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College football preview capsule: Seton Hill at Lock Haven
NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Seton Hill (4-6, 2-5 PSAC West) at Lock Haven (1-9, 0-7 PSAC East) 1 p.m., Saturday at Hubert Jack Stadium, Lock Haven Series: Seton Hill leads, 2-0. Last meeting: Seton Hill 27, Lock Haven 10 (2015) About Seton Hill: Seton Hill has struggled...
Latrobe’s Austin Butler among Westmoreland County faces in new places this college hoops season
Fifth-year seniors and transfers are now a part of college sports, remnants of a life-changing pandemic that shook up programs at all levels, from Division I to NAIA and junior college. College basketball season is beginning this week across the country, and the game is no stranger to fluctuating rosters....
Westmoreland County Community College runners have high expectations for national meet
The Westmoreland County Community College cross country team is headed south to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III meet. For a change this year, it’s the WCCC men’s team, not the women, taking center stage Saturday at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, 80 miles southeast of Atlanta. “The...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Hempfield grad Tara Zollinger leads Shippensburg back to NCAA Tournament
Tara Zollinger had instant success when she took over the Shippensburg field hockey team, guiding the Raiders to back-to-back NCAA Division II championships — the only coach to do so. Three years later, the Hempfield graduate is still at it. Zollinger led the team this season to a perfect regular...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: GCC grad Mikayla Bisignani up for top award
Mikayla Bisignani is up for one of the top awards in women’s college sports. The Greensburg Central Catholic graduate who had a strong combo swimming and track and field career at Johns Hopkins is one of nine finalists for the 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The award is...
Freeport grad Thomas helps Chatham women’s soccer maintain streak of PAC final appearancesVideo
To mount a defense of its Presidents’ Athletic Conference title, the Chatham women’s soccer team needed to replace several key defenders who graduated. Defense was one of the primary reasons for the Cougars winning the 2020-21 title: They shut out seven of their 11 opponents last season, which was shortened...
District college football roundup: No. 15 Slippery Rock knocks off No. 3 Cal (Pa.)
Noah Grover threw for 466 yards and four touchdowns as No. 15 Slippery Rock jumped out to an early three-touchdown lead and upset No. 3 California, 38-26, in PSAC play Saturday afternoon. Cinque Sweeting caught seven passes for 177 yards and a touchdown for Slippery Rock (9-1, 6-1) while Jermaine...
Saint Vincent football set to take on reigning PAC champ Westminster
NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference Saint Vincent (4-4, 3-4 PAC) at Westminster (6-2, 6-1 PAC) 1 p.m. Saturday, Harold Burry Stadium, New Wilmington Series: Westminster leads 16-3 Last meeting: Westminster 42, Saint Vincent 14 on Sept. 21, 2019 About Saint Vincent: In last week’s 34-7 loss to Carnegie Mellon,...
Seton Hill football faces big test against IUP
NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference IUP (5-3, 4-2 PSAC West) vs. Seton Hill (4-5, 2-4 PSAC West) Noon Saturday at Offutt Field, Greensburg Series: IUP leads 7-0 Last meeting: IUP 50, Seton Hill 23 (2019) About IUP: Special teams have haunted the Crimson Hawks in their past two...
Saint Vincent picked for top spot in PAC women’s basketball preseason poll
After winning its second women’s basketball conference championship last year, Saint Vincent is the favorite to repeat. The Bearcats begin the season No. 1 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. Saint Vincent, coached by Jimmy Petruska, now in his 12th season, finished 10-0 (7-0 PAC) in a shortened...
Westminster heads up PAC preseason men’s basketball poll
A championship in the spring is just as impressive as one in the winter, as Westminster showed last season. The Titans finished 11-1 in a truncated 2020 season and raised the trophy in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. That run of success has the team on top of the PAC Men’s...
Cal U football moves to No. 3 in national rankings
Cal U rose a spot to No. 3 in the latest American Football Coaches Association Top 25 poll, equaling the Vulcans’ highest ranking in the poll. The Vulcans (8-0, 5-0 PSAC), who are coming off a 42-14 win over Seton Hill, are one of four undefeated teams in Division II...
