Dec 7, 2018 5 min read

Gianni Samol hit a 23-foot jump shot at the buzzer to give Avella a 49-46 victory over McGuffey in overtime in the Avella Tipoff Tournament on Friday night.

Brianna Lloyd’s three-point play with six seconds left tied the game 42-42 in regulation. Avella outscored McGuffey 7-4 in overtime.

Bess Lengauer’s 12 points paced Avella.

McGuffey was led by Keira Nicolella’s 13 points and Abby Donnelly’s 10 points.

Washington 77, Jefferson-Morgan 15: As debut’s go, this one was very good.

Carly Allen led four Washington players in double figures with 22 points and Washington took control early en route to a 77-15 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in the opening round of the season-opening California tournament.

The victory came in the debut of new Prexies head coach Ron Moore.

Washington led 18-1 after one quarter and shut out the Rockets in the fourth quarter. The Prexies will play California in the championship game today.

Torrie Finley scored 14 points, Kyla Woods had 11 and Randi Thomas 10 for the Prexies. Tamia Russell led on the boards with 12 rebounds.

Brynn Boyd led J-M with six points.

Peters Township 62, South Park 26: It would have been difficult to draw up a better start to the season than the one Peters Township put together Friday night. The Indians put four players in double figures, forged a 26-point halftime lead, held its opponent to single digits in each quarter and cruised to a 62-26 victory over South Park in the Baldwin-Peters Township tournament.

Isabella Mills led the PT attack by scoring a game-high 16 points. Penn State recruit Makenna Marisa followed with 15 points, freshman Journey Thompson scored 13 in her first varsity game and Mackenzie Lehman contributed 10 points. The Indians were in control throughout, leading 20-8 after one quarter and 39-13 at halftime.

PT will host Thomas Jefferson tonight. TJ crushed Woodland Hills 74-40 in the opening round.

Fort Cherry 61, Cornell 7: Alex Guerra and Jill Panizza each scored more points than the team they were playing in Fort Cherry’s 61-7 victory over Cornell in the Carlynton Tipoff Tournament.

Guerra scored 12 points for the Rangers and Panizza added 10.

California 47, Waynesburg 35: California defeated Waynesburg, 47-35, in the season-opening California Tip-off Tournament.

Makayla Boda led the Trojans with 15 points, Sydney Smichnick added 11. For Waynesburg, Clara Paige Miller had game-high honors with 19 points.

The Trojans will play Washington today at 4 p.m.

Trinity 42, OLSH 28: Trinity opened the season with a 42-28 victory over OLSH in the Trinity tipoff Tournament.

Kaylin Venick and Courtney Dahlquist each scored 11 points for THS.

Maddie Hoff had a game-high 17 points for OLSH.

Brownsville 39, Chartiers-Houston 26: Emma Seto scored 9 points to help Brownsville down Chartiers-Houston, 39-26, in the Brownsville Tipoff Tournament.

Dominique Mortimer led the Bucs with 10 points.

Blackhawk 70, Canon-McMillan 48: Makenzie Amalia scored 26 points to power Blackhawk to a 70-48 victory over Canon-McMillan in the Trinity Tipoff Tournament.

Lacey Russell’s 10 points paced the Big Macs.

Bentworth 31, Geibel Catholic 30: Savannah Adams scored 12 points and Bentworth held off a fourth-quarter charge by Geibel Catholic, 31-30, at the Brownsville tournament.

Bentworth forged a 13-8 halftime advantage and led 21-17 after three quarters.

Burgettstown 48, Mapletown 32: Burgettstown pulled away in the fourth quarter and defeated Mapletown 48-32 in the opening round of the Avella tournament.

Burgettstown’s Emily Parsko led all scorers with 15 points and helped the Blue Devils outscore Mapletown 14-6 in the fourth quarter. Celesta Divecchio had 13 points for the Blue Devils and Geena Demarco scored 10. Burgettstown will play Avella for the tournament championship this evening.

Abby Antill was the leading scorer for Mapletown with 11 points. The Maples will play McGuffey in the consolation game.

West Greene 73, Freeport 61: McKenna Lampe scored a game-high 22 points and made four of West Greene’s nine three-point field goals as the Pioneers defeated Freeport 73-61 at the Southmoreland Classic.

Lampe led four West Greene players in double figures. Kaitlyn Rizor and Madison Lampe followed with 15 points each and Elziabeth Brudnock finished with 14 points and four three-pointers.

Sydney Samuels, with 17 points, led Freeport.

West Greene led 21-13 after one quarter and held the lead the rest of the way, leading 40-29 at halftime.

The Pioneers plays Southmoreland today at 3:30 p.m.

Red Lion 49, Belle Vernon 34: Makiah Shaw scored a game-high 17 points and red Lion outscored Belle Vernon in every quarter en route to a 49-34 victory in the opening round of the McKeesport tournament.

The loss spoiled the debut of new Belle Vernon coach Ron Drennen.

Lindsay Steeber was the only Belle Vernon player to score in double figures. Steeber finished with 13 points for the Leopards, who were held to only 12 field goals.

Belle Vernon will play Penn-Trafford today (1:30 p.m.) at McKeesport.

South Fayette 54, Westinghouse 36: Clare relihan scored a game-high 20 points and South Fayette rode a 27-point second quarter in its own tournament to a 54-36 victory over Westinghouse.

South Fayette trailed 10-4 after one quarter, then outscored the Bulldogs 27-6 to take a 31-16 halftime lead.

Maura Castelucci scored 18 points for the Lions.