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.
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.
Several standout individual efforts and superior depth helped Moon Area swim past Montour in a WPIAL dual meet Thursday night.
Five wrestlers recorded pins to help Moon Area post an easy win over Blackhawk Wednesday night in a dual meet. Carlynton fell to Quaker Valley in another dual meet.
Montour's Ama Sow scored five points in overtime to lead the Spartans to a 51-45 victory over Moon Tuesday night in a WPIAL Class 5A Section 4 boys basketball matchup. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Bishop Canevin also won.
Moon Area had to come from behind to beat Montour in a WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 girls basketball game at Moon. Maria Depner led the Tigers with 18 points while Zoe Woessner topped Montour with 13.