Paul Schofield stories, Page 38

It’s been a long and difficult journey for Latrobe senior Nate Roth. Arguably one of the top wrestlers in the WPIAL, if not the state, he has never made the trip to Hershey for the PIAA individual championships. Injuries in 2020 and 2022 as well as a controversial slam in...

Two weeks before the start of the baseball season, Penn-Trafford has named a new coach. Lou Cortazzo, who spent the past eight years as an assistant in the Penn-Trafford program, was named interim coach to replace Dan Miller. Penn-Trafford athletic director Kerry Hetrick informed the Tribune-Review that Cortazzo was the...

It looked like the Montour hockey team was in great position to make the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League Penguins Cup playoffs two weeks ago. The Spartans were 16-4 and in second place in the Class A Gold Division. But PIHL officials were alerted via a social media post that the...

Latrobe senior Nate Roth might be the best wrestler in the WPIAL not to qualify for the PIAA individual championships. An unfortunate set of circumstances — injuries and a questionable slam in 2021 — have kept him from a trip to Hershey. Roth gets one final shot at wrestling in...

Individual Rankings Class 3A 107: 1. Santino Sloboda, Butler (34-0); 2. Tanner Mizenko, Canon-McMillan (34-8); 3. Nico Kapusta, Hempfield (24-9); 4. Gus Stedeford, North Allegheny (25-10); 5. Owen Campbell, Plum (29-5); 6. Dylan Barrett, Penn-Trafford (28-12). 114: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe (30-2); 2. Connor Smith, Seneca Valley (26-6); 3. Ty...

North Catholic denied Laurel Highlands its fourth consecutive trip to the WPIAL championship game by defeating the second-seeded Mustangs, 74-59, in the Class 4A semifinals Monday at Norwin. The sixth-seeded Trojans combined hot 3-point shooting in the first half with a pressure defense to defeat the Mustangs. North Catholic (19-6)...

When Penn-Trafford’s boys basketball team hosted Peters Township in December, the Warriors were embarrassed, losing by 29 points (74-45). When the two teams met Feb. 17 in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs, the Indians faced a different Warriors team. Top-seeded Peters Township ended up defeating No....

The Penn-Trafford hockey team had three players score goals in a 3-1 win over Meadville in the next-to-last game of its Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League Class 2A schedule Feb. 20. Meadville (3-14-1) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first period, but goals by Nate Loughner and Bryce Kropczynski in the...

During the 87 years of the WPIAL championships, only 31 wrestlers have won four titles, and 84 were three-time champions. Laurel senior Grant MacKay and Frazier junior Rune Lawrence now make it 86 three-time winners, and Lawrence has a shot at joining his brother Thayne as a four-time winner next...

Normally, a coach will be critical of his team’s offensive performance. Yough basketball coach Jim Nesser’s assessment of his team was the opposite. He was disappointed with the defensive effort. Neshannock knocked Yough into the consolation round Thursday by defeating the Cougars, 53-49, in a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal at...

North Hills freshman Eric James put on a show in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal game against Fox Chapel. Maybe he was trying to impress Pitt coach Jeff Capel, who was sitting at the press table watching the game. James scored 20 of his team-high 30...

It has been more than 10 years since Northgate won a WPIAL playoff basketball game, coach Cam Williams said. But the way the Flames played Tuesday during the first round of the Class 2A playoffs, they might be in the 2023 tournament for an extended time. Sparked by the duo...

During the 87 years of the WPIAL individual championships, only 31 wrestlers have won four titles and 84 three titles. That number could grow over the next two weeks. Three Class 2A wrestlers — Bentworth junior Chris Vargo, Laurel senior Grant MacKay and Frazier junior Rune Lawrence — can become...

Individual Rankings Class 3A 107: 1. Santino Sloboda, Butler (31-0); 2. Tanner Mizenko, Canon-McMillan (31-8); 3. Owen Campbell, Plum (27-4); 4. Gus Stedeford, North Allegheny (23-9); 5. Dylan Barrett, Penn-Trafford (26-11); 6. Ejiro Montoya, Mt. Lebanon (26-3). 114: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe (27-2); 2. Connor Smith, Seneca Valley (23-6); 3....

Experience in a WPIAL playoff game can be the difference between a win or loss. Deer Lakes showed that Monday in a Class 3A first-round game against a young Ellwood City team. The senior-laden Lancers used a 15-0 run in the second quarter, sparked by their defense, and cruised to...

It was quite a season in 2022 for the Seton Hill softball team. The Griffins won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division title and advanced to NCAA Division II World Series in Denver after winning the Atlantic Regional and Super Regional. They finished 42-12. But the 2023 team faces...

Diana Cholock described Penn-Trafford’s rifle season as crazy after her team captured the school’s first state title on Feb. 14. Penn-Trafford had five shooters in the Top 16, including the No. 1 shooter in junior Ivy Thomas. The Warriors finished with 1,023.3 points, out-shooting WPIAL champion Butler, 1,018.9. Thomas shot...

It’s been a roller-coaster type season for the 2022-23 Penn-Trafford hockey team. There were highs at the being of the season when the team started 7-2 and finished second in a holiday tournament. That was followed by a poor month of January where the team posted a 1-5 record. But...

Every wrestler who takes the mat wants to win. That doesn’t always happen, but this is the time of the season when individuals are in survival mode. Missing out on first place at this stage doesn’t mean the end of any and all hopes. WPIAL high school wrestlers in Class...

The Franklin Regional boys swimming team captured its 27th section title with a victory against Latrobe on Feb. 9. Now the boys turn their focus to the WPIAL individual swimming and diving championships. The diving portion is Feb. 25 at North Allegheny. The swimming side is March 2-3 at Pitt’s...

Those who thought No. 1 Peters Township would have an easy first-round game in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs forgot to tell No. 16 Penn-Trafford. Peters Township (20-3) used a big first half and then held on to defeat a gritty Penn-Trafford squad, 66-55, on Friday at home. The Indians...

There is no rest for the wrestlers in Class 2A. The start of the postseason individual tournament gets underway around the state Friday. WPIAL teams begin Saturday at three sites: Sections 1 and 2 at Burgettstown, Sections 3 and 4 at Keystone Oaks and Section 5 and 6 at Greensburg...

Pirates pitchers and catchers report to Bradenton on Wednesday, but the Seton Hill softball team already has two games under its belt. Seton Hill took advantage off a warm February day and opened the season Tuesday at home. The Griffins brought out the bats and swept a doubleheader against Wheeling...

TribLive HSSN Individual Rankings Class 3A 107:1. Santino Slaboda, Butler (30-0); 2. Tanner Mizenko, Canon-McMillan (30-8); 3. Owen Campbell, Plum (21-4); 4. Gus Stedeford, North Allegheny (23-9); 5. Dylan Barrett, Penn-Trafford (26-11); 6. Ejiro Montoya, Mt. Lebanon (22-3). 114: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe (27-2); 2. Connor Smith, Seneca Valley (22-6);...

Penn-Trafford coed rifle coach Diana Cholock said she had mixed feelings about the team’s second-place finish at the WPIAL team championships Feb. 7, at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club in Canonsburg. She was happy for the high finish, falling to Butler by a point, but also disappointed that some of her...