Paul Schofield stories, Page 91
Penn-Trafford football season ends a little earlier than hoped
Penn-Trafford’s football season ended a little earlier than it planned. The Warriors (6-2) saw their season end with a 49-14 loss at No. 1 Pine-Richland in the WPIAL semifinals. Their losses were to the two WPIAL Class 5A finalists. Peters Township edged Penn-Trafford, 24-21, in the second game of the...
Jeannette adds 10th WPIAL title to trophy caseVideo
The winningest football program in the WPIAL added another prize to its trophy case. This one might be the most impressive and unexpected. No. 3 Jeannette stunned No. 1 Clairton and captured its 10th WPIAL football championship Saturday with an impressive 45-14 victory in the Class A title game at...
Jeannette punishes Clairton in shocking WPIAL championship blowout
Jeannette captured the 10th WPIAL title in school history by shocking No. 1 Clairton, 45-14, in the Class A championship game Saturday at North Hills’ Martorelli Stadium. The Jayhawks (9-1) reversed a season-opening loss to the Bears by capitalizing on numerous Clairton mistakes. It was the first time since 2004...
Family atmosphere on coaching staff helps Jeannette stay successful
There is something special about being a football coach at Jeannette. But current coach Roy Hall knows to be successful, you must have a dedicated coaching staff that loves the game, loves coaching players and loves Jeannette. Hall has been the Jayhawks’ head man since 2009 when Ray Reitz left...
Clairton, Jeannette at it again in WPIAL Class A championship game
Before Jeannette and Clairton met in the first game of the season Sept. 11, Clairton coach Wayne Wade made two predictions. One, the game would decide the Eastern Conference title, and he was correct. Two, he said he was confident that the teams would meet for a second time for...
Fresh off program’s first WPIAL title, Franklin Regional volleyball heads into state playoffs
This has been a year of firsts for the Franklin Regional girls volleyball team. On Saturday, the Panthers captured their first WPIAL Class 3A volleyball title, rallying late to upend No. 3 Montour, 3-2. The Panthers trailed 14-13 in the fifth set but leaned on Division I recruit Aly Kindelberger...
Jeannette turns page on Rochester win, focuses on Clairton rematch
Jeannette football coach Roy Hall gave his team permission to enjoy Friday’s convincing win at Rochester in the WPIAL Class A semifinals until Saturday. The hour-plus bus ride back to Jeannette from Rochester provided the Jayhawks time to relish their accomplishment after the No. 3 seed Jayhawks defeated the No....
Moon’s Cochran, Shenango’s Medvit claim PIAA cross country titles
Mia Cochran and Carmen Medvit captured PIAA cross country championships Saturday in Hershey. Cochran, a junior from Moon, won her second Class AAA title by breezing in a time of 18 minutes, 28 seconds. Cochran is a two-time WPIAL champion. Medvit, a senior from Shenango, won her first Class A...
Franklin Regional football finds positives in challenging season
If Greg Botta has his choice, he’d be preparing his Franklin Regional football team for a playoff game instead of cleaning his condominium in Myrtle Beach. But Franklin Regional had its streak of 16 consecutive seasons of playing in the WPIAL playoffs stopped this season after finishing 4-3 overall and...
Jeannette takes down Rochester, gets rematch with Clairton in WPIAL title game
Jeannette coach Roy Hall told his team the key to defeating Rochester was controlling the line of scrimmage. That’s what No. 3 Jeannette did Friday in the WPIAL Class A semifinals at Rochester Stadium. The Jayhawks (8-1) controlled both sides of the line and gashed the Rams, 40-13, to advance...
WPIAL girls volleyball finals preview: GCC looks to end Bishop Canevin’s title run
Greensburg Central Catholic’s girls volleyball team hasn’t been in the WPIAL Class A championship since 2016. That also happened to be Courtney Stynchula first season as the school’s coach. If the Centurions want to win their fourth WPIAL title, they must find a way to defeat perennial power Bishop Canevin,...
Greensburg Central Catholic’s Corinn Brewer eyes PIAA championship
Greensburg Central Catholic junior Corinn Brewer didn’t know why she tightened up at the WPIAL Class A cross country championships Oct. 28 at White Oak Park. She just knew early her chances of winning weren’t good. So she focused on doing her best and held on to place second. Last...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer wins WPIAL championship
Greensburg Central Catholic’s girls soccer team has had a relatively easy path through the season. The high-scoring Centurions averaged nearly eight goals per game, but Thursday in the WPIAL Class A championship game against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, three was enough. Senior Samantha Felder scored two goals, including...
