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McMillon to Pitt
A former WPIAL football standout who entered the transfer portal is coming back home to play at the University of Pittsburgh.
Donovan McMillon, a safety from Peters Township who spent two years playing at the University of Florida, has announced his commitment to play at Pitt.
McMillon graduated from Peters Township in 2021, choosing to head south to Gainesville to play for the Gators.
Earlier this month, McMillon said he was entering the transfer portal.
Following that announcement, McMillon received offers from Pitt, Kansas, Nebraska, Miami, Minnesota, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Mississipi State, Boston College, and Kansas State.
During his time at Florida, the 6-1, 205-pound safety played in 25 games over two seasons, primarily in a special teams role.
H.S. Girls basketball
Lauren Borella scored 12 points and Logan Blue contributed 11 points as Canon-McMillan defeated West Allegheny, 56-38, in nonsection play. Alaina Holtz scored 13 points for WA (2-4). Canon-McMilan moved to 2-5.
• In nonsection play, Maddie Webber scored 18 points to lead South Fayette to victory over Morgantown (W.Va.), 58-31. Ryan Oldaker added 16 points and Ava Leroux contributed 10 points for South Fayette (5-1). Lily Jordan (18 points) and Sofia Wassick (13 points) accounted for all of Morgantown’s points.
• Kelly Cleaver had 23 points, eight rebounds and six assists to lead Union to the nonsection win against Monessen, 58-29. Zoe Lepri added 10 points and four rebounds for Union (2-2), which led at halftime, 37-11. Na’Jaziah Carter recorded 13 points for Monessen (2-2).
In H.S. wrestling
Canon McMillan’s Andrew Binni (127) and Matt Furman (172) won individual titles at the annual King of the Mountain tournament at Central Mountain.
Binni topped Boyertown’s Gavin Sheridan with an 8-4 sudden victory. Furman recorded a 14-6 major decision over Central York’s Macon Myers.
• Butler upset the Class 3A top-ranked team, Waynesburg, 40-32, in the championship match of the Kiski Duals to cap off a perfect day, becoming the first WPIAL team to knock off the Raiders in more than three years in the regular season. The Golden Tornado also scored wins over Penn-Trafford, Peters Township, Hempfield and Kiski.
Hempfield took the third-place match, beating Fort LeBeouf, 43-29. North Allegheny topped Peters Township, 48-21, in the fifth-place match. The host Cavaliers finished eighth in the team standings, dropping the seventh-place match 36-32 to Quaker Valley. Penn-Trafford defeated Yough, 63-6, in the ninth-place match.
• Trinity’s Dominic Canali (121) and Bentworth’s Chris Vargo (127) earned titles in the Panther Holiday Classic at Mt. Aloysius. Canali won a 6-4 sudden victory over Mt. Pleasant’s Joseph Longhi. Vargo secured a 11-4 major decision over Trinity’s TJ Allison.
Indiana’s Nico Fanella (114), Bentworth’s Owen Ivcic (139), Mt. Pleasant’s Jameson Poklembo (145) and Armstrong’s Connor Jacobs (215) finished as runners-up.
Players honored
More All-America honors were bestowed on PAC players Thursday and Friday, with Carnegie Mellon junior Robert Coury and Westminster graduate student Brayden Thimons earning Associated Press accolades Thursday and Washington & Jefferson sophomore Dawson Dietz, Coury and Saint Vincent junior Molayo Irefin garnering D3Football.com accolades Friday night.