Paul Schofield stories, Page 3
State champions Landon Sidun of Norwin, Elijah Brown of Belle Vernon go for WCCA gold
Wrestling fans should be excited to know that PIAA champions — Norwin junior Landon Sidun and Belle Vernon senior Elijah Brown — are entered in the 73rd Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament this weekend at Greensburg Salem High School. Action begins 4 p.m. Friday with boys matches. The tournament resumes...
Norwin wrestling decks Penn-Trafford with 6 pins
Norwin wrestling coach Kyle Martin pushed his team at practice to be tougher since the Powerade tournament last month. The No. 2-ranked Knights (8-1, 3-0) showed that Wednesday against rival Penn-Trafford in a Section 9-3A match. Norwin put on a show by winning 10 of 13 matches, which included six...
Trib HSSN team wrestling rankings for Jan. 7, 2026
Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. Class 3A 1. Franklin Regional (11-0) 1 2. Norwin (7-1) 2 3. Trinity (8-1) 3 4. Kiski Area (12-0) 4 5. North Allegheny (7-1) 5 6. Canon-McMillan (5-3) 6 7. Connellsville (2-2) 7 8. Latrobe (4-2) 8 9. Moon (6-2)...
Canon-McMillan wrestlers claim Tri-County ADA title
Canon-McMillan ran away with the Tri-County Athletic Director Association’s tournament Sunday at West Greene. The Big Macs finished with 288.5 points and had five champions: Lee Dreshman (107 pounds), Giono Gardner (127), Jon Emma (133), Collier Hartman (145) and Bryce Collins (189). Brayden Collins (215) placed second. Trinity finished second...
Derry’s Mason Horwat, Burrell’s Cam Baker could be 3-time WCCA champs
Some of the top wrestlers in the state will be competing in the 73rd Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament Friday and Saturday at Greensburg Salem High School. The top WPIAL Class 3A and 2A squads will be battling for the team title, and some of the top individuals will be...
Derry rolls over Latrobe in clash of Westmoreland County wrestling titans
Derry wrestling coach Troy Dolan said he was eager to see how his team responded after a subpar performance at the Powerade Tournament on Dec. 30. Trib HSSN’s No. 1-ranked WPIAL Class 2A team came out strong Monday against Latrobe, the No. 8-ranked Class 3A team by Trib HSSN. The...
WPIAL wrestling notebook: West Allegheny leads pack at Southmoreland
West Allegheny crowned three champs and took the team title at the Southmoreland Holiday Classic on Tuesday. Michael Johnson defeated Pine-Richland’s Bennett Ferraro, 4-3, at 114 pounds to get things started for West A. Thomas Bencho beat Marion Center’s Griffin Tinsman, 4-0, at 139, and heavyweight Cam Danna edged Corry’s...
Norwin’s Landon Sidun represents WPIAL on top of Powerade podium for 2nd straight year
For the second consecutive season, Norwin junior Landon Sidun carried the WPIAL flag at the 59th annual Powerade Holiday Classic at Canon-McMillan High School. Sidun was the only WPIAL wrestler to reach the finals. Three others — Canon-McMillan freshman Lee Dreshman, Derry junior Mason Horwat and Kiski Area sophomore Mario...
Trib HSSN team wrestling rankings for Dec. 23, 2025
Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. Class 3A 1. Franklin Regional (11-0) 1 2. Norwin (7-1) 2 3. Trinity (8-1) 3 4. Kiski Area (12-0) 3 5. North Allegheny (7-1) 5 6. Canon-McMillan (5-3) 6 7. Connellsville (2-2) 7 8. Latrobe (4-1) 8 9. Moon (6-2)...
WPIAL wrestling notebook: Derry crowns 2 champs at holiday tournament
Derry freshman William McNeal and junior Mason Horwat won titles at the Panther Holiday Classic at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson last weekend. McNeal won the 145-pound weight class by defeating Philipsburg-Osceola’s Averi Gable, 6-1. He went 5-0. Horwat, who was the tournament Most Valuable Wrestler, majored Bentworth junior Owen...
‘Special time of the season’: Norwin’s Landon Sidun excited to defend Powerade title
When Norwin wrestled at Canon-McMillan on Dec. 2, Knights junior Landon Sidun was the enemy. That will change Monday and Tuesday when Sidun competes in the 59th annual Powerade Tournament at Canon-McMillan. Sidun will be cheered again because he might be the only wrestler from the WPIAL to challenge for...
