District College category, Page 40
With more consistent schedule, new coach, Saint Vincent men’s volleyball team optimisticVideo
Saint Vincent students Matt Klasnic, Matt Minkin, Matt Furrer and Emily Bosche are trying their hand at running a business. It started as an internship opportunity, but now the quartet is all-in on trying to turn an old, struggling cafe in the Latrobe area — they have renamed it Rachelle’s...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Norwin grads, sisters again do battle on court
Norwin’s Polczynski sisters are all square. Freshman guard Mara Polczynski helped Grove City avenge an earlier loss to Westminster and her sister, senior Magen Polczynski, as the Wolverines stormed past the Titans for an 87-50 win in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Mara had a career-high 12 points and added six...
Gateway grad Evan Whiteside claims PAC title, advances to NCAA tournament
Evan Whiteside is on a roll. The Gateway graduate and 125-pound starter in the Thiel College wrestling lineup is enjoying a breakout first collegiate season. He hopes the momentum built throughout the season, including the Presidents’ Athletic Conference title won Feb. 12, will lead him to big things at Friday...
Nationally regarded Seton Hill baseball opens season Saturday
The crack of the bat and the pop of the mitt near the Seton Hill baseball field is a sign spring is quickly approaching. Forget Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter. Baseball season begins Saturday for Seton Hill. The Griffins, the reigning NCAA Division II Atlantic Region...
Clarion hires Raymond Monica as football coach
Clarion filled its football vacancy Thursday by naming Raymond Monica head coach. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference school did not retain Chris Weibel, who guided the Golden Eagles for seven seasons but saw the team finish 0-10 last year. Assistant Matt Hanhold served as interim head coach while Clarion looked...
Cal (Pa.) women’s basketball team outmuscles Seton Hill
When the Cal (Pa.) and Seton Hill women meet on the hardwood, the games are usually battles. It was no different Wednesday when the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rivals collided for first place atop the West Division at Salvitti Gymnasium. It was a battle to the end with Cal (Pa.)...
Latrobe, North Hills grads on watch list for small college player of the year award
Bryce Butler is having a career season at West Liberty and the country is watching. The 6-foot-5 sophomore guard out of Latrobe is on a national watch list for the Clarence “Bevo” Francis Award, which recognizes America’s top small-college basketball player. He joins teammate Pat Robinson III on the 50-player...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent’s Lauren Connors shines at PAC meet
Saint Vincent made quite a splash at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference women’s swimming and diving championships. Junior Lauren Connors won four individual championships and earned the meet’s most valuable performer, the first woman in team history to earn the honor. The Bearcats’ Josh Gurekovich, meantime, was named PAC coach of...
Jason Trout humbled to be part of Pitt-Greensburg’s 1st Hall of Fame class
He is the second-leading scorer in boys basketball at Greensburg Salem High School, having topped the list for a nine-year period from his graduation in 1993 until 2002, when his record was broken. His 2,160 career points in men’s basketball at Pitt-Greensburg from 1996-2000 represents the most at the Hempfield-based,...
Chatham swimmer Glasspool bringing down her butterfly times as PAC finals approachVideo
Chatham sophomore swimmer Abigail Glasspool doesn’t hide her dislike for the 200-yard butterfly. Not even when talking in front of fourth-year coach Rebecca Yost. But the Plum grad can’t escape the idea that the “2-fly” might be her best event. “It isn’t my favorite event,” Glasspool said. “But coach believes...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Belle Vernon grad Bailey Parshall reaches strikeout milestone
Penn State senior softball pitcher Bailey Parshall (Belle Vernon) returned from a injury rehab to make a start in the Nittany Lions’ season opener. She struck out 10 in seven innings and reached 400 career strikeouts as Penn State fell, 2-1, against No. 11 Missouri in eight innings. She gave...
Gateway graduate Jordan Edwards finds scoring touch at High Point
Jordan Edwards Jordan Edwards has made a scoring impact as of late for the High Point women’s basketball team in NCAA Division I. The 5-foot-7 senior guard and Gateway graduate scored a season-high 14 points last Wednesday in a 65-57 victory over Radford which put the Panthers at 11-11 overall...
