Paul Schofield stories, Page 118
Speedy Luke Meckler has high expectations for 2-time defending champion Pine-Richland
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Luke Meckler will be doing something this season that is rare at Pine-Richland —...
Mark Goetz breezes to first Westmoreland County Amateur golf title
Mark Goetz began Sunday’s final round of the 52nd annual Westmoreland County Amateur with a seemingly comfortable five-shot lead. But a problem on the third hole at Totteridge Golf Course near Hannastown gave hope for the rest of the field. Goetz, a Greensburg native and rising junior at West Virginia,...
Trib HSSN rewind: A look back at the 2018-19 baseball season
Winning PIAA championships in baseball is becoming increasingly harder for WPIAL teams. Only two teams from the district reached the championship game at Penn State, and neither Beaver nor Serra Catholic was able to capture the gold medal. For the first time since 2014, the WPIAL didn’t have a winner....
Wicker leads Hempfield East Legion team to district title game
Matt Wicker hasn’t been asked to pitch much for the Hempfield East American Legion team this summer. Coach Scott Smith was saving him after he threw a lot of innings during the high school season. Wicker, a Greensburg Salem grad and the Golden Lions’ ace this past spring, answered the...
Mark Goetz takes 5-shot lead in Westmoreland County Amateur
Mark Goetz was a late entry into the Westmoreland County Amateur. The Greensburg native and West Virginia golfer entered the field Friday, along with returning champion Brady Pevarnik of Latrobe. Goetz, who led the West Penn Amateur for 53 holes last week, shot a 7-under-par 65 during the first round...
West Point Little League trio captures District 26 baseball titles
There was a time the West Point Little League baseball teams took a backseat to the softball teams. Not anymore. The baseball teams are starting to make more noise than the girls. Much of that is because the boys programs continue to survive and are getting players returning to the...
Hempfield’s Fintan Brose commits to Delaware
Fintan Brose didn’t waste any time making a decision about his college future. The Hempfield rising senior announced Friday he will join his brother, Braden, at Delaware. Braden is a sophomore tight end for the Blue Hens. A 6-foot-3, 285-pound offensive and defensive lineman and a TribLive HSSN Preseason Top...
Top stars missing from Westmoreland County Amateur golf tournament
The annual Westmoreland County Amateur golf tournament is this weekend, and it is devoid of some of the young talent. Missing from the field at Totteridge Golf Course near Crabtree is returning champion Brady Pevarnik of Latrobe and Palmer Jackson of Murrysville. Pevarnik isn’t playing because he will be competing...
Hempfield East, Bushy Run Legion teams blank opponents in semis
The top-seeded teams in the District 31 American Legion playoffs opened their semifinal best-of-three series Friday with impressive victories. Andrew Rosenberg tossed a four-hit shutout, and Jack McBride went 3 for 3 as No. 1 seed Hempfield East, the regular-season champion, blanked No. 4 Latrobe, 6-0, at Pitt-Greensburg. No. 2...
Pitt recruit Dayon Hayes a disruptive force for Westinghouse
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. One thing that stands out on Dayon Hayes’ junior highlight film is his quickness....
Trib HSSN rewind: A look back at the 2018-19 indoor track season
It was a bit of rough ride for WPIAL athletes competing at the Pennsylvania Indoor Track Championships at Penn State on Feb. 24. Only two athletes — Hempfield senior Mackenna Orie in the shot put and North Allegheny senior Zach Kinne in the 3,000-meter run — returned to Western Pennsylvania...
Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson captures C.R. Miller Match Play title
Palmer Jackson captured the 46th C.R. Miller Match Play Invitational title Tuesday by breezing to victories in the semifinals and finals. The Franklin Regional graduate and Notre Dame recruit defeated Riverside’s Skyler Fox, 6 & 5, in the semifinals, and then rolled to a 7 & 6 win against Elizabeth...
