4A Girls
Blackhawk 53, Freeport 32
Forest Hills 63, Beaver 25
Punxsutawney 46, Central Valley 40
Villa Maria 60, South Park 34
2A Girls
OLSH 42, Reynolds 29
5A Boys
Franklin Regional 52, Moon 51
Mars 85, Hampton 81
3A Boys
Lincoln Park 70, Juniata 39
Riverside 50, Westinghouse 39
The Lincoln Park Boys and Blackhawk Girls advanced to the second round of the PIAA playoffs at Fox Chapel HS on Beaver County Radio Friday Night.
The Lady Cougars advanced with a 53-32 victory over the Freeport Lady Yellowjackets in the 4A Girls’ bracket. Freeport went on an 11-0 run to begin the second half, but the Cougars responded to finish off the Yellowjackets for the second time this postseason.
Blackhawk will now play Villa Maria in the second round. Mady Aulbach (Blackhawk) and Kim Mixon (Freeport) were selected as the CCBC Players of The Game.
Meanwhile Lincoln Park overcame an early battle to wear out Juniata and win going away by a score of 70-39. Nelly Cummings shot a 3-pointer early in the 4th to surpass Brandon Fuss-Cheatham as the leading scorer in Beaver County history.
The Leopards’ Tom Melanja and the Indians’ Ben Lauver were selected as the CCBC Players of The Game.
Despite two early goals within a minute, the Central Valley Warriors came back to earn their first PIHL playoff victory with a 5-4 victory over Elizabeth Forward Tuesday night at the Beaver County Ice Arena.
Captain Cameron Drake had a hat trick within the first 40 minutes of play, and freshman Anthony Santilli scored the eventual game-winner in the 3rd to seal the victory. The Warriors (13-7-1) now move to the semifinals to play #2 Carrick (17-4-0) next Tuesday at the Alpha Ice Complex in Pittsburgh; game time is 9:00 pm.
Brad Keselowski overcame a loose wheel issue and held off Kyle Larson late for the victory in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the second race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
Keselowski passed Larson with seven laps to go and held off the hard-charging Larson for the win. The win is Keselowski’s first at Atlanta and the 22nd of his career. The Team Penske driver led 21 laps on the day.
The dominance of Harvick was the story for much of the day as he led 292 of the first 311 laps of the 325-lap race. He won both stages and earned two playoff bonus points.
Keselowski has now clinched his spot in this years chase , NASCAR’s version of the play-offs later this year. The victory also gave Keselowski five bonus points in the chase.
(Beaver County. PA) The discussion was lively on Saturday March 4, 2017 as New Brighton Athletic Director, Joe Ursida, or “Coach U.” as he is affectionately known, offered his thoughts on a wide range of subjects as a special guest on the weekly Saturday Sports Slam talk show. Ursida discussed the the pros and cons of the W.P.I.A.L. re-alignment to six classifications, the struggle to recruit new referees and umpires for high school sports, and offered his thoughts on the upcoming Pirates season, among other things.
Also joining the show on Saturday was WBVP-WMBA staffer and Penn State Beaver Senior, Zach Ulrich.
The Saturday Sports Slam is hosted by Greg Benedetti and Frank Sparks and can be heard from 8 A.M. to 10 A.M. every Saturday on 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA.
The Moon Tigers earn the inaugaural 5A Boys’ Championship in WPIAL Basketball, winning 69-62 over section foe Hampton at the Petersen Events Center on Beaver County Radio.
Moon’s win was the fourth WPIAL title for the school district in boys’ basketball, and its first since 2006.
The Tigers will now try to double their gold in the PIAA Playoffs, and their journey begins against Franklin Regional. The Talbots will have a re-match with Mars in their PIAA first-round match.
Antonio Ionadi (Hampton) and Jarrod Simmons (Moon) were selected as the CCBC Players Of The Game.
Bruce Frey has the scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.
Post-game interviews with Jason Colangelo and Bruce Frey below:
Moon Coach Adam Kauffman
Moon Leading Scorer Jarrod Simmons
The Trojanettes of Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic added to their historic resume with another WPIAL Championship, defeating the Lady Cougars of Blackhawk 65-36 in the 4A Title Game on Beaver County Radio.
The #1 seeded Trojanettes earn their 17th WPIAL title in school history, while #2 Blackhawk earns silver medals for the second time in the finals; their first loss was in 2001.
CW North Catholic will now play Keystone Oaks in the first round of the PIAA Playoffs, while Blackhawk will play Freeport.
CWNC’s Sam Breen (34 points) and the Lady Cougars’ MacKenzie Amalia (9 points) were selected as the CCBC Players of The Game.
Bob Barrickman has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.
Girl’s Basketball: Winchester Thurston 52, Cornell 41 for WPIAL title. CCBC Player’s of the Game: Ayanna Townsend (Winchester-Thurston); Daeja Quick (Cornell).
The Pittsburgh Penguins were active at the trade deadline, adding Frank Corrado and Mark Streit to the defensive depth while dealing Eric Fehr and Steve Oleksy to Toronto.
Unfortunately the Penguins were not active in the win column, dropping their second consecutive game in as many nights, losing to Chicago 4-1. Scott Wilson scored the lone Pittsburgh goal, while Richard Panik scored the game winner and Patrick Kane added a hat trick for the Blackhawks.
The Penguins stay tied for second place in the Metropolitan with Columbus, and return to action Friday night against Tampa Bay at home. Tampa Bay defeated Carolina in the only other NHL game last night, winning 4-3 in overtime.
Tonight’s NHL games:
Minnesota at Columbus
New Jersey at Washington
NY Rangers at Boston
Arizona at Buffalo
Florida at Philadelphia
Nashville at Montreal
Colorado at Ottawa
NY Islanders at Dallas
Vancouver at San Jose
Toronto at Los Angeles