District College category, Page 67
IUP women’s soccer coach Adel Heder gets call to hall
Longtime IUP women’s soccer coach Adel Heder will be inducted into the PA West Yough Soccer Hall of Fame. Heder, who has WPIAL ties, will join four other inductees at a ceremony Jan. 4 at the PA West Soccer Awards Gala at the DoubleTree Hotel in Green Tree. The boys...
Lackawanna’s Robert Kennedy receives Marshall offer
Robert “Poogie” Kennedy has one more semester left at Lackawanna before, concievably, he embarks on the next chapter of his football career. The former Jeannette star who has shined as a safety at the junior college level, continues to draw Division I interest. Lackawanna (10-1) finished runner-up in the NJCAA...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Interest increases for Yough grad, Lackawanna offensive lineman
Scott Houseman almost did not go to Lackawanna, but the hulking linemen sure is glad he did. Not only did the Yough graduate get to play for a national championship with the Falcons, he also has seen a spike in his recruiting. A starter on the offensive line this season,...
Weekend College Top 10: Slippery Rock football earns spot in D-II semifinals
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Slippery Rock football bound for semifinals Roland Rivers III accounted for eight touchdowns — six passing and two rushing — as the eighth-ranked Rock outlasted 13th-ranked Notre Dame (Ohio), 65-59, in the NCAA Division II...
Slippery Rock advances to D-II semifinals with wild 65-59 victory
When Slippery Rock quarterback Roland Rivers III had to sit out all of 2017 with a shoulder injury, he passed the time by playing a lot of the video game “Madden.” But he didn’t play the usual way. “I played practice mode with all 32 (NFL) teams for three hours...
Carnegie Mellon women’s soccer loses in NCAA Division III semifinals
The Carnegie Mellon women’s soccer team had its NCAA Division III national championship hopes come to an end Friday. The Tartans lost 2-1 to No. 1 Messiah (22-1-2) on penalty kicks in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. Messiah’s Maddie Kohl, Megan Mansfield and Brooke Firestone...
Penn Hills grad Sherron Schifino bursts onto scene at Point Park
After a year away from basketball, Sherron Schifino has reappeared on the Pittsburgh basketball scene, this time at Point Park. Schifino, a 2017 Penn Hills graduate, has acclimated himself quite well in his first year at Point Park (4-4) under head coach Joe Lewandowski. In the early going, Schifino leads...
North Allegheny grad, Carnegie Mellon diver Mianzo continues to improve
North Allegheny graduate Maddie Mianzo had a productive month as a junior diver on the Carnegie Mellon women’s swimming and diving team. Mianzo, 20, of Franklin Park, was named University Athletic Association Athlete of the Week for Nov. 18 after earning her first NCAA Division III regional qualifying marks of...
Former Latrobe golfer Brady Pevarnik leaving Penn State
Brady Pevarnik has changed clubs before to combat a stiff wind or to negotiate a tight pin placement. But now the former Latrobe star golfer is changing colleges. Pevarnik is leaving Penn State and will transfer to the College of Charleston (S.C.) for the spring semester. “It just wasn’t the...
Slippery Rock QB Roland Rivers III finalist for Harlon Hill Award
The Harlon Hill Award often is called the Heisman Trophy of NCAA Division II football. Could this year’s hardware end up in the hands of a player from … Slippery Rock? Could happen. Slippery Rock senior quarterback Roland Rivers III is one of the eight finalists for the Hill Award,...
Seton Hill’s Viktoria Farian an all-region selection
On the eve of her volleyball team’s opening match in the NCAA Division II Tournament, Seton Hill’s Viktoria Farian received some more postseason recognition. Farian, a junior outside hitter, was named to the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association All-Atlantic Region second team. She was a first-team selection last season....
