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.
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.
Montour's boys basketball team closed out regular-season play with an easy win over Ringgold while Bishop Canevin lost to New Castle. In girls action, Moon downed Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Montour lost to Canon-McMillan.
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.
The Moon Area boys and girls swim teams both lost to Seneca Valley Thursday night, a week after both squads beat Butler. Moon will host Pine-Richland Thursday in the final dual meet of the year and then host the Midwestern Athletic Conference meet Friday and Saturday.
The Carlynton swim teams faced Chartiers Valley in their final section meet, with the boys losing 97-57 and the girls 95-53. Evey Fahnestock and Cate Hites excelled with multiple wins, including relays. Harry Miller led the boys with two individual victories. Both teams showcased strong performances against East Allegheny prior.