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Westmoreland campus clippings: Palmer Jackson named to PING All-America team
Some might say Palmer Jackson’s golf game is a 9 out of 10. No golfer is perfect. The game won’t allow for it. But Jackson had nine top-10 finishes this past college season, which also points to excellence. The junior from Notre Dame is one of the top players in...
Going from the pitch to track, Franklin Regional grad Ryan Beard became an All-American at Westminster
Ryan Beard was a key cog in Franklin Regional’s run to the first of back-to-back WPIAL Class 3A soccer championships in 2018. The midfielder was recruited to play at Westminster College. But growing concerns over multiple concussions — six that were diagnosed, including one in the PIAA quarterfinals against Cathedral...
Burrell grads help IUP win Rugby Club Division II championship
RJ Beach and Dom Holmes knew the feeling of teaming up to help win a rugby championship. The Burrell graduates — RJ in 2019 and Holmes in 2020 — were teammates on the Kiski Valley club team that captured the Rugby Club Division II championship in May 2019. Fast forward...
Jeannette grad Gio Vonne Sanders to play at Western Michigan
With two years of eligibility left to give a team, Gio Vonne Sanders is set to live out his dream. The former Jeannette and St. Francis (Pa.) football standout announced he has made a verbal commitment to Western Michigan of the FCS Mid-American Conference. Sanders, a 5-foot-11, 185-pound defensive back,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Belle Vernon’s Bailey Parshall named All-American at Penn State
Bailey Parshall capped a career season in the pitching circle at Penn State with an All-American nod. The senior from Belle Vernon was selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American Third Team. She is just the fifth Penn State softball player to be named an All-American, and the first...
Times Express campus clippings: Gateway grad honored for strong softball season at Waynesburg
Gateway graduate Kayla Gratton, a sophomore on the Waynesburg University softball team, enjoyed a strong season at shortstop, and she was rewarded for her efforts with selection to the Presidents Athletic Conference all-star team as an honorable-mention pick. Nine players in all were selected after helping lead the Yellow Jackets...
Valley grad Jeremy Iellimo helps Mt. Aloysius capture 1st AMCC baseball titleVideo
Mt. Aloysius baseball coach Kevin Kime said he hadn’t seen anything like it in his 20 years in the dugout. When his team arrived at Penn State Behrend for the finals of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tournament, Kime immediately took the players into right field to discuss what was...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill’s Jenna Osikowicz named All-American
Seton Hill grad student softball player Jenna Osikowicz is breathing rarefied air. The Hempfield alum became the first softball player from Seton Hill to be named a National FastPitch Coaches Association All-American. The outfielder was selected for the second team. Osikowicz already had been named the PSAC West Athlete of...
Seton Hill softball eliminated from NCAA Division II World Series
The problem with elimination games is that someone has to get eliminated. That someone Saturday was Seton Hill, which fell to Cal State Dominguez Hills, 9-6, for its second loss in the double-elimination NCAA Division II Softball World Series in Denver. The Atlantic Regional champion Griffins end a season that...
Former Franklin Regional wrestlers keep Olympic dreams alive
Josh Shields and Nico Megaludis aren’t ready to hang up their headgear just yet. The Franklin Regional grads recently competed in the U.S. Open freestyle wrestling tournament and the World Team Trials and just came up short of making the team. But they’re looking for another shot down the road...
Osikowicz, Ryan lead Seton Hill to victory in Division II World Series
The Seton Hill softball team rebounded from an opening loss in the NCAA Division II World Series and stayed alive with an 8-1 victory over Adelphi (N.Y.) in the loser’s bracket game Friday night in Denver. The Griffins (42-11) will take on Cal State Dominguez Hills (42-22) at 4:30 p.m....
Darien Lantz named women’s basketball coach at UPG
Barely done with her playing days, Darien Lantz is ready to take on her first head-coaching job at the collegiate level. Lantz was announced Friday as the new women’s basketball coach at Pitt-Greensburg. She replaces Kelsey Oddis, who resigned and accepted another on-campus position. Lantz was an assistant at Thiel...
Seton Hill softball drops opener at D2 World Series
Seton Hill will have to rally in the loser’s bracket to make a run at its first NCAA softball title. The Griffins were blanked, 4-0, by Auburn-Montgomery in the first game of the Division II World Series on Thursday night in Denver. Freshman pitcher Avery Dickerson held Seton Hill (41-11)...
