Paul Schofield stories, Page 93
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 6
Dylan Gustafson Latrobe, sr., RB/FS The senior had an impressive game against Connellsville on Friday, rushing for 171 yards and three touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 29-26 victory. He has rushed for 417 yards, caught seven passes for 134 yards and scored nine touchdowns. Tanner Krevokuch Norwin, sr., TE/LB The 6-foot-5,...
No. 3 Elizabeth Forward, No. 5 Mt. Pleasant to square off for Interstate Conference title
When Jason Fazekas took over the Mt. Pleasant football program, his goal was get the Vikings back to competing for conference titles. Now in his fourth season as coach, Fazekas has the Vikings in position to win the WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference for the first time since 2013. Fazekas...
Greensburg Salem names alumnus Frank Sundry athletic director
Greensburg Salem School District’s hired Frank Sundry as its new athletic director. The vote was 6-3. He replaces Mike Burrell, who resigned to become the new athletic director at Norwin. Sundry is a 2004 graduate of Greensburg Salem, where he earned seven varsity letters (three in cross country, three in...
Southmoreland calls off football game vs. Brownsville after joining covid-19 shutdown list
Add Southmoreland to the list of Westmoreland County high schools shutting down athletics because of covid-19 cases. Friday’s homecoming football game against Brownsville has been postponed and could be made up after the final regular season game on Oct. 23, according to Southmoreland athletic director Dan Boring. Southmoreland recorded its...
WVU, Ohio State and Dayton among teams to play in new basketball event
West Virginia, Ohio State and Dayton are among a strong field that will compete in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Nov. 25-27. The Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic is a new event. Others in the field are Creighton, Memphis, Texas...
Hempfield girls claim 3rd cross country section title, hope to run in postseason meets
Hempfield girls cross country coach Jeff Mayo was surprised to learn the Spartans had won only two section titles before the 2020 season. After going 8-0 in Section 1-AAA, the Spartans now have three. The previous two were in 2002 and ’13. Hempfield is led by seniors Lily Schmadel and...
Strong Pitt connection at USA Wrestling Senior Nationals
Pitt volunteer assistant wrestling coach Luke Pletcher, former Panther heavyweight Demetrius Thomas and junior Nino Bonaccorsi competed in the 2020 USA Wrestling Senior Nationals on Sunday in Coralville, Iowa. Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park) completed in the 97 kilos weight class in Greco, while Thomas and Pletcher (Latrobe/Ohio State) competed in men’s...
Wresting event to feature Pennsylvania’s best
The first True Power Wrestling tournament, sponsored by PA Power Wrestling, will feature some of the top wrestlers (high school, junior high, girls and collegiate) in the state on Oct. 17 at Tyrone. The event is closed to the public because of covid-19 concerns. There will be 15 boys’ bouts,...
Penn-Trafford volleyball beginning to rise
Penn-Trafford girls volleyball coach Jim Schall predicted he’d learn a lot about his team the last week of September. His squad met a tough challenge, including two matches against Section 3-4A leader Oakland Catholic and a match against rival Norwin. Penn-Trafford went 2-2 during the week, defeating Hempfield and Norwin...
Turowski brothers hope to lead Penn-Trafford to WPIAL golf title
Things didn’t go as planned for the Turowski brothers at the WPIAL Class AAA individual golf championships Oct. 6 at South Hills Country Club. Both had tough rounds and fell short of finishing in the top 10 to advance to the PIAA championship Oct. 19. Alex Turowski, a senior, was...
Franklin Regional’s Tragesser siblings reach WPIAL finalsVideo
Franklin Regional senior Chuck Tragesser has played at historic Oakmont Country Club before. He knows how tough it is and how to attack it. So what advice did he offer his sister Caroline when she competed in the WPIAL Class AAA girls individual championship Oct. 8? “Don’t let it get...
Woodland Hills regroups, thumps Franklin Regional
Franklin Regional opened Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference game against Woodland Hills with a trick play. It caught Woodland Hills’ defense by surprise. The end-around pass from wide receiver Mario Sarnic to fellow wide receiver Jeffrey Downs had the Woodland Hills defense fooled. It was designed to be...
