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Category: Scores
High School Boys Basketball – Friday January 6, 2017
Quaker Valley – 78
Beaver Falls – 58
Lincoln Park advances after beating North Catholic 77-67!
Lincoln Park shot off to a great start against North Catholic during Wednesday nights game. The Leopards secured over a 10 point lead early in the game, although North Catholic would fight back. NC outscored LP in the second quarter to bring the game to 41-33 at the half, still in favor of the Leopards. The second half was a barn burner with a close scores to the end. Ultimately, Lincoln Park held on to their lead to end the game with a final score LP 77 NC 67.
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Lincoln Park @ North Catholic Score Updates!!!
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Freeport @ Beaver Score Updates!!!
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Aliquippa Beats Waynesburg Central 71-41
Aliquippa will proceed to the next round of playoffs after their win over Waynesburg Central tonight. Aliquippa broke out from the beginning, proving to be a challenge for Waynesburg. Waynesburg struggled to get enough points on the board to approach the Quips lead. Ultimately, Aliquippa protected their lead and ended the game victorious with the final score being Aliquippa 71 Waynesburg Central 41.
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Cindric Wins Daytona 500 to Celebrate Penske’s 85th Birthday
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Austin Cindric drove his brand new NASCAR ride to victory in the Daytona 500 on team owner Roger Penske’s 85th birthday. Cindric drove a masterful race at Daytona International Speedway as the Ford drivers synched on strategy all week and executed their plan to perfection Sunday night. The blue oval drivers pushed each other over 500 miles and were bunched together for the final restart in overtime. Cindric got aid from Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney and held off Bubba Wallace for the win. Ford had seven drivers finish in the top 10.
Hurricanes edge Pens 4-3 to take lead in tight Metropolitan
Hurricanes edge Pens 4-3 to take lead in tight Metropolitan
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jesper Fast scored 9 seconds into the third period to break a tie, Sebastian Aho followed with his 22nd goal of the season and the Carolina Hurricanes edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Sunday to move into first place in the Metropolitan Division. Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordan Staal also scored for Carolina, which never trailed in the first meeting of the season between the teams that entered the day tied atop perhaps the league’s most competitive division. Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust and Evan Rodrigues scored for Pittsburgh.
Central Valley @ North Catholic Score Updates!!!
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Keselowski Leads Jack Roush Back to Daytona’s Victory Lane
(AP Photo)
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Brad Keselowski celebrated a sweep of the Daytona duels as he debuts with his new team. Keselowski took an ownership stake in Jack Roush’s organization and rebranded as RFK Racing. Keselowski drove the flagship No. 6 Ford to a win in the first 150-mile qualifying race for the Daytona 500. Chris Buescher won the second race for RFK and he and Keselowski will start side-by-side on the second row Sunday. A team owned by Floyd Mayweather Jr. qualified for the Daytona 500, and 52-year-old Greg Biffle came out of semi-retirement to make the field for upstart NY Racing. Biffle will be the oldest driver in the field when he makes his 15th start in the 500.
Penguins Star Sidney Crosby Joins NHL’s 500-Goal Club
Penguins star Sidney Crosby joins NHL’s 500-goal club
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby is the latest member of the NHL’s 500-goal club. Crosby reached the mark with a power-play goal in the first period of Tuesday night’s game against Philadelphia. Crosby is the 46th player in NHL history to reach the 500-goal plateau and the 18th to do it with one franchise. He is the second Penguin to score 500 goals, joining Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux.