Bill Beckner stories, Page 218
Hempfield’s Brose up to eight Division I offers
Hempfield’s Fintan Brose is pulling in offers in pairs. Seemingly each week, the junior football lineman is attracting scholarship opportunities two at a time. The 6-foot-3, 280-pound tackle announced two additional offers within the past week, in Navy and Princeton. Honored and thankful to receive an offer from the United...
Rickie Fowler paying tribute to Arnold Palmer at Bay Hill
PGA Tour player Rickie Fowler once again will personally honor the late, great Arnold Palmer this week at The King’s signature event, the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Fla. Fowler will team with his sponsor, Puma, and the Arnold Palmer Foundation to pay homage...
Penn State’s Rivers, Holmberg pick up track & field hardware
Penn State pulled a sweep in the women’s regional track & field awards. Nittany Lions Danae Rivers (track) and Maddie Holmberg (field) were named U.S Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association athletes of the year in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Both women will compete in the NCAA Division I...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Slippery Rock’s McQuaide reaches nationals
After placing fifth last year at the NCAA Division II track and field championships, pole vaulter Courtney McQuaide will get another shot to raise the bar. A redshirt senior at Slippery Rock and a former outdoor national champion in her event, McQuaide is one of 16 athletes from the PSAC...
Seton Hill women set to play IUP in PSAC quarterfinals
PSAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals Seton Hill (19-10) vs. IUP (23-3) 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Kovalchick Center, IUP Coaches: Mark Katarski, Seton Hill; Tom McConnell, IUP Top scorers: Megan Marecic, GS, G, Seton Hill (18.8 ppg); Carolyn Appleby, Sr., G, IUP (17.3 ppg) Video feed: Winner plays: Winner of West...
Franklin Regional boys excited for ‘another chance to play’ in state tournament
A sense of finality seemed to wash over Franklin Regional boys basketball players, coaches and fans after the Panthers lost to Moon in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals at West Allegheny. It was almost like the year-end banquet was the next event on the schedule, not the PIAA playoffs. Some...
Penn-Trafford RB Lisbon draws Navy offer
A running back who averaged nearly nine yards a carry last season has his first Division I football offer. Penn-Trafford junior Caleb Lisbon is expected to draw many more offers, but Navy will be the leader of the pack. Lisbon (6-foot, 195 pounds) rushed for 1,329 yards last season and...
Seton Hill women continue surge, beat UPJ in PSAC Tournament
Momentum is an intangible yet palpable thing in basketball. But it can go for miles. Need proof? Look no further than the Seton Hill women’s team. After leaving a trail of upsets on the end of their regular-season schedule, the Griffins carried their late-year surge into the PSAC Tournament. The...
Norwin girls ready to ‘come back even stronger’ for PIAA playoffs
Jayla Wehner called on a motivational quote to help erase a tough semifinal loss and fast-forward to what lies ahead for the Norwin girls basketball team. “We feel like we aren’t done yet, and we believe that we haven’t played our best basketball yet,” the Norwin junior guard said. “Coming...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent’s Davis makes splash
Saint Vincent senior swimmer Jacob Davis again will compete on a national stage. Davis earned a spot in the NCAA Division III Championships set for March 20-23 in Greensboro, N.C. He qualified in three events: the 100- and 50-yard freestyles and the 100-yard breaststroke. His time of 44.16 seconds in...
Hot-shooting Biss tabbed PSAC East player of week
At Shippensburg, happiness is Biss. Sophomore basketball player Jake Biss continues to assert himself into a viable go-to role for the Raiders (22-6, 16-4 PSAC East), and is developing into one of the PSAC’s top scorers. His scoring average has been on a steady incline, a result of his well-rounded...
Nedley off to fast start for Penn softball
From Penn-Trafford to Penn, Emma Nedley has not missed a beat. After just weekend of college softball, the freshman center fielder is off to a fast start, and with it, has collected some early-season accolades. Nedley was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after going 8 for 17 at...
Westmoreland PIHL playoff capsules for March 4, 2019
Monday’s games PIHL Penguins Cup Class AA First round Hempfield (12-7) vs. Pine-Richland (18-0-1) 7:30 p.m. Monday at Baierl Ice Complex, Warrendale Winner plays: Latrobe (14-4-1) or Hampton (10-7-2), March 13 at RMU Island Sports Center, Neville Island Goals for/against: Hempfield, 121/78; Pine-Richland, 112/32 About Hempfield: The Spartans advanced to...
