Paul Schofield stories, Page 96

Bushy Run failed to hold an early lead and dropped a 6-3 decision to Bedford in the Region 7 American Baseball League Tournament at Hollidaysburg. The Westmoreland County American League Baseball playoff champion took an early 2-1 lead when Bret Andreani had an RBI single and Tommy Kuzinsky was hit...

For the third time in four games, the Latrobe pitching staff has allowed 10 or more runs. That trend continued Friday in the Region 7 Baseball Tournament in Hollidaysburg as Latrobe dropped a 10-1 decision to Claysburg. The Jethawks, the Westmoreland County American Baseball League regular season champion, will drop...

Yough walked off with a win to open Region 7 baseball action Friday at Hollidaysburg. Joel Nemec was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, scoring Ray Halahurich, as Yough, the third-place team from the Westmoreland County American Baseball League, edged Mt. Union, 4-3. Yough will now play Claysburg,...

Hailey Schalk ended her American Junior Golf Association career with a win on Thursday. The future University of Colorado freshman who reports to college on Friday needed a par on her final hole to win the AJGA Southpointe Tournament presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods. It was her second career win...

Throughout the Westmoreland County American Baseball League playoffs, Bushy Run relied on pitching and solid defense. In Wednesday’s championship game at Latrobe, Bushy Run’s hitting joined the party. Bushy Run pounded out 14 hits, including three each by Luca Baccari, Anthony Sherwin and Gavin Berardi, and defeated regular season champion...

Winning the 117th West Penn Open wasn’t good enough for Mark Goetz on Wednesday. After he birdied the final to win the championship at Shannopin Country Club, he headed the Green Oaks Country Club to play nine more holes against his cousin Katie (Miller) Gee. At Shannopin, the Greensburg native...

Dan Obremski played almost perfect golf Tuesday during the first round of the 117th annual West Penn Open at Shannopin Country Club. The Irwin native and Penn-Trafford grad had 10 birdies and one bogey to finish with a 9-under par 62 and holds a two-shot lead on Greensburg native and...

Yough picked a good time to play one of its better games in recent weeks. Backed by strong pitching from Nate Wilkins and Vinny Martin and solid defense, Yough defeated Murrysville, 5-4, on Tuesday in the third-place game of the Westmoreland County American Baseball League playoffs. Yough jumped out to...

Uniontown Area School District’s board members voted 9-0 on Monday night to start the 2020-21 school year with online-only instruction and, in turn, decided football and boys and girls soccer should be canceled. Amid uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, board members decided to follow Gov. Tom Wolf’s recommendation that...

Earlier in the season, Bushy Run manager Scott Peyman wasn’t thrilled with the way his team was playing. But he is now. Bushy Run advanced to the Westmoreland County American Baseball League championship game by defeating second-seed Murrysville, 8-2, in the deciding Game 3 on Sunday at Sunrise Elementary School....

For the third consecutive playoff, Latrobe found itself in a hole late in a Westmoreland County American Baseball League game. And for the third consecutive game, Latrobe rallied for a victory. At least it wasn’t an 11-run deficit Saturday. Latrobe scored 11 runs over the final two innings at Sutersville...

Latrobe’s Westmoreland County American Baseball League team pulled off the improbable Friday. The Jethawks fell behind 11-0 to Yough in Game 1 of the WCABL semifinals on Friday and fought back for a 13-12 victory. Tucker Knupp reached on an error with two outs in the seventh inning to score...

A slow start to the fourth round ended Peters Township grad Connor Schmidt’s run at the 118th Western Amateur on Thursday at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. The Venetia native and Drexel senior couldn’t overcome his slow start — 4-over-par after five holes — during the afternoon round,...

Connor Schmidt stayed alive in the 117th Western Amateur on Wednesday, barely. Even thou Schmidt shot a 1-over 73 and is even for the tournament, he is tied for 39th and made the cut of top 40 and ties in the 156-man field. The Venetia native and Drexel senior had...

Vinny Martin hit a two-run home run, Steve Manon added a two-run single, and Yough evened its best-of-three series in the Westmoreland County American Baseball League playoffs with Hempfield East with a 5-2 win at Sutersville on Tuesday. Martin, who earned a save in relief, hit his home run in...

Connor Schmidt opened the Western Amateur in good fashion on Tuesday. The Peters Township grad and Drexel senior shot a 1-under par 71 during Round 1 of the tournament at Crooked Stick Country Club in Carmel, Ind., and is three shots behind five players. Schmidt’s round included four birdies and...

Central Catholic sophomore Rocco Salvitti shot a 4-under par 68 on Monday to capture the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s 100th Junior Championship at Grove City Country Club. The Canonsburg native who led the Tri-State Open after the first day in June edged Riverside’s Justin Hand, who shot a 3-under 69....

Top-seed Latrobe took advantage of four Mt. Pleasant errors to score four unearned runs in a 5-3 victory on Monday in the Westmoreland County American Baseball League playoffs. The Jethawks, the regular-season champions, jumped out to a 4-0 lead after three innings, scoring a run in the first inning on...

Connor Schmidt and Palmer Jackson will head West on Monday to play in the prestigious Western Amateur at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. The site of the event is where John Daly became a household name when he won the 1991 PGA Championship. Schmidt finished fourth last week...

State Farm Insurance recently gave all its agents $500 to donate to a charity or an organization of their choice because of the coronavirus. Matt Knizner, an agent in Hempfield Township, decided to donate his $500 to the West Point Little League. The donation, said West Point president Tom Rennie,...

Mt. Pleasant doubled its win total for the season Sunday in the Westmoreland County American Baseball League by playing its most complete game of the season. Backed by the strong pitching of Joe Shrum and the timely hitting of Jonas King, Jeremiah Kitz and Shrum, Mt. Pleasant defeated West Hempfield,...

The AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) is coming to Southpointe Golf Club on Aug. 2-6. This is the second consecutive season Southpointe will host the AJGA Junior presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods. A field of 78 boys and girls, ages 12-19, will compete in a 54-hole event. There will be...