Live blog from Tuesday night's PIAA second-round tripleheader at Hempfield High School. 5 p.m. - Vincentian vs. Bishop Carroll boys .... 6:30 Chartiers Valley vs. Gateway girls .... 8 p.m. Chartiers Valley vs. Johnstown boys. ... If you have a score or note from another game, tweet with #piaa or send to @mwhiteburgh

CHARTIERS VALLEY VS. JOHNSTOWN (boys)

FINAL SCORE: Chartiers Valley 65, Johnstown 38

9:58 p.m. - Do I really have to continue with updates? It's 59-26 CV. I think Spencer Casson has triple double.

9:44 p.m. - And former Hempfield coach Bill Swan sitting about 5 feet behind CValley bench. I think he's trying to give Tim McConnell pointers. Don't think McConnell wants to listen.

9:43 p.m. - Is this ugly enough? Chartiers Valley now leads 47-16. Spencer Casson with nine blocks.

Smethport beats Clairton, 37-35. What a run of sports success for that Clairton senior class.

HALFTIME: Chartiers Valley 34, Johnstown 14

Matty McConnell 13 points first half. Mike Boyulos 17. Coach Tim McConnell about to lose it near halftime over one of his players. I wouldn't want to be that player in the locker room at the half.

Spencer Casson has nine points and six blocks for CV.

Girls AAAA: End of 3rd quarter and Mt. Lebanon leads Penn-Trafford, 46-25. It will be Lebo-Char Valley again in quarterfinals.

9:12 p.m. - Johnstown little guards still can't figure out that you might not want to go challenge 6-6 Spencer Casson in lane. Now has 6 blocks.

9:11 p.m. - Matt McConnell just hit 3. Has 13 points already. CV rolling, 24-7, with 6:37 left in half.

9:08 p.m. - END OF FIRST QUARTER: Chartiers Valley 19, Johnstown 6

Can't see Johnstown coming back. Don't have ballhandling to handle CV pressure and don't look like can shoot much either. Spencer Casson 5 blocks for CV in first quarter.

General McLane beats Beaver, 69-54.

9:02 p.m. - Will Char Valley pull away? Colts now lead 14-4 with 3:08 left. 

9:00 p.m. - Johnstown 2 of 10 from field. And ugly shots also. Mike Boulos three-point play and CV leads, 11-4.

8:57 p.m. - CV's Spencer Casson "Human Eraser" so far. Three blocks so far. 5-4 CV 

8:54 p.m. - Funny Tim McConnell subs out Dom Castello 27 seconds into game. He missed a 3 and turned it over. 

8:52 p.m. - Finally game starts.

General McLane leads Beaver 50-31.

8:47 p.m. - Tip in about two minutes.

Final score in Class AAA boys: Montour 48, Girard 38. Rob Julian of Montour finishes with seven 3's and 24 points.

CHARTIERS VALLEY VS. GATEWAY GIRLS

FINAL: Chartiers Valley 53, Gateway 42

Kassidy O'Keefe with 17 and Alexa Golden 15 for CV. Gateway Katey Wilson had 15 and Jada Epps 12.

8:27 p.m. - By the way, in case didn't mention. CValley playing without leading scorer, Mariah Wells. Left foot is in a boot.

8:24 p.m. - Char Valley scores off own missed free throws. It's now 46-38 with less than two minutes left.

I think maybe Girard might want to be aware of where Montour's Rob Julian is. He hit three more 3-pointer in the third, now has seven overall, and Montour leads Girard, 33-24, after three.

In AAAA girls, Mt. Lebanon 13, Penn-Trafford 1 after first.

8:20 p.m. - Timeout with 2:36 left in fourth and Char Valley leads, 44-38.

8:14 p.m. - Gateway scores and cuts lead to 40-37 with 3:54 left. A media timeout???? I forgot they had them in PIAA playoffs.

Smethport leads Clairton, 10-7, at end of first quarter.

General McLane leading Beaver, 34-18, at halftime as Jaymon Mason has 21. This from Tom Reisenweber.

8:09 p.m. - 5:02 left in game and Char Valley leads, 39-35

8:04 p.m. - Gateway has sliced deficit to 37-31. 3-pointer by Katey Wilson and then two free throws. 7:14 left in game.

Mohawk and North East girls tied, 39-39, after three.

END THIRD QUARTER: Chartiers Valley 37, Gateway 26 

Montour leads Girard, 24-13, at half. Robbie Julian destroyed Girard in second quarter with 14 points, 4 3's.

