High school roundup for Jan. 22, 2025: Penn Hills boys win in OT; wrestling section titles decided

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | 11:46 PM


Amon Hawthorne scored 20 points as Penn Hills rallied from four points down entering the fourth quarter to beat Hampton, 51-46, in overtime in Section 2-5A boys basketball Wednesday night.

Aiden Thompson added 18 points for Penn Hills (6-7, 6-1). Zach Danner scored nine points to lead the Talbots (9-7, 5-3).

Derry 54, Greensburg Salem 41 – John Wasnick dropped 17 points and Stanley Rajkovich finished with 13 to lead Derry (10-5, 7-1) to a Section 3-4A win. Tyler Martin put up 15 points and Luke Rullo added 11 for Greensburg Salem (4-10, 3-5).

Mohawk 71, Shenango 40 – Vinny Pezzuolo totaled 20 points and Bobby Fadden finished with 18 to lead Mohawk (13-3) to a nonsection win. Joey Nail scored 12 and Drew Wrona added 11 for the Warriors. Teagan Russo had 11 points for Shenango (7-8).

Serra Catholic 65, Clairton 56 – Owen Dumbroski dropped 23 points and Brayden Graham added 19 to lead Serra Catholic (13-2) to a nonsection win. Jajuan Bailey scored 14, Taris Wooding had 13 and Mikey Ruffin finished with 10 for Clairton (5-6).

South Park 55, Shady Side Academy 52 (OT) – Luke Scarf drained four 3-pointers and finished with 29 points while Cooper Hochendoner added 13 as South Park (11-4, 4-1) secured a Section 3-3A win in overtime. Seamus Riordan dropped 25 points to lead Shady Side Academy (4-11, 2-3).

Thomas Jefferson 77, Penn-Trafford 64 – Nick Trklja led all scorers with 28 points, Justin Fry followed with 27 and Noah Kaszer finished with 21 as Thomas Jefferson (8-8) defeated Penn-Trafford (8-7) in nonsection play. Zach Feldman scored 14, Evan Gross added 13, Brayden Stone chipped in 11 and Tyler Boss contributed 10 for the Warriors.

Girls basketball

Brownsville 57, Uniontown 49 – Skyler Gates led all scorers with 27 points and Ava Clark added 14 as Brownsville (9-6) defeated Uniontown (5-11) in nonsection play. Lyric McLee and Emily Myers each scored 13 points for the Red Raiders.

Lincoln Park 53, Western Beaver 38 – Malaha Williams (14 points), Patty Weselowski (14) and Scarlet D’Amico (11) combined for 39 points in a nonsection win for Lincoln Park (3-10, 1-5). Jazmin Winterhalter had 12 and Taraji Backur had 11 for Western Beaver (3-10, 1-7).

Mohawk 36, Shenango 31 – Gigi Pezzuolo scored 13 points to pace Mohawk (5-11) in a nonsection victory. Amara DeFrank put up 14 to lead Shenango (1-13).

Montour 51, New Castle 24 – Tiffany Miller scored 14 points and Abigail Cleary followed with 13 to lead Montour (7-9) to a Section 3-5A win. Rihanna Boice had 10 for New Castle (7-9).

North Allegheny 43, West Allegheny 42 – Vange Balouris scored 17 points and Rosalia Varlotta contributed 10 as North Allegheny (6-8) edged out West Allegheny (9-7) in nonsection play. Alaina Holtz put up 14 and Ella Smith followed with 12 for the Indians.

South Fayette 77, Mars 41 – Haylie Lamonde put up 20 points, Juliette Leroux added 15 and Lailah Wright chipped in 14 as South Fayette (15-1, 8-0) ran away with a Section 3-5A win over Mars (9-7, 3-4). Alexis Cashdollar and Carmella McDole each scored 14 for the Fightin’ Planets.

Wrestling

Albert Gallatin 41, Hempfield 33 – Nick Hillyard (172) and Austin Coddington (285) had first-period pins and Kage Churby (152) won by tech fall to lead Albert Gallatin (6-5, 1-2) to a Section 8-3A win. Brody Wilson (133), Dominick Woods (139) and Leroy Corey (160) recorded pins and Ty King (127) won a decision for Hempfield (2-7, 0-3).

Beth-Center 43, Bentworth 29 – Mason Wright (145), Malachi Peak (215), Geoffrey Douglas (107), Noah McCollum (121) and Xander Day (127) had pins, Noah Layhue (189) won a decision and Aiden Whisner (160) won in overtime to help Beth-Center (6-7, 3-1) clinch first place in Section 3-2A. Drake McClure (133) had a pin and Paxton Thomas (152) won by tech fall for Bentworth (6-6, 3-1)

Bethel Park 49, Upper St. Clair 15 – Bethel Park (9-1, 4-0) defeated Upper St. Clair (10-4, 1-3) to win its second straight Section 3-3A title. Hunter Goelz (215) and Michael Gibson (285) recorded pins for the Black Hawks while Pierce Reinhart (121), Seth Miller (133), Aden Stout (139) and Ian Bucheli (160) earned technical falls and Colton Fisher (127) and Ethan Higgins (152) won by major decision.

