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District 10 is in line for a solid showing at the two-day PIAA championship meet this coming weekend at Shippensburg University. Below are the performance sheets for all four meets.

Class AA boys
Class AAA boys
Class AA girls
Class AAA girls

Here are the District 10 athletes in the top three seeds heading into the final meet of the season:
Class AA boys
100 - 2. Clay Allen, West Middlesex (10.90); 3. DeShawn Coleman, Hickory (10.95) – Top seed is Jhaloni Johnson of Springfield (10.87)
1,600 - 1. Ryan Smathers, North East (4:17.13)
400 relay – 1. Hickory 42.52; 2. West Middlesex 42.75
200 - 2. Clay Allen, West Middlesex (22.46) – Top seed is Vincent Moody of Clairton (22.33)
Pole vault – 1. Luke Patten, West Middlesex (14-0)
Triple jump – 2. Johnathon Jacoway, Sharon (45-7 1/4); 3. Kyle McKeen, Northwestern (45-6 1/4) – Top seed is Daniel Reichenbach of Salisbury (46-11 1/4)
Shot put – 1. Jon Yohman, Wilmington (59-4 1/2); 3. Luke Lewis, Hickory (57-9)
Discus – 2. Jon Yohman, Wilmington (179-8); 3. Trevor Harrison, West Middlesex (160-9) – Top seed is Evan Arnott of Schuylkill Valley (182-4)

Class AAA boys
110 hurdles – 2. Greg Miaczynski, Central Tech (14.18) – Top seed is Wellington Zaza of Garnet Valley (13.86)
100 - 2. Malik Moffett, Cathedral Prep (10.91) – Top seed is Demetrius Lanier of East Stroudsburg South (10.82)
High jump – 1. Malik Moffett, Cathedral Prep (6-7)

Class AA girls
3,200 relay – 2. Villa Maria (9:29.51) – Top seed is Holy Redeemer (9:27.45)
800 – 3. Claire Brown, Villa Maria (2:15.59) – Top seed is Shannon Quinn of Trinity (2:14.73)
Pole vault – 1. Rebekah Petty, Greenville (12-8)
Shot put – 2. Rachel DeMaria, West Middlesex (41-3) – Top seed is Kailyn Clancy of California (43-0)
Discus – 2. Julie Falvo, Wilmington (127-4); 3. Samantha Black, Seneca (126-8) – Top seed is Carter Green of Northern Schuylkill (152-7)

Class AAA girls
High jump – 1. Abby Jones, Franklin (5-7)
Shot put – 2. Sophia Fustos, Hickory (43-9 3/4) – Top seed is Courtney McCartney of Selinsgrove (44-10 1/2)

–Tom Reisenweber

Baseball
Non-region
Fairview 3, Eisenhower 2, 8 innings
Union City 8, Youngsville 6
McDowell 4, General McLane 2
Cathedral Prep 7, St. Joe’s (N.Y.) 5
Reynolds 9, Fort LeBoeuf 2
Titusville 7, Meadville 3
Oil City 15, Rocky Grove 10
Slippery Rock 5, Franklin 4, 10 innings

Softball
Region 3
Maplewood 13, Union City 5
Region 4
General McLane 4, North East 1
Non-region
Fairview 11, Edgewood (Ohio) 1, 5 innings
Reynolds 10, Slippery Rock 0, 6 innings
Meadville 11, Franklin 1, 5 innings
West Middlesex 6, Mercer 0

Boys tennis
PIAA Team Championships
Class AA quarterfinals
Wyomissing 5, Warren 0

–Tom Reisenweber

Updates from Wednesday’s District 10 Class AAA track and field meet at Harbor Creek’s Paul J. Weitz Stadium. Earlier updates will appear in the previous entry section:

– Mike Copper

* Cathedral Prep, led by double winner Malik Moffett (high jump, 100 meters) won the boys title for the meet. Grove City didn’t claim the title until it captured the 1,600 relay finale.