Breaking down Seton Hill softball’s competition at NCAA Division II World Series
NCAA Division II World Series Thursday at Denver First round 1 p.m.: No. 1 UT Tyler (45-7) vs. No. 8 Cal State Dominguez Hills (41-21) 3:30 p.m.: No. 4 Southern Indiana (49-11) vs. No. 5 Rogers State (53-10) 6 p.m: No. 2 Adelphi (47-13) vs. No. 7 North Georgia (48-11)...
Seton Hill softball set for World Series run in Denver
It wouldn’t be a stretch to say the Seton Hill softball team has a “Mile High” feeling. That’s because the Griffins are headed to Denver, the Mile High City, to participate in the NCAA Division II World Series. They’ll open with No. 3 seed Auburn Montgomery (48-11) at 8:30 p.m....
Saint Vincent names Dominick Nania new wrestling coach
Saint Vincent College announced it was adding a men’s wrestling program in March. Tuesday, the school named a coach. Hempfield graduate Dominick Nania was hired as the school’s newly relaunched program. He was selected from a large list on candidates. Nania has more than six years of wrestling coaching experience...
Seton Hill freshman Gravatt has bright future as javelin specialistVideo
Sami Gravatt’s first foray into track and field was nothing to put in the scrapbook. A soccer player in her youth, Gravatt was asked to try discus in middle school, and she said it “wasn’t good.” While playing soccer at Manchester Township High School in her native New Jersey, Gravatt...
Patrick Comer named athletic director at Westmoreland County Community College
Patrick Comer will lead Westmoreland County Community College sports into the future. Comer, of Greensburg, was named the school’s next athletic director. From the start, he will oversee an important move by the college. WCCC is primed to compete in NJCAA Division II and will offer scholarships to athletes starting...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Jeannette’s Gio Vonne Sanders eyes transfer options
Gio Vonne Sanders entered the transfer portal looking for an opportunity with another Division I program. The former St. Francis (Pa.) standout defensive back out of Jeannette has a few bites on the line. Northeast Conference teams Duquesne and Sacred Heart, who know Sanders well, have offered scholarships. He recently...
Shaler grad Miller aims to sharpen mental skills to reach potential with Carlow women’s golfVideo
Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra once quipped that baseball “is 90% mental, and the other half is physical.” Berra’s fuzzy math aside, his point is clear: Sports can be just as much about the mind as they are the body. Perhaps nowhere is this more applicable than in golf,...
Seton Hill baseball drops pair to West Chester in regional finals
The Seton Hill baseball team fell one win short of advancing to the Super Regional, dropping a pair of games to West Chester in the Atlantic Regional final Saturday. The Griffins (33-19-1) lost 5-4 in the first game and 9-6 in 11 innings in the second game. In the opener,...
Former Hempfield teammates help Seton Hill softball reach college World Series
Morgan Ryan and Jenna Osikowicz are no strangers to the big stage. In Little League, they helped West Point win a Junior League World Series title in 2014. They helped Hempfield win consecutive PIAA Class 6A titles, and now they’ve helped the Seton Hill softball team reach the NCAA Division...
Seton Hill baseball continues hot hitting, routs West Chester; softball suspended
Before this week, the Seton Hill baseball team struggled offensively. Things sure have changed at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional at West Chester. After pounding out 19 hits against Slippery Rock on Thursday, the Griffins added 21 hits on Friday and routed West Chester, 18-7. Omar Ward (The Kiski...
Seton Hill softball, baseball teams win NCAA regional games
The Seton Hill softball team moved a game closer to qualifying for the NCAA Division II World Series on Thursday by defeating host Kutztown, 7-0, in the Atlantic Super Regional Championship. Morgan Ryan, the Notre Dame transfer who played at Hempfield, threw a six-hit shutout and helped her cause with...
Burrell grad Taylor Johnson saves her best for last with W&J trackVideo
Ask Derek Workman about one of his athletes, and the fourth-year W&J track and field coach is more than happy to talk. He will gush at length about some quality or some performance related to said athlete. Stories abound, but there is one tale Workman said he will tell far...
