District College category, Page 52
A-K Valley campus clippings: Fisher continues to excel for Penn State volleyball
Riverview graduate Cal Fisher has delivered impactful performances for the Penn State men’s volleyball team, and he has earned first team All-Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association honors. He is one of six Nittany Lions players named to the EIVA all-star teams. It is his second conference first-team selection. Fisher finished the...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Greensburg native Goetz cruises to Mountaineer Invitational title
Mark Goetz wasn’t playing Hannastown Golf Club, his home course in the summer months, but he sure looked at home at Pete Dye Golf Course in Bridgeport, W.Va. That is the home course of the West Virginia golf team, which hosted the 54-hole Mountaineer Invitational. Goetz, a Greensburg native, had...
WVU senior Mark Goetz runs away with home invitational for first college title
Mark Goetz wasn’t playing Hannastown Golf Club, his home course in the summer months, but he sure looked at home at Pete Dye Golf Course in Bridgeport, W.Va. That is the home course of the West Virginia golf team, which hosted the 54-hole Mountaineer Invitational. Goetz, a Greensburg native, had...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Local players lead Pitt-Johnstown softball
Pitt-Johnstown softball doesn’t just have a local flavor on its rosters. It has a local impact. Five of the Mountain Cats’ top six hitters are from Westmoreland County. Redshirt junior Olivia Porter (Southmoreland) is having a career season. She is hitting .349, with a team-best 29 hits, 18 runs, seven...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Peticca wins golf event at Grove City
Senior Ben Peticca was a Presidents’ Athletic Conference second-team selection last season with the Washington & Jefferson golf team. The Franklin Regional grad might be heading for an upgrade as far as postseason honors go. Peticca carded a 1-over-par 73 for a two-shot victory at the McBride-Behringer-Allen Invitational at Grove...
Franklin Regional’s Michael Kemerer returning for 7th NCAA season
Murrysville native Michael Kemerer isn’t ready to hang up his singlet just yet. The Franklin Regional graduate and Iowa graduate student announced this week on Twitter that he’s returning for one more season. The four-time All-American and 2021 NCAA runner-up lost in the NCAA Division I finals at 174 pounds...
Plum, Riverview graduates shine at college level
Cal Fisher continues to produce for the Penn State men’s volleyball team. Earlier this week, the Riverview graduate was named the Off the Block National Opposite (Hitter) of the week for his play in the Nittany Lions’ weekend series at nationally ranked George Mason. Fisher led Penn State, ranked No....
Westmoreland campus clippings: Gray leads Seton Hill men’s lacrosse to key win
Junior Logan Gray came through in the clutch to lead the Seton Hill men’s lacrosse team, ranked No. 5 in the latest USILA Division II Coaches Poll, to a 12-11 win Friday at No. 16 Frostburg State. Gray won a faceoff and scored five seconds into overtime to propel the...
Campus clippings: Derry grad Justin Huss continues busy spring at W&J
Justin Huss is pulling double duty this spring at Washington & Jefferson. The former Derry football and track standout said he wanted to play two sports in college, and he is living up to his goal. Huss had a couple of carries in a football game last Thursday night, then...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Strong outing for Notre Dame’s Palmer Jackson
Palmer Jackson continues his rapid adaptation to the highest level of college golf. The former Franklin Regional standout and PIAA champion completed his third top-five finish for the Notre Dame men’s golf team, posting a 9-under-par 207 to take fifth at the Augusta Haskins Award Invite in Augusta, Ga. Notre...
Latrobe grad Austin Butler chooses Charlotte as transfer destination
Austin Butler had to rediscover the recruiting process when his four years of college basketball ended at Holy Cross because he could not continue his academic career in Worcester, Mass. The former Latrobe star entered the NCAA transfer portal and got more than a few nibbles on the line. About...
