Fox Chapel Sophomore Wins WPIAL 3-A Boys Diving
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Saturday, February 25, 2017 | 7:49 PM
Fox Chapel sophomore Jonah Cagley earned a silver medal as a freshman last year and with two-time champion Joey Ference graduated, Cagley was considered one of the favorites for this year’s Boys (3A) competition at North Allegheny High School.
Cagley did not disappoint, finishing with a score of 525.20 to capture the gold medal. Cagley was the only diver to post a score over 500 points. Cagley came into the final round with a score of 381.75 and he finished strong with scores of 51.0, 38.5 and 54.6 to finish in first place.
Junior teammates Owen Johns and Lucas Bumgarner from Mt. Lebanon, along with junior Austin Shaw from Pine-Richland and sophomore Mason Fishell from Franklin Regional were locked into a battle for sports two through five in the finals. Johns, who was the next to last diver, scored a 56.1 on his final dive to take home the silver medal with a final score of 494.90. Shaw captured the bronze with a score of 467.40. Bumgarner finished fourth with a score of 457.90 while Fishell ended up in fifth place with a score of 413.85.
The Top Five finishers will head to Bucknell University on March 18th to represent the WPIAL/District 7 at the Kinney Natatorium. Here is the final order of finish:
(The Top 5 divers have qualified for the PIAA Diving Championships at Bucknell University. The top 16 finishers competed in the final round at North Allegheny and the top 20 were in the semifinal round. The final 14 divers did not advance from the preliminary round.)
1 Jonah Cagley Sophomore Fox Chapel 525.20
2 Owen Johns Sophomore Mt. Lebanon 494.90
3 Austin Shaw Junior Pine-Richland 467.40
4 Lucas Bumgarner Junior Mt. Lebanon 457.90
5 Mason Fishell Sophomore Franklin Regional 413.85
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6 Logan Sherwin Sophomore Penn -Trafford 406.55
7 Nate Paszek Senior Penn-Trafford 405.80
8 Ryan Saunders Junior Peters Township 374.00
9 Magnus Loeffler Sophomore Fox Chapel 357.85
10 Alex Laslavic Junior Seneca Valley 334.45
11 Nate Sercov Freshman Fox Chapel 332.50
12 Jon Hansotte Junior Butler 332.05
13 Nolan Jacob Sophomore Pittsburgh Central 322.65
14 Chris Balta Senior Upper St. Clair 308.45
15 Jaden Beckett Sophomore West Allegheny 306.65
16 Garrett Buzzelli Freshman Peters Township 299.50
17 Evan Kelly Senior Shaler 234.95
18 Trey Serbin Senior North Allegheny 226.50
19 Nate Ziegler Senior North Allegheny 224.20
20 Devin Fircetz Junior Latrobe 193.85
21 Evan Randolph Junior Butler 126.80
22 Dean Peterson Freshman Connellsville 125.90
23 Brad Mulaski Senior Penn Hills 125.70
24 Grant Drexler Junior Hempfield 125.10
25 Riley Rizzer Junior Franklin Regional 122.35
27 Jonathan Gable Senior Gateway 121.35
27 Tyler Larkin Senior Latrobe 118.20
28 Nathan Daigle Senior Latrobe 116.75
29 Jacob Mears Junior Gateway 115.15
30 Dennis Knepp Sophomore North Allegheny 112.95
31 Dylan Boyd Senior Seneca Valley 112.70
32 Odin Gamble Freshman Penn Hills 107.90
33 Jack Billetdeaux Freshman Upper St. Clair 106.95
34 Jack Regal Junior Butler 104.15
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