Paul Schofield stories, Page 2

Here are the top performers in the WPIAL as of May 1: 3A Boys 100: Preston Miller, Latrobe, 10.74; 200: Gavin Skarbek, Seneca Valley, 22.11; 400: Gavin Skarbek, Seneca Valley, 49.12; 800: Kayden Lightner, North Hills, 1:51.29; 1,600: Jack Bertram, North Allegheny, 4:11.76; 3,200: Jack Bertram, North Allegheny, 8:47.76; 110...

Mt. Pleasant is looking for a new swimming coach. That’s because longtime coach Sandy Felice, who led the Vikings boys and girls to Class 2A state titles, has decided to go out on top and hang up her whistle after 40 years. Felice, 68, began coaching in 1979 as a...

Waynesburg native and former LPGA player Rachel Rohanna is one of 39 women competing in the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open qualifier May 6 at Shannopin Country Club. Shannopin Country Club is 105 years old and is hosting its sixth Open qualifier. It is located northwest of Downtown Pittsburgh in Ben...

Plum did not have a big celebration after its 12-5 baseball victory against Franklin Regional on Monday. Why would the Mustangs? All it did was help them maintain a one-game lead atop Section 1-5A in front of Penn-Trafford (11-5, 7-2) and Latrobe (12-4, 7-2). There are still two weeks to...

Penn-Trafford senior Logan Kerstetter walked away from the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association Track and Field Championships on April 24 with three medals and an MVP award in the field events. The reigning WPIAL Class 3A javelin champion won the javelin for the second consecutive season, earned a silver medal for...

As the weather heats up, so is the Penn-Trafford baseball team. The Warriors (10-5, 6-2) were in a three-way tie for second place with Franklin Regional (10-3, 6-2) and Latrobe (9-4, 6-2) in Section 1-5A, a game behind Plum (12-2, 7-1). Most section teams have four games left with a...

Here are the top performers in WPIAL track and field as of April 25: Class 3A boys 100: Preston Miller, Latrobe, 10.74; 200: Connor Stokes, Elizabeth Forward, 22.13; 400: Gavin Skarbek, Seneca Valley, 49.12; 800: Kayden Lightner, 1:51.29; 1,600: Jack Bertram, North Allegheny, 4:11.76; 3,200: Jack Bertram, 8:47.75; 110 hurdles:...

The WPIAL extended the deadline to report early season results until midnight Friday. The original deadline was Wednesday, but because some coaches had problems recording scores, the WPIAL moved the deadline. WPIAL officials will be putting together heat sheets for the individual track and field championships and releasing them Monday....

Kiski Area’s Gianna Devito was happy with her performance at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association Track and Field Championships on Thursday at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. For the second time this week, Devito cleared 5 feet, 5 inches and won the high jump. She also competed in the triple jump and...

Greensburg Salem moved into a second-place tie with Knoch in Section 3-4A on Tuesday by playing an almost-perfect game. The Golden Lions took advantage of seven Derry errors, played flawless defense, got timely hitting and solid pitching in an 8-0 victory in Game 1 of their two-game baseball series. Game...

The 2024 U.S. Senior Open qualifier at Indiana Country Club had a memorable ending as Indiana native David Smith, a member of the club for 30 years, won the event and advanced to the 44th U.S. Senior Open at Newport Country Club. Indiana will against host a qualifying round Wednesday,...

A long-standing track and field record at Franklin Regional was tied April 9. Now that sophomore Sean Cartwright has tied the high jump mark of 6 feet, 6 inches, which was set by Bob Curtis in 1976, he wants to own it this year and he has more than a...

The Penn-Trafford boys lacrosse team has reached the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals in the past two seasons. Can they make it three in a row with a young team? Warriors coach Charlie Hach thinks they have a shot if they continue to improve. The Warriors have won five consecutive games...

Dylan Grabowski is having a strong season at Patrick & Henry Community College, both at the plate and on the mound. The 2023 Penn-Trafford grad, who signed on to continue his career next season at Division I Liberty, is batting .425 with 48 hits, 38 runs scored, 12 doubles, two...

Inclement weather pushed back the 2024 Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational by a day. But Hempfield coach Ron Colland said the 2025 annual track meet should go on as planned Friday at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. This is the 33rd Lady Spartan and 22nd Wildcat invitational. More than 32 teams have registered to...

Graham Keen played a big role in helping the Mt. Lebanon baseball team reach the WPIAL 6A championship game last year. The then-freshman and senior David Shields, who was drafted and signed by the Kansas City Royals, gave the Blue Devils a solid one-two punch. The 6-foot-5 sophomore right-hander pitched...

When competing in a track and field section with Norwin and Hempfield, the chances of making the WPIAL Class 3A team playoffs are slim. The Penn-Trafford boys team has defied that logic that the past two seasons by qualifying for WPIALs and last year reached the finals. But if the...

Derek Carr and Kylie Anthony are this year’s candidates from Penn-Trafford for the Westmoreland County Scholar/Athlete Excellence Award. The duo are outstanding athletes and solid students. Carr played football and basketball for the Warriors. He ranked 47th of 303 in his class with a 4.2 cumulative GPA. Anthony played volleyball...

Franklin Regional’s boys tennis team has put itself in good position to qualify for the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. The Panthers (4-1, 4-4) are in second place in Section 1-3A behind Gateway. They still have matches against Norwin, Penn-Trafford and Plum. They have defeated Connellsville, Hempfield, Latrobe and Kiski Area....

South Hills Classic meet organizer Rich Wright said the 21st annual track and field invitational will go as scheduled despite expected inclement weather Saturday at Baldwin High School. There are more than 30 schools entered in the early-season meet. Wright said action begins at 10 a.m., and the pole vault...

Derry track and field coach Mark Curcio was excited for his girls squad coming into the season. But that joy turned to disappointment after the PIAA released the 2025-26 enrollment perimeters, which moved Derry from Class 2A to Class 3A. “Four girls and 10 boys moved us up,” Curcio said....

On Tuesday, Norwin used an aggressive approach on offense to defeat Hempfield in Game 2 of their three-game WPIAL Section 2-6A baseball series. On Wednesday, it was Hempfield that was the more aggressive team. The Spartans defeated the Knights, 5-2, to take two of three in the series. Hempfield won...

Since Penn-Trafford won the 2019 PIAA Class 5A softball title, the team that has presented the most problems is Armstrong. The River Hawks have won five of the six meetings, including a heartbreaking loss in the WPIAL semifinals in 2024. But Penn-Trafford coach Denny Little is hoping things are changing....

Penn-Trafford boys volleyball Jim Schall said he saw some encouraging things from his team from the North Allegheny tournament March 22. Despite going 3-5 against some of the top teams in the state — the likes of Central York, Manheim Central, North Allegheny and Canon-McMillan — Schall felt it was...

Penn-Trafford softball’s Denny Little has had quite a run since becoming the Warriors’ head coach in 2016. A perennial playoff participant, the Warriors won a PIAA Class 5A in 2019 and covid may have taken another in 2020. Since then, a powerful Armstrong team has been in the Warriors path....