Paul Schofield stories, Page 101
Tom Evans retires as athletic director at Yough
The longest-tenured athletic director in Westmoreland County has retired. Yough’s Tom Evans, who has been athletic director or assistant AD since 1993, will retire as a teacher on June 30. Evans has also been a PIAA official for more than 35 years and has served on various committees with the...
Driscoll Westmoreland scholar-athlete banquet set for July 15
It looks like the 64th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet is a go. According to banquet host Judge John J. Driscoll, the banquet will be 6 p.m. on July 15 at Ferrante’s Lakeview Lounge in Hempfield. Guests will be limited to scholar-athletes, families, athletic directors and committee members and sponsors....
Wrestler Jarrod King headlines 2020 Edinboro Hall of Fame class
Jarrod King won an NCAA Division I wrestling title in 2009. On Friday, he joined his brother Matt (2015) as the first family members to be inducted into the Edinboro University Athletic Hall of Fame. The 39th annual Hall of Fame ceremony will tentatively take place Sept. 4. The Connellsville...
13 WPIAL wrestlers rated among nation’s best in preseason rankings
Four Waynesburg wrestlers were among a group of 13 from the WPIAL that cracked the top 20 in TheOpenMat.com’s national preseason rankings. Four PIAA returning champions from the WPIAL made the list: Franklin Regional senior Carter Dibert, Seneca Valley senior Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Waynesburg senior Wyatt Henson and Mt. Pleasant junior...
Greensburg Salem’s Mankins captures Westmoreland County junior in playoffVideo
It’s been a busy week on the golf course for Greensburg Salem’s Jeff Mankins. He’s competed in three tournaments and played 92 holes over the past four days. He capped off the week by winning his first Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Junior Amateur on Thursday at Latrobe Country Club. Mankins,...
Oakmont pro Devin Gee finishes strong to win 1st Tri-State OpenVideo
WEIRTON, W.Va. — Bob Ford’s name appears on the trophy given to the winner of the Tri-State Open nine times. Eight times for winning the annual event, the other for having the trophy named after him. Ford, the former head golf professional at Oakmont Country Club, was at Williams Golf...
Hempfield hires Norwin athletic director Brandon Rapp
Brandon Rapp spent the past seven years running the Norwin athletic program. Rival Hempfield hired him away Monday to be its new athletic director to replace Greg Meisner, who resigned April 3 after he spent 15 years leading the Spartans. “There is a lot of appeal at Hempfield,” Rapp said....
Central Catholic sophomore-to-be leads Tri-State Open
There is a surprise leader after Round 1 of the Tri-State Open on Monday. Rocco Salvitti, who just finished his freshman year at Central Catholic, is leading at Williams Golf and Country Club. Salvitti shot a 5-under par 67 that included six birdies. He soared into the lead by making...
Tri-State Open has unique twist with fathers, sons
A first will happen Monday during Day 1 of the annual Tri-State PGA Open. Even though Father’s Day isn’t until Sunday, three fathers will have their sons competing against them at Williams Golf and Country Club in Weirton, W.Va. “We’ve had a father and son play before, but not three,”...
Cousins win Westmoreland County Better Ball event
Cousins Katie Miller and Mark Goetz teamed up Saturday to win the Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Better Ball tournament at Greensburg Country Club. Miller, a three-time PIAA Class AAA champion from Hempfield and North Carolina grad, and Goetz, a member of the West Virginia golf team, shot a 5-under 65....
Yough rallies for win against West Hempfield in summer baseball openerVideo
It was opening day for the Westmoreland County American League baseball season Saturday, and players from Yough and West Hempfield couldn’t have been happier. It was a day many figured back in April may never come. But when Gov. Tom Wolf finally lifted the restrictions for the coronavirus on June...
Hempfield set to hire Norwin’s Brandon Rapp as athletic director
It looks like the Hempfield Area School Board will be hiring Brandon Rapp as its new athletic director. The current Norwin athletic director’s name appears on the school board agenda for approval at Monday’s meeting. Rapp was one of 66 applicants for the position that opened when Greg Meisner resigned...
