Bill Beckner stories, Page 195

Alumni represent Latrobe on college courts across country

One town’s name keeps popping up on college basketball rosters all over the place, up and down the East Coast. From New England to Florida — and many stops in between — “Latrobe” is a common hometown among lists that also include jersey numbers, classes, heights and positions. Latrobe graduates,...
Mt. Pleasant’s Haylie Brunson commits to Pitt

Mt. Pleasant junior softball player Haylie Brunson announced Wednesday night she has made a verbal commitment to play at Pitt. Brunson had opened her recruitment during the spring after she initially committed to Louisiana-Lafayette as a freshman. Pitt offered Sunday. She likes the prospect of playing closer to home. “I...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad helps Arizona State to upset

Arizona State redshirt senior 149-pounder Josh Maruca (Franklin Regional) earned a 5-4 decision over Penn State sophomore Jarod Verkleeren (Hempfield) as the No. 5 Sun Devils upset No. 1 Penn State, 19-18, to snap the Nittany Lions’ 60-dual match winning streak that dated to 2015. Bucknell: Sophomore Zach Hartman (Belle...
Twenty-four WPIAL players make all-state soccer teams

The Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association revealed its all-state selections Monday and the WPIAL made its presence known on the boys and girls teams. Twenty-four district players were chosen. Boys from the WPIAL to make the list are: senior forward Fletcher Amos of West Allegheny, Franklin Regional sophomore forward Anthony DiFalco,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Norwin’s Harding makes 1st start for Pitt in NCAA Tournament

Anthony Harding teetered some when he was making his college decision coming out of Norwin. The soccer standout first chose Penn State before flipping to Pitt. Now he has found his way into the starting lineup for the Panthers (10-7-2). Harding made his starting debut as Pitt knocked off Lehigh,...
Penn-Trafford alum Michael Pifer lauded for efforts as Navy long-snapper

There are long-snappers who get little recognition — most of them — and then there are long-snappers like Michael Pifer. The Navy senior and Penn-Trafford alum, in his second season as the starting “LS” for the Midshipmen, is considered one of the best at his position in the country. The...
Norwin standout Walker to miss 1st month of basketball season

Norwin junior Jayden Walker is expected to miss the first month of basketball season as he recovers from surgery on his left labrum. Also a standout baseball player with a promising future as a left-handed pitcher, Walker had the surgery in June and plans to return in early January. “I...
Westmoreland HS notebook: BVA’s Guess set to get his kicks at Pitt

Belle Vernon’s Cameron Guess made it all the way to No. 1 in the Kohl’s Kicking Camps national punter rankings last year for the Class of 2020. Pitt made it to No. 1 on the senior’s list of college choices. The strong-legged Guess announced recently his commitment to Pitt. He...
Jeannette alumni help Lackawanna to Junior College title game

Robert Kennedy walked off the field at Clairton in the last regular-season game of his senior season feeling dejected and disappointed. He remembers the haunting glow on the scoreboard that read: Clairton 40, Jeannette 6. “I fully take responsibility for that loss,” Kennedy said. “I remember I threw two or...
Hempfield alum Kason Harrell headed to Ireland to play professional basketball

Kason Harrell was released by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League on Nov. 6. Guess how many days since then the former Hempfield star sulked about his first shot at the pros? Better yet, guess how many days he did not pick up a basketball in...
Roster out for ESSMC WPIAL Girls Soccer Classic

Players have been named for the first East Suburban Sports Medicine Center WPIAL Girls Soccer Classic on Saturday at Franklin Regional’s Panther Stadium in Murrysville. The showcase event begins at 1 p.m. There could be one or two all-star games, depending on the turnout. The event is for All-WPIAL and...
IUP lineman Jeff Arnold up for Upshaw award

IUP probably does not pile up an average of 477.4 yards across 11 games this season if not for the up-front blocking of players like Jeff Arnold. A senior lineman from Brashear, Arnold has played well enough to be considered for a national award. Arnold is one of eight finalists...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Norwin’s Deri wraps impressive career at West Liberty

West Liberty senior safety Logan Deri (Norwin) finished his college career as one of only six players in West Liberty history to record 300 tackles. Deri had nine stops in his final college game, a 34-26 loss to Charleston. He finished with 301 tackles. “The milestone was great, but to...
Former GCC standout Carolyn Appleby joins coaching staff

Carolyn Appleby couldn’t help herself. During a water break this week at a Greensburg Central Catholic girls basketball practice, she took a few pull-up jump shots and banked in a scoop-shot layup as players looked on. Make that, as her players looked on. Appleby, just 22 years old and barely...
GCC girls get infusion of youth in bid for 20th straight playoff berth

Sam Salih relied on his seniors so much last year and got so comfortable with a short rotation that he didn’t leave the bench much while coaching the Greensburg Central Catholic girls. “I had that imaginary popcorn,” Salih said. “They were fun to watch.” Salih saw nine freshmen when he...
New GCC boys coach, 24, looks to carry on winning tradition at his alma materVideo

At 24, Christian Hyland will be one of the youngest head basketball coaches in the state — in the country, for that matter. But taking the reins at Greensburg Central Catholic — his alma mater — gives him a charge and gets his competitive juices flowing again. It’s all he...

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