District College category, Page 70

Saint Vincent women return experienced group to make run at 2nd PAC title

Ask the Saint Vincent women’s basketball coach what he likes most about the current version of Bearcats, and you likely won’t get a straight answer. There seem to be so many choices. For Jimmy Petruska, whose team is coming off its third NCAA Division III playoffs appearance in eight-plus seasons...
Pine-Richland grad Hunter Baxter ascends to starting spot at Maryland

After two years of paying his dues, Pine-Richland product Hunter Baxter has earned his spot as the top 141-pound wrestler in Maryland’s starting lineup. The redshirt sophomore already has accomplished plenty in his 21⁄2 years as a Terrapin — winning Academic All-Big Ten honors and earned the team’s freshman of...
Seton Hill, Saint Vincent football teams face district showdowns

NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference SETON HILL at CAL (PA.) Adamson Stadium 4 p.m. Saturday Records: Seton Hill 2-6, 2-4 PSAC West; Cal (Pa.) 6-3, 4-2 Coaches: Daniel Day, Seton Hill; Gary Dunn, Cal (Pa.) Last week: IUP 50, Seton Hill 23; Slippery Rock 31, Cal (Pa.) 28...
Chase Balla does it all for Allegheny’s football team

Chase Balla is a jack-of-all-trades for the Allegheny College football team. The 5-foot-8, 180-pound junior has served as an anchor of the defense as a linebacker/defensive back hybrid since his freshman season, when he earned All-North Coast Athletic Conference honorable-mention honors. Balla, a Valley High School graduate, has been a...
Unbeaten Pitt-Greensburg going after AMCC title Saturday

Pitt-Greensburg will try to win the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference women’s soccer title on Saturday afternoon. Each time the Bobcats (18-0-1) take the field, they put their undefeated record on the line. They are the top seed in the tournament for the first time and will face No. 2 Penn...
College basketball preview: New coach welcomes pressure to keep Saint Vincent on top

The changes are many, but the expectations for the Saint Vincent College men’s basketball program remain the same. A perennial title contender, Saint Vincent is the narrow choice in a preseason poll of conference coaches to win the NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference regular season title. Gone are longtime...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Deer Lakes grad Irvine has hat trick for Saint Vincent

Hannah Irvine was on point offensively for the Saint Vincent women’s soccer team in a 3-1 victory over Thiel to cap the 2019 season. The Deer Lakes graduate, a sophomore midfielder, recorded a hat trick as the Bearcats finished 2-6 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference and 2-14 overall. Irvine led...
Former Highlands teammates face off in PAC playoffs

Tuesday night was a historical one for the Chatham women’s soccer team. The Cougars captured the first playoff victory in the history of the program and did so in dramatic fashion by defeating No. 1 seed Westminster 1-0 in the first round of the President’s Athletic Conference tournament. The Cougars...
Ohio State’s Luke Pletcher moves up to No. 1

Latrobe native Luke Pletcher, a senior wrestler at Ohio State, is now ranked No. 1 at 141 pounds by InterMat Rankings. Pletcher, who began the season ranked No. 3, leaped over preseason No. 1 Oklahoma sophomore Dom Demas and No. 2 Penn State junior Nick Lee after defeating Demas in...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Soccer trio helps Duquesne to A-10 Tournament

A trio of local players helped lead the Duquesne women’s soccer team into the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Sophomore midfielder Hannah Nguyen (Penn-Trafford) has started 16 games and has a goal and an assist, and redshirt junior defender Marley Smith (Norwin) has made 14 starts and sophomore forward Lexi Kendro (Norwin)...
College basketball players to watch from Westmoreland

Here come the Butlers and the Burnses. College basketball season is here again and Westmoreland County will be well represented at the Division I through NAIA levels. While Latrobe has produced the lion’s share of prospects in recent years, the rest of the county also has spread plenty of next-level...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Eddins, Austin lead No. 1 Pitt-Johnstown wrestling

Two area wrestlers who were All-Americans at Pitt-Johnstown last year will open this season ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division II Super Region I. Senior Chris Eddins, a Greensburg Salem graduate and two-time national champion, is No. 1 at 149 pounds, and redshirt senior Devin Austin (Penn-Trafford) has the top...
Weekend College Top 10: Duquesne’s Jerry Schmitt earns milestone victory

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Schmitt becomes Dukes’ all-time winningest coach Daniel Parr had three total touchdowns as Duquesne defeated St. Francis (Pa.), 30-21, on Saturday to give Jerry Schmitt his 98th win with the Dukes. He passed Greg Gattuso...
District football roundup: Duquesne, Robert Morris remain unbeaten in NEC

Daniel Parr threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, and Duquesne cashed in on a turnover to beat St. Francis (Pa.), 30-21, on Saturday to remain undefeated in Northeast Conference play. The win was coach Jerry Schmitt’s 98th, the most in program history. Parr’s 15-yard pass to Kellon...
College basketball preview: D-III men’s teams, players to watch

D-III teams to watch Saint Vincent: Coach Terrance Smith replaces D.P. Harris after 16 years. … Bearcats won regular-season PAC title before losing in the conference semifinals. Finished 22-5 overall and 14-2 in the league. … Led league with 79.1 points per game. … Must replace PAC Player of the...
College basketball preview: Division III/NAIA women’s teams and players to watch

Teams to watch La Roche: Won seven straight AMCC titles from 2011-17 but will look to end a two-year drought as Hilbert has captured previous two conference titles. … Redhawks return four of five starters. ••• Saint Vincent: Won PAC title in the first year of the post-Thomas More era,...

« First ‹ Previous 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 Next ›

Partner News