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Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 2
Isaiah Beltram Monessen, jr., QB/RB/WR Beltram rushed for 154 yards and a touchdown against Greensburg Central Catholic and caught a 57-yard touchdown pass in Week 1 against California. He’s one of the Greyhounds’ main offensive threats. He scored five touchdowns in 2018. Riley Comforti Southmoreland, sr., WR/DB The Southmoreland senior...
Early-season showdown could play major factor in Big Eight Conference
Could Friday’s WPIAL Class 4A Big Eight Conference battle be a preview of the WPIAL championship? No. 1 Thomas Jefferson (2-0, 1-0) and No. 2 Belle Vernon (1-0, 0-0) hope it is. Friday’s early-season matchup at Thomas Jefferson could determine the Big Eight Conference championship. And even though Thomas Jefferson’s...
West Virginia H.S. star Jalen Bridges commits to WVU basketball
It’s been a busy week for West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins. On Tuesday, he announced Jalen Bridges, a 6-foot-7 forward from Fairmont, enrolled and has joined the team. Bridges won the 2019 Bill Evans Award, given annually to the state player of the year in West Virginia....
Robert Morris basketball team adds 2 recruits to roster
Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole announced Tuesday that freshman Deshawndre Washington and sophomore Jalen Hawkins have signed scholarship agreements for the 2019-20 season. They will round out the recruiting class that includes Olisa Ngonadi, D.J. Russell and A.J. Bramah. Washington is a 6-foot-7 forward from Morgan Park High...
Ligonier Valley’s Silk to play football at Kiski School
Kyle Silk had planned on finishing his high school career at Ligonier Valley. But when District 6 officials and then the PIAA board of directors denied his eligibility request to play football after he transferred from United to Ligonier Valley, Silk had two options if he wanted to continue to...
United forfeits Week 2 game to Ligonier Valley
United School District informed Ligonier Valley officials late Saturday the football team will forfeit its Week 2 game Saturday because of a lack of healthy players. United began the season with 18 players on the roster a year after the team played in the District 6 Class A championship game....
Westmoreland football notebook: Tight connection between P-T coach, Gateway
Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane was talking to reporters after Friday’s win when Gateway defensive tackle Jacques Taylor asked him why he was on crutches. No. 3 Penn-Trafford defeated No. 1 Gateway, 28-7, in a hard-hitting game. Ruane said he believed he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his right leg...
Lisbon, No. 3 Penn-Trafford stun top-ranked GatewayVideo
It turned out to be a “painful” victory for Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane. During Cole Defillippo’s 31-yard interception return to seal a 28-7 victory against No. 1 Gateway, Ruane believes he ruptured the Achilles tendon in his right leg. Using a pair of crutches after the game for support, Ruane...
Penn-Trafford grad produces Western Pennsylvania football history book
When Rush Pedder was 7 years old, his dad took him to a Penn-Trafford football game he called an experience of a lifetime. He was hooked on high school football, especially Penn-Trafford football. Through the years, Penn-Trafford football became a family tradition. While in high school he did things to...
3 generations of Snider family to take part in cross country invitational
When Cal (Pa.) hosts to the annual Marty Uher Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, the Snider family will be well represented. Steve Snider, 69, will coach the Greensburg Salem Middle School runners in the middle school race against Hempfield Area Middle School, where his son, Matthew Snider, 45, is the...
Robert Morris hosting Select-A-Seat day for basketball
With Robert Morris set to open the UPMC Events Center for basketball in November, the university is giving alumni and fans a chance to select their seats during an open house Sept. 14 prior to the football game against Dayton. Fans can park in the lower lot and enter via...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 1
Anthony Giansante Norwin, jr., T The junior tackle is part of an offensive line that has been tasked to protect prize quarterback Jack Salopek. Giansante’s cousin, Jimmy Giansante, was a star wide receiver at Thomas Jefferson, and his uncle, Jim, was a star running back for the Jaguars. Norwin will...
Championship contenders Gateway, Penn-Trafford to Battle for the Bell
For whom will the bell chime late Friday night at Warrior Stadium — No. 1 Gateway or No. 3 Penn-Trafford? The annual Battle for the Bell carries extra significance as supremacy in the WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference will be on the line in this early-season contest. It also...
