District College category, Page 27
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Latrobe grad Kiley Myers named MAAC pitcher of the week
Senior Kiley Myers was known for her aggressiveness and speed from the pitching circle when she played at Latrobe. Those traits followed her to college softball at Marist. Myers recently earned the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week after winning three straight starts. She pitched a three-hit shutout...
Norwin grad Jake Williams hopes to lead Geneva men’s volleyball to AMCC title
Jake Williams would not let his team lose. In the huddle during a timeout, Williams, a 6-foot-1 senior outside hitter for the Geneva men’s volleyball team, exhorted his teammates to pick up their performance. Alderson Broaddus had tied their nonconference match at one set each, and Williams could feel momentum...
Freshmen Ben Aftanas, Colin Solinski having huge seasons for upstart UPG baseball team
Like all coaches, Pitt-Greensburg baseball manager Scott Adams was optimistic about his latest incoming crop of freshmen. But Adams had a sense this season’s group of newbies could be special. At the midway point of the season, he has seen nothing to change that impression. Through early April, the Bobcats...
Gateway grad Kiyara Sawyers hitting stride at Point Park
Kiyara Sawyers is making the most of her freshman season on the Point Park women’s track and field team. At the Tim Weaver Invitational at West Liberty State (W.Va.) on April 1, the 2022 Gateway graduate placed fourth overall in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 5 minutes, 25...
Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee opens up about shocking NCAA loss
About three weeks ago, one match at the NCAA Championships knocked the college wrestling world off its axis. The nation watched as Iowa sensation Spencer Lee writhed under Purdue’s Matt Ramos, bending and trying to peel his opponent off and turn him as time ticked away, finally submitting for a...
Seton Hill baseball showing flair for dramatic with walk-off wins
Walk-off wins have become a hot commodity for the Seton Hill baseball team. Nobody has done it better lately, or with more flair, than the Griffins. They were at it again Sunday, earning two thrilling, extra-inning victories against visiting Pitt-Johnstown to stretch their winning streak to 11. (The streak has...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Jake Williams belts walk-off for Yale
Jake Williams took a gap year after he left Franklin Regional and enrolled at Yale. Now, he is hitting gap shots for the baseball team. Williams, a junior, was a hero last week for the Bulldogs when he capped a four-hit game with a walk-off RBI single in the bottom...
Penn-Trafford grad Mario Disso minimizes mistakes in field, at plate for Pitt-Johnstown baseballVideo
When Carmen Disso would take his son, Dominic, to the baseball field to practice snagging grounders, his other son, Mario, tagged along. Mario Disso might have been six years younger than his brother, but he didn’t get any special treatment when it came to the grounders that were sent his...
Finally playing pain free, Cal (Pa.) golfer Cole Villa ready to ascend among region’s best
The pain finally became too much for Cole Villa to tolerate. For several years, Villa continued to play golf with an osteochondritis injury in his knee. It was an old basketball injury that caused part of his knee cap to chip off. But Villa was hesitant to get surgery. He...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Injury ends career for Penn-Trafford grad Emma Armstrong
Emma Armstrong let the world know her softball career was over. The senior first baseman at Towson announced via social media last week that she tore her ACL and meniscus and is done for the season. The Penn-Trafford alum had started 26 of 27 games this year and was hitting...
Latrobe’s Butler finalist for Division II player of year award
As he shops around his talent with Division I schools in an effort to close out his career at the highest level of college basketball, one thing is clear about Bryce Butler, the versatile swingman from West Liberty: He is one of the best players in Division II. Maybe the...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Saint Vincent’s Jaden Gales named ECAC’s top rookie
Saint Vincent freshman basketball player Jaden Gales continues to reap the benefits of a dazzling debut season. Gales was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Rookie of the Year, and also garnered All-ECAC Second Team honors. Previously, the 6-foot-6 forward was tabbed the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Rookie of...
