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Westmoreland campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad Anthony Sherwin makes big impact at Bucknell
Sophomore Anthony Sherwin has become a fixture in the Bucknell baseball lineup. The shortstop out of Penn-Trafford started 30 games as a freshman, and is the leading hitter this season for the Bison. Sherwin was hitting .362 with .954 and .486 on-base and slugging percentages, respectively. He had a team-best...
Cal (Pa.)’s Dylan Brosky tosses no-hitter
Right-hander Dylan Brosky allowed one base runner after the first inning on the way to completing Cal (Pa.)’s first no-hitter since 2014 in a 4-0 victory over IUP on Sunday at Wild Things Park in Washington. A senior from Brownsville, Brosky is the first Vulcans’ pitcher to throw a no-hitter...
Seton Hill’s Neal McDermott makes No. 1 play on SportsCenter with highlight catch
Recruited as a pitcher out of high school, Neal McDermott did not get to show his defensive skills much at Seton Hill. But on Friday night, the converted outfielder flashed his glove for all of America to see. The grad student out of Greensburg Central Catholic made the No. 1...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Magen Polczynski makes quick transition to lacrosse season
A switch from basketball to lacrosse looked rather effortless to Westminster’s Magen Polczynski. The senior from Norwin has 10 goals and five assists in three games since switching uniforms. Her 15 points leads the team. Most of the other players have appeared in five games. She had a six-goal, nine-point...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Hempfield grad Sam Kline earns strength, conditioning award at Denison
Nobody ever accused Sam Kline of skipping leg day. A senior softball player at Denison, Kline, a Hempfield product, was the recipient of a National Strength & Conditioning Association All-American Athlete Award through her school. The award recognizes student-athletes’ commitment to staying in shape and working in the weight room....
Even if she might not say it, W&J runner Faith Remich has sights on PAC title in 1,600Video
Washington & Jefferson track and field coach Derek Workman recalled a July phone conversation he had with rising senior middle distance runner Faith Remich. The Burrell graduate informed Workman she had a job waiting for her after graduation, which was still 10 months away. With that crucial piece of her...
Austin Butler’s dunk at 3×3 event creates a buzz
Austin Butler dunked his way to $5,000 Sunday. And what a dunk it was. The former Latrobe basketball star who played four years at Holy Cross before a grad season at Charlotte, made the highlight reel with a big jam at the 3x3U National Championship at The Sugar Mill in...
Seton Hill’s Osikowicz up for national softball award
Jenna Osikowicz came back for a fifth season at Seton Hill. It might earn her a national award. The standout softball player from Hempfield was added to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II National Player of the Year Award watch list, one of 50 NCAA Division II players nominated....
Latrobe alum Austin Butler picked for national 3-on-3 competition
Austin Butler is tough to defend one on one. Opponents will soon be trying to slow the former Latrobe star in a 3-on-3 format. The former Latrobe star can earn some cash along the way. Butler, who just completed his grad season at Charlotte, has been selected to play for...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Ligonier Valley’s Rachel Caldwell adds lacrosse to resume
When she played at Ligonier Valley, Rachel Caldwell was a four-year letterwinner in soccer and earned two letters playing softball. If there was a spot for hidden talents in her yearbook, she could have listed lacrosse. Caldwell, a junior at Waynesburg, registered a career-high six goals in a 22-14 loss...
After 4 seasons at Notre Dame, Hempfield grad Morgan Ryan back home to help Seton Hill softballVideo
Morgan Ryan and Jenna Osikowicz started playing softball together as young girls. They continued through travel ball, Little League and at Hempfield, where they helped to make the Spartans one of the best teams in the state. Now, the pair is finishing their playing days together. Ryan, after spending four...
KIski Area grad Billy Perroz takes advantage of opportunity at Saint Vincent
A “severely sprained wrist” turned into the biggest break of Billy Perroz’s baseball career. The Kiski Area graduate was a student-athlete last semester at IUP when the injury happened. He missed the fall season, and Perroz said the decision was made to cut him from the Crimson Hawks’ roster. Perroz...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad Tyler Horvat ready to build on All-American season
Gradually, Washington & Jefferson junior baseball player Tyler Horvat (Penn-Trafford) is getting back into a rhythm, but a slight setback has him well behind of last year’s torrid pace. A nagging groin injury caused him to miss the first 10 games of the season. “We didn’t want to rush things...
