Paul Schofield stories, Page 100
Irwin’s Obremski shares 1st place in mini-tour event
Irwin’s Dan Obremski played great during his second-place finish at the Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational last week. He continued his hot shooting Tuesday in a Minor League Golf Tour tournament at Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla. Obremski shot a 4-under par 67 and shared first place with Gavin...
Carnegie Mellon coach Dan Rodgers roars to win at Falling Rock Classic
Carnegie Mellon golf coach Dan Rodgers finished the final round of the Tri-State PGA Falling Rock Classic in style. He capped off his best career round on a par-72 course by shooting 6-under 66 with a birdie on No. 18 on Tuesday to claim victory at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort’s Mystic...
Kevin Wanichko promoted to track and field coach at Saint Vincent
Kevin Wanichko was named the men’s track and field coach at Saint Vincent on Tuesday. Wanichko served as the women’s cross country and track and field coach since July, 2016. He was the men’s track and field assistant the past season. The Bailey, N.C. native is a 2012 graduate of...
Sewickley’s Fitzgerald wins Hurricane Junior Golf event again
The last time the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour was in Western Pennsylvania, the players played in light snow and cold temperature. That was May 9-10 at Glengarry Golf Links. It was more than 50 degrees warmer Sunday and Monday at Hannastown Golf Club. While the temperatures were different, the winner...
Oakmont assistant pro leads Tri-State PGA Falling Rock Classic
Oakmont Country Club assistant pro Chris Zumpano shot a 2-under par 70 on Monday to grab a three-shot lead at the Tri-State PGA Falling Rock Classic at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort. Zumpano, 32, lead Oakmont head pro Devin Gee and Saxonburg’s Joe Boros, who both shot a 1-over 73 on the...
West Penn Amateur postponed; announcement of new dates expected later this week
It has been a tough year for people trying to run golf tournaments. The West Pennsylvania Golf Association, Tri-State PGA and Pennsylvania Golf Association have been forced to change their schedules because on the coronavirus pandemic. Because Allegheny County shut down bars and restaurants and restricted gatherings to no more...
Penn State softball coach resigns
The Penn State athletic department will begin a nationwide search for a new softball coach after Amanda Lehotak resigned Monday. Lehotak will be pursuing other professional opportunities outside of softball, the school said. She coached the Nittany Lion softball program for the last seven seasons. She led the 2016 team...
McCarthy rallies to win 2nd Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. InvitationalVideo
Daniel McCarthy earned his second Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational victory Wednesday by rallying to edge Penn-Trafford graduate Dan Obremski during the final round. It was a par on the final hole that gave McCarthy the one-stroke win. He also won in 2018. Obremski’s brilliant birdie on No. 17 allowed...
Murrysville’s Shilling captures medalist honors at Isaly’s junior event
Murrysville’s Nolan Shilling shot a 1-under par 70 to capture the 15-16 age division at the Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Tour on the Cedarbrook Golf Course Red Course on Wednesday. He finished two shots ahead of Gavin Goodrich of Wheeling, W.Va., who shot a 72. Moon’s Justin Scally won the...
Central Catholic’s Rocco Salvitti finishes 2nd at state junior championship
John Peters shot a 4-under par 67 during the second round Tuesday to capture the Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Junior Boys Championship at the Hershey Country Club. Peters, of Carlisle, shot a 2-over par 73 Monday. First-round leaders Rocco Salvitti of Oakmont and Carson Bacha tied for second with a 1-under...
Irwin’s Dan Obremski shoots 64, leads Fuhrer by 3 strokesVideo
Dan Obremski wasn’t perfect during the third round of the Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational on Tuesday. But the Penn-Trafford graduate didn’t flinch when things went awry. Obremski, 33, used strong iron play and sensational putting to fire a 6-under par 64 at the Pittsburgh Field Club and takes a...
Oakmont’s Rocco Salvitti tied for lead at state junior championship
Oakmont Country Club’s Rocco Salvitti is tied for first place with Carson Bacha after round one of the Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Junior Championship at Hershey Country Club. Each shot a 2-under par 69 on the East Course. South Fayette’s Luke Lestini was tied for seventh at 1-over, Fox Chapel’s Adam...
