Paul Schofield stories, Page 14

Franklin Regional wrestling coach Matt Lebe said at the beginning of the season he was excited to see his team grow. And was confident they’d be a different team at the end of the season. Now that the second-seeded Panthers are in the WPIAL Class 3A team semifinals against No....

WPIAL Team Championships Peters Township’s AHN Arena Saturday Class 3A Semifinals, 1:30 p.m. 1-Trinity (10-0) vs. 4. Bethel Park (11-1) Probable lineups 107: Mickey Horne, Sr., 12-6 or Kai Bland, Fr., 5-7 vs. Jaden Palombine, Jr., 14-11 or Aws Al Saadi, Fr., 4-4 114: Jacob Wright, Fr., 24-9 or James...

WPIAL Team Championships Peters Township’s AHN Arena Saturday Class 2A Semifinals, 10 a.m. 1-Burgettstown (14-0) vs. 5-Mt. Pleasant (12-2) Probable lineups 107: Darius Simmons, Jr., 19-8 or Gage Bradley, So., 5-6 vs. Nick Stabile, Fr., 20-8 114: Noah Leininger, Fr., 17-10 vs. Lowen Springer, So., 3-13 121: Daniel Smith, So.,...

Franklin Regional wrestling coach Matt Lebe paced back-and-forth in front of his match early in his team’s WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal-round showdown against Latrobe. The No. 3-ranked Panthers lost the first two bouts against No. 4 Wildcats on Wednesday, and they had their coach nervous. But the feisty Panthers (18-0)...

The PIAA recently released the time schedule for the individual wrestling championships March 7, 8 and 9 at Giant Center in Hershey with some interesting changes. With the addition to the girls championship, the PIAA decided to run the semifinals for the Class 3A and 2A boys and girls simultaneously...

Trib HSSN Live.com WEEK 7 2023-24 Class 3A Top 10 Team (This year’s record) Last week’s rankings 1. Trinity (8-0) 1 2. Connellsville (9-2) 2 3. Franklin Regional (16-0) 3 4. Latrobe (7-3) 4 5. North Allegheny (16-3) 5 6. Bethel Park (9-1) 9 7. Norwin (11-5) 6 8. Fox...

All Kiski Area senior Evan Artman had to do during the final bout of the match against Moon was win. Artman did more. He pinned Moon’s Kaiden Kessler in the second period of the WPIAL Class 3A team championship preliminary round to clinch a playoff victory 33-24 and send the...

After falling to Norwin on Jan. 24 in the regular-season finale, coach Larry Hohman brought the Penn-Trafford wrestling team together and laid out the game plan for the rest of the season. “It’s all up to them,” Hohman said. “Now they have to get healthy and get ready for individuals....

Former Penn-Trafford center Joe Enick, who attended Central Michigan in the fall, recently transferred to St. Francis (Pa.) to continue his football career. Enick was the 2022 Fralic Award winner as the top lineman in the WPIAL. He entered the transfer portal in early December and enrolled at St. Francis...

It was quite night for the Derry divers Friday during Day 1 of the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association meet. Derry had two champions and two others earn medals during the diving portion of the event. The swimming portion of the meet begins 10 a.m. Saturday at Derry. Junior Ella Silvis...

As Mt. Pleasant swimming coach Sandy Felice prepares her team for the annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association meet Friday and Saturday at Derry, she told them to be prepared for a battle. Among the top swimmers entered are the Vikings’ Lily King, Kiersten O’Connor and Joseph Gardner. “I expect Kiski...

The WPIAL wrestling committee didn’t waste much time setting up the team tournament. Hours after teams wrapped up section competition Wednesday night, committee officials gathered to slot out pairings Thursday morning. In Class 3A, undefeated Trinity (8-0) was awarded the No. 1 seed and undefeated Franklin Regional (16-0) was picked...

Norwin prepped for the WPIAL Class 3A team tournament with an impressive performance against rival Penn-Trafford on Wednesday. The Knights looked like and wrestled like a team that could be dangerous in the playoffs. Norwin (11-5, 4-1) won 10 of the 13 matches, including four pins, two wins by forfeit...

Wednesday will be interesting for wrestling fans as teams try to secure a spot in the upcoming WPIAL and PIAA tournaments. The regular season ends Wednesday, and the WPIAL wrestling committee will meet Thursday to set up the Class 3A and 2A tournaments, which begin Monday and resume Wednesday. The...

Trib HSSN Live.com WEEK 6 2023-24 Class 3A Top 10 Team (This year’s record) Last week’s rankings 1. Trinity (7-0) 1 2. Connellsville (8-2) 2 3. Franklin Regional (15-0) 3 4. Latrobe (6-3) 4 5. North Allegheny (15-3) 5 6. Bethel Park (8-1) 9 7. Norwin (10-5) 6 8. Fox...

When you play one of the top basketball teams not only in the WPIAL but the state, you better bring your “A” game. That’s what Southmoreland (13-3, 3-2) faced Monday when it hosted to No. 2-ranked Uniontown (14-0, 5-0) in a Section 3-4A first-place showdown. Uniontown stayed unbeaten after receiving...

Thomas Jefferson junior Bode Marlow became the 13th wrestler to win three times at the 22nd Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament. Now he has a shot at achieving a milestone only five wrestlers in the county have reached: win four times. Marlow used eight takedowns and a three-point near fall to...

Penn-Trafford’s competitive spirit team qualified for the PIAA championships at the Giant Center in Hershey after a fourth-place finish at the WPIAL meet. The state championship will be Jan. 26 and 27. The Warriors competed in the Class 3A Large Varsity Division, which was won by rival Hempfield for the...

Thomas Jefferson scored three goals in the second period and skated to a 5-1 victory against Penn-Trafford on Jan. 16, ending the Warriors’ two-game winning streak. Freshman goaltender Tyler Funk, who has a goal-against average of 1.74, did not play. Cam Kiste scored the Warriors’ only goal in the first...

Fox Chapel wrestling coach Michael Frank wasn’t even born the last time the Foxes won a section title. But that changed this year as the Foxes have clinched at least a share of the Section 1-3A title. A win Wednesday against Central Catholic will give them the outright title, something...

Franklin Regional senior Juliano Marion didn’t let a loss to Ringgold senior Jake Conroy get him down earlier this month. Instead, it inspired him to work harder and get better. Marion spent the past two weekends winning tournaments — Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association and Mid-Winter Mayhem. “It’s pretty impressive to...

Fox Chapel athletic director Michael O’Brien alerted teams competing in the Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament of a schedule change. O’Brien said that due to the expected snowfall, as well as multiple school closings, the tournament has been moved to Saturday and Sunday. Weigh-ins Saturday and Sunday will begin at 10...

The Franklin Regional wrestling team used a late surge to stay unbeaten and win the Section 3-3A title Wednesday by defeating Norwin in a first-place showdown. The Panthers (4-0, 15-0) got a pin from senior heavyweight Juliano Marion and three decision wins by their lightweights to rally for a 29-19...

Norwin sophomore Alex Graney had struggled scoring in recent games. But he scored a game-high 14 points Tuesday, including the Knights’ first four of the fourth quarter, and helped Norwin snap a five-game losing streak and earn its first Section 2-6A victory, 56-50, against Hempfield. The loss was the Spartans’...

Franklin Regional senior Juliano Marion rebounded from a loss to Ringgold senior Jake Conroy by winning his second consecutive tournament title at IUP on Jan. 13. Marion pinned Trinity’s (Camp Hill) Tucker Paynter at the Mid-Winter Mayhem to go with his third Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association title (Jan. 6). He...