Basketball

PIAA basketball, wrestling pairings released; Trojans get home game

The PIAA released pairings for its basketball and wrestling championships on Sunday afternoon, and they include four home basketball games for area teams.

Six area basketball teams are in the tournaments, as well as six wrestlers. The wrestling is being held at Giant Center from Thursday through Saturday.

Here are the pairings, with district and finish listed in parenthesis to the left and records to the right:

BOYS BASKETBALL
Class 6A
(11-4) Whitehall (19-8) at (3-4) Chambersburg (19-5) on Saturday March 8, 5 p.m.
Class 2A
(7-5) Greensburg Central Catholic (23-2) at (5-1) McConnellsburg (23-1) on Saturday, March 8, 1 p.m.
Class 1A
(4-2) Lourdes Regional (8-17) vs. (3-2) Shalom Christian (12-6) at CASHS Field House, Chambersburg, on Friday, March 7, 7 p.m.
(9-3) Cameron County (22-4) at (5-2) Forbes Road (18-5) on Friday, March 7, 7 p.m.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL
Class 2A
(3-2) Shalom Christian (16-4) vs. (12-1) SLA Beeber (12-2) at West Philadelphia H.S. on Friday, March 7, 6 p.m.
Class 1A
(5-2) Fannett-Metal (10-12) vs. (7-3) Aquinas Academy (16-8) at Peters Township H.S., Murraysville, on Saturday, March 8, 2:30 p.m.

BOYS WRESTLING
Class 3A
Preliminary Round
127 — (SC-4) Zach Sherman (Chambersburg), 34-10, vs. (SE-5) Steven Wiechecki (Conestoga), 34-6
139 — (SC-5) Ashton Romberger (Chambersburg), 33-10, vs. (NE-4) Brady Colville (Delaware Valley), 39-9
285 — (SC-4) Frank Barrientos (Chambersburg), 38-9, vs. (NE-5) Kyle Draina (Crestwood), 43-5
First Round
215 — (SC-2) Anthony Ausherman (Waynesboro), 28-10, vs. (NE-3) John Boggs (St. Joseph’s Prep), 35-5
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GIRLS WRESTLING
106 — (SC-4) Jessica Li (Chambersburg), 23-5, vs. (West-1) Finley Fourspring (Corry), 28-1
112 — (SC-1) Olivia Kearns (Shippensburg), 32-1, vs. (West-4) Tamara Humphries (Brashear), 16-5