Paul Schofield stories, Page 100
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...
WVU’s Rod Thorn to be inducted into Southern Conference Hall of Fame
There is quite an impressive class entering the Southern Conference Hall of Fame this year. The class, which was announced Wednesday, includes Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame members, a 10-year Major League Baseball veteran, an NCAA pioneer and an NCAA record holder. Members of...
IUP names women’s volleyball coach
IUP dipped into the NCAA Division I ranks to hire its new women’s volleyball coach. Julie Torbett, who played high school volleyball at Eisenhower (1986) in Warren County and is a 1990 graduate of Penn State, was named the eighth head coach in the history of the program. Torbett previously...
Senior Spotlight: Derry’s Justin Huss was planning WPIAL track comeback
Editor’s note: Trib HSSN is spotlighting WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Derry Area senior Justin Huss missed most of the basketball season after breaking the tibia and fibula in his right leg early in the year. Huss was a three-sport star athlete...
Wexford’s Gene Walter wins second consecutive TSPGA event
Wexford’s Gene Walter birdied the first playoff hole and won his second-consecutive Tri-State Section PGA event on Monday, this time at the Galaxy Golf Open at Connoquenessing Country Club in Ellwood City. He won the Golf Max Head Pro Championship on June 3. Walter edged Allegheny Country Club pro John...
Latrobe’s Cole Ferri captures Mailey Memorial junior golf tournament
Cole Ferri shot an even-par 72 to capture the 52nd annual Tom Mailey Memorial Junior Golf Tournament on Monday at the Latrobe Elks Golf Club. The Latrobe resident edged Latrobe’s Darick Hrtyanksi and Penn-Trafford’s Alex Turowski, each tying for second with a 2-over 74, to win the senior division (ages...
JetHawks bring baseball back to Latrobe after coronavirus layoffVideo
There was baseball played Sunday afternoon in Latrobe. While MLB’s owners and players squabble over money, some area teams are taking the field. The Latrobe JetHawks played an exhibition doubleheader at Legion-Keener Field against Hollidaysburg. The squads split, with Hollidaysburg winning Game 1, 9-8, and Latrobe bouncing back with a...
Hempfield East Legion looking to keep tradition going
Those searching for a team that could challenge for the Westmoreland County American League baseball title should look no further than returning District 31 America Legion and Region 7 champion Hempfield East. Even though Hempfield East graduated key players such as Matt Wicker, Andrew Rosenberg, Noah Sweeney, Shane Stuchell, Dom...
Hempfield zeros in on new athletic director
There is a Hempfield Area School Board meeting Monday, but don’t expect them to hire a new athletic director. That should come at the June 15 meeting, according to board member and head of the athletic committee Vince DeAugustine. The hiring committee, headed by superintendent Tammy Wolicki, interviewed 11 candidates...
Former MLB player from Fayette County dies
Lawrence Donald “Bobby” Locke grew up in the small coal patch community of Rowes Run in Fayette County. He was one of 10 children of the late John and Anna Misenko Locke and a star football and baseball player for Redstone High School who pitched the Hawks to a 1-0...
With statewide American Legion season called off, another local league hoping to start soon
Another area group is planning to hold a season for teams that would have normally played American Legion baseball this summer in Washington, Westmoreland, Fayette and Allegheny counties. The Western Pennsylvania Baseball League hopes to begin play with exhibition games June 13. The regular season will open June 17. According...
Westmoreland American Legion baseball schedule finalized
The season is a go for nine Westmoreland County American League baseball teams. The first game scheduled is June 13 when Yough battles West Hempfield at 11 a.m. at Lint Field. There are three games June 14 as Derry travels to West Lebanon in Indiana County to battle Young Township...
Derry names Skillings next football coach
Vince Skillings was an all-state running back at Derry from 1974-77. Now Skillings, 61, returns to his alma mater to coach his beloved Trojans. It’s his first head-coaching job. Skillings was hired by the Derry Area School District’s school board to replace highly successful coach Tim Sweeney, also a Derry...
Yough American Legion baseball team eager to start summer ball
Yough American Legion baseball coach Craig Spisak has an advantage over other coaches in the Westmoreland County League. He’s also the Yough High School coach. Spisak was preparing his team for the varsity season when the coronavirus wrecked the season. But when District 31 president and Region 7 director Jason...
Gene Walter breezes to Tri-State PGA win
Gene Walter finished his first competitive round of the season with a birdie on Wednesday at Wildwood Country Club. He didn’t realize that his 20-foot putt that lipped out was for eagle. He thought he was putting for birdie. It didn’t matter. All he had to do to win the...
Tri-State PGA kicks off season
Opening day for the Tri-State PGA season is Wednesday with the Head Professional Championship at Wildwood Country Club in Allison Park. There will be 32 golf club professionals teeing it up. The Tri-State PGA schedule has been delayed for more than two months. Rob McClellan, Gene Walter and Jason Martin...
Recreational baseball is a go in Westmoreland CountyVideo
A rainbow appeared over Latrobe’s Legion-Keener baseball field Friday afternoon as a handful of players from the Latrobe American Legion team got together for a workout. Latrobe coach Jason Bush pointed to the sky and indicated it was a sign of good things to come for baseball and softball players...
Latrobe grad, Holy Cross basketball player Austin Butler recovering from surgery
Austin Butler’s mother, Michelle, wasn’t convinced she wanted to put her son through shoulder surgery for a second consecutive year. But she and husband Eric went ahead with it for Austin’s peace of mind, and she said she is happy with the decision. Butler, a 2017 Latrobe grad and senior...
Ligonier Valley sending 11 players into college football
There is a reason the Ligonier Valley football team has been outstanding the past four seasons. The graduating senior class — which went 51-4 with four Heritage Conference titles, four Appalachian Bowl titles, two PIAA District 6 Class AA titles and four consecutive trips to the District 6 championship game...
Senior Spotlight: Denied shot at 3-peat, Brownsville state champ moving on to NC State
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. It was graduation day for the seniors at Brownsville Area High School on Tuesday. The seniors went to a private ceremony at the school, and one by one they...
Senior Spotlight: North Allegheny jumper looking forward to Princeton career
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Students at North Allegheny have two more weeks of school to finish before they can enjoy the summer. And while the coronavirus has closed high schools and stopped athletics...
