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Led by double gold from Jackson Edwards, Bethel Park boys shine at WPIAL swim meet
Jackson Edwards is a powerhouse within the pool. Edwards, a junior, received each the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke on the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Feb. 26-27 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. Edwards posted 48.97 and 48.88 occasions in successful the 2 occasions. “My targets previous to this season had been…
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Bethel Park ladies ‘swam their hearts out’ at profitable WPIAL meet
The Bethel Park ladies staff dove headfirst into the 2025-26 swim season. “I am very proud of the girls team,” coach Kathy Strock mentioned. “We had a small staff, however they confirmed up at each twin meet. Starting off with diving, we had 10 lady divers this season, and eight…
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Shady Side outduels Franklin Regional for staff title, Hampton’s Lainey Sheets shines at PIAA Class 2A swim meet
LEWISBURG — Franklin Regional and Shady Side Academy went backwards and forwards over the course of two hours Saturday night to determine the PIAA Class 2A ladies swimming staff champion at Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium. Each staff captured medals. Shady Side junior Ava Jochims was golden once more within the 500-yard…
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Franklin Regional ladies swimmers end 2nd in staff standings at PIAAs, simply in need of title
LEWISBURG — Franklin Regional and Shady Side Academy went all the way down to the wire Saturday night to determine the PIAA Class 2A ladies staff championship at Bucknell University. The Lady Bulldogs led by 4 factors after freshman Ella Kiger’s sixth-place end within the 100-yard breaststroke. The 400 freestyle relay determined it….
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Hampton’s Gabriella Elk efficiently defends PIAA Class 2A diving title
LEWISBURG — Gabriella Elk left fairly an enduring influence on diving on the PIAA-championship degree. The Hampton senior defended her ladies Class 2A state title Saturday afternoon with an 11-dive whole of 452.75 factors at Bucknell. The Delaware commit led all through and captured her fourth PIAA medal. She was eighth…
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Several WPIAL swimmers to contend for state titles on Day 2 of PIAA Class 2A meet
LEWISBURG — The ultimate day of PIAA Class 2A swimming Saturday can have a number of WPIAL opponents within the night’s championship finals. Indiana junior Joshua Reed returned to the pool this morning within the preliminaries of the 100-yard freestyle and positioned third with a time of 46.99. Northgate senior Sam Cavanaugh,…
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Ava Jochims, Shady Side Academy ladies shine on large stage at PIAA Class 2A swim meet
LEWISBURG — As the No. 1 seed by eight seconds within the Class 2A ladies 200-yard particular person medley, Shady Side Academy junior Ava Jochims felt assured that she might convey dwelling a second straight state championship within the occasion Friday night on the PIAA swimming championships at Bucknell University. But…
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Franklin Regional ladies relay staff wins PIAA gold
LEWISBURG — Scarlett Zolnak waited as patiently as she might. But the adrenaline was build up inside, and he or she simply wished to race. The junior anchor of the newly minted Franklin Regional state champion 200-yard freestyle relay dove in when fellow junior Aidah Holm, the relay’s third leg, touched the…
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Knoch’s Adrian Lavorini locations third in 200 IM at state championships
LEWISBURG — Adrian Lavorini knew he might drop time within the championship warmth of the 200-yard particular person medley Friday on the PIAA Class 2A championships at Bucknell University. The Knoch senior, who will swim subsequent yr at Penn State Behrend, was fourth heading into the ultimate leg of the IM,…
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Beaver’s Isaac Burtt takes ninth at PIAA Class 2A diving championships
LEWISBURG — Isaac Burtt made his PIAA diving debut ultimately yr’s Class 2A championships and positioned thirteenth general. The Beaver senior had designs on a better end and a state medal in his return to Bucknell on Friday. He was capable of obtain the primary objective as he bumped…
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Several WPIAL swimmers in medal rivalry at PIAA Class 2A swimming championships
LEWISBURG — The WPIAL will probably be effectively represented within the 12 finals heats Friday night on the PIAA Class 2A championships at Bucknell. The first preliminary of the day noticed the Northgate 200-yard medley relay snag the No. 3 seed (1:36.81). Northgate sophomore Greyson McKelvey then scored the No. 3…
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Gold goes to Upper St. Clair senior, North Allegheny swimmers at PIAA Class 3A meet
Nazar Zoukovski took third within the boys 100-yard freestyle on the 2024 PIAA Class 3A swimming championships. He positioned fifth final yr. On Thursday at Bucknell University, gold was on his thoughts. The Upper St. Clair senior, fourth Wednesday within the 50 free, got here again sturdy and claimed the highest…
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Fox Chapel’s Delaney O’Toole wins gold, Ellie Lange silver at PIAA swim meet
