Central Valley Stays Alive In WPIAL Playoff Race

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

Central Valley & Ambridge Battle For Playoff Hopes

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

Girls’ Basketball Results 2/6/17

5A
West Allegheny 65, Lincoln Park 20
Montour 59, Moon 52

4A
Blackhawk 76, Central Valley 59
Ambridge 49, New Castle 41
Beaver 54, Quaker Valley 48

3A
Mohawk 51, Beaver Falls 23
Neshannock 46, Riverside 33
Brownsville 37, South Side 25
Laurel 59, Ellwood City 33

2A
OLSH 60, Fort Cherry 18
Burgettstown 44, Aliquippa 33
Chartiers-Houston 68, New Brighton 23

1A
Quigley Catholic 39, Rochester 33
Cornell 45, Sewickley Academy 34

Scores Across The Valley 2/3/17

5A
Mars 70, Moon 63
Montour 73, West Allegheny 35

4A
Beaver Falls 65, Beaver 55
Blackhawk 52, Central Valley 49
New Castle 55, Ambridge 39
Quaker Valley 78, Hopewell 40

3A
Lincoln Park 55, Riverside 46
Aliquippa 58, Ellwood City 43
New Brighton 71, Mohawk 51
Seton-LaSalle 67, Freedom 55
Southmoreland 81, South Side 62

2A
Sewickley Academy 72, Northgate 25
OLSH 66, Neshannock 52

1A
Rochester 67, Western Beaver 37

Non-Section
Cornell 69, BCCS 43

Girls (3A)
Beaver Falls 49, Riverside 47

NHL
Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3 (OT)

Beaver Falls 65, Beaver 55

In a battle for third place in Section 2-AAAA, the Beaver Falls Tigers pulled away late to defeat the Beaver Bobcats 65-55 on Beaver County Radio. The Tigers were led by Josh Creach who had 23 points; Darius Wise led the Bobcats with 33.

Beaver Falls is now 7-5 in the section (10-7 overall), while Beaver drops to 6-6 in the section (10-9). The Tigers and Bobcats are now third and fourth, respectively, in Section 2-AAAA.

Wise and Creach were selected as tonight’s CCBC Players of The Game.

Tom Hays has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Girls’ Basketball Results 2/2/17

5A
Chartiers Valley 69, Moon 29
Montour 64, Lincoln Park 31
South Fayette 56, West Allegheny 50

4A
Blackhawk 85, Hopewell 56
Beaver 60, New Castle 44
Central Valley 53, Quaker Valley 31

3A
Riverside 55, Ellwood City 31
South Side 46, South Allegheny 42
Neshannock 79, Freedom 18
Mohawk 51, Laurel 45

2A
OLSH 62, Aliquippa 42
Burgettstown 56, New Brighton 27

1A
Rochester 58, Union 42
Cornell 56, Quigley Catholic 48
Sewickley Academy 40, Propel Andrew Street 19

High School Basketball: What Was & What Is 2/2/17

Here are the scores from last night in high school action (all non-section):

Boys
Beaver 84, South Side 57
Rochester 59, Carlynton 52

Girls
Montour 64, Quaker Valley 46

Here’s a look at tonight’s local Girls’ matches:

5A
Lincoln Park at Montour
Moon at Chartiers Valley
South Fayette at West Allegheny

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

3A
Riverside at Ellwood City
Freedom at Neshannock
South Allegheny at South Side
Laurel at Mohawk

2A
Aliquippa at OLSH
Burgettstown at New Brighton

1A
Union at Rochester
Quigley Catholic at Cornell
Sewickley Academy at Propel Andrew Street

National Signing Day: Local Colleges, Local Athletes, & Who Goes Where

Local D-I colleges earned the signatures of many Western Pennsylvania senior football players, and many Beaver County stars are moving to colleges out-of-area. The list below explains who goes where:

Beaver County athletes who signed to D-I colleges

COLORADO STATE
Kieran Firment, West Allegheny
Darius Wise, Beaver

IOWA
Geno Stone, New Castle

MICHIGAN
Donovan Jeter, Beaver Falls

TOLEDO
A.J. Crider, South Side Beaver

Western PA athletes headed to local D-I colleges

PENN STATE
Lamont Wade, Clairton
C.J. Thorpe, Pittsburgh Central Catholic

PITT
Gabe Houy, Upper St. Clair
Grant Carrigan, Pine-Richland
Tyler Sear, Neshannock
Paris Ford, Steel Valley

WEST VIRGINIA
Kenny Robinson, Imani Christian

Lincoln Park Stays Undefeated in Section With Win Over Aliquippa

Last night on Beaver County Radio, Lincoln Park stayed undefeated in Section 1-AAA with a 66-60 victory over Aliquippa. The win puts the Leopards at 8-0 in section play, clinching first place. Aliquippa clinches a playoff berth in the loss, but is only one game ahead of Ellwood City for third place. The loss drops the Quips to 5-3 in the section and 9-11 overall.

Other scores from last night.

Knoch 44
Moon 56

Beaver Falls 77
Quaker Valley 66

Central Valley 51
Beaver 53

Ambridge 56
Blackhawk 52

New Castle 78
Hopewell 37

Riverside 83
New Brighton 47

Mohawk 47
Ellwood City 57

Freedom 44
Avonworth 93

OLSH 68
Laurel 66

Sweickley Academy 58
Bishop Canevin 60

Vincentian 78
Western Beaver 40

Cornell 70
Quigley 48

 

High School Girls’ Basketball Results 1/30/17

Here’s all the High School Girls’ Basketball scores from local action last night:

5A
West Allegheny 53, Moon 33
South Fayette 68, Lincoln Park 20

4A
Quaker Valley 70, Hopewell 48
Ambridge 74, Beaver 54
Central Valley 63, New Castle 36

3A
Freedom 60, Ellwood City 57
Riverside 43, Mohawk 37
Laurel 40, Beaver Falls 24
South Side 57, McGuffey 31

2A
OLSH 57, Washington 38
Chartiers-Houston 67, Aliquippa 28
Shenango 53, New Brighton 30

1A
Cornell 57, Rochester 21
Sewickley Academy 46, Union 34
Quigley Catholic 56, Propel Andrew Street 7