Pitt volleyball ready to make another NCAA run
Pitt’s women’s volleyball has had a national title within its grasp the last four seasons and has come up short. It has lost in the semifinals. Will this be the season the Panthers (26-4) break through? “I do not know. We have to get there first,” Pitt coach Dan Fisher...
No. 1 Pine-Richland holds off Moon in semifinals, will face Peters Township in rubber match
Those who thought that No. 1 Pine-Richland would cruise into the WPIAL Class 5A championship game forgot to tell members of the Moon football team. The No. 5-seeded Tigers gave the Rams all they could handle in the first half of Friday’s semifinal until a roughing the passer penalty sent...
West Virginia charges back to beat Pitt men’s basketball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Basketball coaches always say the key to winning games is the end of the first half and the beginning of the second. West Virginia coach Ross Hodge walked away from Thursday’s Backyard Brawl pleased. The Mountaineers used a big run late in the first half and early...
Big 2nd half fuels North Allegheny’s win over Norwin in WPIAL Class 6A semifinals
The Norwin football program has made nice strides over the years. But there were still things on their bucket last that they had not achieved before Friday’s WPIAL Class 6A semifinal at North Allegheny Newman Stadium. The Knights never had won a conference title, defeated North Allegheny, reached the WPIAL...
Westmoreland County high school football players to watch for Nov. 7, 2025
Player of the week Kymon’e Brown Jeannette, Sr., QB/DB Brown rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown and threw for 138 yards and a TD to Jayce Powell in helping Jeannette defeat Bentworth, 38-24, in a WPIAL Class A playoff game. Brown has completed 80 of 166 passes for 1,494...
Norwin gets another shot at North Allegheny with championship berth on the line
When North Allegheny rallied to defeat Norwin, 20-17, in Week 4, the Tigers used five big plays to secure victory. They blocked a punt, got two long touchdown passes, a fourth-quarter interception and a stop by defensive tackle Lincoln Hoke. Those plays prevented Norwin from earning its first win over...
Norwin, Shady Side Academy girls, Quaker Valley’s Jonah Montagnese run to PIAA gold
Norwin girls cross country coach Brian Fleckenstein said he felt 100 or fewer points would be enough to win a PIAA championship. His girls did better than he expected Saturday at the PIAA Class 3A cross country champions at the Parkview course in Hershey. The Knights ran away with the...
Bye week before playoff opener no vacation for Penn-Trafford football
Just because the Penn-Trafford football team earned a first-round bye in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs does not mean the Warriors can take a vacation. Far from it. Veteran coach John Ruane prepared his team like they had a game in the first round. “The only thing different is we...
Franklin Regional notebook: Panthers gain experience during trying football season
It was not the season that Lance Getsy and the Franklin Regional football team hoped for. The Panthers closed out the season with a 41-14 loss at Armstrong on Oct. 24. The only win came against Fox Chapel, 21-10, on Oct. 3. It was a season of growth for the...
Jeannette football pulls away for WPIAL Class A 1st-round playoff win against Bentworth
It has been quite a week for the Bentworth athletic program. The boys and girls soccer teams celebrated WPIAL championships Thursday. Could the seventh-seeded football team celebrate its second WPIAL Class A playoff win Friday against No. 10 Jeannette? That answer was no. The Jayhawks played the spoiler, scoring 21...
Hempfield boys, Norwin girls set sights on PIAA cross country gold
When Hempfield cross country coach Jeff Mayo first met his team in 2022, he knew this was a special group. Four years later, Mayo’s view was spot on. Hempfield won its first WPIAL Class 3A cross country title Oct. 23, and it heads to Hershey for the PIAA championships Saturday....
Westmoreland County players to watch for Oct. 31, 2025
Player of the week Giovanni Rothrauff Norwin, Jr., RB/OLB The junior ran for a career-high 260 yards in helping the Knights to a 14-7 victory over Mt. Lebanon. He is approaching a Norwin record for yards in a season. He has rushed 1,433 yards and nine touchdowns. Players to watch...
Jeannette defense to face monumental playoff challenge in Bentworth back Ben Hays
When it comes to playoff history, there is no comparison between Jeannette and Bentworth. The Jayhawks are 59-36-1 in the playoffs and have won two PIAA and 10 WPIAL titles. The Bearcats are 1-8 in the playoffs, and that win came in 2005: a 35-24 overtime victory over Mapletown. The...
Penn-Trafford profile: Senior field hockey player Caeley Simon
Caeley Simon Class: Senior Sport: Field hockey Q: How was your season? A: Our season was good. It was exciting because it was my senior season. We did not make the playoffs, but I still had a great year. Q: Did you have any memorable moments this season or during...
