Michael Love stories, Page 144
Annual Golden Gloves tournament to begin Saturday
The Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League will host Golden Gloves tournament bouts Saturday at the Royal Place Restaurant, 2660 Library Road in Pittsburgh. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the first bell set for 7. For information or tickets, call Gloria Cvetic at 412-576-9285. The Royal Place card is the...
IUP women’s basketball drops to No. 5 in latest WBCA poll
The IUP women’s basketball team, which suffered its first loss of the season last week, fell four spots to No. 5 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks (16-1) are the only Division II program to be ranked...
Duquense women’s basketball alum to have jersey retired
The Duquesne athletic department will retire women’s basketball alum April Robinson’s No. 32 jersey on Sunday before the Dukes’ Atlantic 10 Conference game against George Washington at the A.J. Palumbo Center. Robinson, a 2016 graduate, finished her career as the captain of a Duquesne squad that recorded 28 victories and...
Gateway graduate Perhac making saves for Lebanon Valley
Tyler Perhac is expected to be a factor in goal for the Lebanon Valley hockey team as it continues the stretch run of its season. The Gateway product, a third-year goaltender for the Flying Dutchmen, has shared starting duties with three others this season. Perhac made his sixth start Jan....
McPhatter leads local group on Division II football all-star list
The Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Region Committee released the 2018 NCAA Division II All-Super Region 1 squad Friday, and several local players were named to the lists. Lamont McPhatter, a New Castle graduate and junior safety at Cal (Pa.), was selected the Defensive Player of the Year after recording 63...
Gateway grad John Paul Kromka makes immediate impact for UPJ men’s basketball
In his first college basketball game Nov. 9, John Paul Kromka found himself in a pressure situation with all the eyes in the arena fixated on him. The 6-foot-7 Gateway graduate and freshman on the Pitt Johnstown men’s basketball team went the foul line with one second left and the...
Point Park baseball earns second national ranking
The Point Park baseball team is ranked 14th in the Perfect Game College Baseball NAIA Top 25 preseason poll released Thursday. The Pioneers are fueled by a pitching staff that returns nearly intact from last season when it ranked No. 2 in the NAIA with a 2.85 team earned-run average....
Gateway ice hockey alumni gather for Black vs. White game
Gateway ice hockey alumni from five decades gathered recently at Center Ice Arena in Delmont to celebrate an athletic tradition and to honor three past Gators greats. Corey Perhac (2010), Shawn Jesih (1996) and Joe Kasper (2007) were recognized with induction onto the Gateway Hockey Honor Roll. They are the...
Plum graduate Loebig aims for another run at nationals with Pitt hockey
Last year, Ryan Loebig was one of several first-year members of Pitt’s Division I men’s hockey team to hear shared stories from the Panthers’ 2017 trip to the American College Hockey Association national tournament. Then, after helping Pitt to a successful regular season, which included the College Hockey Mid-American championship...
