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A-K Valley campus clippings: PSNK women’s basketball officially returns
Penn State New Kensington’s revived women’s basketball program is officially off the ground. The Local Lions played their first game since being reintroduced Monday, losing 87-22 to Penn State Greater Allegheny. PSNK, which brought back the program in February 2018, hired coach Rich Marshall, a 25-year coaching veteran, earlier this...
Thiel’s Jess Vormelker driven to earn more respect from PAC peers
Most athletes will say team accomplishments are more important than individual accolades. Thiel women’s basketball player Jess Vormelker is no different. But the senior guard would by lying if she said she wasn’t striving to earn first-team all-Presidents’ Athletic Conference honors this winter. Last season, Vormelker (5-foot-9) led the PAC...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Pitt’s Phillippi earns ACC wrestling honor
Redshirt freshman Micky Phillippi was a bright spot for the 14th-ranked Pitt wrestling team over the weekend in a 36-9 loss to No. 3 Oklahoma State. Phillippi, a Derry graduate, knocked off No. 2-ranked Daton Fix, 3-1, at 133 pounds. The fourth-ranked Phillippi (13-1) handed Fix (21-1) his first collegiate...
Kromka recognized as Saint Vincent continues run
Saint Vincent continues to surge in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, and senior Tom Kromka is a key reason. A 6-foot-4 forward, Kromka is playing some of the best basketball of his career for the Bearcats, who are 16-2, 9-0 in the conference and riding a 10-game winning streak. Kromka was...
Campus clippings: Hempfield grad Burns posts career night in Point Park thriller
Point Park sophomore basketball guard Michelle Burns had the web buzzing Thursday night. The Hempfield graduate didn’t miss from 3-point range, put together a career game and delivered one of her most thrilling shots to date. A video clip of Burns connecting on a 3-pointer from the left wing with...
Weekend College Top 10: Slippery Rock RB Wes Hills shows he belongs
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Hills earns MVP at NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Slippery Rock running back Wes Hills ran 10 times for 78 yards and scored his National Team’s only touchdown in a 10-7 loss to the American Team on...
Slippery Rock’s Wes Hills named MVP at NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
Wes Hills came up roses in his trip to the West Coast. The Slippery Rock running back earned Most Valuable Player honors at Saturday’s NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Hills rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries in the game, a...
Latrobe’s Butler expands game for Holy Cross basketball
Austin Butler always wanted to be the scorer, the go-to guy who had the green light to fire away and get to the rim whenever he wanted. But he lived that life. It was glamorous. Everything he thought it would be, in fact. Now the former Latrobe star believes it...
McPhatter leads local group on Division II football all-star list
The Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Region Committee released the 2018 NCAA Division II All-Super Region 1 squad Friday, and several local players were named to the lists. Lamont McPhatter, a New Castle graduate and junior safety at Cal (Pa.), was selected the Defensive Player of the Year after recording 63...
Gateway grad John Paul Kromka makes immediate impact for UPJ men’s basketball
In his first college basketball game Nov. 9, John Paul Kromka found himself in a pressure situation with all the eyes in the arena fixated on him. The 6-foot-7 Gateway graduate and freshman on the Pitt Johnstown men’s basketball team went the foul line with one second left and the...
Point Park baseball earns second national ranking
The Point Park baseball team is ranked 14th in the Perfect Game College Baseball NAIA Top 25 preseason poll released Thursday. The Pioneers are fueled by a pitching staff that returns nearly intact from last season when it ranked No. 2 in the NAIA with a 2.85 team earned-run average....
Latrobe connection of Biss, Fite pays off for Shippensburg men’s basketball
When Chris Fite became coach of the Shippensburg men’s basketball team, he immediately identified a few traits he wanted to see in recruits. Fite and his staff sought unselfish players willing to dig in on defense and spend extra time in the gym. Finding team-first players helped Fite turn Shippensburg...
