Apr 13, 2026 By Jerin Steele 4 min read

When Drew Welhorsky was in eighth grade, he was cut from a travel baseball team.

Little did he know at the time that disappointing moment would become a gateway to setting a WPIAL record in a completely different sport.

With encouragement from one of his best friends, Daniel Speca, Welhorsky decided to give lacrosse a try and leave baseball behind.

The rest, one could say, is history.

Welhorsky, a senior at South Fayette, broke the WPIAL boys lacrosse points record last Wednesday in a game at Seneca Valley.

He needed nine points going into the game to reach 411 and break a record that had stood since 2005.

Welhorsky, a Robert Morris recruit, got his ninth point with an assist on a goal by Jack Makar.

“We were a man up and I threw a pass from behind the cage to my friend Jack Makar and he had a nice step down shot for a goal, which gave me the point I needed,” Welhorsky said.

After the goal went in, the South Fayette coaching staff pulled Welhorsky from the game to let him soak in the moment and a heads-up reaction by Makar allowed him to get an important memento.

“As soon as Jack scored, he ran and immediately grabbed the ball from the ref and took it to the sidelines for me, which was awesome,” Welhorsky said. “I’m happy I got to keep the ball.”

Welhorsky had 230 goals and 181 assists entering a game for South Fayette Monday against Bethel Park. He’s done so after not picking up a lacrosse stick until he was one year away from entering high school.

The record was previously set by Peet Poillon of Seneca Valley in 2005. Poillon went on to play at Ohio State and professionally in Major League Lacrosse.

Welhorsky is also the quarterback on the football team at South Fayette and played basketball growing up. When it came to high school, his father advised him to choose two sports to play. Football was a given, so it was down to the other two.

“I really started to love (lacrosse) in high school,” Welhorsky said. “At that point my dad told me that three sports was a lot and that I should pick two to play. I decided to stop playing basketball and ended up playing lacrosse. That’s when it started to pick up. I had a really good freshman year and an even better sophomore year.”

After a successful junior season, Welhorsky was alerted by his friends and coaches that he was zeroing in on the WPIAL points record. He broke it seven games into this season.

“I was around 50 points away and felt that it was definitely obtainable,” Welhorsky said. “I put that high up on my goals list and really I didn’t expect it to come as soon as it did this year.”

Welhorsky committed to play lacrosse at Robert Morris in September. His father and grandfather both played football in college. At one time it seemed as if he would become a third-generation college football player. He passed for nearly 1,200 yards this fall, but after weighing his options, Welhorsky decided lacrosse was his best path forward.

“I was open to playing both sports, had a lot of success in both and talked to a lot of different schools for playing either one or even playing both in college,” Welhorsky said. “Eventually it came down to the fact that playing both would’ve been a lot in college. It’s doable, but I didn’t really want to put that kind of strain on my body and I’d rather have the time to focus and recover.

“I thought I had the best opportunity at Robert Morris, which led to me picking lacrosse. I love that it’s close to home. It’s a great school and they have a great coaching staff. I just love everything about it. It feels like the right place for me and I’m excited to get up there.”

Now that he’s achieved the record, Welhorsky will look to add to it while trying to lead South Fayette to a fourth consecutive appearance in the WPIAL Class 2A championship. The Lions have lost to nine-time defending champ Mars in the WPIAL final all three years and Welhorsky would like nothing more than to go out as a champion.

“That’s the big goal for everyone on the team, especially for us seniors,” Welhorsky said. “We’ve been there three years and It’s tough always coming up short. We definitely have that circled and front and center as our biggest goal.”