The Moon Area girls basketball team's Senior Night wasn't your typical event this year. Rather, it was designated as an "Orange Out" event to raise awareness for childhood cancer.
High school basketball: Moon, Bishop Canevin pass first WPIAL Tournament tests; Carlynton eliminated
High school basketball: Moon, Bishop Canevin pass first WPIAL Tournament tests; Carlynton eliminated
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.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart met little resistance in its first-round game of the WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball tournament Friday night as the Chargers pummeled South Allegheny, 56-8. In Class 5A, Moon Area wasn't as successful, as the Tigers fell to Indiana, 44-39.
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.