Paul Schofield stories, Page 118
Norwin Little League team advances to state tournament for 3rd straight season
Will the third time be the charm for the Norwin Little League 11-year-old baseball team? The coaches and players hope so. Norwin is making its third trip to the state tournament Saturday, and coach Jason Faust is hoping previous experiences will help them reach the top. After winning the district...
Westmoreland teams face tough challenges in Legion tournament
It won’t be an easy road for the team that wins the American Legion Baseball Region 7 tournament. This year’s field is loaded with talent. Returning champion Hempfield East captured the 2018 title by defeating Bedford in the finals. Hempfield East did it the hard way, losing its first game...
Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson falls in Round of 16 at USGA Junior Championship
Franklin Regional graduate Palmer Jackson’s journey in the United States Golf Association’s Junior Match Play Championship at Inverness Club on Thursday in Toledo, Ohio came to an end in Round of 16. After the future Notre Dame golfer won his first match of the day, he lost a 19-hole decision...
Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson wins 1st match at USGA Junior Amateur
Palmer Jackson used a strong back nine and rallied to defeat Gordon Sargent, 3&1, in the United States Golf Association’s Junior Amateur Championship on Wednesday at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. The 2019 Franklin Regional graduate was ranked 28th in the Match Play event after shooting a 144 in qualifying....
Weather postpones District 31 American Legion showcase
Inclement weather Wednesday afternoon forced District 31 American Legion officials to postpone the player’s showcase. The showcase was moved to July 24 at Legion Keener Park in Latrobe. College coaches and players from every team in the league were scheduled to attend. The players were to be timed in running...
Bushy Run Legion tops Hempfield East for District 31 title
Bushy Run didn’t win the District 31 American Legion regular-season title, but it heads into the Region 7 tournament on a roll. The region tournament opens Friday at Latrobe, and Bushy Run is playing like a team that wants to be playing a few more weeks, maybe even a month....
Zach Snyder named Mt. Pleasant wrestling coach
Mt. Pleasant has a new wrestling coach. It’s former Hempfield assistant Zach Snyder, who was hired at Monday’s school board meeting. Snyder replaces Zach Sheridan, who was not rehired after serving as coach for the past five seasons. Mt. Pleasant coaches work on a one-year contract. Snyder was an assistant...
Devin Gee, Dan Obremski share West Penn Open lead after opening round
It looks like it’s going to be a tight race at the 116th annual Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Open Championship. There are 24 golfers who shot even-par or lower in the first round Tuesday at Valley Brook Country Club in McMurray. Oakmont Country Club head professional Devin Gee and PGA...
Waynesburg’s Welsh, Seneca Valley’s Herrera-Rondon earn All-American honors at Fargo
The Pennsylvania Freestyle wrestling team captured the Cadet National Championship at Fargo, N.D. over the weekend. Waynesburg freshman Rocco Welsh and Seneca Valley junior Alejandro Herrera-Rondon earned medals for the Keystone squad. Welsh defeated Garrett Grice of Nebraska, 12-2, to capture the fifth-place medal at 120 pounds. Herrera-Rondon, a two-time...
Speedy Luke Meckler has high expectations for 2-time defending champion Pine-Richland
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Luke Meckler will be doing something this season that is rare at Pine-Richland —...
Mark Goetz breezes to first Westmoreland County Amateur golf title
Mark Goetz began Sunday’s final round of the 52nd annual Westmoreland County Amateur with a seemingly comfortable five-shot lead. But a problem on the third hole at Totteridge Golf Course near Hannastown gave hope for the rest of the field. Goetz, a Greensburg native and rising junior at West Virginia,...
Trib HSSN rewind: A look back at the 2018-19 baseball season
Winning PIAA championships in baseball is becoming increasingly harder for WPIAL teams. Only two teams from the district reached the championship game at Penn State, and neither Beaver nor Serra Catholic was able to capture the gold medal. For the first time since 2014, the WPIAL didn’t have a winner....
Wicker leads Hempfield East Legion team to district title game
Matt Wicker hasn’t been asked to pitch much for the Hempfield East American Legion team this summer. Coach Scott Smith was saving him after he threw a lot of innings during the high school season. Wicker, a Greensburg Salem grad and the Golden Lions’ ace this past spring, answered the...