Westmoreland County Campus Clippings: Seton Hill women’s basketball team headed to Montana
The Seton Hill women’s basketball team will open the season earlier than usual, and more than halfway across the country. After last season was canceled because of the covid pandemic, the Griffins are stretching out and hitting the road. The team will get things started at the D2CAA Tip-Off Classic...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson on Haskins Award watch list
If golf had a Heisman Trophy, this would be it. The Fred Haskins Award has been given out for 52 years to the country’s most outstanding collegiate golfer. Palmer Jackson could be the next recipient. Jackson, a junior at Notre Dame and a Franklin Regional graduate, was one of 15...
New head coach has plans to grow CCAC Boyce baseball program
Bill Spina wasn’t ready to walk away from all the sweat equity he put into the Community College of Allegheny County Boyce Campus’ baseball program. Spina, a Plum graduate, will take over the program as coach this year following the resignation of his friend, Austin Long. Long took a position...
District college football roundup: CMU defense shuts down Saint Vincent
Tre Vasiliadis ran for 102 yards and three touchdowns to lead Carnegie Mellon (6-2, 6-1) to a 34-7 victory over Saint Vincent (4-4, 3-4) in PAC play Saturday. Carnegie Mellon’s defense shut down Saint Vincent’s run game, giving up zero rushing yards. The Bearcats’ Brady Walker threw for 208 yards...
College football preview capsule: Seton Hill vs. Cal (Pa.), Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021
NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Seton Hill (4-4, 2-3 PSAC West) vs. No. 4/14 Cal (Pa.) (7-0, 4-0 PSAC West) 4 p.m., Saturday at Adamson Stadium, California Series: Cal (Pa.) leads, 8-0. Last meeting: Cal (Pa.) 28, Seton Hill 14 (2019) About Seton Hill: The Griffins blanked winless...
College football preview capsule: Saint Vincent vs. Carnegie Mellon, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1 p.m.
NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference Carnegie Mellon (5-2, 5-1 PAC) vs. Saint Vincent (4-3, 3-3 PAC) 1 p.m., Saturday, Chuck Noll Field, Unity Series: CMU leads, 7-5-1 Last meeting: Sept. 28, 2019: CMU 49, Saint Vincent 14 About Carnegie Mellon: The Tartans have won four consecutive games and outscored...
Gannon, Shippensburg ranked atop PSAC women’s basketball preseason poll
Defending conference champion Gannon and Shippensburg are the favorites to win titles in the Pennsylvania State Athetic Conference West and East divisions, according to preseason coaches polls. Gannon went 13-1 in a season shortened by the covid pandemic, a year after the Golden Knights finished 25-6. Gannon returns key players...
Shippensburg, IUP tabbed as favorites in PSAC men’s basketball preseason poll
After averaging 77.6 points and going 24-7 last season, including an 18-4 mark in conference, the Shippensburg men’s basketball team is expected to repeat in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Division. IUP, meantime, is the favorite to win the West Division. Shippensburg brings back three starters, including grad student...
Penn State QB Sean Clifford, Slippery Rock’s Henry Litwin among Campbell Trophy finalistsVideo
IRVING, Texas — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford, Iowa State All-America tight end Charlie Kolar and Michigan star defensive end Aidan Hutchinson are among 13 finalists for the Campbell Trophy, which honors the top scholar-athlete in college football. The National Football Foundation chooses finalists from all levels of college football,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill’s Wolf leads pack at PSAC cross country championships
The pack was chasing a Wolf at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference cross country championships at Kutztown. At least that was the case down the stretch. Seton Hill senior Sydney Wolf became the first woman in school history to win a PSAC final as her final 300-meter push gave her...
Penn State New Kensington men’s soccer optimistic entering postseason
After a regular season full of positive outcomes for the Penn State New Kensington men’s soccer team, the Lions turn their attention to a quest for gold this week at the Penn State University Athletic Conference tournament. PSNK (11-4 overall) finished conference play 8-2 and will be the No. 3...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Pitt-Greensburg tennis players honored
Pitt-Greensburg’s queens of the court cleaned up when the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference postseason awards came out last week. Sophomore Emily Ruhlman was named the conference player of the year for the second straight season, and Doug Smeltzer was a co-coach of the year recipient. Six Bobcats players received first-...
Highlands grad Brayden Thimons key cog in Westminster’s staunch defenseVideo
Westminster’s Scott Benzel has been coaching college football for two decades. As such, he can appreciate a guy who brings a little swagger to a defense. For the Titans, that guy is Highlands grad Brayden Thimons. Thimons, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound senior, spearheads a defense that held high-powered Washington & Jefferson...
