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High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 5, 2022
March 5, 2022
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Hempfield’s Briar Priest wrestles Waynesburg’s Colton Stoneking in the 138-pound final during WPIAL Class 3A wrestling championships on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Canon-McMillan High School.
First-timers among 6 Westmoreland County WPIAL wrestling champions
It was a day of firsts for several Westmoreland County wrestlers at the Class 3A WPIAL/PIAA Southwest Regional on Saturday.

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Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan (left) celebrates with Jake DeMotte as time expires in the WPIAL Class 6A championship game against North Hills on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Petersen Events Center.
Fox Chapel stuns top-seeded North Hills to win 1st WPIAL title in 45 years
Eli Yofan celebrated with the WPIAL trophy in his hands Saturday night, but he also acknowledged the fingerprints his teammates left all over this championship win.

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Kiski’s Enzo Morlacci pins Penn-Trafford’s Wesley Stull during the Class 3A WPIAL/PIAA Southwest Regional 160-pound quarterfinal on Friday, March. 4, 2022, at Canon-McMillan High School.
Kiski Area’s Joseph and Morlacci, Highlands’ Burford qualify for states
For Highlands senior Jrake Burford and Kiski Area senior Stone Joseph, getting a chance to wrestle in Hershey is a dream come true.

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Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer is shown beating Bentworth’s Vitali Daniels in the 215-pound bout during the WPIAL Class 2A individual championship Feb. 19, 20022, at Canon-McMillan. Pitzer won the title at the Class 2A Southwest Regional Championship on Saturday.
Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer dominates en route to title at Class 2A Southwest Regionals
Complacency never is a problem for Mt. Pleasant senior wrestler Dayton Pitzer.

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Greensburg Salem won the boys team title at the Western Pennsylvania regional tournament Saturday, March 5, 2022 at North Versailles Bowling Center.
Greensburg Salem edges out Hempfield for boys regional bowling team title
Two Westmoreland County rivals met again with a regional title on the line at North Versailles Bowling Center on Saturday.

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Burrell’s Cooper Hornack earlier this season at the PIAA Class 2A team tournament at the Giant Center in Hershey.
Burrell’s Hornack navigates tough road at PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional
Quaker Valley’s Logan Richey shot was quick, and Burrell’s Cooper Hornack found himself defending furiously in the first period of a 120-pound bout Saturday at Peters Township High School.

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Shady Side Academy’s Eli Teslovich celebrates after scoring next to Avonworth’s Rowan Carmichael during the WPIAL Class 3A championship game on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Petersen Events Center.
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Belle Vernon resident Eli Teslovich helps Shady Side Academy to WPIAL title
Westmoreland County did not produce a WPIAL champion in basketball this season.

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Demolition crews work tearing down the former Washington Township Elementary School in the Kiski Area School District on Feb. 15. The school is being demolished to make way for an 11-acre lot. Township officials granted at demolition permit Jan. 3 to Tresco Companies of Salem Township. The school opened in 1927 and closed in 2013. The site is located at 4728 Route 66 in Washington Township.
George Guido: Washington Township sports memories remain
Memories are all that’s left of the former Washington Township High School.

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South Fayette’s Maddie Webber (34) celebrates with Giuliana Gaetano after defeating Chartiers Valley in the WPIAL Class 5A championship game on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Petersen Events Center.
South Fayette dethrones No. 1 Chartiers Valley in WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball
Maddie Webber sensed early on that the third meeting between South Fayette and Chartiers Valley this season was going to be different.

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Latrobe goalkeeper Sophia Decerb makes a save against Norwin on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at Norwin High School.
Latrobe goalkeeper DeCerb commits to James Madison
Anyone who follows Latrobe girls soccer will not be surprised to hear the news: Sofia DeCerb will stop shots at the NCAA Division I level.

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The Blackhawk girls basketball team celebrates after time expired in the WPIAL Class 4A championship game against Knoch on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Petersen Events Center.
Unbeaten Blackhawk surges past Knoch in WPIAL Class 4A title game
After Blackhawk hit just 12 of 31 shots over three quarters, Cougars coach Steve Lodovico had one bit of advice for his girls Saturday.

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OLSH’s Lukas Daeschner celebrates with Jake DiMichele after beating Fort Cherry to win their fourth straight WPIAL Class 2A championship Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Petersen Events Center.
Jake DiMichele, OLSH dominant again in WPIAL Class 2A championship win over Fort Cherry
Jake DiMichele cracked open a cold Pepsi before meeting a gaggle of reporters.

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Bishop Canevin celebrates with the trophy after beating Aquinas Academy in the WPIAL Class A girls basketball final Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Petersen Events Center.
7th-seeded Bishop Canevin tops Aquinas Academy for WPIAL Class A title
The Bishop Canevin Crusaders may have been seeded No. 7 in the WPIAL Class A girls basketball playoffs, but that only seemed to fuel them.

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North Hills’ Royce Parham celebrates after defeating North Allegheny, 61-53, in a WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinal on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, in Ross.
2022 WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship breakdown: North Hills vs. Fox Chapel
WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball

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OLSH’s Jake DiMichele shoots a three-pointer against Avonworth on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, in Moon.
2022 WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship breakdown: OLSH vs. Fort Cherry
WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball

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Kiski’s Enzo Morlacci pins Penn Trafford’s Wesley Stull during the 3AAA WPIAL-PIAA South West Regional 160-pound quarterfinal on Friday, March. 4, 2022 at Canon-McMillan High School.
Kiski Area’s Morlacci reaches WPIAL semifinals, 100-win milestone
Enzo Morlacci is giving up wrestling after the season. The Kiski Area senior recently de-committed from Lehigh to pursue a film career.

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Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher celebrates after being fouled while scoring during the WPIAL Class 5A championship game against New Castle on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Petersen Events Center.
Rodney Gallagher’s free throws in final second of double OT lift Laurel Highlands past New Castle in WPIAL Class 5A final
March 4, 2022
Same arena. Same prize. There was a little less time on the clock when Rodney Gallagher walked to the foul line this year, but he made sure the outcome was also exactly the same.

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Latrobe’s Luke Willochell pins North Hills Giavonie Schipani during the 3AAA WPIAL-PIAA South West Regional 106-pound quarterfinal action on Friday, March. 4, 2022 at Canon-McMillan High School.
Latrobe freshman Willochell rolls into semifinals of WPIAL/PIAA Class 3A Southwest Regional
Sometimes freshmen have trouble competing in big tournaments.

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