Warriors fade after fast start, fall to Blackhawk
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Elizabeth Forward无毛视频檚 Zach Boyd darts between Blackhawk defenders Mikey Hixenbaugh (11) and Ryan Jones (13) during Wednesday night无毛视频檚 WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game at West Allegheny High School.
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Elizabeth Forward无毛视频檚 Nico Mrvos (2) puts up a shot in the lane as Blackhawk无毛视频檚 Aiden Wolfgong defends during Wednesday night无毛视频檚 WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game at West Allegheny High School.
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Elizabeth Forward无毛视频檚 Patrick Filson (15) drives past Blackhawk无毛视频檚 Ryan McClymonds (12) during Wednesday night无毛视频檚 WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game at West Allegheny High School.
Elizabeth Forward's Patrick Filson (11) takes a jump shot as Blackhawk's Ryan McClymonds (12) defends聽during Wednesday night's WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game at West Allegheny High School.
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Elizabeth Forward无毛视频檚 Chase Vaughn scores despite the defense of Blackhawk无毛视频檚 Ryan Heckathorn during Wednesday night无毛视频檚 WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game at West Allegheny High School. Vaughn scored a team-high 16 points in the Warriors无毛视频� 72-49 loss.
Elizabeth Forward's Chase Vaughn scores against Blackhawk聽during Wednesday night's WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game at West Allegheny High School.
Elizabeth Forward's Evan Lewis (23) defends Blackhawk's Ryan Heckathorn (22)聽during Wednesday night's WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game at West Allegheny High School.
Elizabeth Forward's Chase Whatton (32) defends Blackhawk's Ryan Heckathorn聽during Wednesday night's WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game at West Allegheny High School.
Elizabeth Forward's Raf Delao (35) puts up a shot against Blackhawk聽during Wednesday night's WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game at West Allegheny High School.
Elizabeth Forward coach Matt Loftis signals to his players during Wednesday night's WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game against Blackhawk at West Allegheny High School.
IMPERIAL 无毛视频� Elizabeth Forward landed the first punch but Blackhawk quickly recovered and roared back for a 72-49 victory in WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball playoff action Wednesday night.
The fifth-seeded Cougars (12-10) connected on 11 3-pointers, including seven by Tyler Fedisin, who finished with a game-high 23 points, in rallying from an early nine-point deficit at West Allegheny High School. Ryan Heckathon followed with 21 points, Marco Borello hit a pair of 3-pointers is tallying 10 points and James Darno also had 10 points.
Blackhawk will play fourth-seeded Uniontown in a quarterfinal game at noon on Saturday at Canon-McMillan High School.
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The 12th-seeded Warriors jumped out to a 15-6 lead in the first quarter, forcing Blackhawk coach Brooks Roorback to use a pair of early timeouts. The opening onslaught included two 3-pointers by Chase Vaughn, a trey and a basket by Zach Boyd and buckets by Patrick Filson and Evan Lewis.
Borello closed the quarter with a 3-pointer to make it 15-9 and the Cougars opened the second with a 13-1 burst that included treys by Borello, Fedisin and Ryan McClymonds to take control. Blackhawk kept the pressure on and outscored EF 25-5 in the frame for a 34-20 halftime lead.
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Blackhawk started the second half on an 11-3 run to take a 22-point lead and never looked back.
Vaughn led the Warriors (8-14) with four 3-pointers and 16 points, and Boyd added a trio of treys in scoring 12 points. Filson had one 3-pointer and nine points.
It was the final game for Elizabeth Forward seniors Filson, Vaughn and Raf Delao.
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