Paul Schofield stories, Page 92

Greensburg Central Catholic’s girls golf team added another WPIAL Class AA title to the school’s trophy case Monday. The Centurions won their sixth straight district championship by shooting an impressive 320, crushing the competition at Connoquenessing Country Club in Ellwood City. Geibel finished second, 99 shots back, with a 419....

The WPIAL recently announced a new site for its cross country championships — White Oak Park. The first Bald Eagle Cross Country Classic, hosted by the Baldwin and Serra Catholic programs on Saturday, served as a great warm-up course for the teams that competed. Norwin senior Alex Jubert certainly enjoyed...

Penn-Trafford golfer Nick Turowski is having an impressive freshman season. He is hoping his debut high school season ends at the PIAA championship in York. He aimed to become one of the lucky 10 to advance when he and his brother Alex competed in the WPIAL individual championship Oct. 6...

Penn-Trafford senior Patrick Driscoll has been pulling double duty this fall. He’s a starter on the boys golf team that qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA team tournament, and he’s the top runner on the cross country team. “I like both sports pretty equally, but I do recognize I’m a...

If Jeannette wants to reach the WPIAL football playoffs for the 42nd time overall and seventh consecutive season, a loss in its final three games is out of the question. No. 3 Jeannette (3-1, 3-1) faces a tough stretch of games beginning Friday at unbeaten Springdale (4-0, 4-0). That is...

Franklin Regional golfer Michael Wareham is looking to end his high school career in style. The senior qualified for the WPIAL individual championship on Oct. 6 at South Hills Country Club, where he hoped to be one of the 10 golfers to qualify for the PIAA championship in York later...

Danny Dlugos Greensburg Central Catholic, jr., RB Dlugos averages more than 8 yards per carry for the Centurions. He has rushed for a team-high 201 yards and scored five touchdowns, including four rushing. He also leads the team in tackles with 30 (18 solo) and 4.5 tackles for loss. Luke...

When Penn-Trafford hosts No. 4 Woodland Hills on Friday in a WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference battle for first place, it will feature a matchup between two of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the WPIAL. Woodland Hills junior Deontae Williams and Penn-Trafford senior Ethan Carr will take center stage....

Pitt-Greensburg is looking for a new women’s basketball coach after Hayley Schaetzle resigned Tuesday. Schaetzle stepped down to join her husband Thurman, who is an assistant coach at Canisius College, and is moving with him in Buffalo. She was named the 2019-20 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year...

Dante Spadafora helped Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to consecutive WPIAL Class 2A titles, but he still has some business to finish. The senior would like to make it three titles in the winter. The team also was denied a shot at PIAA title because of the coronavirus and...

The Penn-Trafford girls volleyball has quickly moved into the heart of its section schedule. The Warriors opened the season 2-1 before taking on Hempfield, Oakland Catholic and Norwin in Section 3-4A. They are set to play the Eagles again Thursday. Penn-Trafford rebounded to defeat Connellsville after dropping a hard-fought 3-2...

Lauren Barber took top honors at the WPIAL Class AAA Section 3 girls golf qualifier at Murrysville Golf Club on Sept. 23. Barber shot a 7-over 81 to breeze to the title. She was among seven girls from the section to advance to the WPIAL individual championship set for Oct....

All football teams have a “go route” — a deep pass — in their playbook. But not all high school teams are using a new teaching tool called “Go Rout” in their practices. Only six teams across Pennsylvania are using the new technology, including Pine-Richland and Ligonier Valley in the...

The way Ben Lane played Friday night, you would have thought he played quarterback his entire life. But the converted tailback was forced to switch when starting quarterback Garrett King was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Lane, a sophomore, ran for three touchdowns, returned a kickoff 95 yards for a score...

Landan Carns Latrobe, Sr., QB Carns directed to Wildcats to their first win of the season at Mt. Pleasant last week. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound senior connected on a 64-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tucker Knupp. He also rushed for 88 yards and completed 8 of 17 passes for 138...

Hempfield Area School District board hired a familiar face to coach its wrestling team at Monday’s meeting. By a vote of 7-0, the board hired board member Vince DeAugustine as its coach. DeAugustine did not vote on the motion. DeAugustine coached at Norwin the past two seasons, where he helped...

When Brad Ford lined up at quarterback in the wildcat formation against Latrobe at the Penn-Trafford 1-yard line, all he was looking for was some yardage to get the offense away from its own end zone. “It was 128 X Go; it’s supposed to be a pass play,” said Ford,...

It’s a game plan Penn-Trafford girls’ golf coach Ed Herbst has followed for years. “I just want them to improve every time they step on the course,” Herbst said. “It’s rare that we start the section season with two losses, but we did. But we defeated one of those teams.”...

They started playing football at Greensburg High School in 1894. That first game didn’t go so well. Greensburg lost 12-4 to Mt. Pleasant Institute. The team went by Underwood High in honor of the late Morrison Underwood, a local attorney-philanthropist who made a substantial donation to the school. Greensburg recorded...

Palmer Jackson didn’t have the summer he planned. The 2019 Franklin Regional grad and Notre Dame sophomore was supposed to play in a lot of big events, but the coronavirus cut short his freshman season and the United States Golf Association cut the U.S. Open qualifier he was supposed to...

Most coaches believe the most improvement a team makes during a season is between the first and second games. That might be the case Friday as Latrobe ran over Mt. Pleasant, 35-7, in a nonconference matchup between a Class 5A program and a Class 3A program. Latrobe (1-1) converted two...