Category: High School Basketball

Friday December 15, 2023 Boys High School Basketball

Riverside – 52

Beaver Falls – 56

COUGARS WIN COUGARS WIN COUGARS WIN 45-40 THEY HEAD TO HERSHEY!!

Keith Walsh – Beaver County Radio

Heading to Hershey the Blackhawk girls who were what many called the underdogs in this 4A PIAA state playoff game at New Castle High School against a team that beat them a few weeks ago. The game was good from the start Alena Fusetti scored the first points for the Cougars with a little shot from the stripe for 2 then she hit a 3 to give them a 9 to 6 lead and then Aubree Hupp hits a 3 make it 12 to 7, with Blackhawk rebounding well and Potts hits 3 to make it 15 to 11 and Aubree Hupp gets fouled hits 2 free throws and its 17 to 11 and  Kassie Potts hits a nice left handed layup to makes the score 21-17 this is all good for the Blackhawk fans and the Cougars took the lead in at the half 21- 20. On the first possession of the second half Kassie Potts scored and North Catholic came right back and scored 23-23 all tied up then Hupp from Potts makes it 25 to 25 and Piper Romigh passes to Aubree Hupp she scores and Kassie Potts gets fouled and makes one from the line and its 33 to 33 with 1:15 left in the third quarter and then Kassie Potts makes a great  move to make it 35 to 33 then Kassie Potts hits a 3 pointer and Andrea Kinger puts a nice pass on Aubree Hupp who gets fouled and goes to the line and makes both its now 40 to 36 Blackhawk in the lead. then Alena Fusetti gets called for a charge and and North Catholic hits a 3 and the score was 42to 40 the Cougars with a 2 point lead with 2;24 to go they tried fouling Blackhawk and it got the ball back for them they put up a 3 it came off the rim and Haley Romigh went up got the rebound and took a hard elbow to the nose and was taken out and Aubree Hupp was up and ready on the line and made one 45 to 40, you could here the fans feeling it and all they had to do was burn 36 seconds off the clock and that they did final score Blackhawk 45 and North Catholic 40,the game was broadcast right here on Beaver County Radio by Mike Azadian and Joe Sager stay tuned for more High school playoff games from Hershey PA.

Lincoln Park Is Going To Hershey They Dominate Uniontown 85-54!!!

The Hershey Kisses were flying in a packed gymnasium at Charleroi High School for the boys 4A Semifinal state playoff game between the Lincoln Park Leopards and the Uniontown Red Raiders Tuesday night and they were welcomed by the Lincoln Park Leopards who earned a spot in the big dance in Hershey Thursday night at 7:00 pm that game will be broadcast right here on Beaver County Radio with Mike Azadian And Bruce Frey on the call. The game started out with Uniontown getting off to a good start that did not last long , Braden Cummings hit 3 three pointers in a row to get the Leopards back in the game and they doubled up the Red Raiders in the first quarter 27 to 14. And to start off the second after a quick time out by Uniontown,  the Red Raiders  went out to the foul line and missed 2 foul shots and Lincoln Parks Brandon Cummings took the ball and went off from 10 feet away (quote) Mike Azadian with a tomahawk slam dunk that absolutely brought  the full house on its feet and the Leopards fans erupted in cheers. At the end of the second quarter the score was 53 to 30 Lincoln Park with a good lead and they were playing as if they wanted to get out ahead by 30 to start a running clock, it took a while after they ended the third quarter with a 69- 44 lead they were able to get the lead they needed with about 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter.  And they started to replace some of their players who had to battle the very hard playing the  team from Uniontown who never up gave or made anything easy for the Leopards. And when the buzzer rang and the scoreboard read 85 to 54 and they were victorious, the Hershey kisses came raining down by the hundreds everywhere and they new that Chocolate Town was the next stop. Brandon Cummings scored 25 pts Meleek Thomas had 20pts and Deandre Moyle scored 15 for the Leopards. Tomorrow night 3-21-23 the Blackhawk Girls will play North Catholic for a chance to go to Hershey in a 4A PIAA playoff game from New Castle PA, that game will be broadcast here on Beaver County Radio 99.3 95.7 1230WBVP/1460WMBA with Mike Azadian and Bruce Frey on the call at 6:00 pm.

Lincoln Park Pervails 69-66 Over Laurel Highlands In 4A Quarter Final!!!

The Lincoln Park Leopards traveled to Norwin High School to battle for a chance to move on in the PIAA High School boys basketball 4A quarter finals against the Laurel Highlands Mustangs. The game started slow for these two high powered teams with all the marbles up for grabs, Meleek Thomas started the scoring off with a 2 pointer DeAndre Moyle cleaned up the boards and went all the way  to make it 10-7 Leopards and Meleek Thomas hit a big three pointer to make it 13-7,at the end of the first it was the Leopards 15 Mustangs 12. The Mustangs came out in the 2nd quarter and got out to a 19-15 lead, the game was a little bit strange for the Leopards with 3 players having 2 fowls each in the second, but the Leopards went into the half 28-25. This game had a lot action this is just some of the highlights in the second half, DeAndre Moyle hit a three pointer to put them up by 6 And Green then gets a slam dunk to put them up by 8 and Brandon Cummings made 4 big free throws when they needed them last but not least Meleek Thomas scored 7 points in one minute to create a spark for Lincoln Park. It ended with two good teams making some great plays when they needed to final score 69-66. The game was heard right here on 95.7fm 99.3fm 1230WBVP/1460WMBA and world wide on Beaver County Radio by Mike Azadian and Joe Salopek stay tuned for Aliquippa  boys and Blackhawk girls will both play on Saturday 3-18 23 In the PIAA state playoffs.

