Ashton Hirsch is in a rare club. She won District 3 gold medals as a player and coach with York Catholic girls basketball. The latter came in the 2026 Class 2A final over Shalom Christian at Gettysburg Area High School on Wednesday, Feb. 25. It was the program's 15th district girls basketball title. Hirsch said it’s much more nerve-wracking winning as a coach than it ever was as a player. “I have no control out there,” she said after the Fighting Irish defeated the Flames 54-20. “I was more nervous as a coach than I was as a player because I knew I could control what I could do out on the floor.” This was different, she said,...
