High school roundup for March 15, 2025: Peters Township controls Cathedral Prep in Class 5A quarters

By: Triblive
Saturday, March 15, 2025 | 11:08 PM

WPIAL champion Peters Township was held to its lowest point total of the season Saturday in the PIAA Class 5A girls basketball quarterfinals.

But that wasn’t because of anything the Indians did wrong.

To the contrary, Peters Township was in control of District 10 champion Cathedral Prep throughout, securing a decisive 35-25 victory and earning a WPIAL finals rematch with South Fayette in the PIAA semifinals next Saturday.

It was more a style of play issue than anything else.

“They do have a tendency to play very deliberately,” Peters Township coach Steve Limberiou said. ”Unfortunately, with no shot clock, you can do some of that, which leads to another discussion about how badly needed it is.

“I thought one of the keys was getting out to a lead. If you have a lead, it’s harder to do that and play like that. For the most part, we were in front all game. Maybe not by as much as would make us feel comfortable, but enough that it was hard to do that as much as they wanted.”

Natalie Wetzel led Peters (26-3) with 14 points.

Addie Biel, a 6-foot-2 impact player for Cathedral Prep (18-8), was held to nine points, including a 3-for-6 night at the foul line. Controlling Biel was a key component of the game plan, Limberiou said.

“Daniela (Radulovich) and Natalie were tremendous defensively,” he said. “One of our goals was keeping Biel off the free-throw line. She shoots a lot of free throws. I don’t think she shot many tonight. They made it really tough for her.”

Lansdale Catholic 64, Oakland Catholic 29 – Sanyiah Littlejohn scored 22 points and Lansdale Catholic jumped out to a 16-4 lead in the first quarter of a Class 4A quarterfinal win. Allie Esposito added 15 points and Nadia Yemola had 10 for Lansdale Catholic (22-5), which will meet North Catholic in Saturday’s semifinals. Alayla Bivins scored 11 points to lead WPIAL champion Oakland Catholic (25-4).

North Catholic 51, Blackhawk 44 – Brady Wehner had 17 points as North Catholic (25-4) defeated Blackhawk (25-4) in the Class 4A quarterfinals at Hampton. Sam Weir added 13 points for North Catholic and Sarah Loughry tallied 10 points and seven assists. Aubree Hupp led Blackhawk with a game-high 23 points while Mia Sheesly contributed 12 points. North Catholic, which trailed by five at halftime, will face Lansdale Catholic in the semifinals.

Boys basketball

Northwest 60, Northgate 55 (OT) – Jozshua Miner hit eight 3-pointers and finished with 41 points to carry Northwest (26-3) to a Class 2A quarterfinal win. Rob McKinley scored 15 points, Kadenne Kemp added 14 and Des Williams had 11 for Northgate (17-12). Northwest will meet Linville Hill Christian in the semifinals Saturday.

Sewickley Academy 42, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 35 – In the Class 2A quarterfinals at Peters Township, Nolan Donnelly had 14 points and Mamadou Kane added 13 as Sewickley Academy (23-5) defeated Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (21-8). Sewickley Academy will play Greensburg Central Catholic in the semifinals. Tiernan McCullough scored 16 points for OLSH.

South Allegheny 76, Camp Hill Trinity 62 – Drew Cook scored 23 points to lead WPIAL champion South Allegheny (26-3) to a Class 3A quarterfinal win. Cam Epps and Jake Uher each added 17 and Josh Jackowski had 14 for the Gladiators, who will meet Aliquippa in a WPIAL finals rematch in Saturday’s semifinals. Owen Schlager scored 24 points for Camp Hill Trinity (21-4).

Baseball

Franklin Regional 14, Plymouth Whitemarsh 12 – Brady Yarabinetz hit a two-run single during a four-run sixth inning to lead Franklin Regional (2-0) at in Vero Beach, Fla. Luke Williams went 3 for 3 with a single, double and triple and three RBIs and NJ Ramachandran was 3 for 4 with a double and two RBIs for the Panthers.

Greensburg Central Catholic 11, Bishop Carroll 0 – Nick O’Mahoney threw five shutout innings, allowing one hit and striking out 10, to lead Greensburg Central Catholic (1-1) at the Serra Catholic Invitational. Anthony Grippo singled and doubled twice. Cam Thompson doubled twice and drove in three runs in the sixth inning.

Latrobe 14, Scranton Prep 2; Scranton Prep 2, Latrobe 1 – Latrobe split a season-opening doubleheader at Scranton Prep. In the Latrobe win, Brody Rumon singled, homered and drove in five runs and Cole Short went 4 for 4 with two RBIs for the Wildcats (1-1). Zach Charneski doubled for Scranton Prep. In the Latrobe loss, Jack Stynchula doubled and drove in a run. Johnny Petrosky had two hits and an RBI for Scranton Prep.

North Penn 24, Mt. Pleasant 0 – Christian Barnes went 3 for 3 with a home run and five RBIs to lead North Penn over Mt. Pleasant (0-2) in Vero Beach, Fla.

