Black Hawks Athletics

A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
Collegiate Athletes, WPIAL Champions, PIAA Champions and More

Bethel Park has enjoyed a tremendous amount of athletic success over the years.

At Bethel Park, we believe a dynamic athletic program is essential for student-athletes' educational development. Designed to enhance students' interests and talents, our program teaches life lessons in sportsmanship, teamwork, and competitive drive. Athletes learn to win with humility and lose with grace.

Goals of the Athletic Program:

Foster work ethic and perseverance in young athletes.
Develop positive citizenship traits.

Founded more than a century ago, our athletic program has grown significantly and is now integral to Bethel Park's tradition. While we compete to win, our primary focus is on high academic standards and meeting PIAA eligibility requirements.

We celebrate student-athletes' success but reject "winning at any cost" and pressures that compromise sportsmanship and mental health. Our program, seen as a scholastic activity, emphasizes character-building traits such as self-sacrifice, honesty, loyalty, hard work, dedication, reliability, and responsibility.

Bethel Park firmly believes that these attributes, learned through athletic participation, prepare students for lifelong success, as evidenced by the achievements of our alumni.

Athletics

Wrestling off to a Fast Start

The Bethel Park wrestling team (7-0, 2-0) is off to a torrid start to their season.

Bethel Park Athletic Hall of Fame Welcomes Class of 2024

Bethel Park is proud to announce its Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2024, honoring exceptional athletes and contributors who have impacted the community's storied athletic legacy.

Bethel Park Wrestling Earns No. 3 Spot in Preseason Rankings

Bethel Park Ranked Third in Class 3A in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Preseason Wrestling Rankings

Bethel Park's Dudowski '20 Racking Up Honors at Case Western

AJ Dudowski, a 2020 Bethel Park graduate and a senior at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, has been named a first-team all-conference defensive lineman in the Presidents' Athletic Conference.

Blatz to Akron

Freya Blatz, a standout goalkeeper for Bethel Park, will join the University of Akron women's soccer team for the 2025 season as part of an impressive eight-member newcomer class announced by third-year head coach Jen Simonetti.