Local Sports Update – Wednesday, 2/25

District 9 Basketball Tournaments:

Class 3A Girls Semifinals – Tuesday

Cranberry 41, Brookville 27

Class 4A Girls Championship – Tuesday

Clearfield 56, St. Marys 43 – Clearfield will face Carrick of District 8 in a subregional playoff game on Friday

Tonight, the girls’ Class 1-A and 2-A semifinals games will be played … In Class 1A, top-seeded DuBois Central Catholic will take on Clarion-Limestone, and second-seeded Otto-Eldred will go up against Elk County Catholic. … In Class 2-A, Brockway will take on top-seeded Keystone, and Kane will battle Port Allegany.

Class 1A Boys Semifinals – Tuesday

Johnsonburg 48, North Clarion 32
Elk County Catholic 50, Cameron County 49 – Chase Simbeck netted 22 points for ECC

Class 2A Boys Semifinals – Tuesday

Redbank Valley 49, Moniteau 32
Clarion 52, Port Allegany 46

Class 3A Boys Championship – Tuesday

Cranberry 57 Brookville 55, overtime

Class 4A Boys Championship – Tuesday

Clearfield 37, St. Marys 19 – the 11^th D9 title for the Bison in the past 12 years

District 6-9-10 Class 5A Subregional Semifinal – Tuesday

Meadville 58, DuBois 56, overtime – Maddox Bennett scored a team-high 26 points for the Beavers

College Basketball:

TONIGHT

Pitt at Stanford

Gannon at Clarion

IUP at California of PA

SATURDAY

Iowa at Penn State

Pitt at Cal

Clarion at Pitt-Johnstown

Gannon at IUP

Pittsburgh Pirates:

Pittsburgh Pirate, and Major League Baseball’s top prospect, Konnor Griffin, powered the Bucs to a 16-7 win over Boston Tuesday. The Spring Training game featured two Griffin home runs and four RBI. This afternoon, the Bucs will battle the Atlanta Braves in Venice, Florida.

Pittsburgh Penguins:

Coming up tomorrow night, the Pittsburgh Penguins return to the ice and resume regular season action following a three-week break for the Winter Olympics. The Pens host the New Jersey Devils Thursday evening with the pregame show starting at 6pm. The opening puck drop is set for 7pm. Tune in for Penguins hockey action on Connect FM.