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2 schools, 6 sets of sports teams: NCAA gives OK to merger
HARRISBURG — Sports teams at six state-owned Pennsylvania universities will still compete against each other despite merging into two umbrella institutions, the State System of Higher Education announced Wednesday. The decision by the NCAA Division II Membership Committee pertains to sports in Division II at Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, Mansfield, California,...
Sports will remain intact when 6 PSAC universities merge into 2 this summer
When Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference universities Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, Mansfield, California, Clarion and Edinboro merge into two schools July 1, athletic programs on each campus will remain intact. The NCAA Division II Membership Committee gave its approval Wednesday for those schools to continue to offer a full complement of programs...
Mt. Pleasant native Ben Wilkins named Seton Hill men’s basketball coach
Former Westmoreland County resident Ben Wilkins is primed to take over the Seton Hill men’s basketball program. He was announced Tuesday as the new coach, replacing Kendrick Saunders, who was not retained after three seasons and a record of 3-24. Wilkins, an assistant at Army for the last six seasons,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Hempfield grad Jenna Uncapher shines in heptathlon at Clarion
Clarion senior Jenna Uncapher was running all over the place at her latest track and field meet. And jumping. Uncapher, a Hempfield graduate, scored a career-best 4,247 points to finish fifth in the heptathlon at the Mondschein Multi meet at Kutztown. The mark is third all time at Clarion. She...
Recruited as an outfielder, Fox Chapel grad Dante DiMatteo shines for W&J baseball as relieverVideo
Mention Fox Chapel grad Dante DiMatteo around these parts, and those who follow high school baseball might remember him as the kid who pitched pitched 11 consecutive no-hit innings last April. He pitched a five-inning no-hitter in a mercy-rule victory over Woodland Hills on April 23. Five days later, he...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent baseball sweeping past PAC competition
The brooms are going to need new bristles at Saint Vincent. The Bearcats baseball team earned its fourth straight sweep of a Presidents’ Athletic Conference opponent, and ran its winning streak to 11, with wins of 9-4 and 10-8 against Franciscan. Junior Jordan Sabol (Penn-Trafford) was the standout of the...
GCC grad Neal McDermott regains control of career with move to outfield at Seton Hill
Unable to sleep and full of self-doubt, Neal McDermott sat up in bed and cried. A couple of years before the fifth-year Seton Hill baseball player made SportsCenter’s No. 1 play with a highlight-reel catch as a reinvented center fielder, he was a pitcher. A pitcher at wit’s end, watching...
College notebook: Point Park names Scarborough women’s hoops coach
Dave Scarborough is coming home to coach the Point Park women’s basketball team. A Fox Chapel and Cal (Pa.) graduate, Scarborough was announced Friday as the Pioneers’ next coach. He has been an NCAA Division I women’s assistant for the past nine years — and 13 of the last 14...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Kiski Area grad Jalen Cloud among nation’s best in triple jump
Jalen Cloud produced a highly successful indoor season with the Cal (Pa.) men’s track and field team, and those positive outcomes have carried over to the outdoors. The Vulcans senior and Kiski Area graduate improved on his NCAA provisional mark in the triple jump Saturday at IUP’s Ed Fry Invitational....
Westmoreland campus clippings: Belle Vernon’s Aaron Krepps returns to Ohio Northern
Ohio Northern will have Aaron Krepps back on its football coaching staff next season. The Division III program hired Krepps, a Belle Vernon graduate who served as an assistant there in 2015 and ‘16 before he left to coach at Bluffton, another D-III program that plays in the Heartland Conference....
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...