Maverick Rowan scored 20 to lead Lincoln Park boys against Ridgway. Elijah Minnie held to four.

This Char Valley game was supposed to start at 8. It might not start until 8:30 or 8:40. Antoher example of how WPIAL and PIAA shouldn't post game times 1 1/2 hours apart, especially in tripleheader. Should put at least 1:45 between.

7:52 p.m. - Gateway has cut deficit to 30-21 with 3:31 left in third.

After first quarter, General McLane leads Beaver, 15-12.

From Kyle Piper: Rob Julian three 3-pointers to start second quarter and Montour takes 15-6 lead on Girard. Wil Scuilli be knocking down some next?

 

7:48 p.m. - Char Valley laeds, 30-15, with 5:30 left in third.

Mohawk leads North East, 29-20, at half

End of first quarter: Montour and Girard are tied, 6-6

In Class AA girls: Burrell 45, Sharpsville 18

Final in Class A boys: Lincoln Park 51, Ridgway 34

HALFTIME: Chartiers Valley 25, Gateway 13

7:30 p.m. - Char Valley leads, 23-10, with one minute left in half.

7:23 p.m. - Gateway really struggling offensively. Chartiers Valley has taken 22-7 lead.

In Class A boys, Lincoln Park struggling to score. Leads Ridgway, 33-27, after third quarter.

In Class AA girls, Bishop Canevin advances with 54-36 victory against General McLane.

END OF FIRST QUARTER: Chartiers Valley 13, Gateway 5

7:15 p.m. - No surprise that a WPIAL Quad-A team is struggling to score in playoffs. Been happening all year. It took Char Valley four minutes, 5 seconds to score. But the Colts have turned it up some in this game. Now lead, 16-7.

Jeannette star Ciara Gregory in the house. WPIAL leading scorer. Good to see her. She's big fan of all WPIAL sports.

VINCENTIAN VS. BISHOP CARROLL

FINAL SCORE: Bishop Carroll 92, Vincentian 85

A key to the game in second half was Bishop Carroll had 13 turnovers, but when the Huskies didn't turn it over, they cracked Vincentian's traps and got easy shot after easy shot, whether on drives or passes to the inside. 

Bishop Carroll 6-5 junior Marcus Lee had 33 points and 14 rebounds. He was 13 of 14 from the field. All from within 6 feet. Scott Rarick 27 points. 

For Vincentian Ryan Wolf had 27 points, Jim Kenna 20, Matt Rathz 14 and Tony DiNardo 11. Wolf was 11 of 27 from the field. Vincentian finished with 13 3-pointers.

Great season. Great run. Great job by George Yokitis - and Royals should be pretty good again next year with some key returnees.

Has to be one of the highest-scoring PIAA games in a while. 

6:30 p.m. - But we're not done yet. Jim Kenna hits 3. Brings Vincentian, 86-80, with 53 seconds left. Never know with these guys.

6:28 p.m. - Been great year by Vincentian. Boy, they play hard. Don't fun much offensively as far as sets, but just play.  Looks like they will suffer only second loss.

6:26 p.m. - 6-5 Marcus Lee now has 31 points. 13 of 14 from field. Every shot within 6 feet.

6:23 p.m. - Ryan Wolfe with spin and basket and BC leads, 79-72, with a little less than two minutes left. Bishop Carroll much better job against Vincentian's full-court press this half. Most of BC's points this half layups or in-close shots after handling the pressure.

6:20 p.m. - 77-70 with three minutes left.

6:18 p.m. - It's starting to get away from Vincentian. 77-68 Bishop Carroll 6-5 Marcus Lee now with 29.

6:10 p.m. - Bishop Carroll has opened up 71-64 lead.

END OF THIRD QUARTER: Bishop Carroll 65, Vincentian 61. BC went on a small run at end of third and just scored first basket of fourth to take a six-point lead.

6:04 p.m. - 3 by Tony DiNardo ties it, 61-61, with 37 seconds left in third quarter.

6:02 p.m. - Bishop Carroll has gone zone.

6:00 p.m. - Vincentian ahead, 55-53, with three minutes in third.

5:54 p.m. - Bishop Carroll pressures full-court constantly also.

5:51 p.m. - Vincentian's "Fisch" couple nice plays to start the third quarter. Starting to look like his father, Ron, in his glory years at North Catholic. Vincentian goes up 50-44.

5:46 p.m. - Will this game end up in the 90s?? It could.

