Paul Schofield stories, Page 97
Franklin Regional golfer Brooke Horvath finished senior season on high note
The Franklin Regional girls golf team won its first section title in 13 seasons and senior Brooke Horvath was one of the reasons the team went 10-1 and played in the WPIAL Class AAA team championship. Horvath is a solid all-around player, according to her coach Kane Daignault. She and...
Mt. Pleasant pleased, not surprised to be in WPIAL football playoffs
When Mt. Pleasant football coach Jason Fazekas left South Park on Friday, the Vikings’ loss to the Eagles didn’t sit well with him. But when the WPIAL released the pairings for the 2020 tournament, Fazekas was pleased to see his Vikings get another chance to right the ship. Mt. Pleasant...
Penn-Trafford girls soccer team plays through challenging season
It has been a challenging and unusual season for the Penn-Trafford girls soccer team. The team was hit hard by graduation, they were placed in a different section, they have a new coach, and they had to deal with a pandemic. Penn-Trafford finished the regular season with a 5-5-2 record...
Jeannette wins seventh straight against Greensburg Central Catholic
Jeannette’s dominance of this past decade and in the series against Greensburg Central Catholic continued Friday. The Jayhawks won their seventh consecutive game and ninth of the last 10 in the series and improved to 21-8-1 with a 55-0 rout at Centurion Stadium in the WPIAL Class A Eastern Conference...
North Allegheny takes team titles at Tri-State cross country meetVideo
With the WPIAL Cross Country Championships less than a week away, the Tri-State Track Coaches Association annual meet serves a test run for some of the top athletes in each classification. Thursday, it was the Class AAA teams’ turn to showcase their talents, and the North Allegheny boys and girls...
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 7
Nick Beitel Ligonier Valley, jr., RB/DB The junior rushed for a career-high 172 yards and scored a touchdown for the Rams against Waynesburg. He is the team’s second-leading rusher behind quarterback Haden Sierocky, who has rushed for 465 yards. Beitel has rushed for 453 yards. He also has 12 catches...
Penn-Trafford, Franklin Regional set for border battle
It doesn’t matter what the records are. When Penn-Trafford and Franklin Regional meet on the football field, expect a great game. The teams have met the last four years with Penn-Trafford winning the past three contests, including a 21-0 victory in 2019. “Both teams get excited to play,” Penn-Trafford coach...
Belle Vernon’s Grace Henderson wins Tri-State Track Coaches Association Class AA titleVideo
Belle Vernon senior Grace Henderson keeps herself busy on the playing field and in the classroom. In the fall, she runs cross country and is the goalie on the soccer team. In the winter, she plays basketball, and in the spring, she competes in track. “I try to study at...
Franklin Regional’s Tragesser finishes 2nd at PIAA golf championship
Franklin Regional senior Chuck Tragesser ended his high school individual golf career by finishing second at the PIAA Class AAA championship Tuesday at Heritage Hills Golf Resort. Tragesser shot a 3-under par 69 and finished one shot behind Holy Ghost Prep’s Calen Sanderson, who shot a 4-under par 31 on...
Waynesburg wrestlers earn wins at all-star exhibition
It was quite a performance by WPIAL wrestlers in the first True Power and PA Power Wrestling exhibition on Saturday in Tyrone. Waynesburg wrestlers Mac Church (122 pounds), Luca Augustine (170) and Cole Homet (140) each collected victories for the Green team. Also collecting wins for the Green were Franklin...
WPIAL has numerous place winners, no champions at Class AA state golf tournament
Rockwood senior Vileska Gelpi lost the PIAA Class A girls individual championship in a playoff in 2019. She wasn’t about to let history repeat itself at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. Gelpi and 2019 champion Lydia Swan of North East were in a close battle Monday before Gelpi parred...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors golfers come up short in semifinals
Penn-Trafford senior Alex Turowski shot a 1-under par 71 at the WPIAL Class AAA team semifinals, but it wasn’t enough help the team advance to the WPIAL team championship Oct. 15. The Warriors finished fourth, and the top three teams advanced. They had a score of 414 behind Central Catholic...
More uncertainty than usual surrounds WPIAL football playoff picture
There is a week left in the high school football season, and there is a lot of uncertainty about the playoffs. Usually, there would be a clear picture of the playoff scenarios. Not this year, thanks to the coronavirus. The WPIAL and the football committee met this week to determine...
