High school roundup for Feb. 25, 2025: Aliquippa boys, girls headed to The Pete

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | 11:46 PM

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Josh Pratt scored 21 points and No. 1 Aliquippa earned a trip to the Petersen Events Center for the third straight year by defeating No. 4 Bishop Canevin, 66-36, in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals Tuesday night.

Aliquippa, the two-time defending champion in Class 2A, will face No. 2 South Allegheny in the Class 3A final at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Qa’lil Goode added 14 points and Jeremiah Pratt had 13 for the Quips, who took control with an 18-4 second quarter.

Drew Allen scored 23 points for the Crusaders (15-10), who will meet No. 3 Mohawk in the third-place game Thursday.

South Allegheny 75, Mohawk 53 – The high-scoring duo of Drew Cook (31) and Cam Epps (21) combined for 52 points to lead No. 2 South Allegheny (22-3) in the Class 3A semifinals. Camden Lewis added 12 points for the Gladiators, who will meet No. 1 Aliquippa in the championship game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Petersen Events Center. Bobby Fadden scored 21 points, Drew Wrona added 14 and Joey Nail finished with 11 for No. 3 Mohawk (19-6), which will meet No. 4 Bishop Canevin for third place Thursday.

McDowell 72, Allderdice 39 – Kamden Kramer scored 25 points, Blayze Myers added 18 and Quentin Orlando chipped in 11 to lead McDowell in the PIAA District 6-8-10 Class 6A subregional. Asher Schwartz scored 10 points to lead Aliquippa (15-10).

Consolation

Nazareth Prep 46, Aquinas Academy 30 – Leon Harrison scored nine points and No. 3 Nazareth Prep (19-5) slowed down high-scoring fourth seed Aquinas Academy (18-7) in the Class A third-place game. Will Evans and Khylil Johnson each scored eight for Nazareth Prep, which didn’t allow a point in the first quarter. Jake Guillen scored 11 and Sam Duer had eight for Aquinas Academy. Both teams advance to the state playoffs.

Girls basketball

Aliquippa 50, Winchester Thurston 43 – Denim Odom scored 17 points to lead No. 2 Aliquippa (19-4) to a Class 2A semifinal win. Carla Brown added 13 points and Dai’Onna Washington had 12 for the Quips, who took control with a 15-5 second quarter and held off a second-half comeback. Aliquippa will meet No. 1 Neshannock in the finals at 11 a.m. Saturday at Petersen Events Center. Sky Still scored 19 points to lead No. 3 Winchester Thurston (20-4). The Bears will meet No. 4 South Side for third place Thursday.

Neshannock 55, South Side 50 – Payton Newman collected 27 points and 16 rebounds to lead top-seeded Neshannock (23-2) to a Class 2A semifinal victory. The Lancers took a 37-14 lead at halftime and held off a South Side rally in the second half. Ashtyn Michael scored 15 points and Eden Schrier had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the No. 4 Rams (19-6). Neshannock will meet No. 2 Aliquippa in the championship game at 11 a.m. Saturday at Petersen Events Center. South Side will face No. 3 Winchester Thurston for third place Thursday.

Consolation

Indiana 50, Bethel Park 37 – Laken Kugler scored 13 points to lead four players in double figures for No. 7 Indiana (19-7) in the Class 5A seventh-place game. Emily Betsinger and Julia Antonacci each had 12 points and Addy Hutton added 10 for Indiana. Sadie Orie scored 13, Kat Boff added 11 and Ella Sabatos finished with 10 for No. 12 Bethel Park (12-14). Both teams qualified for the state playoffs.

OLSH 62, Ellwood City 31 – Claudia Ierullo scored 20 points to lead No. 3 OLSH (22-4) to victory in the Class 3A third-place game. Lola Garner added 11 points and Leah Parker had 10 for the Chargers. Delaney Sturgeon led No. 12 Ellwood City (15-10) with eight points. Both teams qualified for the state playoffs.

Penn-Trafford 70, Baldwin 69 (OT) – Kamryn Pieper had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds and hit the go-ahead layup with 12.8 seconds left in overtime to lead No 3 Penn-Trafford (25-1) in the Class 5A fifth-place game. Hanna Weishaar led the Warriors with 22 points, hitting five 3-pointers. Isabella Klobucar added 11 and Lauren Marton had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Lynsey Bernotas led No. 9 Baldwin (16-10) with 30 points. Julianne Ott and Mary Vargo each chipped in 10. Both teams qualified for the state tournament.

Thomas Jefferson 59, Mars 47 – Kaylee DeAngelo scored 21 points and Maggie Spell added 19 to lead No. 6 Thomas Jefferson (21-5) in the Class 5A third-place game. Alexis Cashdollar scored 14 points and Mya Moore added 10 for No. 13 Mars (15-11). The top eight teams advance to states in Class 5A.

Hockey

Penguins Cup playoffs

North Catholic 5, Montour 0 – Beckett Dunn had two goals and an assist, Anthony Neely added a goal and an assist and Wyatt Cleveland made 27 saves to earn the shutout as North Catholic (13-7) defeated Montour (13-7) in a Class A play-in game. North Catholic will meet Chartiers Valley in the quarterfinals.

Quaker Valley 10, West Allegheny 0 – Charles D’Antonio scored a hat trick, Ben McHenry collected two goals and two assists and Jace Vasbinder had a goal and three assists to lead Quaker Valley (18-1-1) to a Class A play-in win over West Allegheny (8-12). Landon Buterbaugh made 17 saves to earn the shutout. Quaker Valley will meet Avonworth in the quarterfinals.

Regular season

Cathedral Prep 2, Canon-McMillan 0 – Chris Bruschi and Nick Pugne scored and Ian Brown made 17 saves to lead Cathedral Prep (16-4) past Canon-McMillan (6-12-2) in Class 2A.

Deer Lakes 7, Trinity 2 – Mason Cervone had two goals and three assists and Ryan Grunden and RJ Norkus collected two goals and two assists each to lead Deer Lakes (14-4-1) to a Division 2 win. Zachery Jibits and Nick Boris scored for Trinity (5-13-1).

Gateway 5, Connellsville 3 – Canyon Hines had two goals and an assist and Gavin Grant and Reed Davis contributed a goal and an assist each for Gateway (11-8-1) in a Division 2 win. Matty Smith Jr. had two foals and an assist for Connellsville (12-6-2).