Paul Schofield stories, Page 119
Baldwin’s Dorien Ford ready to produce season of thrills
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. When Kennywood Park opens the Steel Curtain roller coaster Saturday, Baldwin rising junior Dorien...
Hempfield East wins District 31 regular season, eyes playoff run
As Hempfield East manager Scott Smith sees it, a new season starts Monday. Smith and his team hopes the new season is a repeat performance of 2018. That’s when Hempfield East won the District 31 American legion title, the Region 7 tournament and played in the state tournament for only...
Trib HSSN rewind: A look back at the 2018-19 wrestling season
Kiski Area and Burrell again dominated the WPIAL team wrestling tournament this past season. Kiski Area defeated Seneca Valley to win the Class AAA title and Burrell took down Freedom in Class AA. It was the third consecutive season Kiski won the title, and Burrell won for the 13th consecutive...
Connor Schmidt captures WPGA Amateur at Oakmont
Connor Schmidt got his revenge at Oakmont Country Club on Wednesday but needed some help to do so. A year ago, Schmidt lost a five-hole playoff to Tyrone pro Jimmy Gillam at the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Open Championship at Oakmont. Schmidt, 21, played three solid rounds at the 119th...
Mark Bollinger joins Saint Vincent men’s basketball staff
Mark Bollinger has joined the Saint Vincent men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach for new coach Terrance Smith. Bollinger spent the past six seasons at as assistant at NCAA Division III Ohio Wesleyan. He also coached at Bluffton and was the head coach at Piedmont College. He is a...
Steady Jackson has 2-shot lead at WPGA Amateur Championship
If Palmer Jackson wants to capture the 119th Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Amateur Championship on Wednesday, he knows he has to play better than his first two rounds. The Murrysville native and future Notre Dame golfer shot a 1-under-par 70 on Tuesday at Oakmont Country Club and is even through...
Elbow injury forces Knapp out of WPGA Amateur
When Sean Knapp woke up Monday morning, his left elbow didn’t feel right. He took anti-inflammatory medication and used ice to try to ease the discomfort. When he arrived at Oakmont Country Club of the 119th Annual Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Amateur Champion, he tried to hit shots on the...
Knapp looks to defend WPGA Amateur title
So how did Oakmont native Sean Knapp spend his Sunday as he prepared to defend his title at the West Open Amateur? By playing against some talented friends at Hannastown Golf Club in Greensburg. The hotly contested match included Latrobe’s Brady Pevarnik, Pittsburgh’s Rick Stimmel, Ligonier’s David Brown, Greensburg’s Kevin...
Palmer Jackson named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Athlete of the Year
Franklin Regional senior Palmer Jackson has played some of the top golf courses across the United States. The list includes Oakmont Country Club, Baltusrol, Pebble Beach and Valhalla, and that was in 2018. But one course he never has played could be the best in Western Pennsylvania: Laurel Valley in...
Hempfield’s Fintan Brose gets bigger, stronger
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. When Hempfield senior Fintan Brose wants to get away from football, he will grab...
Greensburg’s Rocco Mediate advances in U.S. Senior Open; Knapp, Cooper do not
Rocco Mediate will playing this weekend. That’s because the Greensburg native made the cut at the USGA U.S. Senior Open on Friday at Notre Dame’s Warren Golf course in South Bend, Ind. Mediate shot a 1-under par 69 and is 1-over for the tournament. He is tied for 53rd. Two...
Knapp shoots a 71, Mediate 72 at U.S. Senior Open
Oakmont native Sean Knapp shot a 1-over par 71 on Thursday during the first round of the U.S. Senior Open at Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind. Knapp is nine strokes behind the co-leaders David Toms and Steve Stricker, who each shot an 8-under par 62. He is tied...
Trib HSSN rewind: A look back at the 2018 cross country season
There is a reason gold is in North Allegheny’s team colors. Gold is usually given to first place teams or individuals, and North Allegheny’s boys and girls cross country teams earned gold medals and trophies for winning the PIAA Class AAA championships last fall. The North Allegheny boys outdistanced La...
