Local Teams Set To Begin Their WPIAL Basketball Playoff Journeys This Week

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
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A mountaintop so familiar, yet a pathway unlike those before.

The WPIAL Basketball Playoffs begin on February 16, with several local teams in the running for District 7 gold. The field includes 23 local teams, consisting of 11 boys’ teams and 12 girls’ teams. Of those 23, three of them are top seeds–the Lincoln Park boys (4A), the Aliquippa boys (2A) and the Blackhawk girls (4A).

The first game on Beaver County Radio will be a first-round matchup in Class 5A between #5 Moon and #12 McKeesport. Pregame on Beaver County Radio commences at 6:30 PM, and tip-off from Moon will be at 7:00 PM.

The full list of local teams in this year’s WPIAL Playoffs, with seeds attached, are listed below:

BOYS
5A
#5 Moon
4A
#1 Lincoln Park
#7 Quaker Valley
#9 Beaver
#13 Blackhawk
3A
#6 OLSH
#11 Beaver Falls
2A
#1 Aliquippa
#15 South Side
1A
#8 Rochester
#11 Western Beaver

GIRLS
5A
#10 Lincoln Park
4A
#1 Blackhawk
#4 Quaker Valley
#7 Beaver
#12 Hopewell
3A
#5 OLSH
#17 Beaver Falls
2A
#2 Freedom
#11 Aliquippa
#14 Rochester
1A
#8 Rochester
#11 Western Beaver

THE BEAVER BOBCATS HAD DISTANT VISITORS FROM MARS AND WIN A CLOSE ONE!!

Monday night madness in Beaver another close game right down to the buzzer this time it went the Bobcats way, as they held on to a get the win in their home gym scoring 61 to the Fighting Planets 58. Beaver started out a little out of sink pretty much letting Mars get most all the rebounds in the first half, and trailing the first half being behind 16 to 12 at the end of one and 30 23 at the half. Mars did have a height advantage and they were boxing the Bobcats out but that all changed in the third quarter. The Bobcats looked like a new team in the third and they got out a head of the Planets to make this game a back and fourth point for point affair. What ever the remedy it worked and the Bobcats hung on   down to the buzzer with a well deserved 61-58 victory. The game was broadcast here on 95.7 FM 99.3 FM 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA with Mike Azadian And Joe Sager with the call and player interviews and their insight into the up coming playoff games that will be broadcasted here starting Thursday night live from the Moon High School gym, and continuing with as many Boys and Girls High School playoff games.

Beaver loses another heart breaker to a last second shot North Catholic 60 Beaver 59!

The Beaver Bobcats Traveled up to North Catholic Cranberry twp. to face a really tough but a smaller team, and that kept the Bobcats  hanging  around even after getting peppered by three point shots, Because they were winning the rebounds dominating the glass and at the end second quarter the score  Trojans ahead 35 to Bobcats 31 In the third quarter the Bobcats kept getting close the Trojans would come right back with a three pointer. Sawyer Butler was showing some three point skill in the third quarter hitting  three treys keeping the score within 6 points, and with with  1:40 to go in the third Adan Townsend hit a big basket to keep the game in reach.  In the fourth quarter the Beaver Bobcats turned the game around playing tough defense and creating 5 North Catholic turnovers and they had the Trojans calling for time outs, and that worked out well for the Bobcats to take a  break in the final minutes, but what was hurting the Bobcats in the first quarter was what the  last basket of the game was yes another three pointer with 12.1 seconds on the clock. Beaver had one more chance and put up a 10 foot shot that just didn’t fall, great game and great call here on 99.3 FM 95.7FM and 1230 WBVP/1460 WMBA by Mike Azadian and Joe Sager.

The Ellwood City Wolverines Claw Out A Big Victory Over Beaver Falls 57-51

The big 6 foot five center for the the Wolverines who sat the last game out against the Tigers was back in the line up and scored the first of his 35 points to to give Ellwood   City 2 -0 lead that turned out to be the lead they needed because the never trailed the entire game against a team that beat them not all that long ago.  This was a tale of to Teams with Ellwood City’s star player out the last time the two teams met, this game it was Beaver Falls with their best player out Isaiah Aeschbacher with a hand injury and Joe Roth in the game for Ellwood City. Ellwood City and Beaver Falls both seemed to have great game plans with the Tigers playing many off the bench even at the start of the game and Ellwood  kept it from turning into a track meet controlling  the speed of the game. At the end of the first quarter it was 10-3 with the Wolverines in the lead. A low scoring game to start and at the end second quarter the score was 25 14 with Ellwood on top seemed to have the game in their hands. At the end of three the score was 44-29 with the home team in control but showing some signs of that they were slowing down and Mike Azadian and Frank Salopek started talking about was Ellwood getting tired and could the Tigers get back in this game. The forth Quarter was the deciding point in this contest with the Tigers getting back in it The Wolverines making some costly turnovers and it was anybody’s game with three minutes left. With 2:25 left the Tigers had got the score to 50-44 and having the momentum on their side But the Wolverines wouldn’t  let this one get away and got the Victory In front of the best crowd that mike Azadian has seen this year for the home team final score 57-51 the game was broadcast here on 99.3 FM 95.7 FM and 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA by Mike Azadian and Frank Salopek.

CCBC Players of the Game Northgate @ Aliquippa 2/3/23

99.3 and 95.7 FM along with 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA and Beavercountyradio.com present the players of the game for February 3rd, 2023!

Your CCBC Players of the game are:

Northgate: Josh Williams
Aliquippa: Cameron Lindsey

You can see all of the past CCBC Players of the Game for High School Sports by clicking on the CCBC Logo Below:

Aliquippa Wins Over Northgate 60-42

Aliquippa Quips are showing that they are a team that can score and score in a hurry, at least they did that against Northgate Friday night in the third quarter after the Quips let Northgate back in the game giving up a lead of 15 to 5 after the first Quarter to a 23 to 20 lead at the half. The third quarter the Quips exploded on the court totally taking over the game and Northgate who is a good team could not stop the Quips who put 27 points in their best quarter of the night while only allowing 7 points from their opponents who had a big come back in the second quarter. The Quips went on to close the game out with out any problems not letting the Northgate team get any more runs again, final score Quips 60 Northgate 42 . the game was Broadcast right here on 99,3 FM 95.7 FM and 1230 WBVP / 1460 WMBA and world wide on Beaver County Radio By Mike Azadian and Joe Sager.

Northgate @ Aliquippa Score Updates!!!

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