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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

PIAA championships
Class AA boys
Beaver Falls 69, Holy Cross 63
Class AAAA boys
Lower Merion 63, Chester 47
Class A girls
Tri-Valley 59, Vincentian Academy 42
Class AAA girls
South Park 53, Bethlehem Catholic 38

–Tom Reisenweber

No Erie or District 10 basketball teams advanced to the PIAA championships this weekend.

However, three former Erie residents, Jeff O’Brien, Darren DeFranco and Ron Leeds are scheduled to be on the Giant Center court in Hershey this weekend. O’Brien will officiate the PIAA Class AA girls championship game between York Catholic and Bishop Canevin today at noon. DeFranco and Leeds will work the Class AA boys game between Beaver Falls and Holy Cross on Saturday at 2 p.m.

O’Brien, 50, has been officiating for 29 years, but this is his first chance to work a PIAA title game. He now lives in Easton.
His mother, Reggie O’Brien, still lives in Erie. His father, James, died in 2008.
Reggie O’Brien has three sons, three grandsons and one son-in-law who have attended Prep. James O’Brien was a 1949 Prep grad.

DeFranco is a class of 1986 graduate from Girard and Leeds graduated from Fairview in 1993.

All eight PIAA championship games can be watched on Pennsylvania Cable Network this weekend.

PIAA semifinals
Class A boys
Vaux 83, Math, Civics & Sciences 66
Johnsonburg 59, Lincoln Park 53
Class AA boys
Holy Cross 53, Trinity 39
Beaver Falls 59, West Middlesex 47
Class AAA boys
Archbishop Carroll 50, Montour 45
Imhotep Charter 56, Donegal 54
Class AAAA boys
Chester 62, St. Joseph’s Prep 53
Lower Merion 67, New Castle 63
Class A girls
Tri-Valley 82, Southern Fulton 45
Vincentian Academy 45, Bishop Guilfoyle 40
Class AA girls
York Catholic 45, St. Basil Academy 28
Bishop Canevin 41, Seton-La Salle 36
Class AAA girls
Bethlehem Catholic 44, Villa Maria (District 1) 39
South Park 63, Blackhawk 59
Class AAAA girls
Cumberland Valley 54, Chartiers Valley 39
Spring-Ford 53, Cardinal O’Hara 49

–Tom Reisenweber

Results of the overall leaders and District 10 entrants from Saturday’s PIAA Class AA swimming and diving meet at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. Because the media center isn’t immediately adjacent to Kinney Natatorium, updates will only be provided at the end of each session. However, if a district entrant finishes first or second, an attempt will be made to post that result as soon as possible.

– Mike Copper

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PIAA quarterfinals
Class AA boys
Trinity 73, Loyalsock 68 OT
Holy Cross 75, Constitution 61
West Middlesex 60, Conemaugh Township 46
Beaver Falls 56, Lakeview 44
Class AAAA boys
Chester 55, Great Valley 42
St. Joseph’s Prep 67, Coatesville 43
Lower Merion 63, Harrisburg 62
New Castle 80, Cathedral Prep 70
Class A girls
Southern Fulton 47, Lourdes Regional 29
Vincentian Academy 68, Kennedy Catholic 51
Bishop Guilfoyle 45, Clarion 35
Tri-Valley 73, Steelton-Highspire 72
Class AAA girls
Blachawk 78, Lancaster Catholic 52
South Park 61, Franklin 43
Villa Maria48, Scranton Prep 30
Bethlehem Catholic 67, Prep Charter 46

–Tom Reisenweber

PIAA quarterfinals
Class A boys
Math, Civics & Sciences 71, Sankofa Freedom 59
Lincoln Park 86, Bishop Carroll 84
Johnsonburg 54, Smethport 43
Vaux 68, School at Church Farm 64
Class AAA boys
Donegal 55, Neumann-Goretti 50
Imhotep Charter 61, Abington Heights 50
Archbishop Carroll 49, Chartiers Valley 46
Montour 42, General McLane 40
Class AA girls
St. Basil Academy 45, Notre Dame-Green Pond 42
Bishop Canevin 41, Burrell 29
Seton-La Salle 73, Mohawk 45
York Catholic 49, Pine Grove 44
Class AAAA girls
Spring-Ford 67, Dover 45
Cardinal O’Hara 60, Central Dauphin 24
Cumberland Valley 53, North Penn 36
Chartiers Valley 48, Mt. Lebanon 37

–Tom Reisenweber

Results of the overall leaders and District 10 entrants from Friday’s PIAA Class AAA swimming and diving meet at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. Because the media center isn’t immediately adjacent to Kinney Natatorium, updates will only be provided at the end of each session. However, if a district entrant finishes first or second, an attempt will be made to post that result as soon as possible.

– Mike Copper

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