Paul Schofield stories, Page 8
Bushy Run Legion beats Latrobe, wins Region 7 for 2nd consecutive season
Bushy Run American Legion coach Scott Peyman planned for a bullpen game if his team reached the Region 7 championship game Wednesday at Forest Hills High School in Sidman. But pitcher Jayden Kennedy let the bullpen rest. The Jeannette rising senior allowed one run on six hits, and Bushy Run...
Bushy Run walks off Latrobe in Region 7 Legion playoffs; Hempfield East eliminated
Latrobe had beaten many opponents this season with late-inning rallies. But Bushy Run turned the tables on the Jethawks on Tuesday in the Region 7 tournament at Forest Hills High School in Sidman. Caleb Kerstetter laid down a perfect safety squeeze bunt with the with the bases loaded to score...
Razza helps keep Latrobe Legion undefeated at regionals
Latrobe’s American Legion baseball team got another strong pitching performance, this time by Joe Razza, and defeated rival Hempfield East, 2-1, in a Region 7 winners’ bracket game Monday at Forest Hills High School in Sidman. Razza allowed one run and on seven hits. East’s run was scored in the...
Mt. Lebanon native Neal Shipley ties for 7th at Price Cutter Charity Championship
Neal Shipley’s bid for a third Korn Ferry Tour victory and “battlefield promotion” and his PGA Tour card will have to wait. The Central Catholic grad and Mt. Lebanon could not overcome the hot temperatures and equally hot Chandler Blanchet on Sunday and ended up tied for seventh at the...
Latrobe, Hempfield East Legion teams stay unbeaten at regions
Latrobe and Hempfield East finished 1-2 during the District 31 American regular season. Now they will square off in the winners’ bracket of the Region 7 tournament Monday at Forest Hills High School in Sidman. Game time is set for 5 p.m. Mason Hrubes had three hits (single, double and...
2025 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Peters Township’s Reston Lehman
It takes a special player to be a four-year starter on a Class 5A football team, especially for a program like Peters Township. Senior defensive end Reston Lehman is that special player. Lehman has started at defensive end/outside linebacker for the Indians on defense and at tight end on offense...
Neal Shipley hanging tough, seeking 3rd win on Korn Ferry Tour
Neal Shipley will enter the final round of the Korn Ferry Tour Price Cutter Charity Championship on Sunday four strokes behind leader Chandler Blanchett. The Mt. Lebanon native and Central Catholic graduate shot a 4-under par 68 during Saturday’s third round at Highland Springs Country Club in Springfield, Mo., and...
District 31 Legion teams sweep at Region 7 tournament
All four District 31 American Legion baseball teams earned wins during the first day the Region 7 tournament Saturday. Hempfield East, Bushy Run, Latrobe and Lower Burrell will square off Sunday in the winner’s bracket at Forest Hills. Latrobe battles Lower Burrell at 2 p.m., and Hempfield East and Bushy...
Shipley second at Korn Ferry Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship
Neal Shipley went to bed Thursday in a three-way tie for the lead at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship in Springfield, Mo. But because severe weather suspended play at Highland Springs Country Club, when the round was completed on Friday morning, he trailed Chandler Blanchet by a...
Bushy Run Legion team looking to repeat at regions
The Bushy Run American Legion baseball team was not expected to win the District 31 title. But no one told the players, especially veterans Brody Hoffman. Brandon Roher, Jon Lovre, Carmen Metcalfe and Robbie Andrews. They helped lead Bushy Run to a 9-3 victory against Lower Burrell in the championship...
Golf notebook: Penn-Trafford grad Nick Turowski qualifies for US Amateur; Neal Shipley leads again
West Virginia sophomore and 2024 Penn-Trafford graduate Nick Turowski qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship in San Francisco by placing third in the final local qualifying at The Club at P.B. Dye in Ijamsville, Md., on Thursday. The U.S. Amateur will be played Aug. 11-17 at the Olympic Club. Turowski...
Bushy Run wins District 31 Legion title over Lower Burrell with big 5th inning
Bushy Run manager Scott Perman kept telling his players that something big was going to happen in the District 31 American Legion championship game on Wednesday. It did in the fifth inning. Bushy Run broke open a scoreless game with eight runs in the fifth inning to propel it to...
