Rested or rusty?
The Quigley Catholic Girls showed a little of both on Friday night, having enough energy to overcome a 36-26 halftime deficit, but not enough steam to hold off St. Joseph at the end, losing by a final score of 69-65.
Taylor Kirschner led #3 Quigley with 29 points, while Lizzy Celko led #6 St. Joseph with 23. Both players were selected as CCBC Players Of The Game.
St. Joseph will play #2 Cornell in the semifinals (Cornell 64-33 winners over Geibel Catholic).
It was too much Lampe for the Rochester Lady Rams. They lost their WPIAL Girls 2a quarter final game 51-37. to West Greene. Madison Lappe scored 19 and twin sister McKenna 18 as West Greene advanced to the semi-finals for the first time in their history. The Lady Rams were lead by Jasmine Mack with 17 points The Rams will now root for West Greene to win the WPIAL 2a Title so they can enter the PIAA playoffs.
The number of people dying from heroin overdoses has tripled since 2010, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2015, more than 52,000 people died from drug overdoses nationwide. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf previously said heroin and opioid overdoses are now Pennsylvania’s leading cause of accidental deaths. More than 2,300 opioid overdoses have been reversed by first responders in Pennsylvania from November 2014 to January 2017. Overdose deaths involving fentanyl and tramadol also increased, according to data from 2015 which is the latest year available. Hundreds of people died from opioid overdoses in Beaver, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Butler, and Fayette counties in 2016.
(Beaver County, PA) Beaver County Radio has announced a new partnership with local Pittsburgh area lawyer, Michele P. Conti, Esquire. Ms. Conti , through her firm, Conti Law, LLC, will sponsor the popular “Legal Minute” vignette, which airs at 7:50 A.M. as part of the weekday morning show “A.M. Beaver County”. The Legal Minute is hosted by national known legal expert Amy E. Feldman.
Michele Conti focuses on elder law and tax issues. Recently, she moved to Beaver County and is looking forward to lending her expertise in those areas to local residents.
Michele P. Conti, Esquire can be contacted at 724-203-0163.
FREEPORT GIRLS – 44
BLACKHAWK – 67
BEAVER GIRLS- 44
KEYSTONE OAKS 45
SETON- LASALLE – 70
LINCOLN PARK – 71
AMBRIDGE GIRLS-57
SOUTHPARK- 64
CENTRAL VALLEY- 45
CWNC- 51
ALIQUIPPA – 27
WASHINGTON- 42
RIVERSIDE 27
CWNC – 55
BRENTWOOD- 47
GCC- 61
LEECHBURG- 44
CHARTIERS-HOUSTON-60
SOUTHMORELAND- 37
SSA- 40
UNION-60
CLAIRTON 54
OLSH GIRLS- 49
CALIFORNIA- 39
WASHINGTON GIRLS- 30
VINCENTIAN- 59
WPIAL Basketball Playoffs:
Boys: Vincential 44, Rochester 42. CCBC Players of the Game: Zach McDonough (Vincentian); Chad Meny (Rochester).
Girls: Beaver 58, Keystone Oaks 45. CCBS Players of the Game: Bella Cosset (Beaver); Maliayak Agurs (Keystone Oaks).
Tonight on Beaver County Radio, four local teams will be showcased on their run to the WPIAL Championships in basketball.
On WBVP tonight, the #2 Blackhawk Lady Cougars take on #7 Freeport in the quarterfinals of the 4A Girls’ playoffs at 6:30, with pre-game at 6:05. The second game of that doubleheader will follow as 3A #1 Lincoln Park will battle #8 Seton-LaSalle in Boys’ action. Both games will be played at North Allegheny HS.
On WMBA tonight, #5 Beaver takes on #4 Keystone Oaks in the 4A Girls’ quarterfinals at 6:30, with pre-game at 6:05. Following that will be #7 Rochester taking on #2 Vincentian in the 1A Boys’ quarterfinals. Both games will be played at Moon Area HS.
Other local teams in WPIAL playoff action tonight:
4A Girls
#8 Central Valley
#1 CW North Catholic
@ Sewickley Academy HS
6:30pm
#3 Ambridge
#6 South Park
@ Montour HS
6:30pm
2A Girls
#4 Our Lady Of Sacred Heart
#5 California
@ Canon-MacMillan HS
6:30pm
3A Boys
#7 Aliquippa
#2 Washington
@ West Allegheny HS
8:00pm
#6 Riverside
#3 CW North Catholic
@ Sewickley Academy HS
8:00pm
1A Boys
#6 Cornell
#3 Imani Christian
@ Northgate HS
8:00pm
Beaver Falls had a 9-2 lead early before Avonworth went on a 27-7 run on their way to a 54-33 win in the WPIAL 3a girls first round game at Cardinal Wherle High School Wednesday night. With the win, the Antelopes advance to the quarter finals against East Allegheny. The Tigers end the season 10-12.
Beaver County weights and measures manager Ron Zuccarro met with the commissioners for specifics on a new registration fee for scales and fuel pumps. According to Beaver County Radio’s Greg Benedetti, Zuccarro says there are 60 fuel stations in the county with 1,248 dispensers for gasoline grades. The new county fee will be 35 dollars per dispenser. Zuccarro says there are 84 stores with 461 scales in the county and the new registration fee will be 30 dollars per scale. Zuccarro will do the billing and collections. The commissioners have to adopt a resolution setting the fee schedule.
It will cost boaters an extra 25 dollars to park at a Bridgewater borough dock starting in January 2018. The vote was unanimous. Borough council approved the controversial docking fee last night by a vote of four-nothing. About 50 boaters and residents showed up in council chambers during the beginning of last night’s meeting in protest.