Longtime RMU announcer Shovlin on the mend, will miss first football opener
When the Robert Morris football team opens the season Thursday at Buffalo, the Colonials will be missing someone special: play-by-play radio announcer Chris Shovlin. The veteran broadcaster, who has been call football and basketball since 1987, won’t be making the trip because a back issue will keep him in Pittsburgh....
Cutrell wins his second Westmoreland County Senior title
Arnie Cutrell admitted he has not had a great summer on the golf course. Work and other obligations have limited his playing time. But one thing is for sure, the Greensburg native is tough to beat when he has a lead. Cutrell began the final nine holes of the Westmoreland...
Latrobe grad Hanna Green wins 800 in Paris
Hanna Green continued her preparation for the world championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday by winning the women’s 800-meter dash at the IAAF Diamond League event in Paris. Green, a Latrobe native and Virginia Tech graduate, beat Jamaica’s Natoya Goule for her first Diamond League victory. Her time was 1...
Penn-Trafford’s dynamic duo becoming a trio
It was only one game, but a new name is emerging as a potential star on the Penn-Trafford football team. It’s junior Ethan Carr. The two players drawing most of the attention in the preseason were senior quarterback Gabe Dunlap and senior running back Caleb Lisbon. Both put on a...
Latrobe’s Bryan Grejtak looks to defend county senior golf title
Bryan Grejtak had just turned 50 when he won the Westmoreland County Senior Amateur last year. Now he has a bull’s eye on his polo as he attempts for a repeat title Sunday at the Latrobe Elks. Grejtak of Latrobe finished the 27-hole event by shooting a 3-under-par 105. He...
Penn-Trafford combo of Lisbon, Dunlap, Carr too much for Norwin
There weren’t many things that displeased Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane on Friday in his team’s season opener against rival Norwin. That’s because his team, though not flawless, dominated from the start in a 42-7 nonconference victory at Warrior Stadium. The trio of Caleb Lisbon, Gabe Dunlap and Ethan Carr turned...
PIAA upholds District 6 ruling on Ligonier Valley’s Kyle Silk
Unless Kyle Silk’s family pursues legal action, his senior football season is over before it started. The PIAA upheld District 6’s decision to deny Silk eligibility to play football at Ligonier Valley after he transferred from United in June. Silk, who lived in Robinson, moved with his father into the...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week Zero
Dillon Ferretti Hempfield, sr., G/LB There are few players like Ferretti, a three-sport athlete who also wrestles and is an outstanding thrower on the track and field team. Ferretti led the Spartans in tackles last season with 114, including 12 for losses. He also had 51⁄2 sacks. As a sophomore...
‘Battle of Route 30’ pits Norwin, Penn-Trafford football teams in Week Zero
When the PIAA expanded to six classifications four years ago and decided to move the start of the playoffs up a week, it also allowed schools to eliminate their second scrimmage and play a game during Week Zero. Because many schools lost their rivalries during expansion, coaches and athletic directors...
Arkansas basketball transfer Gabe Osabuohien to play at WVU
West Virginia announced Wednesday that Arkansas transfer Gabe Osabuohien has joined the men’s basketball team. The 6-foot-7, 230-pound forward attended Arkansas the last two seasons, where he played in 54 games. He has two years of eligibility remaining. WVU Associate Athletics Director/Communications Bryan Messerly said in an email that “we...
Ligonier Valley looks to maintain level of success in District 6
Ligonier Valley has been one of the best teams from District 6 over the past four seasons. The Rams are 49-6 in that span, including a 40-3 mark the past three seasons that include three consecutive Heritage Conference titles and three straight District 6 title game trips, winning in 2017...
Oakmont’s Devin Gee cruises to Tri-State PGA title
Oakmont Country Club head professional Devin Gee cruised to the Tri-State PGA Section Championship title on Tuesday by finishing with an 11-under par 131 at Indiana Country Club. Gee shot a 1-under par 70 on Tuesday after breaking the course record Monday by shooting a 10-under par 61. Gee, Allegheny...
