The WPIAL Basketball first round game wrap up Tuesday night with 4A & 5A girls and 2A boys. Nine Washington County teams (5 girls, 4 boys) are still alive in the brackets. Greene County has two girls teams still playing. We’ll update the daily schedule here. You can hear live coverage of two more first round games on WJPA Tuesday, then we’ll move to quarterfinals on Wednesday. All of our broadcasts will be available online as well. The WPIAL Championships are set for the Petersen Events Center March 2-4. WPIAL Brackets CLICK HERE
First Round
Monday, Feb. 20
3A Boys #1 Steel Valley 67, #16 McGuffey 44
3A Boys #9 Seton-La Salle 59, #8 Wash High 57
6A Girls #8 Peters Township 62, #9 Butler 49
1A Girls #10 Avella 62, #7 Riverview 38
1A Girls #8 West Greene 51, #9 Leechburg 23
McGuffey boys were within three against #1 Steel Valley at the half. The Ironmen dominated after intermission, outscoring the Highlanders 40-20. Seton-La Salle took the lead late in the second quarter, stretching it to as many as 11 points before the Little Prexies got to within a bucket late. The WHS 16-7 advantage over the final five minutes came up two points shy when Ruben Gordon’s final heave went wide left at the buzzer. Gordon had 19 points to lead Wash High. Connor Spratt put up 31 for the Rebels.
Peters Township girls were paced by Sami Bewick & Natalie Wetzel, each with 17 points, plus 16 more from Peri Cendroski, as the Indians earned another shot at #1 Upper St. Clair. Avella returns to the quarterfinals after a comfortable win at Riverview. The Eagles are in the quarters for the fourth time in five seasons but haven’t won two playoff games in a single season in more than 20 years. West Greene easily handled Leechburg in the 8/9 game, moving on to Thursday’s quarterfinals at #1 Union.
Tuesday, Feb. 21
2A Boys #12 Burgettstown vs. #5 Eden Christian, 5:50 pm at Mt. Lebanon WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
2A Boys #9 Chartiers-Houston at #8 Shenango, 6:50 pm WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
2A Boys #3 Ft. Cherry vs. #14 Clairton, 6 pm at South Fayette
5A Girls #13 Latrobe at #4 Trinity, 7 pm
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Feb. 22
5A Boys #1 Peters Township vs. #8 South Park, 6:50 pm at Bethel Park WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
2A Girls #5 Burgettstown vs. #4 Greensburg Central Catholic, 5:50 pm at Peters Township WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
2A Girls #7 Chartiers-Houston vs. #2 Freedom, 6 pm at Moon Area
3A Girls #8 Waynesburg vs. #1 Shady Side Academy, 6 pm at Norwin
Thursday, Feb. 23
6A Girls #8 Peters Township at #1 Upper St. Clair, 6:50 pm WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
1A Girls #10 Avella at #2 Bishop Canevin, 6:50 pm WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
1A Girls #8 West Greene at #1 Union, 7 pm