Seton Hill baseball sprints out to best start in program history
When the season schedule was distributed to baseball players at Seton Hill, there was a glaring omission: opponents. It was not an oversight. It was on purpose. “The times and dates are there but no opponents,” coach Marc Marizzaldi said. “It might say ‘Seton Hill vs. … doesn’t matter’ or...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent women’s basketball receives honors
Saint Vincent pulled in some accolades after another successful and albeit, shortened, season in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Senior guard Carlee Kilgus was named PAC Defensive Player of the Year, and Jimmy Petruska, in his 11th year at SVC, was tabbed conference coach of the year. Kilgus averaged 11.8...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Belle Vernon’s Judy rolling in awards
Junior Devin Judy can bring the heat, and the hard-throwing pitcher from Gannon is raking in the awards as a result. Judy, a Belle Vernon graduate, received a pair of accolades after a strong outing against nationally ranked Mercyhurst. The right-hander was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Atlantic...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill baseball makes ‘SportsCenter’
Seton Hill senior Derek Orndorff made some magic in right-center field last week, and the nation got to catch a glimpse of it. Orndorff made a spectacular running catch in the top of the second inning in the Griffins’ game last Friday against IUP. The play made No. 4 on...
Seton Hill’s Orndorff makes ESPN’s top plays with highlight catch
In a rather unassuming Friday afternoon baseball game in Greensburg, Seton Hill senior Derek Orndorff made some magic in right center field. And the nation got to catch a glimpse of it. Orndorff made a spectacular running catch in the top of the second inning in the undefeated Griffins’ game...
Iowa’s Spencer Lee withdraws from Olympic Trials
Another day, another surprising announcement from one of college wrestling’s most celebrated lightweights. Iowa senior Spencer Lee, fresh off a third NCAA championship that he won while competing with two torn ACLs, made it known Friday he will not compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials next month. “It is not...
Latrobe product Kokoska causing stir for Kansas State
Zach Kokoska was on the path to becoming a pitcher in college. No, really. “I was a left-hander who could throw 90 (mph),” the former Latrobe standout said. “Coaches jumped all over that.” But when he began to hit for power and average, that ship quickly sailed. When he left...
Saint Vincent women, Westminster men recognized for title run with PAC awards
Defense was a big part of Saint Vincent’s run to a conference championship. Coaching had a little to do with it, too. Both were exemplified by a key senior and the Bearcats’ unfettered leader on the sidelines. The Presidents’ Athletic Conference recognized both with postseason awards Wednesday. Saint Vincent guard...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Latrobe grad Butler on to D-II Elite Eight
The dance goes on for Bryce Butler. A sophomore guard at West Liberty, Butler has helped the Hilltoppers (18-4) reach the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II men’s basketball tournament. The Latrobe alum had four points and six rebounds in a 78-61 win over Hillsdale. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound Butler...
Westmoreland campus clippings: GCC grad Stowovy enters NCAA transfer portal
Brittany Stawovy is on the move. After completing a four-year playing career at West Virginia Wesleyan, the senior basketball player has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. Stawovy, a Greensburg Central Catholic graduate, is unable to continue with a post-grad program, so she is looking to play one more season somewhere...
Spencer Lee becomes 3-time NCAA wrestling champion
Iowa senior Spencer Lee is used to beginning a wrestling match. He’d rather set the tone for his Iowa teammates. But the NCAA wrestling championships had other ideas. They decided to put the 125-pound final at the end Saturday at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. The ESPN broadcast team called...
St. Vincent women’s basketball tops W&J in PAC championship game
In a strange, compact college basketball season like no other, the Saint Vincent women aren’t complaining. Why would they? The Bearcats completed a short, five-week schedule with a perfect ending Saturday night, rallying for a 65-61 victory over visiting Washington & Jefferson to win their second Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament...
With most sports in full swing, Westmoreland colleges experience different March Madness
As the NCAA Tournament tipped off Friday afternoon, Aaron Smetanka was preparing for kickoff. Yes, kickoff. In March. The Saint Vincent football coach was finalizing gameday plans for the Bearcats’ season opener at Grove City. Elsewhere on campus, the women’s basketball team was practicing for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship...
Freshmen from WPIAL programs provide spark for Cal U softball team
After not having a field for 1,409 days, the Cal U softball team returned to Lilley Field and swept Gannon in a doubleheader. The Golden Knights are the team many see as the favorite in the PSAC West. The starting lineup for the Vulcans in the opener featured five freshmen,...
