Claudia Ierullo led Our Lady of the Sacred Heart with 17 points in a narrow 47-43 win against Central Cambria in the PIAA Class 3A girls basketball quarterfinals. Lola Garner and Leah Parker contributed 13 points each. OLSH advances to face Shady Side Academy, while Central Cambria finishes its season at 20-9.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat Union, 41-35, in the PIAA Class 2A Boys Basketball Tournament. OLSH outscored Union 30-15 in the second half, securing a quarterfinal spot despite struggling with free throws. Tiernan McCullough led OLSH with 13 points.
Claudia Ierullo scored 25 points, including a key basket and two big free throws in the final minutes to pace Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a 36-34 victory over Greensburg Central Catholic Tuesday night in the second round of the PIAA girls basketball tournament.
The Montour Spartans' boys basketball team saw its season come to an end Tuesday night with a 48-38 loss to Chartiers Valley in the second round of the PIAA Tournament at Bethel Park.
In the PIAA Class 2A Tournament, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart's boys team overcame a slow start to defeat Redbank Valley 62-51, with Vann Kavals scoring 22 points. Meanwhile, Bishop Guilfoyle triumphed 57-38 over Bishop Canevin in Class 3A boys play and DuBois Central Catholic defeated Bishop Canevin 55-14 in Class 1A girls play.
West Hills teams had mixed results Friday night in the opening round of the PIAA Basketball Tournament. Montour boys won against Milton Hershey, 68-49, while Moon Area lost to Greater Johnstown, 60-53, ending its season. In girls Class 3A, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart triumphed over Seneca, 53-44.
Six West Hills area boys and girls basketball teams are set to open play in the PIAA Tournament, with three teams seeing action Friday night and three more entering the fray Saturday.