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Seneca Valley Basketball

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Final Four: Seneca Valley Boys Basketball Team Heads to Semi Finals

The Raiders will take on no. 1 New Castle after a commanding win over Upper St. Clair in the quarterfinals.

Just in time for March Madness, the Seneca Valley boys basketball team is heading to the final four. The Raiders defeated the no.4 seeded Upper St. Clair Panthers by a score of 44-34 in the WPIAL Class AAAA quarterfinal game played Saturday at North Allegheny.   Upper St. Clair was scoreless until the 4:44 mark of the second quarter, according to the Post-Gazette. In fact, only six points were scored in the first quarter—all by Seneca Valley. By that time, students in the Raiders section already were chanting, "It's a shutout," the P-G reports. Seneca Valley’s high scorers for Saturday’s game were R.J. McCauley with 13 points and Easton Bazzoli with 10 points. Up next, the no. 12 seeded Raiders will take on no. 1 New Castle in the …

Friday, February 3, 2012

Raiders Basketball Team Loses OT Battle to Shaler

Seneca Valley falls to the no.1-ranked Shaler Titans in a fierce throw down Tuesday.

While the outcome was the same, Seneca Valley's boys varsity basketball team put up fight in their second loss of the season to the no. 1-ranked Shaler Titans on Tuesday. The Titans defeated the Raiders 62-60 in overtime in a game played out on Seneca Valley's home turf. The Titans also had a decisive 72-48 win over the Raiders in January. Victory wasn't so easy this time around. Good defense and good passing by Seneca Valley coupled with solid shooting from the Raiders' offensive players led to a 15-15 tie at the end of the first quarter. With Titans standout Geno Thorpe getting into some foul trouble early on in the game, the Raiders were down by two at the end of the first half.   The Titans ramped up their offense in the third quarter …

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