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Chartiers Valley grad Mason returns to lacrosse, hopes to help budding Westminster program
Two years ago, Kim Eldridge was charged with building the Westminster women’s lacrosse program from the ground up. As is the case with many fledgling teams, the Titans had their share of struggles. They went 1-9 in their inaugural season then improved to a more-respectable 5-9 last season, though they...
Hempfield grad Bewak named captain of prostyle wrestling team
Paul Bewak is considered the top wrestler in John Hopkins history after finishing his career in 2015 as a three-time NCAA Division III All-American with a 135-24 record. He is the winningest wrestler in school history. The 2011 Hempfield grad on Thursday was named team captain of the Pennsylvania Great...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Local softball pitchers shine as freshmen
The adjustment period for a few area softball pitchers has been like their throwing speed on the radar gun: glove-popping fast. Freshmen Bailey Parshall, Meadow Uncapher and Dana Vatakis have jumped into the pitching circle with urgency and efficiency. The former Westmoreland County stars are taking the momentum from their...
3 former UPJ wrestlers to be inducted into Division II Hall of Fame
Three Pitt-Johnstown national champions are part of the 2019 class that will be inducted into the Division II National Wrestling Hall of Fame on March 7 in Cleveland. Penn-Trafford graduate Lee Schickel, Shad Benton and Shane Valko are part of the six-member class. The others being inducted are Antonio Guerra...
Pitt-Greensburg baseball duo land on AMCC watch list
Two members of the Pitt-Greensburg baseball team were listed as players to watch in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference preseason poll. Senior first baseman Tyler Holland (Baldwin) and senior left fielder Chris Common (Penn-Trafford) were named. Holland was a first-team AMCC all-star last season. He batted .364 with nine home...
La Roche pitcher Tre Thomas looks to build on breakout season
La Roche pitcher Tre Thomas had a 2018 season many of his peers would envy. Then a sophomore, the Ambridge grad went 9-1 with a 1.47 ERA, earned honorable mention All-American honors from D3Baseball.com and was the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Pitcher of the Year. But Redhawks coach Chase Rowe...
5 players to watch in district college baseball for 2019
John Bini, junior, P, Grove City: All-PAC first-teamer, finished season 5-4 with 2.92 ERA … 53 strikeouts, 21 walks in 71 innings … Pitched conference-high six complete games … Held opponents to .241 batting average. Tommy Cannon, senior, C/IF, Allegheny: .402 batting average ranked fifth in North Coast Athletic Conference,...
St. Francis pitcher Meadow Uncapher named NEC Rookie of Week
Meadow Uncapher took a roundabout path to Division I softball, but St. Francis (Pa.) is glad the freshman pitcher found her way to Loretto. Uncapher, a former pitcher and infielder who won WPIAL and PIAA championships at Mt. Pleasant, won her first two starts for the Red Flash (5-4) and...
Pine-Richland graduate Petcash carves out role with Boston University
About this time two years ago, Andrew Petcash was leading the Pine-Richland boys basketball team to a WPIAL Class 6A title and a PIAA Class 6A championship-game appearance. Since then, the former point guard has settled in at Boston University, transitioning into a different type of player in a different...
IUP men’s basketball moves to No. 2 in national rankings
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team moved up one spot to No. 2 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday. It is the highest ranking for the Crimson Hawks this season. They scored an 80-67 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference victory...
IUP women remain at No. 3 in national basketball poll
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team remains at No. 3 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks played just once over the past week and defeated Pitt-Johnstown 57-35 to improve to 21-1 overall and 16-1 in...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Marzolfs have strong showing at PAC swimming
Mallory Marzolf won on every day of the three-day Presidents’ Athletic Conference swimming and diving championships. Marzolf, a Deer Lakes graduate and sophomore at Chatham, defended her conference titles in the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 8.60 seconds), 100 backstroke (57.64 seconds) and 200 backstroke (2:06.07). The strong Marzolf performances...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent women secure top seed for PAC tourney
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference women’s basketball championship will go through Latrobe. Saint Vincent secured the top seed and home-court advantage for the tournament, set to run Monday through Saturday. The Bearcats (21-4, 15-1) get a double-bye — as does second-seeded Washington & Jefferson (18-7, 13-3) — to the semifinals, to...
