Paul Schofield stories, Page 124
Norwin baseball stuns Hempfield with 2-out rally in 7th
Baseball can be a cruel game. Just ask Hempfield. The Spartans needed one out to secure a key Section 2-6A victory against rival Norwin on Wednesday, but they threw it away in a 5-2 loss. After starting pitcher Shane Stuchell reached the 100-pitch limit with two outs in the top...
Norwin girls track and field aiming to end WPIAL title drought
It has been 11 years since the Norwin girls track and field team won a WPIAL title. It was the end of four years of dominance by the Knights, who won the Class AAA title from 2005-08. The 2019 Knights want to end that drought Monday at Peters Township against...
Southmoreland’s Moore, Franklin Regional’s Jackson named Excellence Award winners
There’s a good chance the 2019 Westmoreland County Scholar Athlete Award winners will see the world — one by serving her country, the other by playing a sport at which he excels. Southmoreland’s Maggie Moore and Franklin Regional’s Palmer Jackson were named this year’s winners of the Excellence Award at...
Franklin Regional grad Colin Jonov invited to Bills rookie minicamp
Colin Jonov, a cornerback, has been invited to attend Buffalo Bills rookie minicamp, according to his Twitter account. The 2014 Franklin Regional graduate spent the past season as a graduate transfer at Pitt, where he played in 11 games, mainly on special teams. Congrats to FSQ Athlete @ColkyJonov10 on his...
Penn-Trafford grad Dan Obremski comes up short in Argentina
Irwin native and Penn-Trafford graduate Dan Obremski played baseball in high school. He was an outstanding second baseman for Ron Evans’ squad. But Obremski is playing professional golf and doubles in golf are not good for the score. Too many doubles early in Round 1 at Cordoba Golf Club in...
Penn State’s Bo Nickal wins U.S. Open title
Penn State senior Bo Nickal won five consecutive matches on his way to winning the 92 kg U.S. Open National Championship in Las Vegas. He defeated 2018 197-pound NCAA champion Mike Macchiavello in the semifinals and then beat Hayden Zillmer, 13-3, in the finals. Nickal, who recently became a three-time...
A closer look at 2019 Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete honorees
BELLE VERNON Lindsay Steeber Sport: basketball QPA: 4.532 Class rank: 1 of 188 Did you know: Steeber will attend Duquesne. … She recently played in the Roundball Classic. … She played softball for three years and ran track in 2018. … She had scholarship offers from Duquesne and Seton Hill....
Former Greensburg Salem athletic director Lynn Jobe to receive Ferrante Memorial Award
Former Greensburg Salem athletic director Lynn Jobe is enjoying retirement while figuring out her next adventure. After spending 35 years as a teacher, coach and athletic director, Jobe called it quits after the 2017-18 school year. She spent her final eight years as the Golden Lions’ athletic director. Her next...
Obremski places 27th in PGA Tour LatinoAmerica event
Penn-Trafford graduate and Irwin native Dan Obremski put together four under-par rounds to finish tied for 27th in his second PGA Tour LatinoAmerica event. Obremski, who began the final round tied for 35th, finished the four-day event with a 6-under-par 278 at the Abierto de Chile 2019 presentado por Volvo...
Changes coming to District 31 American Legion landscape
Things continue to change in District 31 American Legion: Murrysville is back, and Jeannette is out. Murrysville returns after missing the 2018 season, and Jeannette is out after a disappointing end to its season. The league will begin playing May 17 and run through July 5. Hempfield East is the...
Organizers cancel Tri-County Coaches All-Star football game
The Foothills Football Classic isn’t the only local football all-star being postponed this season. The Tri-County Coaches Association game has been canceled because of a lack of interest. McGuffey football coach and athletic director Ed Dalton said the game is being suspended for one year. The coaches were having a...
North Huntingdon native Austen Swankler ends USHL’s longest playoff game with goal
Irwin native Austen Swankler ended the longest game in United States Hockey League history Thursday morning by scoring the game-winning goal at 2:57 of the fourth overtime to give Sioux Falls a 3-2 victory against Sioux City. The game lasted 122 minutes and 57 seconds. THE GAME THAT WOULD NOT...
