16 for Austin with Mason Valenti chipping in 13 points. Dasan McAvoy paced Youngsville with 12 points.
Turning right around to play Forest Area next, Dempsey Glover had 20 points and 15 rebounds with Jackson Glover adding 12 points and nine rebounds to give Austin the win. Garrett Rees (13 points) and Burgett (10 points) also reached double digits for the Panthers. Seth Berlin had 18 points and 12 rebounds for Forest Area with Jarrett Kahle adding four points and 11 rebounds.
In Youngsville’s win over Forest Area, Timber Bower scored a game-high 16 points with Joe Mack adding 10. Berlin paced the Fires with 13 points and 15 rebounds.
GROVE CITY 69, CLARION-LIMESTONE 45
GROVE CITY, Pa. — Thanks to 23 points from Shawn Lutz, Grove City topped Clarion-Limestone, 69-45, in the Kiser Classic at Grove City.
Deon Deas led C-L with 14 points and Ian Callen scored 12.
MERCER 53, BRADFORD 39
NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Bradford shot just 29 percent from the field in losing the title game of the Redbank Valley Tip-Off Tournament, 53-39, to Mercer.
James Amon led Mercer with 12 points with Brian Sheritz adding 11.
Deondre Terwilliger paced Bradford with 11 tallies and Tyler Gigliotti added 10.
WEST SHAMOKIN 64, REDBANK VALLEY 41
NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Cavson Dewitt exploded for 26 points to lead West Shamokin to a 64-41 win over Redbank Valley in the consolation game of the Redbank Valley Tip-Off Tournament.
Drew Orlocky added 15 points for the Wolves.
Tanner Kerle paced Redbank Valley with 12 points.
NORTH CLARION 83, PORT ALLEGANY 35
SHEFFIELD, Pa. — Led by a career-high 19 points from Tyler McCord-Wolbert, North Clarion put all 12 players into the scoring column in running away with the Sheffield Sports Boosters Tip-Off Classic title, 83-35 over Port Allegany.
Nathan Banner added 18 points while being named to the All-Tournament team, and Korey Mills chipped in with 10. The Wolves also got all-around efforts from Keeven Weaver (6 points, 8 steals, 7 rebounds), Matson Higgins (5 points, 5 assists and 4 steals) and Noah Meyers (4 points and 8 rebounds).
Howie Stuckey led Port Allegany with 15 points and David Talkington added 10.
