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Penn-Trafford alum Lydia DeFazio named AMCC softball preseason player of year
Lydia DeFazio took the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference by storm last softball season. After her breakthrough year, Mt. Aloysius can’t hide its secret weapon any more. DeFazio, a junior who has played first base and catcher at the college level, was tabbed the AMCC Preseason Player of the Year, and...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Latrobe’s Biss hits 1,000 points at Shippensburg
Junior point guard Jake Biss became the 34th player in Shippensburg men’s basketball history to reach 1,000 career points. The former Latrobe standout played a brow-raising 50 minutes in Saturday’s 104-103 double-overtime loss to Lock Haven. He added four rebounds and two assists for the Raiders (20-5, 16-3 PSAC). In...
Pitt-Greensburg names coaches for women’s bowling, men’s golf programs
Playing experience stood out on the resumes of two new coaching hires at Pitt-Greensburg. Amanda Balas was named coach of the new women’s bowling team, which will play an independent schedule in 2020-21 and plans to join the AMCC the following year. Balas was an accomplished bowler at Division-I St....
Weekend College Top 10: Jordan Rawls becomes Allegheny’s all-time scoring leader
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Allegheny’s Rawls breaks school’s scoring record Senior Jordan Rawls (Allderdice) scored 18 points Saturday and became the program’s all-time leader with 1,701 points during a 90-63 victory over Denison. AND THERE IT IS!!! Jordan Rawls...
Alle-Kiski campus clippings: WVU’s Pierson dazzles for gymnastics teams
Abbie Pierson is making her mark in her first season with the West Virginia women’s gymnastics team. The St. Joseph graduate and Mountaineers freshman has four podium finishes: two on balance beam, one on vault and one on floor. Three are event wins. In her collegiate debut Jan. 11 against...
Pine-Richland grad Rourke making most of senior season with Gannon women’s basketball
Since stepping onto campus four years ago, Gannon women’s basketball player Chelsea Rourke has appeared 111 games. In that time, she has amassed more than 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. At this point, the senior forward and Pine-Richland alum is relishing each game remaining in her time with the Golden...
Sewickley Academy’s Pryor reaches new heights for Catholic University
Sewickley Academy graduate Justin Pryor is driving to the basket more, and it is helping him on the Catholic University men’s basketball team. Pryor, a 6-foot-3 junior guard, recently had two career-high 15-point games. He said laying the ball up was something he hung his hat on before the Division...
Plum grad Justin Decheck makes impact for Gannon swim team
Plum graduate Justin Decheck is doing better than expected as a freshman on the Gannon men’s swimming team. Decheck, 18, qualified for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship meet this week in York in seven events individually. He ranks seventh in the Division II conference in the 100-yard backstroke with...
UPJ’s Pat Pecora, college wrestling’s winningest coach, keeps climbing
Last Friday at Pitt-Johnstown, Pat Pecora did something he never thought would’ve been possible when he started coaching wrestling 44 years ago. With several alumni in attendance, Pecora’s No. 4-ranked Mountain Cats defeated No. 11-ranked Mercyhurst, 22-12, and the longtime UPJ coach earned his 617th career win, making him college...
North Allegheny grad Piper Morningstar finds home at Washington & Jefferson
North Allegheny graduate and Division I transfer Piper Morningstar is hitting her stride in a new role as a sophomore on the Washington & Jefferson women’s basketball team. “Piper is starting to play her best basketball in the last few weeks,” Washington & Jefferson coach Jina DeRubbo said. “Her confidence...
Brennan Marion, Greensburg Salem alum, to coach wide receivers at Hawaii
What happens when Brennan Marion’s “Go-Go” offense meets the “High Octane” style of former Pitt coach Todd Graham? We’re about to find out … in Hawaii? Talk about somewhere over the rainbow. Marion, the Greensburg Salem alum whose uptempo scheme has worked at several other places, is leaving William &...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Ligonier Valley grad Miller earns field MVP
Olivia Miller didn’t go to the River States Conference indoor track and field championships to finish second. Not in her top event, at least. The Carlow junior and Ligonier Valley graduate won her second title in the triple jump, soaring 10.8 meters to reach the medal stand for the third...