Western Pennsylvania Baseball League sets plans for season with 20 teams on board
Bob Johnston was trying to find a league where Gateway high school players could play this summer. After the coronavirus ended high school seasons across the state, baseball players around the WPIAL were left wondering where they could play. “I made a call to Ryan Encapera in the Fayette County...
Latrobe eager to get started in Westmoreland County American League
When Gov. Tom Wolf announced Westmoreland County could enter the green phase of his coronavirus reopening plan Friday, Latrobe baseball coach Jason Bush and his team couldn’t have been happier. They were so eager to get started, Bush scheduled a doubleheader Sunday at Latrobe’s Legion-Keener Field against Hollidaysburg. And what...
WVU’s Rod Thorn to be inducted into Southern Conference Hall of Fame
There is quite an impressive class entering the Southern Conference Hall of Fame this year. The class, which was announced Wednesday, includes Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame members, a 10-year Major League Baseball veteran, an NCAA pioneer and an NCAA record holder. Members of...
IUP names women’s volleyball coach
IUP dipped into the NCAA Division I ranks to hire its new women’s volleyball coach. Julie Torbett, who played high school volleyball at Eisenhower (1986) in Warren County and is a 1990 graduate of Penn State, was named the eighth head coach in the history of the program. Torbett previously...
Senior Spotlight: Derry’s Justin Huss was planning WPIAL track comeback
Editor’s note: Trib HSSN is spotlighting WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Derry Area senior Justin Huss missed most of the basketball season after breaking the tibia and fibula in his right leg early in the year. Huss was a three-sport star athlete...
Wexford’s Gene Walter wins second consecutive TSPGA event
Wexford’s Gene Walter birdied the first playoff hole and won his second-consecutive Tri-State Section PGA event on Monday, this time at the Galaxy Golf Open at Connoquenessing Country Club in Ellwood City. He won the Golf Max Head Pro Championship on June 3. Walter edged Allegheny Country Club pro John...
Latrobe’s Cole Ferri captures Mailey Memorial junior golf tournament
Cole Ferri shot an even-par 72 to capture the 52nd annual Tom Mailey Memorial Junior Golf Tournament on Monday at the Latrobe Elks Golf Club. The Latrobe resident edged Latrobe’s Darick Hrtyanksi and Penn-Trafford’s Alex Turowski, each tying for second with a 2-over 74, to win the senior division (ages...
JetHawks bring baseball back to Latrobe after coronavirus layoffVideo
There was baseball played Sunday afternoon in Latrobe. While MLB’s owners and players squabble over money, some area teams are taking the field. The Latrobe JetHawks played an exhibition doubleheader at Legion-Keener Field against Hollidaysburg. The squads split, with Hollidaysburg winning Game 1, 9-8, and Latrobe bouncing back with a...
Hempfield East Legion looking to keep tradition going
Those searching for a team that could challenge for the Westmoreland County American League baseball title should look no further than returning District 31 America Legion and Region 7 champion Hempfield East. Even though Hempfield East graduated key players such as Matt Wicker, Andrew Rosenberg, Noah Sweeney, Shane Stuchell, Dom...
Hempfield zeros in on new athletic director
There is a Hempfield Area School Board meeting Monday, but don’t expect them to hire a new athletic director. That should come at the June 15 meeting, according to board member and head of the athletic committee Vince DeAugustine. The hiring committee, headed by superintendent Tammy Wolicki, interviewed 11 candidates...
Former MLB player from Fayette County dies
Lawrence Donald “Bobby” Locke grew up in the small coal patch community of Rowes Run in Fayette County. He was one of 10 children of the late John and Anna Misenko Locke and a star football and baseball player for Redstone High School who pitched the Hawks to a 1-0...
With statewide American Legion season called off, another local league hoping to start soon
Another area group is planning to hold a season for teams that would have normally played American Legion baseball this summer in Washington, Westmoreland, Fayette and Allegheny counties. The Western Pennsylvania Baseball League hopes to begin play with exhibition games June 13. The regular season will open June 17. According...
Westmoreland American Legion baseball schedule finalized
The season is a go for nine Westmoreland County American League baseball teams. The first game scheduled is June 13 when Yough battles West Hempfield at 11 a.m. at Lint Field. There are three games June 14 as Derry travels to West Lebanon in Indiana County to battle Young Township...
