Paul Schofield stories, Page 95
Woodland Hills regroups, thumps Franklin Regional
Franklin Regional opened Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference game against Woodland Hills with a trick play. It caught Woodland Hills’ defense by surprise. The end-around pass from wide receiver Mario Sarnic to fellow wide receiver Jeffrey Downs had the Woodland Hills defense fooled. It was designed to be...
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 5
Mason Basinger Southmoreland, sr., WR/OLB The 5-foot-10 senior had an impressive performance at Derry in Week 4. He caught three passes for 108 yards and two touchdowns. Basinger is another offensive weapon for quarterback Zach Cernuto. Toby Cline Jeannette, sr., WR/DB Cline caught three passes, all touchdowns, for 76 yards...
Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 5
Class 6A Hempfield (1-3, 1-3) at Baldwin (1-1, 0-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Baldwin Stadium, Whitehall Hempfield slid to its third straight loss, falling to No. 3 Canon-McMillan, 45-14, as Big Macs tailback Ryan Angott ran for 261 yards and five touchdowns. The Spartans are allowing a conference-high 37.3 points per...
Boys golf teams earn spots in WPIAL Class AAA, AA semifinals
Fox Chapel boys golf coach Bryan Deal feels the competition for the Class AAA team title will be tight next week. “There are some teams that are good enough to win that won’t make it through the semifinals,” Deal said. “There are seven or eight teams that have a shot...
Field can’t catch Moon’s Justin Scally at WPIAL Class AAA golf championshipsVideo
Moon senior Justin Scally posted a low score early at Tuesday’s WPIAL Class AAA boys golf championship. Then he sat around for an hour and a half, waiting to see if his 2-under-par 69 at South Hills Country Club would hold up. It did, as he watched Shady Side Academy...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls claim 6th straight golf title; Peters Township girls win 1st
Greensburg Central Catholic’s girls golf team added another WPIAL Class AA title to the school’s trophy case Monday. The Centurions won their sixth straight district championship by shooting an impressive 320, crushing the competition at Connoquenessing Country Club in Ellwood City. Geibel finished second, 99 shots back, with a 419....
Norwin’s Jubert wins 1st Bald Eagle Classic in preview of WPIAL course
The WPIAL recently announced a new site for its cross country championships — White Oak Park. The first Bald Eagle Cross Country Classic, hosted by the Baldwin and Serra Catholic programs on Saturday, served as a great warm-up course for the teams that competed. Norwin senior Alex Jubert certainly enjoyed...
Penn-Trafford’s Turowski makes good impression during freshman season
Penn-Trafford golfer Nick Turowski is having an impressive freshman season. He is hoping his debut high school season ends at the PIAA championship in York. He aimed to become one of the lucky 10 to advance when he and his brother Alex competed in the WPIAL individual championship Oct. 6...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Patrick Driscoll pulls double duty with golf, cross country
Penn-Trafford senior Patrick Driscoll has been pulling double duty this fall. He’s a starter on the boys golf team that qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA team tournament, and he’s the top runner on the cross country team. “I like both sports pretty equally, but I do recognize I’m a...
Jeannette braces for tough stretch that begins with Springdale
If Jeannette wants to reach the WPIAL football playoffs for the 42nd time overall and seventh consecutive season, a loss in its final three games is out of the question. No. 3 Jeannette (3-1, 3-1) faces a tough stretch of games beginning Friday at unbeaten Springdale (4-0, 4-0). That is...
Senior Michael Wareham leads Franklin Regional golf to memorable season
Franklin Regional golfer Michael Wareham is looking to end his high school career in style. The senior qualified for the WPIAL individual championship on Oct. 6 at South Hills Country Club, where he hoped to be one of the 10 golfers to qualify for the PIAA championship in York later...
Hampton pulls away from Greensburg Salem in second halfVideo
Greensburg Salem was tasting victory late in the third quarter when it took a lead against Hampton. But in a matter of seconds, Hampton (3-1, 3-1) made sure its trip to historic Offutt Field wasn’t disappointing, and it has senior Gage Galuska to thank. Galuska returned a kickoff 94 yards...
