Paul Schofield stories, Page 40

Here are this week’s WPIAL and City League team wrestling rankings. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. WPIAL Class 3A Rank, team, record, previous 1. Waynesburg (10-2) 1 2. Canon-McMillan (10-2) 2 3. Connellsville (12-4) 3 4. Latrobe (6-2) 4 5. West Allegheny (10-1) 5 6....

Penn-Trafford stunned wrestling fans a week ago when it defeated Norwin to create a three-way tie in Section 3-3A. The Warriors kept that momentum going Monday in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Class 3A team championships. Penn-Trafford reversed an early season loss to Kiski Area by defeating the Cavaliers,...

Penn-Trafford junior Hayden Coy comes from a successful wrestling family. And being the younger brother of three-time PIAA Class 3A champion Cam and two-time PIAA placewinner Nick has its advantages. He can learn from the best. Hayden Coy (73-27, 28-5) does not yet have the resume of his older siblings,...

Penn-Trafford’s Alyssa Balest took home her second consecutive Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association girls singles title at Hillview Lanes in Greensburg on Jan. 21. Balest scored her highest of 238 in the second game, which was part of her 676 series. The Kiski Area girls claimed the championship trophy for their...

It was another record day for swimmers at the annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association swimming and diving championships Saturday at Derry Area High School. Six individual records were set, and one relay team set a new mark. Leading the way was Mt. Pleasant sophomore Lily King, who shattered records in...

Greg Fenton recently had a rare Tuesday night off. The junior varsity basketball game he was scheduled to officiate was postponed. So instead of working a game, he watched a video stream from his Latrobe home of the Wildcats taking on Quaker Valley. Far from the sounds of screaming coaches...

Franklin Regional senior Gavyn Beck knows what he has to do if he wants to achieve his goal this season: work harder. Beck is fourth in the Trib HSSN individual rankings at 160 pounds in Class 3A behind West Allegheny junior Shawn Taylor, Chartiers Valley senior Dylan Evans and Butler...

WPIAL wrestling committee members faced quite a challenge seeding the Class 3A tournament bracket Thursday morning. The top seed went to Waynesburg (10-2), which has won the past three Class 3A titles but suffered losses to No. 3 Butler (19-1) and fourth-seeded Connellsville (12-4) during the regular season. Section 2...

Penn-Trafford senior Owen Ott got a little nervous Wednesday when the match against Norwin came down him. All he had to do was win and give Penn-Trafford a share of the Section 3-A title with Norwin and Franklin Regional. But Ott shook off the butterflies and proceeded to pin Aiden...

The future looks bright for the Norwin wrestling program. What third-year coach Kyle Martin has done is amazing. The Knights headed into Wednesday’s match at 14-1 and looking to clinch the top spot in Section 3 (3A). Norwin clinched at least a tie for its first section title in school...

Here are this week’s Trib HSSN WPIAL individual wrestling rankings. Class 3A 107: 1. Santino Slaboda, Butler (27-0); 2. Tanner Mizenko, Canon-McMillan (22-6); 3. Landon Lynn, Connellsville (18-9); 4. Owen Campbell, Plum (18-4); 5. Gus Stedeford, North Allegheny (21-9); 6. Dylan Barrett, Penn-Trafford (24-10). 114: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe (20-2);...

Here are this week’s WPIAL and City League team wrestling rankings. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. WPIAL Class 3A Rank, team, record, previous 1. Waynesburg (9-2) 3 2. Canon-McMillan (8-2) 3 3. Connellsville (11-4) 3 4. Latrobe (5-2) 6 5. West Allegheny (9-1) NR 6....

Penn-Trafford senior heavyweight Joe Enick said he was just looking to have fun and do his best at the Mid-Winter Mayhem on Jan. 13-14. But Enick (23-4) ended up winning the title against some of the top heavyweights in the state. Enick defeated Brockway’s Gavin Thompson, 1-0, in the finals....

It’s been a tough couple weeks for the Penn-Trafford hockey team. The Warriors (8-5) have dropped three of their last four games, falling Jan. 17 to rival Franklin Regional, 6-1. The Warriors won the previous meeting 5-3, on Dec. 12. Matt Knizner scored four goals for the Panthers (7-7). Sean...

It’s been quite a season for the Plum wrestling program. Earlier this week, the Mustangs captured their first section title in more than 30 years. On Saturday, Plum captured its first Allegheny County wrestling championship team title. Its highest finish in the 21 years of the tournament was second in...

When the topic is Thomas Jefferson competitors at the Allegheny County Wrestling Championship, the name everyone brings up is sophomore Maddox Shaw. But opponents are quickly finding out that there is more to TJ than Shaw. Fellow sophomore Bode Marlow is quietly making a name for himself. Marlow (26-5) opened...

The Norwin wrestling team made a statement Wednesday in its Section 3-3A first-place showdown at Franklin Regional. Despite missing four starters with injuries, the unranked Knights (14-1, 4-0) earned a stunning 42-24 victory over the No. 7 Panthers (6-1, 3-1). Now the Knights, whose only loss this season was to...

The WPIAL takes the top four teams in each section for the playoffs next month. Derry boys basketball coach Tom Esposito told his players to treat Tuesday’s Section 3-3A game against Ligonier Valley as a playoff game. The Trojans (7-6, 3-3) then went out and played as if they want...

A little more than a month into the WPIAL Class 3A wrestling schedule, things have been very unusual in the team portion of the season. While Trinity and Butler, both undefeated, occupy the top two spots in the Trib HSSN team rankings in Class 3A, are they the best teams?...

Here are this week’s Trib HSSN WPIAL individual wrestling rankings. Class 3A 107: 1. Santino Slaboda, Butler (21-0); 2. Tanner Mizenko, Canon-McMillan (22-6); 3. Landon Lynn, Connellsville (17-9); 4. Landon Funk, Fox Chapel (14-2); 5. Owen Campbell, Plum (12-4). 114: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe (20-2); 2. Connor Smith, Seneca Valley...

Here are this week’s WPIAL and City League team wrestling rankings. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. WPIAL Class 3A Rank, team, record, previous 1. Trinity (6-0) 1 2. Butler (13-0) 2 T3. Connellsville (10-4) 3 T3. Waynesburg (8-2) 4 T3. Canon-McMillan (7-2) 5 6. Latrobe...

After opening 2023 with two consecutive losses, the Penn-Trafford ice hockey team found the winning touch Jan. 10 with a 6-1 victory against Butler. Penn-Trafford (8-4) lost to Thomas Jefferson, 6-1, and Hempfield, 7-5, the first week of the new year. Thanks to a four-goal and one-assist effort from Xavier...

The sign of a good wrestling team is improvement throughout the season. First-year coach Travis McKillop is seeing that from his Penn-Trafford wrestlers. “We’re starting to get healthy, and some of our younger guys are improving,” McKillop said. “Things are progressing.” Penn-Trafford finished fourth with 173 points at the 70th...

Franklin Regional junior Juliano Marion captured his second Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling title on Jan. 6, and now he has his eye on becoming the next three-time county champion. Marion (15-3) was one of two Panthers to claim county title at Greensburg Salem. The other was senior Gavyn Beck...

Franklin Regional boys basketball coach Jesse Reed took Friday’s loss hard. The first-year coach didn’t realize his team had a timeout left during the final 9 seconds and let Gateway run out the clock. Gateway held on to defeat Franklin Regional, 52-50, in a WPIAL Section 3-5A first-place showdown. Gateway...