OLSH 5, Greensburg Central Catholic 4 – Dean Douglass drove in the winning run with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the seventh for OLSH at the Serra Catholic Invitational. Anthony Hansen went 1 for 2 with three RBIs for the Chargers (1-1). Anthony Grippo singled and doubled and Bobby Smithnosky tripled for the Centurions (1-1).

Plum 4, Kennedy Catholic 0 – Michael Tedrick struck out 10 and gave up two hits over six innings as Plum (1-0) shut out Kennedy Catholic in a nonsection game. Max Vollmer went 2 for 3 with a run.

Serra Catholic 10, Bishop Carroll 0 – At the Serra Catholic Invitational, Owen Dumbroski and Jake Anderson combined for a five-inning no-hitter for the Eagles (2-0) against Bishop Carroll. Dumbroski struck out six over four innings while going 3 for 4 at the plate with two doubles and three RBIs.

Serra Catholic 9, OLSH 4 – Bodi Rieger had three hits and Cole Hann, Jake Holmes and Owen Dumbroski each singled and drove in a run to lead Serra Catholic (2-0) at the invitational hosted by the Eagles at Pullman Park in Butler. Thomas Medwig and Anthiny Hansen had a single and an RBI apiece for OLSH.

South Fayette 11, Regis (NY) 1 – Connor Rynn threw five shutout innings, allowing three hits, and Trey Skeen went 2 for 2 with four RBIs to lead South Fayette (2-0) at Baseball City in St. Petersburg, Fla.

West Mifflin 9, Charlotte County Day 6 – Chase Maggio and Ryan Buchleitner each had two hits and two RBIs to lead West Mifflin (2-0) in Vero Beach, Fla.

Wissahickon 2, Upper St. Clair 1 – Jack Weiss hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to lead Wissahickon to a win in Vero Beach, Fla. Finn Baird tripled and drove in a run for Upper St. Clair (0-1).

Softball

Baldwin 4, West Mifflin 3 – Camryn Temme picked up the complete-game win, striking out six while going 2 for 4 at the plate with an RBI and stolen base as Baldwin (1-0) beat West Mifflin (1-1) in a nonsection game. Mia Bey hit a two-run homer for West Mifflin.

Clinton (Tenn.) 2, Deer Lakes 0 – Despite a strong outing from Ella Thomas, Deer Lakes (0-4) fell to Clinton (Tenn.) at the Ripken Experience in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Thomas tossed a complete game, giving up two unearned runs in the fifth inning while striking out two and walking one. Elizabeth Maples threw a six-hit shutout for Clinton. Laney Dineff doubled for the Lancers. Deer Lakes also lost 16-6 to Lenoir City (Tenn.). Dineff singled, tripled and drove in a run and Ava Shea tripled for the Lancers. Kylee Hanson homered and Addison Langley tripled twice and drove in four runs for Lenoir City.

Hampton 12, Lawrenceville 2 – Cara Ibinson went 4 for 5 with three RBIs and Katelyn Dubee went 3 for 3 to lead Hampton (1-1) at the KSA Disney Classic in Orlando, Fla.

Hempfield 5, West Allegheny 0 – Riley Miller threw a four-hit shutout, striking out 15 and walking none, to lead Hempfield (2-0) to a nonsection win over West Allegheny (0-2). Ella Berkebile singled, doubled and drove in two runs and Allie Cervola also had two hits for the Spartans.

John Carroll (Fla.) 9, Franklin Regional 3 – Mikale Lemons went 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs as John Carroll (Fla.) beat Franklin Regional (1-1) at the Vero Beach tournament. Toryn Fulton went 2 for 3 and scored a run for Franklin Regional.

Mt. Lebanon 29, Avella 7 – Rebecca Davis went 5 for 6 with two doubles, a home run and three RBIs to lead Mt. Lebanon (1-1) at the Ripken Experience in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Lila Gaetano doubled and homered and Dani McClinchie and Hannah Baker also hit home runs for the Blue Devils. Haleigh Rush and Madison Rush homered for Avella (0-1).

North Allegheny 15, Lawrenceville 6 – McKenna Rowlands singled, doubled and drove in five runs and Zoe Rychel had a single, double, triple and three RBIs to lead North Allegheny (1-1) at the KSA Disney Classic in Orlando, Fla.

Upper St. Clair 9, Lenoir City 5 – Caroline Barnard and Sydney Fisher each went 3 for 4 to lead Upper St. Clair (2-0) past Lenoir City at the Ripken Experience in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Barnard scored three runs and had one RBI while Fisher had two runs and two RBIs.

Washington 16, Monessen 5 – Aniya Glendenning doubled, homered and drove in four runs and Faith Partozoti had a single, double and three RBIs to lead Washington (1-0) to a nonsection win. Grace Clingenpeel had two hits and an RBI for Monessen (0-1).