District College category, Page 84
PSNK softball team takes early lumps
The Penn State New Kensington softball team took its annual spring trip to Florida a few weeks ago. Twelve players and four coaches hopped a plane to the Sunshine State with two goals in mind: bond as a team and play some softball. The Lions accomplished both goals on the...
Early turbulence unable to rock resolve of Penn State New Kensington baseball team
The college baseball season is a three-month roller-coaster ride, and unfortunately for Penn State New Kensington, it started with a deep drop right out of the gate. Four days before the Lions’ trip to Florida, fourth-year coach Jim Perry was relieved of his duties. The surprising news was a setback...
GCC grad Pellis finds comfort zone with Seton HillVideo
Tommy Pellis tried to make it work at Penn, tried to find solace in his environment on and off the baseball diamond. He gave it two years in Philadelphia — more than enough time, he thought, to try to blend in and become established. But coming to terms with the...
Quaker Valley grads Kwalick, Harkins excel at conference meets
Quaker Valley graduate Matt Kwalick took again on a lot for the Westminster men’s swimming team. “I really want to specialize in one or two events, but it is so hard to do that when you swim the (individual medley),” said Kwalick, a junior. “I think the saying is, ‘A...
GCC grad Tyler Balla hoping to continue career in footballVideo
New Kensington resident and former Allegheny football standout running back Tyler Balla woke up in his childhood bed Monday morning and continued his pursuit of fulfilling his boyhood dream of becoming a professional football player. Balla, along with 50 other NFL hopefuls, showed up at the second annual Cal (Pa.)...
Next up for IUP women: The Elite Eight
The IUP women’s basketball team will be seeking a second straight trip to the NCAA Division II Final Four. The Crimson Hawks (29-3), seeded third in the Elite Eight (national quarterfinals) will meet No. 6 Azusa Pacific (28-5) at noon on Tuesday at Ohio Dominican’s Alumni Hall in Columbus as...
Pitt-Greensburg hires Bucci as men’s soccer coach
Marc Bucci already was familiar with the men’s soccer program at Pitt-Greensburg, having served as an assistant coach in 2017. That made his transition to head coach a little easier. Bucci will take over the program following the departure of Dan Keefe, who left to become an assistant at Lincoln...
Campus clippings: Frelick making impact at Boston College
Sal Frelick did not play high school baseball in Westmoreland County, but the fast-rising star at Boston College has plenty of fans watching his progress from afar. Frelick, a freshman outfielder, still has family and friends in the Greensburg area, and he continues to impress. Frelick, who was named the...
Seton Hill remembers Fogle’s ‘true passion’
Seton Hill is mourning the loss of a man who gave four decades worth of commitment to the university and Griffins athletics. John Fogle, a former women’s soccer coach and athletic director on “The Hill,” died Tuesday. Fogle was a member of the school’s inaugural hall of fame class in...
Bisignani wins NCAA Elite 90 Award
Mikayla Bisignani has proven she can balance academics and athletics at the college level, throwing the discus and swimming in overlapping seasons at Johns Hopkins, all while maintaining a perfect grade-point average. The Greensburg Central Catholic graduate was lauded for her efforts Tuesday night when she was announced as the...
Pittsburgh getting bigger, better NCAA wrestling championships
Bob Bubb became an NCAA All-American in 1959, wrestling in the University of Iowa’s gymnasium. Nearly 60 years later, Nico Megaludis won a national title in “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” New York’s Madison Square Garden, with a finals attendance of 19,270 — more than the crowd for the entire...
Campus clippings: Belle Vernon’s Slagus leads Bucknell to NCAA Tournament
Tournament MVP Kaitlyn Slagus and her teammates are going to the Big Dance. Slagus, a 6-foot-2 senior forward, scored a game-high 23 points to power the top-seeded Bucknell women’s basketball team to a 66-54 victory over No. 2 American in the Patriot League championship game Sunday in Lewisburg. Bucknell (28-5)...
IUP women knock off Cal (Pa.) to advance to Division II Elite Eight
As the chants of “IUP, IUP” grew louder, it was clear the Crimson Hawks had shaken the Cal (Pa.) jinx. The Crimson Hawks used an 11-0 run from the end of the third quarter into the fourth to capture another NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional title with a 68-60 win...