Delmont’s Nuzzo takes first in Isaly’s event at Hannastown
The Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Tour was at Hannastown Golf Club on Monday, and Delmont’s Anthony Nuzzo took the 17-18 division with 4-over 74. Justin Scally of Moon placed second at 5-over 75. Mitchell Sarsfield of Greensburg and Nathan Schachner tied for third at 8-over. Johnstown’s Lukas Cascino took the...
Mt. Pleasant hires T.J. Kravits as new boys basketball coach
T.J. Kravits has been involved in coaching basketball at various levels for more than 10 years. In one season at Marion Center, he took a team that went 0-22 two years ago to 8-14 last year. Now he hopes to take that success to Mt. Pleasant, where he plans to...
Daniel McCarthy, 2018 champ, leads Fuhrer; Irwin’s Dan Obremski lurking
Daniel McCarthy couldn’t be blamed if he went to bed early Monday night. Sunday, he flew from Utah to Detroit and then drove to Pittsburgh to compete in the annual Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational at Pittsburgh Field Club. Despite getting only two hours of sleep, McCarthy was able to...
Turowski brothers win back-to-back Isaly’s Junior tournaments
Alex and Nick Turowski are coming off a productive week on the golf tournament circuit. The Harrison City natives, who are brothers, won consecutive Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Tournaments — at Glengarry Golf Links on Wednesday and South Hills Country Club on Thursday. Alex won the 16-18 age division and...
Western Pa. golfers look to end drought at Fuhrer Invitational
The last golfer from Western Pennsylvania to win the Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational was Mike Van Sickle in 2013. That doesn’t mean the locals haven’t been in the hunt. Michael Gligic needed eight extra holes to defeat Washington native Steve Wheatcroft in 2019. Gligic, Wheatcroft and Michigan native Ryan...
Westmoreland County girls athlete of the year: Mt. Pleasant’s Gardner adds to medal collection in unusual wayVideo
It wasn’t the way Heather Gardner wanted to receive a PIAA gold medal, but because the coronavirus denied her a chance to earn it in the pool, she will take it. In March, the PIAA canceled its championship meet after most Class AAA events had taken place but before Gardner’s...
Seton Hill women’s basketball brings in 7 new players
Seton Hill women’s basketball coach Mark Katarski found away to build a solid recruiting class for the 2020-21 season, mainly online. The incoming class includes junior transfer Sonia Sarda of Granollers, Spain. Sarda played the past two seasons at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma, where she averaged 11.2 points as...
North Allegheny becomes first WPIAL district to sponsor girls wrestling
The North Allegheny school board voted Wednesday to add girls wrestling to its athletic programs, becoming the first school district in the WPIAL to sponsor the sport. NA will join three other schools in the state to sponsor a team. The others are Easton, J.P. McCaskey and Executive Education Academy....
Coronavirus foam insert robs Derry golfer of ace at Isaly’s junior tournament
Hunter Jurica got robbed on Wednesday by one of the new golf regulations put in place because of the coronavirus. The foam insert placed in cups at golf courses denied Jurica his first hole-in-one. Jurica was playing in the Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Golf Tour event at Glengarry Golf Links...
Robert Morris coach Andy Toole studies new opponents, recruiting landscape in Horizon League
The past week has been a busier than normal for Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole since the university made the announcement that the Colonials were leaving the Northeast Conference and upgrading to the Horizon League. The announcement left Toole and his staff scrambling to study the strength and...
Robert Morris women join Mid-American Conference for lacrosse
The Robert Morris women’s lacrosse team will compete in a new conference starting next spring. The Colonials will join the Mid-American Conference beginning in 2020-21 after the school left the Northeast Conference last week. RMU officials are still searching for a conference for men’s lacrosse team. The women will join...
Two transfers, three freshman round out Penn State women’s basketball recruiting class
Two transfers and three freshmen headline the 2020 Penn State women’s basketball recruiting class, which was announced Monday by the university. None of the additional recruits is from Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions signed Maddie Burke (Central Bucks West, Doylestown), Kaci Donovan (Owego, N.Y.), Nan Garcia (Jeffersonville, Ind.) and Leilani Kapinus...
Eight qualify for WPGA Amateur at organization’s first event of season
The Western Pennsylvania Golf Association finally held its first event of the season, and things went without a hitch. The first of two qualifiers for the 120th Amateur Championship was held Monday at The Country Club of Meadville and Parker resident Mike Marron shot a 2-under par 70 to grab...
