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District college roundup: Robert Morris rallies past St. Francis (Pa.)
Anthony Chiccitt threw for three touchdowns to three different targets and Robert Morris pulled away in the second half to beat St. Francis (Pa.), 31-21, on Saturday. Chiccitt also caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from wideout Connor Becker to give the Colonials a 10-7 lead. Chiccitt threw an 8-yard score...
Derry grad Justin Flack using veteran know-how to help lay foundation for Waynesburg football
Figuring out that Waynesburg running back Justin Flack oozes veteran savvy is easy. Just ask the fifth-year senior to rattle off the names of some young players who will take a step forward for the Yellow Jackets in 2023. Three of the names he offers are sophomores Jacob Brisky (Latrobe),...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Greensburg Salem grad Cody Rubrecht scores in debut
It didn’t take Cody Rubrecht long to score his first college touchdown. In his first start, in his first college game, the freshman from Greensburg Salem grabbed a 45-yard touchdown pass from Jake Cruz as Seton Hill dropped a 35-24 decision to Wheeling in Thursday’s season opener. He caught the...
District college football roundup: Washington & Jefferson opens with shutout of Saint Vincent
Jacob Pugh threw for 292 yards and three touchdowns to lad Washington & Jefferson to a 51-0 season-opening victory over Saint Vincent on Saturday. Bruno Fabrycki had two interceptions for the Presidents (1-0), who outgained Saint Vincent (0-1), 574-139, and had 35 first downs to the Bearcats’ seven. Carnegie Mellon...
Norwin grad Jack Salopek leads Western Michigan past St. Francis (Pa.)
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Jalen Buckley ran for 194 yards and a touchdown, and Western Michigan coach Lance Taylor got his first win at the helm with a 35-17 victory over St. Francis (Pa.) on Thursday night in a season opener. Buckley scored from 3 yards out with 5:40 left in...
District college football roundup: Wheeling spoils Seton Hill’s season opener
Wheeling University broke open a close game in the third quarter and rolled to a 35-24 victory Thursday, spoiling Seton Hill’s season opener. Ky’Ron Craggette led the Griffins with 14 carries for 87 yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Jake Cruz was 10 for 34 for 134 yards, a touchdown and...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad Malia Kearns off to fast start at RMU
After earning Horizon League all-freshmen accolades last season, it should not come as a surprise that Penn-Trafford graduate Malia Kearns is making an impact already as a sophomore at Robert Morris. She scored a goal and registered an assist in the team’s first three games, all wins. Her assist came...
Most of young squad that helped Pitt-Greensburg women’s soccer to AMCC title returns
Preseason polls, to some degree, are the product of reputation. They reflect past performance as much as — or perhaps even more than — present potential. That very well could have been the case with the 2022 Pitt-Greensburg women’s soccer team. An Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference finalist in 2021 and...
Valley grad Emily Lewandowski playing key role in reviving Penn State New Kensington women’s volleyball
In October 2017, Emily Lewandowski was still in middle school Valley Junior/Senior High School. On the 18th of that month, the Penn State New Kensington women’s volleyball team won its Penn State University Athletic Conference opener, defeating Penn State Greater Allegheny. Fast forward to Sept. 13, 2022, and the Lions...
Former Jeannette teammates Robert Kennedy, Marcus Barnes suiting up for major college programs
Robert Kennedy and Marcus Barnes were football teammates at Jeannette and won WPIAL and PIAA championships together. They shared the same defensive secondary, ball-hawking with the best in Class A. On offense, Kennedy carried the football and Barnes caught it out wide. Who knew five years later they both would...
Seton Hill promotes assistant Gallagher to head women’s basketball coach after Katarski accepts new role
A promotion, a new role and a change in command. The wheels are in motion with the Seton Hill women’s basketball program. The university announced assistant Maeve Gallagher has been promoted to head coach, while Mark Katarski, who has guided the Griffins for nine seasons and has the program record...
WR Mark Bails, DB Zahir Reed want to play leading roles in helping turn around Seton Hill footballVideo
Long before he came to Seton Hill, Zahir Reed knew plenty about football in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. His older brother, before deciding to go to Maine, had committed to West Chester. During his brother’s recruiting process, Reed became well-versed in the high caliber of football played across the...
