After a sluggish start, the #7 Rochester Rams caught fire at the end of the first half, and kept the momentum throughout as they defeat #10 St. Joseph 81-75 in the First Round match in the 1A WPIAL Boys’ Basketball playoffs on Beaver County Radio.

The Rams trailed by 3 after 1, but took a 44-40 lead at the half and didn’t look back. St Joseph ends their season at 13-10, while Rochester improves to 16-6 and will take on #2 Vincentian in the 1A Quarterfinals.

The Spartans’ Daniel Fabregas and Rochester’s Chad Meny were selected as the CCBC Players Of The Game.

Bob Barrickman has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Beaver County has several representatives in the WPIAL Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball playoffs, and Tuesday night they learned of their first assignments heading into the postseason. Games with times and locations, as well as teams sitting out the first round, are listed below.

Boys

5A
#2 Moon BYE

4A
#1 New Castle
#2 Quaker Valley
#3 Beaver Falls
#4 Central Valley
ALL BYES

3A (All games on Saturday 2/18)
#1 Lincoln Park
#16 Steel Valley
@ North Allegheny
12:00pm

#2 Washington
#15 Ellwood City
@ Peters Township
3:00pm

#7 Aliquippa
#10 Charleroi
@Baldwin
2:30pm

#6 Riverside
#11 Burgettstown
@ North Allegheny
3:00pm

2A
#3 Sewickley Academy BYE

#5 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
#12 Frazier
@ Charleroi
Friday, February 17th
8:00pm

1A (All games on Friday 2/17)
#7 Rochester Rams
#10 St. Joseph Spartans
@ Fox Chapel
8:00pm

#6 Cornell Raiders
#11 Geibel Catholic Gators
@ Gateway
8:00pm

Girls

4A (All games on Saturday 2/18)
#2 Blackhawk Cougars
#3 Ambridge Bridgers
BOTH BYES

#5 Beaver
#12 Deer Lakes
@ North Hills
3:00pm

#8 Central Valley
#9 Mount Pleasant Vikings
@ Peters Township
1:30pm

3A (All games on Wednesday 2/22)
#8 Riverside
#9 Brownsville
@ Peters Township
8:00pm

#5 Carlynton
#12 South Side Beaver
@ North Hills
6:30pm

#7 Avonworth
#10 Beaver Falls
@ CW North Catholic
6:30pm

2A
#4 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers BYE

1A (All games Saturday 2/18)
#2 Cornell Raiders
#3 Quigley Catholic Spartans
BOTH BYES

#8 Jefferson-Morgan
#9 Sewickley Academy
@ North Allegheny High School
1:30pm

#5 Rochester
#12 Eden Christian
@ Sewickley Academy
1:00pm

 

Tonight the WPIAL will pair up the qualifying teams for the first round of the playoffs this week, and you can find out who goes where by tuning in tonight at 7:00pm on Beaver County Radio.

Last night several local teams finished the regular season in Non-Section play, and here’s the results from those games:

Boys
North Allegheny 66, Blackhawk 50
Central Valley 59, Bethel Park 46
New Castle 52, Moon 48
Chartiers-Houston 68, Hopewell 47
Riverside 58, Union 50
Rochester 91, Freedom 77
OLSH 64, South Allegheny 41

Girls
Blackhawk 64, Hempfield 39
Riverside 64, Union 18
Rochester 53, Freedom 42
Mohawk 42, Central Valley 40
Quaker Valley 51, Aliquippa 41
Carlynton 57, Moon 46

5A
Moon 68, Montour 57
Chartiers Valley 70, West Allegheny 36

4A
Blackhawk 70, Beaver 49
New Castle 56, Beaver Falls 52
Central Valley 75, Hopewell 47

3A
Burgettstown 59, South Side 36

2A
Sewickley Academy 88, OLSH 82

1A
Rochester 91, Quigley Catholic 75
Vincentian 79, Cornell 49
Union 71, Western Beaver 55

Non-Section
Lincoln Park 93, Pittsburgh Central Catholic 72
New Brighton 69, Brentwood 47
Freedom 75, Mohawk 54
Riverside 65, Eden Christian 45

Blackhawk and Beaver went into their regular season finale with hopes to reach the playoffs.

