North Allegheny defeats Pine-Richland in penultimate home meet
by: Bob Orkwis
North Allegheny remained perfect against WPIAL competition by posting a sweep of Pine-Richland in Wexford on Thursday night. The girls won by a score of 102-65 while the boys won 99-67. The Tigers are now (10-0) with two meets remaining.
The Tigers gold medal diving duo of Maggie Lapina (266.30) and Ethan Maravich (281.50) remained hot on the boards as the pair won the diving competition.
In the swimming events, the girls for North Allegheny overcame and early push from the Rams, before taking control, while the boys team was strong from the outset.
In the 200 medley relays for the girls, Dani Hinkson, Tori Tieppo, Eva Ogden, and Madden Woycheck were victorious at 1:49.15. Danny Lesinski, Landon Bolen, Mason Shantz, and Odin Hsu posted a winning time of 1:33.61.
In the 200 free, Whitney Calhoun and Bree Arthur from Pine-Richland finished first and second, with the first of several strong showings for that pair. Kate Dudro from the Tigers placed third. Max Thirkell (1:48.63) won on the boys side.
Alli Schomaker and Riley Shafer from Pine-Richland were the top two finishers in the 200 IM, with Tieppo finishing third. Lesinski (1:55.77) was the boys winner.
In the 50 free, the Tigers girls posted a sweep, which really put North Allegheny on the path to the win. Woycheck (24.47), Ogden (24.49) and Aubrey Constable (25.32) were the top three. Zachary Totin (21.82) and Nate Hilbert (22.81) were the top finishers for the boys.
Hinkson (57.21) won the 100 fly for the girls, while Cameron Wincko and Andrew Kirkpatrick placed first and second for the boys. Matthew Lindblad was third for North Allegheny.
A pair of sweeps for the Tigers in the 100 free. Evey Masztak (54.50), Annie Elliott and Sydney DeHainaut were the top finishers for the girls while Alex Harbaugh (47.63), Shantz and Dylan Seiford all finished 1-2-3 for the boys.
Pine-Richland’s Calhoun grabbed her second win of the night in the 500 free, with Natalie Reubi taking second. Captain Jackson Ross (4:34.41) outdueled brother Peter Ross to win the boys event.
The quartets of Dudro, Sydney DeHainaut, Elliott, and Woycheck (1:40.47), and Harbaugh, Hsu, Shantz, and Lesinski (1:25.37) took first in the 200 free relays.
Angelina Li (59.84) won the 100 back for the girls, with Ryan Crane (55.07) placing first on the boys side. This event was exhibition for the North Allegheny boys.
It was exhibition the rest of the way for the Tigers, here are the top finishers:
100 Girls Breaststroke: Tieppo (1:06.30) 100 Boys Breaststroke: Lindblad (1:03.82)
400 Girls Freestyle Relay: Dudro, Hinkson, Elliott and Julia Tengowksi (3:37.78)
400 Boys Freestyle Relay: Hsu, Totin, Jackson Ross and Seiford (3:12.57)
For complete meet results, click here.
The Wright Automotive Players of the Game were awarded as follows:
For the boys, it was Max Thirkell. The junior shaved three seconds off his lifetime best with a win in the 200-yard freestyle. He also swam in the 200-freestyle relay.
On the girls side, Natalie Reubi was honored. The junior had an excellent showing with a second-place finish in the 500 freestyle. She was also a part of the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relay teams during the meet.
North Allegheny will have its final home meet of the season next Tuesday. The Tigers will celebrate Senior Night, before visiting Shaler on Thursday, February 12th. If you cannot make it for Senior Night, the North Allegheny Sports Network will have live coverage beginning at 5PM.
