May 4, 2026
Serving the Western Suburbs of Pittsburgh
Both Moon Area and Bishop Canevin opened play in the WPIAL boys basketball tournament with victories to advance to Friday's quarterfinals. Carlynton, meanwhile, saw its season come to an end.
The Moon Area boys and girls swim teams outdistanced the competition over the weekend at the Midwestern Athletic Conference Championship meet held Friday and Saturday at Moon. A total of 13 schools competed in both the girls and boys meets.
Moon Area's Liam Costa won the 160-pound title and Carlynton's Henry Barbisch ruled the 285-pound class at their respective WPIAL sectional tournaments Saturday. Seventeen area wrestlers secured berths in next week's WPIAL Championships.
Moon's Haley Smarsh won her second consecutive gold medal while Montour's Kristen Walzer took home her first at Saturday's WPIAL Girls Individual Wrestling Championships at North Allegheny High School.
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.
The fields for this year's WPIAL boys and girls basketball tournaments were unveiled Monday and the Montour boys team is the No. 1 seed in the Class 5A bracket. Other boys teams competing are Moon, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Carlynton and Bishop Canevin. Local girls teams are OLSH, Moon and Bishop Canevin.