14 turnovers in first half for Bishop Carroll.

HALFTIME STATS: Vincentian got off 38 shots and made 17. 6 of 18 from 3-point range. Tony DiNardo hit two big 3-pointers in final two minutes. Then Ryan Rolf scored to make it 46-42. BC got a basket to make it 46-44 at half.

Ryan Wolf 14 pts. first half. Jim Kenna nine. Tony DiNardo eight.

Marcus Lee has 17 for Bishop Carroll. Nothing but putbacks and layups. He's 6-5 forward who can do damage inside. 10 points for Scott Rarick. 

Vincentian turning over Bishop Carroll a ton with presses. Bishop Carroll 18 of 33 from field and 8-8 from line and 2-3 from 3.

5:37 p.m. - What is this an NBA game? HALFTIME: Vincentian 46, Bishop Carroll 44

5:32 p.m. - Pressure never stops from Vincentian and it comes in different forms. diamond press. Man-to-man press with face guarding. Then trapping in half court when press is broken. But Bishop Carroll likes the pace apparently. BC leads 42-39 one minute left in half.

5:28 p.m. - 3-pointer by Brandon Martinazzi and BC has opened up 36-28 lead.

5:26 p.m. - Tony DiNardo, one of Vincentian's top players, quiet so far. Two points. Four shots.

5:24 p.m. - Bishop Carroll up with 5:30 left in half.  29-28

5:23 p.m. - Marcus Lee hurting Vincentian on inside. An athletic forward. Has 13 points so far.

5:18 p.m. - End of first quarter: Vincentian 23, Bishop Carroll 22. Ryan Wolf 10 points for Vincentian. Two 3-pointers. Looks like we're headed for game in 80s.

5:13 p.m. - 19-16 Bishop Carroll. 

5:07 p.m. - This is up and down. Already 9-7 Vincentian with five minutes left in first quarter. I put my head down to type, I miss a shot.

4:55 p.m. - Interesting game. Vincentian's only loss this year was to Bishop Carroll. This should be an up-and-down game. Bishop Carroll won earlier this season, 83-81.

How about this for small world? Was just informed that Vincentian coach George Yokitis played football at Blacklick Valley. One of his coaches was the grandfather of Brandon Martinazzi, who is a starting guard for Bishop Carroll.

Varsity Blog program note: I will have live blog from tonight's PIAA basketball playoff tripleheader at Hempfield: Vincentian vs. Bishop Carroll boys at 5 ..... Chartiers Valley vs. Gateway girls at 6:30 ..... Chartiers Valley vs. Johnstown boys at 8:00. If you have a score update or report, tweet with #piaa or send to @mwhiteburgh

Here are my picks for tonight's and tomorrow night's second-round games involving WPIAL teams:

BOYS

Class AAAA - New Castle over North Allegheny; Erie Cathedral Prep over Hampton.

Class AAA - Chartiers Valley over Johnstown; Montour over Girard; General McLane over Beaver.

Class AA - Beaver Falls vs. Mercyhurst Prep; Greensburg Central Catholic over Lakeview.

Class A - Vincentian over Bishop Carroll; Lincoln Park over Ridgway; Clairton over Smethport.

GIRLS

Class AAAA - Mt. Lebanon over Penn-Trafford; Gateway over Chartiers Valley.

Class AAA - Blackhawk over Forest Hills; South Park over Hopewell; Franklin over Elizabeth Forward.

Class AA - Bishop Canevin over General McLane; Sharpsville over Burrell; Seton-LaSalle over Greensburg Central Catholic; North East over Mohawk.

Class A - Vincentian over Berlin Brothersvalley; Bishop Guilfoyle over Serra.

Highlights from Saturday's PIAA basketball playoffs. Check back as the night goes for other games.

BOYS

North Allegheny 84, State College 76: North Allegheny fell behind by 23-5 in the first quarter, but came back for the win. North Allegheny is known for its 3-point shooting, but the Tigers had only five 3-pointers in this game. Sean Hennigan scored 22 points for North Allegheny and the Haus bros combined for 25 - Adam with 15 and David with 10. Ryan Sekunda had 27 for State College before fouling out.

Beaver Falls 92, Bald Eagle Area 48 - What else is new. Another blowout for Beaver Falls. When will the Tigers get tested in the posteason? They have played five postseason games (WPIAL and PIAA) and not one team has come within 28 points. This time, Tigers were "hotshots" as they made 13 3-pointers. Drew Cook and Zach Miller both made four 3-pointers. Cook finished with 20 points, Elijah Cottrill 18 and Zach Miller 16. Micoy Nathan added 15 and Danny "struttin'" Stratton added 12. Th escore was 51-25 at halftime.

