The Montour boys basketball team rebounded from Tuesday's loss to Chartiers Valley to beat Mars in the WPIAL Class 5A third-place game Thursday night. In Class 3A play, Bishop Canevin lost to Mohawk, 70-64, in the battle for third place.
The Moon Area boys basketball team used a big second half to pull away from Penn-Trafford in the battle for seventh place in the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball tournament. The OLSH boys and Bishop Canevin girls both came up short in their fifth-place games.
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.
Eight West Hills area wrestlers -- four from Moon Area, three from Carlynton and one from Montour -- placed among the top seven in their weight classes at the WPIAL Tournament. All seven will advance to regional action Feb. 28-March 1.
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.