Pittsburgh End Of Week Wrap Up

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With the first full week of basketball in the books, we take a look back at some of the key players, performances and results over the last few days.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The overwhelming top performance of the week comes from defending <em>City League Champions Allderdice. </em>The Dragons have exploded out the gate with victories over <em>North Allegheny, Gateway</em> and a statement Friday win over <em>Imani. </em>In that game, a very balanced 'Dice attack saw <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1436504' first='Ethan' last='Anish']</strong>, <strong>Jack Segall</strong>,<strong> [player_tooltip player_id='1518798' first='Logan' last='Golle']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1187923' first='Major' last='Rainey']</strong> have big offensive performances and <strong>Anwtone Thurman-Ward</strong> and QB1, <strong>Azerick Jetter</strong>, have big moments in overtime. Imani was led in the 92-89 loss by super Sophomore <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1188606' first='Alier' last='Maluk']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1188604' first='Dame' last='Givner']</strong>, a transfer from <em>Obama.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Pittsburgh Central Catholic,</em> the favorites in 6A, stumbled out the gate in a tight home loss to<em> Gateway.</em> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2450750' first='Jayden' last='Carr']</strong> had 21 for the Gators while <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='991365' first='Dante' last='DePante']</strong> led all scorers with 23. The Vikings bounced back with a 66-60 win over <em>Penn Hills</em>, who features Quinnipiac commit <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='991332' first='Daemar' last='Kelly']</strong>, on Saturday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1173989' first='Royce' last='Parham']</strong> showed why he's one of the elite recruits in the nation, dropping 29 and powering <em>North Hills</em> to a Friday win over <em>North Allegheny.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>McKeesport</em> may have taken a tough loss to <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='991329' first='Rodney' last='Gallagher']</strong>, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='991354' first='Keondre' last='DeShields']</strong> and <em>Laurel Highlands</em> but 6'5" forward <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='991340' first='Travarese' last='Rowe']</strong> had a big night for the Tigers. The versatile forward was over 20 in the loss. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On Thursday, <strong>Nick Sukernek</strong> had 20+ but <em>Montour</em> upset <em>Upper Saint Clair</em> in a non divisional game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Finally,<em> Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart </em>extended its state record win streak to 72. 6'4" senior forward <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1186068' first='Bryson' last='Kirschner']</strong> led the way, with <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1186067' first='Rocco' last='Spadafora']</strong> also contributing in their victory over winless Beaver Falls. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sunday is a bit of a rest day around the region, but this week has a number of games of interest and Prep Hoops will preview them as we get closer to Monday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->