Penn-Trafford notebook: Mia Williams geared up for PIAA tennis tournament

By: Paul Schofield
Sunday, October 26, 2025 | 11:01 AM

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It has been more than a month since Mia Williams played in a high school tennis match.

Now the Penn-Trafford senior heads to Hershey to compete in her fourth PIAA Class 3A tournament.

Williams was a WPIAL champion in 2022 and runner-up in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

She has not placed in states, but could this be the year she makes noise.

“That’s the plan,” Williams said after competing in the WPIAL championship. “I have to play my game and eliminate mistakes.”

Williams is scheduled to face District 11 champ Alexandria Warsing of Parkland in the first round Oct. 31 at Hershey Racquet Club.

Williams will attend Skidmore, an NCAA Division III power.

She was a four-time Section 1 champion.

Desmond sparks Warriors

Senior quarterback Nate Desmond threw four touchdown passes to lead Penn-Trafford (8-1) to a 42-7 victory against Armstrong.

Desmond hit Jacob Briggs (36 yards), Tyler Boss (27 yards), Nick Ponko (80 yards) and Landon Srikkel (25 yards) for scores.

He completed 5 of 8 passes for 178 yards.

Ponko also scored on a 50-yard interception return and Nico Cox scored on a 9-yard run.

The Warriors were scheduled to play host to Latrobe on Oct. 24 as they prepared for the WPIAL playoffs, set to begin on Oct. 31.

Skaters go 2-1

The Penn-Trafford hockey team used a strong start and defeated Wheeling Park, 6-2, to improve to 2-1.

Jordan Tucek had three goals while Ben Zierski, Liam Lehneke and Nico Castelli had one each.

The Warriors were scheduled to play host to Armstrong on Oct. 27 and play at Latrobe on Oct. 30.

Soccer teams fall

The Penn-Trafford girls soccer team dropped a first-round match in the WPIAL 3A playoffs to Upper St. Clair, 2-1.

The boys also dropped a 2-1 decision in their first-round match against Mars.

Good times

Jacob Domire ran an impressive time of 17:25 at the WPIAL Class 3A cross country championship Oct. 23 at White Oak Park.

Edir Sid Mohand ran 18:10 and Justin Martin Jr. a 19:05.

Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.

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