Paul Schofield stories, Page 120

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...
Mt. Pleasant grad Napper runs away with Westmoreland Junior title

While Westmoreland County Golf Association tournament officials were disappointed with the small field at Thursday’s Junior Championship, they were thrilled with the play of their champion. Mt. Pleasant graduate Sam Napper didn’t perform like a golfer who started playing three years ago. The Westminster commit ran away with the 31st...
Central Catholic grad Shipley wins WPGA Junior championship on 3rd playoff hole

Neal Shipley and Brady Pevarnik finished the 99th Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Junior championship in the dark Wednesday. After a thunderstorm delayed play at 2:21 p.m., the 36-hole event was far behind schedule. Thanks to some clutch putting on the final hole and the first three playoff holes, Shipley walked...
Penn State’s Jason Nolf receives Big Ten Medal of Honor

The Big Ten announced Penn State senior Jason Nolf received the conference’s Medal of Honor award, given annually for athletic and academic excellence. Nolf is a three-time NCAA wrestling champion. The kinesiology major finished with a record of 117-3. He finished with 60 pins, 27 technical falls and 16 major...
WPGA Junior tournament features strong field

Latrobe graduate Brady Pevarnik, South Fayette’s Luke Lestini, Central Catholic’s Neal Shipley and Fox Chapel’s Gregor Meyer are just some of the top golfers competing in the 99th annual Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Junior Championship on Wednesday at Westmoreland Country Club in Export. The four golfers from the WPIAL all...
Longtime WCCC pitching coach Terry Mularski calls it quits

Terry Mularski is retiring from a job he loves — coaching baseball. The 64-year-old, who retired from teaching after 40 years last year, is hanging up his jersey after 28 years as the Westmoreland County Community College baseball team’s pitching coach. “The decision to retire as a coach was harder...
Westmoreland high school notebook: First-time softball champions come up big defensively

Penn-Trafford and Frazier softball teams had a lot in common when they won PIAA softball titles on Friday at Penn State’s Beard Field. Not only were they the school’s first state titles, they did it by making big plays on defense. Penn-Trafford won the Class 5A title, a 5-3 win...
Duke’s Alex Smalley wins Sunnehanna Amateur

Duke golfer Alex Smalley became the fifth golfer and first since Rickie Fowler in 2007 and ‘08 to win consecutive Sunnehanna Amateur titles. Smalley shot his second-consecutive 4-under-par 66 to grab the 66th annual tournament Saturday at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown. He finished at 10-under 270. He was five...
Firefighter parade greets state champion Penn-Trafford softball teamVideo

As the Penn-Trafford girls softball team returned home Friday night after winning their first PIAA title, they were greeted with flashing red lights and sirens as they approached Westmoreland Country Club. There is nothing like waking up the neighborhood at 11 p.m. with the commotion as they drove to the...
Hempfield grad giving football a try

When the Pittsburgh Passion battles the New York Wolves on Saturday in the Women’s Football Alliance playoffs, Hempfield 1994 grad Jen Bova will be embarking on a new dream, playing in a football playoff game. You could say she has a passion for the game. This is Bova’s first season...
Great defensive play gives Frazier softball school’s 1st PIAA team championship

UNIVERSITY PARK — Frazier was in danger of losing the PIAA Class 2A championship game at Penn State’s Beard Field. Brandywine Heights, from District 3, had runners on second and third with one out. It was decision time for Frazier softball coach Don Hartman. He intentionally walked Alexis Didlinger to...
Two tied for Sunnehanna Amateur lead after three rounds

The final round of the 66th Annual Sunnehanna Amateur could be suspenseful. Returning champion Alex Smalley of Duke and third-round leader Spencer Soosman of Texas are deadlocked going into Saturday after three rounds at 6-under-par 204. Smalley shot a 4-under 66, and Soosman a 1-under 69 during Friday’s third round....
Penn-Trafford softball claims school’s first state title

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn-Trafford didn’t need any dramatic comebacks in the PIAA Class 5A softball championship game like it did in Tuesday’s semifinals. The Warriors took an early lead and never gave it up in defeating defending champion Lampeter-Strasburg, 5-3, on Friday at Penn State’s Beard Field. It was the...
High Point playing host to Motocross Championship

The 43rd Annual Circle K High Point National will be held Saturday at Mount Morris High Point Raceway on Saturday in Mount Morris. Pa. The course is in Greene County close to the West Virginia border near Morgantown. It is part of the 2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned...
Soosman soars into Sunnehanna Amateur lead

Despite rainy and windy condition, Spencer Soosman (University of Texas) soared into the lead of the 66th Annual Sunnehanna Amateur at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown. Soosman shot a 2-under par 68 and enters Friday’s third round with a 5-under par, 135, and a two shot lead over Hunter Wolcott...
Penn-Trafford softball preps for high-scoring opponent in PIAAs

How did Penn-Trafford prepare for its first trip to the PIAA finals? By playing a competitive 5-on-5 wiffleball game. The Warriors (22-2) are scheduled to battle returning PIAA Class 5A champion Lampeter-Strasburg at 4 p.m. on Friday at Penn State’s Beard Field. That could change because of Thursday’s rain. “I...

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