Local Sports Update – Tuesday, 1/13

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District 9 Basketball

Boys:

MONDAY

DuBois 61, Central Mountain 51 – Maddox Bennett powered the Beavers’ offense with 30 points

Brookville 44, St. Marys 38

United 51, Punxsutawney 42

Clearfield 56, Central-Martinsburg 44 – Braison Patrick topped the Bison scoring list with 20 points

Cameron County 55, Ridgway 28

Girls:

MONDAY

DuBois Central Catholic 48, Bradford 35 – Jillian Morgan scored 15 points to lead the Lady Cardinals

Ridgway 58, Brockway 50

Punxsutawney 36, United 27

Clearfield 68, Central-Martinsburg 65 – Evie Helsel netted 29 points, and Sonny Diehl scored 26 points and pulled down 17 rebounds for Clearfield

Williamsburg 66, Curwensville 16

College Basketball:

TODAY

Penn State-Beaver at Penn State-DuBois

WEDNESDAY

UCLA at Penn State

Pitt at Georgia Tech

California, PA at Clarion

IUP at Slippery Rock

Pittsburgh Penguins:

The Pittsburgh Penguins lost two close games over the weekend, to Calgary and Boston. Tonight, the Pens will do battle with the Tampa Bay Lightning at PPG Paints Arena. The opening face off is scheduled for 7pm. The Pens pregame show starts at 6 this evening on Connect FM.

Pittsburgh Steelers:

Last night, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season came to an end with 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs. The Steelers, champs of the AFC North, could only muster 175 yards of total offense against the Texans’ staunch defense. Pittsburgh ends the season with a record of 10-and-8. Houston, now 13-and-5, advances to play New England in the next round of the AFC playoffs.

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