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 4
Danny Dlugos Greensburg Central Catholic, jr., RB Dlugos averages more than 8 yards per carry for the Centurions. He has rushed for a team-high 201 yards and scored five touchdowns, including four rushing. He also leads the team in tackles with 30 (18 solo) and 4.5 tackles for loss. Luke...
Dangerous quarterbacks square off when Penn-Trafford meets Woodland Hills
When Penn-Trafford hosts No. 4 Woodland Hills on Friday in a WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference battle for first place, it will feature a matchup between two of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the WPIAL. Woodland Hills junior Deontae Williams and Penn-Trafford senior Ethan Carr will take center stage....
Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball coach resigns
Pitt-Greensburg is looking for a new women’s basketball coach after Hayley Schaetzle resigned Tuesday. Schaetzle stepped down to join her husband Thurman, who is an assistant coach at Canisius College, and is moving with him in Buffalo. She was named the 2019-20 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year...
OLSH basketball standout Dante Spadafora picks West Liberty State
Dante Spadafora helped Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to consecutive WPIAL Class 2A titles, but he still has some business to finish. The senior would like to make it three titles in the winter. The team also was denied a shot at PIAA title because of the coronavirus and...
Penn-Trafford girls volleyball adjusts to condensed schedule
The Penn-Trafford girls volleyball has quickly moved into the heart of its section schedule. The Warriors opened the season 2-1 before taking on Hempfield, Oakland Catholic and Norwin in Section 3-4A. They are set to play the Eagles again Thursday. Penn-Trafford rebounded to defeat Connellsville after dropping a hard-fought 3-2...
Penn-Trafford’s Barber advances to WPIAL girls golf championship
Lauren Barber took top honors at the WPIAL Class AAA Section 3 girls golf qualifier at Murrysville Golf Club on Sept. 23. Barber shot a 7-over 81 to breeze to the title. She was among seven girls from the section to advance to the WPIAL individual championship set for Oct....
New technology makes for efficient high school football practices
All football teams have a “go route” — a deep pass — in their playbook. But not all high school teams are using a new teaching tool called “Go Rout” in their practices. Only six teams across Pennsylvania are using the new technology, including Pine-Richland and Ligonier Valley in the...
Franklin Regional girls golf program reaching new heightsVideo
It’s been a memorable season for the Franklin Regional girls golf team. And the way things are going, after winning their first section title since 2003, they have the WPIAL Class AAA finals in their sights. After stringing together consecutive victories over Penn-Trafford, Indiana and Connellsville in the third week...
Freeport follows Lane to win against Derry
The way Ben Lane played Friday night, you would have thought he played quarterback his entire life. But the converted tailback was forced to switch when starting quarterback Garrett King was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Lane, a sophomore, ran for three touchdowns, returned a kickoff 95 yards for a score...
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 3
Landan Carns Latrobe, Sr., QB Carns directed to Wildcats to their first win of the season at Mt. Pleasant last week. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound senior connected on a 64-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tucker Knupp. He also rushed for 88 yards and completed 8 of 17 passes for 138...
After years on losing end, Southmoreland trying to turn tide in rivalry with Mt. PleasantVideo
Their schools are a 5 miles apart. Students live across the street from one another where Mt. Pleasant borough and East Huntingdon Township meet. But since Mt. Pleasant (1-1, 1-0) and Southmoreland (1-1, 1-1) began playing football in 1964, their programs have been miles apart. Mt. Pleasant, which leads the...
Hempfield brings back wrestling coach Vince DeAugustine
Hempfield Area School District board hired a familiar face to coach its wrestling team at Monday’s meeting. By a vote of 7-0, the board hired board member Vince DeAugustine as its coach. DeAugustine did not vote on the motion. DeAugustine coached at Norwin the past two seasons, where he helped...
Penn-Trafford’s Ford on record-breaking run: ‘It’s crazy to think no one can break it’
When Brad Ford lined up at quarterback in the wildcat formation against Latrobe at the Penn-Trafford 1-yard line, all he was looking for was some yardage to get the offense away from its own end zone. “It was 128 X Go; it’s supposed to be a pass play,” said Ford,...
