Paul Schofield stories, Page 128
Broken hand will force Shaler’s Sullivan to miss WPIAL, PIAA wrestling tournaments
A broken right hand will keep Shaler senior Ryan Sullivan, the returning WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA 113-pound champion, from defending his titles. Sullivan (28-1), seeded No. 1 at 120 pounds, was pulled from the WPIAL Class AAA tournament bracket Tuesday, according to WPIAL wrestling chairman Frank Vulcano. “It was...
Mitch Keller allows 2 runs as Pirates suffer 1st spring loss
Top prospect Mitch Keller started and allowed three hits and two runs in an inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates lost 6-5 to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday in Fort Myers, Fla. It was the Pirates’ first loss in Grapefruit League action. Relief pitcher Michael Feliz worked two scoreless innings, and...
Former champions on collision course at WPIAL Class AAA wrestling championships
One returning champion definitely won’t be adding another WPIAL Class AAA wrestling title to his resume this weekend. What’s because Norwin junior Kurtis Phipps, a two-time champion at 106 pounds, and Shaler senior Ryan Sullivan, last season’s 113-pound winner, both are in the 120-pound weight class at the WPIAL/PIAA Southwest...
Pirates move to 3-0 with spring training win over Red Sox
Left fielder Melky Cabrera played the first five innings and went 1 for 2 with a double, third baseman Colin Moran doubled and scored in the first inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates improved to 3-0 with a come-from-behind victory against Boston (2-1) on Monday in Bradenton. Shortstop Kevin Newman had...
Cal (Pa.) unveils new logo
Cal (Pa.) recently unveiled a new logo for its athletic teams. The new logo is part of a multi-phase rebranding to capture the spirit of the university and give it a fresh, new look. It will tell of story about the past and what the university is today. “We invited...
Hempfield’s Orie wins state indoor shot put title
Hempfield senior MacKenna Orie knew if she wanted to win a state indoor title, she needed a quick start. She did just that, breaking the school indoor record in shot put with a winning throw of 47 feet, 7 1/2 inches on her first attempt Sunday at the Pennsylvania Indoor...
Mt. Pleasant’s Pitzer, Derry’s DeLuca claim regional wrestling titlesVideo
Wrestlers who give up a five-point move early in a championship match usually don’t recover. Someone forgot to give Mt. Pleasant freshman Dayton Pitzer the memo. Pitzer rebounded from the first-period toss by Ellwood City junior Austin Walley to capture the PIAA Class AA 182-pound Southwest Regional title 9-6 on...
Burrell’s Oswalt achieves goal at PIAA Class AA Southwest wrestling regional
Burrell sophomore Ian Oswalt had one goal in mind at the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional: He wanted to dominate. That’s exactly what he did in capturing the 120-pound title Saturday at IUP’s Kovalchick Complex. Oswalt (45-2 this season, 92-12 career) achieved his goal by picking up two pins on...
Hopewell’s Ealy among 11 WPIAL wrestlers to reach Class AA Southwest Regional finals
Hopewell senior Jacob Ealy has placed at the PIAA wrestling championships before. He finished fifth at 126 pounds in Class AAA in 2018. Now, because of Hopewell’s lower enrollment, Ealy is wrestling in Class AA and is wiping out the competition. Ealy (37-2) advanced to the finals of the PIAA...
Derry’s DeLuca reaches 150 wins, has eye on bigger prize at Southwest Regional
Derry senior Dom DeLuca chuckled when he was tossed a bag of muffins from his mother after his quarterfinal-round match at the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional Friday at IUP’s Kovalchick Athletic Complex. With his pin of McGuffey senior Marshall Mounts, and his earlier pin of Philipsburg-Osceola junior Tyler Anderson...
Five things to watch during Saturday’s Class AAA section wrestling tournaments
Individual tournaments begin Saturday for WPIAL Class AAA wrestlers. This is just the start of their three-week journey, which they hope ends with a trip to the PIAA championships March 7-9 in Hershey. The section tournaments will be held at four sites: Kiski Area (Section 1), Connellsville (2), Fox Chapel...
Valley heavyweight pulls out of SW Regional
Valley senior heavyweight Dave Schuffert’s high school wrestling career came to a dramatic end on Thursday when he informed his coaches to scratch him from the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional at Indiana University’s Kovalchick Athletic Complex on Friday. Schuffert (28-4) was seeded No. 4 after falling to Burgettstown junior...
