Paul Schofield stories, Page 104

The PIAA team wrestling championships begin Thursday at the Giant Center in Hershey. The WPIAL will be represented by five teams — Waynesburg, Seneca Valley and Canon-McMillan in Class AAA and Burrell and Burgettstown in Class AA. Carrick from the Pittsburgh City League qualified for the Class AAA tournament but...

When Chris Chunko reached age 50, he felt his chances of becoming a head football coach were dwindling. That was until Tuesday when Yough school board members hired him as their new coach to replace Scott Wood, who was not retained after going 1-9 in 2019. In four seasons, Wood...

Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (34-3); 2. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (23-7); 3. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (27-3); 4. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (19-4); 5. Nick Gorman, fr., North Allegheny, (23-3). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (31-2); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr. Hempfield (22-4-3); 3. Nico...

Looking at the pairings for the PIAA Class AAA wrestling tournament, there is a decent chance that WPIAL champion Waynesburg and Section 4 rival Canon-McMillan could meet in the semifinals. Canon-McMillan (15-4) was beaten by Seneca Valley in the WPIAL semifinals, denying the Big Macs a second shot at the...

When Ligonier Valley freshman Josh Harbert and sophomore Ryan Harbert need advice on how to improve their wrestling skills, they don’t have to look far. They have a lot of resources. First there is dad Brent, a 1992 graduate of Ligonier Valley who is an assistant coach. Then there is...

Class AAA Team record LW 1. Nazareth (11) 17-1 1 2. Waynesburg 13-0 2 3. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 11-2 3 4. Seneca Valley 15-2 4 5. Erie Prep (10) 18-1 5 6. Canon-McMillan 14-4 6 7. Hempfield Area 19-4 7 8. Kiski Area 13-4 10 9. Garnet Valley (1) 21-0...

Class AAA Team record LW 1. Waynesburg 12-0 1 2. Seneca Valley 15-2 2 3. Canon-McMillan 14-4 3 4. Hempfield 19-4 4 5. Kiski Area 13-4 5 6. Thomas Jefferson 10-4 6 7. Latrobe 7-3 10 8. Connellsville 10-4 7 9. North Allegheny 7-2 9 10. Norwin 15-5 10 Class...

Heritage Conference president Jody Rainey announced on Monday that the conference voted to approve Cambria Heights as its new member to replace Ligonier Valley, which left for the WPIAL. The vote was 8-0. Cambria Heights will begin competition in the conference starting with the 2021-22 school year. Cambria Heights is...

When Iowa defeated Penn State, 19-17, on Friday in a wrestling match that featured the top two teams in country, it was two Franklin Regional grads that led the way. No. 1-ranked and two-time NCAA 125-pound champion Spencer Lee picked up a technical fall win for the top-ranked Hawkeyes. Lee...

Waynesburg found itself in an unfamiliar position in the finals of the WPIAL Class AAA wrestling team championship. With three bouts left Saturday, the top-seeded team needed to win all three and get bonus points in the process, and that’s what they did. Wins by Nate Stephenson (152 pounds) and...

There is a reason Fox Chapel is ranked No. 1 in Class 6A. The unbeaten Foxes didn’t flinch when Penn-Trafford made a run at them late in the third quarter Friday night. Fox Chapel showed its mettle and slowly reclaimed the momentum in a Section 3-6A battle and pulled away...

When the Hempfield wrestling team was rated No. 1 early in the season, coach Tommy Dolde felt his team didn’t earn such a high praise. The Spartans then dropped a pair of matches late in December to Seneca Valley and Canon-McMillan and fell to No. 4. “Coach was right,” senior...

If you witnessed Ligonier Valley’s boys basketball game against Nazareth Prep, you probably walked away thinking it was going to be a long season for the Rams. Ligonier Valley coach John Berger might have agreed after the 37-point loss to the returning WPIAL Class A champions. But first impressions can...

Hempfield didn’t look sharp in its first match Wednesday in the WPIAL Class AAA team tournament. But the Spartans were a different team in the quarterfinals against No. 5 Kiski Area. Fourth-ranked Hempfield won the coin toss, which allowed coach Tommy Dolde to dictate matchups, and his team did the...

It was another successful tournament for Latrobe, which earned a fourth-place finish at the West Branch Ultimate Warrior tournament. The Wildcats finished with 130.5 points, finishing behind Southern Columbia (210.5), Mifflin County (189.5) and Johnsonburg (131). Gabe Willochell was the Wildcats’ only champion, winning the 132-pound title. Freshman Nathan Roth...

The Norwin wrestling team presented coach Vince DeAugustine a couple of banners following Monday’s match against West Mifflin. The banners were to commemorate his 250th coaching win. In 15 years as a coach, DeAugustine’s record stands 250-61, including 218-53 in 13 years at his alma mater Hempfield. And while DeAugustine...

Class AAA Team record LW 1. Waynesburg 9-0 1 2. Seneca Valley 12-1 2 3. Canon-McMillan 11-3 3 4. Hempfield 17-2 4 5. Kiski Area 12-3 5 6. Thomas Jefferson 9-3 NR 7. Connellsville 10-3 7 8. North Allegheny 6-1 9 9. Latrobe 6-2 10 10. Norwin 15-4 6 Class...

Class AAA Team record LW 1. Nazareth (11) 14-1 2 2. Waynesburg 9-0 3 3. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 9-1 1 4. Seneca Valley 12-1 4 5. Erie Prep (10) 16-1 5 6. Canon-McMillan 11-3 6 7. Hempfield Area 17-2 7 8. Northampton (11) 14-1 8 9. Quakertown (1) 16-0 10...

Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (30-3); 2. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (25-1); 3. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (19-7); 4. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (19-4); 5. Nick Gorman, fr., North Allegheny, (22-2). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (26-1); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr. Hempfield (19-3); 3. Nico...

Norwin didn’t have a good Section 1-3A wrestling tournament on Jan. 22, losing twice and finishing fourth. But the Knights bounced back, winning the Sharon Duals on Saturday and then defeating West Mifflin, 51-18, in the WPIAL Class AAA pigtail round match Monday at Canon-McMillan. The victory was the 250th...

The NCAA released the first of four coaches’ panel rankings for the 2019-20 wrestling season Friday, and three WPIAL wrestlers — Iowa junior Spencer Lee (Franklin Regional), Ohio State senior Luke Pletcher (Latrobe) and Penn State senior Vincenzo Joseph (Central Catholic) earned No. 1 spots. Lee and Joseph are two-time...

It hasn’t been a great season for the Latrobe boys basketball team. The Wildcats, who generally battle for the section title, find themselves in last place in the WPIAL Section 3-6A standings. But Latrobe didn’t look like a last-place team Friday at Penn-Trafford, and the teams ahead of them in...

Hempfield grad Maddie Holmberg continues to do amazing things on the track. A Penn State senior and two-time first-team NCAA All-American turned in her best performance of the season, scoring 4,171 points in winning the pentathlon at the Dr. Sander Invitational in New York City. Competing in five events, the...