Peters Township boys, Chartiers-Houston and Fort Cherry girls were the only winners among 10 Washington/Greene County teams Tuesday night as the opening round of the WPIAL basketball playoffs ended. The winners join Canon-McMillan, Peters Township and West Greene girls, and Chartiers-Houston boys in the quarterfinals with games set for Wednesday-Friday. The WPIAL championships return to the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center Feb. 27-March 1. First round scores are listed along with the upcoming schedule for teams from the two-county area. Click for WPIAL Brackets
WPIAL First Round
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Boys 5A #6 Peters Township 63, #11 Penn Hills 30
Boys 3A #2 South Allegheny 61, #15 Charleroi 32
Boys 3A #9 Shady Side Academy 51, #8 McGuffey 31
Boys 3A #3 Mohawk 59, #14 Waynesburg 40
Girls 2A #5 Fort Cherry 59, #12 California 29
Girls 2A #8 Laurel 44, #9 Beth-Center 32
Girls 2A #3 Winchester Thurston 62, #14 Burgettstown 28
Girls 2A #6 Chartiers-Houston 51, #11 Brentwood 28
Girls 2A #2 Aliquippa 79, #15 Carmichaels 6
WPIAL Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Girls 5A #6 Thomas Jefferson vs. #3 Penn-Trafford at Norwin, 5:45 pm WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
Girls 5A #2 Peters Township vs. #7 Indiana at Norwin, 7:25 pm WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
Thursday, Feb. 20
Girls 6A #4 Canon-McMillan vs. #5 Butler at Canon-McMillan, 5:45 pm WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
Girls 1A #7 West Greene at #2 Geibel Catholic at Geibel Catholic, 7 pm
Boys 2A #7 Chartiers-Houston vs. #2 Sewickley Academy at Peters Township, 7:15 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
Friday, Feb. 21, sites/times to be announced
Boys 5A #6 Peters Township vs. #3 Uniontown
Girls 2A #6 Chartiers-Houston vs. #3 Winchester Thurston
Girls 2A #5 Fort Cherry vs. #4 South Side Beaver
WPIAL First Round
Monday, Feb. 17
Boys 2A #7 Chartiers-Houston 55, #10 Shenango 35
Boys 2A #8 Union 70, #9 Fort Cherry 49
Boys 2A #2 Sewickley Academy 59, #15 Bentworth 26
Girls 1A #7 West Greene 59, #10 Eden Christian 29