Kiski Area grad Jalen Cloud earns all-region honors

Bill Hartlep | Tuesday, July 5, 2022 11:14 a.m.

Cal (Pa.) athletics

Cal (Pa.) senior Jalen Cloud earned all-region honors in three events during the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons.

Jalen Cloud helped the Cal (Pa.) 400-meter relay team post the second-best time in the Atlantic Region this spring while at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships.

For their performance, the group earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association all-region status.

Cloud, a Kiski Area graduate, joined Kristopher Lytle, Aaron McPherson (Brentwood) and Tyrese Canada on the relay unit, which placed second in the PSAC finals in a time of 41.36 seconds.

Cloud also earned individual all-region honors in the triple jump. He ranked third in the region with a mark of 48 feet, 83⁄4 inches set during a meet at IUP in April.

He also earned all-region honors during the indoor track and field season this winter in his final year of eligibility.

The top five individuals in each event from each region earned the all-region distinction, in addition to each of the members of the region’s top three relay teams.

Kiski Area golfers in action

A group of Kiski Area golfers competed last week at the annual Westmoreland County Golf Association Junior Amateur Tournament at Latrobe Country Club.

Kiski Area’s group combined to finish seventh in the team standings with a score of 293.

Franklin Regional (248) won the event, followed by Belle Vernon (258), Derry (259), Latrobe (260), Penn-Trafford (261), Norwin (264), Kiski Area and Hempfield (302).

Belle Vernon’s Tyler Mocello shot 78 and won a sudden-death playoff hole against Frazier’s Nixen Erdely and Franklin Regional’s Nolan Schilling.

WCCA 7-on-7 coming up

The Larry Sellitto Memorial 7-on-7 Football Tournament will return July 21 at Latrobe.

Kiski Area, Burrell and Valley compete as members of the WCCA.

Norwin is the returning champion of the passing tournament, now in its 11th year.

Penn-Trafford has five titles and three runner-up finishes.

Final H.S. football game

The final high school football all-star game of the 2021-22 school year involving Western Pennsylvania players was held Thursday night.

Youngstown State recruit Beau Brungard of Springfield threw his fourth touchdown pass of the game with 22 seconds left to lead Ohio to a 35-28 victory over Pennsylvania in the 43rd annual Penn-Ohio Stateline Classic high school football all-star game at Geneva.

Brungard was 17 for 19 for 250 yards. He also led Ohio in rushing with 55 yards and a touchdown on seven carries. South Range’s Dylan Dominguez scored the winning touchdown on a 22-yard swing pass. West Branch’s Nick Wilson caught five passes for 82 yards and three touchdowns for Ohio.

Moon’s Ty McGowan was 19 for 32 for 260 yards and four touchdowns for Pennsylvania. His 5-yard scoring pass to Moon teammate Taite Beachy and subsequent 2-point conversion run by Laurel’s Kobe DeRosa gave Pennsylvania a 28-27 lead with 3 minutes, 29 seconds to go.

Beachy caught five passes for 122 yards and three scores. Mohawk’s Marc Conti caught five passes for 45 yards. DeRosa led Pennsylvania in rushing with 41 yards on 10 carries.