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 5
Mason Basinger Southmoreland, sr., WR/OLB The 5-foot-10 senior had an impressive performance at Derry in Week 4. He caught three passes for 108 yards and two touchdowns. Basinger is another offensive weapon for quarterback Zach Cernuto. Toby Cline Jeannette, sr., WR/DB Cline caught three passes, all touchdowns, for 76 yards...
Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 5
Class 6A Hempfield (1-3, 1-3) at Baldwin (1-1, 0-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Baldwin Stadium, Whitehall Hempfield slid to its third straight loss, falling to No. 3 Canon-McMillan, 45-14, as Big Macs tailback Ryan Angott ran for 261 yards and five touchdowns. The Spartans are allowing a conference-high 37.3 points per...
Boys golf teams earn spots in WPIAL Class AAA, AA semifinals
Fox Chapel boys golf coach Bryan Deal feels the competition for the Class AAA team title will be tight next week. “There are some teams that are good enough to win that won’t make it through the semifinals,” Deal said. “There are seven or eight teams that have a shot...
Field can’t catch Moon’s Justin Scally at WPIAL Class AAA golf championshipsVideo
Moon senior Justin Scally posted a low score early at Tuesday’s WPIAL Class AAA boys golf championship. Then he sat around for an hour and a half, waiting to see if his 2-under-par 69 at South Hills Country Club would hold up. It did, as he watched Shady Side Academy...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls claim 6th straight golf title; Peters Township girls win 1st
Greensburg Central Catholic’s girls golf team added another WPIAL Class AA title to the school’s trophy case Monday. The Centurions won their sixth straight district championship by shooting an impressive 320, crushing the competition at Connoquenessing Country Club in Ellwood City. Geibel finished second, 99 shots back, with a 419....
Norwin’s Jubert wins 1st Bald Eagle Classic in preview of WPIAL course
The WPIAL recently announced a new site for its cross country championships — White Oak Park. The first Bald Eagle Cross Country Classic, hosted by the Baldwin and Serra Catholic programs on Saturday, served as a great warm-up course for the teams that competed. Norwin senior Alex Jubert certainly enjoyed...
Penn-Trafford’s Turowski makes good impression during freshman season
Penn-Trafford golfer Nick Turowski is having an impressive freshman season. He is hoping his debut high school season ends at the PIAA championship in York. He aimed to become one of the lucky 10 to advance when he and his brother Alex competed in the WPIAL individual championship Oct. 6...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Patrick Driscoll pulls double duty with golf, cross country
Penn-Trafford senior Patrick Driscoll has been pulling double duty this fall. He’s a starter on the boys golf team that qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA team tournament, and he’s the top runner on the cross country team. “I like both sports pretty equally, but I do recognize I’m a...
Jeannette braces for tough stretch that begins with Springdale
If Jeannette wants to reach the WPIAL football playoffs for the 42nd time overall and seventh consecutive season, a loss in its final three games is out of the question. No. 3 Jeannette (3-1, 3-1) faces a tough stretch of games beginning Friday at unbeaten Springdale (4-0, 4-0). That is...
Senior Michael Wareham leads Franklin Regional golf to memorable season
Franklin Regional golfer Michael Wareham is looking to end his high school career in style. The senior qualified for the WPIAL individual championship on Oct. 6 at South Hills Country Club, where he hoped to be one of the 10 golfers to qualify for the PIAA championship in York later...
Hampton pulls away from Greensburg Salem in second halfVideo
Greensburg Salem was tasting victory late in the third quarter when it took a lead against Hampton. But in a matter of seconds, Hampton (3-1, 3-1) made sure its trip to historic Offutt Field wasn’t disappointing, and it has senior Gage Galuska to thank. Galuska returned a kickoff 94 yards...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 4
Danny Dlugos Greensburg Central Catholic, jr., RB Dlugos averages more than 8 yards per carry for the Centurions. He has rushed for a team-high 201 yards and scored five touchdowns, including four rushing. He also leads the team in tackles with 30 (18 solo) and 4.5 tackles for loss. Luke...
Dangerous quarterbacks square off when Penn-Trafford meets Woodland Hills
When Penn-Trafford hosts No. 4 Woodland Hills on Friday in a WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference battle for first place, it will feature a matchup between two of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the WPIAL. Woodland Hills junior Deontae Williams and Penn-Trafford senior Ethan Carr will take center stage....
