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Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 3
John Beard Ligonier Valley, sr., WR/S/K Coach Roger Beitel refers to Beard as “Mr. Everything.” He has caught seven passes for 122 yards in addition to making six tackles, with two interceptions. He returned one for a score. He averages 43 yards a punt and has kicked 12 extra points....
Rivals Derry, Mt. Pleasant ready to battle for 1st place in Class 3A Big EastVideo
When Tim Sweeney took over the Derry football program after the 2013 season, he inherited a team that was at the lowest of lows. Five years later, the Trojans have won three consecutive conference titles and played for the WPIAL Class 3A championship last fall. Derry has gone through an...
No clear favorite at WCCA boys golf championship
For the past four seasons, the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association’s boys golf tournament has been dominated by three of the top amateur golfers in Western Pa.: Brad Pevarnik, Palmer Jackson and Mark Goetz. The trio dominated not only the county but also the WPIAL and PIAA. Well, they’re off to...
Obremski, four others come up short at PGA qualifier
Dan Obremski won’t be playing in this week’s PGA Greenbrier Classic at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. The Irwin native and Penn-Trafford graduate and four other Pittsburgh golfers came up short at Monday’s qualifier at Glade Springs Resort in Daniels, W.Va. There were 72 golfers competing for four spots....
John Mesing, John Mazza selected to Tri-State PGA Hall of Fame
John Mesing and John Mazza were elected to the 2019 Tri-State PGA Hall of Fame. The duo will be inducted at the annual fall meeting Oct. 28. Mesing, nicknamed Max, was a PGA life member who died in 2018. His connection with the sport started at age 7 when he...
Penn-Trafford grad Dan Obremski advances to Greenbrier Classic qualifier
The PGA LatinoAmerica Tour will resume later this month, so Irwin native and Penn-Trafford grad Dan Obremski has practiced and participated in events around the country. The PGA Tour Greenbrier Classic in this week in West Virginia, and Obremski will be playing in the Monday qualifier at the Glade Spring...
Vehicle accident keeping Franklin Regional senior on sidelines
Jake Painter was on the sidelines Friday night watching his Franklin Regional teammates defeat Latrobe, 42-21. Let’s face it; the senior would have rather been playing instead of being a spectator, but he can’t. The three-year starter at nose guard and right guard was injured in a vehicle accident on...
Saint Vincent set for first game under new coach
NCAA Division III ITHACA vs. SAINT VINCENT Chuck Noll Field, Latrobe 1 p.m. Saturday 2018 records: Ithaca 8-3. Saint Vincent 1-9. Coaches: Dan Swanstrom, Ithaca. Aaron Smetanka, Saint Vincent. All-time series: Ithaca leads 1-0 Last meeting: 2018, Ithaca 38, Saint Vincent 14 Top players: QB Joe Germinerio, Ithaca. DT Izaak...
Franklin Regional overcomes special teams gaffes, runs over LatrobeVideo
Franklin Regional dominated Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference in every phase except special teams. But a dominating ground game and an equally dominating defense was all the Panthers needed to defeat stubborn Latrobe, 42-21, at Franklin Regional Stadium. Zac Gordon rushed for 146 yards and three touchdowns, and...
Norwin coach calls Red, White and Blue Invitational a good early season test
Norwin cross country coach Brian Fleckenstein is looking forward to the Red, White and Blue Invitational on Saturday at Schenley Park. It’s an early season meet that features some of the top teams in the WPIAL, West Virginia and Ohio and gives coaches a chance to see how their teams...
GCC’s Dewicki captures WCCA girls golf titleVideo
In the four years of the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association’s girls golf tournament, a player from Greensburg Central Catholic has won the individual title three times. This year, it was junior Angelika Dewicki, who took the title by shooting a 4-over-par 41 Wednesday at Champion Lakes Golf Course near Ligonier....
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 2
Isaiah Beltram Monessen, jr., QB/RB/WR Beltram rushed for 154 yards and a touchdown against Greensburg Central Catholic and caught a 57-yard touchdown pass in Week 1 against California. He’s one of the Greyhounds’ main offensive threats. He scored five touchdowns in 2018. Riley Comforti Southmoreland, sr., WR/DB The Southmoreland senior...