Seneca Valley’s Herrera-Rondon named to USA Today all-star team
Seneca Valley sophomore Alejandro Herrera-Rondon was the only WPIAL wrestlers named to the USA Today’s boys wrestling all-Sstar first team. Herrera-Rondon is a two-time PIAA champion, winning the 113-pound Class AAA title in March. He has won one WPIAL title. The publication, with the help from TheOpenMat.com website picked three...
H.S. roundup: North Allegheny softball edges Hempfield
Alaina Whipkey hit an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a tie, and the No. 1-ranked North Allegheny softball team held on to defeat Hempfield, 4-3, in Section 2-6A on Wednesday. Rachel Martindale gave North Allegheny a 3-0 lead with a three-run homer in the...
Orie shatters Hempfield discus record
Mackenna Orie continued her assault on the Hempfield track and field record book this week. On Saturday, the senior set the school’s record in the shot put with a throw of 46 feet, 7 ½ inches in winning the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational. The DePaul commit broke the record of 46-4...
Versatile Mucci etching her mark for Latrobe track and field
If the rules allowed it, Faith Mucci would participate in more than four events for the Latrobe track and field team. The junior is one of the top sprinters and jumpers in the WPIAL and a two-time PIAA qualifier. She is one of those athletes who can do just about...
No. 1 Penn-Trafford rallies past Franklin Regional to stay unbeaten
Franklin Regional pitcher Angalee Beall held No. 1 Penn-Trafford hitless for the first four innings of Tuesday’s Section 1-5A first-place showdown. But things changed quickly in the final three innings, especially with one out in the fifth. Penn-Trafford strung together six consecutive hits, scored four runs, and rolled to a...
Senior pitcher Jarett Bach, Yough baseball in surprising position
Halfway through the high school baseball season, Yough has emerged as a surprise leader in Section 1-4A. And while the Cougars (7-3, 5-1) were expected to challenge for a WPIAL playoff berth, especially behind the left arm of senior Pitt recruit Jarett Bach, they are off to a great start...
Canon-McMillan basketball coach Rick Bell retires after 31 years
Canon-McMillan reached the WPIAL Class 6A basketball semifinals for the first time in 2019. Now the school is looking for a new coach after Rick Bell, who coached the Big Macs for the past 18 years, has decided to retire. Bell, 54, said wanting to watch his son, R.J., play...
YWCA Westmoreland County honors women for accomplishments
When the YWCA Westmoreland County started honoring female athletes 25 years ago, Sue Waldrop thought women’s sports had come a long way. Waldrop, who was recognized for the third time by the YWCA on Monday, said she’s amazed how much further women have advanced. She was one of the winners...
Seton Hill’s Nick Stotler hits 3 HRs in 22-1 win against Mercyhurst
Seton Hill redshirt senior Nick Stotler had quite a game Saturday at Mercyhurst. The Plum graduate, who transferred from Lock Haven, drove in six runs and hit three home runs to lead Seton Hill to a 22-1 victory in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division game. They were his...
Banner day for Hempfield’s Bannon at Lady Spartan and Wildcat InvitationalVideo
Hempfield senior Jared Bannon has his goals set high this season. He wants to be a state hurdles champion. Bannon, who placed second at the state indoor meet, had a great meet Saturday at the Lady Spartan and Latrobe Wildcat Invitational at Memorial Stadium. Bannon won the 110-meter hurdles (14.84...
WPIAL again forced to move softball championships
WPIAL administrators will decide Wednesday at their board meeting where the 2019 softball championships will be held. That’s because Cal (Pa.) informed the WPIAL last week that construction at Lilley Field will not be complete in time for the games, which are scheduled for May 29-30. Cal hasn’t played a...
Hempfield’s Orie continues to raise the bar in advance of Lady Spartan Invitational
Hempfield thrower Mackenna Orie has continued to climb the record board in the shot put and discus. The senior now ranks second in school history in both events after an outstanding performance Tuesday against Indiana. She hopes to continue the upward cycle at the 28th annual Lady Spartan/17th annual Wildcat...
Wandrisco, Primus, Housner, Maggi inducted into SW Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame
Mike Wandrisco was a highly respected and well-liked official. He also was an outstanding wrestler who attended Bishop Canevin. Wandrisco wrestled and golfed at Washington & Jefferson, and he thrived as a wrestling official. But his 32-year illustrious career in wrestling came to an end in 2018 when he passed...
