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Hampton’s Fuller pays immediate dividends at Waynesburg
There’s a long list of former athletes who didn’t reach their full potential in high school. A much shorter list constitutes the ones who fulfilled it as college athletes. Brooke Fuller seems intent on doing that for Waynesburg. Fuller, a 6-foot freshman, was named Presidents’ Athletic Conference Rookie of the...
Several Western Pa. grads among NCAA wrestling leaders
The NCAA honors wrestlers in each Division (I, II and III) annually in three categories — for their dominance, most pins and technical falls — during the season at their championships in March. Currently in Division I, three Penn State national champions lead as most dominant. Bo Nickal (197 pounds)...
Westmoreland campus clippings: SVC softball player Sleith earns national recognition
Saint Vincent softball pitcher Alona Sleith is expected to have a big sophomore season. But it isn’t just her coaches, teammates and Presidents’ Athletic Conference opponents who have the expectations. Sleith, a Yough graduate, was named Monday to the Schutt Sports and National Fastpitch Coaches Association National Player of the...
Chatham men’s basketball seniors looking to cap ‘amazing’ journey
Four years ago, Isaiah Brown traveled nearly 1,000 miles to join a first-year college basketball program in an unfamiliar city. That inaugural season at Chatham — which coincided with the school’s first coed undergraduate class — brings back fond memories, even though the team went 5-22. “A lot of times,...
Virginia’s Bridget Guy breaks pole vault record … again
Bridget Guy just keeps raising the bar at Virginia. The Hempfield graduate and redshirt senior has broken the school pole vault record three straight weeks, the latest instance coming over the weekend at the Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson, S.C. Guy cleared 14 feet, 4.5 inches on her first try...
Behrend’s Robbie McMaster sets program volleyball record
Robbie McMaster can dig it. A senior libero for the Penn State Behrend volleyball team and a Norwin graduate, McMaster recently became the program’s all-time leader in career digs, breaking Derek Polishen’s mark of 606 set in 2015. McMaster had 12 digs in a 3-0 win over Adrian, the fourth...
IUP women’s basketball up one spot in WBCA national rankings
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team ticked up one spot to No. 3 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks (20-1) have won five games in a row, including recent victories over Slippery Rock (88-51) and...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Former P-T kicker transfers to Shippensburg
Nick Tarabrella had two signing days. The first when the strong-legged kicker was coming out of Penn-Trafford to solidify his pledge to Ashland (Ohio). When he had a change of heart, the college sophomore found himself signing his name again last Wednesday, only with a different Division II program: Shippensburg....
A-K Valley campus clippings: Geist among world’s best in shot put
Jordan Geist continues to prove himself one of the top throwers in the world. The Arizona sophomore, a Knoch graduate, threw a season-best 69 feet, 4.75 inches in the shot put at Saturday’s Texas Tech Shootout. That mark ranks second this season in the NCAA and fourth in the International...
Former Penn-Trafford standout kicker Nick Tarabrella switching college programs
Nick Tarabrella had two signing days. The first when the strong-legged kicker was coming out of Penn-Trafford and pledged to Ashland (Ohio). The second came last Wednesday when he had a change of heart. Tarabrella, a sophomore, found himself signing his name with a different Division II program this time:...
Saint Vincent’s Alona Sleith named to softball watch list
Saint Vincent softball infielder and pitcher Alona Sleith is expected to have a big sophomore season. But it isn’t just her coaches, teammates and Presidents’ Athletic Conference opponents who have the ready-made expectations. Sleith, a Yough graduate, was named Monday to the Schutt Sports and National Fastpitch Coaches Association National...
Weekend College Top 10: Historic start for Robert Morris women
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Robert Morris women make history with victory Isabella Posset (Beaver) made a layup with 38 seconds left, and the Colonials clipped Bryant, 59-56, on Saturday to become the first women’s team in Northeast Conference history...
