High School Boys Basketball – Friday January 6, 2017
Quaker Valley – 78
Beaver Falls – 58
The Lincoln Park Leopards will play for the 3A Boys’ championship against Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic tonight at the Petersen Events Center on the Pitt campus, at 9:00 on Beaver County Radio.
The Leopards are seeking their third WPIAL Championship in school history (2012 & 2014), and 11th overall championship for the Midland area. The Trojans are looking for back-to-back titles (winning in 1A last season), and their fourth WPIAL title since 2009.
Pre-game is at 8:30 on WBVP & WMBA.
The New Castle Red Hurricane used a lopsided second-quarter to propel themselves to the WPIAL Finals, as they cruised to a 61-33 victory over the Central Valley Warriors in the 4A Boys’ semifinal at Ambridge HS on 1460 WMBA.
Central Valley ran out to a 7-0 lead early, and took a 11-10 lead into the second. But New Castle would make a run of their own, outscoring the Warriors 25-4 in the frame.
The #1 Red Hurricane will play #2 Quaker Valley in the WPIAL Finals on Saturday, while the #4 Warriors will rest for the PIAA Playoffs that begin next week.
Geno Stone (NC) and Michael Simmons (CV) were named the CCBC Players of The Game.
Tom Hays has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.
The Quaker Valley Quakers showed the pedigree of dominance they had shown all season, beating the Beaver Falls Tigers 68-50 in the 4A Boys’ semifinal at Moon Area HS on 1230 WBVP. Quaker Valley, despite allowing the deficit to be cut to as low as one, never trailed during the course of the game.
The #2 Quakers earn their first spot in the WPIAL Championship since 1997 and will face #1 New Castle, while the #3 Tigers wait for the state playoffs to begin next week.
The Quakers’ Wolf Moser and The Tigers’ Josh Creach were selected as the CCBC Players of The Game.
Bob Barrickman has the scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.
The top four teams in Section 2 of 4A have reached the WPIAL Semifinals, and the winners will be revealed tonight on Beaver County Radio.
#2 Quaker Valley and #3 Beaver Falls split their regular season series, with the road team winning each game; the Quakers winning 78-58 on January 6, and the Tigers winning on January 31 by a score of 77-66. Beaver Falls is looking for their fifth trip to the WPIAL finals in six years, while Quaker Valley is seeking their first title game appearance since their 1997 victory over New Brighton. Game time is at 6:15 from Moon Area HS, with pre-game at 5:45 on 1230 WBVP.
Meanwhile #1 New Castle swept the season series against #4 Central Valley, winning 63-49 on December 20, and 63-39 on January 20. The Warriors are seeking their second WPIAL title game in school history (2014), while the Red Hurricane is seeking their fourth trip in six years and first since 2014. Game time is 6:15 from Ambridge HS, with pre-game at 5:45 on 1460 WMBA.
The winners of these two games will play in the 4A championship on Saturday at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh at 1:00pm.
Blackhawk- girls -70 FINAL
South Park – 56
Beaver – girls – 49 FINAL
North Catholic – 59
Lincoln Park- boys – 81 FINAL
Shady Side – 61
OLSH- girls- 39 FINAL
Chartiers-Houston- 54
Vincentian Girls -43 FINAL
GCC- 39
Washington- boys- 44 FINAL
CWNC- 49
Union- boys – 64 FINAL
Monessen 88
Vincentian – boys- 71FINAL
Imani Christian- 80
WPIAL Girl’s Semi-Final:
North Catholic 59, Beaver 49. CCBC Player’s of the Game: Sam Breen (North Catholic); Sydney Varney (Beaver).
Three teams look to punch their tickets to the WPIAL Championship games tonight on Beaver County Radio.
On 1230 WBVP, the #2 Blackhawk Lady Cougars take on #6 South Park in one 4A Girls’ semifinal game at 6:15; pre-game is at 5:45 from North Allegheny HS.
On 1460 WMBA, the other semifinal game in 4A Girls’ pins the #5 Beaver Lady Bobcats against #1 Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic at 6:15; pre-game is at 5:45 from Moon Area HS.
Finally, on WBVP following the conclusion of Blackhawk/South Park will be the second game of the doubleheader at North Allegheny, as the #1 Lincoln Park Leopards battle #4 Shady Side Academy in the 3A Boys’ semifinal.
Follow all the action tonight on Beaver County Radio or online at MSASports.net.
Penguins 4 vs. Flyers 2 (Final)
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).