PIAA basketball sites, times: Mars vs. Moon boys semifinal at New Castle
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Saturday, March 16, 2019 | 10:45 AM
Mars’ Andrew Recchia hits a shot over Moon’s Austin Ryan during the 5A boys WPIAL Championship at Petersen Events Center.
The PIAA needed an out-of-this-world site for a state semifinal between Mars and Moon — or at least a gym with lots of seats.
It chose New Castle.
The WPIAL Class 5A boys finalists will rematch at 7 p.m. Monday at New Castle with the winner headed to Hershey for the state finals. Mars defeated Moon, 58-56, when the teams met March 1 in the WPIAL finals at Petersen Events Center.
Mars Boys Basketball Piaa State Semi Finals 7-1 Mars vs 7-2 Moon @ New Castle High School on Monday March 18 @ 7:00 pm
— MarsHSHoops (@MarsHSHoops) March 16, 2019
The PIAA also announced that Class A boys semifinalists Monessen and Vincentian Academy will play at 7 p.m. Monday at Mt. Lebanon.
In the Class 6A girls bracket, WPIAL champion Peters Township plays Upper Dublin at 6 p.m. Monday at Bald Eagle Area in Wingate.
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
Tags: Mars, Monessen, Moon, Peters Township, Vincentian Academy
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