Brooklyn Sykes scored 27 points, leading Sto-Rox to a 42-23 victory over Ambridge Saturday in the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame girls basketball classic . Montour defeated Hopewell 73-33, with Siena Palmer contributing 16 points. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart beat Keystone Oaks 39-24, highlighted by Lola Garner's 10 points.
Jake Johnson's 17 points led Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a 56-35 boys basketball win over Union. In girls basketball, Quaker Valley's Mimi Thiero scored 38 points, defeating OLSH 49-30. Other games included Mohawk's close win against Sto-Rox and South Fayette's triumph over Montour.
Moon Area's boys basketball team defeated Obama Academy 52-38, led by Jackson Bauman's 14 points. The team improved to 4-1. In other games, OLSH whipped Laurel, 62-49, behind Tiernan McCullough's 21 points and 18 from Frankie Igrec while Montour and Cornell both lost.
Lola Garner scored 22 points, leading Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a 62-19 victory over Ellwood City in a WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball game. OLSH's boys team lost, as did Montour and Carlynton while Sto-Rox and Cornell captured wins.
Adam Thomas scored 19 points, leading Sto-Rox to a 66-57 win over Cornell. Ishaga Barre shone for Carlynton, scoring 21 points in the Cougars' victory. In girls play, Montour defeated Central Valley, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart held off Serra Catholic and Sto-Rox whipped Springdale.
Carlynton's boys defeated Cornell 47-35, powered by Maurice Segnonou's 12 points and Ishaga Barrie's 11, advancing to face East Allegheny. The Cougars girls team also won its tournament opener. Other West Hills winners Friday included Moon Area boys and OLSH boys.
In a thrilling overtime game, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart's girls basketball team edged Lincoln Park, 50-49, highlighted by Camryn Hummel’s decisive 3-pointer. Lola Garner scored 17 points for OLSH. Bishop Canevin won its first game of the season while Sto-Rox fell to 1-2 with a loss to Burgettstown.