Friday December 15, 2023 Boys High School Basketball
Riverside – 52
Beaver Falls – 56
Blackhawk- girls -70 FINAL
South Park – 56
Beaver – girls – 49 FINAL
North Catholic – 59
Lincoln Park- boys – 81 FINAL
Shady Side – 61
OLSH- girls- 39 FINAL
Chartiers-Houston- 54
Vincentian Girls -43 FINAL
GCC- 39
Washington- boys- 44 FINAL
CWNC- 49
Union- boys – 64 FINAL
Monessen 88
Vincentian – boys- 71FINAL
Imani Christian- 80
WPIAL Girl’s Semi-Final:
North Catholic 59, Beaver 49. CCBC Player’s of the Game: Sam Breen (North Catholic); Sydney Varney (Beaver).
Three teams look to punch their tickets to the WPIAL Championship games tonight on Beaver County Radio.
On 1230 WBVP, the #2 Blackhawk Lady Cougars take on #6 South Park in one 4A Girls’ semifinal game at 6:15; pre-game is at 5:45 from North Allegheny HS.
On 1460 WMBA, the other semifinal game in 4A Girls’ pins the #5 Beaver Lady Bobcats against #1 Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic at 6:15; pre-game is at 5:45 from Moon Area HS.
Finally, on WBVP following the conclusion of Blackhawk/South Park will be the second game of the doubleheader at North Allegheny, as the #1 Lincoln Park Leopards battle #4 Shady Side Academy in the 3A Boys’ semifinal.
Follow all the action tonight on Beaver County Radio or online at MSASports.net.
Beaver Falls 79 vs.Indiana 58
PLAYERS OF THE GAME:
Beaver Falls: Josh Creach Indiana: Jake Benhart
Quaker Valley 56 vs. South Fayette 44
Boys 4A-Central Valley 56 vs. Belle Vernon 35
Boys 4A-New Castle 73 vs. McGuffey 40
Boys 6A-North Hills 59 vs. Penn Hills 58
Girls 3A-Bishop Canevin 54 vs. Riverside 25
Girls 3A-East Allegheny 68 vs. Avonworth 59
Girls 3A-Neshannock 63 vs.. Charleroi 36
Girls 5A-Oakland Catholic 54 vs. Mars 41
BASEBALL: Pre-Season
Pirates 6 vs.Orioles 2
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.
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.
The first round of the 3A Girls’ playoffs in the WPIAL Basketball Championships takes place tonight. #10 Beaver Falls (10-11) takes on #7 Avonworth (14-8) at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School tonight; pre-game is set for 6:05 on Beaver County Radio, and tip-off is at 6:30.
Two other local girls’ teams begin their championship bidding tonight in the 3A playoffs:
#8 Riverside (17-5) battles #9 Brownsville (10-11) at Peters Township HS [8:00pm]
#12 South Side Beaver (11-11) looks to upset #5 Carlynton (15-6) at North Hills HS [6:30pm]