Paul Schofield stories, Page 32
Uniontown pulls away to defeat Southmoreland
When you play one of the top basketball teams not only in the WPIAL but the state, you better bring your “A” game. That’s what Southmoreland (13-3, 3-2) faced Monday when it hosted to No. 2-ranked Uniontown (14-0, 5-0) in a Section 3-4A first-place showdown. Uniontown stayed unbeaten after receiving...
Thomas Jefferson’s Marlow claims 3rd Allegheny County wrestling title
Thomas Jefferson junior Bode Marlow became the 13th wrestler to win three times at the 22nd Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament. Now he has a shot at achieving a milestone only five wrestlers in the county have reached: win four times. Marlow used eight takedowns and a three-point near fall to...
Penn-Trafford spirit headed back to Hershey for PIAA championships
Penn-Trafford’s competitive spirit team qualified for the PIAA championships at the Giant Center in Hershey after a fourth-place finish at the WPIAL meet. The state championship will be Jan. 26 and 27. The Warriors competed in the Class 3A Large Varsity Division, which was won by rival Hempfield for the...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Thomas Jefferson trips up hockey team
Thomas Jefferson scored three goals in the second period and skated to a 5-1 victory against Penn-Trafford on Jan. 16, ending the Warriors’ two-game winning streak. Freshman goaltender Tyler Funk, who has a goal-against average of 1.74, did not play. Cam Kiste scored the Warriors’ only goal in the first...
Fox Chapel wrestlers, amid breakthrough season, look to make noise at county tournament
Fox Chapel wrestling coach Michael Frank wasn’t even born the last time the Foxes won a section title. But that changed this year as the Foxes have clinched at least a share of the Section 1-3A title. A win Wednesday against Central Catholic will give them the outright title, something...
Franklin Regional’s Juliano Marion wins consecutive tournaments; Coach to be inducted into HOF
Franklin Regional senior Juliano Marion didn’t let a loss to Ringgold senior Jake Conroy get him down earlier this month. Instead, it inspired him to work harder and get better. Marion spent the past two weekends winning tournaments — Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association and Mid-Winter Mayhem. “It’s pretty impressive to...
Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament moved to Saturday, Sunday
Fox Chapel athletic director Michael O’Brien alerted teams competing in the Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament of a schedule change. O’Brien said that due to the expected snowfall, as well as multiple school closings, the tournament has been moved to Saturday and Sunday. Weigh-ins Saturday and Sunday will begin at 10...
Franklin Regional wrestling rallies to defeat Norwin, clinch section title
The Franklin Regional wrestling team used a late surge to stay unbeaten and win the Section 3-3A title Wednesday by defeating Norwin in a first-place showdown. The Panthers (4-0, 15-0) got a pin from senior heavyweight Juliano Marion and three decision wins by their lightweights to rally for a 29-19...
Norwin outlasts Hempfield to snap losing streak, earn 1st section win
Norwin sophomore Alex Graney had struggled scoring in recent games. But he scored a game-high 14 points Tuesday, including the Knights’ first four of the fourth quarter, and helped Norwin snap a five-game losing streak and earn its first Section 2-6A victory, 56-50, against Hempfield. The loss was the Spartans’...
Wrestling notebook: Franklin Regional’s Marion claims Mid-Winter Mayhem title again
Franklin Regional senior Juliano Marion rebounded from a loss to Ringgold senior Jake Conroy by winning his second consecutive tournament title at IUP on Jan. 13. Marion pinned Trinity’s (Camp Hill) Tucker Paynter at the Mid-Winter Mayhem to go with his third Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association title (Jan. 6). He...
Trib HSSN WPIAL wrestling rankings for Jan. 16, 2024
Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Team rankings Class 3A Team (record) previous ranking 1. Trinity (6-0) 1 2. Connellsville (7-2) 2 3. Franklin Regional (13-0) 4 4. Latrobe (6-3) 8 5. North Allegheny (14-3) 5 6. Norwin (10-4) 6 7. West Allegheny (8-0) 7 8. Canon-McMillan (4-4) 3 9. Bethel Park...
Penn-Trafford wrestling getting healthy, looking to make a run
It’s been a while for the Penn-Trafford wrestling team, but the Warriors were on track to be at full strength for the first time this season at Mid-Winter Mayhem at IUP on Jan. 13. Penn-Trafford wrestling coach Larry Hohman was set to welcome back senior Hayden Coy and sophomore Dylan...
Franklin Regional hockey looking to finish strong after slow start
Franklin Regional’s hockey team has made runs at the PIHL Class 2A titles the past few seasons, and the Panthers have their eyes set on another trek to the postseason. After a 1-4 start to the 2023-24 season, the Panthers have turned things around and won seven of the past...
