PIAA basketball roundup for March 17: CW North Catholic girls advance to semifinals
By: HSSN Staff
Saturday, March 17, 2018 | 8:18 PM
string(154) "Desc: North Catholic's Kari Karanikos scores past Villa Maria's Ava Waid during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills."
string(41) "Capt: Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review"
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Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
North Catholic's Kari Karanikos scores past Villa Maria's Ava Waid during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills.
string(159) "Desc: North Catholic's Dani Short works against Villa Maria's Cassidy Creager during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills."
string(41) "Capt: Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review"
string(27) "Title: GTR-NCVilla02-031818"
string(6) "Cred: "
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
North Catholic's Dani Short works against Villa Maria's Cassidy Creager during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills.
string(175) "Desc: North Catholic's Kylee Lewandowski shoots a three-pointer over Villa Maria's Addy Cross during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills."
string(41) "Capt: Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review"
string(27) "Title: GTR-NCVilla03-031818"
string(6) "Cred: "
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
North Catholic's Kylee Lewandowski shoots a three-pointer over Villa Maria's Addy Cross during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills.
string(154) "Desc: North Catholic's Tess Myers works against Villa Maria's Molly Mraz during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills."
string(41) "Capt: Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review"
string(27) "Title: GTR-NCVilla04-031818"
string(6) "Cred: "
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
North Catholic's Tess Myers works against Villa Maria's Molly Mraz during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills.
string(154) "Desc: North Catholic's Kari Karanikos scores past Villa Maria's Ava Waid during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills."
string(41) "Capt: Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review"
string(27) "Title: GTR-NCVilla01-031818"
string(6) "Cred: "
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
North Catholic's Kari Karanikos scores past Villa Maria's Ava Waid during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills.
string(159) "Desc: North Catholic's Dani Short works against Villa Maria's Cassidy Creager during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills."
string(41) "Capt: Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review"
string(27) "Title: GTR-NCVilla02-031818"
string(6) "Cred: "
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
North Catholic's Dani Short works against Villa Maria's Cassidy Creager during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills.
string(175) "Desc: North Catholic's Kylee Lewandowski shoots a three-pointer over Villa Maria's Addy Cross during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills."
string(41) "Capt: Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review"
string(27) "Title: GTR-NCVilla03-031818"
string(6) "Cred: "
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
North Catholic's Kylee Lewandowski shoots a three-pointer over Villa Maria's Addy Cross during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills.
string(154) "Desc: North Catholic's Tess Myers works against Villa Maria's Molly Mraz during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills."
string(41) "Capt: Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review"
string(27) "Title: GTR-NCVilla04-031818"
string(6) "Cred: "
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
North Catholic's Tess Myers works against Villa Maria's Molly Mraz during their PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal Saturday, March 17, 2018, at North Hills.
Dani Short and Kylee Lewandowski each had 10 points as WPIAL champion Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic earned a spot in the PIAA girls basketball semifinals.
The Trojans used an 11-4 run to start the second half to secure a 40-30 victory over District 10 champion Villa Maria in a Class 4A quarterfinal at North Hills.
Tess Myers added eight points for the Trojanettes (25-3), who will face District 3 runner-up Berks Catholic (24-5) in the semifinals Tuesdy at a time and site to be determined.
Archbishop Carroll 51, Oakland Catholic 32 — Sierra DiAngelo had 12 points for Oakland Catholic, but the Eagles (19-9) fell short against District 12 third-place team Archbishop Carroll (21-7) in a PIAA Class 5A quarterfinal game at Chambersburg.
Boys basketball
OLSH 69, West Middlesex 60 — Austin Wigley had 18 points and Dante Spadafora scored 17 as WPIAL runner-up OLSH (25-3) defeated District 10 champion West Middlesex (21-7) a PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal at Armstrong.
Daren DiMichele added 15 points for the Chargers, who will get a rematch with section rival Sewickley Academy in the semifinals Tuesday at a time and site to be determined.
The teams split their section matches this season, and Sewickley Academy defeated OLSH in the WPIAL title game.