High School Boys Basketball – Friday January 6, 2017
Quaker Valley – 78
Beaver Falls – 58
Beaver Falls 79 vs.Indiana 58
PLAYERS OF THE GAME:
Beaver Falls: Josh Creach Indiana: Jake Benhart
Quaker Valley 56 vs. South Fayette 44
Boys 4A-Central Valley 56 vs. Belle Vernon 35
Boys 4A-New Castle 73 vs. McGuffey 40
Boys 6A-North Hills 59 vs. Penn Hills 58
Girls 3A-Bishop Canevin 54 vs. Riverside 25
Girls 3A-East Allegheny 68 vs. Avonworth 59
Girls 3A-Neshannock 63 vs.. Charleroi 36
Girls 5A-Oakland Catholic 54 vs. Mars 41
BASEBALL: Pre-Season
Pirates 6 vs.Orioles 2
Rested or rusty?
The Quigley Catholic Girls showed a little of both on Friday night, having enough energy to overcome a 36-26 halftime deficit, but not enough steam to hold off St. Joseph at the end, losing by a final score of 69-65.
Taylor Kirschner led #3 Quigley with 29 points, while Lizzy Celko led #6 St. Joseph with 23. Both players were selected as CCBC Players Of The Game.
St. Joseph will play #2 Cornell in the semifinals (Cornell 64-33 winners over Geibel Catholic).
It was too much Lampe for the Rochester Lady Rams. They lost their WPIAL Girls 2a quarter final game 51-37. to West Greene. Madison Lappe scored 19 and twin sister McKenna 18 as West Greene advanced to the semi-finals for the first time in their history. The Lady Rams were lead by Jasmine Mack with 17 points The Rams will now root for West Greene to win the WPIAL 2a Title so they can enter the PIAA playoffs.
WPIAL Basketball Playoffs:
Boys: Vincential 44, Rochester 42. CCBC Players of the Game: Zach McDonough (Vincentian); Chad Meny (Rochester).
Girls: Beaver 58, Keystone Oaks 45. CCBS Players of the Game: Bella Cosset (Beaver); Maliayak Agurs (Keystone Oaks).
Tonight on Beaver County Radio, four local teams will be showcased on their run to the WPIAL Championships in basketball.
On WBVP tonight, the #2 Blackhawk Lady Cougars take on #7 Freeport in the quarterfinals of the 4A Girls’ playoffs at 6:30, with pre-game at 6:05. The second game of that doubleheader will follow as 3A #1 Lincoln Park will battle #8 Seton-LaSalle in Boys’ action. Both games will be played at North Allegheny HS.
On WMBA tonight, #5 Beaver takes on #4 Keystone Oaks in the 4A Girls’ quarterfinals at 6:30, with pre-game at 6:05. Following that will be #7 Rochester taking on #2 Vincentian in the 1A Boys’ quarterfinals. Both games will be played at Moon Area HS.
Other local teams in WPIAL playoff action tonight:
4A Girls
#8 Central Valley
#1 CW North Catholic
@ Sewickley Academy HS
6:30pm
#3 Ambridge
#6 South Park
@ Montour HS
6:30pm
2A Girls
#4 Our Lady Of Sacred Heart
#5 California
@ Canon-MacMillan HS
6:30pm
3A Boys
#7 Aliquippa
#2 Washington
@ West Allegheny HS
8:00pm
#6 Riverside
#3 CW North Catholic
@ Sewickley Academy HS
8:00pm
1A Boys
#6 Cornell
#3 Imani Christian
@ Northgate HS
8:00pm
Beaver Falls had a 9-2 lead early before Avonworth went on a 27-7 run on their way to a 54-33 win in the WPIAL 3a girls first round game at Cardinal Wherle High School Wednesday night. With the win, the Antelopes advance to the quarter finals against East Allegheny. The Tigers end the season 10-12.
The first round of the 3A Girls’ playoffs in the WPIAL Basketball Championships takes place tonight. #10 Beaver Falls (10-11) takes on #7 Avonworth (14-8) at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School tonight; pre-game is set for 6:05 on Beaver County Radio, and tip-off is at 6:30.
Two other local girls’ teams begin their championship bidding tonight in the 3A playoffs:
#8 Riverside (17-5) battles #9 Brownsville (10-11) at Peters Township HS [8:00pm]
#12 South Side Beaver (11-11) looks to upset #5 Carlynton (15-6) at North Hills HS [6:30pm]
High School basketball is in full effect. On WBVP this afternoon we had Riverside taking on Burgettstown. The Panthers came away with the victory by a final score of 65-42 over Burgettstown. Riverside advances to the second round of the WPIAL playoffs. On WMBA we had Alaiquippa taking on Charleroi. The Quips came away with the victory by a final score of 70-51. The defending PIAA state champions will being going to the second round to face the winner of Ellwood City/Washington game.
Players of the game:
WBVP
Riverside- Dylan Speicher
Burgettstown- Max Shaw
WMBA
Aliquippa- Will Gipson
Charleroi- Dremar Everette
Other playoff scores
Boys 3A
Linclon Park 74
Steel Valley 62
Girls 4A
Central Valley 49
Mount Pleasent 32
Beaver 47
Deer Lakes 28
Girls 1A
Rochester 74
Eden Christan 26
Sewickley Academy 43
Jefferson-Morgan 29
Boys 3A
Avonworth 55
Southmoreland 64
Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 51
Burrell 41
East Allegheny 52
Senton-Lasalle 57
Carlyton 41
Shady Side Academy 60
Girls 4A
Burrell 44
South Park 66
Girls 1A
Avella 33
St. Joesphs 68
Clairton 29
Geibel 47