WPIAL playoffs

Alyssa DeAngelo and Jenna Clark combine for 51 as Thomas Jefferson girls roll.

Turnaround goes on for Peters Township boys.

Thomas Jefferson has become extremely familiar with Gateway over the years. And they’ll be renewing their acquaintance Friday night.

Alyssa DeAngelo had a monster night with six 3-pointers as part of her game-high 26 points, while Jenna Clark had 25 points and Dalaney Ranallo had a double-double with 12 points and 11 boards to lead Thomas Jefferson (17-6) to a 79-36 victory against Plum (1112) in the first round of the Class 5A tournament at North Allegheny.

The Jaguars will get a rematch with defending champion and No. 3 Gateway (19-3) at a site and time to be determined.

Last season, Gateway sent Thomas Jefferson out of the tournament with a 57-54 victory at Baldwin, then dragged the Jaguars into the PIAA playoffs where they defeated Slippery Rock before losing to eventual state champion Mars.

Plum, which got 20 points from Kennedie Montue, has not won a postseason game since a 50-49 victory against Ambridge in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 4A tournament on Feb. 16, 2002 at Gateway.

Other Class 5A

Mars 56, Woodland Hills 50: The defending state champion Planets (18-5) trailed after three quarters before Tai Johnson got hot and went 6 for 6 from the line in the fourth quarter as part of her game-high 21 to lead the comeback against the Wolverines (12-11) at Hampton.

Franklin Regional 46, South Fayette 35: Maura Castelluci scored 12 points for the Lions (13-10), but Cali Konek and Noelle Boys each had 10 to lead the Panthers (17-6) into the quarterfinals.

Class 1A

Sewickley Academy 56, California 30: Sophomore Kamryn Lightcap scored nine of her game-high 19 points in the second quarter as Sewickley Academy defeated California, at Canon-McMillan. Freshman Desirae Nance netted 10 to lead the Panthers (12-7) into the quarterfinals for the third consecutive year.

Avella 38, Aquinas Academy 25: The Eagles (17-5), who lost in the first round of the playoffs each of the previous two seasons and had not won a postseason game since beating Clairton in a 2012 preliminary round matchup, got 14 points from Brianna Jenkins and 10 from Bess Lengauer to pull out the win at Keystone Oaks.

Quigley 47, Mapletown 33: Taylor Kirschner scored eight of her 18 points in the fourth quarter and Clara Stephenson contributed 13 points to lead the Spartans (13-10) against the Maples (12-11).

Vincentian 56, Leechburg 24: At one point the Royals (11-11) appeared as if they might miss the playoffs entirely, but have since rallied to win seven of their past nine including this one at Hampton as Hannah Katz scored 18 to lead four players in double figures. Vincentian won a playoff game for the 14th consecutive season. Kat Yurjevich scored 11 for Leechburg (7-13).

City League

Obama Academy 59, Westinghouse 56 (OT): Machia Hairston scored 12 and Kennedy Jetter 10 as the Bulldogs (157) earned a spot in the final for the sixth year in a row.

Allderdice 65, Brashear 25: Emma Waite dropped in six 3-pointers and scored 22 points as five Allderdice players reached double digits as the Dragons (16-7) romped against the Bulls (5-16).