District 9 Basketball
Boys:
FRIDAY
DuBois 49, St. Marys 27 – Maddox Bennett was the top scorer for DuBois with 17 points
DuBois Christian 59, Clearfield Alliance 19
Brockway 50, Bradford 48 – Overtime – The Rovers’ Caleb Daugherty scored a game-high 21 points
Elk County Catholic 34, Punxsutawney 23
Clearfield 82, Tyrone 65 – Leading the Bison offense was Braison Patrick with 25 points and Evett Maines with 23 points
Glendale 48, Curwensville 37
Kane 45, Ridgway 23
SATURDAY
Elk County Catholic 52, Clarion 23 – Chase Simbeck led the Crusaders with 19 points
Girls:
FRIDAY
DuBois Christian 38, Clearfield Alliance 12 – The Shenkle sisters, Ella and Anna, each scored 16 points for the Lady Eagles
SATURDAY
Punxsutawney 50, Brookville 39 – Natalie Burkett netted 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Lady Chucks
Elk County Catholic 38, Cranberry 32
College Basketball:
SATURDAY
Penn State-Greater Allegheny 86, Penn State-DuBois 63
North Carolina State 81, Pitt 72
IUP 73, Clarion 68
Pittsburgh Penguins:
The Pittsburgh Penguins made it a four-game sweep on their trip out west with a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.
The Pens are off until Thursday when they are scheduled to host Chicago. The Penguins pregame show starts at 6 with the opening faceoff at 7pm on Connect FM.
Pittsburgh Steelers:
Over the weekend, the Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly came to a verbal agreement to hire Mike McCarthy as the team’s next head coach. McCarthy has been a head coach in the NFL for 18 seasons –13 of them with the Green Bay Packers, and five with the Dallas Cowboys. McCarthy is a Pittsburgh native, and he has compiled an overall NFL head-coaching record of 174-112-2. He also led the Packers to a Super Bowl championship over the Steelers in 2011.
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