Our Lady of the Sacred Heart's girls basketball team is ready to take on Shady Side Academy at
6 p.m. Friday in a Class 3A PIAA Tournament semifinal game at Fox Chapel. OLSH Coach Don Eckerle believes having a week off will benefit his 25-4 squad.
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.
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.
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.
The Moon Area boys basketball team used a big second half to pull away from Penn-Trafford in the battle for seventh place in the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball tournament. The OLSH boys and Bishop Canevin girls both came up short in their fifth-place games.
The Montour Spartans' dreams of claiming a WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball tournament championship came to an end Tuesday night with a 47-44 semifinal loss to Chartiers Valley. Bishop Canevin's boys also lost in the semifinals to Aliquippa while OLSH's girls prevailed in a third-place game over Ellwood City.