June 2013 - Allegheny West Magazine

Indian Highlights
There is a new WPIAL track and
field champion in sophomore Lauren
Costa, who won the 100-meter dash and
followed up with a second place finish at
the PIAA finals held at Shippensburg
University on May 25. Costa also placed
fifth in the 100-meter hurdles in the
WPIAL finals qualifying her for the
PIAA finals as well.
In other individual WPIAL news,
Alexis O’Shea placed fourth in the 800-
meter run and fifth in the 1600-meter run.
In relay news, the team of Jen Forse,
Linda Zysk, Sarah Davis and Lauren
Costa placed fourth in the 400-meter
relay, setting a new school record of
49.16 seconds. The team of Onshea
Floyd, Adelle Collins, Lauren Costa and
Alexis O’Shea placed sixth in the 1600-
meter relay. All of these girls represented
West Allegheny in the PIAA finals.
In softball news, the team advanced to
the semifinal round of the AAA WPIAL
play-offs facing Greensburg Salem as well
as a two-day rain delay. Although the
team played hard and rallied to tie the
game and send it into extra innings the
game ended in a 3-2 loss. The Indians
found themselves battling West Mifflin
for the third place title in the consolation
round where they came out on top with a
5-1 victory. This win qualified the Indians
for the PIAA playoffs against Fort
LeBeouf on June 3, at Penn State University
– Behrend.
Baseball continued its run through the
“AAA” bracket as they advanced to the
semifinals and found themselves facing
section foe, Hopewell. Despite a 4-0 loss
to Hopewell, the team kept a positive
attitude as they faced Keystone Oaks in
the consolation game at Ross Field in
Washington, falling short in a 1-0 contest
and ending their season.
Eighth Grade Students Motivated by Race for the Cake
West Allegheny Middle School
teachers Jacqueline Schmidt and
Marcella Selestow conducted a fourweek
PSSA preparation unit with the
WPIAL champion Lauren Costa bolts out of the starting blocks.
eighth grade support resource reading
students titled Race for the Cake.
Throughout the program the reading
students were enthusiastic and worked
diligently to earn points toward the
final reward of an ice cream cake. The
program culminated with the cake
celebration held on March 21.