Westmoreland County campus clippings: Greensburg Salem grads step in for Seton Hill

There is a Greensburg Salem flavor to the Seton Hill football team.

With redshirt freshman Hayden Teska taking over the quarterbacking duties over the weekend, there are now three former Golden Lions contributing for the Griffins (1-1), who defeated Shippensburg for the first time, 28-23, on Saturday at Offutt Field.

The other players are senior tight end Ryan Thomas and freshman wide receiver Cody Rubrecht.

And remember, former Greensburg Salem head coach Dave Keefer is an assistant this season on Dan Day’s staff.

Teska, who began the season third in the depth chart, was sharp in his debut, completing 8 of 20 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns, including a 74-yard strike to redshirt junior Ethan Fame, who had three receptions for 104 yards.

Thomas had two catches, and Rubrecht had one. Rubrecht had a touchdown grab in Week 1.

Just a couple of years ago, Teska was throwing passes to Rubrecht at Greensburg Salem, on the same turf at Offutt.

Sophomore Ritchie McCormack is not a Greensburg Salem grad — he is from Tuscon, Ariz.— but he finished Saturday’s game with an impressive 15 tackles, a half-sack and a pass-breakup.

Another local Seton Hill note: Redshirt junior wide receiver Mike Evans (Franklin Regional) joined the team this season. Evans has Division I experience at Robert Morris and West Virginia.

Sophomore defensive back Demetri Whitehead was named the PSAC West Special Teams Athlete of the Week after he blocked a punt that set up a touchdown, and recovered a fumble.

Allegheny: Senior wide receiver Declan O’Brien (Norwin) grabbed 13 receptions, his second double-digit-catch game in a row, for 158 yards and a touchdown as the Gators fell to Geneva, 27-21.

In two games, O’Brien has 27 receptions for 327 yards and three touchdowns.

Last week, he was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week.

Edinboro: Junior linebacker C.J. Waldier (Yough) had nine tackles, and junior safety Toby Cline (Jeannette) added five stops and a forced fumble in a 35-28 loss to Shepherd.

Grove City: Sophomore linebacker Jack Jollie (Penn-Trafford) and senior cornerback Gabe Dunlap (Penn-Trafford) combined for 15 tackles, and each had an interception as the Wolverines downed Waynesburg, 43-27.

Jollie had nine stops, four of them solo, and also forced a fumble.

Dunlap was named the PAC Special Teams Player of the Week after he averaged 39.7 yards per return on three kickoff returns against Waynesburg.

Maine: Fifth-year running back John Gay (Penn-Trafford) had a 13-yard touchdown run in a 44-7 loss to North Dakota State.

Mercyhurst: Senior linebacker Dillon Ferretti (Hempfield) made five tackles and broke up a pair of passes in the Lakers’ 41-29 win over Lock Haven.

N.C. State: Grad safety Robert Kennedy (Jeannette) had five tackles in a 45-24 loss to Notre Dame.

Washington & Jefferson: Junior right end Zach Cernuto (Southmoreland) scored a touchdown on a 2-yard rush, and senior Justin Huss (Derry) led the Presidents with 68 rushing yards in a 42-7 win over Bethany.

Waynesburg: While the Yellow Jackets did not win, a pair of local players had big games in a 43-27 loss to Grove City.

Grad running back Justin Flack (Derry) ran for 114 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries, and sophomore receiver Isaac Trout (Southmoreland) pulled in eight catches for 81 yards and two touchdowns.

Men’s soccer

Washington & Jefferson: Junior midfielder Nolan Agostini (Latrobe) scored the tying goal as the Presidents went on to a 3-2 victory against Hiram.

Women’s soccer

Pitt-Greensburg: Sophomore Megan Hickey’s goal held up for UPG in a 1-0 win over Wilkes.

Saint Vincent: Junior goalkeepr Madison Arnold was named the PAC Defensive Player of the Week. The goalkeeper helped SVC to a pair of wins. She has allowed two goals in 20 shots for SVC (3-1).

Slippery Rock: Sophomore Sydney Patrick (Hempfield) posted four shots on a goal and two assists to lead the Rock to a conference-opening 5-0 win over Pitt-Johnstown.

She had three goals and three assists in the team’s first three games.

Junior Maddie DeLucio (Latrobe) has one goal for SRU.

Patrick was named the PSAC West Athlete of the Week.

Westminster: Junior Brooke Horvath (Franklin Regional) tied the program record with four assists and added a goal as the Titans flattened Penn State Altoona, 11-0.

Junior Mackenzie Powell (Penn-Trafford) added a goal.

Women’s volleyball

Seton Hill: Junior Paige Cole had 15 kills, freshman Catie Flohr added 13 and sophomore Payton Rodberg chipped in 10 to lead the Griffins past Fairmont State, 3-1.

Cole was named the PSAC West Athlete of the Week.

Waynesburg: Junior Jordan Stein (Norwin) posted a match-high four aces and six digs in a 3-0 sweep of Penn State Shenango.

Men’s golf

Notre Dame: Grad student Palmer Jackson (Franklin Regional) finished tied for 30th at 6-over-par 219 (76-73-70) at the Folds of Honor Collegiate at the American Dunes Golf Club in Grand Haven, Mich.

The Fighting Irish finished under par as a team in the third round en route to the team title.

Saint Vincent: Sophomore Alex Leskovansky tied for medalist honors with a career round, and the Bearcats finished second as a team at the Geneva Fall Opener at Connoquenessing Country Club.

Leskovansky shot an even-par 71 to pace SVC, which tallied 302 to finish ahead of 28 teams.

Senior Brevin Urso added a 73 for the Bearcats to tie for fourth.

Men’s cross country

Saint Vincent: Senior Tim Patterson was named the PAC Runner of the Week after he took third in the 106-runner Saint Francis (Pa.) Father Bede Invitational with a time of 19 minutes, 25 seconds.

Patterson followed with another third-place finish, this time among 185 contestants, at the Bethany Invitational. He completed the 8K in 25:54.

Women’s cross country

Cal (Pa.): Junior Malia Anderson (Greensburg Salem) took sixth place in 23:04.4 at the Bethany Invitational.

Saint Vincent: The Bearcats won the Bethany Invitational, placing three runners inside the top 25 and all five in the top 40.

Sophomore Kristen Prince took 11th (23:44) to lead SVC in the 6K race.

Women’s tennis

Pitt-Greensburg: Senior Amber Sterrett (Derry) was named the AMCC Player of the Week. She extended her personal winning streak to 21 with four wins against Mt. Aloysius.

Saint Vincent: The doubles teams of sophomores Emily Pierce (Latrobe) and Marisa Hooper, and sophomore Carolina Walters (Latrobe) and Rachel Zgurich picked up wins as the Bearcats (3-0) blanked Mt. Aloysius, 6-0.