Paul Schofield stories, Page 107
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Slow start costs Burrell in quarterfinals
HERSHEY — Burrell wrestling coach Josh Shields said he doesn’t measure his wrestlers by wins or losses. He measures by the type of effort they give during their matches. Shields gave his team high marks Friday after Burrell split its matches at the PIAA Class AA team championship at Giant...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Canon-McMillan marches past Gettysburg
HERSHEY – There was a rumor circulating around the Giant Center on Thursday that if Gettysburg were to defeat Canon-McMillan and face Bethlehem Catholic, it would use girls in the lineup to collect forfeits in the next round. There is a rule in the Allentown Diocese that a boy cannot...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Waynesburg slides by Central Dauphin
HERSHEY – Waynesburg’s first-ever match at the PIAA Class AAA Team Wrestling Championship went very well. In fact, the WPIAL champions looked like they’ve been there before. Waynesburg (13-0) didn’t let the bright lights of the Giant Center get to them. The Raiders just went out and pummeled District 3...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Seneca Valley eases past State College
HERSHEY – Seneca Valley used pins by Chanz Shearer (138 pounds) and Antonio Amelio (145) to open a lead, and then got late pins from Liam Volk-Klos (182) and Nick Funovits (220) to defeat District 6 champion State College, 34-29. The win puts the Raiders (16-2) into the quarterfinals against...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Burrell decks Montoursville
HERSHEY – When Burrell junior A.J. Corrado opened the PIAA Class AA Team Wrestling Championship with an 18-second pin, it was a sure sign of what was to come. Burrell kicked off the tournament with an impressive 46-21 victory against Montoursville on Thursday at the Giant Center. The Bucs (11-5)...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Burgettstown stumbles against Chestnut Ridge
HERSHEY — District 5 champion Chestnut Ridge won the final seven bouts and eased past WPIAL runner-up Burgettstown, 56-12, on Thursday at PIAA Class AA Team Championship at Giant Center. It was the first time that Burgettstown has qualified for the team tournament. A pin by heavyweight Riley Kemper and...
5 things to watch at the PIAA team wrestling championships
The PIAA team wrestling championships begin Thursday at the Giant Center in Hershey. The WPIAL will be represented by five teams — Waynesburg, Seneca Valley and Canon-McMillan in Class AAA and Burrell and Burgettstown in Class AA. Carrick from the Pittsburgh City League qualified for the Class AAA tournament but...
Yough hires new football coach
When Chris Chunko reached age 50, he felt his chances of becoming a head football coach were dwindling. That was until Tuesday when Yough school board members hired him as their new coach to replace Scott Wood, who was not retained after going 1-9 in 2019. In four seasons, Wood...
Balanced attack helps GCC boys take down Imani in 1st-place showdownVideo
Greensburg Central Catholic clinched at least a tie for the WPIAL Section 3-A title Tuesday, but first-year coach Christian Hyland wants more. “I’m greedy,” Hyland joked after his team defeated Imani Christian Academy, 67-48, in a first-place showdown. “I don’t like ties. We want to win the section outright at...
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings for Feb. 4, 2020
Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (34-3); 2. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (23-7); 3. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (27-3); 4. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (19-4); 5. Nick Gorman, fr., North Allegheny, (23-3). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (31-2); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr. Hempfield (22-4-3); 3. Nico...
WPIAL wrestling notebook: Waynesburg, Canon-McMillan could collide again
Looking at the pairings for the PIAA Class AAA wrestling tournament, there is a decent chance that WPIAL champion Waynesburg and Section 4 rival Canon-McMillan could meet in the semifinals. Canon-McMillan (15-4) was beaten by Seneca Valley in the WPIAL semifinals, denying the Big Macs a second shot at the...
Harbert brothers aim high for Ligonier Valley wrestling team
When Ligonier Valley freshman Josh Harbert and sophomore Ryan Harbert need advice on how to improve their wrestling skills, they don’t have to look far. They have a lot of resources. First there is dad Brent, a 1992 graduate of Ligonier Valley who is an assistant coach. Then there is...
Trib HSSN state team wrestling rankings for Feb. 4, 2020
Class AAA Team record LW 1. Nazareth (11) 17-1 1 2. Waynesburg 13-0 2 3. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 11-2 3 4. Seneca Valley 15-2 4 5. Erie Prep (10) 18-1 5 6. Canon-McMillan 14-4 6 7. Hempfield Area 19-4 7 8. Kiski Area 13-4 10 9. Garnet Valley (1) 21-0...
Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for Feb. 4, 2020
Class AAA Team record LW 1. Waynesburg 12-0 1 2. Seneca Valley 15-2 2 3. Canon-McMillan 14-4 3 4. Hempfield 19-4 4 5. Kiski Area 13-4 5 6. Thomas Jefferson 10-4 6 7. Latrobe 7-3 10 8. Connellsville 10-4 7 9. North Allegheny 7-2 9 10. Norwin 15-5 10 Class...
Ligonier Valley boys advance to Heritage championship with win over Penns ManorVideo
Ligonier Valley sophomore Matthew Marinchak had a quiet first half Monday in a Heritage Conference semifinal game against Penns Manor. But he made lot of noise in the second half when the visiting Comets were making a run at the Rams (20-2, 14-0). Marinchak scored 22 of his personal-best 28...
Cambria Heights to replace Ligonier Valley in Heritage Conference
Heritage Conference president Jody Rainey announced on Monday that the conference voted to approve Cambria Heights as its new member to replace Ligonier Valley, which left for the WPIAL. The vote was 8-0. Cambria Heights will begin competition in the conference starting with the 2021-22 school year. Cambria Heights is...
College wrestling notebook: Franklin Regional grad Michael Kemerer carries Iowa past Penn State
When Iowa defeated Penn State, 19-17, on Friday in a wrestling match that featured the top two teams in country, it was two Franklin Regional grads that led the way. No. 1-ranked and two-time NCAA 125-pound champion Spencer Lee picked up a technical fall win for the top-ranked Hawkeyes. Lee...
No. 1 Waynesburg rallies to win WPIAL Class AAA wrestling title in 31 years
Waynesburg found itself in an unfamiliar position in the finals of the WPIAL Class AAA wrestling team championship. With three bouts left Saturday, the top-seeded team needed to win all three and get bonus points in the process, and that’s what they did. Wins by Nate Stephenson (152 pounds) and...
No. 1 Fox Chapel pulls away to dump Penn-Trafford
There is a reason Fox Chapel is ranked No. 1 in Class 6A. The unbeaten Foxes didn’t flinch when Penn-Trafford made a run at them late in the third quarter Friday night. Fox Chapel showed its mettle and slowly reclaimed the momentum in a Section 3-6A battle and pulled away...
Once ‘overrated’ and ‘out of shape,’ Hempfield wrestlers march into WPIAL semifinals
When the Hempfield wrestling team was rated No. 1 early in the season, coach Tommy Dolde felt his team didn’t earn such a high praise. The Spartans then dropped a pair of matches late in December to Seneca Valley and Canon-McMillan and fell to No. 4. “Coach was right,” senior...
Ligonier Valley boys basketball rebounds from poor start
If you witnessed Ligonier Valley’s boys basketball game against Nazareth Prep, you probably walked away thinking it was going to be a long season for the Rams. Ligonier Valley coach John Berger might have agreed after the 37-point loss to the returning WPIAL Class A champions. But first impressions can...
Hempfield rolls over Kiski Area to reach WPIAL wrestling semifinals
Hempfield didn’t look sharp in its first match Wednesday in the WPIAL Class AAA team tournament. But the Spartans were a different team in the quarterfinals against No. 5 Kiski Area. Fourth-ranked Hempfield won the coin toss, which allowed coach Tommy Dolde to dictate matchups, and his team did the...
Westmoreland County wrestling notebook: Latrobe collects medals at West Branch
It was another successful tournament for Latrobe, which earned a fourth-place finish at the West Branch Ultimate Warrior tournament. The Wildcats finished with 130.5 points, finishing behind Southern Columbia (210.5), Mifflin County (189.5) and Johnsonburg (131). Gabe Willochell was the Wildcats’ only champion, winning the 132-pound title. Freshman Nathan Roth...
Norwin’s Vince DeAugustine reaches coaching milestone
The Norwin wrestling team presented coach Vince DeAugustine a couple of banners following Monday’s match against West Mifflin. The banners were to commemorate his 250th coaching win. In 15 years as a coach, DeAugustine’s record stands 250-61, including 218-53 in 13 years at his alma mater Hempfield. And while DeAugustine...
Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for Jan. 28, 2020
Class AAA Team record LW 1. Waynesburg 9-0 1 2. Seneca Valley 12-1 2 3. Canon-McMillan 11-3 3 4. Hempfield 17-2 4 5. Kiski Area 12-3 5 6. Thomas Jefferson 9-3 NR 7. Connellsville 10-3 7 8. North Allegheny 6-1 9 9. Latrobe 6-2 10 10. Norwin 15-4 6 Class...