Mark Goetz takes 5-shot lead in Westmoreland County Amateur
Mark Goetz was a late entry into the Westmoreland County Amateur. The Greensburg native and West Virginia golfer entered the field Friday, along with returning champion Brady Pevarnik of Latrobe. Goetz, who led the West Penn Amateur for 53 holes last week, shot a 7-under-par 65 during the first round...
West Point Little League trio captures District 26 baseball titles
There was a time the West Point Little League baseball teams took a backseat to the softball teams. Not anymore. The baseball teams are starting to make more noise than the girls. Much of that is because the boys programs continue to survive and are getting players returning to the...
Hempfield’s Fintan Brose commits to Delaware
Fintan Brose didn’t waste any time making a decision about his college future. The Hempfield rising senior announced Friday he will join his brother, Braden, at Delaware. Braden is a sophomore tight end for the Blue Hens. A 6-foot-3, 285-pound offensive and defensive lineman and a TribLive HSSN Preseason Top...
Top stars missing from Westmoreland County Amateur golf tournament
The annual Westmoreland County Amateur golf tournament is this weekend, and it is devoid of some of the young talent. Missing from the field at Totteridge Golf Course near Crabtree is returning champion Brady Pevarnik of Latrobe and Palmer Jackson of Murrysville. Pevarnik isn’t playing because he will be competing...
Hempfield East, Bushy Run Legion teams blank opponents in semis
The top-seeded teams in the District 31 American Legion playoffs opened their semifinal best-of-three series Friday with impressive victories. Andrew Rosenberg tossed a four-hit shutout, and Jack McBride went 3 for 3 as No. 1 seed Hempfield East, the regular-season champion, blanked No. 4 Latrobe, 6-0, at Pitt-Greensburg. No. 2...
Pitt recruit Dayon Hayes a disruptive force for Westinghouse
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. One thing that stands out on Dayon Hayes’ junior highlight film is his quickness....
Trib HSSN rewind: A look back at the 2018-19 indoor track season
It was a bit of rough ride for WPIAL athletes competing at the Pennsylvania Indoor Track Championships at Penn State on Feb. 24. Only two athletes — Hempfield senior Mackenna Orie in the shot put and North Allegheny senior Zach Kinne in the 3,000-meter run — returned to Western Pennsylvania...
Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson captures C.R. Miller Match Play title
Palmer Jackson captured the 46th C.R. Miller Match Play Invitational title Tuesday by breezing to victories in the semifinals and finals. The Franklin Regional graduate and Notre Dame recruit defeated Riverside’s Skyler Fox, 6 & 5, in the semifinals, and then rolled to a 7 & 6 win against Elizabeth...
Deer Lakes, West Point to play for District 26 10U baseball title
West Point 10U Little League All-Stars will face Deer Lakes at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Apollo for the District 26 baseball championship. The teams met in pool play, with Deer Lakes defeating West Point, 7-4. West Point is 4-2 in the tournament. West Point advanced by defeating West Shamokin, 17-3,...
West Point 12U claims District 26 baseball title
Sean Walker drove in three runs and had three hits, including two doubles, to help lead the West Point 12-year-old all-star baseball team to a 9-0 victory against Kess in the District 26 championship game. Dylan Firmstone, who pitched 51/3 innings, and Anthony Scarton blanked Kess on only four hits....
Jefferson-Morgan grad Teasdale to wrestle at Iowa
After Gavin Teasdale left the Penn State wrestling program in January, many wrestling fans wondered where he would land. Would it be Lock Haven, West Virginia, Pitt, Campbell University or North Carolina? It was none of the above. The 2018 Jefferson-Morgan grad and former Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Year...
Tim Banner resigns as baseball coach at Chatham
Tim Banner, the first baseball coach at Chatham University, has resigned after three seasons. Banner, who coached previously at North Allegheny and Woodland Hills, posted a 20-61 career record, 5-37 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Banner was hired in 2014, and his first team was in 2015-16. Their first conference...
