Category: High School Basketball

Friday December 15, 2023 Boys High School Basketball

Riverside – 52

Beaver Falls – 56

[Girls] Vincentian 91, Quigley Catholic 50 (Final)

Australian author Clive James once wrote: “It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.”

The Quigley Catholic Girls would disagree with that notion, because they saw the power of the machine that is Vincentian Lady Royals Basketball, and the machine showed nothing wrong to diagnose.

Vincentian rolls into the WPIAL Championships once again with a 91-50 win over the Quigley Catholic Lady Spartans. Vincentian will try to now win their 5th consecutive WPIAL Girls’ A Championship against CW North Catholic on Saturday.

Gabrielle Smith led the Lady Spartans with 26 points (topping all scorers), while Tori Cash led the Lady Royals with 19. These ladies earned marks as tonight’s CCBC Players of The Game.

The good news for the Lady Spartans is that they will remain alive, and start their quest in the PIAA Playoffs next weekend.

Bob Barrickman has the scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

[Boys] Aliquippa 71, Greensburg Central Catholic 62 (Final)

A 6-0 run to end the first half, followed by a 10-point advance in the third quarter, and the Aliquippa Quips make their return to the WPIAL Championship game.

The Quips beat the Greensburg Central Catholic Centurians 71-62 at North Allegheny on Wednesday night.

Domenic Rullo led the Centurians with 19, tying him with Sheldon Jeter for the game’s leading scorer (Jeter led the Quips). Appropriately, these men also share honors as the CCBC Players of The Game.

The Quips will play Lincoln Park in the WPIAL Championship for AA Boys on Saturday afternoon, with tip-off scheduled for 1:00 at the Petersen Events Center.

Tom Hays has this scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

[Boys] Lincoln Park 59, Bishop Canevin 53 (Final)

A 15-6 run through the second quarter and the consistent play of guard Nick Aloi helped the Lincoln Park Leopards advance to the WPIAL AA Championship on Saturday.

Lincoln Park held off a stingy Bishop Canevin Crusader squad to win 59-53. Aloi led all scorers with 25 points, while Mitchell King led Bishop Canevin with 16. These two earned honors as tonight’s CCBC Players of The Game.

Lincoln Park plays Aliquippa in the WPIAL Championship for AA Boys on Saturday afternoon, with tip-off scheduled for 1:00 at the Petersen Events Center.

Bob Barrickman has this scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Beaver Falls 59, Mars 58 (Final)

When the playoff atmosphere was as intense as it was at the Ambridge Fieldhouse on Tuesday night, it is in the best wishes of those watching (or listening) that the game would live up to, or exceed, the same level of intensity.

Mars lived up to it, and nearly exceeded it. But Beaver Falls exceeded it, and they earned the reward of doing so with a trip to Friday night’s WPIAL AAA Championship at the Petersen Events Center.

The Tigers hung on late to win 59-58 over the Fighting Planets on Beaver County Radio.

Josh Creach led Beaver Falls (and all scorers) with 25 points, while three players led Mars with 12 points, including John Castello, who shares honors with Creach as CCBC Players of The Game.

Beaver Falls plays Highlands in the AAA Championship on Friday night, with tipoff set for 9:00pm. That game will be heard on 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA.

Bob Barrickman and Tom Hays had tonight’s call, and they have this full scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

[Boys] Aliquippa 59, Washington 46 (Final)

It was all Chucky Humphries all day for the Aliquippa Quips in the WPIAL Quarterfinals vs Washington on WMBA.

Humphries led all scorers with 19, including 17 in the first half, in Aliquippa’s 59-46 win over the Little Prexies. Nate Swart led the Prexies with 12. Both men are named CCBC Players of The Game.

Aliquippa faces Greensburg Central Catholic in the Semifinals Wednesday. Bob Barrickman has the scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

[Girls] Quigley Catholic 49, Winchester-Thurston 42 (Final)

Despite the early foul trouble (3 in the first half), Gabrielle Smith came off the bench to score 27 and lead the Quigley Catholic Lady Spartans to a WPIAL Quarterfinal victory over the Winchester-Thurston Lady Bears on WMBA Saturday afternoon.

Smith’s presence in the second half shares top billing with teammate Taylor Kirschner, who led the Lady Spartans with 17. She is joined as CCBC Players of the Game with Winchester-Thurston’s Ayanna Townsend, who led the Lady Bears with 27 (tying Smith for leading all scorers).

Quigley afdvances to the Class A Girls’ Semifinals against Vincentian on Wednesday. Winchester-Thurston faces Rochester in a PIAA Playoffs play-in game; site and time to be announced later.

Bob Barrickman has the scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

[Girls] Mars 57, Ambridge 38 (Final)

The Ambridge Lady Bridgers fell to the Mars Lady Planets Saturday on WBVP, and now face a one-game playoff to keep their season alive.

Mars won 57-38, being led by Tai Johnson who scored 20 to lead all scorers. She earned CCBC Player of The Game honors with Ambridge’s Abbey Antolic, who led the Lady Bridgers with 12.

Ambridge faces South Park in the PIAA Play-in game on Monday. Mars plays Trinity in the WPIAL GIrls’ AAA Semifinals on Wednesday.

Tom Hays has this recap for beavercountyradio.com.