Montour used exceptional free-throw shooting to claim a big win in a Class 5A Section 4 boys basketball matchup with Chartiers Valley. Moon kept pace by thrashing Lincoln Park, and in Class 2A action, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart came home a winner.
The Montour boys basketball improved to 3-0 and handed Upper St. Clair its first loss of the season Saturday while in girls action, Bishop Canevin and Moon came away with victories.
All four West Hills area high school girls basketball teams that were in action Thursday night posted easy wins in their respective section debuts. Sto-Rox, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Montour and Bishop Canevin all proved victorious.
Montour alumnus Zach Tournay has a young team compared with last year's squad and he's counting on some juniors to provide much-needed leadership as Spartans make the jump to Class 3A.
Both the Montour and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart girls basketball teams came up winners Monday night, but the Moon girls and Bishop Canevin boys wound up on the losing end of things.
Moon Area needed an extra four minutes to top host Central Catholic at the Vikings' tournament Saturday while OLSH and Montour claimed victories. Carlynton went to overtime but came up short against Eden Christian.
Montour used a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Allderdice in its season-opener Tuesday night, 57-51. Also claiming victories were Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Cornell, Sto-Rox and Carlynton, with Bishop Canevin falling to Upper St. Clair.