Blackhawk Girls Hang On To A Late 4th Quarter Lead To Take The Win!!!~

The Blackhawk Girls were down 11-3 right off the bat against the Knoch Knights and they were having a offensive evening  that was sub power but they were playing really good on the defensive side the ball, the other bright side of the first quarter was kassie Potts hit a 3 pointer at the end of the first to get the deficit to 12-6.  Blackhawk was missing lot of outside shots and Knoch wasn’t playing well either.  The second quarter they hung in still not playing their best but they got the lead down to 19-17 with Kassie Potts getting her 7th point of the game and Aubree Hupp leading the scoring with 8 for the Blackhawk girls and still no points from their leading scorer Alena Fusetti. They then again started to fall back again by 7 when with the entire team struggling  Alena Fussetti got her first points of the game. And then Kassie Potts hit her second 3 point shot of the game, things  were starting to look a little bit better for the lady Cougars and they weren’t done yet Aubree Hupp posted up and and made it 28-24 and the cougars keeping it close Allena Fusetti made a nice pass underneath to Aubree Hupp who was fouled and made both. Blackhawk was moving the ball a lot better and then Alena Fusetti hit a 3 pointer to put Blackhawk in the lead the cougars got the ball back and Aubree Hupp fought for a rebound put them up by 4 37-33, with a minute left Shaw for Knoch scored and cut the lead to 2, after a couple of time outs back to live action one of the Romighs  made a big steal and passed the ball to Andrea Kinger who was fouled and made 1 and put the cougars up by 3, with 29.9 seconds left. Knoch missed a basket got the ball back with 7.3 seconds on the clock and called another time out then the Knights put up a 3 point shot that was no good the ball went out of bounds off Knoch, and all Blackhawk had to do was get the ball back in with .9 seconds on the clock and that they did Blackhawk gets the win they move on 38-35. The game was broadcast right here on 99.3fm 95.7fm 1230WBVP/1460WMBA and around the world on  Beaver County Radio  with Mike Azadian and Joe Sager on the call. Stay tuned  for more playoff High School Basketball Friday it will be Lincoln Park trying to advance to the third round.

Lincoln Park Defeats Highlands To Move On In Class 4A State Playoffs 84-72

The game started out with Highlands playing much better than they did the last time the teams met, they were able to control the pace of the game and slow the high powered Lincoln Park Leopards and keep them off the boards. At the end of the first quarter both teams were running neck and neck with Highlands out in front 14 to 13,both teams under their average score. Highlands was winning on the rebounds but they were turning the ball over along with Lincoln Park both teams with some sloppy play and If they were looking for a way to upset the Leopards it was looking like they may have found it, note Brandon Cummings scored all the points 14 to be exact in the second quarter for Lincoln Park, so that again is keeping everybody else in check. but as the strong get stronger Lincoln Park did as the game went on the Leopards turned up the volume and started playing faster and you could see the game going a little bit more in their favor. In the third quarter both teams were still neck and neck with a 36 36 tie and Highlands started to get sloppy with the ball maybe just getting worn down from the pace that the Leopards were starting to bring, and Lincoln Park got their biggest lead of the game by 6 points. The fourth quarter was mostly the Leopards putting pressure on the Highlands team that was unable to keep up with the speed of the game Meleek Thomas ended it with a  dunk to end the game final score Lincoln Park 84 Highlands 72.  The game was heard here on 95.7 f Fm and 99.3 Fm  along with 1230WBVP/1460WMBA and world wide on Beaver County Radio  by Mike Azadian and Frank Salopek, stay tuned  for Blackhawk Girls 4A basketball playoffs at 5:30 here tomorrow  on Beaver County Radio Wednesday 3-15-23 with Mike Azadian and Joe Sager on the call.

Freedoms Great Season Comes To An End After Overtime Loss To Bishop Mccort 64-58!!!

If you like exciting games that had two girls basketball teams playing a very competitive 2A basketball playoff game to advance in the state playoffs you would have loved this one. The Freedom Bulldogs trying to make it back to Hershey for the second straight year all most got one step closer but their  season ended with a 20 win 5 loss record, they can be very proud  of. Bishop Mcort jumped out to a 8 nothing lead , it seemed to be the story of the night with Freedom trailing most of  the  game , after one the score was the Crushers 15 the Bulldogs 12. Freedom was having some trouble solving the full court press and Bishop hit 3 three pointers in the first, and may have been just a little bit faster getting some open shots. Freedoms Olivia Henderson hit back to back three pointers, then Julz Mohrbacher took the ball the  down  the court to tie it at 21 then Morgan Keller hit a duce for the first Freedom lead 23-21. At half time it was the Crushers in the lead 31-Bulldogs 25. At the start of the 3rd quarter  Julz Mohrbacher hit a left handed Bob McAdoo half hook shot with 4 players around here to get the Freedom crowd back to life with a roar of thee crowd it carried over to the fourth quarter where a very loud freedom crowd was cheering their team on, the Bulldogs out scored the Crushers 19 to 8, and with 4.2 seconds on the clock Olivia Henderson a very gifted 3 point shooter hit a long 3 point shot to tie the game up at 52 to 52. Make no mistake every single one of the Freedom players that went in to the game all played well and contributed to their great performance, although it did not go their way, the Bulldogs  had a great season and another exciting game. Mike Azadian and Bruce Frey had the call at Freedom High School here on 99.3FM 95.7 FM 1230WBVP/1460WMBA and around the world on Beaver County Radio. Stay tuned for Aliquippa  and Karns City tomorrow 3-11-23 in boys High School Playoff basketball at 1:30 pm.