Latrobe grad Bryce Butler enters transfer portal after standout season at West Liberty
Fresh off a 32-point performance in front of a CBS audience as well as a runner-up finish in the NCAA Division II Tournament, Bryce Butler is testing the waters of the transfer portal. The Latrobe alum and All-American entered the college database in an effort to attract offers from Division...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Pitt-Greensburg hitters fuel strong start
Pitt-Greensburg knows how to put the business-end of the bat on the baseball. The highest-scoring team in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, the Bobcats have piled up 150 runs, which is 45 more than second-place Hilbert. UPG (11-3) has scored double-digit runs seven times, even racking up 27 in a...
Latrobe alumnus Butler set to lead West Liberty men into NCAA Division II final
When you have accomplished as much as Bryce Butler has this college basketball season, the to-do list tends to dwindle. With just about every conceivable player of this, player of that accolade in hand, Butler still wants more out of his fourth season at West Liberty. The kid from Latrobe...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Sowers, Little stand out for Bloomsburg softball
A local battery is powering the Bloomsburg softball team. Sophomore pitcher Callie Sowers (Hempfield) struck out 11 and scattered seven hits in a 7-0 shutout of IUP. She did not walk a batter. Sophomore catcher Emma Little (Penn-Trafford) had a hit and an RBI in the victory for the Huskies...
Mercyhurst’s Carson Briere charged for pushing wheelchair down stairsVideo
Three misdemeanor charges were filed Monday against the son of Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Danny Briere after a video posted on social media showed him and another Mercyhurst University athlete pushing an unoccupied wheelchair down a staircase. Police in Erie filed charges of criminal mischief, criminal conspiracy to commit...
Norwin grad Aleks Brozeski delivers championship performance at PSAC indoor meet
After Slippery Rock sophomore Aleks Brozeski won the PSAC championship in the women’s indoor triple jump, her event coach, Tabitha Bemis, was asked about the victory by one of her fellow coaches. The Norwin grad’s performance came as a bit of a surprise. On paper, at least. Brozeski entered the...
After guiding Pitt-Johnstown men’s basketball to 566 wins and counting, Bob Rukavina set to join school’s hall of fame
As a basketball player at Riverview High School, Bob Rukavina could dish the rock with the best of them. Later in life, in geezer pickup games, he was money off the glass from the left wing. Yet, what he seems most to have done well in his 66 years so...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Latrobe grad Bryce Butler up for Bevo Francis Award
Having your name added to a watch list for a major college sports award is one thing. Making the first cut for that award is another. West Liberty junior basketball star Bryce Butler, a Latrobe graduate, was still standing when the 50-player Bevo Francis Award list was sliced in half...
Small but mighty: Gateway grad Corrie wins PSAC women’s indoor shot put title
Sarah Corrie likes to think of herself as small but mighty. At 5-foot-4 and with the ability to bench press more than 200 pounds, the senior isn’t likely to get many arguments over that assertion. Yet there were some coaches and a few fellow track and field athletes through the...
Iowa’s Spencer Lee medically forfeits out of NCAAs, ending college career
After a stunning loss to Purdue’s Matt Ramos in the NCAA wrestling championship semifinals on Friday, Iowa redshirt senior Spencer Lee took a medical forfeit Saturday and will finish sixth. Iowa issued the following statement: “It has been a long road of a recovery for Spencer Lee. He will medically...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee aims for 4th NCAA title
Nobody has beaten Spencer Lee this season. The redshirt senior is 17-0 and has dominated his opponents, while extending his winning streak to 55. Five more wins and he will have a fourth NCAA title. The Franklin Regional grad is the No. 1 seed at 125 pounds for the NCAA...
In final year with Seton Hill track, Hunter Martin making most of 1st year running hurdlesVideo
As he prepares for his final outdoor track and field season at Seton Hill, Hunter Martin can’t help but wonder: What if? To be clear, Martin has had a fine tenure with the Griffins. In 2020, he placed third in the indoor long jump at the PSAC championships to earn...
Burrell grad Lea Coffman leads the way while playing through pain for Gannon softballVideo
Midway through her sophomore season, Gannon softball player Lea Coffman knew something was off. She was having trouble controlling her throws from third base to first, and there was a gnawing pain in her right (throwing) shoulder. The Burrell grad persisted through the discomfort and put together a solid first...
