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Belle Vernon native Joe Rudolph joins football staff at Virginia Tech
Veteran college football assistant coach Joe Rudolph, a Belle Vernon native, is leaving Wisconsin to join the staff at Virginia Tech. Rudolph, a former offensive coordinator at Pitt, had two stints at Wisconsin and also coached at Nebraska. He will serve as the Hokies’ run game coordinator and offensive line...
Shady Side Academy alum Skyy Moore declaring for NFL Draft
Skyy’s the limit. Western Michigan big-play wide receiver Skyy Moore, a sophomore with two years of eligibility left, will declare for the NFL Draft. Moore, a Shady Side Academy graduate from New Kensington, was a catch-everything threat this season for the Broncos, pulling in 95 receptions for 1,292 yards and...
Montour grad, UPG assistant coach Alan Heter joins Washington Generals for Globetrotters tour
Someone has been missing from Pitt-Greensburg men’s basketball practices and games lately. Assistant coach Alan Heter suddenly has vanished. Call it a disappearing act by the former Montour and Point Park standout player. But don’t limit Heter to that trick only. He can pull off a few more on the...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Norwin grad Olivia Gribble displays shooting touch at Marietta
Olivia Gribble did a lot of winning on the basketball court at Norwin. That trend is continuing in college. A sophomore guard at Marietta, Gribble has helped power the Pioneers to a 10-1 start. Gribble is the team MVP; at least she was in a Christmas tournament. She had a...
With surgery planned, Spencer Lee is done for the season at Iowa
Three-time NCAA champion wrestler Spencer Lee of Iowa is shutting it down for the rest of the season to finally undergo another knee surgery. The top-ranked wrestler in the nation at 125 pounds coming into the season, Lee has torn both of his anterior cruciate ligaments since competing for the...
Waynesburg’s Popeck makes 11 3-pointers
Even Stephen Curry might raise an eyebrow at this stat line. Waynesburg’s Matt Popeck was feeling it Thursday night when the Yellow Jackets hosted Stevenson. He felt like he couldn’t miss, and barely did. The junior guard and Washington graduate made a school-record 11 3-pointers on 13 attempts, a ridiculous...
Greensburg Salem grad Madison Cassidy finds early success in pool at Saint Vincent
There are no lofty goals. Really, there never have been for Madison Cassidy when she’d be jumping into a pool of water. She just likes to swim. But Cassidy, a four-time WPIAL place-winner in the 100 breaststroke for Greensburg Salem, is absolutely loving the sport these days as a freshman...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee opens season with victory
There were doubts about Spencer Lee returning to the wrestling mat this season at Iowa after Lee tore his ACL last year but still competed in — and won his third title at — the NCAA Championships. But Lee came back, with a usual label attached to his name —...
Burrell’s Arledge will play football at Cal (Pa.)
Burrell graduate Alex Arledge is set to become a Vulcan. Arledge on Thursday night announced his college choice will be Cal (Pa.) at a gathering of family and friends at The Lab tavern in New Kensington. After spending the past fall at East Coast Prep in Great Barrington, Mass., Arledge...
Clarion parts ways with football coach Weibel
Following an 0-10 season, there has been a change in command at Clarion. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference school announced it is cutting ties with head football coach Chris Weibel and moving in “a new direction.” Assistant Matt Hanhold was elevated to interim head coach while Clarion conducts a search...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Latrobe grad Jake Biss shines in return from injury
Jake Biss is back in the Shippensburg basketball lineup and it didn’t take him long to make an impact. He was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Division Athlete of the Week after a couple of 20-point games. In just his third game since returning from an injury, the...
Slippery Rock’s Chad Kuhn caps college career as one of Division II’s top defensive linemen
Slippery Rock’s Chad Kuhn fit the mold. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound high-energy defensive end was one of eight national finalists for the 2021 Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year Award, presented annually by the Manheim Touchdown Club. Kuhn’s strength, speed, mobility and ruggedness on the gridiron, along with a...
