High school roundup for Jan. 15, 2025: Penn-Trafford girls stay unbeaten

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | 11:56 PM

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Lauren Marton had a double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead undefeated Penn-Trafford to a 54-36 victory over Hempfield in nonsection girls basketball Wednesday.

Torrie Destefano added 11 points for the Warriors (14-0). Allie Cervola scored 15 points to lead the Spartans (7-7).

Apollo-Ridge 47, South Allegheny 19 – Mya McClain scored nine points and Josalin McCauley added eight to lead Apollo-Ridge (6-8) to a nonsection win over South Allegheny (2-10). Jaz Farnan had 10 to lead the Gladiators.

Brownsville 58, Carmichaels 23 – Skylar Gates led all scorers with 27 points and Ava Clark added 22 to lead Brownsville (7-5) to a nonsection win. Avery Voithofer had 11 for Carmichaels (1-13).

Carlynton 42, Steel Valley 27 – Lucy Vetter put up 18 points to power Carlynton (6-7) to a nonsection win over Steel Valley (1-13).

Central Valley 62, Lincoln Park 21 – Myah Hayes dropped 17 points and Dominique Douglas added 12 for Central Valley (8-4, 4-2) in a Section 2-4A win. Patty Weselowski finished with 13 points for Lincoln Park (3-8, 1-3).

Chartiers-Houston 52, Washington 33 – Ava Capozzoli hit five 3-pointers for 15 points and Ava Kolovich also scored 15 points help Chartiers-Houston (11-2) to a nonsection win. Allison Wingard added 11. Olivia Woods scored 16 and Shawnti Fuller added 12 for Washington (4-10).

Kiski Area 41, Armstrong 31 – Gianna DeVito scored 14 points, Jada Blanciak added 12 and Alison Pencak chipped in 10 to lead Kiski Area (9-5) to a nonsection victory. Marlo Mellish scored 10 for Armstrong (2-11).

Ligonier Valley 38, Jeannette 36 – Bella Pacienza nailed a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lift Ligonier Valley (4-8) past Jeannette (4-10) in nonsection play. Sydnee Foust recorded a double-double with 11 points and 17 rebounds and Gabby Springer finished with 10 points as the Rams fought back from a 32-25 fourth-quarter deficit. Navarrah Smith scored 26 points to lead the Jayhawks. Pacienza finished with eight points for the Rams.

Riverside 52, Mohawk 43 – Emma Meyer dropped 19 points, Gabriella Finch added 13 and Emma Stockman contributed 10 for Riverside (10-6, 5-3) in a Section 1-3A win. Reagan Magno had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds and Makenna Stewart scored all 15 of her points in the second half for Mohawk (3-11, 2-6).

Uniontown 40, Ringgold 38 – Emily Myers scored 13 points to lift Uniontown (5-9) past Ringgold (6-7) in nonsection play. Jada Gernot produced 15 points and Alayna Macioce finished with 13 for the Rams.

Upper St. Clair 63, Connellsville 23 – Rylee Kalocay dropped 22 points, while Meredith Huzjak and Olivia Terlecki each produced 10 as Upper St. Clair (11-2, 5-0) rolled past Connellsville (3-12, 0-5) in Section 2-6A. Maggie Orndorff scored 11 to lead the Falcons.

Boys basketball

Beaver County Christian 63, Riverside 50 – Hunter Mozely put up 27 points, Rocco DeSarbo added 11 and Tyler Guevara followed with 10 as Beaver County Christian (7-5) defeated Riverside (7-9) in nonsection play. McCartney Plassmeyer scored 20 points and Drake Fox added 15 for the Panthers.

Brentwood 67, Perry Traditional Academy 46 – Colton Rosing led all scorers with 18 points, Forrest Betz added 16 and Aidan Barker and Xh’avier Nunez scored 12 points apiece for Brentwood (6-7) in a nonsection win. Trevon Rosario-Jones produced 11 points to pace Perry (0-9).

Hopewell 66, Freedom 34 – Zach Kovell scored his 1,000th career point at the four-minute mark of the first quarter and finished with 15 points to pace Hopewell (5-9) to a nonsection win. Brody Rock put up 12 and Thomas Pipkins III finished with 10 for the Vikings. Will Kumrow scored 10 for Freedom (1-10).

