Friday December 15, 2023 Boys High School Basketball
Riverside – 52
Beaver Falls – 56
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]
High School basketball is in full effect. On WBVP this afternoon we had Riverside taking on Burgettstown. The Panthers came away with the victory by a final score of 65-42 over Burgettstown. Riverside advances to the second round of the WPIAL playoffs. On WMBA we had Alaiquippa taking on Charleroi. The Quips came away with the victory by a final score of 70-51. The defending PIAA state champions will being going to the second round to face the winner of Ellwood City/Washington game.
Players of the game:
WBVP
Riverside- Dylan Speicher
Burgettstown- Max Shaw
WMBA
Aliquippa- Will Gipson
Charleroi- Dremar Everette
Other playoff scores
Boys 3A
Linclon Park 74
Steel Valley 62
Girls 4A
Central Valley 49
Mount Pleasent 32
Beaver 47
Deer Lakes 28
Girls 1A
Rochester 74
Eden Christan 26
Sewickley Academy 43
Jefferson-Morgan 29
Boys 3A
Avonworth 55
Southmoreland 64
Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 51
Burrell 41
East Allegheny 52
Senton-Lasalle 57
Carlyton 41
Shady Side Academy 60
Girls 4A
Burrell 44
South Park 66
Girls 1A
Avella 33
St. Joesphs 68
Clairton 29
Geibel 47
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.