Claudia Ierullo and Leah Parker combined for 44 points to pace Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a 50-44 victory over Avonworth Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball tournament, played at Fox Chapel High School.
High school basketball: Moon, Bishop Canevin pass first WPIAL Tournament tests; Carlynton eliminated
High school basketball: Moon, Bishop Canevin pass first WPIAL Tournament tests; Carlynton eliminated
Both Moon Area and Bishop Canevin opened play in the WPIAL boys basketball tournament with victories to advance to Friday's quarterfinals. Carlynton, meanwhile, saw its season come to an end.
Top seed Montour had no trouble in its opening-round game of the WPIAL Class 5A boys tournament Tuesday night, pounding Franklin Regional, 70-42, behind 24 points and 10 rebounds from Ama Sow.
Tiernan McCullough scored 32 points to spark Our Lady of the Sacred Heart past Clairton, 64-37, in the opening round of the WPIAL boys Class 2A basketball tournament Monday night. In girls Class 1A tournament action, Bishop Canevin whipped Springdale, 45-12.
The Moon Area boys and girls swim teams outdistanced the competition over the weekend at the Midwestern Athletic Conference Championship meet held Friday and Saturday at Moon. A total of 13 schools competed in both the girls and boys meets.
Montour's Ama Sow has come a long way on the basketball court – and an even longer way off the court. Now he leads the top-seeded Spartans into the WPIAL Tournament, with their first game scheduled for Tuesday at home against Franklin Regional.
Moon Area's Liam Costa won the 160-pound title and Carlynton's Henry Barbisch ruled the 285-pound class at their respective WPIAL sectional tournaments Saturday. Seventeen area wrestlers secured berths in next week's WPIAL Championships.