Brentzel hired as Penn-Trafford wrestling coach
When A.J. Brentzel and his wife, Alicia, attended a Penn-Trafford wrestling match last season, Brentzel told her he really wanted to give back to the program. “I felt I could help out and had something to make the program better,” Brentzel said. “I felt I could make a difference.” When...
Michael Gligic rallies to win Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational
When Michael Gligic began his round in the Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational eight shots behind 54-hole leader David Bradshaw, the former winner of the Web.com tournament was still confident he had a chance to win. Gligic knew he had to play well and hoped Bradshaw and other golfers in...
David Bradshaw closing in on 4th title at Frank B. Fuhrer Invitational
Most golfers consider Round 3 of a tournament as moving day. There wasn’t much movement, however, during Tuesday’s round at the annual Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational at Pittsburgh Field Club, and that was just fine for three-time champion David Bradshaw. The Harper’s Ferry, W.Va., native, who competes on the...
3-time champion David Bradshaw takes 2-shot lead at Frank B. Fuhrer Invitational
Three-time champion David Bradshaw shot a 5-under-par 135 to take a two-shot lead after Day 1 of the Frank B. Fuhrer Invitational. Bradshaw shot a 3-under 67 in Round 1 and a 2-under 68 in Round 2 on Monday at the Pittsburgh Field Club. Four golfers were tied for second...
Penn-Trafford grad Dan Obremski part of ‘toughest field’ for Fuhrer Invitational
Dan Obremski didn’t need to look at the field to know how tough the Frank B. Fuhrer Invitational, which begins Monday at Pittsburgh Field Club in Fox Chapel, will be this year. After taking away the 15 spots normally reserved for Tri-State PGA professionals, Fuhrer was able to invite a...
Ligonier Valley wins linemen challenge at Pitt
It was quite a day for the Ligonier Valley football team. The Rams competed in the University of Pittsburgh’s linemen challenge and took home the title by defeating Ohio power, the Massilion Tigers. So proud of our linemen! Your 2019 Pitt Linemen Challenge Champions! Beat Massillon, Ohio in the finals...
West Virginia HOF class includes WPIAL stars Meg Bulger, Jones brothers
West Virginia announced its 29th Hall of Fame, and the class includes three former WPIAL stars: wrestlers Greg Jones and Vertus Jones and women’s basketball player Meg Bulger. The induction ceremonies will take place Sept. 14 when WVU hosts N.C. State. The other inductees are Steve Dunlap (football), Darryl Prue...
Yough’s Bach named Westmoreland Tribune-Review Baseball Player of the Year
2019 Tribune-Review Westmoreland Baseball All-Stars Player of the Year Jarett Bach, Sr., P/1B, Yough There was a reason the Yough baseball program made a huge jump in 2019. His name was Jarett Bach. The 6-foot-5 left-hander was the guiding force for the Cougars as they tied Greensburg Salem for the...
Dom Nania joins Seton Hill wrestling staff
Hempfield graduate Dom Nania, who wrestled at Wheeling Jesuit and was an assistant at Hempfield and Norwin with Vince DeAugustine, was recently added to the Seton Hill coach staff. Nania was a three-time captain at Wheeling Jesuit, where he compiled 98 wins and was a two-time NCAA Division II qualifier....
4 Westmoreland softball players pick Saint Vincent
The Saint Vincent College women’s softball team, fresh off a Presidents’ Athletic Conference title, announced a six-player recruiting class for the 2020 season. Four are from Westmoreland County. They are Hempfield’s Hanna Pavsek and Jessica Persin, Franklin Regional’s Mallory Halleck and Greensburg Salem’s Sydney Tressler. Pavsek was part of four...
Westmoreland County Community College trio receive post-season baseball honors
Three Westmoreland County Community College freshmen baseball players earned All-Region XX team honors and Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference honors. The first team All-Region XX first team honors went to freshman infielder Tyler Kuhns (Latrobe) and freshman outfielder Nico Cuello. Kuhns had a .373 batting average with 31 hits and 11...
Latrobe Legion looks to maintain standard of success
One consistent with the Latrobe American Legion baseball team is the pride the players show year in and year out. For the past 28 years, the Jethawks have qualified for the District 31 playoffs, and they’ve typically battled for the regular season title. They’ve also had a full roster of...
