District College category, Page 53

Brennan Marion’s GoGo offense has made its way around the country since he put the system in place a few years ago at Howard. Marion, a Greensburg Salem graduate, has seen shades of his offense in plays run by Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma, and even in the NFL by Kliff...

NCAA Division II lost nearly $35 million of its projected allocation revenue from the cancellation of the 2019-20 men’s basketball championships due to the covid-19 pandemic. The NCAA did divvy up $270 million from multiple insurance policies and Division II announced it received $15 million to help mitigate the financial...

Aaron Smetanka could be on his way to climbing the coaching ranks in college football. For now, the third-year Saint Vincent coach just hopes to see a season in 2021. The coronavirus wiped out the 2020 season in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference and left teams anxious and longing for a...

Jayla Wehner went from having doubts about a season happening to earning a starting spot on the Marian women’s basketball team. The Norwin graduate and college freshman has become an important backcourt player for Marian, a private school in Indianapolis that fields a prominent NAIA program. With covid-19 lurking at...

Blake Zubovic has watched and learned. He has put in the time while learning the nuances of Division I college football. On Saturday, the Pitt offensive lineman earned his chance to make an impact with the first-teamers. Zubovic (6-foot-4, 320 pounds), a Belle Vernon graduate who redshirted in 2018 and...

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference on Friday announced tentative plans for seasons affected by the coronavirus pandemic to return to competition during the spring 2021 semester. “We are planning for winter and spring intercollegiate athletic competition, including resumption of postponed fall sports. Across the conference, our teams have been training and...

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference on Thursday announced it will permit league championships to take place in women’s and men’s swimming and cross country. The decision comes after the recent conference board of directors votes to cancel mandated regular-season schedules and championships for all fall and winter sports. The board...

Carnegie Mellon athletics announced Thursday it has canceled intercollegiate competition for the winter season because of ongoing concerns with the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement from the athletic department, Tartans athletic teams also will not resume play any sooner than March 1, 2021. The decision affects the schedules for both...

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced Wednesday that the winter sports seasons and championships have been canceled because of the coronavirus. The cancellation comes following a vote of the league’s board of directors. Teams in the PSAC are Seton Hill, Cal (Pa.), IUP, Slippery Rock, Clarion, Pitt-Johnstown, Edinboro, Mercyhurst, Gannon,...

It had been a decade since Westmoreland County Community College had an All-American in cross country, but sophomore Olivia Jumper joined elite company when she earned those accolades at the NJCAA Championships at Iowa Central. Jumper, a Greensburg native, crossed the finish line in 22 minutes, 47.75 seconds to finish...

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference first delayed and now canceled all “mandated” fall sports competitions at its NCAA Division II schools, unless a number of teams still want to participate. The decision impacts football, cross country, soccer, women’s volleyball and field hockey. If six or more schools commit to competing...

Michelle Burns had a double-figure scoring debut for Point Park, which opened the women’s basketball season with a 92-83 loss to Bryant & Stratton-Buffalo. Burns, a senior point guard from Hempfield who was tabbed a preseason all-conference player in the River States Athletic Conference, had 17 points, all in the...

Despite a resolution from the University Athletic Association Presidents Council to cancel all winter sports, Carnegie Mellon plans to pursue playing a nonconference schedule. “The UAA resolution applies to formal UAA competition only, and Carnegie Mellon will continue to pursue competitive opportunities for all sports during the spring semester,” athletic...

Standing on the sidelines as a member of a No. 1 ranked college soccer team is nice, but seeing the field and contributing to a victory is much better. Just ask Luke Mort. A redshirt freshman forward and Greensburg Central Catholic graduate for top-ranked Pitt, scored his first college goal...

Saint Vincent will serve as the host program for the 2022 NCAA Division III women’s volleyball championship Nov. 17-19 at Duquesne’s UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. The 2018 championship also was played at Duquesne at the then-A.J. Palumbo Center. It marked the first time a Presidents’ Athletic Conference member was selected to...

This is starting to get repetitious. But the Westmoreland County Community College women’s cross country team wouldn’t have it any other way. The Wolfpack made it four wins in four races this fall as they captured the Lynx Invitational, hosted by Carroll Community College, in Westminster, Md. WCCC took the...

Women coaching and officiating among men is becoming more common at all levels of basketball, from high school to the pros. A local woman is following that trend. Former Saint Vincent and Fox Chapel basketball standout Kayla Slovenec has been named a graduate assistant coach at St. Thomas University in...

When numerous collegiate athletic conferences cancelled or postponed fall seasons, it got Jazlyn Rozier wondering if the River States Conference, the NAIA home for the Point Park women’s volleyball team, would follow suit. “We weren’t sure that by the time school came we would have the chance to play,” said...

Daryn Freedman is a well-traveled man. In 25-plus years, basketball has given him a tour of the eastern part of the country and provided coaching opportunities at several levels. But with his family here, Western Pennsylvania has become his landing spot for jobs. His latest one will be in the...

Pitt-Greensburg did not have to look far to find its next women’s basketball coach. Two-year assistant and former standout player Kelsey Oddis was waiting in the wings. Oddis, a Burrell graduate, will replace Hayley Schaetzle, who resigned after three seasons. “I look forward to continuing to build the culture that...

Pitt-Greensburg did not have to look far to find its next women’s basketball coach. Two-year assistant and former standout player Kelsey Oddis was waiting in the wings. Oddis, a Burrell graduate, will be promoted to replace Hayley Schaetzle, who resigned after three seasons. “I look forward to continuing to build...

Austin Long is optimistic. The head baseball coach at the Community College of Allegheny County Boyce Campus in Monroeville hopes the team can return to game action in the spring after last spring’s season was wiped out at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Ongoing issues with the pandemic also...

Pitt-Greensburg is looking for a new women’s basketball coach after Hayley Schaetzle resigned Tuesday. Schaetzle stepped down to join her husband Thurman, who is an assistant coach at Canisius College, and is moving with him in Buffalo. She was named the 2019-20 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year...

With two wins in as many races to open the season, the Westmoreland County Community College women’s cross country team finds itself in elite company. For the first time, WCCC is ranked No. 2 in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association national poll. WCCC won...