Paul Schofield stories, Page 6

While Dustin Johnson was winning the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont, 50 miles east, Collin Morikawa was winning the Sunnehanna Amateur in Johnstown. Morikawa, now 28, was in the midst of becoming one of the top-ranked golfers in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. He was No. 1 for a three-week...

A return to Oakmont Country Club has been a bit overwhelming for Cranberry native Matt Vogt. The 34-year-old dentist from near Indianapolis showed off a beaming smile Monday saying, “It has been crazy the past week,” since he qualified for the 125th U.S. Open, which begins Thursday at historic Oakmont...

Scott Peyman has been coaching the Bushy Run American Legion baseball for 11 seasons. But the 2025 season is something new for the coach. Bushy Run has a mixture of old and young players. “I have never had this happen,” Peyman said. “I usually have an older team or I...

Golfers playing and fans watching the 125th U.S. Open beginning June 12 at Oakmont Country Club will see a different course since the last time the championship was held there in 2016. The changes are aplenty. The new look will give the world’s best golfers something to contemplate. The course...

When defending U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau played a practice round recently at historic Oakmont Country Club, he was stunned by the conditions of the thick, long rough. In a YouTube video, DeChambeau said, “This is the hardest this golf course could ever play right now.” DeChambeau found out first-hand...

I was fortunate to get a chance to play historic Oakmont Country Club a month ago during a media event for the 125th U.S. Open. I got to see first-hand what the field of 156 professional and amateur golfers will face when the tournament begins June 12. Unlike the pros,...

Amateur Darin Kowalski was sitting on the porch at Southpointe Golf Club sipping a cold beverage and watching the field finish the final round of the Tri-State PGA Open on Tuesday. He had finished the best round of the tournament, a 4-under-par, and finished the two-day event at even par...

SLIPPERY ROCK — The Greensburg Central Catholic baseball team had not won — or even played in — a PIAA playoff game since 2018. And the Centurions also were riding a two-game losing streak, which placed them fourth in the WPIAL. But those streaks ended Monday in the opening round...

When the Penn-Trafford softball team won its only PIAA Class 5A title, it had not won the WPIAL title. The Warriors lost to Connellsville in the WPIAL semifinals and then had to defeat Franklin Regional in the third-place game to qualify for the 2019 state tournament, which they did, 6-2....

The Murrysville American Legion baseball team has a new coach this season. While it may be a new face taking over, the expectations remain the same – to contend for a District 31 title. Ryan Catello replaces Bob Bozzuto as the head coach for the Eagles, one of the premier...

The mark of a good team is how much it improves during the season. Penn-Trafford boys volleyball finished third in Section 2-3A, but after an upset win against section champion Latrobe and a win against Pine-Richland in the WPIAL third-place game, the Warriors found themselves in the PIAA playoffs, scheduled...

Freshman Addison Aleski singled home junior Jayla Antomachi in the top of the 11th inning to help No. 2 Shaler defeat No. 1 Penn-Trafford, 2-1, in the WPIAL Class 5A softball championship game Thursday at North Allegheny. It was the fourth time Shaler has won a WPIAL title and first...

The Norwin baseball team did not start the season well. The Knights dropped their first three games and were 3-6 after the section-opening series against Hempfield. But Norwin coach Craig Spisak and his team were undeterred. The Knights won their next nine games, finished a game behind Canon-McMillan in the...

Latrobe boys volleyball coach Drew Vosefski said he was concerned about playing Penn-Trafford for a third time. Even though Latrobe had won the previous two section matches, the Wildcats faced a different Penn-Trafford squad in the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals May 15 and Vosefski’s worries became reality. The sixth-seeded Warriors...

When a team reaches the second round of the PIAA Class 5A playoffs in consecutive seasons and is the reigning WPIAL champion, losing in the opening round of the WPIAL playoffs is not acceptable. But the 2025 Penn-Trafford baseball team has to live with it, and the returning members of...

The Quaker Valley girls track team did not want to be outdone by the boys team and easily returned home from the PIAA Track and Field Championship with a first-place title. The girls outscored Lewisburg, the Day 1 leader, 54-47. Senior Jay Olawaiye led the way with the Class 2A...

Derry senior Sophia Mazzoni and Greensburg Central Catholic junior Jerry Davis achieved their goals Saturday at the PIAA track and field championships. They returned to Westmoreland County with gold medals. It was the second gold for Mazzoni in the Class 3A javelin and a first for Davis in the 2A...

Baseball season ended a little earlier than expected for Franklin Regional. The campaign started well for the Panthers (10-9), but they ended the season on a six-game losing streak. Every one of the late-season losses came against playoff teams. The Panthers entered the final two weeks of the season a...

SHIPPENSBURG – Quaker Valley is in decent position to make a run at the PIAA Class 2A girls team track title after Day 1 of the championships. Second-place finishes by senior Cecilia Montagnese and junior high jumper Oumou “Mimi” Thiero have the Quakers two points behind Lewisburg. Quaker Valley has...

SHIPPENSBURG — John Jablunovsky has had some good days on the track, but none better than Friday at the PIAA track and field championships. The Ligonier Valley senior jumped a personal-record 6 feet, 6 inches to win the Class 2A high jump at Seth Grove Stadium. He also might have...

If Derry senior Sophia Mazzoni wants to win a second PIAA javelin title, she has some work to do. There are two girls in the eastern part of the state who have better throws this season. Perkiomen Valley junior Ava Flicker has the best throw in Class 3A at 164...

Norwin used a four-run sixth inning, including a bases-clearing double by senior Nathan Silberman, and rallied to defeat rival Hempfield, 7-4, in a WPIAL Class 6A baseball semifinal Tuesday at Boyce Mayview Sports Complex. The fourth-seeded Knights will play second-seeded Seneca Valley in the championship game at EQT Park in...

Southmoreland softball coach Todd Bunner brought his team together in left field at the Montour softball field Monday for one last time. After his talk, he huddled the players, and they all put their hands together and yelled “family.” No. 2 Mohawk scored four runs with two outs in the...