Friday December 15, 2023 Boys High School Basketball
Riverside – 52
Beaver Falls – 56
1460 WMBA’s Tom Hays and Bruce Frey have the call from Central Valley High School of this 2017 WPIAL Class 3-A Semifinals high school football playoff game as the Quips battle the Bobcats. The Winner of tonight’s game will move onto the WPIAL Championship at Heinz Field against the winner of the other semifinal between Quaker Valley and Seton La Salle. If you can’t tune into the game you can click on the Trib-Live Banner below at 7pm to listen to the game online…………
The Aliquippa Quips are coming off a 42-12 victory in the 3A quarterfinals against South Park. They will now play the Beaver Bobcats in the 3A semifinal, who themselves are coming off a 40-20 win over Elizabeth Forward.
Quips head coach Mike Zmijanac was the guest at Robert’s Roadside Inn for Coaches Corner on Wednesday night. He explained how his team overcame an impacting injury, and the style that helps them win games:
The Aliquippa/Beaver game will be on 1460 WMBA with pre-game beginning at 7:00; kickoff is at 7:30.
Coaches Corner can be heard Wednesday nights from 7:00 to 8:00pm on Beaver County Radio.
The WPIAL has announced the neutral-site locations for the quarterfinal matchups in 1A & 2A, and the semifinals in 3A on upwards. Local schools that are playing or hosting are marked below in bold. All games are Friday night at 7:30.
1A
#1 California vs #9 Union at Canon-McMillan HS
#2 Clairton vs #7 Carmichaels at Charleroi HS
#3 Jeannette vs #6 Rochester at Peters Township HS
#4 Imani Christian vs #5 OLSH at Chartiers-Houston HS
2A
#1 Steel Valley vs #9 Burgettstown at Keystone Oaks HS
#2 Washington vs #7 East Allegheny at Elizabeth Forward HS
#3 CW North Catholic vs #6 Serra Catholic at Hampton HS
#4 Riverside vs #12 Avonworth at Seneca Valley HS
3A
#1 Aliquippa vs #5 Beaver at Central Valley HS
#2 Quaker Valley vs #3 Seton-LaSalle at North Hills HS
4A
#1 South Fayette vs #5 Montour at West Allegheny HS
#2 Belle Vernon vs #3 Thomas Jefferson at Baldwin
5A
#1 Penn-Trafford vs #4 Upper St. Clair at West Mifflin HS
#2 Gateway vs #6 McKeesport at Norwin HS
6A
#1 Pine-Richland vs #5 North Allegheny at Ambridge HS
#2 Central Catholic vs #6 Penn Hills at Fox Chapel HS
(Image courtesy of Zach Ulrich)
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wmba
West Greene 14 @ Rochester 39 Final
Wbvp
Frazier 0 @ Riverside 34 Final
Mckeesport 22 @ West Allegheny 21 Final
South Side 12 @ Aliquippa 48 Final
Beaver 40 @ Elizabeth Forward 20 Final
Derry 21 @ quaker Valley 51 Final
Freedom 9 @ Washington 42 Final
Western beaver 8 @ Carmichaels 28 Final
Springdale 26 @ OLSH 52 Final
Laurel 13 @ Steel Valley 42 Final
Mohawk 14 @ East Alleghany 28 Final
Burgetstown 31 @ Neshannock 28 Final
Brentwood 7 @ CWNC 35 Final
Union 30 @ Fort Cherry 21 Final
Summit Academy 18 @ Clariton 41 Final
California 51 @ bishop 7 Final
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Tonight West Greene traveled to Rochester in hopes of advancing in the playoffs and came up short. At the end of the first rochester was the only ones to put up any points with a touchdown and a two point conversion making it 8 to 0 rochester. In the second rochester was able to put up two more touchdowns both followed by two point conversions. West Greene did manage to put up 8 points just before the half making the score 26 to 8 rochester. After the half rochester scored again bringing theyre score to 32 but were shortly answered by west greene who put up 6 more giving them 14. The fourth quarter rochester put up another 7 points and ending the game with a final of Rochester 39 West Greene 14.
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1460 WMBA’s Tom Hays and Greg Benedetti have the call from Rochester High School of this WPIAL Class 1-A First Round high school football playoff game as the Rams battle the Pioneers. If you can’t tune in on WMBA and would like to listen to tonight’s game click the Trib-Live Sports Network Logo below at 7:00 p.m…..
1230 WBVP’s Bob Barrickman and Jason Colangelo have the call from Riverside High School of this WPIAL Class 2-A First Round high school football playoff game as the Panthers battle the Commodores. Zach Ulrich will have the Freedom United Federal Credit Union side line reports during the game. If you can’t listen to the game on 1230 WBVP and want to listen online click on the Trib-Live Network Logo below to listen to the broadcast at 7:00 p.m……..
The postseason has arrived in high school football, and the WPIAL announced the matchups for Round 1 Monday night during its pairings meeting. Nine local teams (designated in bold below) have qualified.
Beaver County Radio will broadcast two games on Friday Night for Round 1. 1230 WBVP will feature the 4/13 matchup in 2A, as Riverside will host Frazier. On 1460 WMBA, the #6 seed in 1A, Rochester, will do battle with #11 West Greene. Pregame for both games will be at 7:00pm.
All games below begin at 7:30pm unless otherwise noted. Top seed will play at home field.
1A
#1 California vs. #16 Bishop Canevin
#2 Clairton vs. #15 Summit Academy
#3 Jeanette vs. #14 Monessen
#4 Imani Christian vs. #13 Sto-Rox [1:30pm Saturday]
#5 Our Lady of The Sacred Heart vs. #12 Springdale
#6 Rochester vs. #11 West Greene (WMBA)
#7 Carmichaels vs. #10 Western Beaver
#8 Fort Cherry vs. #9 Union
2A
#1 Steel Valley vs. #16 Laurel
#2 Washington vs. #15 Freedom
#3 CW North Catholic vs. #14 Brentwood
#4 Riverside vs. #13 Frazier (WBVP)
#5 Charleroi vs. #12 Avonworth
#6 Serra Catholic vs. #11 Beth-Center
#7 East Allegheny vs. #10 Mohawk
#8 Neshannock vs. #9 Burgettstown
3A
#1 Aliquippa vs. #8 South Park [at Ambridge]
#2 Quaker Valley vs. #7 Derry
#3 Seton-LaSalle vs. #6 Freeport
#4 Elizabeth Forward vs. #5 Beaver
4A
#1 South Fayette vs. #8 West Mifflin
#2 Belle Vernon vs. #7 Mars
#3 Thomas Jefferson vs. #6 Trinity
#4 Montour vs. #5 New Castle
5A
#1 Penn-Trafford vs. #8 Fox Chapel
#2 Gateway Gators vs. #7 Woodland Hills
#3 West Allegheny vs. #6 McKeesport
#4 Upper St. Clair vs. #5 Franklin Regional
6A
#1 Pine-Richland vs. #8 Norwin
#2 Central Catholic vs. #7 Peters Township
#3 Bethel Park vs. #6 Penn Hills
#4 Mt. Lebanon vs. #5 North Allegheny
The Trib Live High School Sports Networks Don Rebel is joined by Josh Rowntree, Cory Campano, Donny Chedrick and James Dotson as they unveil the brackets on the 2017 WPIAL Football Playoffs and preview the postseason matchups on Beaver County Radio and the Trib Live Sports Network tonight starting at 7:00 PM. If you can’t listen on Beaver County Radio Click the Trib-Live Logo below to listen online…….