The WPIAL Basketball Playoffs got underway Thursday night. We’ll update the daily schedule here. You can hear live coverage of seven first round games on WJPA over the next five days, including Friday Ft. Cherry at Chartiers-Houston girls and Trinity at Penn Hills boys games. All of our broadcasts will be available online as well. There are now 18 teams from Washington County (10 girls, 8 boys) plus another five teams from Greene County (3 girls, 2 boys) left in the brackets with championships set for the Petersen Events Center March 2-4.. WPIAL Brackets CLICK HERE
Thursday, Feb. 16
2A Boys #16 Laurel 56, #17 Bentworth 46
2A Boys #15 South Side Beaver 69, #18 Carmichaels 47
Bentworth grabbed an early eight-point lead but Laurel scored the next 12 points and never trailed again, eliminating the Bearcats. Senior Landon Urcho led Bentworth with 18 points in his final game. Freshman Chris Harper scored 13 for the Bearcats. Laurel had lost 10 of its previous 11 games. Carmichaels was also eliminated from the 2A Boys bracket.
Friday, Feb. 17
2A Girls #10 Ft. Cherry at #7 Chartiers-Houston, 6:50 pm WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
2A Girls #12 Winchester Thurston at #5 Burgettstown, 7 pm
2A Girls #13 California vs. #4 Greensburg Central Catholic, 7 pm at Gateway
2A Girls #16 Carmichaels at #1 Shenango, 7 pm
2A Girls #11 Aliquippa at #6 Wash High, 7 pm
5A Boys #15 Trinity at #2 Penn Hills, 6:50 pm WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
5A Boys #16 Penn-Trafford at #1 Peters Township, 7 pm
1A Boys #13 Avella vs. #4 Geibel Catholic, 6 pm at Charleroi
1A Boys #12 Mapletown vs. #5 Neighborhood Academy, 8 pm at Charleroi
1A Boys #10 Jeff-Morgan vs. #7 Aquinas Academy, TBD at Peters Township