Greensburg Central Catholic runs past Clairton in section play
Local fire departments descended on Greensburg Central Catholic after Friday’s basketball game. They weren’t there to cool off the Centurions, whose fast pace style scorched Clairton, 73-49, in a Section 3-2A first-place battle. They were there because of a reported electrical fire. Before the fire departments arrived, the Centurions used...
Youth St. Vincent growing, defeats Waynesburg
Thursday was Youth Wrestling Night at Saint Vincent, and that is not a reference to the young Bearcats. Saint Vincent coach Dom Nania invited numerous youth wrestling clubs from Westmoreland County to Robert A. Carey Center for the Bearcats’ Presidents’ Athletic Conference match against Waynesburg. Wrestling returned to Saint Vincent...
No. 2 Connellsville too much for Latrobe wrestlers
Connellsville 44, Latrobe 25 107: Nolan Rice (C) p. Brody Bronson, 3:22. 114: Leo Joseph (L) major dec. Landon Lynn, 12-1. 121: Luke Willochell (L) p. Zach Franks, 4:43. 127: Jacob Braun (L) p. Chase Sparks, 5:10. 133: Kai Vielma (C) tech fall Austin Laidacker, 23-7 (4:33). 139: Julian Ruggieri...
Freshmen stand out at WCCA wrestling tournament
Even though the 71st Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament was minus one of the top freshmen in the state, there still were many youngsters who shined. Three freshmen won titles, three others were finalists and 10 earned medals. Wrestling fans missed out watching Landon Sidun (26-1) of Norwin because...
Trib HSSN WPIAL wrestling rankings for Jan. 9, 2024
Team rankings Class 3A Team (This year’s record) Last week’s ranking 1. Trinity (5-0) 1 2. Connellsville (5-1) 2 3. Canon-McMillan (3-0) 3 4. Franklin Regional (12-0) 4 5. North Allegheny (10-2) 5 6. Norwin (9-4) 6 7. West Allegheny (7-0) 7 8. Latrobe (4-2) 8 9. Bethel Park (6-1)...
In a very different rematch, Franklin Regional hockey tops Norwin again
When Franklin Regional and Norwin battled on the ice Nov. 14, the Knights were short-handed and the Panthers breezed to an easy victory. In Monday’s PIHL Class 2A rematch, the game was a lot different. Franklin Regional (8-6) rallied from an early two-goal deficit to defeat Norwin, 6-4, in a...
Penn-Trafford senior Carlee Valenta signs with UTEP rifle team
Penn-Trafford senior Carlee Valenta said she was 12 years old when her grandfather, John Malazich, taught her how to shoot a rifle in his backyard. “We’d shoot at soda cans,” Valenta said. “Then my uncle Andy (John Andrew Malazich) got me involved in a local shooting club.” She honed her...
Penn-Trafford rifle team ready to defend title
Penn-Trafford rifle coach Diana Cholock isn’t making any bold predictions for this season. But if things fall right like they did last year, the Warriors have a chance at celebrating back-to-back state titles. The Warriors return five starters from the squad that picked the right time to jell in 2023....
Kiski Area’s Roscosky, Burrell’s Baker claim WCCA titles
When Kiski Area sophomore Cooper Roscosky was in eighth grade, he mentioned his goal was to be a four-time Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association champion. Unfortunately, Franklin Regional’s Juliano Marion spoiled those plans last year. But Roscosky used that disappointing moment during his freshman season as motivation. He won his first...
Trio of wrestlers become 3-time WCCA champions
There were no surprises in the finals of the 71st Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament Saturday at Greensburg Salem. The trio of wrestlers looking to become three-time champions — Latrobe junior Luke Willochell, Hempfield senior Eli Carr and Franklin Regional senior Juliano Marion — did so. The list of...
Stunning results highlight 1st day of WCCA wrestling tournament
There were a few stunners during the opening day of the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament Friday at Greensburg Salem. Derry’s Jeremiah Gess and Franklin Regional’s Nico Sarnic provided the biggest surprises. Gess knocked off No. 1 seed Joe Longhi of Mt. Pleasant, 6-4, in the 133-pound quarterfinals, and...
Burrell’s Cooper Hornack to miss WCCA tournament; finals moved up
Burrell senior Cooper Hornack will not get a chance to win a second Westmoreland County Coaches Association wrestling title. That’s because the reigning PIAA Class 2A champion will be sitting out the tournament because of an injury. He was injured during his match Wednesday against Derry freshman Mason Horwat. The...