Five things to watch at the Class AA Southwest Regional wrestling tournament
For the wrestlers in Class AA from the WPIAL and Districts 5 and 6, this is the final chance they have to earn a trip to the PIAA individual wrestling championships March 7-9 in Hershey. Over the next two days at the PIAA Southwest Regional at IUP’s Kovalchick Complex, 224...
Hempfield grad Bewak named captain of prostyle wrestling team
Paul Bewak is considered the top wrestler in John Hopkins history after finishing his career in 2015 as a three-time NCAA Division III All-American with a 135-24 record. He is the winningest wrestler in school history. The 2011 Hempfield grad on Thursday was named team captain of the Pennsylvania Great...
West Virginia adds to football coaching staff
West Virginia football coach Neal Brown announced Wednesday the hiring of Coleman Barnes as the associate athletics director for football external affairs. Barnes will work together with the athletics administration and external units to further the WVU brand. He will promote new ideas, development and growth to help position the...
Penn State announces date for Blue-White game
The annual Blue-White game at Penn State will be held at 3 p.m. April 13 at Beaver Stadium. The game will air live on the Penn State Sports Network and GoPSUsports.com, and will be tape-delayed on Big Ten Network at 8 p.m. This will be an interesting spring for the...
3 former UPJ wrestlers to be inducted into Division II Hall of Fame
Three Pitt-Johnstown national champions are part of the 2019 class that will be inducted into the Division II National Wrestling Hall of Fame on March 7 in Cleveland. Penn-Trafford graduate Lee Schickel, Shad Benton and Shane Valko are part of the six-member class. The others being inducted are Antonio Guerra...
Pitt-Greensburg baseball duo land on AMCC watch list
Two members of the Pitt-Greensburg baseball team were listed as players to watch in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference preseason poll. Senior first baseman Tyler Holland (Baldwin) and senior left fielder Chris Common (Penn-Trafford) were named. Holland was a first-team AMCC all-star last season. He batted .364 with nine home...
Franklin Regional uses big run to secure playoff win over South FayetteVideo
Franklin Regional used a strong third quarter, which included a 16-0 run that carried into the fourth quarter, and pulled away for a 46-35 victory Tuesday against South Fayette in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs at Keystone Oaks. It was the first playoff victory for the...
Derry wrestler Baker already a champion after winning battle with cancerVideo
No matter what happens the rest of Jason Baker’s high school wrestling career, he already is a champion. The Derry senior has accomplished something many his age have never done: recover from a brain tumor and beat cancer. “He may be the first wrestler to beat it,” said Baker’s dad,...
High school wrestling notebook: Seven wrestlers looking for 3rd section title in Class AAA
As the WPIAL Class AA wrestlers head to Indiana this weekend, the Class AAA wrestlers begin their journey toward Hershey. The Class AAA section tournaments will be held Saturday at four sites — Kiski Area (Section 1), Connellsville (2), Fox Chapel (3) and Chartiers Valley (4). There are three returning...
Trib HSSN indiviudal wrestling rankings for week of Feb. 18, 2019
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings Class AAA 106: 1. Dylan Chappell, Seneca Valley (32-4); 2. Carter Dibert, Franklin Regional (31-1); 3. Vince Citrano, Plum (25-3); 4. Mason Prinkey, Connellsville (26-5); 5. Dylan Coy, North Allegheny (30-3). 113: 1. Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Seneca Valley (38-1); 2. Kyle Burkholder, Hempfield (26-5); 3. Finn...
Canon-McMillan wins WPIAL Junior High title; Latrobe has 4 champions
Canon-McMillan took home the team title at the 2019 WPIAL Junior High championships Saturday at Norwin, but the Latrobe Black team had the most individual champions with four. The two-day event had 55 schools and more than 620 wrestlers competing for the 18 titles. Canon-McMillan finished with 277.5 points and...
Mid Mon Valley Hall of Fame announces Class of 2019
Monessen grad Charel Allen and Belle Vernon grad Marlon McIntyre headline the 2019 Mid Mon Valley Hall of Fame Class of 2019, which was announced Friday. Allen, a 2004 graduate of Monessen, scored 3,110 points and led the Greyhounds to a state championship. She was the Class A Player of...
WPGA holding 2019 rules of golf workshops
Golf has seen numerous rules changes implemented this year, and the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association will be conducting 10 Rules of Golf Workshops over the next three months explaining the 31 major changes. These workshops are to help educate golfers on the changes. All WPGA members are welcomed unless noted....
