Tuesday Was An Upset For The WPIAL

Two  number one seeds were knock out of the playoffs  Tuesday night.  The first was in Triple A. Highlands came from 7-points  back to defeat defending WPIAL Champion New Castle 79-76. In the other tripe A game  Beaver Falls survived a come back by Mars to beat the Planets 59-58.  Highlands faces  Beaver Falls in the Triple A Championship Game Friday night at the Peterson Event Center starting at 9pm. The other upset  was in  Class A.  C W North Catholic stunned number 1 seed Monesson 79-77 in overtime.  They will  play Sewickley Academy in the Championship game . Sewickley came from 21-points down to edge Jeannette 69-68.

WPIAL Playoffs Enter The Semis

The WPIAL  Basketball Playoffs enter the semi finals  tonight.  In Triple  A match ups, New Castle takes on Highlands at North Allegheny High School.  Tip off at 6pm.  The other game pits Beaver Falls against Mars at Ambridge High School.   WBVP-WMBA airtime is 5:30. Tip off is 6pm.

Pirates Spring Workouts Begin Today

Full scale workouts begin today for the Pirates. Yesterday Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen  covered a lot of items including his future with the team. The former MVP told reporters he would like to end his career as a Pirate. McCutchen has two years left on his  contract with a one year option by the team. The Pirates ace Gerrit Cole threw a bullpen session on Monday.  Cole was suffering from pain on his right side.   It was inflammation  of his  rib cage.   After 20-pitches, Cole said he was fine.

Local College Basketball Action

Both the Geneva mens and womens teams lost in the first round of  the PAC Tournament.  The Men lost 74-64 to Chatham.  The G-Men were lead by Chase  Vaudrin’s 19 points and 11  rebounds.  A bad third quarter doomed the Geneva women as they lost  82-67 to the Chatham women. It was the final game for Geneva’s Heidi Mann.  She lead  with 25 points.  The Penn State women, who are 17-9 will face Penn State Hazelton in the Finals of the PSUAC tournament at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College tonight. Tip off is 6pm.  Penn State Beaver is the defending champions

02/20/16 Saturday Sports Slam Preview

This week in the eight o’clock hour Jack Fullen, president of the WPIAL and Blachawk Athletic Director will join Greg and Frank to talk about realignment in some high school sports. In the nine o’clock hour Beaver County Radio Sports Color  Analyst Jason Colangelo will join the guys to talk  about the Super Bowl of NASCAR the Daytona 500. The Pirates , Pens, Steelers, and anything else you wanna talk about will also be on the docket and don’t forget the Bolland Hot Lap and of course our weekly trivia question where the winner gets a Large order of wings from Robert’s Roadside Inn. So tune in and call in,(724) 843-1888 and (724) 774-1888, from 8 to 10 AM every Saturday morning.

 

Weather Puts WPIAL Playoffs On Hold

The winter storm will delay to beginning of the quarter finals of the WPIAL  playoffs. Tuesday night games have been postponed.  The games will be moved to Wednesday forcing Wednesday nights games to Thursday.  That means the  Beaver Falls vs Thomas Jefferson game will be played Wednesday night at West Allegheny High School with WBVP”s airtime at 7:30.  The West Allegheny vs Ambridge game will be Wednesday at North Allegheny.  WMBA air time is 7:30

WPIAL RELEASES NEW SCHEDULES 2016-17

The WPIAL has finalized its six classifications  Monday Night. The PIAA voted in October to expand classifications in football, basketball, baseball,  and five other scholastic sports.  It means some longtime rivalries are gone.  West Allegheny and Moon will move up to 5a.  They join such powerhouses like Upper Saint Clair and Woodland Hills.  The Parkway Conference has been dissolved.  In it’s place  4A Section 1 was formed. It includes some Parkway  schools  Ambridge,  Blackhawk,  Montour and New Castle.  It also Includes  Mars, South Fayette,  Knoch, Highlands, and Indiana.   Central Valley and Hopewell joins Aliquippa , Beaver, and Beaver Falls in the new section 1 in 3a.   Some longtime rivalries across the WPIAL will come to and end. They include North Allegheny vs North Hills. They have played since 1966.  Also  Upper Saint Claire vs Mt Lebanon, Hampton vs Mars are no more.

 

 

Pens Lose In A Shootout

Former Penguin Yussi Jokinen  scored   in the shoot out  to lift  the Florida Panthers to a 2-1 win last night over the Penguins last night . Nick  Bjugstad scored twice, once in regulation, for the  Panthers.  Trailing 1-0 late in the third period Chris Kunitz scored to tie the game and forced overtime and the shootout.