Paul Schofield stories, Page 27

The Pittsburgh Passion have accomplished something the Steelers and Penguins have not: qualified for the playoffs for 20 consecutive seasons. Coach Teresa Conn, in her 12th season, hopes team will make it 21 after the team completes its six-game schedule in the Women’s Football Alliance. The Passion opens the season...

Baseball, at times, can be a simple game. If you get good pitching, play solid defense and take advantage of your opponent’s mistakes, you normally win games. That’s what Kiski Area did and Highlands did not Thursday in a Section 4-4A battle. Senior LeBryn Smith tossed a five-inning, two-hit shutout,...

Burrell baseball coach Mark Spohn wasn’t in a talkative mood Wednesday after his team’s Section 3-3A game at East Allegheny. That’s because he wasn’t pleased with how his team played against the top team in the section. East Allegheny (6-2, 4-1) took advantage of three errors, two baserunning mistakes and...

During Judge Michael J. Stewart II’s first year as sponsor of the Westmoreland County Scholar Athlete banquet, 2023 winners of the Excellence Award were picked from an outstanding group of finalists. This year’s group consisted of PIAA and WPIAL individual champions and individuals who were on championship teams. They also...

When Hempfield senior Lucas Kapusta visited Lock Haven last summer, he made a connection with assistant coach Nate Carr. But when Carr left to take a coaching job at Davidson, Kapusta took Lock Haven off his list. “I loved the coaches and school, but when Nate left, it played with...

Belle Vernon Evan Pohlot Sports: Basketball and football Parents: Mark and Jeannie Pohlot Class rank: 16 of 153 GPA: 4.325 College: Duquesne Extracurricular activities and honors: He played four years each on the football and basketball teams. He was a team captain on the WPIAL and PIAA Class 3A championship...

If you ever attend a Hempfield track and field practice, you would swear the coach conducting calisthenics was a U.S. Marine Corps officer. No, it’s just LaRoyal Wilson, who is the 2023 recipient of the Mike and John Ferrante Memorial Award. It’s an honor that usually goes to head coaches...

Penn-Trafford defeated Hempfield in a boys track and field dual meet for the first time in 51 years April 12. The meet, which was tied 75-75, was decided on the most second-place finishes. Both teams won nine events so the tiebreaker was most runner-up finishes. Winning for the P-T boys...

The Penn-Trafford girls lacrosse team dropped two tough matches April 11-12, but that hasn’t cast a shadow on what has been accomplished. The Warriors are in the midst of their best season since the program began in 2016. They are 6-4 overall and 3-2 in Section 1 and are in...

Carson Shuglie School: Hempfield Class: Junior Sport: Baseball Claim to fame: In four games this week, Shuglie went 5 for 11 with four home runs, including two grand slams, six runs scored, a walk and 13 RBIs. His performance helped Hempfield win two three-game series, going 2-1 against Central Catholic...

The Kiski Area boys 3,200-meter relay team came into Friday’s Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational looking to improve. They did just that. In the first race of the meet, the team of Paul Roberts, Justin Gross, Justin Tucker and Samuel Plazio breezed to a victory with a personal-best time of 8 minutes,...

Hempfield junior Peyton Murray and Franklin Regional freshman Monroe Law had strong performances Friday at the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational at Memorial Stadium. Both were double winners. Murray won the shot put and discus. Murray heaved the shot put 53 feet, 8 inches and tossed the discus 164-0. He has the...

When Greensburg Salem baseball coach Anthony Manley huddled with his team after practice Monday, they talked about the job in front of them. The Golden Lions (6-1, 4-0) are off to a good start and sit atop Section 4-3A after two-game sweeps against Waynesburg and Southmoreland. But Manley, in his...

Derry sophomore Sophia Mazzoni was a catcher playing softball up until eighth grade. Now she’s quickly becoming one of the better javelin throwers in the state. When Mazzoni decided to compete in track in middle school, throwing coach Dave McNichol convinced her to try the javelin, given her throwing background....

One of the rights of spring is the annual Westmoreland County Scholar/Athlete Awards dinner. It’s where two high school students from each of the 18 county high schools gather, and one male and one female win the Excellence Award. The banquet will be held April 18 at Ferrante’s Lakeview and...

Dylan Grabowski and Nolan Marasti had strong pitching performances against Armstrong the first week of April, but the lack of hitting left the Penn-Trafford baseball team with a split in Section 1-5A. Grabowski allowed three hits, struck out eight and shut out Armstrong, 2-0. He helped his own cause with...

One of the passages of spring is the annual Westmoreland County Scholar/Athlete Awards dinner. It’s where two high school students from each of the 18 county high schools gather, and one male and one female win the Excellence Award. The banquet will be held April 18 at Ferrante’s Lakeview and...

Pennsylvania American Legion baseball in Westmoreland County this summer starts May 18 with a new look: The league has expanded to 12 teams. The league, one of the largest in the state, added two teams: Blairsville, which gives the league three teams from Indiana County; and Somerset, which formerly competed...

The Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling Youth State Championships were held recently at Petersen Events Center. Here is a look at the overall champions for each weight class and a list of wrestlers from Southwestern Pennsylvania who earned medals. There were 21 state champions from the Pittsburgh area. The Westmoreland County winners...

The Highlands baseball team was hoping to complete a two-game Section 4-4A sweep of Knoch after rallying Monday for a victory. But Knoch had other ideas. The Knights (2-5, 1-1) were aggressive on the bases, played solid defense and got a good pitching performance from 6-foot-11 freshman Zane Pacek in...

Wrestler of the year Vinny Kilkeary Latrobe, sr., 127 pounds 2022-23 record: 29-0 Overall record: 131-12 When Vinny Kilkeary won the 106-pound PIAA Class 3A title as a freshman in 2020, he shocked the state. He defeated Bethlehem Catholic’s Tyler Kasak, 14-10, in the semifinals with a great comeback and...

The Penn-Trafford boys volleyball team came on strong in 2022 by qualifying for the WPIAL playoffs and coming within one victory of making the PIAA tournament. The Warriors (12-7, 8-4) saw their season come to an end with losses to North Allegheny in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals and Shaler...

Penn-Trafford softball coach Denny Little had his team back at work March 21 after a nonsection loss at Mt. Pleasant. They were working on the fundamentals, especially defensive aspect of the game. Despite the loss, Little said there were some good things he saw from the team. “We play a...

Vinny Kilkeary and Rocco Welsh ended their high school careers with wins at the 49th annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic on Saturday at Peters Township. And the future Ohio State commits did it by defeating two Penn State commits. This could be the start of a good wrestling rivalry. While Kilkeary...

Wrestler of the year Cooper Hornack Burrell, jr., 127 pounds 2022-23 record: 43-6 Career record: 116-19 Two weeks after winning his first PIAA Class 2A wrestling title, Burrell junior Cooper Hornack said his achievement still hasn’t registered. Hornack rallied to defeat WPIAL rival Chris Vargo of Bentworth, 2-1, in the...