Dec 8, 2018 5 min read

Makenna Marisa scored a game-high 36 points as Peters Township dropped Thomas Jefferson, 81-52 in the Peters Township-Baldwin Tipoff Tournament on Saturday.

Marisa had 10 three-point field goals for the Indians (2-0). Isabella Mills added 12 points.

Alyssa DeAngelo tossed in 21, Jenna Clark 13 and Dalaney Ranallo 11 for TJ (1-1).

South Fayette 56, Upper St. Clair 38: South Fayette used a 28-point performance by Maura Castelluci and held Upper St. Clair to two points in the second quarter en route to a 56-38 victory over the Panthers in the championship game of the Lions’ tournament.

Castelluci made five three-pointers to fuel South Fayette’s offense, and the Lions’ defense stymied USC in the second quarter when they outscored the visitors 17-2 to open a 33-18 halftime lead.

Clare Relihan scored 11 points for South fayette. USC was led in scoring by Lindsay Meyer’s 12 points.

Chartiers-Houston 49, Geibel Catholic 23: Chartiers-Houston received big scoring games from two underclassmen and rolled to a 49-23 victory over Geibel Catholic in the consolation game of the Brownsville tournament.

Freshman Dominique Mortimer scored a game-high 17 points for lead the Bucs (1-1) and sophomore Zamierah Edwards was close behind with 16 points. C-H took charge of the game in the first half, building a 11-1 lead after one quarter and a 25-7 advantage at halftime.

Sara Ehrhardt led Geibel (0-2) with eight points.

Waynesburg 68, Jefferson-Morgan 32: Claire Paige Miller and Nina Sarra each scored 15 points, leading Waynesburg to a 68-32 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in the consolation game of the California tournament.

Miller and Sarra paced a Waynesburg attack that pit four players in double figures. Jules Fowler and Emma Mankey each contributed 11 points as the Raiders scored 42 first-half points and led 23-4 after one quarter.

Autumn Gustovich was Jefferson-Morgan’s leading scorer with 14 points.

Penn-Trafford 71, Belle Vernon 59: Bella Long scored a game-high 26 points and Penn-Trafford, bolstered by a 30-point second quarter, defeated Belle Vernon 71-59 in the McKeesport tournament.

Penn-Trafford (1-1) led 13-12 after one quarter but broke the game open by outscoring Belle Vernon 30-13 over the next eight minutes.

Belle Vernon (0-2) had four players in double figures, led by Lindsay Steeber with 20 points. Grace Henderson followed with 13 points, Rachel Wobrak had 12 and Taylor Rodriguez 10.

McGuffey 41, Mapletown 30: McGuffey held Mapletown to one point in the first quarter and the Highlanders went on to a 41-30 victory over Mapletown in the consolation game of the Avella tournament.

Abby Donnelly led the Highlanders’ offense with 15 points and Kiera Nicolella followed with 11 points.

Taylor Dusenberry scored 10 points for Mapletown, which outscored McGuffey in the second half but couldn’t dig out of a 13-point hole at halftime.

Brownsville 73, Bentworth 19: Brownsville, led by Aniya Tarpley’s 16 points, rolled to the championship of its own tournament by defeating Bentworth 73-19 in the title game.

Caroline Rice had 13 points for Bentworth.

Beth-Center 49, Freedom 46: Elizabeth Trump made a three-pointer with 8.7 seconds remaining in overtime as Beth-Center completed a comeback to down Freedom, 49-46, in the consolation game of the Freedom tournament.

Beth-Center (1-1) trailed 36-29 entering the fourth quarter but was sparked by Oliva Greco. The junior guard scored 10 of her game-high 17 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, including a pair of game-tying shots in the fourth.

Greco was named to the all-tournament team.

Freedom falls to 0-2.

Carlynton 50, Fort Cherry 26: Carlynton jumped out to an early lead in the first half and cruised to a 50-26 victory over Fort Cherry.

In their home tournament, the Cougars limited Fort Cherry (1-1) to eight first-half points, three in the first quarter and five in the second, to lead 23-8 at halftime.

Jada Lee paced Carlynton with 12 points.

McKenzie Faure’s seven points was a team-high for Fort Cherry.

Beaver 65, Monessen 21: Emma Pavclek outscored the entire Monessen team as Beaver trounced the Greyhounds, 65-21, in the Charleroi tournament.

Pavclek scored 31 points.

Beaver (2-0) led 30-13 at halftime then continued to create separation from the Greyhounds in the second half by outscoring them 27-4.

Jahnell Jackson led Monessen (0-2) with eight points.

Southmoreland 60, West Greene 47: Unlike West Greene’s first game when it opened the third quarter on a huge scoring run, the opening minutes of the second half plagued the Pioneers in the Southmoreland tournament.

The Scotties extended their nine-point halftime lead in the third quarter to defeat West Greene, 60-47.

Four players for Southmoreland (2-0) scored in double figures, including a 17-point night for Maggie Moore and 11 points from Grace Stadaro.

After being outscored in the third quarter 15-6, West Greene (1-1) tried to make a late comeback in the fourth quarter but fell to the Scotties, who are in Class 4A.

McKenna Lampe scored a team-high 16 points. Kaitlyn Rizor also reached double-digits with 12 points for the Pioneers.

Burgettstown 33, Avella 27: The second quarter proved to be the difference as Burgettstown defeated Avella, 33-27, in the championship game of the Avella tournament.

The Blue Devils, who improve to 2-0, outscored Avella 8-2 in the second quarter.

Burgettstown’s Emily Parsko and Avery Havelka tied for a game-high with 10 points.

Colleen Kinney also scored 10 points for Avella (1-1).

Charleroi 39, Carmichaels 29: Bella Skobel scored 19 points to power Charleroi to a 39-29 win over Carmichaels in the Charleroi Tipoff Tournament.

Charleroi (2-0) outscored Carmichaels (0-2), 24-21, in the second half.

Gina Ranieri had 12 points for the Mikes.