Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League

 
From football star, to wrestling champion, to track champion, Gatten did it all at Washington High School. In his career, Gatten earned 12 varsity letters in three different sports. He also won four state championships and six WPIAL titles. In football, he was a running back-defensive back who rushed for more than 3,000 career yards and won one WPIAL title. In wrestling, he won back-to-back WPIAL and PIAA Class 2A championships as a junior and senior at 189 pounds. As a sprinter in track, he won two state titles in the 100- and 200-meter dashes as a junior, and finished second in both events as a senior. For his career, he won four state championships and six WPIAL titles in the three sports. He went on to play linebacker at Penn State.