Mar 24, 2017 3 min read

Boyertown achieved double the history Friday night at Giant Center.

Playing in the first PIAA Class 6-A girls basketball title game, the Bears ran past North Allegheny, 46-35, to win the program’s first state championship.

The Bears scored 14 points in the first half before scoring 32 points in the second half.

Boyertown (28-5) made some critical second-half three-pointers complete its comeback, going 7-for-15. North Allegheny was a 3-for-21 fromthree-point range.

North Allegheny (28-2) scored just four points during an 11-minute stretch between the third and fourth quarters. The Tigers were outscored 12-2 in the third period as their lead slipped away.

Boyertown, the sixth-place team out of Dustrict 1, was the lowest-seeded team to qualify for a 2017 girls title game. The Bears went through three-time defending PIAA champion Cumberland Valley, 2016 PIAA Class AAAA runner-up Cardinal O’Hara and 2017 WPIAL champion North Allegheny during its title run.

Lebanon Catholic 44, Juniata Valley 43: Even an early, early deficit was not enough to prevent Lebanon Catholic from roaring back and taking control of its situation.

And while the Beavers needed to fight off a comeback bid in the second half, Lebanon Catholic held on for a 55-43 victory over District 6 runner-up Juniata Valley in the Class A girls basketball championship Friday afternoon at the Giant Center.

The victory ended a 22-season championship drought Lebanon Catholic, which won state titles in 1992 and 1995.

Alexis Hill scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Beavers (25-7), who spotted Juniata Valley the first six points of the game before unloading a 20-1 outburst that had Lebanon Catholic up 20-7 late in the opening half.

Juniata Valley (24-6) pulled to within 25-21 early in the third quarter despite connecting on just 11.1 percent (3-for-27) of its first-half shots.

Boys results

Sewickley Academy 68, Constitution 63: Able to shrug off a slow start, Sewickley Academy was a 68-63 victor in overtime over Constitution in the PIAA Class AA boys basketball championship

Justin Pryor collected 14 of his 21 points in the second half as Sewickley Academy, down 16-4 early and 31-23 at the break, dug in and played the Philadelphia-based Generals tough down the stretch.

Nate Ridgeway also had a big second half for Sewickley Academy (25-4), scoring 14 of his 16 points after the break. Ridgeway and Pryor combined for seven of the nine points the Panthers scored in the extra session.

Sewickley Academy, trailing by three late in regulation, pulled even at 59 when David Groetsch made a three-pointer. Constitution worked the clock down and took a timeout before electric guard Tamir Green missed a contested 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation.

Green finished with 21 points to lead the Generals (19-10), who last won a state championship in 2015. Green had 19 points in the second half.

Archbishop Wood 73, Meadville 40: Archbishop Wood made 11 three-pointers and rolled to a 73-40 victory over Meadville in the Class 5-A championship game.

Archbishop Wood (28-3) led 15-2 in the first quarter and 40-21 at halftime. Junior Tyree Pickron paced the Vikings with 18 points, including five three-pointers.

Armoni Foster led Meadville (26-2) with 17 points.