Category: Sports

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.

WPIAL 1A Girls: St Joseph’s 69, Quigley Catholic 65

Rested or rusty?

The Quigley Catholic Girls showed a little of both on Friday night, having enough energy to overcome a 36-26 halftime deficit, but not enough steam to hold off St. Joseph at the end, losing by a final score of 69-65.

Taylor Kirschner led #3 Quigley with 29 points, while Lizzy Celko led #6 St. Joseph with 23. Both players were selected as CCBC Players Of The Game.

St. Joseph will play #2 Cornell in the semifinals (Cornell 64-33 winners over Geibel Catholic).

WPIAL 2A Girls: West Greene 51 Rochester 37

It was too much Lampe for the Rochester Lady Rams.  They lost their  WPIAL Girls 2a  quarter final game  51-37. to West Greene. Madison Lappe scored 19 and  twin sister  McKenna 18 as West Greene advanced to the semi-finals for the first time in their history. The Lady Rams were lead  by Jasmine Mack with 17 points The Rams will now root for West Greene to win the WPIAL 2a Title so they can enter  the PIAA playoffs.

Four Broadcast Games Spearhead Local Teams In WPIAL Playoff Action

Tonight on Beaver County Radio, four local teams will be showcased on their run to the WPIAL Championships in basketball.

On WBVP tonight, the #2 Blackhawk Lady Cougars take on #7 Freeport in the quarterfinals of the 4A Girls’ playoffs at 6:30, with pre-game at 6:05. The second game of that doubleheader will follow as 3A #1 Lincoln Park will battle #8 Seton-LaSalle in Boys’ action. Both games will be played at North Allegheny HS.

On WMBA tonight, #5 Beaver takes on #4 Keystone Oaks in the 4A Girls’ quarterfinals at 6:30, with pre-game at 6:05. Following that will be #7 Rochester taking on #2 Vincentian in the 1A Boys’ quarterfinals. Both games will be played at Moon Area HS.

Other local teams in WPIAL playoff action tonight:

4A Girls

#8 Central Valley
#1 CW North Catholic
@ Sewickley Academy HS
6:30pm

#3 Ambridge
#6 South Park
@ Montour HS
6:30pm

2A Girls

#4 Our Lady Of Sacred Heart
#5 California
@ Canon-MacMillan HS
6:30pm

3A Boys

#7 Aliquippa
#2 Washington
@ West Allegheny HS
8:00pm

#6 Riverside
#3 CW North Catholic
@ Sewickley Academy HS
8:00pm

1A Boys

#6 Cornell
#3 Imani Christian
@ Northgate HS
8:00pm

Penguins Handle Hurricanes In Raleigh

Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby combined for 10 penalty minutes last night, but they also scored a goal a piece (including the GWG by Crosby), and the Penguins broke their 2-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. The Penguins (37-14-8) also got a goal from Scott Wilson, and Matt Murray stopped 29 shots in the victory. Jeff Skinner’s 20th goal of the year was the only tally for the Hurricanes (24-24-8). Pittsburgh returns to action Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers at Heinz Field.

Other results from last night in the NHL:

Ottawa 2, New Jersey 1
Montreal 3, NY Rangers 2 (SO)
Toronto 5, Winnipeg 4 (OT)
NY Islanders 3, Detroit 1
Tampa Bay 4, Edmonton 1
Calgary 6, Nashville 5 (OT)
Chicago 5, Minnesota 3
Los Angeles 2, Colorado 1

Tonight’s NHL games:

Edmonton at Florida
Washington at Philadelphia
Boston at Anaheim

3A Girls’ Basketball Playoffs Begin On Beaver County Radio Tonight

The first round of the 3A Girls’ playoffs in the WPIAL Basketball Championships takes place tonight. #10 Beaver Falls (10-11) takes on #7 Avonworth (14-8) at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School tonight; pre-game is set for 6:05 on Beaver County Radio, and tip-off is at 6:30.

Two other local girls’ teams begin their championship bidding tonight in the 3A playoffs:

#8 Riverside (17-5) battles #9 Brownsville (10-11) at Peters Township HS [8:00pm]

#12 South Side Beaver (11-11) looks to upset #5 Carlynton (15-6) at North Hills HS [6:30pm]