Paul Schofield stories, Page 107

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...

Robert Morris University recently announced the signing of seven students to softball scholarships. Among the group are two student-athletes from Westmoreland County. Ligonier Valley senior pitcher Jane Garver and Southmoreland senior infielder Faith Miller signed letters of intent for the 2020-21 season. Garver is a three-year starter for the Rams...

Greensburg Central Catholic senior Patrick Brewer will be wearing red on his uniform this fall. That’s because he signed a letter of intent to run track at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.. Brewer, who wrestles for Mt. Pleasant, plans to be a decathlete for the Big Red. He chose track...

Latrobe will be headed back to the WPIAL Class AAA team wrestling tournament as long as it takes care of business. All the Wildcats (3-1, 2-1) must do to clinch an automatic bid into the tournament is defeat Gateway on Thursday and Penn Hills on Jan. 15 to clinch second...

Latrobe wrestling coach Mike Ciotti wasn’t surprised his team was leading the 67th annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament after first day of action. And while the Wildcats weren’t able to secure their 13th team title, Latrobe let teams from the county know it’s making a comeback. Latrobe (2-1, 1-1)...

The annual Westmoreland County Junior High wrestling tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at Mt. Pleasant. It will feature teams from throughout the county. Teams entered include Belle Vernon, Burrell, Derry, Franklin Regional, Greensburg Salem, Kiski Area, Latrobe (two teams), Ligonier Valley, Mt. Pleasant, Norwin, Penn-Trafford, Southmoreland and Valley....

Individual wrestling rankings Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (21-3); 2. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (21-1); 3. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (16-6); 4. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (14-4); 5. Troy Hohman, so., Penn-Trafford (7-1). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (20-1); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr. Hempfield (14-3);...

2019 TEAM RANKINGS Class AAA Team record LW 1. Waynesburg 4-0 1 2. Seneca Valley 4-0 2 3. Canon-McMillan 4-0 3 4. Hempfield 13-2 4 5. Kiski Area 7-2 5 6. Norwin 6-2 6 7. Connellsville 6-1 7 8. Mt. Lebanon 8-1 8 9. Butler 2-1 9 10. North Allegheny...

STATE TEAM RANKINGS Class AAA Team record LW 1. Nazareth (11) 3-0 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 2-0 2 3. Waynesburg 4-0 3 4. Seneca Valley 4-0 4 5. Canon-McMillan 4-0 5 6. Council Rock South (1) 3-0 6 7. Erie Prep (10) 1-0 7 8. Hempfield Area 13-2 8...

Kiski Area’s wrestling dynasty continued to grow Saturday at the 67th Annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament. The Cavaliers rallied to win a county-record 13th team title, their fifth consecutive, in front of their home crowd. Kiski Area, which began the day trailing Latrobe, dropped to fourth in the standings...