Girls from Norwin and Penn-Trafford were part of the Pittsburgh amateur hockey teams that won medals in the recent USA Tier-II Hockey National Championships in Denver.

Megan Swick, a Norwin senior, and Robyn Caswell, a Penn-Trafford senior, both of whom play forward, won bronze medals as members of the Steel City Select Under-19 team in the tournament held from April 29 to May 3.

The girls’ hockey careers are not over because both intend play hockey at NCAA D-III Stevenson University in the Baltimore area in their freshmen year.

The Steel City Select Under-14 team also won a bronze medal in their division. Among the players on that team were Penn-Trafford students Ayla Moffa and Kylie McKenzie, both of whom play forward, and Marissa Caswell, who plays defense, said Paul Caswell, the coach of the U14 team and father to Robyn and Marissa.

The U14 team was ranked No. 7 in the country, based on the rankings at www.myhockeyrankings.com, prior to the tournament.

The Steel City Selects Under-16 team, which represented the Pittsburgh area in all three age groups in the national competition, also won the silver medal in their division.

Twenty-four teams in each age group from around the country competed for the national championship, Paul Caswell said.

The U14 and U19 teams got to the national tournament by winning the Mid-Am District tournament in their age groups. The U16 team was unchallenged at the district level.

Robyn Caswell, Kylie McKenzie, and Marissa Caswell got their start in hockey at a young age, playing for the Allegheny Badgers and Penn-Trafford before joining Steel City Selects, Paul Caswell said. Ayla Moffa got her start playing for the Westmoreland Eagles and also played for Penn-Trafford.

Steel City Selects is the only organization in Western PA that is 100% dedicated to girls hockey, Paul Caswell said.

All three teams won Mid-Am Championships in 2020 and were ready to compete at nationals, but USA Hockey canceled the tournament due to the covid pandemic.

Steel City has represented the Mid-Am Hockey district at many USA Hockey championships, and its U19 team brought home bronze in 2017.

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