WPIAL basketball playoff push among Monday’s 3 things to watch in HS sports

By: HSSN Staff
Monday, February 4, 2019 | 2:15 AM

The pairings meeting for the WPIAL basketball playoffs is exactly one week away and a number of postseason spots remain up for grabs.

There are at least 15 playoff berths unclaimed in the boys brackets and 18 for the girls brackets . There’s a full slate of girls games Monday night and a number of boys games, some postponed from Friday.

Among the playoff-crucial matchups is a girls game between Burgettstown (8-10, 4-5) and host Chartiers-Houston (7-11, 5-4) in Section 3-3A. Burgettstown won their first matchup 35-33 on Jan. 10.

Those two teams along with Fort Cherry (5-5) are competing for third and fourth place in the section. The top four finishers (and unbreakable ties for fourth) advance to the WPIAL playoffs.

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Section favorites face challenge

Monday’s schedule also includes late-season tests for a couple of first-place teams.

On the girls schedule, first-place Greensburg Central Catholic (16-2, 8-0) visits second-place Clairton (16-3, 8-1) in Section 3-A. GCC won their first matchup 73-63 on Jan. 14.

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On the boys side, first-place Deer Lakes (13-4, 9-0) visits second-place Steel Valley (11-7, 7-3) in Section 3-3A.

The Lancers have a solid three-game lead in the standings, but the Ironmen came close to upsetting them in the first matchup. Deer Lakes won 59-58 at home on Jan. 8.

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PIAA team wrestling begins

The PIAA team wrestling tournament starts Monday for two WPIAL teams.

In Class AAA, third-place Canon-McMillan visits City League champion Carrick at 7 p.m. In Class AA, third-place Beth-Center travels north to face District 10 runner-up Conneaut at 7 p.m.

Chris Harlan is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Chris at charlan@tribweb.com or via Twitter @CHarlan_Trib.

Tags: Burgettstown, Chartiers-Houston