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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...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill pitchers earn preseason honors
A pair of Seton Hill senior relief pitchers received preseason plaudits from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Nash Bryan was named to the first team, and Caiden Wood was an honorable mention selection. Bryan led the PSAC with seven saves in 17 appearances and closed five postseason games. He...
Seton Hill basketball player Weeks spends days teaching
It’s game day at Seton Hill. Kelly Weeks, awake since 5:15 a.m., already has taught five full periods at Hempfield Area High School when lunchtime rolls around. She puts down her sandwich long enough to watch some game film and catch up on her own studies. At 2:45 p.m., school...
Mother-daughter duo of Trish and Allison Brownlee help revive diving program at IUPVideo
When IUP swimming coach Chris Villa received word the school would be reviving its diving program, little did he know he would find a diver and a coach in the same house. Allison Brownlee, a Derry grad who competed at Division II Delta State in Mississippi, transferred to IUP to...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill women win 9th straight game
Seton Hill remained one of the hottest teams in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference basketball, rallying past Pitt-Johnstown, 65-58, for a ninth straight victory. Senior Katie Nolan played her best game of the season, scoring a career-high 31 points and pulling down 15 rebounds while shooting 12 of 16 from the...
Freshman pitcher bowls 300 game for WCCC
To have success as a pitcher, the key is throwing strikes. The same can be said of a bowler. Throwing strikes is the key to winning games. Westmoreland County Community College freshman Chaz Lankey, who pitches for the baseball team in the spring, was throwing strikes recently at Main Bowling...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Bryan Butler named women’s soccer coach at Saint Vincent
He used to play against the Bearcats in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, but now Bryan Butler will coach against his alma mater, Geneva, in the fall. Butler is the new women’s soccer coach at Saint Vincent. He has a number of coaching stops on his resume, the most recent one...
W&J baseball standout Tyler Horvat a preseason All-American
Tyler Horvat had a breakthrough season in 2021 for the Washington & Jefferson baseball team, showing his versatility as a pitcher and hitter. The junior utility player out of Penn-Trafford is expected to be one of best again in 2022 as he was named to the D3baseball.com Preseason All-American Team....
Westmoreland campus clippings: National honor for Shippenburg’s Zollinger, her staff
At some places, it takes a village. At Shippensburg, it takes a few really good coaches. Shippensburg field hockey coach Tara Zollinger (Hempfield) and her assistants were named the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division II National Coaching Staff of the Year. The Raiders (20-0) won the NCAA championship and...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: UPG women win 3rd straight
The Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball team is surging closer to first place in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. The Bobcats made it three straight wins Saturday at Alfred State, 74-61, behind four double-digit scorers. Junior Nadege Durand had 22 points on 10-of-18 shooting, freshman Melina Maietta (Greensburg Central Catholic) had 20...
Penn-Trafford grad Mackenzie Powell makes impact in 2 sports at Westminster
Penn-Trafford graduate Mackenzie Powell didn’t want to choose between basketball and soccer when she was looking at colleges. So she found a school where she could play both, and Powell is making an impact as a two-sport athlete during her freshman year at Division III Westminster. “I love it,” she...
Covid cases scrambling winter sports schedules at Westmoreland County colleges
Depending on what district college athletic program you ask, the coronavirus has and hasn’t affected winter sports teams. “We’re juggling things constantly,” Seton Hill executive director of athletics Chris Snyder said. “We’ve rescheduled numerous contests for various reasons.” Last week, the Seton Hill women’s basketball team was shut down, and...
Pitt-Greensburg announces 1st Athletics Hall of Fame class
A work in progress for some time, the Pitt-Greensburg Athletics Hall of Fame has arrived and has its inaugural class. Five individuals and two teams that helped put the Bobcats on the college map will be enshrined Feb. 18 during a ceremony at the school’s Wagner Dining Hall. The inductees...
Longtime Washington & Jefferson, Cal coach makes College Football Hall of Fame
John Luckhardt once said, “I’ve never been talented, never been good looking, never been smart.” The former Cal (Pa.) and Washington & Jefferson football coach can say he is a hall of famer. And a member of a pretty good class, at that. Luckhardt will be inducted into the College...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Franklin Regional’s Hannah hits ground running
Kadyn Hannah did not need much adjustment time as a freshman on the La Roche men’s basketball team. The Franklin Regional alum stepped into the starting five from Day 1 and has helped push the Redhawks (5-5) to four straight wins. The statement game for the 6-foot-5 forward came Saturday...
Hampton grad nears unexpected milestone with Waynesburg women’s basketball team
Hampton graduate Brooke Fuller was frustrated and struggling as a freshman at Waynesburg when she set an unimaginable goal. “I looked at her and said, ‘Brooke, do you realize if you don’t get any better than you are right now, you are on pace to score 1,000 (points)?’ ” Yellow...
