High School Boys Basketball – Friday January 6, 2017
Quaker Valley – 78
Beaver Falls – 58
5A
Moon 68, Montour 57
Chartiers Valley 70, West Allegheny 36
4A
Blackhawk 70, Beaver 49
New Castle 56, Beaver Falls 52
Central Valley 75, Hopewell 47
3A
Burgettstown 59, South Side 36
2A
Sewickley Academy 88, OLSH 82
1A
Rochester 91, Quigley Catholic 75
Vincentian 79, Cornell 49
Union 71, Western Beaver 55
Non-Section
Lincoln Park 93, Pittsburgh Central Catholic 72
New Brighton 69, Brentwood 47
Freedom 75, Mohawk 54
Riverside 65, Eden Christian 45
Blackhawk and Beaver went into their regular season finale with hopes to reach the playoffs.
After the game, neither team will go.
Central Valley’s victory over Hopewell eliminated Blackhawk, and the Cougars’ 70-49 victory over the Bobcats eliminated Beaver on Beaver County Radio. The Blackhawk victory gives the two teams identical 6-8 records in Section 2-AAAA, tied for 5th and out of playoff contention. Central Valley earns the 4th and final playoff spot in the section at 7-7.
The Bobcats’ Darius Wise and the Cougars’ Trent Michael earned honors as CCBC Players Of The Game.
Bob Barrickman has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.
5A
West Allegheny 53, Fox Chapel 52
4A
Beaver 57, Blackhawk 54
Ambridge 64, Quaker Valley 46
Central Valley 54, Hopewell 34
3A
Beaver Falls 59, Ellwood City 35
Riverside 65, Freedom 49
2A
OLSH 52, Shenango 31
New Brighton 42, Aliquippa 41
1A
Saint Joesph 74, Quigley Catholic 63
Cornell 67, Jefferson-Morgan 17
Rochester 57, Eden Christian 23
Boys
Quaker Valley 78, Ambridge 71
BCCS 63, Quigley Catholic 52
Beaver hosts Blackhawk in their final game of section play in 2-AAAA tonight on Beaver County Radio. Beaver is 6-7 in the section, tied for the fourth and final playoff spot with Central Valley, while Blackhawk is 5-8 and trying to jump both teams to earn a playoff spot. Pre-game is at 7:05, and tip-off is at 7:30. After the game, we’ll cover all of the scores and final standings on the Wrap-Up Show until 10:00.
Other games in boys’ action tonight:
5A
Moon at Montour
Chartiers Valley at West Allegheny
4A
New Castle at Beaver Falls
Hopewell at Central Valley
3A
Burgettstown at South Side
2A
Sewickley Academy at OLSH
1A
Quigley Catholic at Rochester
Cornell at Vincentian
Union at Western Beaver
Non-Section
Pittsburgh Central Catholic at Lincoln Park
Brentwood at New Brighton
Mohawk at Freedom
Riverside at Eden Christian
Patric Hornqvist scored two goals, including the game-winner, and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Avalanche in Colorado on Thursday night. Chris Kunitz and Phil Kessel also scored for the Penguins, and Matt Murray stopped 27 of 28 shots. The win put Pittsburgh in second place in the Metropolitan, passing by the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Pens return to action Saturday night against Arizona at 8:00 (pre-game at 7:30 on Beaver County Radio).
Other NHL results from Thursday:
Vancouver 3, Columbus 0
Boston 6, San Jose 3
NY Islanders 3, Philadelphia 1
Washington 6, Detroit 3
Anaheim 5, Buffalo 2
NY Rangers 4, Nashville 3
St. Louis 2, Toronto 1 (OT)
Los Angeles 6, Florida 3
Ottawa 3, Dallas 2
Montreal 5, Arizona 4 (OT)
Tonight’s games:
Chicago at Winnipeg
Tampa Bay at Minnesota
The Central Valley Warriors keep their playoff hopes alive with a 59-39 victory over the Ambridge Bridgers on Beaver County Radio last night. The Warriors improve to 6-7 in Section 2-AAAA, while the Bridgers drop to 4-8 and have been eliminated from playoff contention.
Other results from last night:
5A
Moon 70, West Allegheny 46
4A
Beaver Falls 79, Hopewell 51
Quaker Valley 54, Blackhawk 49
New Castle 71, Beaver 53
3A
Lincoln Park 80, Ellwood City 62
Riverside 73, Mohawk 32
Chaleroi 74, South Side 62
Carlynton 67, Freedom 41
2A
OLSH 60, Sto-Rox 49
Sewickley Academy 74, Shenango 43
1A
Union 64, Rochester 51
Fort Cherry 83, Western Beaver 43
Cornell 73, Holy Family Academy 27
Vincentian Academy 85, Quigley Catholic 40
Girls (2A)
Aliquippa 46, Union 33
Despite goals by Chris Kunitz and Jake Guentzel in the 3rd Period, the Pittsburgh Penguins fell to the Calgary Flames in a shootout by a score of 3-2. Calgary goaltender Chad Johnson stopped all three Penguin shooters (Kessel, Crosby, Letang), while Kris Versteeg’s opening goal on Matt Murray held up. The Penguins pick up a point in the standings, but fall to third after Columbus’ victory last night. Pittsburgh returns to action Thursday when they visit Colorado.
Other results in the NHL last night:
Buffalo 5, San Jose 4 (OT)
Washington 5, Carolina 0
NY Rangers 4, Anaheim 1
Columbus 3, Detroit 2 (OT)
Tampa Bay 5, Los Angeles 0
Toronto 3, Dallas 1
St. Louis 6, Ottawa 0
Nashville 4, Vancouver 2
Minnesota 4, Winnipeg 2
Colorado 4, Montreal 0
Tonight’s games:
Chicago at Minnesota
Tonight on Beaver County Radio, Central Valley travels to Ambridge in a Section 2-AAAA matchup. The Warriors are tied for 5th Place at 5-7, while Ambridge is 4-8 and in 7th Place. Pre-game is at 7:05 with tip-off at 7:30 on WBVP & WMBA.
Here’s what the rest of the Boys’ schedule for tonight looks like:
5A
West Allegheny at Moon
4A
Beaver Falls at Hopewell
Quaker Valley at Blackhawk
Beaver at New Castle
3A
Lincoln Park at Ellwood City
Aliquippa at New Brighton
Mohawk at Riverside
Freedom at Carlynton
South Side at Charleroi
2A
OLSH at Sto-Rox
Shenango at Sewickley Academy
1A
Fort Cherry at Western Beaver
Vincentian Academy at Quigley Catholic
Rochester at Union
Holy Family Academy at Cornell
5A
West Allegheny 65, Lincoln Park 20
Montour 59, Moon 52
4A
Blackhawk 76, Central Valley 59
Ambridge 49, New Castle 41
Beaver 54, Quaker Valley 48
3A
Mohawk 51, Beaver Falls 23
Neshannock 46, Riverside 33
Brownsville 37, South Side 25
Laurel 59, Ellwood City 33
2A
OLSH 60, Fort Cherry 18
Burgettstown 44, Aliquippa 33
Chartiers-Houston 68, New Brighton 23
1A
Quigley Catholic 39, Rochester 33
Cornell 45, Sewickley Academy 34