Chase Rowe leaving La Roche baseball to join Detroit Tigers organization
Seven-time AMCC Baseball Coach of the Year Chase Rowe is leaving La Roche to take a minor league position with the Detroit Tigers. Rowe will be a hitting coach but the team or level at which he will coach has not been announced. The Knoch graduate announced the move on...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill coach Katarski reaches milestone
Seven seasons into his tenure at Seton Hill, women’s basketball coach Mark Katarski has reached a milestone. Katarski’s teams often come close to scoring 100 points. In Sunday’s 85-78 win over Frostburg State, the Griffins gave him 100 career victories. Katarski, who began guiding the Griffins in 2013-14, when they...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Brandon Stone gets time for La Salle
Brandon Stone believed he could not only play Division I basketball, but that he also could make an immediate impact when he arrived at a program. The 6-foot-11 freshman forward, who played at Southmoreland before finishing his prep career at The Christ School (N.C.), is playing right away at La...
Pitt-Greensburg trio make all-region teams
A trio of Pitt-Greensburg players from the most successful women’s soccer team in program history received additional postseason accolades. Senior defender Tori Conroy and freshman forward Ashley Lucas were named to the United Soccer Coaches Association NCAA Division III All-Great Lakes Region second team, while sophomore midfielder Tiffany Michalek made...
Weekend College Top 10: Offense carries Slippery Rock into D-II quarterfinals
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. WR Wynn, No. 8 Slippery Rock dominate in playoff opener Jermaine Wynn Jr. (Woodland Hills) equaled the NCAA Division II playoff mark with 18 catches as The Rock ousted Shepherd, 51-30, in a second-round game...
Rivers, Wynn lead Slippery Rock football into Division II quarterfinals
Roland Rivers III threw for 416 yards and four touchdowns as top seed/No. 8 Slippery Rock defeated visiting Shepherd, 51-30, in the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs Saturday afternoon. Jermaine Wynn caught a school-record 18 passes for 229 yards and two touchdowns for the Rock, and Charles...
Franklin Regional grad Todd Summers catching on with Villanova football
His first reception for Franklin Regional went for a touchdown. So did his first two at Villanova. Todd Summers knows a few things about making a strong initial impression, but those events pale in comparison to what first-year Villanova offensive coordinator Chris Boden thought when he first saw the redshirt...
Alumni represent Latrobe on college courts across country
One town’s name keeps popping up on college basketball rosters all over the place, up and down the East Coast. From New England to Florida — and many stops in between — “Latrobe” is a common hometown among lists that also include jersey numbers, classes, heights and positions. Latrobe graduates,...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Apollo-Ridge graduate shines for Carlow basketball
Megan Ost is making the most of her early-season opportunities for the Carlow women’s basketball team. The Apollo-Ridge graduate and sophomore forward with the Celtics owns six double-digit scoring efforts through eight games. Ost had a season-best 23 points to go with 10 rebounds in Tuesday’s 63-39 victory over Penn...
UPG men’s basketball to honor program’s top teams, players Saturday
When Pitt-Greensburg plays host to Penn State-Behrend on Saturday, the athletic department will also honor four teams and their players. The four teams — squads from 1969-70,1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2004-05 — and former players who made their mark within the program will be recognized beginning at 12:30 p.m. with a...
Greensburg Salem grad Darius Doty ends Westminster career with big game
Westminster senior Darius Doty ended his collegiate football career with the best game of his career on Saturday. The defensive end and Greensburg Salem graduate helped Westminster defeat SUNY-Morrisville, 35-24, in the Eastern College Athletic Conference’s Clayton Chapman Bowl. Doty led the Titan defense with eight tackles, a career-high six...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad helps Arizona State to upset
Arizona State redshirt senior 149-pounder Josh Maruca (Franklin Regional) earned a 5-4 decision over Penn State sophomore Jarod Verkleeren (Hempfield) as the No. 5 Sun Devils upset No. 1 Penn State, 19-18, to snap the Nittany Lions’ 60-dual match winning streak that dated to 2015. Bucknell: Sophomore Zach Hartman (Belle...
IUP men’s basketball moves up to No. 6 in national poll
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team is undefeated through five games, and it moved up two spots to No. 6 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II poll released Tuesday afternoon. IUP is the only Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference team ranked in this week’s poll. The...
Cal (Pa.) women’s basketball No. 9 in latest national poll; IUP moves up to No. 15
The Cal (Pa.) women’s basketball team has moved into the top 10 of the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Vulcans, 7-0 overall and 2-0 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, ticked up four spots to No. 9. They have been featured in...