Neal Shipley closing in on PGA Tour card
Neal Shipley has almost secured a spot on the PGA Tour in 2026. Another win for the Mr. Lebanon native on the Korn Ferry Tour this season would earn him an automatic promotion to the PGA Tour, effective for the next full-field event. Shipley shot an 8-under par 64 on...
Despite changing lineups, Bushy Run American Legion baseball advances to regionals
It has been a different kind of season for the Bushy Run American Legion baseball team. Usually, coach Scott Peyman did not have to worry about whether he would have enough players to play a game. “I am not sure I used the same lineup twice,” Peyman said. “But it...
2025 Trib 25 Preseason Football All-Star Team: Peters Township’s Nolan DiLucia
Editor’s note: Each day through Aug. 3, Trib HSSN will profile one member of the 2025 Trib 25 preseason high school football all-star team. Peters Township football coach T.J. Plack said there is something special about senior Nolan DiLucia. The four-year starter at safety and three-year starter at quarterback commands...
Bushy Run advances in Legion District 31 playoffs; Latrobe survives
What the Bushy Run American Legion baseball team did not do in Game 2 of its District 31 quarterfinal, it did in Game 3. The Beavers got clutch hits, played flawless defense and got a strong pitching performance from the ace of the WPIAL Class 5A champion Penn-Trafford staff, Brandon...
Murrysville evens District 31 Legion series; Unity surprises Latrobe
What a difference a day makes. After playing one of its worst games of the season, Murrysville responded with one of its better games. Pitcher Ethan Raver allowed five hits and an unearned run to lead Murrysville to a 4-1 victory against Bushy Run in Game 2 of their best-of-three...
Roush wins Falling Rock Classic; Hansberry, Severns win match play titles
West Virginian Ty Roush posted an even par during the second round Tuesday at Nemacolin Woodland Resort’s Mystic Rock to win the Falling Rock Classic. Roush finished with an even par 144. He won by two strokes over John Aber, Easton Renwick and first round leader Devin Gee of Oakmont...
Bushy Run rolls by Murrysville in District 31 Legion playoff opener
District 31 Playoffs Tuesday’s results Pigtail round Unity wins by forfeit against Mt. Pleasant Quarterfinals Game 1 Bushy Run 9, Murrysville 0 Hempfield East 11, Young Township 1 Lower Burrell 3, Homer City 1 Wednesday’s schedule (5:30 p.m.) Game 1 Unity at Latrobe (Legion Keener Field) Game 2 Bushy Run...
Battle-tested Latrobe, other contenders ready for start of American Legion baseball playoffs
Winning the District 31 American Legion title in the regular season does not guarantee a team will be the playoff champion, of course. But Latrobe (14-4) certainly enters the postseason battle-tested. The Jethawks won their sixth regular- season title under coach Jason Bush by defeating Unity, 3-2, on Friday and Bushy...
Palmer Jackson has great start in Austria, cools off
Palmer Jackson could not have asked for a better start in the HotelPlanner Tour Interwetten Open at Oberhaus, Austria. Jackson began the tournament by shooting an 8-under-par 61 during Round 1, which was held over two days. The first round was delayed by weather forcing Jackson to play six holes...
Latrobe clinches District 31 Legion baseball title; playoffs begin Monday
Latrobe clinched the District 31 American Legion regular-season title by defeating Bushy Run, 8-3, on Sunday. The Jethawks won their final two games to win the title. They defeated Unity, 3-2, on July 4. Bushy Run halted Lower Burrell’s seven-game winning streak with a 5-4 win Saturday. Hempfield clinched second...
District 31 American Legion baseball race coming down to the wire
It might take until the final day of the regular season to see who is going to be the District 31 American Legion champion and how teams finish in the standings. All nine teams will make the playoffs this season. The eighth- and ninth-place teams will battle Monday in the...
Local golfers Shipley, Goetz, Jackson moving up ranks on respective pro tours
It has been a productive summer for golfers Palmer Jackson, Neal Shipley and Mark Goetz. The trio are playing one level below the PGA Tour and the DP World (European) Tour. Jackson, the Murrysville native and Franklin Regional and Notre Dame grad, and Shipley, the Mount Lebanon native and Central...
Lower Burrell American Legion stays hot, blanks Hempfield East
The Lower Burrell American Legion baseball team picked a great time to get hot. Lower Burrell knocked off the top team in the District 31 standings for the second consecutive day. On Monday it was Latrobe (11-4), and Tuesday it was Hempfield East (11-4-1). Jake Smith tossed an eight-hit shutout,...
