Moon Area had trouble getting started Sunday in the Pittsburgh Holiday Hoops Classic matchup with South Fayette Sunday at PPG Paints Arena, but the Tigers warmed up in the third quarter and pulled away for a win. Montour also prevailed at the same venue, whipping Lincoln Park.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Montour were hardly tested in picking up victories in boys basketball action Friday night. Bishop Canevin, meanwhile, squeezed out a two-point win.
The Moon Area boys and girls swim teams continued to roll, as they posted easy victories over Quaker Valley Thursday. The Tigers return to action Saturday in the Jim Stacy Memorial Invitational.
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.