Westmoreland lookahead for week of March 4, 2019
MONDAY Hockey: Three area teams will be in action in the PIHL Class AA Penguin Cup playoffs. Latrobe takes on Hampton at 7:15 p.m. at Nevin Arena, and Franklin Regional plays Mars at 9:30 p.m. at Baierl Complex in Warrendale. A third first-round game has Hempfield taking on unbeaten Pine-Richland...
Former Seton Hill QB Strong joins team in Germany
Former Seton Hill quarterback Christian Strong used to extend plays for the Griffins. Now, he is extending his playing career overseas. Strong has signed with the resurgent Dusseldorf Panther of the German Football League. The team returns to the league after a three-year absence. The Canadian-born Strong (6-foot-4, 214 pounds),...
Steelers basketball team seeking opponents
While it would be hard-pressed to match the offseason drama of its NFL counterpart, the Pittsburgh Steelers Footballers basketball team is gearing up for another season — and looking for games. The team, consisting of current and former Steelers, plays games at high schools and colleges around western Pennsylvania as...
Saint Vincent’s Davis qualifies for national swim meet
Saint Vincent senior swimmer Jacob Davis earned a spot in the NCAA Division III Championships set for March 20-23 in Greensboro, N.C. Davis qualified in three events: the 100- and 50-yard freestyles, and the 100-yard breaststroke. His time of 44.16 seconds in the 100 freestyle ranks sixth in Division III....
Point Park’s Shields wins two more NAIA track titles
Catch Anna Shields if you can. The Point Park senior enthralled onlookers yet again with another record-breaking performance at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships Saturday in Brookings, S.D. Shields defended her titles in the mile and 1,000-meter runs — within two hours of each other — while...
Peters Township girls beat 2-time defending champion North Allegheny in OT to win Class 6A title
High-scoring Peters Township was lulled into playing North Allegheny’s game in the WPIAL Class 6A championship, which meant a defense-first approach, and that the final score probably was going to resemble a men’s pants size or a recent high-low temperature on the local weather report. The Indians looked quite comfortable...
Westmoreland notebook: Monessen boys basketball turn focus to PIAA playoffs
Monessen did not make the PIAA Class A boys basketball playoffs last season and had a coaching change in the offseason when longtime coach Joe Salvino left to take the Belle Vernon job. Dan Bosnic came aboard and didn’t need to do much homework on the program. He knew about...
Strong 2nd half lifts OLSH boys past Serra Catholic in WPIAL Class 2A title game
With his team up by 17 late in the fourth quarter, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart’s Mike Rodriguez, still coaching up his players with the comfortable advantage, yelled at a reserve to “Take the charge.” The Chargers took charge, all right. And it led to WPIAL glory. Denied a...
IUP men wear Edinboro’s uniforms in PSAC-clinching victory
The IUP men’s basketball team did not let a wardrobe malfunction deter it from victory. The Crimson Hawks forgot their road uniforms for a PSAC game at Edinboro, so the host team obliged, lending IUP their road jerseys at McComb Fieldhouse in Erie. Edinboro wore the awkward and probably itchy...
Slippery Rock’s McQuaide leads locals into D-II track and field nationals
After placing fifth last year at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships, pole vaulter Courtney McQuaide will get another shot to raise the bar. A redshirt senior from Slippery Rock and a former outdoor national champion in her event, McQuaide is one of 16 athletes from the PSAC...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Honors roll in for Saint Vincent men
Another strong run in Presidents’ Athletic Conference men’s basketball earned Saint Vincent plenty of respect at postseason awards time. The Bearcats swept player and coach of the year awards after a 22-5 season and a conference regular-season title. Senior forward Tom Kromka was named player of the year after leading...
Westmoreland PIHL playoff capsule for Feb. 28, 2019
PIHL Penguins Cup playoff preview Class A first round Norwin (9-9) vs. Meadville (15-3) 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Meadville Area Recreation Complex, Meadville Winner plays: Winner of Thomas Jefferson/Freeport at 9:15 p.m. Monday at RMU Island Sports Center Goals for/against: Norwin, 100/94; Meadville, 137/41 About Norwin: The Knights, the sixth...