Latrobe 68, Albert Gallatin 57 – Max Butler scored 23 points to reach the 1,000-point mark for his career as Latrobe (14-1, 6-1) won in Section 1-5A. He became the fourth Butler brother to reach the milestone, joining Austin, Bryce and Landon. Ian DeCerb added 22 points for the Wildcats (14-1, 6-1). Shymere Wilson scored 15, Mekhi Belt added 12 and JJ Jackson had 11 for Albert Gallatin (7-7, 2-5). The Wildcats have won nine in a row.

Monessen 63, Beth-Center 52 – Rodney Johnson scored 25 points, Devontae Robinson added 14 and TyVaughn Kershaw had 12 for Monessen (9-4) in a nonsection comeback victory. The Greyhounds trailed 41-28 after three quarters and outscored Beth-Center 35-11 in the fourth. Jason Zellie scored 23 points and Brayden Hull had 14 for the Bulldogs (7-7).

South Fayette 59, Lincoln Park 40 – Tyson Wright scored 16 points and Gavin Orosz chipped in with 13 as South Fayette (10-4) beat Lincoln Park (2-11) in nonsection play. Damar Johnson led the Leopard with 13 points.

Boys wrestling

Allderdice 60, Westinghouse 18 – Javen Woods (133), Noah Peralta (139), Zach Schmitt (145), Jamel McCrea (152), Tom Paternoster (172) and Quentin Lesko (189) all had pins as Allderdice (7-3, 3-1) came away with a City League win. Wayne Simmons (160) and Daejour Pinckney (210) each had a pin for Westinghouse (0-4, 0-4).

Belle Vernon 68, Laurel Highlands 6 – Vander Raczkowski (132), Kole Doppelheuer (152), Eric Adamec (182) and Elijah Brown (220) recorded pins, Deyson Soto (138) won by tech fall and Colby Hibner (145) won a decision to lead Belle Vernon (3-1) past Laurel Highlands (2-2) in a nonsection match.

Bentworth 48, Brownsville 21 – Bryce Crowson (145), Racer Litster (160), Alex Rusilko (285) and Brian Mathews (114) collected pins to lead Bentworth (6-4, 3-0) in Section 3-2A. Cinsiur Douglas (107) and Logan Ross (127) had pins and Devin Drake (189) won by decision for Brownsville (0-5, 0-4).

Bethel Park 64, Baldwin 6 – Bethel Park (8-1, 3-0) used seven pins to pick up a Section 3-3A win. Jaden Palombine (114), Pierce Reinhart (121), Ethan Higgins (152), Ian Bucheli (160), Maksim Miller (172), Ryan Walsh (189) and Hunter Goelz (215) had pins and Aden Stout (139) won by major decision. Ramil Islamov (145) won by fall for Baldwin (0-4, 0-4).

Central Catholic 39, Penn Hills 30 – Jackson Pacellio (160), Nezumiiro Green (189), Gaius Hanchar (215), and Roman Thompson (285) recorded pins and Jaden Smith won a decision as Central Catholic (6-8, 1-1) edged out Penn Hills (2-3. 0-2) in Section 6-3A. Daemon Phipps (114), Levi Smith (139) and Bradley Repovich (145) each had pins for the Indians.

Chartiers-Houston 60, Washington 17 – Angelo Mele (139), Owen Straight (172) and Jacob Lyle (285) won by fall as Chartiers-Houston (5-0, 2-0) cruised to a Section 1-2A win over Washington (1-2, 0-2). Noah Patton (121) had a pin and Caleb Patton (152) won by tech fall for the Prexies.

Connellsville 74, Albert Gallatin 0 – Connellsville (4-1, 2-0) recorded seven pins and blanked Albert Gallatin (5-5, 0-2) in Section 8-3A. Nicholas Seese (189), Tyler Gallis (285), Zachary Franks (114), Jake Lilley (133), Kai Vielma (139), Julian Ruggieri (145) and Kolton Turek (172) had pins. Luke Lilley (127) and Lonzy Vielma (160) won by tech fall and Christopher Cook (215) won by major decision.

