Washington, Pa. – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) completed its portion of the 2025 boys’ tennis season at the WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Boys’ Tennis Team Championships this past Wednesday, May 7 at Janet L. Swanson Tennis Center on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College. In Class 3A, Gateway won its second WPIAL title in three seasons, while North Catholic is a first-time champion at Class 2A.
Gateway is now a three-time WPIAL boys’ tennis team champion, joining a group of 10 other schools with three titles. The Gators won their first in 1988 and then ended a 35-year wait with its 2023 championship.
With victories in the WPIAL singles (Adam Memije) and doubles (Zidaan Hassan, Logan Memije) tournaments earlier in the season, Gateway achieved a clean sweep of all three WPIAL boys’ tennis championships – marking the 12th time that has happened in league history. The Gators are the first to do it since Sewickley Academy did so in 2018, and the first at Class 3A to win all three since North Allegheny in 2001. Sewickley Academy has done it seven times (2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018), Greater Latrobe has accomplished it twice (1945, 1948), and Gateway joins Edgewood (1951) and North Allegheny (2001) as schools to do it once.
North Catholic is the 24 different school to win a WPIAL boys’ tennis team championship, and the first new champion since Indiana in 2019.
The top two teams in Class 3A and top three teams in Class 2A have qualified for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Boys’ Tennis Team Championships, which begin with first round matches on Tuesday, May 13 and conclude with the remainder of the tournament on May 16-17 at Hershey Racquet Club.
CLASS 3A RECAP
Meeting in the Class 3A championship match for the third consecutive year, second-seeded Gateway emerged with the title over top-seeded North Allegheny, defeating the Tigers, 3-2.
Gateway (12-0, 8-0 Section I) swept all three singles matches to claim the championship. In the first flight, senior Adam Memije topped North Allegheny (15-2, 7-0 Section II) sophomore Advaita Sircar, 6-3, 6-0 in a rematch of the Class 3A singles final. Memije’s classmate Zidaan Hassan defeated North Allegheny junior Evan Kaufman in the second flight, 7-6(4), 6-4, and junior Logan Memije was a 6-2, 6-1 winner over senior Srivatsav Thirmula in the third flight.
The Tigers’ two wins came in doubles play. In the first flight, junior Adhav Ramadas and senior Nick Scheuring were 6-0, 6-0 winners against Gators juniors Troy Boden and Wasay Syed. At the second flight, sophomores Shivum Telang and Ronit Ginde defeated junior Abuzar Hameez and sophomore Isaac Sha, 6-2, 6-1.
Gateway reached the championship match with a 5-0 win over 15th-seeded Mars, 4-1 triumph versus seventh-seeded Shady Side Academy, and a 3-2 victory against third-seeded Mt. Lebanon. North Allegheny swept its way to the finals, dispatching of 16th-seeded Baldwin (5-0), eighth-seeded Franklin Regional (5-0), and fourth-seeded Upper St. Clair (4-0).
Gateway will open the PIAA Boys’ Tennis Team Championships against District III third-place Manheim Township, while North Allegheny gets District VIII champion Allderdice. The Gators reached the quarterfinals last season and semifinals two years ago, while the Tigers were 2024 semifinalist and captured PIAA titles in 2005 and 2009.
CLASS 2A RECAP
Fourth-seeded North Catholic duplicated the feat of its girls’ tennis team in the fall, winning its first WPIAL team championship with a 4-1 triumph against second-seeded Valley in the Class 2A championship match.
North Catholic (12-2, 6-0 Section III) swept doubles and claimed wins in second and third-flight singles to capture the trophy. The Trojans’ singles wins were courtesy of junior Alex Weber over Valley (13-1, 8-0 Section I) junior Tyler Quinn in the second flight, 6-2, 6-4, and senior Alex Lopez Foubert topping junior Baxter Diehm in the third flight, 6-4, 6-2. The Vikings were victorious in the top flight of singles, as senior Landon Harclerode won 6-0, 6-2 against junior Justin Garvey.
In doubles, North Catholic freshmen Jake Sinclair and Paddy McCabe came back to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 against Valley seniors Jake Ervin and Josh Serena at the first flight. At the second flight, senior Brennen Lord and sophomore Jackson Schlegel claimed a 6-3, 7-5 victory over junior Jackson Dameron and senior Maddox DeAntonio.
Each of North Catholic’s wins in the WPIAL team tournament were by 4-1 scorelines, as it defeated 13th-seeded Mt. Pleasant in the first round, fifth-seeded Winchester Thurston in the quarterfinals, and top-seeded South Park in the semifinals. Valley were 5-0 winners over 15th-seeded Carlynton to start the playoffs, then won 3-2 against seventh-seeded Quaker Valley and sixth-seeded Hampton to reach the championship match.
In the third-place consolation match, South Park defeated Hampton, 3-2, to claim the final PIAA qualifier spot.
North Catholic begins the PIAA Boys’ Tennis Team Championships against District VIII champion Carrick, Valley will get District IX champion Punxsutawney, and South Park takes on District X champion Cathedral Prep. Each of the three schools are seeking their first PIAA boys’ tennis team title.
CLASS 3A RESULTS
#1 Singles: Adam Memije (Gateway) def. Advaita Sircar (North Allegheny), 6-3, 6-0.
#2 Singles: Zidaan Hassan (Gateway) def. Evan Kaufman (North Allegheny), 7-6(4), 6-4.
#3 Singles: Logan Memije (Gateway) def. Srivatsav Thirumala (North Allegheny), 6-2, 6-1.
#1 Doubles: Adhav Ramadas/Nick Scheuring (North Allegheny) def. Troy Boden/Wasay Syed (Gateway), 6-0, 6-0.
#2 Doubles: Shivum Telang/Ronit Ginde (North Allegheny) def. Abuzar Hameez/Isaac Sha (Gateway), 6-2, 6-1.
CLASS 2A RESULTS
#1 Singles: Landon Harclerode (Valley) def. Justin Garvey (North Catholic), 6-0, 6-2.
#2 Singles: Alex Weber (North Catholic) def. Tyler Quinn (Valley), 6-2, 6-4.
#3 Singles: Alex Lopez Foubert (North Catholic) def. Baxter Diehm (Valley), 6-4, 6-2.
#1 Doubles: Jake Sinclair/Paddy McCabe (North Catholic) def. Jake Ervin/Josh Serena (Valley), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
#2 Doubles: Brennen Lord/Jackson Schlegel (North Catholic) def. Jackson Dameron/Maddox DeAntonio (Valley), 6-3, 7-5.
PIAA PREVIEW
Dates & Location: May 13 at various sites, May 16-17 at Hershey Racquet Club
Number of Champions from WPIAL: 10 (6 in Class 3A, 4 in Class 2A)
- Previous Champions: Sewickley Academy (3), North Allegheny (2), Shady Side Academy (2), Butler (1), Quaker Valley (1), Upper St. Clair (1)
Last Class 3A PIAA Champion from WPIAL: Shady Side Academy (2014)
Last Class 2A PIAA Champion from WPIAL: Sewickley Academy (2017)
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