High school basketball: SF girls get rematch; Burgettstown’s Schrockman nets 1,000th
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Haylie Lamonde scored a season-high 24 points, sparking defending WPIAL champion South Fayette to a 55-46 victory over Mars in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs Tuesday night5 on the Lions’ home court.
The win sets up a rematch for South Fayette (15-8) against section rival Trinity in the quarterfinals Friday night. Trinity won both regular-season games against South Fayette.
The Lions were in control throughout against Mars (11-11), holding the Planets to only 11 points in the first half.
Juliette Leroux scored 14 points for South Fayette, which led 24-11 at halftime.
Alexis Cashdollar scored 14 points for Mars.
Boys results
Bishop Canevin 62, Burgettstown 41
Drew Allen led three Bishop Canevin players in double figures with 18 points and the Crusaders used a big second quarter to defeat visiting Burgettstown 62-41 in a Class 2A first-round game.
Bishop Canevin led 15-9 after one quarter, then erupted in the second period, outscoring Burgettstown 22-8, to take a commanding 37-17 halftime lead.
Bishop Canevin held a 25-24 scoring edge in the second half.
Burgettstown (16-7) was led in scoring by Zack Schrockman, who tossed in a game-high 21 points, including his 1,000th career point. Schrockman needed six points to reach the mark and ends his career with 1,015 points.
James Leuice scored 13 points for the Blue Devils.
Mike Vaughn and Jason Cross, a West Virginia football recruit, each had 12 points for Bishop Canevin (13-10).
In other games
Serra Catholic defeated visiting Chartiers-Houston 58-47 in a Class 2A boys first-round game. Knoch was a 45-28 winner over Belle Vernon in a Class 4A girls first-round contest.