High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2020: Clairton girls fend off Eden Christian
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | 10:31 PM
Bethel Park’s Ryan Meis scores past Upper St. Clair defenders during the first quarter Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, at Upper St. Clair High School.
Central Catholic’s Noah Jackson dribbles the ball in front of Penn-Trafford defenders Zach Rocco Jarred Schoffstall (0) in boys’ WPIAL basketball playoffs on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 at Norwin High School.
Central Catholic players huddle before heading to the court to face Penn-Trafford in boys’ WPIAL basketball playoffs on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 at Norwin High School.
It wasn’t easy, but the Clairton girls basketball team found a way to avoid the contagious upset bug that often makes its way through the first round of the WPIAL playoffs.
Behind 24 points from Iyanna Chapman, the fourth-seeded Bears defeated No. 13 Eden Christian, 61-58, in a Class A matchup Tuesday night.
Evanti Gibson added 15 points and Taylor Jackson had 12 for Clairton (19-3), which jumped out to a 32-23 halftime lead.
Taylor Haring scored 18 points and Haylee Fleischman added 17 for Eden Christian (8-13), which outscored Clairton, 35-29 in the second half.
Clairton will meet No. 12 California in Friday’s quarterfinals.
Avella 54, Propel Andrew Street 12 — Brianna Jenkins had 11 points and Avella scored the first 23 points of the game en route to a Class A first-round victory. Breanna Lloyd added 10 points and Bess Lengauer added eight for seventh-seeded Avella (17-6), which will meet No. 2 West Greene in Friday’s quarterfinals. Keeley Brockington led No. 10 Propel Andrew Street (8-15) with four points.
Sewickley Academy 53, St. Joseph 27 — Sixth-seeded Sewickley Academy scored 33 consecutive points through the second, third and fourth quarters to pull away in a Class A first-round game. The No. 11 Spartans (3-20) trailed 17-13 late in the second quarter, but the Panthers (13-10) used a 7-0 run to end the half and scored the first 26 points of the second half. They outscored the Spartans, 22-0, in the third.
Bre Werner led the Panthers with 14 points and Kamryn Lightcap scored 10. Trinity Lockwood-Morris paced St. Joseph with 10 points.
Sewickley Academy advances to play No. 3 Vincentian Academy in the quarterfinals at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Shaler.
Listen to the archived broadcasts of Clairton-Eden Christian, Avella-Propel Andrew Street and Sewickley Academy-St. Joseph on Trib HSSN.
Tags: Avella, Clairton, Eden Christian, Sewickley Academy
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