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Westmoreland campus clippings: Stone transferring to Robert Morris
In a matter of four days, Brandon Stone set his college basketball career on a new course. Last Saturday, he left the La Salle campus. On Monday, he entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. By Tuesday, he had a new suitor: Robert Morris. It happened that quickly for the former Southmoreland...
PSUAC cancels fall and winter athletic seasons
The athletic programs in the Penn State University Athletic Conference, including Penn State New Kensington, Beaver, Fayette, Greater Allegheny and Shenango, continue to come to terms with Friday’s decision by the conference’s executive committee to cancel all intercollegiate athletics competition for men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer and...
Westmoreland County football players named to Westminster All-Decade team
Three former Westmoreland County football players were named to the Westminster All-Decade team which was released Tuesday. Running back Dominique McKinley and defensive end Bobby Noble were named to the first team, and offensive lineman Cameron Mika to the second team. McKinley, a Greensburg Salem graduate, rushed for 3,367 yards...
Former Southmoreland star Brandon Stone transferring to Robert Morris
In a matter of four days, Brandon Stone set his college basketball career on a new course. On Saturday, he left the La Salle campus. On Monday, he entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. By Tuesday, he had a new suitor: Robert Morris. Yes, it happened that quickly for the former...
Former Plum slugger pleased to be back in purple as coach at Evansville
Jordan Seneca had last worn purple in a softball-game setting in the spring of 2014 as a senior at Plum. This past fall, she again donned that familiar color, beginning a tenure as a graduate assistant coach with the softball program at Division I University of Evansville. It is a...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Spencer Lee receives award before Iowa football game
Iowa senior wrestler Spencer Lee was honored virtually in April as co-winner of the prestigious AAU James E. Sullivan Award, which recognizes the nation’s most outstanding amateur athlete. He actually got his hands on the award over the weekend, accepting it in person. Lee, a Franklin Regional alum, was presented...
Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee to receive Sullivan Award in person Saturday
Iowa senior wrestler Spencer Lee was honored virtually in April as a co-winner of the prestigious AAU James E. Sullivan Award, which recognizes the nation’s most outstanding amateur athlete. Now he will actually get his hands on the award. Covid-19 is still ravaging the country with spikes in positive cases,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Brennan Marion’s offensive influence grows
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 reducing qualifiers for 2021 postseasons in winter, spring sports
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...
Saint Vincent’s Aaron Smetanka named to AFCA 35-under-35 coaching institute
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...
Bramah carries Robert Morris over NAIA Point Park, 75-57Video
MOON TOWNSHIP — AJ Bramah scored the first four points of the game, finishing with 18 points and seven rebounds as Robert Morris topped Point Park, 75-57, in its season opener Saturday night. Olisa Ngonadi added 13 points, eight rebounds and three blocks off the bench for Robert Morris. Dante...
Norwin grad Jayla Wehner shows drive to succeed at NAIA Marian
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...
Campus clippings: Belle Vernon graduate makes 1st start for Pitt
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...
Presidents’ Athletic Conference announces plans for spring semester competition
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...
PSAC will permit swimming, cross country to stage league championships
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 cancels winter sports seasons
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...
PSAC cancels winter sports for 2020-21 season
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,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: WCCC’s Jumper earns All-America honors
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...
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference cancels fall sports after earlier delay
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...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Hempfield’s Burns solid in opener
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...
UAA cancels winter sports, but Carnegie Mellon will pursue out-of-conference schedule
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...
Westmoreland campus clippings: GCC grad Mort scores for No. 1 Pitt men’s soccer
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...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent to host ’22 NCAA women’s volleyball finals
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...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: WCCC women’s cross country wins again
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...
Saint Vincent connection in Florida as Kayla Slovenec joins DP Harris’ staff at St. Thomas
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...
