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Cal alum Kaitlynn Fratz makes WBCA’s 30-under-30 coaches list
A former Cal (Pa.) women’s basketball standout is considered one of the country’s young, on-the-rise coaches. Kaitlynn Fratz, an assistant at Maryland, was named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association 30-under-30 list for the 2019-20 season. Fratz was selected for meeting the criteria of “involvement in community service, mentorship and...
ACC officially cancels spring sports season
The ACC announced Tuesday it is shutting down all athletic-related activities, including all competition and practices, through the end of the 2019-20 academic year. It was a unanimous decision made to mitigate the further spread of coronavirus. Each university will continue to work in accordance with its school and state...
Two more college governing bodies, NAIA and NJCAA, shut down spring sports
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the National Junior College Athletic Association waited as long as they could to make a decision on their spring sports seasons. But, like so many other organizations around the country, both were swept under the current caused by coronavirus. The NAIA and NJCAA...
As Penn State Beaver knows, not all college basketball national championships were canceled
In all her years of playing basketball, Penn State Beaver senior Cheyenne Lopez never cut down a net. That changed last Wednesday, and in earning that privilege, Lopez and the Lions might have become the answer to a trivia question. What was the only women’s basketball team to win a...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Latrobe grad Biss picks up honors for Shippensburg
Shippensburg basketball standout Jake Biss had a career season, and his efforts were recognized. The junior from Latrobe was named to the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-Atlantic Region First Team. Biss, who was the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division Athlete of the Year, was the point guard...
Penn Hills grad picks up new event, has bright future for NC State swim team
Penn Hills graduate Kimani Gregory happily took on a new event as a freshman on the nationally ranked North Carolina State men’s swimming team. Gregory competed in the 100-yard breaststroke, as well as the 50 and 100 freestyles, in the ACC championship meet Feb. 26-29 in Greensboro, N.C. He ranks...
North Allegheny grads make impact at ACC swimming championships
North Allegheny graduates Jack Wright and Jerry Chen were top contributors to their teams at the ACC men’s swimming championship meet Feb. 26-29 in Greensboro, N.C. Wright, a Virginia freshman, made the A final of the 200-yard freestyle, the only freshman in the 12-team field to do so. He placed...
North Allegheny’s Savchik reaches NCAA diving championships
North Allegheny alum and Rochester men’s senior diver Stephen Savchik is capping his career in a big way. Savchik qualified for the NCAA Division III championships March 18-21 in Greensboro, N.C. Savchik placed fourth on the 1-meter board with 463.40 points and 10th on the 3-meter board (429.25) in the...
Hampton grad White takes steps forward for Duquesne diving
Her freshman year, it didn’t take Adrienne White long to get acclimated to college diving. Now, the two-time Atlantic 10 rookie of the week is not only focused on her own improvement, but on helping her teammates as well. White finished 10th in the conference championships in the 1-meter diving...
PSAC, PAC, AMCC college leagues shut down spring sports seasons
Three state college leagues have chimed in on the coronavirus scare with the best interest of student-athletes and fans in mind, each joining a sports world that has gone dark in the last few days. The Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, and the Presidents’ Athletic Conference and Allegheny Mountain...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Penn State’s Maddie Holmberg honored again
Maddie Holmberg, a Penn State senior and Hempfield alum, was named the United Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year. She is a repeat winner of the award, which has a lot of words in its name but almost seems fitting in that...
Jeannette product, Long Island standout Julian Batts has ‘good career ahead’
Julian Batts showed steady improvement over the course of his four years with the Long Island men’s basketball team. While the school underwent a significant change — the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds were rebranded as the LIU Sharks after a merger with C.W. Post — Batts felt he stayed the same....
Locals Oberdorf, Myers garner MAAC softball honors
Marist teammates and former Westmoreland County and WPIAL softball standouts Claire Oberdorf and Kiley Myers swept the latest Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference player of the week honors. Oberdorf, a third baseman out of Greensburg Salem, was tabbed player of the week and Myers, who is from Latrobe, was the pitcher...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Pitt-Greensburg coaches honored by AMCC
Brody Jackson led Pitt-Greensburg to one of the best regular seasons in the history of the men’s basketball program. He was recognized for the accomplishment by being named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year. His counterpart, Hayley Schaetzle, received the same conference honor on the women’s side...
