Top moments in high school sports

10. THE BIG O

North Allegheny’s Ayden Owens plans to compete in the decathlon next spring for the University of Southern California. On the high school level, Owens’ athletic ability leaves an everlasting mark. At the PIAA championships, Owens becomes the first athlete in Pennsylvania history to win the PIAA 300meter hurdles three consecutive seasons. He also wins the 110 hurdles two years in a row, and he becomes one of only six WPIAL boys to have five or more PIAA gold medals.

11. TWO FOR SEVEN

Only five girls basketball coaches have won seven WPIAL championships. But Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic’s Molly Rottmann and Vincentian’s Ron Moncrief climb the stairway to seven on consecutive days in March at Petersen Events Center. Moncrief wins the Class 2A title while Rottmann captures the 4A crown.

12. FIRST-TIMERS IN BASEBALL

This was the year for the “new guy” in WPIAL baseball. On consecutive days, four teams win their first WPIAL championships at Wild Things Park in Washington. Vincentian, Brownsville, North Hills and Canon-McMillan all won their first titles.

13. MEMORABLE BUZZER BEATERS

Two girls basketball players get the memory of a lifetime when they hit late-game shots to give their teams a championship. Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic’s Tess Myers drives the length of the court and makes a buzzer beater to give her team the WPIAL Class 4A title against Beaver. A few weeks later, Mars’ Tai Johnson steals the ball and scores with 4.2 seconds left to give the Planets the win in the PIAA 5A title game.

14. THE GOLDEN FAMILY

At the WPIAL track and field championships in May, the Robinson sisters from Avonworth have a family goldmedal party. Hunter Robinson, a senior, wins two gold medals in the Class 3A 200and 400-meter dashes. Hayden Robinson, a junior, wins the 100. Both Robinsons also run on Avonworth’s 1,600 relay team that wins and sets a meet record. Another member of the relay team is Harris Robinson, a freshman and the younger sister of Hayden and Hunter. 15. THEY COME TO PASS

Never has the WPIAL had three prolific passers like last season. Gateway’s Brady Walker finishes his career as the second-leading passer in WPIAL history while Pine-Richland’s Phil Jurkovec finishes fourth and South Fayette’s Drew Saxton sixth. — By Mike White

Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette 12. Canon-McMillan baseball team celebrates its PIAA title.

13. Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic’s Tess Myers, left, and Mars’ Tai Johnson, right

14. Avonworth’s Hunter Robinson, left, Hayden Robinson and Harris Robinson