Our Lady of the Sacred Heart's boys and girls basketball teams cruised to easy victories Monday night. Moon Area's girls also won, but both Sto-Rox boys and girls teams both tasted defeat.
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.
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.
Leah Parker and Sara Daeschner combined for 29 points as Our Lady of the Sacred Heart rolled past Ellwood City Thursday night in a girls basketball game.
Walter Clarit's 18 points and eight steals helped Cornell's boys basketball team snap a 10-game losing streak Wednesday night with a win over Urban Pathways.