Blue Devils qualify for states
Mt. Lebanon’s rifle team finished fourth in the WPIAL and earned a berth in the state championships.
The Mt. Lebanon High School rifle team finished fourth in the WPIAL championships held Feb. 11 at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsman Club located in Canonsburg and qualified for the state championships.
Woodlands Hills won the title with an 800-53x while Hempfield finished as the runner-up. Butler placed third while the Blue Devils posted a 797-60x score.
Avery Thomas and Shamira Pennell fired perfect scores for the Wolverines. Butler’s Brooke Schramm had the only other 100-10x mark in the match.
Lebo’s top shooter was Whistle Foxbury (100-9x) followed by Zoey Nikolic (100-8x) and Adam Burich (100-8x). Vivienne Rigby and Behbod Javaheri Baboli submitted 100 scores with X counts of seven and six.
Other top marksmen for the Blue Devils included: Alexander Chandran, Gui Kavati Maeta, Beyza Senoi, Mia Nikolic and Max Kaplan.
The Blue Devils were the Section II champions, finishing ahead of Bethel Park and West Greene, which both participated in the district finals.
Freddy Mach, Daphne Mach and Christian Tabler shot 100 scores with seven, seven and six X counts for the Black Hawks.
Other top shooters for Bethel Park included: Kaedon Clark, Will Popoleo, Landen Bateman, Kaelyn Weber, Kylie Kasievich, Brenna Booth and Josh Chamberlin.
Upper St. Clair was the wild card entrant in the tournament. The Panthers posted a 793-50x score to finish eighth in the 10-team tournament.
Hayate Svitek (100-9x) and Logan Wells (100-6x) were the top marksmen for USC.
Other shooters for the Panthers included: Ben Waldron, Harrison Barker, Christian Levkulich, Erin Shehab, Molly Walsh, Ari Madaras, Colin Donnelly and Lawson Fawley.