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.
Moon coach Mike Muraco has a 25-wrestler roster to choose from this season, and that depth should pay dividends as the season unfolds. Haley Smarsh, the lone girl on the roster, is a standout.
Jaedin Griggs scored 23 points for Moon Area's girls team and Caludio Ierullo paced Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a win. Carlynton's boys team was overpowered in a loss to McGuffey.
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.
Carlynton wrestling coach Ed White welcomes back an experienced crew for the 2024-25 season that includes Henry Barbisch, a place winner at last year's WPIAL Tournament.
The Carlynton boys basketball team jumped to a big early lead and never looked back on the way to an easy win over Avella Friday night. In girls action, Sto-Rox had little trouble with Carlynton in a 46-22 win.
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.