It was a brutal start to the WPIAL basketball playoffs for Washington/Greene County teams. The only wins on opening night happened in games pitting two teams from the area against each other. The Fort Cherry girls, the #4 seed in the 2A bracket, were the only girls winners. Fort Cherry will face South Side Area in Wednesday’s quarterfinals. #5 Chartiers-Houston, #6 Wash High and #8 Burgettstown all lost at home to lower-seeded teams. On the boys side, West Greene topped Avella in the 8/9 game in the 1A bracket while Trinity fell at home in a 5A boys preliminary. Saturday afternoon, both 3A girls teams were eliminated. 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.
Friday, Feb. 16
1A Boys #8 West Greene 58, #9 Avella 47 Listen/Watch Here
1A Boys #7 Aquinas Academy 84, #10 California 50
1A Boys #6 Carlynton 55, #11 Jeff-Morgan 41
5A Boys #17 Woodland Hills 64, #16 Trinity 42 Listen/Watch Here
2A Girls #9 Rochester 48, #8 Burgettstown 39
2A Girls #12 South Side Area 43, #5 Chartiers-Houston 38
2A Girls #11 Winchester Thurston 51, #6 Wash High 38
2A Girls #2 Aliquippa 53, #15 California 18
2A Girls #4 Fort Cherry 66, #13 Beth-Center 16
Saturday, Feb. 17
3A Girls #3 Beaver Falls 68, #14 McGuffey 38 Listen/Watch Here
3A Girls #11 Seton-La Salle 57, #6 Waynesburg 36