Lakeview 44, Quaker Valley 40: Quaker Valley led at halftime, 26-23, but scored only 14 points in the second half. Burke Moser had 14 and Nelson Westwood 10 for Quaker Valley.

New Castle 68, Gateway 48: The Red Hurricanes led by 43-18 at halftime and cruised in the second half. Shawn Anderson had 18 points to lead New Castle and Malik Hooker added 15. Anthony Richards scored 12, all on 3-pointers. Delvon Randall had 20 for Gateway. New Castle made 8 of 16 from 3-point range.

Erie Cathedral Prep 79, Seneca Valley 54: An impressive victory for the District 10 Ramblers. But not surprising. This team is good. They could be headed for a quarterfinal showdown with New Castle next Saturday. Cathedrarl Prep plays Hampton in the second round while New Castle will play the State College-North Allegheny winner. New Castle will have its hands full with Cathedral Prep.

Against Seneca Valley, Cathedral Prep made 8 of 10 3-pointers in the first half to grab an 11-point lead. The Ramblers blew out Seneca Valley in the second half.

Hampton 50, Perry 41: An ugly game. Hampton struggled in the second half against Perry's 2-3 zone. After leading by 32-20 at half, it was turnover city in third quarter for Hampton. Nine turnovers in third quarter. Perry cut the lead to 36-35 early in the fourth quarter and failed to take the lead on two possessions. Collin Luther big 3-pointer with 5:43 left put Hampton ahead by 39-35. Perry never got closer than four the rest of the way.

Collin Luther finished with 19 points, including nine in the fourth. 6 of 6 from line in the fourth. Twin brother Ryan had 15 and David Huber 10.

Daron Clark had 19 for Perry and Shakeem Cox 10. Perry shot 34 percent (18 of 53) from the field and was 0-12 from 3-point range.

Conemaugh Township 53, Brentwood 49: Dylan Boyer had five 3-pointers and 24 points to lead Conemaugh Township. Jason Pilarski had 20 for Brentwood.

Greensburg Central Catholic 66, Penn Cambria 56: Zach Herman and Brian Graytok both scored 21 to held the Centurions to the win. Graytok had 18 in the first half.

Bishop McCort 62, Burrell 43: Nemo Trexler had 24 points for Bishop McCort (insert "Finding Nemo" lines here, like "Burrell's defense had trouble finding Nemo." Matt Hess had 14 and Alex White 12 for Burrell.

Chester 74, Cumberland Valley 43 - The two-time defending champion Clippers roll.

GIRLS

South Park 71, Hickory 44: Allison McGrath, Shelby Lindsay and Halie Torris combined for 61 points as the WPIAL AAA champion Eagles crushed Hickory. McGrath scored 22, Lindsay 20 and Torris 19. Torris had five 3-pointers.

Hopewell 45, Villa Maria 28: Shatori Walker-Kimbrough had 24 points and went over 2,400 for her career to lead Hopewell. She now has 2,407. Walker-Kimbrough also had five rebounds, nine steals and three assists. Villa Maria's Karlee McBride, an Indiana Hoosiers recruit, scored 18. Here sister starts at Notre Dame. Villa Maria was 0 of 15 from 3-point range.

Kennedy Catholic 45, North Catholic 36: North Catholic was a state finalist last year, but the Trojanettes go out in the first round this year. North Catholic's Lauren Wolosik was held to 11 points. She came in averaging 26.6. Abby Goetz led North Catholic with 15. Alex Ricketts had 17 for Kennedy Catholic. North Catholic made only 5 of 23 field goals in the second half.

Serra 67, Cochranton 43: The Sieg sisters were the leading scorers as the Eagles rolled to an easy win. Megan Sieg scored 14 and Katie Sieg had 11 and nine rebounds. Serra was 12 of 15 from the free-throw line.

Elizabeth Forward 51, Central Valley 44: Dana Buck scored 14 of her 19 points in the second half to lead Elizabeth Forward to the win. Seairra Barrett had 22 and Madi Rown 12 for Central Valley.

Hopewell 45, Villa Maria 28 - Shatori Walker-Kimbrough went over 2,400 points for her career and led Hopewell to the win.