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Tennis updates from Tuesday’s PIAA team tournament at Pennbriar Athletic Club. The winners will advance to the PIAA quarterfinals, scheduled Friday at the Hershey Racquet Club.

Earlier updates will appear in the previous entry section.

– Mike Copper

* North Allegheny 3, Cathedral Prep 2. The Ramblers’ 2013 team season ends with an overall record of 11-1.

* The Class AAA No. 1 doubles match will be determined by a tiebreaker after Prep and North Allegheny’s players split the first two sets. North Allegheny has already clinched the dual with three team victories.

* Warren 4, Vincentian Academy 1. The Dragons officially advance to Friday’s PIAA Class AA quarterfinals with a perfect 15-0 record.

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The two-day Erie County Classic abruptly became a one-day event when heavy rain and lightning pounded Harbor Creek High School’s Paul J. Weitz Stadium shortly before Friday’s track and field action was supposed to start.

Harbor Creek athletic director Andy Krahe said the remainder of the meet was cancelled because of the weekend weather forecasts, as well as the upcoming District 10 meets. The Class AAA competition will take place there Wednesday, with the Class AA meet scheduled for Saturday.

– Mike Copper

Tennis results from Wednesday’s District 10 boys doubles tournament at Pennbriar Athletic Club. The champions will advance to the PIAA doubles tournament, scheduled May 24-25 at the Hershey Racquet Club:

– Mike Copper

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Seniors Nicholas Ward of Cathedral Prep and Shane Burns of Warren became back-to-back District 10 tennis titlists after Monday’s championship matches at Pennbriar Athletic Club.

Ward repeated as the Class AAA winner when he held off teammate Michal Prenovitz for a competitive 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) victory. He’ll next face District 3 second seed Darren Mast of Conestoga Valley in the first round of the PIAA tournament.

Burns prevented Fairview freshman Ben Westcott from claiming the district’s Class AA title as a qualifier. The Dragons’ top-seeded standout wore down Westcott, who won six matches just to reach Monday’s final, en route to a 6-3, 6-0 victory.

Burns will open against Wyomissing’s Ricardo Saad, the District 3 victor, when the state meet runs May 24-25 at Hershey. Saad was a PIAA finalist in 2012.

– Mike Copper

Saturday’s tennis results from the District 10 boys singles tournament at Pennbriar Athletic Club. The championship finals will take place there Monday at 3:30 p.m:

– Mike Copper

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The McDowell boys track and field team only won one event during its 28th annual invitational Saturday. However, its victory in the 3,200-meter relay, along with other top-eight finishes, were enough to leave them with 97 1/2 points to Bradford’s 94.

The Bradford girls also experienced a close finish. The Owls outlasted fellow District 9 participant Brookville 101-99.

Full results from the meet appear below, with video highlights posted at http://video.goerie.com/?pl_id=24684&va_id=4035104.

– Mike Copper

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Afrim Latifi, a standout player on the pitch for Cathedral Prep, Gannon University and the Erie Admirals over the last decade, will focus his attention more on coaching as of this fall.

Cathedral Prep athletic director Bill Flanagan announced Wednesday that Latifi has been hired to coach its sister school, Villa Maria Academy. He takes over for Walt Federowicz, who announced his retirement in March after 14 seasons in charge of the Victors.

Latifi was a District 10 player of the year while at Prep, where he graduated from in 2007. He then played for Gannon, where he was the PSAC’s player in the year in 2010, before embarking on a professional career with the Admirals.

– Mike Copper

The Girard boys track and field team concluded Saturday’s Fairview Kiwanis Club Invitational by capturing the 1,600-meter relay.

That victory also clinched the meet’s team title for the YellowJackets, whose 111 points topped the field of 15 schools.

Also victorious were the Harbor Creek girls, who had a double winner in Sophie Mazza. The junior swept the 100 and 300 hurdles.

Video from the meet is posted at http://video.goerie.com/?pl_id=25273. Look for full results in Sunday’s Erie Times-News sports section.

– Mike Copper