Our Lady of the Sacred Heart prepped to play Jefferson of Ohio in the opening round of the Harbor Creek tournament. But even though the Falcons backed out and the Chargers were forced to play District 10 Seneca instead, the Chargers did what they always seem to do.
They won.
Jake DiMichele hit five 3-pointers as part of his game-high 34 points as Class 2A OLSH (4-0) ran its winning streak to 44 games with a 76-45 victory over Seneca. The Chargers now are eight wins away from tying the WPIAL record of 52 consecutive victories set by Uniontown (1963-65) and tied by Washington (1983-85).
Barring postponements — and if OLSH continues the streak -— it would take the floor against the Little Prexies Jan. 15 with an opportunity to extend it to 50. If the Chargers get past Washington, they would have a chance to tie the record at home Jan. 21 against Serra Catholic.
Serra Catholic ended Washington’s 52-game winning streak with a 56-51 victory in the second round of the PIAA Class 2A playoffs March 20, 1985, at Chartiers Valley.
Other top games
• Frank Dervanik scored 22 points and helped Chartiers Valley (0-6) stay with Class 6A No. 1 North Hills (5-0) for about a quarter. But Royce Parham scored a game-high 26 and led five Indians in double-figures in an 89-56 romp at the Hampton tournament.
• Franklin Regional (1-6) got a game-high 20 points from Cam Rowell, but it wasn’t enough against Class 6A No. 5 Upper St. Clair, which got 18 points from Porter Rauch and 15 from Tanner O’Grady in a 63-36 win in the Penn-Trafford tournament.
• Pine-Richland (3-3) continues to shake off its early season three-game losing streak. Andrew Alexander went for 16 points and Jameson O’Toole dropped in 13 in the Rams’ 52-44 victory over Blackhawk (4-3) in the C.J. Betters Tournament.
• Benjamin Mayhew did everything he could to keep Propel Braddock Hills (3-5) in it against Waynesburg (3-5), but his game-high 33 points weren’t enough as the Raiders used an early first-half run to take a 75-57 win in the Bentworth tournament.
• Mars (5-1) shrugged off a loss to Princeton of Ohio in the Pensacola Beach tournament, its first defeat of the season, as junior Tasso Sfanos scored 19 points to lead five Planets in double figures in a 74-43 win over McNicholas of Ohio in their second of three games in Florida.
• Vason Stephenson scored a game-high 27 points and offset a 24-point night from Class 5A No. 4 Highlands Jimmy Kunst to lead Class 3A No. 3 Montour (5-0) to a 60-51 victory over the Rams (5-1) in the Spartans tournament.
Milestone
• Laurel Highlands junior Rodney Gallagher scored 20 points and also notched the 1,000th of his career along the way to lead Class 5A No. 1 Laurel Highlands (5-0) to a 94-68 romp over City League No. 1 Allderdice (1-5) in the opening game of the Colts tournament.
Star of the night
• Eric Weeks dropped in four 3-pointers as part of his game-high 32 to lead host Hampton (4-3) to a 75-57 win over Grove City in the Talbots tournament.
First Published: December 29, 2021, 4:11 a.m.