Derry 42, Ligonier Valley 15 – Anthony Mucci (133), Mason Horwat (152), Ewan Olson (172) and Brady Brown (189) recorded tech falls to lead Derry (14-2, 2-0) in Section 8-2A. Giovanni Beatrice (127) won by fall and Brett Klim (139) by major decision for the Trojans. Lucas Krieger (215) had a pin and Aidan Mulheren (145) won a decision for Ligonier Valley (3-12, 1-1).

Greensburg Salem 34, Mt. Pleasant 33 – Andrew Pohland, Noah Sommerville, Keegan Young and Ethan Miller earned victories to lead Greensburg Salem (6-3, 1-1) to a Section 8-2A win over Mt. Pleasant (1-10, 0-2).

Jefferson-Morgan 55, Beth-Center 15 – Brayden Hanning (107), Caleb Dulaney (114), Connor Pinchok (127), and Johnny Gilbert (139) each recorded pins while Brenton Barnhart (152) won by major decision and Alek Palko (172) won a decision for Jefferson-Morgan (8-3, 2-1) in a Section 3-2A win. Mason Wright (133) and Malachi Peak (189) had pins and Alex Medlen (121) won a decision for Beth-Center (5-7, 2-1).

Kiski Area 46, Armstrong 26 – Travis Shearer (160), Mark Gray (189) and Cooper Roscosky (215) had pins and Mario Hutcherson (172) won by tech fall as Kiski Area (11-4, 3-0) jumped out to a 23-0 lead in a Section 5-3A win. Paxton Newell (107) added a tech fall and Gavin Murphy (121), John Deluca (127) and Jackson Pollick (133) also won by fall for the Cavaliers. Philup Rearick (285), Alec Formaini (139) and Sam Jacobs (152) won by fall and Jacob Erb (114) and Max Formaini (145) won by major decision for Armstrong (6-4, 1-2).

Latrobe 47, Hempfield 25 – Luke Willochell (139), Clayton Burket (152), Bradan Bronson (172) and Marco Scarton (285) won by first-period pin and Leo Joseph (121) had a tech fall to lead Latrobe (5-3, 2-0) to a Section 8-3A win. Dominick Woods (133), Leroy Corey (160) and Jacob Beck (189) won by fall, Ty King (127) earned a major decision and Jacob Halsted (145) won a decision for Hempfield (2-5, 0-2). Each team won five of the 10 contested bouts.

McGuffey 65, West Greene 6 – Garrett Newman (152), Reid Teagarden (172) and Damyan Pevarnik (215) each recorded a pin as Gage Clayton (160) and Aaron Supler (189) won by major decision as McGuffey (12-4, 2-0) defeated West Greene (1-8, 0-2) in Section 1-2A. Colin Whyte (285) recorded a pin for the Pioneers. Tucker Main (121) won a 6-5 decision for the Highlanders.

Moon 65, Blackhawk 12 – Elijah Thomas (145), Tavis Lindsay (152), Liam Costa (160), Khalil Razipour (215) and Dawson Dobyns (285) won by fall and Thaddeus Novak (189) by tech fall to lead Moon (7-4, 2-0) to a Section 1-3A win. Nolan Moore (121) and Bryson McGath (139) had pins for Blackhawk (3-9, 0-2).

Mt. Lebanon 39, Upper St. Clair 36 – Jonathan Emma (121) recorded a pin and Evan Sala (127) won by tech fall to clinch a Section 3-3A win for Mt. Lebanon (4-6, 2-1). Devin McCauley (172), Carson Cannone (215) and Ben Lloyd (285) had pins and Liam Mooney (145) and Cole Gibbons (160) had tech falls for the Blue Devils. Kurt Baran (139), Derek Worstell (152), Bryce Catanzaro (189), Spencer Hills (114) and Matteo Amorossa (133) had pins for Upper St. Clair (10-3, 1-2).

