Feb 8, 2018 6 min read

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Senior forward Alexa Williamson entered Chartiers-Houston’s Section 1-AA finale Thursday night 36 points shy of 2,000 for her stellar career.

Williamson, a Temple recruit, reached another milestone when she scored 36 points as Chartiers-Houston secured a share of the section championship by overwhelming Fort Cherry 55-15. The defending WPIAL champion Bucs (12-1, 15-5) share the section title with Our Lady of Scared Heart, which won against Shenango.

In joining the WPIAL’s 2,000-point club, Williamson heled C-H take charge from the start against Fort Cherry in the second quarter. The Bucs led by only 9-2 after eight minutes, then outscored the playoff-bound Rangers (7-7, 12-9) by a 21-4 margin in the second quarter.

Keaira Walker and Jules Vulcano each had seven points for C-H. Abby Cooper was the top scorer for Fort Cherry with five points.

North Allegheny 67, Peters Township 54: There are some nights where the opponent can’t miss.

Unfortunately for the Peters Township girls team, Thursday was one of those nights for North Allegheny.

The Tigers made 12 three-pointers – eight in the first half – to give them enough of a cushion to down Peters Township 67-54 in a non-section matchup of the top two teams in Class 6A.

The eight triples in the opening half put the Indians down 37-24 at halftime.

Peters Township (18-3) wouldn’t go away.

Makenna Marisa led a third-quarter comeback attempt while reaching the 1,000-point milestone halfway through the quarter as PT narrowed its deficit to seven points, 50-43. Marisa entered the game needing 16 points to reach the milestone. She scored a game-high 20 points.

The Indians trimmed the North Allegheny (21-0) lead to one point, 54-53, with 2:32 remaining before fouls and easy baskets led to a 13-1 run to end the game for the Tigers.

PT’s Lillian Young and Olivia Ziegler also reached double digits with 14 and 10 points, respectively.

North Allegheny was led by Madelyn Fischer’s 18 points. Rachel Martindale also chipped in 15 points for the Tigers.

Washington 61, Burgettstown 37: Junior guard Carley Allen matched her career-high with 31 points and playoff-bound Washington defeated visiting Burgettstown 61-37 in a Section 1-AA game.

Allen, who scored 17 first-half points to help Washington (10-4, 13-6) build a 30-19 lead at the break, also had eight rebounds. Allen scored 31 points in a game this season against Aliquippa.

Randi Thomas also scored in double figures for the Prexies. She finished with 10 points. Tami Russell led Wash High in rebounding with 11.

Malia Castellino was Burgettstown’s leading scorer with 11 points. The Blue Devils finish the season 5-9 in section and 9-13 overall.

Charleroi 70, McGuffey 29: Maria Claybaugh and Sierra Short each scored 18 points and Charleroi rolled to a 70-29 victory over host McGuffey in Section 2-AAA.

Charleroi (10-2, 17-3) had it offense in high gear, scoring 32 first-half points and opening the second half with a 30-point third quarter. Kaitlyn Rilery scored 15 points for the Cougars and Aislyn Lee gave Charleroi four double-figure scorers as she finished with 10 points. Lee also had 11 assists and Short led the boards with nine rebounds.

Sophomore Rachel Shingle and freshman Keira Nicolella each scored seven points for McGuffey (1-11, 4-17).

Cornell 63, Jefferson-Morgan 29: Patience Gibson led three Cornell players in double figures with 17 points as the Raiders won a non-section game at Jefferson-Morgan 63-29.

Nysia Miles had 11 points and Jaelah Smith scored 10 for the Raiders (7-14), who forged a 41-12 halftime lead.

Krista McCartney led Jefferson-Morgan (2-19) with nine points.

Waynesburg 40, Brownsville 35: Rachel Elsenheimer led a balanced Waynesburg attack with 11 points to go with seven rebounds and five steals as the Raiders won at Brownsville 40-35 in a Section 2-AAA game.

Waynesburg (3-9, 6-15) has won two of its last three games. The Raiders led 14-10 at halftime and did just enough at the free-throw line in the second half to keep Brownsville (2-10, 5-16) playing catch-up ball. Waynesburg made 15 of 27 free throws. Brownsville was 10 of 15 at the free-throw line.

Alexis Carson led the Falcons with 11 points.

Beth-Center 65, Bentworth 27: A win from Beth-Center and loss from Frazier would have put the Bulldogs in the WPIAL playoffs.

Beth-Center took care of business defeated Bentworth 65-27 in a Section 3-AA game but didn’t receive any help from California as the Bulldogs were eliminated from playoff contention.

Olivia Greco led Beth-Center (8-6, 13-8) with 20 points, while Kinlee Whited scored 17 points. Anna Sloan had a career-high 10 points.

Frazier defeated California 66-52 to lock up the fourth and final playoff spot in the section.

Jenna Vito scored 10 points for Bentworth (0-14, 3-19), which trailed 25-8 at halftime.

Canon-McMillan 72, West Mifflin 36: Tamara Mathis scored 15 of her game-high 20 points in the first half as Canon-McMillan raced out to an early lead and defeated West Mifflin 72-36 in a non-section contest.

The Big Macs scored 19 points in the first quarter and 14 in the second to lead 33-20 at halftime.

Izzy Allen had 15 points for Canon-McMillan (10-10), while Nya Williams had a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Baili Washnock scored in double figures for the second straight game, finishing with 12 points.

West Mifflin (7-14) was paced by Shelby Genes’ 10 points.

Avella 48, Clairton 41: Free throws weren’t a strong point for Avella but the Eagles built a lead in the second and third quarters that it didn’t matter as they defeated Clairton 48-41 in a non-section game.

Bailey Lis scored a game-high 21 points for Avella (12-8), which scored 13 points in the second quarter and 19 points in the third to build a 39-24 lead over the Bears.

Clairton (7-14) pulled within 10 points in the final quarter after the Eagles couldn’t put the game away at the foul line, only shooting 9 of 27.

Cheyenne Gallaway and Iona Chapman each scored 16 points for the Bears.

Boys result

Carlynton 71, Burgettstown 68: Despite trailing the entire game, Carlynton found its shot from behind the three-point arc in the fourth quarter and defeated Burgettstown 71-68 in a non-section game.

Carlynton (7-14) made five three-pointers in the final eight minutes to take the lead and avenge a late-December loss at the Avella Christmas Tournament.

Tayzel Hutchinson led the Cougars with 21 points, while Chauncie Mickins and Ian Gallagher each finished with 12 points to win their third consecutive game.

Ryan Lounder scored a game-high 25 points for the Burgettstown (14-6), which will look for a bounce back in its final regular-season game after dropping three straight.

In other games: Serra Catholic was a 74-31 winner over Carmichaels in a Section 3-AA girls game. No game details were made available.