The New Castle Red Hurricane held off a late Ambridge Bridger’s rally to hold on for a  56-48 victory which gave the Red Hurricane the Class 4A Section 2 Championship.

Beaver County Radio’s Bob Barrickman and Tom Hays carried live coverage of the game on 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA and e Trib-Live High School Sports Network.

New Castle held the lead through most of the game. Ambridge fought back in the 4th tying the game at one point. After the Bridger’s tied the game the Red Hurricane went a run and  took the lead back and pulled away down the stretch winning the game by eight points.

New Castle finishes the season with a 10-2 section record and Ambridge falls into a second place tie with Quaker Valley at 9-3 in the section.

All WPIAL teams that have qualified for the playoffs will learn their playoff opponents on Tuesday night this week. Beaver County Radio will carry live coverage of the pairings meeting starting at 7 pm.

CCBC Players of the game are:

New Castle: Sheldon Cox

Ambridge: Aaron Hilzendeger

Tune into 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA for a special high school basketball broadcast at 7:05 p.m. tonight, Saturday February 9, 2019.

Bob Barrickman and Tom Hays will have the call of this winner take all Class 4A Section 2 game live from Wright Field House in Ambridge as the Ambridge Bridgers host the New Castle Red Hurricane. The team that comes away with  the win will be crowned the Section Champion this season.  The Red Hurricane beat the Bridgers in their first section match-up 69-49 on January 25, 2019. New Castle is 9-2 in the section with both losses coming at the hands of the Quaker Valley Quakers . New Castle is 15-4 over all. The Bridgers also 9-2 in the section have lost to the Red Hurricane and the Beaver Bobcats for their two section losses. The Bridgers are 14-7 over all. The loser will fall into a 2nd place tie at 9-3 with the Quakers.

If you are unable to listen to the broadcast and want to hear it streaming live over the Trib-Live High School Sports Network  click on the logo below at 7:05 p.m. to hear it streaming Live ……

1230 WBVP’s Tom Hays and Bob Barrickman have the call from Central Valley Middle School of this WPIAL Class 4A Section 2 high school girls basketball game as the Warriors battle the Vikings.

If you can’t tune into the broadcast on 1230 WBVP and want to hear the broadcast streaming live over the Trib-Live High School Sports Network click on the logo below at 5:45 p.m. for for the pre-game. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00 p.m……