Connellsville 41, Latrobe 21 – Connellsville (5-1, 3-0) got four straight wins as Kai Vielma (139) and Julian Ruggieri (145) won by tech fall and Evan Petrovich (152) and Lonzy Vielma (160) recorded pins in a Section 8-3A win. Tommy Gretz (107), and Christopher Cook (215) also had pins while Zachary Franks (114) won a decision and Luke Lilley (127) won by major decision for the Falcons. Luke Willochell (133) and Hunter Snyder (189) had first-period pins for Latrobe (5-4, 2-1) while Leo Joseph (121), Bradan Bronson (172) and Marco Scarton (285) each won decisions.

Greensburg Salem 42, Ligonier Valley 29 – Greensburg Salem (7-3, 2-1) won six of seven contested matches, getting pins from Keegan Young (145), Elijah Miller (160), Ethan Miller (172), David Peters (285), Andrew Pohland (114), Sadie Sarver (121) and Noah Somerville (139), to clinch a playoff spot in Section 8-2A. Aidan Mulheren (152) earned a tech fall for Ligonier Valley (3-13, 1-2).

Jefferson-Morgan 58, Frazier 17 – Caleb Dulaney (114), EJ Lingenfield (121), Connor Pinchok (127), Dominic Sowden (145), Alex Palko (189), Tristan Miller (215) and Landon Heath (285) recorded pins while James Dulaney (133) and Johnny Gilbert (139) won by tech fall as Jefferson-Morgan (9-3, 3-1) rolled to a Section 3-2A win. Ryan Celaschi (160) had a pin and Jackson Angelo (172) won by tech fall for Frazier (5-12, 1-3).

Kiski Area 43, Fox Chapel 21 – After being down 21-15, Kiski Area (13-4, 4-0) won the last six bouts to defeat Fox Chapel (9-3, 3-1) and claim first place in Section 5-3A. Mario Hutcherson (172), Mark Gray (189) and Cooper Roscosky (285) recorded pins while Tyler Bollinger (152) won by major decision and Travis Shearer (160) and Abrahm Taylor (215) won by decision. Michael Worsen (121), Daniel Noel (139) and Adam Haines (145) had pins while Landon Funk (127) won a decision for the Foxes. Paxton Newell (107) and Gavin Murphy (114) each had a pin while Jackson Pollick (133) won a decision for the Cavaliers.

Knoch 59, Summit Academy 17 – Owen Layhew (145), Derrick Glover (172), Wyatt Foster (215) and Lucas Rouleau (285) each had a pin while Brayden McGowan (152) won by tech fall as Knoch (4-3, 2-2) won a Section 4-2A meet. Brycen Wymer (160) had a pin and Rocco Zugai (127) won by tech fall for Summit Academy (2-4, 1-3).

Laurel 47, Ellwood City 28 – Archer Brua (127), Braxton Carr (152), Kolton Carlson (215) and Casey Wilson (285) recorded first-minute pins and Josh Sherman (139) won by tech fall as Laurel (16-3, 4-0) bested Ellwood City (2-2, 2-2) in Section 4-2A. Derek Allen (11), Logan Shriver (121), Gavin McClure (133), and Gabe Lilly (160) had pins while Braiden McClure (107) won a major decision for the Wolverines.

McGuffey 65, Chartiers-Houston 9 – Blake Jamison (107), Clayton Ealy (114), Lane Ealy (127), Garrett Newman (152), Reid Teagarden (172), Aaron Supler (189) and Damyan Pevarnik (215) recorded pins as McGuffey (13-4, 3-0) beat Chartiers-Houston (5-1, 2-1) to clinch first place in Section 1-2A. Jacob Lyle (285) had a pin and Jesus Chavez (285) won a decision for the Buccaneers. Emmett Wolfe (133) won by tech fall for the Highlanders.

Montour 54, Blackhawk 15 – Jacob Chacon (139), Danny Brandl (145), Thomas Cunningham (152) and Lucus Jenkins (215) recorded pins to lead Montour (5-7, 1-2) to a Section 1-3A win. Nolan Moore (121) won by fall and Brecken Vandecoevering (127) won a decision for Blackhawk (3-10, 0-3).

