The end of the school year means the end of the Mt. Lebanon varsity sports calendar.   

As always, there were many noteworthy performances and happenings. To mention just a few: Sylvia Roy is a name you’ve probably heard before, and the promising swimmer continued to shine. Boys volleyball is back, baby. And there’s something new at the school stadium – you can’t miss it.  

What follows is a rundown of the many sports highlights. 

 JUST WIN  

Several Blue Devils teams and athletes excelled in 2024-25. 

FALL SPORTS

Boys cross country: Evan Yurasko advanced to the WPIAL championships. 

Girls cross country: Finished fourth in the WPIAL. Maeve McNamee and Josie Engle advanced to the PIAAs. 

Field hockey: Was the WPIAL runner-up. 

Boys golf: Cooper Whalen and Max Pirain qualified for the WPIAL individual championships. 

Girls soccer: Advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinals. 

Boys soccer: Advanced to WPIAL playoffs. 

Girls tennis: Won their section. Won the WPIAL team title. Advanced to the PIAA semifinals. Jackie Tang and Michelle Yang won the WPIAL doubles championship and were PIAA runners-up in doubles. 

WINTER SPORTS

Boys basketball: Advanced to WPIAL semifinals and qualified for the PIAA playoffs. 

Girls basketball: Advanced to WPIAL semifinals. 

Unified bocce: Two teams advanced to the playoffs. (Read about this unique sport.) 

Cheerleaders: Advanced to the semifinals of the ECA national championships in Orlando.

Hockey: Advanced to the PIHL playoffs. 

Rifle: Went 14-0, won their section and finished fourth in the WPIAL and PIAA. Alexander Chandran and Whistle Foxbury qualified for the WPIAL and PIAA individual championships. 

Girls swimming and diving: Won their section. Finished fourth in the WPIAL, where 22 swimmers competed. Had 15 swimmers qualify for the PIAA championships. Sylvia Roy won WPIAL championships in the 50-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke, both with WPIAL records. Roy became one of only four swimmers to have won the WPIAL 50 free and 100 backstroke all four years. Roy won the PIAA championship in the 100 backstroke. 

Boys swimming and diving: Won their section. Finished third in the WPIAL. 

Boys wrestling: Cole Gibbons, John Emma, Ben Lloyd, Devin McCauley and Evan Sala qualified for the WPIAL championships, with Gibbons, Lloyd and Sala advancing to the regional tournament. 

Girls wrestling: Paige Jox, Julianne Van Slyk and Sophia Beanner qualified for the WPIAL championships. Jox and Van Slyk advanced to the regionals. Jox qualified for the PIAA tournament. (Read more.) 

SPRING SPORTS

Baseball: Advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinals. 

Boys tennis: Won their section and advanced to the WPIAL semifinals. Mark Summers and Luca Ritivoi were the WPIAL runners-up in doubles and made it to the PIAA quarterfinals. 

Boys lacrosse: Won the WPIAL championship for the third year in a row and advanced to the state quarterfinals. 

Girls lacrosse: Won the WPIAL championship for the second year in a row and advanced to the state quarterfinals. 

Girls rugby: Ella Frey was named First Team All State.

Boys track: Finished fourth in the WPIAL team championships, with 20 athletes competing in WPIAL individual events, and three – Nick Machado, Patrick Smith and Alex Joseph — advancing to the PIAA meet. 

Girls track: Qualified for the WPIAL team playoffs, with 20 athletes competing in WPIAL individual events. The 4×400 relay won the WPIAL championship and finished fifth in the state – Lily Cramer, Lauren Krebs, Lucy Tang, Selma Bajgoric. They were among seven girls who qualified for states, along with Kiera Kraemer, Carmela Guillen and Maeve McNamee. 

Boys volleyball: Won their section and advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinals, extra noteworthy because it was their first playoff appearance since the program was reinstated in 2023 after being disbanded in 2011. (Read more.) 

CALL TO COLLEGE 

A lot of Mt. Lebanon athletes don’t stop at high school, and it’s no different this year. Here are athletes who have committed to continuing to compete in college in 2025-26. Thanks to the Blue Devil Club for the list.

Baseball:

• Brett Hamel – Marietta College 
• Anthony Mincarelli – University of Pittsburgh-Bradford 
• Maddox Yost – Millersville University 

Girls basketball: 

• Payton Collins – Bowdoin College 

Field hockey: 

• Taylor Tecza – John Carroll University 
• Autumn Dowiak – Vassar College 

Football: 

• Rowan Horgan – Washington & Jefferson College
• Brady Lockwich – Seton Hill University 
• Dominic Huff – Seton Hill University 
• Noah Schaerli – Robert Morris University 

Boys lacrosse: 

• Ty Pirain – John Carroll University 
• Joey Hetz – Hamilton College 
• Mason Prettyman – Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
• Brady Lockwich – Seton Hill University 

Girls soccer: 

• Tessa Peer – Mercyhurst University 
• Maureen McCluskey – John Carroll University 

Boys soccer: 

• Cole Barton – California University of Pennsylvania 

Swimming: 

• Sylvia Roy – University of Virginia 
• Helen Albu – Tulane University  
• Malcolm Thompson – Fordham University 
• Tommy Harrold – Carleton College 

Track and field: 

• Selma Bajgoric – Duquesne University 
• Maeve McNamee – Lafayette College (cross country and track) 
• Nick Machado – Duquesne University 
• Isaigh Irwin Evans – Dennison University
• Josie Engle – Washington and Lee University

Boys volleyball: 

• Liam Dwyer – Hiram College 

Wrestling: 

• Ben Lloyd – Gannon University

SMOKE ON THE WATER 

It’s not a varsity sport, but this accomplishment by a club team is worth a shout-out. The boys crew fours qualified for the nationals, a first for Lebo.

EXTRA, EXTRA CURRICULARS

• Before Sylvia Roy continued her attack on high school records, before she even entered her senior year, she qualified last summer for the United State Olympic trials. (Read more.) 
• Lebo star left-hander David Shields was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the Major League Baseball draft last summer. Although he had a scholarship waiting for him at Miami, he opted to turn pro. He began the 2025 season with the Single A Columbia (S.C.) Fireflies. (Read more.) 
• Former Lebo girls basketball coach Dori Oldaker spent a June evening being inducted into the WPIAL Hall of Fame. (Read more.) 

NEW SCOREBOARD 

Thanks to donations, the stadium got a new video scoreboard. 

“It’s the first time we’ve had a complete video board. That’s a pretty cool thing. That’s a good addition,” Mt. Lebanon athletic director John Grogan said. 

 Not only has that provided a better experience during competitions for the teams that use the stadium, but it also has given students a chance to help design content such as highlight videos and photos. 

 In fact, Andrew Hartung, who has been heavily involved in the video board content, documents a lot of that work and won the Myron Cope Best Sports Social Media Account Award at Point Park University.