North Catholic junior diver Kyle Maziarz placed second at the WPIAL Class AA Boys championship meet held Friday at South Park High School.

Maziarz, who entered the event as the defending district and state champion, tallied a score of 510.5. Beaver's Andrew Cestra, who placed third last year, won the WPIAL title with a finish of 522.2. Both Cestra and Maziarz topped the previous WPIAL meet record of 499.1.

Maziarz was in first place after five dives, but Cestra moved into the top spot in the semifinal round and attained a score of 68.2 on his 11th and final dive to clinch the win.

The runner-up finish for Maziarz earns him a spot at next month's state meet at Bucknell University.

In the Class AA girls competition, Knoch senior Kristen Jerich earned a second straight trip to the state championship meet by placing third with a score of 340.2.

Her teammate, junior Aryanna Napora, earned a medal with an eighth-place effort of 294.35.

Ringgold's Anna Vogt defended her district title from a year ago with a combined score of 436.05.

Boys Basketball

Karns City couldn't overcome a 20-point first quarter deficit as the Gremlins fell to Coudersport 83-67 in the District 9 Class 2A semifinals at Saint Marys.

The Gremlins got out to a sluggish start, surrendering 30 first-quarter points.Owen Chambers was able to score 13 points in the first period for Coudersport. He had 31 in the game.

“There really isn't a whole lot to say, we had a bad first quarter, let them get to a 20-point lead and we couldn't get any traction going from there,” Karns City coach Chris Bellis said.

Karns City did bounce back in the second, outscoring Coudersport 25-16 in that frame. But the hole that was dug in the first was too much to overcome.

“We did settle down in the second and were able to match them,” Bellis said. “Shots were falling and things started going our way, but they were already too far ahead of us by the end.”

Three Gremlins did reach double digits as Austin Fahlor 23 points, Chase Beighley 18 and Ethan McElroy 15.

KARNS CITY 67

Austin Faholor 23, Chase Beighley 18, Ethan McElroy 15, Luke Garing 3, Nathan Waltman 8. Totals: 23 10-16 67.

COUDERSPORT 83

Frame 5, Chambers 31, Keck 22, Vanwhy 10, Keglovits 12, Gleason 3. Totals: 30 12-20 83.

Karns City 10 25 18 14 — 67

Coudersport30 16 21 16 — 83

Private Schools

Portersville Christian School's boys basketball team advanced in the SWAC playoffs with a 64-40 win over Harvest Baptist recently.

Elijah White scored 22 points and Derek Butterworth added 20 for PCS (26-5).