Avery Allan, Caitlin Hart are top dogs on Quaker Valley girls tennis team
The Quaker Valley girls tennis team has been fortunate enough to have strong players at first and second singles the last few years. Most recently, QV had the sister duo of Ashley and Kirsten Close competing at singles. When Ashley graduated, Kirsten moved up to No. 1 singles for her...
Franklin Regional notebook: Senior runs into champ at WPIAL tournament
After finishing second in the Section 1-3A single tournament, Franklin Regional senior tennis player Zeynep Isik reached the quarterfinals of the WPIAL singles championship. Isik defeated Upper St. Clair sophomore Lily Angus, 10-7, in the first round. She ran into Shady Side Academy senior Meriweather McCargo in the quarterfinals and...
Fox Chapel’s Maya Vyas gains confidence, experience in WPIAL singles debut
Maya Vyas avoided being discouraged during the Section 3-3A singles tournament. The Fox Chapel sophomore dropped the first set against Shady Side Academy’s Elizabeth Butera in a lengthy tiebreak. Vyas felt more positive, despite the initial setback. “I’ve probably improved in trusting myself during a match and staying in the...
Shady Side Academy ace Meriwether McCargo becomes 4-time WPIAL singles champ
Shady Side Academy senior Meriwether McCargo on Thursday became only the second girl to win four WPIAL singles tennis titles. She joined Knoch graduate Laura Greb (2017-2020), who was a four-time winner in Class 2A. McCargo is the only Class 3A four-time winner. The victory did not come easy as...
Shady Side Academy’s Meriwether McCargo to play for 4th WPIAL tennis title
Shady Side Academy’s Meriwether McCargo is on pace to become the second four-time WPIAL girls tennis singles champion, dropping a total of five games in three matches Wednesday en route to the Class 3A finals. McCargo defeated promising North Allegheny freshman Winni Hayward in the semifinals, 6-3, 6-1. Standing in...
Shady Side Academy senior out to make WPIAL tennis history
The first district championship of the 2026 fall sports season begins Wednesday, and history could be made in the WPIAL girls tennis singles tournament. Shady Side Academy senior Meriwether McCargo is the top seed in the Class 3A bracket as she hopes to become the first player to win four...
Bethel Park’s Cami Fisher wins 3rd section singles title
Playing in her fourth section singles final, Bethel Park senior Cami Fisher won her third straight championship, defeating Black Hawks teammate MacKenzie Smock, 6-2, 6-2, for the Section 4-3A title. In the third-place match, Upper St. Clair’s Lily Angus defeated Mt. Lebanon’s Katya Rowley, 7-5, 6-3. In Class 3A, the...
Mt. Pleasant gets past Derry in first-place tennis battle
It was not a great start for Mt. Pleasant senior Autumn Jurkovic-Kuzma in her singles match against Derry. Trojans senior Melissa Polinsky won the first set of their match, 6-1. But Jurkovic-Kuzma gutted out a 7-5 victory in the second set and then won the third set 6-2 to clinch...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Jeannette softball coaches Tubby, Dody Stein resign
Tubby Stein stressed and strained over his decision to step down as softball coach at Jeannette because he played such a key role in turning around the program. Handing it over to someone else didn’t seem right, but the timing of the move did. The latter outweighed the former. Stein...
NA girls tennis honoring beloved late coach from ‘special place’
North Allegheny girls tennis this season is playing for more than wins and losses. The Tigers are driven by the memory of their beloved former coach, Michelle Weniger, who died March 11 following a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 67. Weniger had guided North Allegheny for the...
Franklin Regional tennis has new girls coach, exciting foreign exchange player
The Franklin Regional girls tennis team has a new coach and a new No. 1 player. Rochelle Seilhamer, 74, was hired to replace Kevin Fisher, who resigned to spend more time on his business. Fisher will continue to coach the boys team in the spring. “I just had too much...
Fox Chapel junior, learning to finish points, moves up to No. 1 singles spot
Clara Drahnak won’t have a specific game plan she needs to execute for the Fox Chapel girls tennis team. When the ball is in play, the Foxes’ No. 1 singles player is comfortable making decisions on the fly. When Fox Chapel beat Baldwin on Aug. 31, Drahnak was working on...
Westmoreland County high school tennis preview: Hempfield, Mt. Pleasant looking for big seasons
Hempfield in Class 3A and Mt. Pleasant in Class 2A are expecting big things this high school tennis season. The Spartans defeated Franklin Regional, 4-1, on Tuesday to begin Section 1 action. “The victory was a tremendous boost to our record, but, perhaps even more importantly, it was a boost...
