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Year at junior college helps CV grad Gulakowski get back on track to Division I baseball
In order to move his baseball pursuits forward, Brady Gulakowski took a step backward. Gulakowski, a catcher, went to play at N.C. State after helping Chartiers Valley win its first WPIAL title as a senior. But playing time at an ACC school can be hard to come by, and Gulakowski...
Pittsburgh Elite 10U rises to No. 1 ranking nationwide
After winning two of three tournaments to start the season, the Pittsburgh Elite 10U flag football team is now ranked No. 1 in the nation in a division that consists of around 60 teams. Pittsburgh Elite (15-1), coached by Penn Hills alum Jayvin Turner, recently won all five games in...
North Allegheny grad honored by Harvard tennis program
North Allegheny graduate and Harvard sophomore women’s tennis player Anna Li worked hard off the court, and it paid off. Li, 20, of McCandless, was the recipient of the Crimson’s Most Outstanding in Strength and Conditioning Award. Li said her junior coaches always emphasized conditioning, and she loved being challenged...
Franklin Regional alum Andrew Stimmel takes over Marquette men’s lacrosse team
Andrew Stimmel was a defensive assistant at Marquette four years ago but has returned to lead the men’s lacrosse team as head coach. The Franklin Regionl graduate takes over for former coach Joe Amplo, who resigned to take the head coaching position at Navy. Amplo and Stimmel are the only...
Mt. Pleasant grad Napper runs away with Westmoreland Junior title
While Westmoreland County Golf Association tournament officials were disappointed with the small field at Thursday’s Junior Championship, they were thrilled with the play of their champion. Mt. Pleasant graduate Sam Napper didn’t perform like a golfer who started playing three years ago. The Westminster commit ran away with the 31st...
Greensburg Salem grad Brennan Marion authors book about his spread offense
Brennan Marion continues to turn the page on his aspiring football coaching career. He hopes young players will turn the pages of his new book. Marion, the first-year offensive coordinator at William & Mary and a graduate of Greensburg Salem, will release “Go Go Offense,” a detailed look at the...
District 31 Legion baseball showcase set for next month
College scouts will get a close-up look at some of the top baseball players in American Legion District 31 — Westmoreland County — during the league’s player showcase set for 5 p.m. July 17 at Legion Keener Park in Latrobe. The one-day clinic will have players run through several drills,...
Podcast part 4: Eric Kasperowicz begins his coaching career
Eric Kasperowicz often was told by coaches and those close to him that he would make a good coach one day. When his playing days were over, he decided to find out. “I had a feeling that if I wasn’t going to play, I’d be a coach,” Kasperowicz said in...
Central Catholic grad Shipley wins WPGA Junior championship on 3rd playoff hole
Neal Shipley and Brady Pevarnik finished the 99th Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Junior championship in the dark Wednesday. After a thunderstorm delayed play at 2:21 p.m., the 36-hole event was far behind schedule. Thanks to some clutch putting on the final hole and the first three playoff holes, Shipley walked...
Division I commitment on tap for Greensburg Central Catholic grad Jassan Eubank
Navigating the recruiting process for a second time has been a mostly pleasurable experience for Jassan Eubank. But now comes the hardest part: picking a college. The former Greensburg Central Catholic football standout has spent the better part of two years marketing himself as a Division I prospect. With eight...
Racer Michael Norris set to defend title at Lernerville’s Firecracker 100
Last year, Michael Norris stood on top on top his car waving the checkered flag to a chorus of cheers from the Lernerville Speedway crowd after successfully beating the World of Outlaws touring regulars in the Friday night 30-lap preliminary feature during the Firecracker 100 weekend. It was a popular...
Coach Joe Lewandowski guides U.S. team to upset of Serbia at 3×3 World Cup
Point Park men’s basketball coach Joe Lewandowski has Team USA poised and feeling confident after opening day of the FIBA 3x3 World Cup in Amsterdam. The U.S. team won both of its games Wednesday, including a 21-16 victory over three-time defending champion Serbia, which had won 15 straight games. The...
Richland man relishes opportunity to work at U.S. Open in Pebble Beach
A Richland man who traveled to Pebble Beach, Calif., last week to serve on the wellness team serving athletes and others during the U.S. Open said it was “pretty fantastic.” Brent Shealer, 41, a chiropractor with a practice in Wilkins, said he worked on caddies and athletes. Citing HIPAA rules,...