LEWISBURG — Delaney O’Toole received 4 WPIAL championships — two individually and two extra as a part of relays — Feb. 26-27 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Fox Chapel swimmer hoped to expertise that successful feeling once more, this time on the PIAA degree. After a runner-up end within the Class 3A…
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Latrobe, Franklin Regional swimmers convey dwelling medals from PIAA Class 3A swim meet
LEWISBURG — Chris Heese swam to a seventh-place medal Wednesday on the PIAA Class 3A championships at Bucknell University. The Latrobe senior got here in because the thirteenth seed within the 50 free, and he made his transfer. Heese returned to the pool Thursday hoping for a much bigger prize within the…
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WPIAL trio climbs medals podium at PIAA Class 3A ladies diving championships
LEWISBURG — The WPIAL once more was effectively represented on the medals podium on the PIAA Class 3A ladies diving championships. North Allegheny senior Maggie Lapina, Mars junior Marin Raible and Seneca Valley senior Ali Walters completed second, third and fourth, respectively, Thursday afternoon at Bucknell. Hayden Taylor, a senior from…
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WPIAL swimmers earn prime seeds in 5 occasions on Day 2 of PIAA Class 3A swim championships
LEWISBURG — The WPIAL can have 4 of the highest 5 seeds for the championship warmth of the Class 3A boys 100-yard freestyle Thursday night on the PIAA swimming championships at Bucknell. Upper St. Clair senior Nazar Zoukovski (44.80) completed first within the morning preliminaries, with Mars sophomore Dom Davis…
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North Allegheny’s Claire Bacu, relay groups declare gold on 1st day of PIAA swim meet
Claire Bacu is a state champion. The North Allegheny senior completed fifteenth after which ninth in her first two cracks on the 200-yard particular person medley on the PIAA Class 3A championships at Bucknell University. Last yr, she was the runner-up to Fox Chapel graduate Sarah Pasquella. This yr, there was…
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Fox Chapel’s Ellie Lange rallies for 200 IM gold in PIAA swimming championships debut
LEWISBURG — Freshman Ellie Lange was in fifth place getting into the third leg of her swim within the championship warmth of the 200-yard particular person medley Wednesday night on the PIAA Class 3A championships at Bucknell University. But she made up three locations within the 100 butterfly and completed off her…
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Knoch’s Adrian Lavorini eyes golden alternative at PIAA championships
LEWISBURG — Adrian Lavorini concludes his highschool swim profession Friday and Saturday on the PIAA Class 2A swim championships at Bucknell. While the Knoch senior has one eye on his future, which incorporates swimming in faculty, the opposite eye is on decreasing school-record occasions and difficult for gold on…
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North Allegheny’s Ethan Maravich takes silver at PIAA diving championships
LEWISBURG — A brand new PIAA Class 3A boys diving champion was assured Wednesday afternoon after final yr’s titlist, Governor Mifflin’s Alex Wodehose, graduated and now could be diving at Penn State. North Allegheny’s Ethan Maravich, final yr’s third-place finisher, hoped it will be him. But Freedom senior Cody Smith, an Arizona…
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North Allegheny’s Claire Bacu, Fox Chapel’s Ellie Lange amongst prime seeds after prelim heats at PIAA meet
LEWISBURG — Numerous WPIAL swimmers made their mark and earned spots in night championship heats Wednesday on the primary day of the PIAA Class 3A championships at Bucknell. The boys preliminaries noticed North Allegheny and Upper St. Clair go 2-3 within the 200-yard medley relay, and they’re going to swim in…
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A-Ok Valley’s WPIAL champs prepared for check vs. state’s finest at PIAA swim meet
Kiski Area’s Leah Kunkle loved the prospect to have a good time her WPIAL Class 3A ladies 100-yard breaststroke gold medal received Feb. 27 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. But not too lengthy after that, it was again to work with the information there was extra available on the PIAA championships at…
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Latrobe senior Chris Heese pumped up for PIAA swim meet
Latrobe senior Chris Heese hopes to ship a robust message this week. A two-time WPIAL Class 3A gold medalist within the 100-yard breaststroke, Heese took a unique strategy in preparation for the PIAA swimming and diving championships, which occur Wednesday by Saturday at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. Heese hit…
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Gateway swimmers advance to PIAA championship meet
Gunner Raymer mentioned he was below the climate and never at his finest for the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Feb. 26 an 27 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. “That was a big factor in both of my events,” the Kenyon College (Ohio) commit mentioned. “It was frustrating. I wasn’t 100%.”…
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Amelia Suhayda, Marcus Zhan lead Quaker Valley swimmers at WPIAL meet
Quaker Valley senior Marcus Zhan earned a runner-up end within the 200-yard freestyle occasion on the WPIAL Class 2A swimming championships Feb. 26-27 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. Zhan, who attends Sewickley Academy and competes for the Quakers as a part of a cooperative sponsorship, turned in a time of 1 minute,…