It was a full slate, and them some, on the high school basketball calendar for Tuesday. All 19 Washington/Greene boys teams had section games tonight, joined by nine girls games involving teams from the two-county area. Wash High clinched a 3A playoff spot with the home win over Carlynton. McGuffey lost at Sto-Rox and will have to beat the Little Prexies Friday to qualify. Canon-McMillan and Trinity boys both lost and were officially eliminated from the playoff chase. Ringgold lost to Peters Township and still needs one more win to qualify in the 5A bracket. Avella topped Aquinas Academy and stays within reach of at least a share of the 1A Section 1 title.
On the girls side Tuesday, 4A Ringgold lost to South Park and, like the Rams’ boys team, needs one win to clinch a playoff spot. Wash High girls lost at Seton-La Salle tonight and will have to beat Keystone Oaks Thursday to qualify. Fort Cherry and Chartiers-Houston both wrapped up outright section titles with wins. Here’s the Tuesday section scoreboard:
Boys
6A Norwin 49, Canon-McMillan 45
5A Peters Township 59, Ringgold 50
5A South Fayette 54, Trinity 43
3A Wash High 56, Carlynton 43
3A Sto-Rox 72, McGuffey 35
3A Ligonier Valley 63, Waynesburg 44
3A Charleroi 96, Brownsville 65
2A Bentworth 64, California 15
2A Chartiers-Houston 63, Mapletown 13
2A Fort Cherry 63, West Greene 42
2A Beth-Center 74, Burgettstown 54
2A Jeff-Morgan 68, Carmichaels 41
1A Avella 69, Aquinas Academy 50
Girls
4A South Park 45, Ringgold 22
3A Seton-La Salle 64, Wash High 25
3A Keystone Oaks 72, Charleroi 29
2A Fort Cherry 59, Brentwood 21
2A South Side Beaver 35, Burgettstown 34
2A Chartiers-Houston 55, California 37
2A Bentworth 68, Carmichaels 45
1A Serra Catholic 69, Mapletown 17
1A West Greene 42, Monessen 31