Franklin Regional alum Spencer Lee part of clue on ‘Jeopardy!’
Spencer Lee already has a Wikipedia page, his own clothing line and a fan following that stretches from Murrysville to Des Moines, Iowa — and beyond. He is a well-known figure in college wrestling. But the Iowa sensation’s popularity has reached new heights. The Franklin Regional graduate was part of...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill baseball favored in PSAC West
After a 39-8 season that included a 23-4 mark in conference play, the Seton Hill baseball team is favored to win the PSAC West Division. The Griffins won the Atlantic Regional title and advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament. The team returns PSAC West Rookie of the Year Owen...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Latrobe grad Bryce Butler shines at West Liberty
Mountain East Conference Player of the Week Bryce Butler continues to round out his game at West Liberty. The 6-foot-5 sophomore guard had one of his best all-around games as the Division II No. 5-ranked Hilltoppers won for the 15th time in 16 games by holding back West Virginia State,...
Southmoreland grad Jaden Datz finds long-awaited success with W&J wrestling
He could’ve been impatient. Instead, Jaden Datz showed discipline. For the former Southmoreland High School multi-sport star, who is the top winner this season for the Washington & Jefferson College wrestling team, his patience has paid off after he endured a long period of heartache and sweat. A senior, Datz...
Seton Hill’s Hunter Martin gets jump on competition
The first time Hunter Martin tested positive for covid-19 in September, the Seton Hill junior track and field standout lost his sense of taste and smell, and he struggled getting through a simple workout. The second time Martin tested positive, which happened about a month ago, the Belle Vernon graduate...
Lock Haven wrestler, Kiski Area grad Isaac Reid inspires, succeeds
With a small spot of blood visible through a bandage wrapped around his head, a grateful Isaac Reid bowed toward the center of the mat as his Lock Haven wrestling teammates and coaches — and a jam-packed Thomas Fieldhouse — erupted into a wild celebration. Reid then causally, or maybe...
Derry grad, baseball player Ryan Bushey pinch hits for Mt. Aloysius basketball team
Athletically, Ryan Bushey went to college to play baseball. But he is the gym-rat type, a sign of his affection for basketball that still lingers beyond high school. He likes to shoot around and play pick-up games, even if it’s against players from the men’s basketball teams at Mt. Aloysius,...
Quaker Valley great Andy Wormsley inducted into Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame
Andy Wormsley has added another prestigious honor to his hall-of-fame basketball career. The Quaker Valley and Westminster College graduate is a member of the sports hall of fame at both schools. He was inducted at Quaker Valley in 2012 and in the Titan Hall of Fame in 2010. On Feb....
Ryan Larsen named football coach at Carnegie Mellon
While he has big shoes to fill, Ryan Larsen is excited to begin his quest as the next head football coach at Carnegie Mellon. “I cannot wait to get to work,” said Larsen, who was announced Thursday as the replacement for longtime coach Rich Lackner, who stepped down after 36...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Mark Davis to lead Saint Vincent men’s soccer
Saint Vincent has a new men’s soccer coach. Matt Davis will take over the program in the fall. “With the college’s strong academic reputation and commitment to the full student-athlete experience, I’m excited to get to work to build this program into a winning one that our players, alums and...
Penn-Trafford’s Lamison-Myers gets extension at Colgate
With the softball program seeing a spike in success since her entrance in 2017, Colgate wants to keep coach Marissa Lamison-Myers around for a while longer. Lamison-Myers, a Penn-Trafford graduate, had her contract extended through 2026. Colgate went from six conference wins in 2018, to eight in ’19, to a...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill men earn OT victory over Clarion
And you thought McKenna Magic was just a thing for the women’s basketball team at Seton Hill. The men’s team found a little extra to muster a highlight in what has been a dim season Saturday with a dramatic win. Anticipation served the Griffins well in clutch time. Sophomore guard...
Point Park’s Michelle Burns finds balance, success on and off basketball court
Point Park fifth-year point guard Michelle Burns continues to climb the program’s scoring ranks, which might seem like hard work to some. Not to Burns. Crunching numbers in an office, now that is work to the Hempfield alum. Burns, who recently topped the 1,700-point mark for her career to move...
