Paul Schofield stories, Page 87

Class AAA 106: 1. Andrew Binni, Canon-McMillan, fr. (9-0); 2. Connor Smith, Seneca Valley, fr. (13-1); 3. Giavonie Schipani, North Hills, fr. (12-0); 4. Ky Szewczyk, Waynesburg, fr. (6-1). 113: 1. Vinny Kilkeary, Latrobe, so. (7-1); 2. Troy Hohman, Penn-Trafford, jr. (7-0); 3. Joe Simon, Waynesburg, fr. (6-1); 4. Tyler...

Penn State announced Sunday it will travel to Ohio State in Big Ten Conference action Wednesday. The game will tip at 7 p.m. at Value City Arena. This game replaces the scheduled Michigan at Penn State games because of coronavirus issues in the Michigan program. Michigan announced all its athletic...

The Penn-Trafford co-ed rifle team has come a long way in a short time. The program was started in 2015, and by 2020 the Warriors had developed into one of the WPIAL’s top teams. They placed third in the WPIAL last winter and qualified for the state competition, where they...

Penn-Trafford girls’ basketball coach John Giannikas took over a struggling program in 2006-07. Since then, the Warriors have continued to improve. Under Giannikas, the program has been headed in the right direction and turned into a playoff regular. Giannikas reached a coaching milestone Jan. 18 when Penn-Trafford (5-0) toppled Norwin,...

About the only thing Kiski Area athletic director John Peterman hasn’t changed this past month is his last name, and that may change. Peterman has been scheduling, rescheduling and canceling events. “It’s minute by minute,” he said. “Wait a while and things may change again.” And because of the coronavirus,...

Hempfield wrestling coach Vince DeAugustine couldn’t have asked for a better starting point on Wednesday in his team’s WPIAL Section 2B-AAA first-place showdown with Norwin. The match began at 120 pounds, and Hempfield used that advantage to race out to a big lead, eventually winning 40-34. Hempfield improves to 3-0...

Jeannette bounced back from a stunning road loss last Friday by knocking off a football rival on Tuesday. The Jayhawks got 15 points from senior Keith Rockmore and 10 from 6-foot-8 senior center Hunter Schmidt, and defeated Clairton, 37-22, in a Section 3-2A battle at home. Jeannette (2-1, 2-1) held...

Team rankings Class AAA Rank Team LW 1. Waynesburg (1-0) 1 2. Seneca Valley (8-0) 2 3. Hempfield (2-0) 3 4. Canon-McMillan (2-1) 5 5. Franklin Regional (5-1) 7 6. North Allegheny (4-0) 8 7. Kiski Area (0-0) 9 8. Norwin (3-0) 10 9. Latrobe (2-3) 4 10. Butler (2-1)...

Norwin senior wrestler John Altieri reached the 100-win mark in his career by winning his weight class at the Mid-Winter Mayhem. Altieri defeated Thomas Jefferson’s Kale Buckiso, 9-1, to win the 145-pound weight class in the morning session of the tournament. He also pinned Jack Moyer of Chestnut Ridge in...

Nate Roth was on the verge of qualifying for a trip to Hershey during the 2020 WPIAL Class AAA wrestling tournament. He was so close, he could taste and smell the chocolate. Latrobe’s then-freshman lightweight was leading Connellsville freshman Jace Ross, 10-4, in the semifinals when he suffered a shoulder...

It’s been more than a month since the Penn-Trafford hockey team played a game, but the Warriors (4-1) were scheduled to be back on this ice this week against Franklin Regional. The Warriors’ last contest was a 6-5 victory against section rival Latrobe on Dec. 1. They have won three...

When Penn-Trafford girls basketball coach John Giannikas talked about his team prior to the start of season Dec. 9, he felt confident his squad could compete in Section 1-6A. And despite being shut down by Gov. Tom Wolf for a month, Giannikas was pleased with how the team returned from...

Roger Sullenberger was a math teacher at Hempfield, but if anyone wanted to know the history of the school’s track program, Sully was the guy to go to. He could recite every record, current or retired, in the school’s history. Hempfield assistant track coach LaRoyal Wilson referred to Sullenberger as...

Ralph Snyder had just moved his family from Norvelt to West Point in 1977 and signed up his oldest daughter, Renee, in the West Point Little League. His daughter made the West Point fast-pitch all-star team in 1978 and competed in the state tournament in Williamsport. West Point was overmatched....

Penn State opens the wrestling season Friday at Rutgers, and veteran coach Cael Sanderson said a starting lineup has yet to be decided. The Nittany Lions are coming off a 12-2 season and a fourth-place finish in the Big Ten tournament. They return seven starters from that squad. They must...

No. 1 Waynesburg got off to a fast start to the season by defeating Chartiers Valley, 65-3, in a Section 4-A match. The Raiders won 12 of 13 bouts highlighted by Wyatt Henson’s 14-4 win over Chartiers Valley’s Dylan Evans at 145 pounds. Henson is a returning Class AAA state...

Hempfield junior Briar Priest easily could have been a two-time PIAA qualifier and possible placewinner. He was one victory away from earning a trip to Hershey for the Class AAA tournament the past two seasons. Priest (64-15, 34-5) competed at 106 pounds those seasons and, admittedly, battled a weight problem...

Team rankings Class AAA 1.Waynesburg (1-0) 2.Seneca Valley (2-0) 3. Hempfield (0-0) 4. Latrobe (0-0) 5. Canon-McMillan (0-0) 6. Connellsville (0-0) 7.Franklin Regional (0-0) 8. North Allegheny (0-0) 9. Kiski Area (0-0) 10. Norwin (0-0) Class AA 1.Burrell (0-0) 2.Freedom (0-0) 3. Quaker Valley (0-0) 4. Mt. Pleasant (2-0) 5....

In a normal year, high school wrestling teams would have already competed in numerous tournaments. But this isn’t a normal year, of course, and the current pandemic has disrupted the winter sports season. High school athletics hit the pause button Dec. 13 when Gov. Tom Wolf halted them with the...

Penn-Trafford boys basketball coach Doug Kelly learned a lot about his team during its first game of the season back on Dec. 11. The Warriors used a late 13-4 run to upset No. 3 North Allegheny, 61-50. After that game, high school athletics across the state were shut down by...

It may be early January, but American Legion Baseball made a huge announcement this week. The season will go on. Jason Bush, who wears numerous American Legion hats, including Region 7 director, District 31 president and Latrobe manager, said national, state, regional and local officials have met and agreed to...