Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League

If this team had a motto, it would be “awwww, shoot”. Guided by a legendary coach and one of the best WPIAL players in the past few decades, Blackhawk shot – and dominated – like few WPIAL teams have. A team that started four guards finished 32-1 and the only loss was in the season opener to Baltimore Dunbar, the No. 1-ranked team in the country. Blackhawk won WPIAL and state championships along the way in 1992 and became the first team to win three consecutive WPIAL titles at the Triple-A level. Coached by John Miller, the Cougars averaged 91 points a game, one of the few in WPIAL history to average 90 for a season. During the 1991-92 season, Blackhawk scored 100 points in 11 games and won nine WPIAL and PIAA playoff games by an average of 21 points. Blackhawk was one of the top shooting teams in the country and made 234 3-pointers for the season. The Cougars had a great shooting trio of Dante Calabria, Hal Koenemund and Andy Gray, who all had 60 3-pointers or more. Calabria went on to become a standout for the North Carolina Tar Heels and Koenemund played at Robert Morris. Blackhawk also had a tough, steady point guard in Kim Niedbala while the top players off the bench were Scott Weaver (University of Illinois quarterback) and Doug Yeager. Over the last two seasons, this team had a record of 60-2.