Jeannette grad Kareem Hall headed for Lackawanna
With patience and perseverance, Kareem Hall is working his way back into football form. The former Jeannette standout running back announced last week he will attend Lackawanna College in Scranton, where he will reunite with another former Jeannette player, freshman defensive back Robert Kennedy. Hall, the younger brother of former...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Local standouts find new homes
With patience and perseverance, Kareem Hall is working his way back into football form. The former Jeannette standout running back announced last week he will attend Lackawanna College in Scranton, where he will reunite with another former Jeannette player: freshman defensive back Robert Kennedy. Hall went to Bowling Green and...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Burrell’s Scherer off to fast start at Pitt
Nikki Scherer got off to a fast start in the new year. The former Burrell track and field star, a sophomore at Pitt, won the 400-meter run at Saturday’s Nittany Lion Challenge at Penn State. Scherer ran a season-best time of 56.23 seconds to claim Pitt’s lone individual title at...
IUP, Altoona Curve schedule another exhibition game
This is the year. IUP can feel it. After two strikes in a pair of previous attempts to play the Altoona Curve in an exhibition game, IUP baseball is set to host the Pirates Class AA affiliate at 1:30 p.m. April 1 at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona. No...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: GCC’s Eubank weighs options
Jassan Eubank continues to draw attention from Division I football programs as he reroutes his playing career. The former Greensburg Central Catholic standout who started out at Edinboro before transferring to Nassau Community College in Garden City, N.Y., is up to five Division I scholarship offers. A sophomore defensive lineman,...
Kaitlyn Slagus is commanding the post for Bucknell basketball
Kaitlyn Slagus has been one of the top post players in the Patriot League for what seems like, forever. The senior at Bucknell continues to churn out big minutes for the Bison (12-4, 3-1) and she powered them to a pair of recent wins to bring in conference recognition. The...
Saint Vincent trio garner PAC honors
A trio of Saint Vincent athletes picked up weekly awards Monday from the Presidents Athletic Conference in senior Tom Kromka (men’s basketball), junior Paige Montrose (women’s basketball) and senior Jacob Davis (men’s swimming). Kromka was named PAC Player of the Week after guiding the conference-leading Bearcats (14-, 7-0 PAC) to...
GCC grad Appleby tabbed PSAC West player of week
IUP is the No. 1 team in the nation in Division II women’s basketball. It would stand to reason the Crimson Hawks also have one of the top point guards. Senior Carolyn Appleby has been a mainstay in the backcourt for three years and her play of late has kept...
Weekend College Top 10: Slippery Rock deals No. 3 IUP 1st loss
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Slippery Rock men knock off No. 3 IUP Micah Till finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds, and The Rock held the previously unbeaten Crimson Hawks to a season-worst shooting percentage in a 74-69 PSAC...
Elijah Minnie named MAC co-player of week
Amid one of his best stretches of basketball at Eastern Michigan, 6-foot-9 forward Elijah Minnie received recognition from the Mid-American Conference. A redshirt senior from Monessen, Minnie was named MAC West Division co-athlete of the week. Minnie, who shares the honor with Eugene German of Northern Illinois, had two big...
Latrobe grad Kollar finding comfort zone, success with Saint Vincent basketball
Last week, a foot injury relegated Madison Kollar to the Saint Vincent sideline. It’s the last place women’s basketball coach Jimmy Petruska wanted to see his leading scorer and the last place she wanted to be. The good news? The sophomore is expected to be back in the lineup soon....
Thomas Jefferson grad Schmidt caps Edinboro career, will play in Dream Bowl
It was Josh Schmidt’s dream to play football at the same college where his father played. Mission accomplished. A 6-foot-4, 220-pound senior on the Edinboro football team, Schmidt, a Thomas Jefferson graduate, played in 44 consecutive games as a long snapping specialist, and was honored as the Fighting Scots’ special...
Brentwood grad Mulholland caps successful career at Marietta
Brendan Mulholland took a revisionist attitude to the Marietta College football program. Mulholland, a 6-foot, 290-pound senior offensive lineman, graduated from Brentwood in 2015 as a three-sport athlete. He joined the Marietta College football program in Ohio that fall. “When I arrived at Marietta, I wanted to be a part...