After the game, neither team will go.

Central Valley’s victory over Hopewell eliminated Blackhawk, and the Cougars’ 70-49 victory over the Bobcats eliminated Beaver on Beaver County Radio. The Blackhawk victory gives the two teams identical 6-8 records in Section 2-AAAA, tied for 5th and out of playoff contention. Central Valley earns the 4th and final playoff spot in the section at 7-7.

The Bobcats’ Darius Wise and the Cougars’ Trent Michael earned honors as CCBC Players Of The Game.

Bob Barrickman has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.

5A
West Allegheny 53, Fox Chapel 52

4A
Beaver 57, Blackhawk 54
Ambridge 64, Quaker Valley 46
Central Valley 54, Hopewell 34

3A
Beaver Falls 59, Ellwood City 35
Riverside 65, Freedom 49

2A
OLSH 52, Shenango 31
New Brighton 42, Aliquippa 41

1A
Saint Joesph 74, Quigley Catholic 63
Cornell 67, Jefferson-Morgan 17
Rochester 57, Eden Christian 23

Boys
Quaker Valley 78, Ambridge 71
BCCS 63, Quigley Catholic 52

Beaver hosts Blackhawk in their final game of section play in 2-AAAA tonight on Beaver County Radio. Beaver is 6-7 in the section, tied for the fourth and final playoff spot with Central Valley, while Blackhawk is 5-8 and trying to jump both teams to earn a playoff spot. Pre-game is at 7:05, and tip-off is at 7:30. After the game, we’ll cover all of the scores and final standings on the Wrap-Up Show until 10:00.

Other games in boys’ action tonight:

5A
Moon at Montour
Chartiers Valley at West Allegheny

4A
New Castle at Beaver Falls
Hopewell at Central Valley

3A
Burgettstown at South Side

2A
Sewickley Academy at OLSH

1A
Quigley Catholic at Rochester
Cornell at Vincentian
Union at Western Beaver

Non-Section
Pittsburgh Central Catholic at Lincoln Park
Brentwood at New Brighton
Mohawk at Freedom
Riverside at Eden Christian

The Central Valley Warriors keep their playoff hopes alive with a 59-39 victory over the Ambridge Bridgers on Beaver County Radio last night. The Warriors improve to 6-7 in Section 2-AAAA, while the Bridgers drop to 4-8 and have been eliminated from playoff contention.

Other results from last night:

5A
Moon 70, West Allegheny 46

4A
Beaver Falls 79, Hopewell 51
Quaker Valley 54, Blackhawk 49
New Castle 71, Beaver 53

3A
Lincoln Park 80, Ellwood City 62
Riverside 73, Mohawk 32
Chaleroi 74, South Side 62
Carlynton 67, Freedom 41

2A
OLSH 60, Sto-Rox 49
Sewickley Academy 74, Shenango 43

1A
Union 64, Rochester 51
Fort Cherry 83, Western Beaver 43
Cornell 73, Holy Family Academy 27
Vincentian Academy 85, Quigley Catholic 40

Girls (2A)
Aliquippa 46, Union 33

Tonight on Beaver County Radio, Central Valley travels to Ambridge in a Section 2-AAAA matchup. The Warriors are tied for 5th Place at 5-7, while Ambridge is 4-8 and in 7th Place. Pre-game is at 7:05 with tip-off at 7:30 on WBVP & WMBA.

Here’s what the rest of the Boys’ schedule for tonight looks like:

5A
West Allegheny at Moon

4A
Beaver Falls at Hopewell
Quaker Valley at Blackhawk
Beaver at New Castle

3A
Lincoln Park at Ellwood City
Aliquippa at New Brighton
Mohawk at Riverside
Freedom at Carlynton
South Side at Charleroi

2A
OLSH at Sto-Rox
Shenango at Sewickley Academy

1A
Fort Cherry at Western Beaver
Vincentian Academy at Quigley Catholic
Rochester at Union
Holy Family Academy at Cornell