By:
Tuesday February 25, 2025 | 1h01
Christopher HORNER | Tribute
Colton Straight de Montour goes to the basket against Julius Best de Chartiers Valley on January 21.
The latest pieces of the District Basketball Championship puzzle will be determined Tuesday on the last night of the Wpial semi-finals action with class 5A and 3A and class 6A and 2A Final boys competitions.
In the class 5A class playoffs of the boys, the left side of the tournament took place as planned, while on the right side of the support … not so much.
It will be the third meeting of the year between the two best teams in section 4-5A when the number 1 Montour (23-1) is challenged by n ° 4 Chartiers Valley (21-3) at Mont Lebanon at 20 h
The Spartans finished 12-0 in the section, two games in front of the colts at 10-2.
Including two victories in the playoffs, Montour has won 17 consecutive since his loss of the year against Countryside, Florida, in a holiday tournament in Tampa.
The AMA SOW Senior Center arose in the playoffs for Spartans. The 11 -inch 6 -foot post player scored 43 points combined in victories against Franklin Regional and Latrobe.
Since his last defeat against Alldice, Chartiers Valley has won six games in a row.
Senior goalkeeper Jayden Davis scored 37 points in the playoff series by leading the colts to victories on Thomas Jefferson and Moon.
Two of the three losses suffered this year by Chartiers Valley were in the hands of the enemy of the Montour section.
In the match at Chartiers Valley in December, the Spartans relied strongly on Sow, which scored 25 points in the 66-60 victory. Davis led the cots with 25 points.
During the Revenge match in Montour in January, the Spartans led early and slowly built their heads, because Junior Colton Straight had a hot hand for the Spartans with 29 points in the 78-67 victory. Again, Davis could not be arrested for the colts when he also recorded 29 points.
Very few people had the canton of Peters n ° 6 (17-7) facing March 10 (14-10) on their bingo card before the playoffs for a confrontation in the semi-finals.
The two compete in Moon at 7 p.m. and can be heard on Trib HSSN.
The Indians took care of the business in the first round while Nick McCullough and the Junior Dylan Donovan each scored 16 points in a rout by Penn Hills, 63-30.
The canton of Peters then raised eyebrows in the quarter-finals by ousting the champion of section 1 and a seeded n ° 3 Uniontown, 56-52.
The second student Jake Wetzel led the Indians with 18 points.
The finished combat planets finished in fourth place in section 4-5A, but rolled the after-season ball with a victory at n ° 7 South Fayette 50-46, while the junior striker Ben Detisch scored 19 points for visitors.
Mars then fought against Cinderella Penn-Trafford, freshly upset by Baldwin n ° 2 in the first round.
The Warriors could not make two surprises in a row, however, while the senior goalkeeper Drew Navetta scored 19 points in the victory in the quarterfinals of March against Penn-Trafford, 64-49.
No raised eyebrows
The only full four-round tournament in the basketball playoffs for boys of this season roughly because the class 3A boys’ playoffs were boys.
The first four heads have each won two victories in the playoff series and compete on Tuesday for a place in the final.
In a confrontation of the champions of the section, the winner of section 1-3A Aliquippa (19-4) will compete with the 2-3A section Bishop Canevin (15-9) in Pine-Richland at 8 p.m.
As expected, the jokes had little resistance to returning to the District semi-finals, beating New Brighton and Shady Side Academy by 76 points combined.
On the other hand, the crusaders experienced difficulties during two victories in the playoff series. However, the Junior Drew Allen increased on occasion twice, marking 40 points in the two victories in the British Columbia qualifiers, a two-point victory on Seton Lasalle and a triumph with nine points on Keystone Oaks .
On the other side of the support, n ° 2 South Allegheny (21-3) will fight n ° 3 Mohawk (19-5) in North Allegheny at 8 p.m. with Audio on Trib Hssn.
The dynamic duo of the rear area of senior cam Epps and junior Drew Cook led the champion of the gladiators of section 3 in the playoffs.
EPPS scored 24 points in a 29 -point victory against Charleroi in the first round, while Cook lost 27 delicious points in the victory in the quarter -final against Ellwood City of 43 points.
The Warriors Runner-Up relied on the junior Bobby Fadden during two victories in the playoff series.
The five -sports athlete combined 49 triumph points on Waynesburg and Southmoreland.
Section 2-6a Block Party
The last four female 6a women’s basketball teams were the top four finisters in section 2-6A.
In one of the semi-finals, the fighters are tied in the fifth and seventh on the list of women’s basketball championships of all time, having combined for 10 district titles.