Greensburg C.C. grad Maietta rekindles love for basketball at Pitt-GreensburgVideo
When Melina Maietta was finished playing basketball at Greensburg Central Catholic, she wasn’t sure she wanted to go through the grind anymore. She had put a lot of work into it through the years, but with college looming, she had reservations about balancing basketball with schoolwork. So she enrolled at...
Norwin grads looking forward to sibling rivalry on college court
Magen and Mara Polczynski have Jan. 19 and Feb. 16 circled on their calendars. They have for a while now. Those are the days when the Westminster and Grove City women’s basketball teams will meet in Presidents’ Athletic Conference games. The teams are traditional rivals that don’t need much motivation...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Hempfield’s Burns rewriting record book
Michelle Burns came back for a fifth year at Point Park, which basically rendered the women’s basketball program’s record book defenseless. The grad point guard out of Hempfield topped the 1,500-point mark for her career during an 86-84 loss to Washington Adventist. She had 29 points in the game and...
Ligonier Valley graduate Marrek Paola grows into key player for Seton Hill
Marrek Paola’s height is up for debate. At Ligonier Valley, Paola was listed at 6-foot-6. Seton Hill’s basketball roster says the junior forward is 6-foot-10. His actual height? “On a good day, 6-9, 6-10,” Paola said with a laugh. “I grew about an inch since I got to college. I...
Freeport grad Jenna Manke takes on leadership role under new Allegheny women’s basketball staffVideo
When Kelly Muffley took over as the Allegheny women’s basketball coach six months ago, not only was she moving into her first head-coaching job, she was inheriting a roster that was more than half freshmen and sophomores. She needed strong senior leadership to smooth the transition and set the tone...
Alle-Kiski Valley Campus Clippings: Myers nets career-high 23 points
Tess Myers has made quite the impact for the Duquesne women’s basketball team. The latest evidence from the Dukes freshman guard, Lower Burrell resident and North Catholic graduate came Saturday against St. Francis (Pa.) in a nonconference game at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Myers scored a career-best 23 points (6 of...
District college notebook: Coleman named football coach at Waynesburg
Waynesburg named alum and former defensive lineman Dr. Cornelius Coleman as its head football coach. He replaces Chris Smithley, who was transferred to a new position, Assistant Director of Athletics Development, after serving as head coach for four years. Coleman also will work as assistant provost for Undergraduate Learning Experiences....
Westmoreland campus clippings: Pitt-Greensburg’s Michalek earns all-region honors
Pitt-Greensburg senior Tiffany Michalek capped another outstanding season for the Bobcats as she was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team. Michalek led the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference in goals (22), assists (10), points (54) and shots (59) as UPG returned to the conference championship for the second...
Carnegie Mellon’s Rich Lackner named AFCA regional coach of year
His final season has an unfinished look to it, like a Christmas tree without a star on top, but Rich Lackner still goes out a winner. The longtime football coach at Carnegie Mellon was announced Monday as the American Football Coaches Association Region 2 Coach of the Year, making him...
Highlands grad Brayden Thimons named PAC Defensive Player of the Year
Brayden Thimons has been a stalwart in his short time in the Westminster football program, culminating in a sensational 2021 fall season. A rock-solid 6-foot-4, 235-pound senior lineman, Thimons was named Defensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. “I am shocked and honored to...
Greensburg Salem grad Megan Kallock finds right fit with Grove City women’s basketball teamVideo
When Megan Kallock transferred from Saint Vincent to Grove City halfway through the 2020-21 academic year, it was equal parts inopportune and perfect. The down side: The Greensburg Salem grad got to campus in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic and started with a three-week quarantine over Christmas break. “I...
Westmoreland campus clippings: County connections help Pitt to ACC title
Pitt mania is sweeping across the country as the Panthers continue to work their way back to national respectability. The football program’s exploits this season are fitting in with their proud glory days of the past. The ACC champion Panthers have plenty of Westmoreland County connections as they prepare for...
Point Park, Carlow set for women’s NAIA ‘City Game’
Point Park and Carlow have been watching the schedule with eager eyes as a unique matchup approached. Finally, it is here. The women’s basketball teams will face off Thursday night in the NAIA “City Game” at Duquesne’s new UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Tip is set for 5:30 p.m. One team will...