Early-season showdown could play major factor in Big Eight Conference
Could Friday’s WPIAL Class 4A Big Eight Conference battle be a preview of the WPIAL championship? No. 1 Thomas Jefferson (2-0, 1-0) and No. 2 Belle Vernon (1-0, 0-0) hope it is. Friday’s early-season matchup at Thomas Jefferson could determine the Big Eight Conference championship. And even though Thomas Jefferson’s...
West Virginia H.S. star Jalen Bridges commits to WVU basketball
It’s been a busy week for West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins. On Tuesday, he announced Jalen Bridges, a 6-foot-7 forward from Fairmont, enrolled and has joined the team. Bridges won the 2019 Bill Evans Award, given annually to the state player of the year in West Virginia....
Robert Morris basketball team adds 2 recruits to roster
Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole announced Tuesday that freshman Deshawndre Washington and sophomore Jalen Hawkins have signed scholarship agreements for the 2019-20 season. They will round out the recruiting class that includes Olisa Ngonadi, D.J. Russell and A.J. Bramah. Washington is a 6-foot-7 forward from Morgan Park High...
Ligonier Valley’s Silk to play football at Kiski School
Kyle Silk had planned on finishing his high school career at Ligonier Valley. But when District 6 officials and then the PIAA board of directors denied his eligibility request to play football after he transferred from United to Ligonier Valley, Silk had two options if he wanted to continue to...
United forfeits Week 2 game to Ligonier Valley
United School District informed Ligonier Valley officials late Saturday the football team will forfeit its Week 2 game Saturday because of a lack of healthy players. United began the season with 18 players on the roster a year after the team played in the District 6 Class A championship game....
Westmoreland football notebook: Tight connection between P-T coach, Gateway
Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane was talking to reporters after Friday’s win when Gateway defensive tackle Jacques Taylor asked him why he was on crutches. No. 3 Penn-Trafford defeated No. 1 Gateway, 28-7, in a hard-hitting game. Ruane said he believed he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his right leg...
Lisbon, No. 3 Penn-Trafford stun top-ranked GatewayVideo
It turned out to be a “painful” victory for Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane. During Cole Defillippo’s 31-yard interception return to seal a 28-7 victory against No. 1 Gateway, Ruane believes he ruptured the Achilles tendon in his right leg. Using a pair of crutches after the game for support, Ruane...
Penn-Trafford grad produces Western Pennsylvania football history book
When Rush Pedder was 7 years old, his dad took him to a Penn-Trafford football game he called an experience of a lifetime. He was hooked on high school football, especially Penn-Trafford football. Through the years, Penn-Trafford football became a family tradition. While in high school he did things to...
3 generations of Snider family to take part in cross country invitational
When Cal (Pa.) hosts to the annual Marty Uher Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, the Snider family will be well represented. Steve Snider, 69, will coach the Greensburg Salem Middle School runners in the middle school race against Hempfield Area Middle School, where his son, Matthew Snider, 45, is the...
Robert Morris hosting Select-A-Seat day for basketball
With Robert Morris set to open the UPMC Events Center for basketball in November, the university is giving alumni and fans a chance to select their seats during an open house Sept. 14 prior to the football game against Dayton. Fans can park in the lower lot and enter via...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 1
Anthony Giansante Norwin, jr., T The junior tackle is part of an offensive line that has been tasked to protect prize quarterback Jack Salopek. Giansante’s cousin, Jimmy Giansante, was a star wide receiver at Thomas Jefferson, and his uncle, Jim, was a star running back for the Jaguars. Norwin will...
Championship contenders Gateway, Penn-Trafford to Battle for the Bell
For whom will the bell chime late Friday night at Warrior Stadium — No. 1 Gateway or No. 3 Penn-Trafford? The annual Battle for the Bell carries extra significance as supremacy in the WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference will be on the line in this early-season contest. It also...
Longtime RMU announcer Shovlin on the mend, will miss first football opener
When the Robert Morris football team opens the season Thursday at Buffalo, the Colonials will be missing someone special: play-by-play radio announcer Chris Shovlin. The veteran broadcaster, who has been call football and basketball since 1987, won’t be making the trip because a back issue will keep him in Pittsburgh....
