The Moon Tigers earn the inaugaural 5A Boys’ Championship in WPIAL Basketball, winning 69-62 over section foe Hampton at the Petersen Events Center on Beaver County Radio.
Moon’s win was the fourth WPIAL title for the school district in boys’ basketball, and its first since 2006.
The Tigers will now try to double their gold in the PIAA Playoffs, and their journey begins against Franklin Regional. The Talbots will have a re-match with Mars in their PIAA first-round match.
Antonio Ionadi (Hampton) and Jarrod Simmons (Moon) were selected as the CCBC Players Of The Game.
Bruce Frey has the scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.
Post-game interviews with Jason Colangelo and Bruce Frey below:
Moon Coach Adam Kauffman
Moon Leading Scorer Jarrod Simmons