Dec 20, 2016 6 min read

Observer-Reporter Player of the Year, scored a career-high 42 points Tuesday night to propel Washington to an 85-51 victory over host Brownsville in the Section 4-AAA opener for both teams.

Popeck scored all his points in the first three quarters for the Prexies (1-0, 1-1), who led 48-30 at halftime and 71-41 after three.

Shandon Marshall scored 13 for Brownsville (0-1, 4-1).

California 60, Jefferson-Morgan 39: Kass Taylor led all scorers with 25 points, including the 1,000th of his career, as California cruised to a 60-39 victory over host Jefferson-Morgan in the Section 2-AA opener.

Taylor had a big game all-around as he also collected 12 rebounds to help California improve its overall record to 6-1 and win its second game in as many nights.

The Trojans had a big first half, forging a 20-point lead by intermission. Colin Philips chipped in 12 points off the bench for Cal.

D.L. Garrett led the way for Jefferson-Morgan (2-3) with 16.

McGuffey 59, Keystone Oaks 51: Colin Chapman scored 27 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter, to push McGuffey to a 59-51 win over Keystone Oaks in a Section 3-AAAA game.

Trent Belleville had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Highlanders (1-0, 5-0). Andrew Allender scored eight points.

Jake Mellon’s 20 points led Keystone Oaks.

Trinity 77, Albert Gallatin 69: Joey Koroly and Jaden Nelson combined for 43 points and Trinity overcome a huge game by Albert Gallatin’s Tavian Mozie to beat the Colonials 77-69 in the Class 5-A Section 1 opener at Hiller Hall.

Koroly scored a team-high 22 points and Nelson contributed 21 for Trinity (1-0, 3-2), which had to fight off a 40-point performance by Mozie, who made six three-point field goals.

Dylan Kern also scored in double figures for the Hillers with 16 points. Trinity led 26-17 after one quarter but AG (0-1, 2-4) closed to within 54-53 after three quarters. The Hillers , who converted 21 of 26 free throws, won the pivotal fourth quarter by a 23-17 margin.

Canon-McMillan 61, Kimberley Academy 38: Canon-McMillan’s Jake Davey led all scorers with 18 points as the Big Macs defeated Kimberley Academy (N.J.) 61-38 in a KSA Tournament game.

Davey made five of Canon-McMillan’s 10 three-point field goals as the Big Macs improved their record to 4-2 and won for the second consecutive day in Orlando, Fla.

Canon-McMillan also got 13 points from Britton Beachy and nine points from Kenyan Lewis. The Big Macs built a 29-11 lead by halftime.

Kimberley Academy was led by Angelo Weber’s 10 points.

Canon-McMillan will play St. Mary’s (Mass.) today at noon.

Massillon Jackson 82, Peters Township 35: Logan Hill led all scorers with 17 points Massillon (Ohio) Jackson defeated Peters Township 82-35, in a battle of previously undefeated teams at the KSA Tournaments in Orlando, Fla.

Peters Township led 15-13 after one quarter, then its offense went cold and the Indians were outscored 61-16 over the next two quarters.

Peters Township (5-1) was led by Mike Cortese’s nine points.

Elizabeth Forward 74, Waynesburg 54: Elizabeth Forward started Section 3-AAAA play with a 74-54 victory at Waynesburg.

The loss dropped Waynesburg to 0-1, 0-5. Freshman Lucas Garber scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Raiders. Darton McIntire followed with 22 points.

EF is 3-2 overall.

South Fayette 56, Belle Vernon 49: South Fayette won its Section 3-AAAA opener, pulling away down the stretch from visiting Belle Vernon 56-49. The Lions (1-0, 2-0) led by only one point after three quarters but outscored the Leopards 19-13 over the final eight minutes.

Matt Thomas led South Fayette with 17 points and was followed by Noah Plack with 14.

Derek Thomas and Bryce Washington each scored seven for Belle Vernon.

Thomas Jefferson defeated Ringgold 58-49 in Class 5-A Section 1, and South Side Beaver beat Beth-Center 60-44 and Southmoreland stopped Burgettstown 90-67 in Section 4-AAA. In Section 2-AA, Fort Cherry defeated visiting Carmichaels 63-47 and Frazier was an 81-66 winner over Bentworth.

Technical problems

Because of technical problems with the Observer-Reporter’s telephone system Tuesday night, details of some high school basketball games were not available.