Geneva introduces men’s golf team
Two years after Geneva College introduced a women’s golf program, the school in Beaver Falls announced it will add men’s golf as a varsity sport in the fall of 2021. The addition will bring Geneva’s number of varsity sports to 19. Andrew Fee, who coaches the women’s golf team, also...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Latrobe grad Austin Butler eclipses 1,000 points
It took Austin Butler less than four years to reach 1,000 points when he played at Latrobe. The basketball standout hit the fast track to the milestone in college, too. Butler, a junior point guard at Holy Cross, scored his 1,000th career point for the Crusaders in a 74-60 loss...
Weekend College Top 10: Pitt-Johnstown wrestling coach becomes NCAA’s all-time wins leader
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Pitt-Johnstown wrestling coach makes NCAA history Pat Pecora became college wrestling’s all-time leader in wins with 617 as the fourth-ranked Mountain Cats defeated 11th-ranked Mercyhurst, 22-12, on Friday. Pitt-Johnstown wrestling beats Mercyhurst, 22-13. Mountain Cats'...
Penn-Trafford grad has NCAA diving ambitions
When she recruited him, Chicago diving coach Becky Benson envisioned Penn-Trafford’s Logan Sherwin qualifying for this season’s NCAA Division III men’s championship meet and earning All-America honors. Sherwin, a freshman, will take a step toward both at the Division III Central Regional meet Feb. 28-29 at Denison. A minimum of...
Pitt-Johnstown’s Pat Pecora set to become winningest coach in college wrestling history
The Pitt-Johnstown wrestling team will host No. 11 Mercyhurst in a PSAC matchup Friday. If the No. 4 Mountain Cats are victorious, coach Pat Pecora will earn his 617th victory and become the all-time winningest coach in college wrestling history. Pecora tied former Oregon State coach Dale Thomas, who took...
Franklin Regional alum Michael Kemerer picks up national honor
Michael Kemerer’s attention-grabbing victory last Friday — and a second against another nationally ranked opponent that followed on Sunday — earned him national recognition. Kemerer, a senior at Iowa and a Franklin Regional alum, was tabbed the USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week. Ranked No. 2 in the nation at...
Jeannette product Robert Kennedy chooses East Carolina for next stop
Jeannette’s Robert Kennedy kept it as quiet as he could. He made a visit to the East Carolina campus over the weekend and took in the sights. But he had done the same thing in recent weeks at Arkansas State, Marshall, Massachusetts and Old Dominion. This visit, though, was different....
IUP women remain at No. 5 in national Division II rankings
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team holds steady at No. 5 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Crimson Hawks, who own the longest win streak in program history and a 20-1 overall record, are ranked in the...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Podkul has 2 big games for Grove City women’s basketball
Grove City junior forward Allison Podkul (Hempfield) had a career-high six assists and five steals to go with six points as Grove City (16-2, 8-2) handed Saint Vincent (13-6, 9-1) its first PAC loss of the season 68-65. Junior Madison Kollar (Latrobe) led Saint Vincent with 16 points, and junior...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Kemerer gets huge win for Iowa wrestling
Michael Kemerer has won some big matches in his college wrestling career at Iowa, but the one he registered last Friday night turned heads around the country. Kemerer, a redshirt senior out of Franklin Regional who is ranked No. 2 in the nation at 174 pounds, worked his way past...
New Ohio State volleyball coach Jennifer Flynn Oldenburg broadens Baldwin connection
Ohio State athletics has developed a narrow but significant pipeline in attracting former Baldwin athletes into its distinguished program. Two of the greatest female athletes in school history at Baldwin, Jennifer Flynn Oldenburg and Kelly Kovach Schoenly, are members of the OSU coaching fraternity. Oldenburg, 41, was hired Jan. 17...
Weekend College top 10: Cal (Pa.) men clinch 1st PSAC tourney berth in 6 seasons
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Cal (Pa.) men end PSAC Tournament drought Jermaine Hall Jr. scored a career-best 23 points, and the Vulcans clinched their first conference tournament berth since 2013-14 with a 98-70 victory over Slippery Rock on Saturday....
College wrestling notebook: Franklin Regional grad Michael Kemerer carries Iowa past Penn State
When Iowa defeated Penn State, 19-17, on Friday in a wrestling match that featured the top two teams in country, it was two Franklin Regional grads that led the way. No. 1-ranked and two-time NCAA 125-pound champion Spencer Lee picked up a technical fall win for the top-ranked Hawkeyes. Lee...
