Dec 8, 2018 5 min read

Sparked by 24 points from guard C.J. Cole, McGuffey held off Waynesburg 59-54 in the championship game of the Highlanders’ season-opening tournament Saturday night.

McGuffey won its tournament for the fourth consecutive year, but this time it had to fight off a second-half comeback by Waynesburg, which trailed 32-16 at halftime.

Lucas Garber led the charge by the Raiders by scoring 26 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter. Richard Bortz had 10 points.

Cole, who was the tournament’s MVP, had a double-double, finishing with 13 rebounds. Colin Walters had a strong game with 16 points for the Highlanders, who made 27 of 35 free throws.

South Fayette 52, South Park 39: Conner Mislan scored a game-high 17 points and South Fayette defeated South Park 52-39 to win the South Park tournament.

Like Mislan, Joe Alcorn was double figures for the second consecutive night, scoring 12 points. Drew Franklin had 10 points.

Jacob Scariff scored 10 points for South Park (1-1).

Peters Township 64, Thomas Jefferson 62: Peters Township rallied from a poor first quarter to topple Thomas Jefferson, 64-62 in the Peters Township-Baldwin Tipoff Tournament.

Colin Cote led PT (1-1) with 19 points. The Indians trailed 26-14 after the first quarter but outscored TJ (1-1), 50-36, over the final three quarters.

Isaac McNeil scored 24 points and Shane Stump added 16 for the Jaguars.

Jeannette 51, Belle Vernon 47: Belle Vernon is still trying for its first win under new coach Joe Salvino after losing to Jeannette 51-47 in the Hempfield tournament.

The game was close throughout with Belle Vernon leading 15-12 after one quarter. The first half ended tied at 26-26, and Jeannette surged ahead int he third quarter. A.J. Sharp scored 11 points for the Jayhawks (1-1) and Seth Howard had 10.

Jeannette made 11 of 14 free throws compared to only eight of 15 for Belle Vernon. The Leopards received a game-high 17 points from Cam Nusser.

Belle Vernon is at Washington on Monday night.

Beth-Center 56, Jefferson-Morgan 45: Beth-Center bounced back from a close loss to the host team on Friday to defeat Jefferson-Morgan 56-45 in the consoaltion game of the California Tournament.

J.J. Green led the way for B-C with 24 points. The Bulldogs led 18-2 after one quarter but J-M, behind a 24-point performance by Tahj Jacobs, bounced back and closed to within 33-20 at halftime and 40-37 after three quarters. Beth-Center secured the win by outscoring the Rockets 16-8 in the fourth quarter.

Burgettstown 60, Fort Cherry 35: Scott Ferris led four Burgettstown players in double figures with 16 points, including 14 in the first half, as the Blue Devils cruised past Fort Cherry 60-35 in the consolation game of the McGuffey tournament.

The teams will meet against Tuesday night at Burgettstown.

The Blue Devils broke open the game in the middle quarters, outscoring the Rangers 26-9.

Cole Shergi had 14 points, Bobby Kozares 13 and Dylan Poirer 10 for Burgettstown.

Fort Cherry, which had only three players in the scoring column, was led by Maddox Truschel’s game-high 21 points. Zach Vincenti had 12.

Carmichaels 60, Geibel 51: Al Cree scored 20 points to lead Carmichaels to a 60-51 victory over Geibel in the championship game of the Geibel tournament.

Dylan Wilson had 16 points for the Mikes (2-0), who outscored Geibel (1-1), 18-2 in the first quarter.

Enzo Fetsko led Geibel with 22 points.

Ringgold 69, Mt. Pleasant 52: Chris Peccon tossed in 24 points during Ringgold’s 69-52 victory over Mt. Pleasant in the Tom Traynor Tipoff Tournament.

Jeremiah White added 12 points for the Rams (1-1).

Jacob Johnson scored 23 points for Mt. Pleasant (0-2).

Latrobe 72, Canon-McMillan 70: Reed Fenton scored 23 points and Latrobe’s defense stopped a last-second shot as Latrobe stopped Canon-McMillan, 72-70, in the Canon-McMillan Tipoff Tournament.

Ryan Sickenberger tossed in 15 points and Bryce Butler had 11 for Latrobe (2-0).

Ethan Beachy poured in 21 points, Tom Samosky had 16 points and Elliott Waller contributed 10 points for the Big Macs (1-1).

Turkeyfoot 95, Mapletown 59: Tanner Colflesh scored 28 points and Blake Nicholson had 20 as Turkeyfoot trotted on Mapletown, defeating the Maples 95-59 in the consolation game of the Geibel tournament.

Turkeyfoot scored 51 first-half points.

Mapletown’s Lance Stevenson matched Colflesh by scoring 28 points. Ryan Tuttle also was in double figures with 14 points.

Chartiers-Houston 72, West Greene 51: After struggling from the field in its season opener, Chartiers-Houston bounced back by scoring at least 17 points in all four quarters to defeat West Greene, 72-51, in the Brownsville tournament.

The Bucs (1-1) were led again by Anthony Tomassetti, who finished with a game-high 25 points. Sophomore Austin Arnold had a double-double for C-H with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Seth Dunn chipped in 10 points.

West Greene (0-2) couldn’t recover from a sluggish start. The Pioneers trailed 18-6 after the first quarter. Austin Crouse scored 22 points, while Nathan Brudnock finished with 13.

• In other games, Trinity lost to Altoona, 60-45, in the consolation game of the Canon-McMillan tournament. Hopewell was a 64-40 winner over Avella at the Carlynton tournament.