District Colleges

Reaching the 100-win milestone wasn’t out of the question for Washington & Jefferson senior Mike Heinl. But the Shaler Area graduate knew the math wasn’t in his favor after his freshman season. Heinl’s first go-round as a collegiate wrestler ended up with a 14-14 record in his ledger. But after...

Last year, on would-be women’s basketball game nights at Westmoreland County Community College, the gym was either quiet or being used for another event at the school. Intramurals got more attention. That is because there was no women’s basketball last year in Youngwood. The season was shelved due to a...

Andrew Mastovich surely made his mark in the Penn State Behrend men’s soccer program. The senior defender out of Franklin Regional added another postseason accolade Wednesday when he was named to the All-Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III All-Star First Team. Mastovich, the AMCC Defensive Player of the Year, is...

Former Latrobe golf standout Brady Pevarnik will play for a new team next season. Pevarnik is leaving Penn State and will transfer to the College of Charleston (S.C.) for the spring semester. A a regular contender during his WPIAL career, Pevarnik has top-10 finishes at the notable Scott Robertson Memorial...

The IUP men’s basketball team remains undefeated, and it ticked up one spot to No. 5 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Top 25 Poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Crimson Hawks, 7-0 after a 76-63 win at Mansfield on Saturday, held the No. 6 position the previous...

The IUP women’s basketball team held its position while Cal (Pa.) slipped two spots in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Crimson Hawks, again No. 13 in the rankings, went 2-0 on the road last week, defeating the University of...

Longtime IUP women’s soccer coach Adel Heder will be inducted into the PA West Yough Soccer Hall of Fame. Heder, who has WPIAL ties, will join four other inductees at a ceremony Jan. 4 at the PA West Soccer Awards Gala at the DoubleTree Hotel in Green Tree. The boys...

Robert “Poogie” Kennedy has one more semester left at Lackawanna before, concievably, he embarks on the next chapter of his football career. The former Jeannette star who has shined as a safety at the junior college level, continues to draw Division I interest. Lackawanna (10-1) finished runner-up in the NJCAA...

North Allegheny graduate Josh Luchini had a banner season as a sophomore on the Lehigh men’s soccer team. Luchini, a 6-foot forward, was named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and first-team all-league. He led the Mountain Hawks (13-5-3 overall, 6-0-3 in the conference) to the conference title and...