OIL CITY, Pa. (D9Sports) — Ben Gillispie scored a career-high 35 points and added 17 rebounds, as Venango County knocked off visiting Cranberry, 70-59, in a rematch of a game won by Cranberry Saturday in a tournament at Rocky Grove.

Andrew Burda added 14 points for the Vikings in the KSAC North opener while Parker Slagle scored 11 points.

JT Stahlman paced Cranberry with 18 points, Preston Forrest added 14 and Dan Fisher and Brandon Forest each scored nine.

KEYSTONE 51, A-C VALLEY 44, OVERTIME

FOXBURG, Pa. — Troy Johnson scored seven of his team-high 14 points in overtime as Keystone withstood a late charge from A-C Valley to pick up a 51-44 road KSAC South victory.

The Panthers seemed in complete control of the game going to the fourth quarter up 11, 38-27, but A-C Valley behind four points apiece from Eddie Stevanus and Levi Orton outscored Keystone 13-2 in the eight-minute frame to force overtime.

Stevanus, whose free throw tied the game late in regulation, led all scorers with 16 points with Orton adding 12 and Merwin nine.

Brooks LaVan chipped in 11 points for Keystone with Isaak Jones scoring eight and Dawson Steele seven.

UNION 50, MONITEAU 45

RIMERSBURG, Pa. — Caden Rainey and Truman Vereb combined to score 37 points, as Union used a quick start to defeat visiting Moniteau, 50-45, in KSAC South action.

The Golden Knights, who got 19 points from the freshman Rainey and 18 from Vereb, led 15-2 at the end of the first quarter and held the lead throughout.

Luke Bowser chipped in nine points in the win for Union with Quintin Weaver collecting 10 rebounds.

Ethan McDeavitt paced Moniteau with 12 points, Gage Neal added nine and Bob Matthews eight.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 71, CLARION 62

STRATTANVILLE, Pa. — A 17-0 first-half run helped Clarion-Limestone knock off visiting Clarion, 71-62, in the KSAC North opener for both teams.

Curvin Goheen had a double-double for the Lions with 13 points and 16 rebounds and talked about the victory.

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Also for the Lions, Deion Deas had a game-high 22 points with Julian Laugand also adding 13 points and Hayden Callen 10.

For Clarion Cal German and Josh Craig each scored 13 points with Nick Frederick adding 10.

KARNS CITY 83, REDBANK VALLEY 59

NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Big nights from Austin Fahlor and Chase Beighley gave Karns City an 83-59 KSAC South road win over Redbank Valley.

Fahlor tickled the twine for a game-high 29 points with Beighley adding 23 points and six assists. Nathan Waltman added a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Ethan McElroy chipped in nine points.

Keaton Kahle had a team-best 22 points for Redbank Valley with Chris Marshall and Tanner Kerle each adding 11 points.

NORTH CLARION 71, FOREST AREA 33

TIONESTA, Pa. — Thirren different North Clarion players played and scored as the visiting Wolves rolled to a 71-33 win over Forest Area at West Forest.

Logan Minich and Kyle Mills each scored 11 points to lead North Clarion with Zyler Hargenrader chipping in nine points and Korey Mills seven.

Noah Burke tied for game-high honors with 11 points for Forest Area.