Spencer Lee semifinalist for nation’s top amateur athlete award
Spencer Lee is considered one of the top amateur athletes in the nation. The proof certainly is in the results: two NCAA wrestling titles at Iowa and an All-American career so far at the collegiate level. The Franklin Regional grad and Hawkeyes junior is now up for an award representative...
Latrobe grad Luke Pletcher captures first Big Ten wrestling titleVideo
Ohio State senior Luke Pletcher (Latrobe) lost his No. 1 ranking when Penn State’s Nick Lee handed him his first loss of the season Feb. 12. It was Pletcher’s time to shine Sunday in the 141-pound Big Ten finals at Rutgers. A late takedown gave Pletcher his first conference title...
Weekend College Top 10: IUP men, women get top seeds for NCAA Tournament
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. IUP men roll to 2nd straight PSAC title Tournament MVP Shawndale Jones finished with a career-high 24 points as the No. 7 Crimson Hawks routed Shippensburg, 77-59, in the conference title game Sunday. PSAC CHAMPS!!!...
Spencer Lee finally breaks through for Big Ten title, aims for third national title
It’s hard to believe Spencer Lee has never won a conference title before Sunday. The Iowa wrestler has won everything else at the college level, and always strives for something greater. But he finally added Big Ten gold to his decorated career. Lee, a junior out of Franklin Regional, was...
IUP men, women seeded first in NCAA Atlantic Regional, will host opening games
The road to the Elite Eight will run through Indiana. IUP made it a double-dip for No. 1 seeds Sunday night when the NCAA announced pairings for the Division II men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. Both IUP teams earned top seeds and home games in the Atlantic Regional, which means...
IUP women, men get top regional seeds for NCAA Division II basketball tournament
Despite being upset by Gannon, 50-40, in the PSAC women’s basketball championship game, IUP earned the top seed in the Atlantic Regional to begin the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Crimson Hawks (28-3) will host the first three rounds of the tournament and will face CIAA champion and No. 8...
Quaker Valley grad Harkins helps win SUNY swim title
For the third consecutive season, Quaker Valley alum Harry Harkins sparkled in relays as the SUNY Geneseo men’s swimming team won the State University of New York Athletic Conference title for the seventh year in a row. Harkins, a junior, anchored the 800-yard freestyle team that improved its meet record...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Josh Yourish shines for George Mason at A-10 championships
Deer Lakes graduate Josh Yourish transitioned to distance running this winter, and he capped his freshman indoor season at George Mason by helping the 3,200-meter relay team earn bronze Sunday at the Atlantic 10 championships in Kingston, R.I. The quartet’s time of 7 minutes, 45.68 seconds trailed conference champion Rhode...
Fite, Biss chosen top coach, athlete in PSAC East basketball
Chris Fite offers high praise for Jake Biss, his steely-eyed point guard at Shippensburg. But the feeling is mutual when it comes to Biss’ respect for his coach. Fite and Biss, both Latrobe alums, were lauded by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference on Thursday, Fite as the coach of the...
Jeannette’s Julian Batts sinks game-winner for LIU Brooklyn in NEC tourney openerVideo
Julian Batts never imagined he could get this much attention for a layup. But this layup was different. It had excitement and charisma. It brought the crowd to its feet. And it was a season-saver. The Long Island Brooklyn senior point guard took an inbound pass on the wing Wednesday...
Darius Lawrence, La Roche ready to check next box in NCAA Tournament
Two free throws with 35 seconds remaining. The game, the conference championship and an NCAA Tournament bid were on the line. So what was going through the mind of La Roche senior guard Darius Lawrence? “Nothing, honestly,” said the Ambridge product, whose team trailed by one. “I shoot free throws...
