Everyone’s committed to it and that helped us as a group.” “After dropping that first game to TJ to win nine-straight section games… that’s big time. “There’s a lot of people who didn’t think we could do it,” Dunbar said. We just told our kids to keep their feet on the gas.”įor Dunbar and the group, the section title is the first step toward their hard work paying off in a big way this season.

“I thought they did a little bit of that at the start of the third quarter, but our guys responded to that.

“We’ve been pretty good about taking care of the ball and when we were able to go up on these guys, typically you get that punch back from your opponent,” Urmann said. Nate Miller had nine points, Cam Mills contributed eight and Mickey Vaccarello seven to lead the other seven scorers for Peters in the section title-clinching win. Brendan McCullough, a senior guard, scored 13 points. Jack Dunbar, after scoring 26 in the first meeting, poured in a game-high 22 and was effective on the glass. That game was tied 66-66 with 70 seconds left. 17 in a game that saw 10 lead changes, nine ties and thrilling action. Peters Township upended Bethel Park, 75-68, on Jan. It was a much different result than the first time around. Nine different players scored for Peters Township, which led 39-17 at the halftime break, 56-34 after three and by 27 at game’s end. “Being able to jump on them from the start a little bit obviously helps.”Īfter the first quarter ended 22-7, Bethel Park never managed to get the game back within 15 points, thanks in large part to tenacious defense and pressure from the Indians, but also ball distribution. “We got them playing our way which was big for us and the guys were ready to play tonight,” Peters coach Joe Urmann said.

The host Indians (18-3, 9-1) used a 14-0 run to take a 19-5 lead after the game was tied at 5-5 early to start to run away with the second meeting between the two schools this season.īethel Park (12-7, 7-2) will play for second place Saturday before the playoff pairings are released Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. Peters Township secured its first section championship since 2009 with a dominant 72-45 victory at the AHN Arena at Peters Township High School. 2 Peters Township both controlled their own destiny for a title in Section 1-5A going into the final Friday night of the 2022-23 boys basketball regular season.

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