North Allegheny 64, Seneca Valley 6 – Mason Hartung (189), Dalton Stragand (127), Eli Mager (145) and Bradyn McConneha (285) had pins as North Allegheny (13-2, 3-0) defeated Seneca Valley (5-6, 1-2) in Section 4-3A. Joseph Synan (107), Charlie LaQuarta (114), Evan Schomburg (121), Gus Stedeford (133), Griffen Reid (152) and Nathan Orlando (172) won by tech fall and Kellen Buggey (160) won a major decision for the Tigers. Zach Hill (139) had a pin for the Raiders.

North Catholic 40, Knoch 36 – Max Lindner (285), Victor Wagner (121), Cayden McGuinness (145) and Scott Huffmyer (160) had pins and Michael Pierro (107) and Angelo Amelio (139) won by tech fall for North Catholic (5-6, 1-3) in a section 4-2A win. Wyatt Foster (215) and Derrick Glover (172) recorded pins for Knoch (3-3, 1-2).

North Hills 33, Shaler 25 – Brady Rohaly (114), Shaun Murphy Jr (127), Santo Cerminaro (160) and Carter Morvay (189) won by fall and Logan Milligan (121), Paul Cerminaro (139) and Austin Demartino (172) won decisions to lead North Hills (7-3, 2-0) in a competitive Section 6-3A match. Jonah Cable (133) and Braylon Ronel (145) won by pin, Anthony Jones (107) picked up a major decision and Victor Morrissey (152), Vito Barravechio (215) and Trevor Cignetti (285) won decisions for Shaler (5-1, 1-1).

Pine-Richland 47, Mars 22 – Ansel Iski (114), Dominic Ferraro (139), Mac Miller (172) and Ben Crocco (285) each recorded pins and Bennett Ferraro (107) won by tech fall as Pine-Richland (4-8, 1-3) beat Mars (5-5, 0-3) in Section 4-3A. Xavier Zottola (215) had a pin while Liam Hein (145) and Adam Genevro (160) won by tech fall and Andy Diaz (152) and Liam Corcoran (189) won by decision for the Fightin’ Planets.

Plum 46, Gateway 16 – Trent Reese (152), Jacob Ligo (160) and Julien Sepelyak (172) recorded pins while Owen Campbell (139) and Frank Grazulis (285) won by tech fall as Plum (2-7,1-3) defeated Gateway (0-11, 0-3) in Section 9-2A. Luke Pawlowski (145) and Donovan DeLuco (189) recorded pins and Braden Washington (133) won by major decision for the Gators.

South Park 59, Yough 14 – Karl Reilly (121), Travis Kirk (133), Holden Finale (139), Joshua Kuzcma (152), Wyatt Markovich (189) and Sebastian Scanlon (215) won by fall while Camden Barkley (160) won by tech fall as South Park (10-2, 3-1) rolled to a Section 7-2A victory. Chad Brown (114) had a pin, Bryce Harvey (172) won by tech fall and Raidon Kuroda (285) won a decision for Yough (2-10, 0-3).

Trinity 65, Waynesburg 3 – Landon Ault (121), Jacob Wright (133), Devin Junko (139) and Thomas Allison (152) recorded pins while Dominick Canali (127), and Behr Bruckner (160) won by tech fall as Trinity (5-2, 3-0) defeated Waynesburg (3-7, 1-2) in Section 2-3A. Brock Evans (172) won by decision for the Raiders. Jackson Bruckner (189) won by major decision and Hunter Martin (285) won a decision for the Hillers.

Girls wrestling

North Allegheny 42, Seneca Valley 33 – Ava Anthony (142) and Maya Scott (148) had pins in the final two bouts to lead North Allegheny to a comeback win. Alex Gosnell (190), Carly O’Connell (112) and Aleigha Revelent (124) also had pins for the Tigers. Maddee Fischer (130) won by fall, Kenley Alexander (170) by tech fall and Kaeleigh Tuell (155) major decision for Seneca Valley.

Valley 39, Fox Chapel 30 – Isabella Martinez (106), Emilia Hutcherson (118), Paula Sanchez (124), Ariona Lineburg (136), Lily Kranak (148) and Arianna Bernard (190) had pins and Zainaya Jones (112) won by decision to lead Valley. Atia DiGioia (100), Lilah Rivera (130) and Elaine Huang (170) recorded pins for Fox Chapel.