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 9
Cole Weightman Belle Vernon, jr., LB This all-state wrestler is the second-leading tackler for Belle Vernon. He has one interception and five quarterback sacks. The Belle Vernon defense, which has allowed 77 points and recorded four shutouts, will face a tough challenge on the road at Aliquippa. Mason Frye Penn-Trafford,...
Old school meets new school when Rochester, Jeannette collide
Two traditional Class A powers square off Friday in the WPIAL football semifinals, each using different philosophies on offense. No. 2 Rochester (7-1) uses the old-school approach — smash-mouth football. Against Springdale, the Rams ran 69 plays and 68 were on the ground. No. 3 Jeannette (7-1) uses the new-school...
GCC headed to volleyball finals after beating Beaver County ChristianVideo
The Greensburg Central Catholic girls volleyball team is headed back to the WPIAL Class A championship for the first time since 2016. That happened to be the first season Courtney Stynchula became the school’s coach. The Centurions won their third WPIAL title that season and went on to become PIAA...
OLSH girls soccer looks to slow down high-scoring GCC in WPIAL title game
When Greensburg Central Catholic collides with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the WPIAL Class A girls soccer championship Thursday at Gateway, it will be a battle of opposites. The No. 1 Centurions feature a high-powered offense that averages 7.9 goals per game. The No. 6 Chargers (12-2) have...
Latrobe girls tennis savors historic run to state finals
Latrobe girls tennis coach Chad Kissell thought early on this might be a special year for his team. When the Wildcats opened the season with an impressive 4-1 victory against North Allegheny, Kissell’s mind was made up. “I knew we were capable of winning the WPIAL Class AAA title,” Kissell...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls overcome slow start, rout South Side
It didn’t take the Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer team long to find out that South Side came to play Monday in the WPIAL Class A semifinals at Norwin. The Rams scored the game’s first goal and led 10 minutes into the game. Then things changed quickly, the Centurions scored...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Alumnus gets golf modeling gig
Penn-Trafford grad and professional golfer Dan Obremski has added modeling to his resume. Obremski, who recently played on the PGA of American Latino Tour, was featured in a Dick’s Sporting Goods advertising supplement modeling golf apparel. The 2005 Penn-Trafford grad attended Coastal Carolina and has won numerous mini-tour events in...
Penn-Trafford hockey putting pieces in place for return to playoffs
Penn-Trafford hockey coach Chris Cerutti has been busy this fall. He and his wife moving to a new home and are expecting a child, and he’s trying to rebuild the school’s hockey program after missing the playoffs in 2019-20. Penn-Trafford finished 8-9 last year in the PIHL Class AA Southeast...
Many happy returns for Belle Vernon, Jeannette, Penn-Trafford
One thing the three remaining high school football teams from Westmoreland County have in common is their abilities to score points in a variety of ways. Belle Vernon, Jeannette and Penn-Trafford do not just rely on high-powered offenses. Each has scored touchdowns on defense and special teams. Those are the...
Franklin Regional hockey ready to rebound after missing postseason
Franklin Regional missed the 2019-20 PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs by one point. That didn’t sit well with the players and coach John Winebrenner after his squad finished 10-8 behind Latrobe and Hempfield. But with nine starters returning and a talented group of players moving up from the junior varsity, Winebrenner...
Jeannette makes quick work of Avella in WPIAL Class A opening round
If Jeannette coach Roy Hall was worried his players were looking ahead, they made sure early on Friday night to ease his mind. The Jayhawks took care of business against an overmatched Avella squad, scoring on their first seven possessions and adding scores on a kickoff return and a fumble...
After last-minute test result, Moon’s Mia Cochran defends WPIAL Class AAA cross country titleVideo
Mia Cochran almost didn’t get a chance to defend her WPIAL Class AAA girls cross country title. Twenty minutes before her race began Friday afternoon, the Moon junior runner learned her covid-19 test was negative, providing relief after a few stressful hours of waiting. Moon’s high and middle schools will...