Kiski Area grad Kaylee Elwood overcomes injury, takes prominent role with Cal (Pa.) women’s soccer
“The pain that you have been feeling cannot compare to the joy that’s coming.” Those are the words tattooed just above Kaylee Elwood’s right knee. They come from the Bible, the book of Romans, chapter eight, verse 18. They are a reminder of where she has been and a motivator...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad Horvat named Student-Athlete of the Year
Recent Washington & Jefferson graduate Tyler Horvat (Penn-Trafford), known for being one of the top utility baseball players in NCAA Division III, was named the Division III Commissioner’s Association Region VII Student-Athlete of the Year. He is now eligible for the national DIIICA Athlete of the Year award, which will...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Yough grad Dustin Shoaf among PSAC’s top returning players
Back for his graduate season, Dustin Shoaf is primed to be the focal point of the running game this season at Mercyhurst. The running back from Yough is coming off a career season where he rushed for 635 yards and seven touchdowns for the Lakers, who are trying to flip...
Saint Vincent defensive back Ahmad Shaw dreaming big after breakout season
Ahmad Shaw makes no bones about it: He wants to play professional football. That might seem like a big leap from little Saint Vincent College. Just don’t tell that to Shaw. His desire to play professionally is part of what brought him from Fairfax, Va., to Saint Vincent in the...
Fierce competition defines PSAC as season draws near
Coaches in one of the better NCAA Division II football conferences in the country can’t say enough about the competition in their league. Practice began Monday, and teams in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference will kick up dust against each other this fall as they compete for division titles and...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Justin Johns, Justin Huss among PAC players to watch
Justin Johns and Justin Huss — one on defense and the other on offense and special teams — could play critical roles this season for the Washington & Jefferson football team, which will open the season No. 2 in the Presidents’ Athletic Association preseason rankings. A senior linebacker out of...
Westmoreland County college football notes: Hempfield grad Justin Sliwoski trades in cleats for scrubs
With the transfer portal calling his name again, Justin Sliwoski had to reluctantly plug up his ears. He decided it was time to put everything into his career. No, not his football career. The former standout quarterback at Hempfield and St. Francis (Pa.) is hanging up his cleats and stepping...
Bill Shay taught game of life on, off court for nearly 4 decades at Community College of Allegheny County
When Erin Hynds thinks back to watching her father, Bill Shay, on the basketball court, one particular image comes to mind. “I can remember his face being red because he would be screaming, and he’d be looking up at all these tall players he was coaching,” said Hynds, an Upper...
Carnegie Mellon picked to 3-peat in PAC football preseason poll
Can the Carnegie Mellon football team make it a three-peat in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference? The conference coaches, sports information directors and media think so. The Tartans, who are ranked 16th in the country, received 36 first-place votes and were an overwhelming pick to win the conference with 415 points....
Closure of Alderson Broaddus affects a number of athletes with WPIAL ties
Rumors swirled around campus. The whispers were brooding. But was there any validity to it all? On Monday, student-athletes at Alderson Broaddus found out there indeed was. It was all true. Alderson Broaddus, the private Baptist university in Phillippi, W.Va., is preparing to shut down because of financial difficulties. As...
Seton Hill names Hempfield’s Vince DeAugustine as new wrestling coach
Vince DeAugustine is leaving the Hempfield wrestling program for a second time. But unlike his move which took him to Norwin in 2019 and lasted two seasons before returning back to Hempfield in 2021, this time DeAugustine is headed to the collegiate level. Seton Hill University named DeAugustine on Tuesday...
Baldwin grad Meghan Dryburgh relishes playing with USA D3 team in Brazil
Baldwin grad Meghan Dryburgh has played basketball at Washington & Jefferson for just two years and already the awards are stacking up. This past season, the 5-foot-11 sophomore guard/forward was named PAC player of the year, All-PAC first team, All-Region 7 Second Team, All-America Honorable Mention, and was a five-time...
Penn-Trafford grad Gabe Dunlap eager to get back on football field for Grove City after injury-shortened season
As an athlete at Penn-Trafford, Gabe Dunlap was locked into specific roles. For the Warriors football team, Dunlap played almost exclusively at quarterback. With the track and field team, he stuck with long and triple jump. Since going to Grove City, Dunlap has expanded his repertoire, and he has helped...
