The Montour Spartans' dreams of claiming a WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball tournament championship came to an end Tuesday night with a 47-44 semifinal loss to Chartiers Valley. Bishop Canevin's boys also lost in the semifinals to Aliquippa while OLSH's girls prevailed in a third-place game over Ellwood City.
The Bishop Canevin girls basketball team edged Serra Catholic, 54-50, Monday night in WPIAL Class 1A consolation bracket play to earn a berth in the PIAA tournament. Moon Area's boys team, meanwhile, lost 62-53 to Greater Latrobe in a Class 5A WPIAL consolation bracket game.
High school boys: OLSH rebounds from quarterfinal loss to beat Chartiers-Houston in consolation play
High school boys: OLSH rebounds from quarterfinal loss to beat Chartiers-Houston in consolation play
Two days after watching a 15-point lead evaporate in a quarterfinal loss to Jeannette, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart defeated Chartiers-Houston Saturday in the consolation bracket of the WPIAL Class 2A Boys Basketball Tournament.
Greensburg Central Catholic whipped Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Saturday, 41-18, in the semifinals of the WPIAL Class 3A Girls Basketball Tournament at Peters Township.
Both the Montour and Bishop Canevin boys basketball teams kept their WPIAL title hopes alive with victories in the tournament quarterfinals Friday night. Montour beat Latrobe, 60-52, and the Crusaders topped Keystone Oaks, 67-58.
Chartiers Valley used a strong defensive effort to defeat Moon, 51-44, Friday night in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball tournament. The victorious Colts now move on to play Montour in one of two semifinal games Monday.
Nine players from three West Hills area high schools have been chosen to play in one of several all-star football games coming up in May., including one for the prestigious Big 33 matchup.