March 10, 2019

Moon, Smith lead Eagles past Comets in PIAA opener

By Jeremy Sellew

Serra Catholic’s Jimmy Moon is heavily guarded by Penns Manor’s Brandon Baird (left) and Garrett Grimaldi during Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A first round playoff game at Peters Township. Moon led the Eagles with 33 points and 12 rebounds.
Mike Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent

By JEREMY SELLEW
jsellew@yourmvi.com
The Serra Catholic boys basketball team had a little trouble getting to their PIAA first-round contest against Penns Manor Saturday.
Unfortunately for the Comets, the No. 4 seed out of District 5, even a broken down bus didn’t stop the Eagles from arriving at Peters Township.
Jimmy Moon scored a game-high 33 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and finished with eight blocks as the Eagles were the team that played out of this world, hammering the Comets, 79-44, to advance to the second round.

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