Deer Lakes, West Point to play for District 26 10U baseball title
West Point 10U Little League All-Stars will face Deer Lakes at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Apollo for the District 26 baseball championship. The teams met in pool play, with Deer Lakes defeating West Point, 7-4. West Point is 4-2 in the tournament. West Point advanced by defeating West Shamokin, 17-3,...
West Point 12U claims District 26 baseball title
Sean Walker drove in three runs and had three hits, including two doubles, to help lead the West Point 12-year-old all-star baseball team to a 9-0 victory against Kess in the District 26 championship game. Dylan Firmstone, who pitched 51/3 innings, and Anthony Scarton blanked Kess on only four hits....
Jefferson-Morgan grad Teasdale to wrestle at Iowa
After Gavin Teasdale left the Penn State wrestling program in January, many wrestling fans wondered where he would land. Would it be Lock Haven, West Virginia, Pitt, Campbell University or North Carolina? It was none of the above. The 2018 Jefferson-Morgan grad and former Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Year...
Tim Banner resigns as baseball coach at Chatham
Tim Banner, the first baseball coach at Chatham University, has resigned after three seasons. Banner, who coached previously at North Allegheny and Woodland Hills, posted a 20-61 career record, 5-37 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Banner was hired in 2014, and his first team was in 2015-16. Their first conference...
Baldwin’s Dorien Ford ready to produce season of thrills
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. When Kennywood Park opens the Steel Curtain roller coaster Saturday, Baldwin rising junior Dorien...
Hempfield East wins District 31 regular season, eyes playoff run
As Hempfield East manager Scott Smith sees it, a new season starts Monday. Smith and his team hopes the new season is a repeat performance of 2018. That’s when Hempfield East won the District 31 American legion title, the Region 7 tournament and played in the state tournament for only...
Trib HSSN rewind: A look back at the 2018-19 wrestling season
Kiski Area and Burrell again dominated the WPIAL team wrestling tournament this past season. Kiski Area defeated Seneca Valley to win the Class AAA title and Burrell took down Freedom in Class AA. It was the third consecutive season Kiski won the title, and Burrell won for the 13th consecutive...
Connor Schmidt captures WPGA Amateur at Oakmont
Connor Schmidt got his revenge at Oakmont Country Club on Wednesday but needed some help to do so. A year ago, Schmidt lost a five-hole playoff to Tyrone pro Jimmy Gillam at the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Open Championship at Oakmont. Schmidt, 21, played three solid rounds at the 119th...
Mark Bollinger joins Saint Vincent men’s basketball staff
Mark Bollinger has joined the Saint Vincent men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach for new coach Terrance Smith. Bollinger spent the past six seasons at as assistant at NCAA Division III Ohio Wesleyan. He also coached at Bluffton and was the head coach at Piedmont College. He is a...
Steady Jackson has 2-shot lead at WPGA Amateur Championship
If Palmer Jackson wants to capture the 119th Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Amateur Championship on Wednesday, he knows he has to play better than his first two rounds. The Murrysville native and future Notre Dame golfer shot a 1-under-par 70 on Tuesday at Oakmont Country Club and is even through...
Elbow injury forces Knapp out of WPGA Amateur
When Sean Knapp woke up Monday morning, his left elbow didn’t feel right. He took anti-inflammatory medication and used ice to try to ease the discomfort. When he arrived at Oakmont Country Club of the 119th Annual Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Amateur Champion, he tried to hit shots on the...
Knapp looks to defend WPGA Amateur title
So how did Oakmont native Sean Knapp spend his Sunday as he prepared to defend his title at the West Open Amateur? By playing against some talented friends at Hannastown Golf Club in Greensburg. The hotly contested match included Latrobe’s Brady Pevarnik, Pittsburgh’s Rick Stimmel, Ligonier’s David Brown, Greensburg’s Kevin...
Palmer Jackson named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Athlete of the Year
Franklin Regional senior Palmer Jackson has played some of the top golf courses across the United States. The list includes Oakmont Country Club, Baltusrol, Pebble Beach and Valhalla, and that was in 2018. But one course he never has played could be the best in Western Pennsylvania: Laurel Valley in...
