District 9 Basketball
Boys:
FRIDAY
Christian Life Academy, Cranberry 99, DuBois Christian Schools 59
Elk County Catholic 51, Otto-Eldred 24 – The Crusaders’ win was the 1,000th victory for Aaron Straub as head coach of the boys team.
SATURDAY
DuBois 73, Cranberry 60 – History was made as Maddox Bennett became the Beavers’ all-time leading scorer. Bennett netted 33 points in the game, and surpassed Joel Volansky’s career total of 1,152.
Northern Potter 69, DuBois Central Catholic 43
Girls:
FRIDAY
Christian Life Academy, Cranberry 34, DuBois Christian Schools 33
Brookville 52, North Clarion 35
SATURDAY
Punxsutawney 56, Bradford 19
College Basketball:
Friday:
Shepherd 80, Clarion 77
West Chester 88, IUP 83
Saturday:
#20 Illinois 73, Penn State 65
Clemson 73, Pitt 68
Shippensburg 90, Clarion 86
IUP 80, Millersville 77
Pittsburgh Penguins:
The Pittsburgh Penguins won a pair of weekend games to improve their winning streak to five games. Saturday, the Pens beat the Detroit Red Wings, 4-1. Yesterday, the Penguins came from three goals down to nip the Columbus Blue Jackets in overtime, 5-4.
Next for the Pens is a home game against New Jersey on Thursday. The puck drop is scheduled for 7pm. The Pens pregame show begins at 6 Thursday evening here on Connect FM.
Pittsburgh Steelers:
The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading into the playoffs as champions of the AFC North Division. The Steelers took down the Baltimore Ravens at Acrisure Stadium last night, 26-24. The win propels Pittsburgh into a Wild Card playoff game at home against the Houston Texans next Monday night at 8pm.
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