Live blog from Friday night's PIAA Class AAA first-round game between Montour and South Fayette at North Allegheny, with score updates from other first-round games. If you have a score update, tweet with #PIAA

FINAL SCORE: Montour 52, South Fayette 43

Devin Wilson finishes with triple double. 24 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists. Hate to keep writing about the kid, but what a winner. Made just about every play in final five minutes - in front of Jay Wright and Phil Martelli. Justin Hill added 11.

C.J. Rudisill finishes with 15 for South Fayette. Evan Bonnaure 13, son of coach Rich Bonnaure who had an excellent year. Nice player.

8:33 p.m. - Things unraveling for South Fayette. SF had ball, but turned it over, violation. I think Evan Bonnaure went out of bounds off a screen and then was first to touch coming in. And then a technial on coach Rich Bonnaure. 

8:27 p.m. - Timeout 2:27. If you're Montour, you have advantage now. Up 2 with ball. Devin Wilson time to put it in fridge. South Fayette turned it over after Wilson put Montour ahead.

8:25 p.m. Is Devin Wilson going to make every play down stretch again? Basket, blocked shot at other end, nifty pass to Justin Hill for layup. Montour leads, 43-41, with 3:12 left.

8:22 p.m. - 4:41 left in game. Timeout. We're all tied, 39-39. Dustin Sleva hit a 3 for Montour. Lucas Russell hit one for South Fayette.

END OF THIRD QUARTER: South Fayette 34, Montour 33

Pace of the game definitely deliberate. But that's sort of what Montour likes. Devin Wilson only three points that quarter. Montour now 5 of 16 from 3.

8:12 p.m. - Zach Challingsworth three point play. Pitt football recruit. SF on top, 34-31.

8:10 p.m. - Two 3's for C.J. Rudisill this half. SF leads, 31-29 with four minutes left in third.

Vincentian boys lead Clarion, 11-4, early on.

HALFTIME: South Fayette 22, Montour 21

Villanova coach Jay Wright also in house. He and St. Joseph's Phil Martelli. To see Devin Wilson. They can't comment on Wilson, but I know St. Joe's likes Wilson a lot.

South Fayette played triangle-and-two entire half on Montour's Kevin Scuilli and Rob Julian, or another shooter if one of them was out. Devin Wilson with 10 points for Montour. SF letting him shoot, but Wilson has attempted only few outside shots.

Someone from Montour is going to have to hit some outside shots. Justin Hill hit two 3's but he is 2 of 6 overall from 3.

Montour 4 of 11 from 3. South Fayette 4 of 6. Evan Bonnaure doing very nice job. Has 11 points. Two 3's.

7:47 p.m. - Timeout and Montour leads, 21-17.

7:46 p.m. - Wilson hits a 3 and Montour goes on top, 19-17.

 END FIRST QUARTER: Montour 13, South Fayette 13

Four-point play by SF's C.J. Rudisill tied it.

7:38 p.m. - Montour leads, 13-8, with one minute left in half.

7:34 p.m - South Fayette giving Devin Wilson any outside shot he wants, but Justin Hill hits 3. Wilson not real good shooter but always finds ways to score. Already has five points.

7:32 p.m. - South Fayette opens in triangle-and-two on Montour shooters - Kevin Scuilli and Robbie Julian.

7:25 p.m. - Great to see Montour Maniacs out in full force. Doing the "Red Out" for Ryan, for an 8th grade Montour student who passed away last week. 

FINAL: MT. LEBANON GIRLS 37, BETHEL PARK 34

7:15 p.m. - College interest in Devin Wilson keeps growing. Just saw St. Joseph's coach Phil Martelli here. 

Supposedly Villanova coach Jay Wright might be coming, too.

FINAL: Seton-LaSalle girls 67, Kane 16

Natalie Piaggesi and Naje Gibson 16 points each.

General McLane girls leading Jeannette, 37-31.

Mt. Lebanon girls now leading Bethel Park, 34-32, with a little more than two minutes left.

More from PIAA girls. Burrell leads Bellwood-Antis, 41-36, after third quarter in Class AA.

PIAA GIRLS UPDATE

The WPIAL Quad-A champ could be going down. P-G colleague Brad Everett reports that Bethel Park is losing to Mt. Lebanon, 32-27, with 6 minutes left in the game. Really, it wouldn't be a big upset. The two teams split two games during the season.

Meanwhile, here at North Allegheny it's a little absurd. Seton-LaSalle girls are leading Kane, 65-12. with five minutes left.

Seriously, I said Sixty-give to twelve. State playoff game. NOT.