Paul Schofield stories, Page 35

Seton Hill’s baseball team keeps checking things off their list of goals. The Griffins captured their third PSAC title with a 10-0 rout of West Chester on Saturday at Slippery Rock University’s Jack Critchfield Park. Their other titles came in 2017 and 2018. “We still have two (goals) remaining,” Seton...

Franklin Regional boys lacrosse coach Luke Stephens is familiar with the Panthers program. The 2013 Franklin Regional grad played for the Panthers and was an assistant coach for five seasons before becoming the head coach this season. And while the season hasn’t gone as well as hoped, the Panthers are...

When Scottie Scheffler steps up to the tee box for the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, some of the world’s most notable greens might look a bit farther away. As Jon Rahm eyes an approach shot, he will have to navigate around certain bunkers a bit differently. Rory...

When the Latrobe baseball team won the WPIAL and PIAA Class 5A championship in 2017, the Wildcats did it with strong pitching and timely hitting. That team had a certain never-say-die attitude, rallying numerous times late in games. When the 2023 playoffs begin next week, will this Wildcats nine have...

When the Greensburg Central Catholic boys track team was riding home from the 2022 WPIAL Class 2A track and field championship, coach Mike Brewer’s athletes told him that, next year, they were coming back for a ring. The team kept its word. Greensburg Central Catholic claimed the Class 2A title...

One of the top wrestlers in the WPIAL will be headed south to continue his wrestling career. Frazier junior Rune Lawrence announced on social media Monday his commitment to wrestle at West Virginia. Lawrence is a three-time PIAA and WPIAL Class 2A champion. His career record is 112-7. He was...

Greensburg Salem baseball coach Anthony Manley said he didn’t say much to his team heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. That’s because the Golden Lions knew if they wanted a shot at winning the WPIAL Section 3-3A title, they had to find a way to manufacture a comeback....

Whatever the outcome for the Derry girls track and field team at the WPIAL Class 2A championship Tuesday, it will be a historical moment for the program. But as coach Mark Curcio sees it, Derry wants the gold trophy. The 11-year coach thinks it is attainable. Derry reached the WPIAL...

Alex Turowski, a sophomore at Fairmont State, was honored by the Mountain East Conference following his second round at the MEC Spring Classic at Edgewood Country Club. The Penn-Trafford graduate earned MEC honorable mention honors. The All-MEC men’s golf team is selected based on individual performances by players during five...

If Penn-Trafford senior Kate Schall wanted to pursue a track and field career at Penn State, her high school coach Eric Reger believes she would continue to find success. “I think she would do very well if she decided to run,” Reger said. “She probably would run the 400 and...

Dylan Grabowski School: Penn-Trafford Sport: Baseball Year: Senior Claim to fame: He played a key role in a Section 1-5A doubleheader sweep against Gateway on Thursday. Grabowski pitched six innings and allowed one run in a 10-2 victory in Game 1. He allowed four hits and struck out nine, and...

Regan McComb has seen steady progress since she took over the Franklin Regional girls lacrosse program in 2021. The team reached the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs in 2022, losing to Quaker Valley in the first round, and has already qualified for the 2023 playoffs. McComb said because the players know...

Yough baseball coach Dan Palm said he couldn’t have been happier with his team’s start Friday against McGuffey. He wasn’t pleased that they let off the gas. Yough built an early seven-run lead in the WPIAL Section 4-3A battle at Cougar Mountain and held on for an 8-5 victory. The...

Plum baseball coach Carl Vollmer usually uses junior Colin Watson in save situations. But after junior starting pitcher Erik Streussnig struggled with his control and didn’t last two innings against Franklin Regional in a WPIAL Section 1-5A first-place showdown, Vollmer decided to extend Watson out and he responded. Watson blanked...

The Derry boys volleyball program is celebrating its 50th season with a reunion in July. The program, which began in 1974, has been one of the stronger and more consistent teams in the WPIAL. The Trojans have won 19 section titles, been a WPIAL finalists 11 times and won in...

Qualifying for the U.S. Open in Los Angeles has begun with local qualifiers, and three golfers from the Pittsburgh Area have earned spots in the sectional qualifiers in late May and early June. The United States Golf Association’s 123rd U.S. Open has numerous qualifiers going on. The Pittsburgh qualifier will...

The Penn-Trafford track and field program is trending up under fifth-year coach Eric Reger, who has been with the program for 12 seasons. The boys’ team defeated Hempfield for the first time in 50 seasons and qualified for the WPIAL team semifinals for the first time since 2015 and third...

With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Penn-Trafford baseball team couldn’t afford a split in the two-game series against last-place Penn Hills if the Warriors hoped to qualify for the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. The Warriors had split three previous two-game series in Section 1 and with series...

There was only one meet record set Thursday at the 100th Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association track and field championship at Latrobe, but there were a lot of good performances. Franklin Regional freshman Monroe Law broke the meet, stadium and school records in winning the 100-meter dash in 12.28 seconds. The...

Kiski Area junior Eliza Miller has collected a bunch of medals from Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association this year. Miller won two medals Thursday at the track and field championships at Latrobe after winning a couple of medals at the swimming championships in January and gold at the cross country meet...

The Southmoreland softball team all but wrapped up the WPIAL Section 3-3A title Wednesday. The Scotties (6-1 8-2) got a solid pitching performance from junior Madison Brown, and sophomore Makayla Etling collected four hits, including her third home run of the season, in an 11-1 six inning mercy rule game...

The Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association is celebrating its 100th boys track and field championship Thursday at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. The girls championship didn’t begin until 1980. As part of the celebration, the WCCA has invited all past champions to the event for a social at 5 p.m. and hope they...

If the Penn-Trafford baseball team had any hope of making the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs this season, a sweep of last-place Penn Hills was mandatory. The Warriors split three previous two-game series in Section 1. After holding on to defeat Penn Hills on Monday, the Warriors weren’t about to split...

First place in WPIAL Section 1-3A track and field will be on the line Tuesday when Hempfield visits Norwin. The Norwin boys and girls teams, under the direction of Tim Van Horn, are undefeated at 4-0. The Hempfield girls are 4-0, and the boys are 3-1. Ron Colland coaches the...

When Charlie Hach took over the Penn-Trafford boys lacrosse program, his first year was a short one because of the covid-19 pandemic that shuttered spring sports in 2020. Year 2 didn’t go much better as the team won only four games. But the past two seasons, the program has made...