Pittsburgh Games To Watch This Week

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As fall sports came to a close this weekend, teams will start to get all of their pieces together for the long haul in basketball. We now feature a few games to follow in the first half of the week. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tuesday</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Bishop Canevin v Belle Vernon:</em> The defending state champions in Class A hoops meet the newly minted football state champions on the hardwood. There are a number of <em>BVA</em> players who play both sports and it's unknown just how "ready" they'll be. BVA comes in at 1-2, beating a Steel Valley team in a similar situation--They were without key pieces <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1395834' first='Makhai' last='Valentine']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1395937' first='Cruce' last='Brookins']</strong>, among the rest of the varsity players. <em>Bishop Canevin</em> will be led by seniors [player_tooltip player_id='1186057' first='Shea' last='Champine'], who steps in to lead the backcourt, along with Adante Berrien. They'll be asked to become major contributors after graduation losses and the transfers out of [player_tooltip player_id='1621402' first='RJ' last='SLEDGE'] and Amari Evans. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Baldwin vs Bethel Park: Baldwin</em> is led by senior guard<strong> [player_tooltip player_id='1186051' first='James' last='Wesling']</strong>, one of the best scorers in the South Hills whom we have featured here previously. <em>BP </em>is now coached by Pittsburgh basketball legend Dante Calabria and haven't missed a beat in replacing graduation losses. They sit 3-0 with back-to-back-to-back lopsided wins. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>St Joseph's of Natrona Heights vs Burrell:</em> St. Joe's is led by a solid facilitator in 6'0" senior guard <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1284793' first='Jimmy' last='Giannetta']</strong>, who has several scholarship offers. Burrell is breaking in a young team after making a spirited run in districts last year but there are several underclassmen to follow. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>North Hills vs Butler</em>: <em>Butler</em> enters the contest coming off a tight win over a pesky <em>Eden Christian</em> side that played without their top player in senior <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='991350' first='Damon' last='Astorino']</strong>. Butler will be led by senior guard <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='991371' first='Madden' last='Clement']</strong>, who scored 33 vs Eden. <em>North Hills</em> had to replace four college level players in its senior class but have seemingly done so--and they've still got the top junior in the region in 6'7" forward <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1173989' first='Royce' last='Parham']</strong>. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Latrobe vs Morgantown(WV):</em> This will be a major test for <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1186412' first='Landon' last='Butler']</strong> and his teammates as the Mohigans come to town. <em>Morgantown</em> features 6'5" guard <strong>Brody Davis</strong>, who has several D2 offers; West Liberty commit <strong>Garrison Kisner</strong> and 6'0" guard <strong>Sharron Young</strong>, their top player, who currently holds 5 D1 offers. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Chartiers Valley vs Seton LaSalle:</em> The Rebels looked very impressive vs Serra last Thursday and face another tough non-divisional contest as they take a short trip down traffic filled Greentree Road to tangle with sophomore prospect <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1188607' first='Jayden' last='Davis']</strong> and Char Val. The task of slowing him down will be a team effort but expect Davis and Seton senior <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1116023' first='Connor' last='Spratt'] </strong>to be at each other all night. Seton's frontcourt will be big enough and talented enough to handle what Char Valley can throw at them with 6'5" junior <strong>Hayden Merchant</strong> and 6'4"-200lb bruiser <strong>Nick Sikorski</strong> both being players for colleges to watch. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Wednesday</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Beaver Area at South Fayette:</em> This one has the potential to be an interesting matchup in the South Hills. <em>Beaver</em> will be led by guard <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1185952' first='Sawyer' last='Butler']</strong> and 6'3" <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1395899' first='Aiden' last='Townsend']</strong>. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Penn Hills vs Steel Valley:</em> Another one that could be really interesting on Wednesday--If <em>Steel Valley </em>can round their top players into shape the battle between <em>Penn Hills</em> 6'4" guard <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='991332' first='Daemar' last='Kelly']</strong>, a Quinnipiac commit and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1395834' first='Makhai' last='Valentine']</strong> could be a good one.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->