Southwest Pennsylvania Regional

The Southwest Pennsylvania region is currently held at California University of Pennsylvania. Its 2019 competition was held on Wednesday, March 6. 6 B teams and 6 C teams qualified for states.

The Southwest region primarily serves Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.

History
Historically, the Southwest region has been dominated by Shady Side Academy in both divisions. Major exceptions to this were in the years from 2003-2006, where both Shady Side teams competed in the Northwest Pennsylvania Regional instead. However, they returned in 2007, along with Sewickley Academy, which competed in the first time in 2006.

Past Regional Champions
This is a record of the past Regionals champions and runners up, and their respective places at the state competition. Scores at the regional competition may be shown in parentheses. In most recent years, Division B has sent 6 teams to the State Competition, and Division C has sent 7. % Denotes that the team qualified for Nationals


 * In 2015, Bedford Middle School defeated Franklin Regional Middle School on tiebreaks (number of gold medals).

% Denotes that the team qualified for Nationals

+ In 2010, Montour High School and Pittsburgh Allderdice High School tied with 143 points, but Montour won the tiebreaker to win first place.

++ In 2012, Peters Township High School and Shady Side Academy High School tied with 199 points, but Shady Side won the tiebreaker.

+++ In 2017, Franklin Regional High School and Norwin High School tied with 167 points, but Franklin Regional won the tiebreaker.

Active Teams
''NOTE: This is a list of all teams that registered for the 2018 version of this regional. For a more complete list of all teams that have competed in this regional, please see Pennsylvania.

Division B

 * A.J. McMullan Middle School
 * Bedford Middle School
 * Central Cambria Middle School
 * Charles Huston Middle School
 * Franklin Regional Middle School
 * Greater Latrobe Junior High School
 * Independence Middle School
 * Leechburg Area Junior High School
 * McGuffey Middle School
 * Norwin Middle School
 * Penns Manor Junior High School
 * Peters Township Middle School
 * Portage Area Junior High School
 * Quaker Valley Middle School
 * Ringgold Middle School
 * Shady Side Academy Middle School
 * Spring Valley School
 * Winchester Thurston School
 * Young Scholars of Western PA Charter School

Division C

 * Bethel Park High School
 * Burgettstown Area High School
 * Burrell High School
 * Canon-McMillan High School
 * Elizabeth Forward High School
 * Franklin Regional High School
 * Gateway Senior High School
 * Greater Latrobe Senior High School
 * Hollidaysburg Area High School
 * Jefferson Morgan High School
 * McGuffey High School
 * Montour High School
 * Norwin High School
 * Penns Manor Senior High School
 * Peters Township High School
 * Plum Senior High School
 * Quaker Valley High School
 * Ringgold High School
 * Shady Side Academy High School
 * Somerset Area High School
 * South Fayette High School
 * Trinity Christian School
 * Uniontown Area High School
 * Woodland Hills High School