Paul Schofield stories, Page 105

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...

The WPIAL wrestling committee rewarded excellence and history when deciding the pairings for the team tournament. Undefeated and top-ranked Waynesburg, which won a thriller over No. 3 Canon-McMillan in the Section 4 championship Wednesday, received the top seed in Class AAA. Burrell, which has won 13 straight WPIAL titles, was...

Hempfield needed a stopper when Kiski Area jumped out to a quick lead in the WPIAL Class AAA Section 1 title match on Wednesday. Senior Dillon Ferretti became that person. His first-period pin of Jack Dilts in the 220-pound match sparked No. 4 Hempfield to five consecutive victories and a...

When Knoch struggled to make a 3-pointer in the first quarter against Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday, there was no panic from the Knights. That’s because when you live by the 3-pointer, you’re confident you shot eventually will fall. Knoch’s boys basketball team had a little problem with the Vikings’ length...

Some potentially interesting matchups could be in store at the WPIAL Class AAA and Class AA section team tournaments. In Class AAA, the Section 1 showdown between No. 4 Hempfield and No. 5 Kiski Area and the Section 4 showdown between No. 1 Waynesburg and No. 3 Canon-McMillan headline the...

When the Jeannette School District decided to disband its wrestling program three years ago and enter into a co-op with Hempfield, junior Ethan Berginc and senior Justin Cramer didn’t have a choice if they wanted to continue the sport they loved. They had to move from a Class AA program...

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

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

Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (28-3); 2. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (23-1); 3. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (18-6); 4. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (17-4); 5. Nick Gorman, fr., North Allegheny, (20-2). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr., Franklin Regional (23-1); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr., Hempfield (17-3); 3. Nico...

Edinboro hired Apollo-Ridge grad Jake Nulph as its football coach Sunday. Nulph replaces Wayne Bradford, who parted ways with the school in November. Nulph was a defensive backs and special teams coach at IUP in 2019 and a special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at Duquesne in ‘18. Nulph...

It’s no secret over the past 15 years, Westmoreland County has produced some of the best wrestlers in the state and the country. Teams and individuals have thrived during the span. Franklin Regional won consecutive state team titles in 2014 and ’15. Kiski Area and Latrobe teams have placed second...

When the Franklin Regional wrestling team was winning WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA titles earlier this decade, the Panthers featured a nearly unbeatable lineup from 106 to 160 pounds. Devin Brown, Spencer Lee, Gus Solomon, Dom Giannangeli, Tyler Smith, Michael Kemerer, Josh Maruca and Josh Shields all went on to...

Two streaks continued Friday night at Jeannette. Thanks to two late layups by senior Imani Sanders, Jeannette won its eighth straight game while handing Brentwood its fourth straight loss with a thrilling 43-40 victory in a Section 2-2A battle for first place. Sanders did his damage off the bench for...

West Virginia great Rod Thorn, who played from 1961-63, will have his No. 44 retired at halftime of the Feb. 29 game against Oklahoma, athletic director Shane Lyons announced Thursday. Thorn is the last WVU player to wear the number. Jerry West also wore No. 44, and it was retired...

Yough graduate Ben McCauley is one of six inductees in the the 2020 Mon Valley Sports Hall of Fame class. The class will be inducted at the 27th annual banquet June 19 at St. Spyridon Hellenic Center in Monessen. The banquet begins at 5:30 p.m. Others inducted are Mon Valley...

Hempfield wrestling coach Tommy Dolde couldn’t ask for a better performance from his Spartans heading into the WPIAL Class AAA Section 1 tournament Jan. 22. The No. 4-ranked Spartans used seven pins and a forfeit to easily defeat rival Greensburg Salem, 54-21, on Wednesday in the final regular-season match in...

It has been a while since the Hempfield boys basketball team has beaten Latrobe. It has been even longer since the Spartans won at Latrobe. Those streaks came to an end Tuesday thanks to clutch free throws from Marcus McCarthy. The senior made five of six free throws in the...

Hempfield Area junior heavyweight Isaiah Vance didn’t break a record, at least nationally, when he recorded a five-second pin against Woodland Hills heavyweight Michael Ewart last week. He is believed to have broken the Hempfield record of seven seconds, however, which was set by former coach Vince DeAugustine in 1995...

Norwin did something at the 67th annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament that it hadn’t done since 1975. The Knights crowned three champions in the same season. While Kiski Area and Hempfield drew much of the attention, the Knights ended up with a strong showing when seniors Kurtis Phipps...

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

Class AAA Team record LW 1. Waynesburg 6-0 1 2. Seneca Valley 9-1 2 3. Canon-McMillan 8-2 3 4. Hempfield 14-2 4 5. Kiski Area 10-2 5 6. Norwin 8-2 6 7. Connellsville 8-2 7 8. Mt. Lebanon 9-1 8 9. North Allegheny 4-0 10 10. Latrobe 4-1 NR Class...

Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (27-3); 2. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (22-1); 3. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (16-6); 4. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (16-4); 5. Nick Gorman, fr., North Allegheny, (20-2). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (22-1); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr. Hempfield (15-3); 3. Nico...

Shaler basketball coach Rob Niederberger feels Mekhi Reynolds is one of the better players in the WPIAL. You’ll get no argument from Franklin Regional coach Steve Scorpion, especially on Friday. Reynolds, who averages 21 points per game, scored a game-high 31 points to help lead first-place Shaler to a 76-69...