Moon Area's Cael Yanek brought home gold Saturday from the Allegheny County Wrestling Championships, which wrapped up its two-day run at Fox Chapel High School. Moon finished fifth as a team while Montour wound up 21st and Carlynton 23rd among 37 schools.
Montour had little trouble taking care of host Mars Saturday, as the Spartans rolled to a WPIAL Class 5A Section 4 boys basketball victory. Moon, meanwhile, squeezed past Allderdice in a non-section game and Carlynton fell to Ambridge.
The Carlynton Cougars boys swim team used a first-place finish in the final event of the meet Friday night to beat Keystone Oaks, 69-67. The Cougars girls fell 84-66 despite a number of individual event wins.
Moon Area used 27 points from Jaedin Griggs and some key fourth-quarter contributions from Maria Depner to beat Pine-Richland Saturday in a girls basketball matchup. Montour, meanwhile, fell to Mars.
Damien Holloway scored 22 points and Devonte Dean added 19 as Carlynton breezed past Cornell in a boys basketball game Friday night. Montour and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart also won, as did Carlynton's girls.
Several standout individual efforts and superior depth helped Moon Area swim past Montour in a WPIAL dual meet Thursday night.
Leah Parker and Sara Daeschner combined for 29 points as Our Lady of the Sacred Heart rolled past Ellwood City Thursday night in a girls basketball game.