Paul Schofield stories, Page 101

There won’t be any baseball, softball or soccer games played this summer in the City of Greensburg. The Greensburg Parks and Recreation Department canceled its summer programs Tuesday because of the coronavirus. The programs, which were supposed to begin in April, originally were postponed. The decision affects hundreds of city...

Snow and chilly temperatures forced the Westmoreland County Golf Association to postpone its first event of the season May 9. It might have been a blessing as the field nearly doubled in the three-man scramble event that will start at noon Saturday at The Madison Club. “It turns out that...

Palmer Jackson was enjoying the day on a lake in Cambria County when he learned the news Monday that the United States Golf Association was cancelling all qualifiers for championship events. That means even though Jackson had received exemption to participate in the sectional qualifier, he won’t get a chance...

On the day the United States Golf Association announced it was canceling qualifying tournaments for the U.S. Open, the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association was releasing its updated 2020 schedule. WPGA executive director Terry Teasdale was cleaning the office Monday after unveiling the revamped schedule and trying to get ready for...

Derry athletic director Brett Miller is finalizing the list of candidates for the Trojans’ football coaching position that opened when Tim Sweeney left to accept the same job at Baldwin last month. Sweeney energized a program that was 0-10 and outscored by more than 50 points per game in 2013...

After a delay of more than two months, local professional and amateur golfers will be able to compete in various tournaments in the area beginning in June. The Tri-State PGA finalized its updated schedule Thursday, and the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association will be releasing its updated schedule Monday morning. The...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Greensburg Salem senior hurdler Brenden Lewis was looking forward to his final track season. He was coming off a successful indoor season where he placed fourth in the state...

When Will Mann learned that Brianna Fleming earned her second-consecutive PGA WORKS Golf Management University Scholarship, he said he was surprised but not surprised. Fleming is a sophomore at Coastal Carolina and a 2018 graduate of Central Valley who is majoring in business management that specializes in the school’s PGA...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. The WPIAL track and field championships would have been held Thursday at Slippery Rock University. Indiana senior Kendall Branan doesn’t need a reminder; he knows the date of when...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Annie Wicker’s senior year didn’t start or end like she planned. In the fall, the two-time defending WPIAL Class AA cross country champion was looking to complete the trifecta,...

Editor’s note: This is the 11th in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. Jane Garver and Michael Petrof, Ligonier Valley’s nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete award presented by Judge John J. Driscoll, were leaders at their school both on and off the field....

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and wrestling legend Bruce Baumgartner recently retired from his administration position at Edinboro. He spent the past 36 years at the university, serving in various roles including head wrestling coach, athletic director and most recently, assistant vice president of university advancement. pic.twitter.com/AA4UJrmGkh— Edinboro Wrestling (@BoroWrestling1) May...

No PGA. No LPGA. But the coronavirus isn’t stopping the Florida-based Hurricane Junior Golf Tour from opening the season. There were three tournaments conducted Saturday and Sunday, including one at Glengarry Golf Course in Unity. The others were in Georgia and Florida. Over the next two weeks, seven more tournaments...

Olivia Persin and Dillon Ferretti always look forward to this time of year. Yes, graduation is one thing and the school picnic at Kennywood is another. But in athletics, Persin and Ferretti would be in thick of their seasons. Persin would be trying to help the Hempfield softball team win...

Editor’s note: This is the seventh in an 18-part series profiling nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards. High school seniors across Westmoreland County and the state were deprived of the finish to their high school careers. But the Judge John J. Driscoll Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet could give...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Shaler senior Cam Mbalo will leave high school with a couple unanswered questions. Would he have won a Class AAA PIAA gold medal in the triple jump? Would he...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Grace Sisson was able to achieve one of her goals last spring: placing at the outdoor state meet. The Fox Chapel senior was looking forward to one more shot...

Matt Tarabek is coming home to finish his collegiate baseball career. The 2016 Hempfield graduate announced on Twitter he’s transferring to Pitt to finish his master’s degree. Tarabek played three seasons at Fordham in the Atlantic 10 Conference and was off to a good start in his fourth season before...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Joel Tarzoho, like every athlete in the WPIAL and across the state, had his senior season end earlier than planned. The coronavirus denied the Plum senior from having possibly...

Austin Bell had an outstanding wrestling career at Belle Vernon. He had a 160-24 record, was a two-time PIAA third-place finisher and WPIAL champion in 2014 and runner-up in ’15 and ’16. His effort earned him a scholarship to Pitt. Things didn’t work out, and he transferred to Lock Haven....

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. C.J. Cole may not be the best athlete to come through McGuffey in the last 40 years, but he has to be among the best. That list includes wrestler...

It was quite a year for the Ligonier Valley boys basketball team in the school’s final season in District 6. The school’s athletic teams will move to the WPIAL for the 2020-21 season. The boys basketball team won the Heritage Conference title and played in the Class 3A title for...

Hempfield Area School District is looking for a couple fall sports coaches. The jobs opened when girls tennis coach Jerry Way retired and girls soccer Adam Shaffer resigned. Hempfield is also looking for a new athletic director after Greg Meisner resigned in April. Rick Bowen is acting as interim athletic...