The opening-round struggles continued for most teams in the two-county area including losses at home by Peters Township and Wash High boys teams. The only winner Monday night was the West Greene girls, only the third win by a Washington/Greene County team in this year’s playoffs, the first against a team not from the two-county area. Of the 24 teams that started tournament play, 15 lost in the first round, four others have first-round games on Wednesday, and the last two teams will play their first games in the 6A quarterfinals later this week. As we move through the brackets, we’ll have live coverage of as many games as we can, on-air and online. Our audio stream is free to all. The video, when possible, will be streamed through WPIAL partner NFHS Network (subscription required, links provided). For WPIAL brackets, CLICK HERE.
First Round games
Monday, Feb. 19
1A Girls #8 West Greene 55, #9 Jeannette 33
1A Girls #6 Bishop Canevin 53, #11 Mapletown 17
3A Boys #9 Ellwood City 53, #8 Wash High 36 Listen Here
3A Boys #2 Mohawk 74, #15 McGuffey 39
5A Boys #12 Kiski Area 58, #5 Peters Township 51 Listen/Watch Here
Tuesday, Feb. 20
5A Girls #3 Trinity 59, #14 Woodland Hills 54 Listen/Watch Here
2A Boys #4 Fort Cherry 69, #13 Winchester Thurston 48
2A Boys #8 Serra Catholic 58, #9 Chartiers-Houston 47
2A Boys #5 Bishop Canevin 62, #12 Burgettstown 41 Listen/Watch Here
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Feb. 21
2A Girls #4 Fort Cherry vs. #5 South Side Area, 7:45 pm at Peters Township, WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen/Watch Here
1A Boys #8 West Greene vs. #1 Imani Christian, 8 pm at Bethel Park
Thursday, Feb. 22 (times to be determined)
6A Girls #7 Pine-Richland at #2 Peters Township, 6:45 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen/Watch Here
1A Girls #8 West Greene at #1 Union, 7 pm