Beaver Sophomore Diver Wins WPIAL Girls 2-A Gold

By: HSSN Staff
Friday, February 24, 2017 | 11:24 PM

At Moon High School in WPIAL Girls AA diving a new champion was crowned. With the PIAA realignment the last two years champion Taylor  Hockenberry from Mars will try to win a third straight title in AAA Saturday. But the new girls AA champion is from Beaver and she is Sophomore Ava Talorico.

Talorico led from wire to wire easily taking the crown. In 2016 she finished 4th and was the leading scorer returning  for 2017. She won with a score of 392.35 beating her score form last year by 30.9 points.

Anna Vogt a Sophomore from Ringgold finished a distant second with a score of 345.75 trailing Talorico by 46.6 points. These two should compete in the next two years as both are young divers. Jamieson Elia a Junior from Blackhawk was third scoring 288.35.

The real competition was for the final three spots to earn a trip to the PIAA championships. Six divers were fighting for three spots all day, and were no more than 15 total points apart thru the competition. In the end Katrina Wilhelm a Sophomore form Elizabeth Forward, Jordan Vasko a Junior from Elizabeth Forarwd, and Ary Napora a Freshman from Knoch all earned a trip to the state championships. Thee were no Seniors among the thirteen competitors.

Here are the final standings:

The top six make the PIAA championships.

1. Ava Talorico.        Beaver                        392.35       Sophomore

2. Anna Vogt.          Ringgold                     345.75       Sophomore

3. Jamieson Elia      Blackhawk.                288.35       Junior

4. Katrina Wilhelm  Elizabeth Forward.    280.15.       Sophomore

5. Jordan Vasko.     Elizabeth Forward.    273.85.       Junior

6. Ary Napora.         Knoch.                        264.95.       Freshman

7. Emily Vickless.     Brentwood.                259.60.       Junior

8. Maeve Carei.        Uniontown.                252.75.       Junior

9. Vanessa Robb.     Knoch.                        248.50.      Sophomore

10. Kylie Brunsell.    Brentwood.                 247.95.       Junior

11. Alexis Hutton.     South Park.                230.10.        Freshman

12. Becky Shellenbargar.           Indiana.                      201.15.        Junior

13 Carissa Forsha.    South Park.                182.25.      Freshman

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