Weekend College Top 10: La Roche men achieve perfection
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. La Roche men’s basketball makes conference history Austin Hannes (Knoch) scored 16 points, helping the Redhawks rout Penn State Altoona, 95-61, on Saturday and become the first team in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference history to...
Former Westmoreland softball pitchers take quickly to Division I game
The adjustment period for a few area softball pitchers has been like their throwing speed on the radar gun: glove-popping fast. Freshmen Bailey Parshall, Meadow Uncapher and Dana Vatakis all have jumped into the pitching circle with urgency and efficiency. The former Westmoreland County stars are taking the momentum from...
Latrobe graduate Biss earns PSAC East honor
For the second time this season, Shippensburg sophomore point guard Jake Biss, a 2017 Latrobe graduate, earned Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division Men’s Basketball Player of the Week honors. Biss averaged 23.5 points as he helped the Raiders to victories against Millersville and Lock Haven. He scored 24 points...
PSNK women complete trying resurrection season
The quarters slipped by, and the minutes and seconds ticked off the clock during Thursday’s Penn State New Kensington women’s basketball game with Penn State Beaver. Once the clock hit zero, it marked the end of a forgettable season that almost didn’t happen and a new beginning for a program...
Penn State Behrend’s Mark Patterson dominates AMCC swim meet
This is what total domination in a swimming pool looks like. Senior Mark Patterson was named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Swimmer of the Year for the second straight time. But that was a mere formality. What he did to earn the award is the impressive part. The Norwin graduate won...
Kromka scores 1,000th career point as SVC nabs top seed in PAC
Senior forward Tom Kromka picked the perfect time to reach a milestone. The Saint Vincent basketball standout scored his 1,000th career point Saturday during the host Bearcats’ 80-73 senior day victory over Chatham before 912 at Carey Center. Kromka, a Gateway graduate who transferred from Carnegie Mellon after his freshman...
Saint Vincent women secure top seed for PAC tournament
The Presidents Athletic Conference women’s basketball championship will go through Latrobe. Saint Vincent secured the top seed and home-court advantage for the tournament, set to run Monday through Saturday. The Bearcats (21-4, 15-1) get a double-bye — as does second-seeded Washington & Jefferson (18-7, 13-3) — to the semifinals, to...
Former Slippery Rock basketball player wins night on ‘The Titan Games’Video
A former Slippery Rock University women’s basketball player won her debut events on NBC’s “The Titan Games.” Kara Lazauskas, who played for The Rock from 2009-12, debuted on the show Feb. 14, which is hosted by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on Thursday nights. View this post on Instagram As you...
Allegheny names former ODU defensive coordinator Rich Nagy as football coach
Allegheny welcomed back a familiar face in filling its vacant football coaching position. Rich Nagy, who served as a grad assistant for the Gators in 1988-89 before returning for a stint in the ’90s during which he was associate head coach, was hired to replace BJ Hammer. Hammer was hired...
W&J favored to win PAC baseball title
The Washington & Jefferson baseball team picked up eight of nine first-place votes and was the Presidents’ Athletic Conference coaches’ pick to win the conference. The Presidents were 28-16-1 overall and 16-2 in the conference in 2018, made their 10th consecutive trip to the conference tournament and finished second to...
Saint Vincent favored to win PAC softball title
The Saint Vincent softball team has been tabbed as the team to beat in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference on a vote by the conference’s nine coaches. The Bearcats were 22-10 overall and 12-5 in the PAC in 2018 and qualified for a fourth consecutive PAC tournament. Saint Vincent returns two...
Bishop Canevin grad Bri Allen making key contributions as freshman at Cal (Pa.)
If anyone knows how Cal (Pa.) freshman Bri Allen operates on the basketball court, it is teammate Gina Vallecorsa. Vallecorsa, a junior and the Vulcans’ second-leading scorer, also played with Allen at Bishop Canevin. When talking about Allen, Vallecorsa uses terms such as “aggressive,” “hard-working” and “confident.” Those are traits...