Alle-Kiski Valley campus clippings: IUP’s Myers shines on big stage
Natalie Myers helped IUP win its second consecutive regional women’s basketball title. The Burrell graduate, a redshirt junior in her first season with the Crimson Hawks, scored six points and pulled down four rebounds in IUP’s 68-60 win over California (Pa.) in the finals of the NCAA Division II Atlantic...
Seton Hill’s Pellis earns PSAC honor for hot stretch
Tommy Pellis looks comfortable in the batter’s box at Seton Hill, like he belonged there all along. That’s not to say the junior third baseman did not fit in at Penn, but his transfer closer to home has him swingly freely and producing for the Griffins. Pellis was named the...
Weekend College Top 10: Robert Morris hockey continues playoff push
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. OT goal pushes Robert Morris hockey into conference semifinals Justin Addamo scored with less than four minutes left in overtime, lifting the Colonials past Bentley, 3-2, in the deciding game of their best-of-three Atlantic Hockey...
Belle Vernon’s Slagus powers Bucknell to Patriot League title, NCAA berth
Tournament MVP Kaitlyn Slagus and her teammates are going to the Big Dance. Slagus, a 6-foot-2 senior forward from Belle Vernon, scored a game-high 23 points to power the top-seeded Bucknell women’s basketball team to a 66-54 victory over No. 2 American in the Patriot League championship game Sunday in...
IUP, Cal U women to meet again, in regional final
IUP will try to win a regional title and advance in the NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament. The third-seeded Crimson Hawks (28-3), though, will have to get past their nemesis, another local program, to win the Atlantic Region title and move into the national quarterfinals. (26-5) for the third...
Top district college football players get chance to impress in Cheswick
Two weeks after the NFL Combine wrapped up in Indianapolis, the Pittsburgh Indoor Sports Arena will host a similar event for local college football players pursuing a professional career. Cal (Pa.)’s Pro Football Combine, sanctioned by the NFL, is 9 a.m. Monday at PISA in Cheswick. About 60 players from...
Yurisinec goes from Penn-Trafford sidelines to Gannon Athletics Hall of Fame
Tales of athletic prowess often improve with age. That’s not the case with John Yurisinec. The 1997 Penn-Trafford graduate doesn’t sugarcoat his accomplishments while playing football and wrestling for the Warriors. “My high school career was less than stellar,” Yurisinec said. Yurisinec did start at receiver in 1996, the first...
Brentwood resident Daly to be part of basketball trip to Spain
With the Carlow women’s basketball season completed, Seton LaSalle graduate Delaney Daly has her sights on her summer schedule. Daly, a 5-foot-7 junior and NAIA All-American guard for the Celtics, averaged 11.5 points, 3.5 assists and 3.5 steals this season. Her focus now is on her impending trip to Europe....
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill lacrosse player drafted
Seton Hill is sending another lacrosse player to the pros. Senior long-stick midfielder Brett Craig was picked by the Atlanta Blaze in the fifth round of the Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. He was the 39th overall pick but the first from a Division II program. The reigning Great Midwest...
Former Penn-Trafford RB Gay leaving Air Force
John Gay IV wants to be a more traditional college student, which he hopes can make him a more traditional college football player — and maybe lead to something further. The former Penn-Trafford standout running back is leaving the Air Force Academy and will transfer to Lafayette, a FCS program...
Campus clippings: Transfers finding success on diamond
Change has been good for a few local athletes who have found new homes this spring sports season. Tommy Pellis transferred from Penn to Seton Hill, seeking a better on-field opportunity and a chance to play baseball in the area where he grew up. Pellis, a junior infielder out of...
Local trio among at-large wrestlers to receive bids for NCAAs
Three district wrestlers were among the 45 to receive at-large bids Tuesday for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, which are March 21-23 at PPG Paints Arena. Hempfield graduate Sam Krivus (Virginia), Mt. Lebanon’s Kellan Stout (Pitt) and South Park’s Greg Bulsak (Clarion) were selected. This is the third year...
