Warming Up & Waiting: WPIAL Pairings Meeting Tonight

Tonight the WPIAL will pair up the qualifying teams for the first round of the playoffs this week, and you can find out who goes where by tuning in tonight at 7:00pm on Beaver County Radio.

Last night several local teams finished the regular season in Non-Section play, and here’s the results from those games:

Boys
North Allegheny 66, Blackhawk 50
Central Valley 59, Bethel Park 46
New Castle 52, Moon 48
Chartiers-Houston 68, Hopewell 47
Riverside 58, Union 50
Rochester 91, Freedom 77
OLSH 64, South Allegheny 41

Girls
Blackhawk 64, Hempfield 39
Riverside 64, Union 18
Rochester 53, Freedom 42
Mohawk 42, Central Valley 40
Quaker Valley 51, Aliquippa 41
Carlynton 57, Moon 46

Penguins Look To Break Second-Place Tie

The Penguins are now in a three-way tie for second place in the Metropolitan Division with the Rangers and Blue Jackets, and look to break ahead of that tie tonight at home against Vancouver. Evgeni Malkin is a game-time decision, and Bryan Rust is out with a lower-body injury. Game time is at 7:00 PM.

Other games in NHL action tonight:

Colorado at New Jersey
NY Islanders at Toronto
Buffalo at Ottawa
Dallas at Winnipeg
Anaheim at Minnesota
Arizona at Edmonton

Last night’s scores:

NY Rangers 3, Columbus 2
Arizona 5, Calgary 0

Scores Across The Valley 2/10/17

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 70, Beaver 49

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.

Girls’ Basketball Results 2/9/17

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 & Blackhawk Battle For Playoff Lives Tonight

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

Central Valley Stays Alive In WPIAL Playoff Race

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

Flames Smolder Penguins’ Late Comeback

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