Paul Schofield stories, Page 99
Daniel McCarthy, 2018 champ, leads Fuhrer; Irwin’s Dan Obremski lurking
Daniel McCarthy couldn’t be blamed if he went to bed early Monday night. Sunday, he flew from Utah to Detroit and then drove to Pittsburgh to compete in the annual Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational at Pittsburgh Field Club. Despite getting only two hours of sleep, McCarthy was able to...
Turowski brothers win back-to-back Isaly’s Junior tournaments
Alex and Nick Turowski are coming off a productive week on the golf tournament circuit. The Harrison City natives, who are brothers, won consecutive Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Tournaments — at Glengarry Golf Links on Wednesday and South Hills Country Club on Thursday. Alex won the 16-18 age division and...
Western Pa. golfers look to end drought at Fuhrer Invitational
The last golfer from Western Pennsylvania to win the Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational was Mike Van Sickle in 2013. That doesn’t mean the locals haven’t been in the hunt. Michael Gligic needed eight extra holes to defeat Washington native Steve Wheatcroft in 2019. Gligic, Wheatcroft and Michigan native Ryan...
Westmoreland County girls athlete of the year: Mt. Pleasant’s Gardner adds to medal collection in unusual wayVideo
It wasn’t the way Heather Gardner wanted to receive a PIAA gold medal, but because the coronavirus denied her a chance to earn it in the pool, she will take it. In March, the PIAA canceled its championship meet after most Class AAA events had taken place but before Gardner’s...
Seton Hill women’s basketball brings in 7 new players
Seton Hill women’s basketball coach Mark Katarski found away to build a solid recruiting class for the 2020-21 season, mainly online. The incoming class includes junior transfer Sonia Sarda of Granollers, Spain. Sarda played the past two seasons at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma, where she averaged 11.2 points as...
North Allegheny becomes first WPIAL district to sponsor girls wrestling
The North Allegheny school board voted Wednesday to add girls wrestling to its athletic programs, becoming the first school district in the WPIAL to sponsor the sport. NA will join three other schools in the state to sponsor a team. The others are Easton, J.P. McCaskey and Executive Education Academy....
Coronavirus foam insert robs Derry golfer of ace at Isaly’s junior tournament
Hunter Jurica got robbed on Wednesday by one of the new golf regulations put in place because of the coronavirus. The foam insert placed in cups at golf courses denied Jurica his first hole-in-one. Jurica was playing in the Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Golf Tour event at Glengarry Golf Links...
Robert Morris coach Andy Toole studies new opponents, recruiting landscape in Horizon League
The past week has been a busier than normal for Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole since the university made the announcement that the Colonials were leaving the Northeast Conference and upgrading to the Horizon League. The announcement left Toole and his staff scrambling to study the strength and...
Robert Morris women join Mid-American Conference for lacrosse
The Robert Morris women’s lacrosse team will compete in a new conference starting next spring. The Colonials will join the Mid-American Conference beginning in 2020-21 after the school left the Northeast Conference last week. RMU officials are still searching for a conference for men’s lacrosse team. The women will join...
Two transfers, three freshman round out Penn State women’s basketball recruiting class
Two transfers and three freshmen headline the 2020 Penn State women’s basketball recruiting class, which was announced Monday by the university. None of the additional recruits is from Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions signed Maddie Burke (Central Bucks West, Doylestown), Kaci Donovan (Owego, N.Y.), Nan Garcia (Jeffersonville, Ind.) and Leilani Kapinus...
Eight qualify for WPGA Amateur at organization’s first event of season
The Western Pennsylvania Golf Association finally held its first event of the season, and things went without a hitch. The first of two qualifiers for the 120th Amateur Championship was held Monday at The Country Club of Meadville and Parker resident Mike Marron shot a 2-under par 70 to grab...
Tom Evans retires as athletic director at Yough
The longest-tenured athletic director in Westmoreland County has retired. Yough’s Tom Evans, who has been athletic director or assistant AD since 1993, will retire as a teacher on June 30. Evans has also been a PIAA official for more than 35 years and has served on various committees with the...
Driscoll Westmoreland scholar-athlete banquet set for July 15
It looks like the 64th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet is a go. According to banquet host Judge John J. Driscoll, the banquet will be 6 p.m. on July 15 at Ferrante’s Lakeview Lounge in Hempfield. Guests will be limited to scholar-athletes, families, athletic directors and committee members and sponsors....
