Paul Schofield stories, Page 45

The PIAA announced Friday that the WPIAL will be getting two additional girls qualifiers for the state team tournament Wednesday at Penn State. Mt. Pleasant in Class 2A and North Allegheny in Class 3A have been added to the field. They will join the two WPIAL champions — Greensburg Central...

The Greensburg Central Catholic girls golf team continued its dominance in the WPIAL championship. Junior Izzy Aigner shot a 3-over-par 75 to lead the Centurions to their eighth consecutive WPIAL Class 2A title Thursday on the Red Course at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Rostraver. The boys Class 2A title came...

It was quite a day for the Kiski Area cross country program. For the first time in school history, the county champions were both Cavaliers. Freshman Sam Plazio stunned the field by winning the boys race, and junior Eliza Miller won her second consecutive girls race. The Kiski Area boys...

Gino Caesar Hempfield, Sr., RB He rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown in a loss to Seneca Valley. He’s rushed for 636 yards and 12 touchdowns this season. He also has caught 10 passes for 166 yards. Blake Revoir Derry, So., QB The sophomore has completed 29 of 81...

What a difference two weeks have made in the high school football landscape across Westmoreland County. Hempfield was the talk of the town after its historic run to open the season. The Spartans were 5-0 for the first time in 50 years after defeating reigning WPIAL and PIAA Class 5A...

When the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association cross country meet is run Wednesday, it will be a family affair for the Hempfield program. Actually, it’s a family affair every time for the Spartans. That’s because there are six sets of brothers and sisters on the squad. There are the Blahovec triplets...

There is a buzz swarming around the Penn-Trafford hockey team as it begins the season. That’s because the Warriors return numerous starters who helped the team finish the 2021-22 season with a 15-4 record and a spot in the PIHL semifinals before falling to eventual champion Thomas Jefferson. The Warriors...

It was a tough season opener for the Franklin Regional hockey team. The young Panthers allowed four power-play goals and dropped a 7-3 decision to Armstrong on the first night of PIHL play Oct. 3. Franklin Regional got goals from senior forward Tim Bricker, sophomore defenseman Liam Copeland and senior...

Franklin Regional didn’t play a perfect game Friday at Norwin. But the Panthers made enough big plays to defeat the Knights, 35-0, spoiling their homecoming at Norwin Stadium. Senior running back Zach Bewszka rushed for 166 yards and scored on runs of 23 and 68 yards, and junior Ayden Hudock...

When you’re considered the top golfer in the WPIAL, you’re always favored to win a title. Central Catholic senior and Canonsburg native Rocco Salvitti had come up short in three previous attempts until Thursday in the Class 3A championship. Salvitti got tired of people asking why he hadn’t won a...

Zach Bewszka Franklin Regional, Sr., RB The senior scored two touchdowns as the Panthers rallied to defeat Plum, 31-28, last week. His 82-yard kickoff return for a score to start the second half began the rally. Bewszka has rushed for a team-high 527 yards and three touchdowns. He’s caught four...

No one should be surprised by the success of the Elizabeth Forward football team this season. The undefeated Warriors returned numerous four-year starters who have won the past two WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference titles and reached the WPIAL championship game in 2020. Mt. Pleasant coach Jason Fazekas said upsetting...

Class 5A Big East Franklin Regional (3-2, 2-0) at Norwin (1-5, 0-2) 7 p.m. Friday, Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon After a tough, 42-41 loss to Shaler in double overtime, Franklin Regional rebounded with a comeback victory over Plum, 31-28. Ayden Hudock had five receptions for 136 yards and a...

It was repeat Tuesday at the WPIAL girls golf championships at Valley Brook Country Club. South Fayette senior Marissa Malosh breezed to her second consecutive Class 3A title by shooting 5-over-par 77 and finishing the 36-hole event with a six-shot lead over Seneca Valley junior Lihini Ranaweera. In addition, Quaker...

Despite not putting his best, Penn-Trafford junior Nick Turowski put himself in great position to capture his second consecutive WPIAL Class 3A golf championship. Turowski shot a 2-over par 73 during the first round of the championship at Champion Lakes Golf Course near Bolivar and finds himself two strokes behind...

Penn-Trafford girls soccer used to be one of the top programs in the WPIAL. Under third-year coach Jim Mastroianni, the program is making a resurgence and the future looks bright. Penn-Trafford is 4-3-4 overall this season and 3-2-3 in Section 3-3A. With four section games remaining, the Warriors are in...

It’s been an adventurous summer for Franklin Regional grad Michael Krauza. The Murrysville native started his summer pitching for the Cleburne (Texas) Railroaders in the American Association, an independent league. He posted an 0-1 record in 15 games for Cleburne, allowing 12 hits in 18 innings of relief, striking out...

Mt. Pleasant and Greensburg Salem were locked in a close battle early in the fourth quarter when Vikings junior linebacker Camden Moore came up with a clutch interception at his team’s 29-yard-line. His play stopped the surging Golden Lions, and the Vikings went on to put the game away by...

Here are Westmoreland County’s high school football players to watch for Week 5. Tommy Kalkstein Penn-Trafford, Sr., QB/WR/LB The 6-foot-2, 185-pound senior rushed for 168 yards and a touchdown against Hempfield last Friday. He also has 13 catches for 137 yards. On defense, he has 20 tackles and an interception....

Hempfield football coach Mike Brown said the goal for the 2022 Spartans was to play meaningful games at the end of the season. That goal already has been achieved. After defeating then-No. 1 Penn-Trafford, 28-17, in a WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference showdown last week, the No. 3-ranked Spartans...

It was quite an exciting day for Mars senior Blake Bertolo at Champion Lakes Golf Course near Bolivar on Tuesday. Not only did he qualify for the final round of the WPIAL Class 3A Championship on Oct. 6 at Allegheny Country Club by shooting a 5-over-par 76, but his round...

Derry senior Hunter Jurica likes the new way the WPIAL will determine the golf champion. Instead of a one-day event, the WPIAL is holding a two-day competition for the boys and girls. The Class 2A boys and both girls classifications held their first round Monday. Jurica and Brownsville junior Daniel...

Penn-Trafford girls’ volleyball coach Jim Schall didn’t seemed bothered by his team’s start to the 2022 season. Warriors were 3-4 overall and 2-1 in Section 3-4A following a hard-fought 3-2 loss to Shaler, falling 15-13 in Game 5, on Sept. 20. Penn-Trafford returned two starters — senior libero Gia Pezze...

When you’re a football team trying to turn its fortunes around, you have to take chances. Hempfield did that Friday night before a standing-room-only crowd of more than 5,000 at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans defeated No. 1 and reigning Class 5A PIAA and WPIAL champion Penn-Trafford, 28-17, in the Big...

Penn-Trafford freshman Mia Williams and South Park senior Nicole Kempton did something Thursday that had never been done at their school: win a WPIAL girls tennis title. And both did it with dominating performances despite cool temperatures and gusty wind conditions at Bethel Park. During the first day of the...