It will be the third meeting of the year between South Hills Rivals when the n ° 2 Upper St. Clair (17-6) will face the number 6 Mt. Lebanon (14-9) at the neighboring Bethel Park at 7 p.m.
Rylee Kalocay Senior collected 22 points to lead the Panthers in the quarter-finals of the district on Pine-Richland, 43-22.
The Blue Devils were the only road team to win the 6A girls’ quarter-finals, defeating the champion of section 1 Seneca Valley in overtime, 47-45.
The sophomor Cali Green led Lebo with 19 points.
Upper St. Clair swept the regular season series.
In the first match at MT. Lebanon, a large second quarter turned out to be the difference as the Panthers won, 46-37.
Kalocay had a huge match with 31 points for the USC while the Blue Devils were led by 13 points in the second year Elizabeth Twyman.
In the revenge match on February 6 in Upper St. Clair, the Panthers led 31-15 at halftime and were never threatened in an impressive victory, 65-35.
Kalocay collected 24 points for the USC while Lebo was led by Green with nine points.
In the semi-final of the girls 6a, the Canon-McMillan n ° 4 (14-8) ran into Norwin with a series (14-7) at Mont Leban
Junior Madison Clair scored 16 points to lead the Big Macs in Butler visit to the quarter-finals, 58-41.
Bella Furno recorded 18 points to punctuate the knights in front of North Allegheny in the districts, 52-30.
Norwin also won the two regular season meetings with Canon-McMillan.
In the match in Norwin in January, Furno and Clair scored 14 points for their respective teams while the Knights passed the Big Mac, 56-40.
The Revenge Revenge to Canon-McMillan on February 4 was a defensive struggle.
Furno led the Knights again with eight points and the second year Fayers student was the only two-digit score player with 12 points for the Big Mac while Norwin escaped with the tight victory, 33-30 .
Surviving champions
The co-champs of section 1-2A, the winner of section 2-2A and the winner of section 4-2A have all survived the first two laps and now compete in the semi-finals of the class girls 2a.
The n ° 1 Neshannock (22-2) will play the south side n ° 4 (19-5) in North Allegheny at 6 p.m. in a match heard here on Trib HSSN.
The throws won 13 consecutive games, including two victories in the playoff series thanks to the Payton Newman game.
The junior scored 44 points combined in the triumphs of the playoffs on Apollo-Dridge and Laurel.
The Rams won 11 consecutive games.
In the opening round, Bailey Strnisa scored 13 points in a victory against the Ellis school, then it was the first year of Ariel Poelcher in the quarter -final when she had collected 14 points in a victory on Fort Cherry.
In semi-finals 2A, Aliquippa n ° 2 (18-4) Fight N ° 3 Winchester Thurston (21-3) in Pine-Richland at 6 p.m.
Senior quips Carla Brown, the HSSN trib player of the week, scored 53 points combined in the victories in the playoffs against Carmichaels and Rochester.
The hot hand of the playoffs for the Bears belongs to Sky Sill Senior, who combined to score 25 points in the victories in the playoffs against Burgetstown and Chartiers-Hoy.
Consolation Tuesday
There are a handful of district basketball consolation matches that take place on Tuesday with boys A, Girls 5A and Girls 3A.
• There is a game in boys A.
Aquinas Academy (18-6) will face Nazareth Prep (18-5) at the Sewickley Academy at 7:30 p.m., the winner wins the head of standard 3 in the class A playoffs of the PIAA and the loser is the head of Series 4 in the Piaa Class A Playoffs.
The Crusaders have lost the two games against the saints this season by seven and one point.
• There are three games in class 5A girls.
Mars (15-10) Visit Thomas Jefferson (20-5) at 7 p.m., the winner winning the seeded n ° 3 and the loser obtaining the head of the next 4 in the state of the Piaa State 5a.
Penn-Trafford (24-1) will welcome Baldwin (16-9) at 7 p.m., the winner winning the seeded n ° 5 and the loser obtaining the head of the n ° 6 in the next series eliminations of the state of the state of PIAA 5A. The Warriors beat the Highlanders on December 11, 57-46.
Bethel Park (12-13) Visit the Indiana (18-7) at 7 p.m., the winner winning the seeded n ° 7 and the loser obtaining the head of series 8 in the next State series series of the PIAA 5A.
• There is a game of games for class 3A girls.
Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (21-4) will face Ellwood City 15-9) at the Sewickley Academy at 6 p.m. with the winner winning the seeded n ° 3 and the loser obtaining the head of series n ° 4 in the Next PIAA 3A State Playoffs.
The charges beat the Wolverines twice this season by 28 and 19 points.