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High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 1, 2025
March 1, 2025
High schools
High school roundup for March 1, 2025: Allderdice girls advance to PIAA 1st round
Bailey White scored 23 points and City League champion Allderdice rolled to a 64-48 victory over Erie in the PIAA Class 6A District 8-10 subregional final Saturday.
Seeds set for WPIAL girls basketball teams headed to state tournament
The Path to the Pete is complete with six WPIAL girls basketball championship games from Pitt’s Petersen Events Center in the books.
Hempfield’s Kapusta, Belle Vernon’s Brown keep rolling, 49 from WPIAL qualify for 3A states
So far, so good for Hempfield junior Nico Kapusta.
Upper St. Clair battles past Norwin to win 1st WPIAL girls basketball title since ’08
Upper St. Clair finally broke through to win another championship, for Pete’s sake.
Plum girls win rematch with Hempfield, take 3rd straight regional team bowling title
In a rematch of last month’s WPIBL finals, Plum defeated Hempfield in three games to win the girls team title at the Western PA Regional Bowling Championships on Saturday.
Oakland Catholic outduels Blackhawk in tense Class 4A championship game
The Oakland Catholic Eagles defeated the Blackhawk Cougars, 52-50, in the Class 4A finals Saturday at Petersen Events Center, taking home their seventh WPIAL title and first since 2006.
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Freeport’s Kira Schrecongost; Fox Chapel’s Owen Howell
Kira Schrecongost
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Ashley Bensur and Hempfield’s Nico Kapusta
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South Allegheny stuns 2-time defending champion Aliquippa to win 1st WPIAL title
Josh Jackowski wanted to roll the dice. The rest of the South Allegheny boys basketball team came to a similar conclusion.
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Norwin celebrates indoor track titles
The Norwin boys and girls indoor track and field teams are champions for the first time.
Greensburg Central Catholic girls ready to lace ’em up in state tournament
A reporter asked some Greensburg Central Catholic girls basketball players in a postgame news conference if the shoes they wore in the WPIAL championship were new.
Aliquippa girls fight off Neshannock comeback to win 1st WPIAL title since 1990
The Path to the Pete was free and easy for the second-seeded Aliquippa Quips, who entered Saturday’s WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball championship game seeking their first title since winning four in a row from 1987-1990.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 28, 2025
February 28, 2025
High schools
Defending champion Upper St. Clair rolls past New Castle to claim 5th WPIAL title
Upper St. Clair stared down an opponent tied for the most WPIAL championships in district history and didn’t flinch.
Butler bowler wins regional title
Butler’s Greg Wilbert got past Thomas Jefferson’s Dylan Roberts, 226-221, in a final match that came down to the last frame at the Western PA Regional High School Bowling Championships on Friday.
No seed, no problem for Penn-Trafford’s Luke DeSantis at Class 3A regionals
Sometimes in life, it is the luck of the draw.
Derry, Burrell send 4 to semifinals at PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional
Derry and Burrell each have four wrestlers in the semifinals and five others alive in the consolation bracket, leading the WPIAL contingent on the first day of the PIAA Class 2A Southwestern Regional on Friday in Altoona.
Knoch’s Lavorini successfully defends 100 breaststroke title at WPIAL Class 2A championships
Giona Lavorini knew the emotion of putting a gold medal around her neck at the WPIAL Class 2A swimming championships.
Unbeatable at WPIAL meet, Mt. Pleasant star Lily King joins elite list with 8th gold medal
Eight is great for Lily King.