Franklin Regional girls tennis reaches goals
Franklin Regional’s girls tennis team enjoyed another good season. The Panthers reached all their goals according to coach Howard Fisher, who has been coaching tennis at Franklin Regional for 41 years. Franklin Regional (8-2, 7-1) finished second to Latrobe in Section 1-AAA. The Panthers reached the WPIAL playoffs where they...
Elizabeth Forward uses big-play offense to escape Mt. Pleasant with victory
Friday’s first-place showdown in the WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference was decided by big plays. No. 3 Elizabeth Forward (5-0, 4-0), led by senior Nico Mrvos, made a few more and escaped No. 5 Mt. Pleasant with a 16-14 victory. Mrvos, who played quarterback and receiver, raced 70 yards for...
Penn-Trafford field hockey aiming for perfection
The Penn-Trafford field hockey team has won four consecutive WPIAL Class AA titles. Is a fifth in store in 2020? Coach Cindy Dutt thinks it could be. Penn-Trafford is unbeaten and has a shot at its first perfect regular season. After a five-day layoff because students at the high school...
GCC’s Corinn Brewer, Norwin’s Alex Jubert win county cross country titlesVideo
It was a battle between a wily veteran and an up-and-coming freshman at the Westmoreland County Cross Country meet Thursday. Greensburg Central Catholic junior Corinn Brewer and Kiski Area freshman Eliza Miller led the field in the girls race at Westmoreland County Community College. Miller set the pace, and Brewer...
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 6
Dylan Gustafson Latrobe, sr., RB/FS The senior had an impressive game against Connellsville on Friday, rushing for 171 yards and three touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 29-26 victory. He has rushed for 417 yards, caught seven passes for 134 yards and scored nine touchdowns. Tanner Krevokuch Norwin, sr., TE/LB The 6-foot-5,...
No. 3 Elizabeth Forward, No. 5 Mt. Pleasant to square off for Interstate Conference title
When Jason Fazekas took over the Mt. Pleasant football program, his goal was get the Vikings back to competing for conference titles. Now in his fourth season as coach, Fazekas has the Vikings in position to win the WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference for the first time since 2013. Fazekas...
Greensburg Salem names alumnus Frank Sundry athletic director
Greensburg Salem School District’s hired Frank Sundry as its new athletic director. The vote was 6-3. He replaces Mike Burrell, who resigned to become the new athletic director at Norwin. Sundry is a 2004 graduate of Greensburg Salem, where he earned seven varsity letters (three in cross country, three in...
Southmoreland calls off football game vs. Brownsville after joining covid-19 shutdown list
Add Southmoreland to the list of Westmoreland County high schools shutting down athletics because of covid-19 cases. Friday’s homecoming football game against Brownsville has been postponed and could be made up after the final regular season game on Oct. 23, according to Southmoreland athletic director Dan Boring. Southmoreland recorded its...
WVU, Ohio State and Dayton among teams to play in new basketball event
West Virginia, Ohio State and Dayton are among a strong field that will compete in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Nov. 25-27. The Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic is a new event. Others in the field are Creighton, Memphis, Texas...
Hempfield girls claim 3rd cross country section title, hope to run in postseason meets
Hempfield girls cross country coach Jeff Mayo was surprised to learn the Spartans had won only two section titles before the 2020 season. After going 8-0 in Section 1-AAA, the Spartans now have three. The previous two were in 2002 and ’13. Hempfield is led by seniors Lily Schmadel and...
Strong Pitt connection at USA Wrestling Senior Nationals
Pitt volunteer assistant wrestling coach Luke Pletcher, former Panther heavyweight Demetrius Thomas and junior Nino Bonaccorsi competed in the 2020 USA Wrestling Senior Nationals on Sunday in Coralville, Iowa. Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park) completed in the 97 kilos weight class in Greco, while Thomas and Pletcher (Latrobe/Ohio State) competed in men’s...
Wresting event to feature Pennsylvania’s best
The first True Power Wrestling tournament, sponsored by PA Power Wrestling, will feature some of the top wrestlers (high school, junior high, girls and collegiate) in the state on Oct. 17 at Tyrone. The event is closed to the public because of covid-19 concerns. There will be 15 boys’ bouts,...
