Paul Schofield stories, Page 56

The field is down to four at the Pennsylvania Little League 8-10 State Tournament following Thursday’s results at West Point. Newton kept the Hermitage bats silent in a 9-0 victory in one of the loser’s bracket games. Newton will now face Blue Mountain, which held on to defeat Somerset in...

Robbie Ellis’s RBI hit drove in the winning run to highlight a five-run top of the sixth inning to lead Morrisville to a 9-4 victory against Blue Mountain in the Pennsylvania Little League 8-10 State Tournament on Wednesday at West Point. The hit drove in Gavin Reilly, who walked and...

Central Catholic 2019 grad and future Ohio State player Neal Shipley shot a 3-under-par 67 during the final round to win the 109th Pennsylvania Golf Association Amateur Championship on Wednesday at Llanerch Country Club in Philadelphia. It was the second huge win this season for the St. Clair Country Club...

Anthony Amato singled and tripled, and Blue Mountain breezed to a 10-0 victory Tuesday in the Pennsylvania Little League 8-10 state championship tournament at West Point. The Blue Mountain squad broke the game open with a seven-run fourth inning to end the game. Amato was the winning pitcher. Landon Clemas...

Oakmont Country Club’s Nathan Piatt shot a 2-under-par 68 during the second round of the 109th Pennsylvania Golf Association Amateur tournament Tuesday and is tied for lead with Rij Patel of the Country Club of York at 3-under. The duo own a two-shot lead heading into the final round at...

Chris Baloga of Briarwood Golf Club shot a 3-under-par 67 Monday and takes a one-shot lead at the 10th Annual Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Amateur at Llanerch Country Club in Philadelphia. He leads St. Clair Country Club’s Neal Shipley, who shot a 2-under 68, and Oakmont Country Club’s Nathan Piatt and...

When Penn Township captured the 2021 Junior Legion Western Regional and state title, the Warriors defeated Connellsville four times. Connellsville exacted a little revenge Monday, defeating Penn-Township, 4-2, in the regional championship game behind a strong pitching performance from Mason Miller. “The pitcher wasn’t overpowering, but he did a good...

The final arrangements have been made, and now it’s time to play baseball at the West Point Little League Complex in Hempfield. Eight teams from across the state have convened in Westmoreland County for the start of the Pennsylvania Little League 8-10 state championship. Action gets underway at 10 a.m....

When Bushy Run American Legion manager Scott Peyman talked about his team prior to the season, he did so glowingly. Despite being young, Peyman said he knew this year’s team had the potential to be good. Peyman nailed it. Bushy Run ended the season 23-6-1 and was a win away...

Brady Pevarnik is coming off the biggest victory of his career after winning the 122nd Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Amateur Championship on Tuesday at Butler Country Club. Pevarnik, a senior at Bowling Green and a 2019 Latrobe graduate, shot a 3-under-par, 217. Now he hopes to keep that momentum going...

Penn Township is the returning Pennsylvania Youth American Legion Western Regional and state champion. It opens defense of the Western Regional at 5 p.m. Friday at the White Township Complex in Indiana against Indiana County champion Brookville. Pool play format will be played Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the top...

Brady Pevarnik was sort of in a slump the past few seasons. Once an up-and-coming player alongside the likes of Palmer Jackson and Mark Goetz, Pevarnik’s game had slipped a little. A broken right wrist suffered while playing pick-up basketball sidelined him for more than a year and a half....

The Bushy Run American Legion baseball team needed to win two games Tuesday if it hoped to qualify for the state tournament at Boyertown on Saturday. The day started well as Bushy Run used two big innings — a three-run first inning and a four-run eighth inning — to defeat...

When West Point Little League president Tom Rennie inquired about hotel availability in the last week of July for the Pennsylvania State Little League 8-9-10 tournament, which is being hosted by the league, he got a chuckle from management. That’s because Pittsburgh Steelers training camp at Latrobe starts on the...

Latrobe graduate Brady Pevarnik used a strong first round and shares the lead with South Hills Country Club Darin Kowalski at the 122nd Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Amateur tournament at Butler. The duo shot an even-par 140 for two rounds, both played Monday. The field was cut to the low...

District 31 American Legion champion Latrobe and third-place finisher Bushy Run advanced to the Pennsylvania Region 7 semifinals Tuesday despite losing their first games. Latrobe split its two games, defeating host Bedford, 2-1, and falling to Beech Creek, 8-6, on a walk-off grand slam by Ty Houtz. Pool A was...

Brody Hoffman hit a grand slam on a 1-2 pitch with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Bushy Run walked off with a 7-5 victory against Young Township on Sunday in the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament at Bedford. Hoffman’s blast highlighted a five-run seventh...

The Penn Township Junior Legion baseball team had its eye on another Westmoreland County Youth Legion title July 10. Murrysville, especially Owen Sinclair, spoiled that celebration. Sinclair hit three home runs and drove in six runs to lead Murrysville to a 7-2 victory in the championship game at the Penn...

Gavin Good’s three-run double with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning rallied Bushy Run to an 8-5 victory against St. Michael on Saturday in the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament at Everett High School. Bushy Run, the third-seeded team from District 31, rallied from a 5-0...

Owen Sinclair had a memorable game July 11 in the Westmoreland County Youth Legion championship finals. One he’ll always remember. Sinclair had three home runs, drove in six runs and helped Murrysville defeat Penn Township, 8-2, to win the title. All three of his home runs went over the center...

After the District 31 American Legion Championship game on Wednesday, Latrobe coach Jason Bush and Young Township coach Ryan Staats both agreed that the title game was a tune-up for what they will face Saturday in the start of the Region 7 tournament. Latrobe edged Young Township, 3-0, in a...

Latrobe used strong pitching from Jake Albaugh and Adam Moreland and timely hits from Logan Short and Erick Batista to claim its second consecutive District 31 American Legion baseball title Wednesday at Legion-Keener Field. Albaugh and Moreland combined on a two-hit shutout as Latrobe defeated Young Township, 3-0, in a...

Kevin Shields used five birdies to build a first-round lead at the Falling Rock Classic at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort on Monday. The Mt. Lebanon native backed that effort with a pair of eagles during the final round on the Falling Rock Course Tuesday to breeze to a comfortable win. Shields...

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 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. There was a youth football camp July 11 at Central Valley hosted by former...

With the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament scheduled to begin Saturday at Bedford, one could wonder how Latrobe coach Jason Bush and Young Township coach Ryan Staats will approach Wednesday’s District 31 championship game. “We’re playing to win,” Bush said. “We go out to win any time we play...