Deep, talented Quaker Valley girls tennis lineup ready to defend WPIAL crown
Quaker Valley enters the 2026 girls tennis season as the defending WPIAL Class 2A team champion. And with six returning starters. “Even though we lost three seniors, I think our outlook is very positive,” QV hall-of-fame coach Christi Hays said. “We are deep. To say that we are excited about...
2-sport star Kate Miller instrumental in Quaker Valley’s tennis, lacrosse success
Kate Miller, the leading scorer on the Quaker Valley girls lacrosse squad this spring, also is a top competitor for the reigning district champion girls tennis team at QV. Miller racked up 79 goals and 28 assists for the lacrosse team and will be a two-sport prodigy again in 2026-27....
After big junior year, sky’s the limit for Quaker Valley tennis’ Will Meagher
By any measure, Quaker Valley tennis standout Will Meagher enjoyed “sweet” success in 2026. Meagher’s season wasn’t perfect as he finished with a 13-5 record. But the QV junior wrapped up his junior year by advancing to the final four at the PIAA Class 2A championships held May 22-23 in...
Quaker Valley boys cap WPIAL playoff run with classic win in finals
The most elated group of athletes in the area on May 5 was the Quaker Valley boys tennis team. The fifth-seeded Quakers capped off an impressive WPIAL playoff run by defeating No. 2 North Catholic, 3-2, at Washington & Jefferson College to win the Class 2A championship. QV’s starting lineup...
Quaker Valley boys, girls follow same blueprint to WPIAL team tennis championships
The similarities are intriguing. Both the boys and girls tennis teams at Quaker Valley won WPIAL championships in 2025-26. Both teams defeated North Catholic by a 3-2 score in the Class 2A finals, after each lost to the Trojans during the regular season. And both were sparked by a doubles...
North Allegheny ends historic boys tennis season with PIAA singles, doubles championships
North Allegheny wrapped up what has to be the greatest boys tennis season in WPIAL history on Saturday with not one but two championship performances. Advaita Sircar won the Class 3A singles title and Ashwin Sudhakar and Matt Kampi won the Class 3A doubles crown at the Hershey Racquet Club....
North Allegheny players make PIAA semifinals in singles, doubles
A remarkable season for North Allegheny boys tennis continued Friday with No. 1 singles player Advaita Sircar and No. 1 doubles team Ashwin Sudhakar and Matt Kampi moving into Saturday’s PIAA Class 3A semifinals. Defending champion Max Henson of Belle Vernon and WPIAL runner-up Will Meagher of Quaker Valley and...
North Allegheny wins PIAA team tennis championship for 3rd time
North Allegheny won its third PIAA boys team tennis championship Saturday in Hershey, defeating District 1 champion Conestoga, 3-1, in the finals. The Tigers were sparked by dominant wins from Advaita Sircar at No. 1 singles, Evan Kaufman at No. 3 singles and the team of Shivum Telang and Ronit...
North Allegheny boys tennis makes historic run
North Allegheny boys tennis is so strong this season that the No. 3 singles player for the Tigers is the No. 2 singles player in the WPIAL. “I don’t know that that’s ever really happened before,” coach Matt Woffington said. “It just shows the depth that we have. When your...
High school roundup for May 15, 2026: North Allegheny, North Catholic advance at state tennis tournament
WPIAL Class 3A champion North Allegheny and Class 2A runner-up North Catholic are still in the running for a state championship. North Allegheny had no problems with District 1 runner-up Central Bucks West in the PIAA quarterfinals Friday in Hershey, earning a 3-0 sweep. At No. 1 and No. 2...
Fox Chapel notebook: Tennis team left it all on court
The Fox Chapel boys tennis team had a number of spots to fill in their lineup this season. Foxes coach Alex Slezak didn’t have too wild of a motto to show confidence in the group. “Our motto all year was, ‘Why not us?’” Slezak said. “And that motto allowed us...
Allderdice boys tennis riding wave of success behind balanced lineup
The Allderdice Dragons are catching fire at the right time. The boys tennis team won four consecutive matches to improve to 9-1 in the regular season. The Dragons have an impressive resume after defeating defending WPIAL Class 3A champion Gateway, along with Fox Chapel, Franklin Regional and numerous WPIAL opponents....
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