Damien Holloway and Mikey Jenkins combined for 43 points and that was plenty as Carlynton cruised past East Allegheny Thursday night. Cornell, meanwhile, fell to 1-6 with a loss to Beaver County Christian.
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.
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.
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.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart handled Sto-Rox in a battle of West Hills area boys high school basketball teams Tuesday night. In other games, Carlynton's boys came from behind to win and Carlynton's girls had an easy time of it in their win over Leechburg.
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.