Two West Hills area wrestlers are seeded No. 1 in their respective weight classes for Saturday's WPIAL Sectional Tournaments, taking place at various locations. Carlynton, Montour and Moon Area all will be represented.
Moon Area sophomore Haley Smarsh will look to make it two straight championships at Saturday's WPIAL Girls Wrestling Individual Championships, held at North Allegheny High School. Smarsh is the top seed at 130 pounds while Montour's Kristen Walzer is seeded No. 2 in her 100-pound weight class.
Despite getting three victories by fall, Carlynton dropped a 41-24 decision to Brooke High School of West Virginia in a non-section dual wrestling meet Wednesday night. Carlynton's Braiden Sudor earned his 100th career win. In other action, Moon claimed a 35-29 victory over Butler.
Moon Area's bid to advance in the WPIAL Wrestling Team Championships came to a halt Wednesday night in a 54-11 loss to unbeaten Franklin Regional.
Moon Area defeated Peters Township, 37-26, Monday in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Class 3A Wrestling Team Championships. The Tigers will take on Franklin Regional Wednesday.
The Moon Area Tigers will face Peters Township Monday evening in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Wrestling Team Championships. The meet will begin at 6 p.m. at Shaler High School.
Moon Area fell to West Allegheny in the final bout of their dual wrestling meet Wednesday night while Carlynton came up short against Avonworth.