Wrestler Jarrod King headlines 2020 Edinboro Hall of Fame class
Jarrod King won an NCAA Division I wrestling title in 2009. On Friday, he joined his brother Matt (2015) as the first family members to be inducted into the Edinboro University Athletic Hall of Fame. The 39th annual Hall of Fame ceremony will tentatively take place Sept. 4. The Connellsville...
13 WPIAL wrestlers rated among nation’s best in preseason rankings
Four Waynesburg wrestlers were among a group of 13 from the WPIAL that cracked the top 20 in TheOpenMat.com’s national preseason rankings. Four PIAA returning champions from the WPIAL made the list: Franklin Regional senior Carter Dibert, Seneca Valley senior Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Waynesburg senior Wyatt Henson and Mt. Pleasant junior...
Greensburg Salem’s Mankins captures Westmoreland County junior in playoffVideo
It’s been a busy week on the golf course for Greensburg Salem’s Jeff Mankins. He’s competed in three tournaments and played 92 holes over the past four days. He capped off the week by winning his first Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Junior Amateur on Thursday at Latrobe Country Club. Mankins,...
Oakmont pro Devin Gee finishes strong to win 1st Tri-State OpenVideo
WEIRTON, W.Va. — Bob Ford’s name appears on the trophy given to the winner of the Tri-State Open nine times. Eight times for winning the annual event, the other for having the trophy named after him. Ford, the former head golf professional at Oakmont Country Club, was at Williams Golf...
Hempfield hires Norwin athletic director Brandon Rapp
Brandon Rapp spent the past seven years running the Norwin athletic program. Rival Hempfield hired him away Monday to be its new athletic director to replace Greg Meisner, who resigned April 3 after he spent 15 years leading the Spartans. “There is a lot of appeal at Hempfield,” Rapp said....
Central Catholic sophomore-to-be leads Tri-State Open
There is a surprise leader after Round 1 of the Tri-State Open on Monday. Rocco Salvitti, who just finished his freshman year at Central Catholic, is leading at Williams Golf and Country Club. Salvitti shot a 5-under par 67 that included six birdies. He soared into the lead by making...
Tri-State Open has unique twist with fathers, sons
A first will happen Monday during Day 1 of the annual Tri-State PGA Open. Even though Father’s Day isn’t until Sunday, three fathers will have their sons competing against them at Williams Golf and Country Club in Weirton, W.Va. “We’ve had a father and son play before, but not three,”...
Cousins win Westmoreland County Better Ball event
Cousins Katie Miller and Mark Goetz teamed up Saturday to win the Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Better Ball tournament at Greensburg Country Club. Miller, a three-time PIAA Class AAA champion from Hempfield and North Carolina grad, and Goetz, a member of the West Virginia golf team, shot a 5-under 65....
Yough rallies for win against West Hempfield in summer baseball openerVideo
It was opening day for the Westmoreland County American League baseball season Saturday, and players from Yough and West Hempfield couldn’t have been happier. It was a day many figured back in April may never come. But when Gov. Tom Wolf finally lifted the restrictions for the coronavirus on June...
Hempfield set to hire Norwin’s Brandon Rapp as athletic director
It looks like the Hempfield Area School Board will be hiring Brandon Rapp as its new athletic director. The current Norwin athletic director’s name appears on the school board agenda for approval at Monday’s meeting. Rapp was one of 66 applicants for the position that opened when Greg Meisner resigned...
Western Pennsylvania Baseball League sets plans for season with 20 teams on board
Bob Johnston was trying to find a league where Gateway high school players could play this summer. After the coronavirus ended high school seasons across the state, baseball players around the WPIAL were left wondering where they could play. “I made a call to Ryan Encapera in the Fayette County...
Latrobe eager to get started in Westmoreland County American League
When Gov. Tom Wolf announced Westmoreland County could enter the green phase of his coronavirus reopening plan Friday, Latrobe baseball coach Jason Bush and his team couldn’t have been happier. They were so eager to get started, Bush scheduled a doubleheader Sunday at Latrobe’s Legion-Keener Field against Hollidaysburg. And what...