Waynesburg’s Jake Evans sets NCAA wrestling wins record
Jake Evans did more than just win his fourth Presidents’ Athletic Conference wrestling championship — he made some NCAA history in the process. Evans, a senior heavyweight and Elizabeth Forward graduate, set the new NCAA all-divisions win record when he pinned Washington and Jefferson’s Jake Walker in the championship final...
Plum grad Zezza provides solid, steadying presence for St. Francis (Pa.) women’s basketball
The St. Francis (Pa.) women’s basketball team rode a wave of momentum into the 2018-19 season. The Red Flash were coming off a Northeast Conference title and berth in the NCAA Tournament, and they had one of the nation’s best scorers, Jess Kovatch, returning. The momentum quickly was halted by...
St. Francis star Zinobile to have jersey number retired
It wouldn’t be Legends Night at St. Francis (Pa.) without Jess Zinobile in the house. St. Francis will honor one of its all-time great women’s basketball players Saturday at DeGol Arena in Loretto by raising her No. 22 jersey to the rafters. The Red Flash (9-12, 6-3) host Central Connecticut...
Jordan Rawls’ star continues to rise for Allegheny men’s basketball
Jordan Rawls’ affinity for basketball came naturally: His father, Dwayne, was an all-Atlantic 10 second-teamer at Duquesne in 1986. As a tribute to that influence, Jordan wears his father’s No. 50 at Allegheny. The way the younger Rawls is playing, he will match his father’s all-conference honor, too. Rawls, a...
IUP men’s basketball slips to No. 6 in NABC rankings
Coming off just its second loss of the season, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team dropped two spots to No. 6 in this week’s National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks fell 64-63 to Mercyhurst on Saturday and are 19-2 overall and...
IUP women’s basketball moves up one spot in national poll
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team moved up one spot to No. 4 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday. IUP remains the only Division II team to be ranked in the top five of every national coaches poll this...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Queen is 3-point king at W&J
Sophomore Zach Queen became the 3-point king this season for the Washington & Jefferson basketball team. Queen, a Hempfield graduate, set the school record with 3-pointers in a season with 69. The mark came in Saturday’s 80-76 home victory over Thiel in overtime. His record-breaking basket with 4 seconds left...
Saint Vincent to play doubleheader at Pirates’ spring training site
Pitchers and catchers will report — along with the rest of the Saint Vincent baseball team. Saint Vincent will head south next month to open the season, but with a bonus. The Bearcats will play a doubleheader at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla., the spring training home of the Pittsburgh...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill baseball picked to win PSAC
Its field has been covered in snow lately, but the Seton Hill baseball team already is thinking about the upcoming season — and the expectations that will come with it. The Griffins again are the preseason favorite in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. After back-to-back conference titles, Seton Hill was...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Double-doubles for Zezza, Lawhorne
A pair of Plum alums saw double-double on Saturday. Washington and Jefferson sophomore Maria Lawhorne and St. Francis (Pa.) senior Courtney Zezza both reached double figures in points and rebounds in their teams’ respective games over the weekend. Lawhorne achieved her first college double-double, scoring 20 points and pulling down...
Pitt-Johnstown Hall of Fame to induct Carrie Ferguson, Isaac Greeley
Carrie Ferguson was a standout basketball at Greensburg Salem in the late 1980s, and Isaac Greeley is an assistant wrestling coach at Burrell. They will be two of the five members of the 2019 Hall of Fame class at Pitt-Johnstown. The others to be honored April 6 are Matt Lushko...
UPG’s Seigfreid named AMCC player of week
Sophomore guard Cam Seigfreid was rewarded Monday for one of his most productive stretches of the season for the Pitt-Greensburg men’s basketball team. A Penn-Trafford graduate, Seigfreid was named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Player of the Week after leading the Bobcats (7-14, 4-10) to a 2-1 week. The 6-foot-2 Seigfreid...
Weekend College Top 10: Westminster, Slippery Rock pull big upsets
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Westminster men hand Saint Vincent 1st PAC loss Sophomore Isaac Stamatiades recorded 19 points — including back-to-back 3s in overtime — and added a career-best 16 rebounds to lead the Titans past the Bearcats, 87-80,...
