Tuesday night's Montour-Chartiers Valley boys basketball matchup will feature two of the section's best teams, but much more will be at stake. The 7:30 p.m. contest will be a fundraiser for Kennedy Township resident Brad "Pooky" McGowan, who is battling stage 4 renal cell carcinoma.
Moon Area's Cael Yanek brought home gold Saturday from the Allegheny County Wrestling Championships, which wrapped up its two-day run at Fox Chapel High School. Moon finished fifth as a team while Montour wound up 21st and Carlynton 23rd among 37 schools.
Montour had little trouble taking care of host Mars Saturday, as the Spartans rolled to a WPIAL Class 5A Section 4 boys basketball victory. Moon, meanwhile, squeezed past Allderdice in a non-section game and Carlynton fell to Ambridge.
Moon Area used 27 points from Jaedin Griggs and some key fourth-quarter contributions from Maria Depner to beat Pine-Richland Saturday in a girls basketball matchup. Montour, meanwhile, fell to Mars.
Damien Holloway scored 22 points and Devonte Dean added 19 as Carlynton breezed past Cornell in a boys basketball game Friday night. Montour and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart also won, as did Carlynton's girls.
Several standout individual efforts and superior depth helped Moon Area swim past Montour in a WPIAL dual meet Thursday night.
Five Montour swimmers each won two individual events and took part in two winning relay efforts as the Spartans defeated Carlynton in both the boys and girls swim meets Tuesday night.