The Ambridge Lady Bridgers fell to the Mars Lady Planets Saturday on WBVP, and now face a one-game playoff to keep their season alive.

Mars won 57-38, being led by Tai Johnson who scored 20 to lead all scorers. She earned CCBC Player of The Game honors with Ambridge’s Abbey Antolic, who led the Lady Bridgers with 12.

Ambridge faces South Park in the PIAA Play-in game on Monday. Mars plays Trinity in the WPIAL GIrls’ AAA Semifinals on Wednesday.

Tom Hays has this recap for beavercountyradio.com.

The Rochester Lady Rams ran into the Vincentian Lady Royals on Saturday; the same Vincentian squad that has won four straight WPIAL Championships. The Lady Rams, who had not made the playoffs last year, got quite a rude awakening.

Vincentian held Rochester to 9 points over the first three quarters, en route to a 60-24 victory in the Class A Quarterfinals of the WPIAL Girls’ Playoffs.

The Lady Royals were led by Lexi Greggs with 12 ponts, while the Lady Rams were led by Payton Tomasko with 9. Both scoring leaders were named CCBC Players of The Game.

Vincentian plays Quigley Catholic in the semifinals on Wednesday night. Rochester will play a play-in game for the PIAA Playoffs, site and time to be announced later.

Bob Barrickman has the scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Despite holding a ten-point lead early in the fourth quarter, Lincoln Park lost their lead late in the game, only to retrieve it and hold on for a 63-61 victory over the Neshannock Lancers on WBVP Saturday Afternoon.

Nelly Cummings was named the CCBC Player of the Game for Lincoln Park, while Jared Swope notched the honors for Neshannock.

Lincoln Park plays Bishop Canevin in the WPIAL Semifinals on Wednesday. Neshannock will play a play-in game for the PIAA Playoffs against Quaker Valley.

The chance to repeat as WPIAL Champions for the third year in a row ended for the Blackhawk Lady Cougars Saturday afternoon on WBVP.

The Hampton Lady Talbots defeated Blackhawk by a score of 52-40. Jenna Lasko led Hampton with 17, while Blackhawk’s Mariah Evans led all scorers with 20. Both ladies were chosen as the CCBC Players of The Game.

Blackhawk will play Chartiers Valley for a PIAA Playoff play-in game Monday. Hampton advances to play South Fayette in the Class AAA WPIAL Girls’ Semifinal on Wednesday.

Tom Hays has the scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

The top-seeded Aliquippa Quips remain undefeated as they advance to the WPIAL AA Quarterfinals with an easy 57-32 victory over the East Allegheny Wildcats on Thursday night.

Kaezon Pugh led all scorers with 18 points, while Jassir Jordan added 15. Tech Brown led East Allegheny with 14. Brown and Pugh were selected as the CCBC Players of The Game (Brown’s second PoTG selection in as many games).

#1 Aliquippa advances to the Quarterfinals to face #8 Washington on Saturday. East Allegheny ends its season at 12-10.

Tom Hays has this FULL scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

The leaders led the way for the Lincoln Park Leopards in their first round win over the Shady Side Academy Indians on 1230 WBVP on Thursday, by a score of 70-39.

Nellie Cummings had 27 for Lincoln Park, while Nick Aloi had 24 to add for the Leopards.  Cummings shares CCBC Players of The Game honors with Shady Side’s Michael Ware.

Lincoln Park advances to play Neshannock on Saturday. Shady Side’s season is finished.

The top seeded Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic Trojanettes flexed off the rust of a 13-day layoff with a resounding 44-point victory over the Aliquippa Lady Quips in the first round of the WPIAL AA Girls’ Playoffs.

Tonight’s CCBC Players of The Game were Sam Breen, who netted 29 points for the Trojanettes, and Alexus Perry, who came off the bench to score 8 for the Lady Quips.

CWNC moves on to play Riverview in the Quarterfinals, while the Lady Quips’ season comes to a close. Bruce Frey has the scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Boys’ Basketball

Class AAA
Beaver Falls 62, Thomas Jefferson 49
West Allegheny 64, Ambridge 61
Hampton 60, Central Valley 57
New Castle 78, Montour 39

Class A
Sewickley Academy 63, Springdale 36

Girls’ Basketball

Class AA
Our Lady of Sacred Heart 52, Apollo-Ridge 31
Riverside 45, Brentwood 42

With heavy hearts for their absent coach, the Ambridge Bridgers played strong on Wednesday night, but they could not overcome the play of the West Allegheny Indians on WMBA.

Absent for Ambridge was head coach Mark Jula, whose son Brett was killed in an auto accident in St. Louis last week. Assistant coach Matt Kupper filled in for Jula in the first-round game tonight.

The Bridgers led for the majority of the first half, taking a 29-23 lead at the midway marker. But West Allegheny charged back to outscore Ambridge 18-9 in the third, before completing the comeback to hold on 64-61 in the first round of the WPIAL AAA Playoffs.

The Indians were led by Jared Lanni who had 22 points, while Darius Lawrence led all scorers with 28 for the Bridgers. Both men were selected as CCBC Players of The Game.

#8 West Allegheny advances to play #1 New Castle on Friday. Ambridge’s season ends at 11-11.

Tom Hays has this full scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.