Bill Beckner stories, Page 54

Star tight end among Class of ’24 in Ligonier Valley Athletics Hall of Fame

Former Connecticut tight end Alec Bloom, who went to training camp with the Arizona Cardinals in 2018, is among eight individuals and a team highlighting the 2024 Ligonier Valley Athletics Hall of Fame class. The group will be inducted April 13 during a banquet at The Barn at Ligonier Valley....
Norwin’s depth fuels victory over Hempfield as Knights improve to 8-0 in section

Norwin didn’t have its best game offensively on senior night and left the door open just enough for cold-shooting Hempfield to get its hopes up. Senior point guard Bailey Snowberger left the floor just before halftime with a significant nosebleed, and shots were not falling for Norwin as it tried...
6-foot-6 Derry freshman’s game still growing

His father stands 6-foot-10, so Derry freshman Stanley Rajkovich may have room to grow. He’s already 6-6 and showing flashes of a dominance in the post, a budding big with a wing span that goes on for days. But his game is growing, too. With a Kevin Durant frame, Rajkovich...
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Greensburg Central Catholic savors signature win

Greensburg Central Catholic made a splash at the Shootout at Seton Hill last weekend, posting one of the most impressive regular-season wins in coach Christian Hyland’s five-year tenure. GCC (18-2), the No. 2-ranked team in Class 2A, took complete control in the second half and raced past Class 5A No....
‘We want it’: Norwin girls basketball players excel during small moments in quest for championships

Norwin leads the league in smiles. Watch the girls play basketball and you see an infinite loop of happy moments. High-fives and fist-bumps interrupted by hugs and pats on the back. It looks like fun to play for this team. Senior guard Ava Kobus makes a high-arcing 3-pointer that seems...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Franklin Regional back in playoff chase after 1-9 start

Franklin Regional’s girls basketball team picked up a big 45-42 win over Penn Hills on Jan. 26 to stay afloat in the WPIAL Class 5A playoff race. But the Panthers weren’t finished. With senior point guard Angelina Brush back and healthy, they dispatched of Kiski Area, 53-38, to move to...
Yough boys tough out victory over No. 4 Washington, move into tie for 1st

Yough could feel the tread on a 15-point advantage wearing thin as Washington crept closer with a third-quarter turnaround. But the host Cougars never gave up control, relying on their defense and a big fourth quarter from Terek Crosby for a 43-35 victory over the fourth-ranked Little Prexies on Tuesday...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Seton Hill baseball picked to win PSAC West

Maybe you’ve heard this one before … Another outstanding season could be in store for the Seton Hill baseball team, which went 48-13 (26-2 PSAC) last season and reached the NCAA Atlantic Super Regional. For the fourth straight year, the team is favored to win the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference...
Greensburg CC girls adjust, top Serra Catholic to clinch share of section title

The first four or five minutes of the second half “dictate how it goes,” Greensburg Central Catholic girls basketball coach Chris Skatell tells his players. He believes that is when many games are won or lost. That stretch of time went pretty well for the No. 1-ranked Centurions on Monday...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: GCC grad Nate Ward transfers to Duquesne

Nate Ward is coming home. After spending four years playing soccer in the Big Ten Conference at Indiana, the former Greensburg Central Catholic standout is set to play a fifth year at Duquesne. Ward, a former TribLive Westmoreland player of the year, graduated from Indiana in December. “I had an...
McKeesport girls, under new coach, beat Greensburg Central Catholic

Matt Miller is used to calling blitzes and cover-2s as the football coach at McKeesport. His defensive calls Saturday night were a little different. Then again, so was the sport. Miller, in unique circumstances after the sudden resignation this week of girls basketball coach Amy Gumbert, guided the Tigers as...
McKeesport’s Matt Miller takes over girls basketball team

Matt Miller is the head football coach at McKeesport, but he is also the girls basketball coach — at least for now. Miller was named the acting coach of the Lady Tigers after the resignation of coach Amy Gumbert. The reason for her resignation is unclear, but McKeesport athletic director...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Amelia Droste, Derry’s Jacob Hauser

Amelia Droste School: Hempfield Class: Sophomore Sport: Bowling Claim to fame: Droste has been a key part of Hempfield’s team. The Spartans won the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League title last season and are once again contenders in Class 3A. Droste rolled a 247 and 224 to lead the Spartans...
Derry boys mount comeback to defeat Mt. Pleasant

Derry calls its style of play “Run and Jump.” “We like to get out and go,” freshman forward Stanley Rajkovich said. A third-quarter run allowed the Trojans to jump ahead to stay in their second meeting of the season against Mt. Pleasant. Chaos tends to favor the Trojans, who turned...
Norwin’s Luke Denny commits to Division I Lehigh for football

When his first football scholarship offer came in, Luke Denny was overcome with emotion. “I called my grandparents crying,” the Norwin senior said. “It was like, this is really happening.” But that offer came during the regular season — Week 4 vs. Woodland Hills — and it was from Division...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Norwin runner makes Division I commitment

Rosemary Gaydos became the latest Norwin track and field athlete to commit to a Division I college program. Gaydos will continue her distance-running and cross country career at St. Francis (Pa.) in Loretto. She has lettered every year in cross country, track and field and swimming. Her personal-best times are...

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