Podcast part 3: Eric Kasperowicz explains recruiting process, recalls college days
As a 1993 Parade All-American, then-North Hills standout quarterback Eric Kasperowicz had more scholarship offers than he could count. In the end, his choice came down to Pitt, Penn State, Georgia Tech, Michigan State and Syracuse. “Being a family guy, I knew deep down I wasn’t going to go far...
WPGA Junior tournament features strong field
Latrobe graduate Brady Pevarnik, South Fayette’s Luke Lestini, Central Catholic’s Neal Shipley and Fox Chapel’s Gregor Meyer are just some of the top golfers competing in the 99th annual Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Junior Championship on Wednesday at Westmoreland Country Club in Export. The four golfers from the WPIAL all...
Podcast part 2: Eric Kasperowicz remembers ex-North Hills coach Jack McCurry
Eric Kasperowicz recalled the influence his high school coach had on him as a player and even today as a coach at Pine-Richland. “Coach Jack McCurry, one of the best in the whole country, if not the best,” Kasperowicz said during the second part of this week’s episode of the...
Claret Jug to make stop in area ahead of Open Championship
With three of golf’s four major championships — The Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open — completed, one final title remains to be decided at the Open Championship. The winner of the major known for decades as The British Open — “The champion golfer of the year” — gets the...
‘Huddle Up’: Pine-Richland coach Eric Kasperowicz recalls getting his football start, 1987 North Hills champs
Eric Kasperowicz remembers being a sixth-grader in the North Hills School District in 1987 and watching the high school football team win the mythical national championship. “Looking up to those guys, they were like my idols. (I thought to myself) ‘I’m going to do that one day,’” Kasperowicz said in...
Westmoreland County could face legal action over suicide of suspended jail guard
Westmoreland County officials could face legal action from the jailed widow of a suspended corrections officer who committed suicide in November, according to documents the Tribune-Review received through a public-records request. Pittsburgh attorney Jim Burn, who specializes in workers compensation claims, in March sent letters to the county commissioners and...
Rookie Weiss looks for 1st World of Outlaws win at Lernerville
When Ricky Weiss takes the track with his super late model Thursday for the opening night of the Firecracker 100 weekend, it will be his first lap at Lernerville Speedway. That has been the case at most places this year in his rookie season on the World of Outlaws circuit,...
Duke’s Alex Smalley wins Sunnehanna Amateur
Duke golfer Alex Smalley became the fifth golfer and first since Rickie Fowler in 2007 and ‘08 to win consecutive Sunnehanna Amateur titles. Smalley shot his second-consecutive 4-under-par 66 to grab the 66th annual tournament Saturday at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown. He finished at 10-under 270. He was five...
Hempfield grad giving football a try
When the Pittsburgh Passion battles the New York Wolves on Saturday in the Women’s Football Alliance playoffs, Hempfield 1994 grad Jen Bova will be embarking on a new dream, playing in a football playoff game. You could say she has a passion for the game. This is Bova’s first season...
Peilert caps solid rowing career at Yale
Sewickley product and Yale fifth-year rower Lucas Peilert ended his college career on a positive note. Peilert, 22, a Central Catholic graduate, stroked the fourth varsity eight to victory and helped the Bulldogs to the Rowe Cup at the Eastern Sprints Regatta as the highest-scoring heavyweight team. “Our coach, Steve...
Two tied for Sunnehanna Amateur lead after three rounds
The final round of the 66th Annual Sunnehanna Amateur could be suspenseful. Returning champion Alex Smalley of Duke and third-round leader Spencer Soosman of Texas are deadlocked going into Saturday after three rounds at 6-under-par 204. Smalley shot a 4-under 66, and Soosman a 1-under 69 during Friday’s third round....
Plum grad passionate about role on playoff-bound Pittsburgh women’s football team
Seven years ago, Lauren Ferragonio was a rookie with the Pittsburgh Passion, and as she began her journey in women’s tackle football, she leaned on the numerous veterans who had shaped the franchise’s fortunes for a decade. Now, the Plum graduate is the experienced veteran — a starter for several...
