Category: Sports

4A Girls’ WPIAL Final: CW North Catholic 65, Blackhawk 36

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.

Penguins Add Defensmen, Lose To Chicago

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

Lincoln Park Seeks 2nd WPIAL Championship Tonight

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.

Boys’ 4A Semifinals On Beaver County Radio Tonight

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.

Monday 2/27/2017 Playoff Basketball games

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

Steelers sign Antonio Brown to new 5 year contract

The Steelers have locked up wide receiver Antonio Brown through the 2021 season.
The team announced Monday a new five-year deal with Brown.
the new deal will reportedly  pay Brown $72.2 million, making him the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL.
Brown earned his fifth Pro Bowl selection following the 2016 season and was a first-team  All-Pro  for the third consecutive year.
He finished the year  second in the NFL in receptions (106), tied for second in touchdown catches (12) and fifth in receiving yards (1,284).

WPIAL Basketball Semifinals Tonight On The Air

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.