High School Sports Scores from Thursday:
WPIAL Basketball playoffs:
Boys:
(Class 3-A) — Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic-55 Riverside-32. The Trojans meet Washington Monday in the semi-finals.
Tonight in Class 5-A: Mars (14-8) will face Laurel Highlands (18-5) at Canon-McMillan high school at 8pm.
–Saturday–Butler (15-8) will face Latrobe (19-3) at Penn Hills high school in the Class 6-A quarterfinals. Tip-off is 2:30pm. Hear the game with Tyler Friel beginning at 2:20pm.
–Pine-Richland (21-1) will meet Canon-McMillan (18-5) at North Allegheny high school Saturday at 3pm.
The Karns City boys defeated Moniteau 56-45 last night at Clarion University in the District-9 Class 3-A semi-finals. Chandler Turner led the Gremlins with 20 points. Karns City will meet Brookville in the D-9 title game next week.
–The Karns City and Moniteau girls meet tonight in the District-9 Class 3-A championship at Clarion University at 7:30pm.
Girls:
(Class 4-A) — Blackhawk-67 Freeport-44.
–Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic-51 Central Valley-45. Sam Breen scored 31 points for North Catholic who will face Beaver Monday in the semi-finals.
Saturday–the Mars girls (17-6) meet Oakland Catholic (20-3) in the 5-A quarterfinals. Tip-off at North Allegheny high school is noon.
Tonight in 6-A: Pine-Richland (21-1) will face Bethel Park (17-6) in the quarterfinals at North Allegheny high school. Tip-off is 6:30pm. North Allegheny (21-1) meets Hempfield (14-8) at Fox Chapel high school. Tip-off is also 6:30pm.
The Portersville Christian girls defeated Evangel Heights Christian and will face Aquinas Academy at Geneva College in the Southwest Christian Athletic Conference championship at 5pm. The Portersville Christian boys face Cheswick Christian at 7pm.