Southwest Pennsylvania Regional

The Southwest Pennsylvania region is currently held at California University of Pennsylvania. Its 2018 competition was held on Wednesday, March 7. 6 B teams and 5 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.

Division B

 * A.E. Oblock Junior High School
 * A.J. McMullan Middle School
 * Albiruni Holistic Academy
 * Bedford Middle School
 * Bellmar Middle School
 * Ben Franklin School
 * Central Cambria Middle School
 * Charles Huston Middle School
 * Finley Middle School
 * Founders Hall/Tiger Stripe Academy
 * Franklin Regional Middle School
 * Frazier Middle School
 * Greater Latrobe Junior High School
 * HOPE for Hyndman Charter School
 * Independence Middle School
 * Ingomar Middle School
 * Leechburg Area Junior High School
 * McGuffey Middle School
 * Meyersdale Middle School
 * North Allegheny Intermediate High School
 * North Hills Junior High School
 * Norwin Middle School
 * Penns Manor Junior High School
 * Peters Township Middle School
 * Plum Junior High School
 * Quaker Valley Middle School
 * Ringgold Middle School
 * Rochester Area Junior High School
 * Rostraver Middle School
 * Sewickley Academy Middle School
 * Shady Side Academy Middle School
 * Snowdrop Science Academy
 * Spring Valley School
 * St. Ursula School
 * West Allegheny Middle School
 * Winchester Thurston School
 * Windber Area Middle School
 * Woodland Hills Junior High School
 * Young Scholars of Western PA Charter School

Division C

 * Baldwin High School
 * Belle Vernon Area High School
 * Bethel Park High School
 * Brownsville High School
 * Burgettstown Area High School
 * Burrell High School
 * California Area High School
 * Canon-McMillan High School
 * Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School
 * Career Connections Charter High School
 * Elizabeth Forward High School
 * Fort Cherry Senior High School
 * Franklin Regional High School
 * Frazier High School
 * Gateway Senior High School
 * Greater Latrobe High School
 * Hollidaysburg Area High School
 * HOPE for Hyndman Charter School
 * Jefferson Morgan High School
 * McGuffey High School
 * Montour High School
 * North Allegheny Senior High School
 * Norwin High School
 * Penn Cambria Senior High School
 * Penns Manor Senior High School
 * Peters Township High School
 * Pittsburgh Allderdice High School
 * Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School
 * Plum Senior High School
 * Quaker Valley High School
 * Ringgold High School
 * Rochester Area Senior High School
 * Shady Side Academy High School
 * Somerset Area High School
 * South Fayette High School
 * Trinity Christian School
 * Trinity High School
 * Uniontown Area High School
 * Upper St. Clair High School
 * West Allegheny High School
 * Woodland Hills High School