North Allegheny 44, Butler 24 – North Allegheny (14-2, 4-0) won four straight bouts, getting pins from Gus Stedeford (139) and Brody Magorian (145) and major decisions from Griffen Reid (152) and Kellen Buggey (160) to pull away and win the Section 4-3A title. Charlie LaQuatra (114), Mason Hartung (215) and Bradyn McConneha (285) also had pins for the Tigers. Brennan Michael (172) and Troy Ritson (189) had pins and Nicholas Savannah (107) and Sullivan Stutz (127) won by decision for Butler (7-3, 3-1).

Penn-Trafford 46, Gateway 21 – Sidney Hand (145), Dylan Clayton (152) and Cael Ott (160) had pins and Logan Ventura (133) won by major decision to lead Penn-Trafford (7-8, 2-2) to a Section 9-3A win. For Gateway (0-12, 0-4), Donovan DeLuco (189) and Kittim Highsmith (285) won by fall, Luke Pawlowski (139) won by tech fall and TJ Mitchell (172) won by major decision.

Peters Township 38, Mt. Lebanon 29 – Julian Orsi (114), Colton Stocker(133), Darius McMillon(152) and Parker Nave (189) recorded pins to lead Peters Township (11-8, 3-1) past Mt. Lebanon (4-7, 2-2) in Section 3-3A. Ryder Baker (139) won by tech fall and AJ McGarrity (145) by decision for Peters.

Pine-Richland 56, North Catholic 16 – Mac Miller (172), Solomon Weigand (189), Ben Crocco (215), Bennett Ferraro (114) and Peyton Ferguson (145) recorded pins to lead Pine-Richland (5-8) to a nonsection win. Dominic Ferraro (139) won by tech fall and Aiden Gordon (160) won a decision for the Rams. Victor Wagner (121) won by fall and Scott Huffmyer (152) by major decision for North Catholic (5-7).

Ringgold 35, Belle Vernon 30 – Deydon Soto (139) won by tech fall to record his 100th career victory as Belle Vernon (3-2, 2-2) fell to Ringgold (9-1, 3-1) in Section 7-3A.

Seneca Valley 54, Mars 17 – Led by pins from Bryce Berekstazi (114), Zach Hill (139), Cooper Beres (189), Landon Davis (215) and Thomas Wuycheck (285), Seneca Valley (6-6, 2-2) picked up a Section 4-3A win. James Bidoli (160) won by tech fall, Riley Smith (107) by major decision and Dean Sauers (152) by decision for the Raiders.Samuel Passarelli (121) and Liam Hein (145) won by fall and Joseph Zottola (172) earned a tech fall for Mars (5-6, 0-4).

South Park 42, Elizabeth Forward 32 – Lucas Guzek (127) and Parker Cunningham (285) each had pins to lead the way for South Park (11-2, 3-1) in a Section 7-2A win. Preston Bubash (114), Hayden Martin (121), Logan Fox (133), and Ethan Childers (145) recorded pins while Lucas Boyer (152) won by tech fall and Warren Woleslagle (107) won a 6-0 decision for Elizabeth Forward (2-2. 2-2).

Trinity 31, Canon-McMillan 27 – Jackson Hoy (107), Dominick Canali (127) and Devin Junko (139) had pins, while Thomas Allison (145) won a decision and Behr Bruckner (160) won a major decision for Trinity (6-2, 4-0), which claimed first place in Section 2-3A with the win. Giono Gardner (121) and Brayden Collins (215) won major decisions, Collier Hartman (133) and Mikhail Krenzelak (152) won by tech fall and Ayden Solomon (172) and Owen Rush (285) won decisions for Canon-McMillan (9-8, 3-1).

West Allegheny 33, Moon 29 – Thomas Bencho (121), Mason Bryan (127) and Cam Danna (285) each recorded a pin while Blake Scheppis (152) and Michael Johnson (107) won by decision as West Allegheny (12-10, 3-0) defeated Moon (7-5, 2-1) in Section 1-3A. Lucas Carson (114) won by tech fall and Logan Slovick (139) won by major decision for the Indians. Liam Costa (172) and Thaddeus Novak (215) had pins, Cael Yanek (133) won a decision and Tavis Lindsay (160) and Michael Olszewski (215) had pins for the Tigers.

West Greene 41, Washington 21 – Hunter Gorby (189) and Colin Whyte (285) recorded pins and Caleb Orndoff (45) won by tech fall to lead West Greene (2-8, 1-2) to a Section 1-2A win. Jahvon Woods (152) won by tech fall and Caleb Patton (160) won a major decision for Washington (1-3, 0-3).

Girls wrestling

North Allegheny 36, Butler 30 – Aleigha Revelent (124), Maya Scott (148) and Alex Gosnell (235) recorded pins to lead North Allegheny. Brin Zehmisch (118), Anastasia Manchester (136), Kaitlynn Plopi (142) and Olivia Hageman won by fall for Butler.

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