The WPIAL Championships wrapped up this weekend with 12 games at the Petersen Events Center, which brought out some massive individual performances on the big stage.
This season, KDKA Radio will again nominate players each week to join the KDKA Radio Super 7 Awards watch list. Every Monday, a new crop of players will be unveiled based on their efforts that previous week. At the end of the year, KDKA Radio will announce the winners of the award for each WPIAL boys and girls classification, as well as the Pittsburgh City League.
Here are the top performances from Week 13:
Luca Federico, Chartiers Valley
No one flew as high as Federico in the WPIAL Championships this past weekend.
After putting up 13 points in the semifinals earlier in the week, the 6-foot-7 sophomore scored 31 points, grabbed eight rebounds, snagged three steals and blocked two shots in Chartiers Valley’s 66-37 win over Thomas Jefferson in Saturday’s Class 5A boys title game.
Federico stood out on defense all night, holding the classifications top scoring offense to nearly half its production average on the season. He also threw down a thunderous dunk in the fourth quarter to put an exclamation point on the performance.
Federico has picked up an offer from LaSalle.
Josie Fontana, Oakland Catholic
Oakland Catholic took home its second straight WPIAL title Saturday, beating Blackhawk 51-44 at the Pete.
Fontana posted a monster game, with 20 points, 15 rebounds, two assists, two steals and six blocked shots in the win.
The victory was the eighth all-time for the Eagles.
A senior, Fontana also posted 16 points in the semifinals earlier in the week. She is committed to Richmond.
Qa’lil Goode, Aliquippa
Aliquippa pulled away Saturday from South Allegheny, winning its third WPIAL title in the last four years.
Goode paced the Quips, dropping in a game-high 30 points, with eight rebounds, two assists, three steals and two blocks in the win 65-54 win.
The senior, earlier in the week, scored 21 points in the semifinals to help the Quips back to the title game, where they claimed their record 15th district crown.
Goode, a multi-sport standout, has football offers from Yale, Chattanooga, Duquesne and others.
Karis Thomas, Shady Side Academy
After racking up 16 points in Shady Side Academy’s semifinal win, Thomas upped her game at the Petersen Events Center last week.
She scored 21 points, grabbed four rebounds, had three assists and three steals, while going a perfect 10 for 10 at the foul line, as the Bulldogs beat Greensburg Central Catholic 57-40 Thursday.
For Shady Side Academy, the win secured the program’s second title in the last three years.
Thomas is committed to Purdue Fort Wayne.