Pitt-Johnstown’s John Paul Kromka earns All-American, All-Atlantic Region honors
Pitt-Johnstown junior forward John Paul Kromka was named to the first-team Division II National Association of Basketball Coaches All-Atlantic Region Team on March 21. The next day, he was selected as one of the 16 men’s basketball players to earn a spot on the NABC Division II All-America team. The...
Sewickley’s Skowron caps college career with strong season for Chatham women’s basketball
Julianna Skowron ended her college basketball career in a big way. After a successful four-year stint at Allegheny College, Skowron, a 6-foot-1 forward, competed at Chatham as a graduate student in 2021-22. The Oakland Catholic product led the Cougars to their all-time winningest season in women’s basketball, netted her 1,000th...
IUP men’s basketball denied spot in Division II title gameVideo
Making their first Final Four appearance in seven years, the IUP men’s basketball team had its sights set on a Division II national championship. But cold shooting and a talented Augusta squad were too much. The Crimson Hawks saw their season end with a 76-61 loss in the national semifinals...
IUP men top Hillsdale, reach Final Four in NCAA D-II Tournament
Behind 21 points from Dave Morris and a double-double from Tomiwa Sulaiman, the IUP men’s basketball team advanced to the Division II Final Four with a 67-55 win over No. 7 Hillsdale on Tuesday. Sulaiman finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Ethan Porterfield had 14 points for the...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Norwin’s Anthony DelleFemine changing course
Former Norwin football standout Anthony DelleFemine is leaving Youngstown State. He has entered the NCAA transfer portal and will have two years of eligibility left. DelleFemine began his college career at Robert Morris but setbacks and injuries forced him to change lanes. The 6-foot, 185-pound senior wide receiver played in...
Latrobe graduate Jake Biss leaves lasting impression at ShippensburgVideo
Latrobe basketball practices were flush with elite talent during the late 2010s. Those Wildcats teams produced future Division I players Austin Butler (Holy Cross, Charlotte) and Reed Fenton (Lehigh). Sean Graytok averaged 19.9 points as a senior in 2015-16 and went on to play at Coast Guard. And Bryce Butler,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Michael Kemerer a 5-time All-American
Earning All-America recognition one time is an accomplishment in college wrestling. To do it twice it highly commendable. But Michael Kemerer took it to another level. The Iowa redshirt senior wrestled back to claim a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division I Championships, giving the Franklin Regional alum five All-America...
Saint Vincent set to start wrestling team
Wrestling once prospered at Saint Vincent College. From 1963-75, the school sponsored a full-fledged NAIA program before it faded into a club team. Rumblings of a program reboot turned into much more than that Thursday when SVC announced wrestling will return as the school’s 24th varsity sport. Backed by supportive...
Saint Vincent brings back D.P. Harris as men’s basketball coach
D.P. Harris is reprising his role at Saint Vincent. The college announced Wednesday that Harris is returning to the sidelines as men’s basketball coach. Harris led the Bearcats from 2003-19 before leaving to coach Saint Thomas in Miami Gardens, Fla., where he worked for two seasons. “It’s a beautiful day...
Former Jeannette star helps Charlotte to women’s NCAA tournament as assistant coach
Going from a star player to a coach does not come with an instruction manual. Ciara Gregory spent two years learning the ropes as a graduate assistant at Charlotte where not that long ago, she was breaking 3-point records and sparking scoring runs in the 49ers’ backcourt. Never frozen with...
IUP tops Cal (Pa.) to win NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional championship
Playing Cal (Pa.) for the fourth time of the season, IUP head coach Joe Lombardi said he had to come up with a way for his Crimson Hawks to be the hunter, to chase the Vulcans a little heading into Tuesday’s NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship. That’s where social media came...
Seton Hill not retaining men’s basketball coach Kendrick Saunders
Seton Hill is parting ways with men’s basketball coach Kendrick Saunders after three seasons. Griffins athletic director Chris Snyder confirmed the university will not retain Saunders or his assistant, Ryan Joyce. Seton Hill finished 3-24 this season, including a 3-19 mark in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division. The...
