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CHALLENGE CONQUERED

North Allegheny proved a challenge for Bethel Park long before the Black Hawks narrowly dispatched the Tigers, 26-19, to reach the semifinals in the WPIAL Class AAA team wrestling tournament. Before they met NA in the quarterfinals hosted by Bethel Park on Jan. 31, the Black Hawks watched the ...

Bethel Park clinches section title

Bethel Park defeated Baldwin, 42-22, to claim its first section wrestling title since 2009 when the school captured its last WPIAL team championship. “From start to finish of the dual their was energy and excitement to get it done,” said BP mat boss Tyler Nauman. “Even with a couple ...

Bethel Park freshman making waves with record swims

Ever since Jackson Edwards started swimming at age 7, the Bethel Park freshman has been smashing records. He owns Allegheny Mountain Swimming marks in several backstroke events as well as multiple pool and school standards. What Edwards did on Jan. 18 in a dual meet against Peters Township, ...

Milestone Maker: Peters Township player tops 1,000-point plateau

Gemma Walker averages 16.3 points per game but the senior was in a bit of a hurry to score a dozen of them when Peters Township hosted Bethel Park on Jan. 19 at AHN Arena. During a 59-55 overtime win against the Black Hawks, Walker tossed in 12 of her game-high 22 markers in the first ...

McDonnell fall enables Bethel Park to wrestle win from Canon-Mac

For the first time in school history, Bethel Park defeated Canon-McMillan in wrestling and it took a third-period fall by Cordan McDonnell in the final match to secure the landmark victory, 33-28. After the Big Macs erased a nine-point deficit and took a 25-18 advantage into the final ...

On a roll: Peters Township girls dominating the competition

With a 52-42 win over Canon-McMillan on Jan. 16 at AHN Arena, Peters Township completed the first half of Section 2 action undefeated with a 6-0 record. The victory also kept the Indians undefeated overall at 15-0 and ranked No. 1 in Class 6A of the WPIAL in girls’ basketball. In the ...