Bill Beckner stories, Page 37

Late TD pass lifts Jeannette past Mt. Pleasant in comeback victory

Mt. Pleasant appeared to have Jeannette right where it wanted it. A seven-point lead with three minutes and change remaining and a fresh turnover in their hands. But Jeannette wasn’t ready to call it a night. The more chances the Jayhawks got, the hungrier they looked. They came to life...
Watch list announced for Moe Rosensteel girls soccer award

Forty-nine of the top girls soccer players in the district made the Moe Rosensteel Most Outstanding Player Award watch list. The high school season opens Friday. The award, named after the late Katelyn “Moe” Rosensteel, is in its sixth season and goes to the best player in the WPIAL, per...
Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Small schools make best of bare-bones rosters

Teams in the WPIAL Class A Eastern Conference have something in common on the eve of a new football season: low roster numbers. Injuries will be magnified as teams try to combat depth issues over the course of a 10-game regular season. With the exception of Riverview, which has 49...
Westmoreland County girls soccer preview: Mt. Pleasant motivated to make title run

Mt. Pleasant is going into a new girls soccer season with a mind eraser. A team that has the talent to make a title run like it did two years ago when it finished as the runner-up, the Vikings stewed over a stunning playoff loss. The team was dealt a...
Westmoreland boys soccer preview: Belle Vernon ready for challenge of jump to 3A

A jump in classification can be less daunting if a team has a lot coming back. Belle Vernon boys soccer is a prime example. The Leopards have a number of key players returning as they go from Class 2A to 3A. That includes standout goal scorer Trevor Kovatch, who has...
Westmoreland County high school football matchups for 2024 Week Zero

Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups for Westmoreland County in Week Zero of the 2024 season: Nonconference Albert Gallatin at Greensburg Salem 7 p.m. Friday, Offutt Field, Greensburg Last year’s result: Did not play Greensburg Salem will kick off its new season in Class 3A with a matchup against...
Westmoreland County standouts dot D-1 college football rosters this fall

Gianni Rizzo and Trent Holler are close friends and always have supported one another in sports despite going to different high schools. The pair has something more in common on the eve of another college football season. Both are set to play a grad season at the Division I level,...
Tackling machine Ethan Shawley brings snarl to Southmoreland defense

Southmoreland’s senior tackling savant makes backyards look nicer in the summer as a landscaper. Come the fall, he demolishes backfields. Disruptive, elusive and violent, Ethan Shawley is a senior middle linebacker whose motivation grows out of being undersized and wanting to be a play ahead of everybody else on the...
WPIAL girls soccer preview: Defending state champ Moon again among teams to beat

WPIAL girls soccer preview Class 4A Defending champion: Fox Chapel Runner-up: North Allegheny PIAA champion: Pennridge Team to beat: North Allegheny, which went on to reach the PIAA semifinals after a loss in the WPIAL final, is coming off a 22-win season. Junior Emma Shupansky and senior Madison Miller will...
Southmoreland’s Tim Bukowski to coach opener with late father in mind

Third-year Southmoreland football coach Tim Bukowski will lead the Scotties in their season opener Friday night with a heavy heart after the death of his father. Ron Bukowski, 81, died Monday morning in hospice at his home in Fayette County after an extended bout with cancer. Nicknamed “Arch,” the late...
WPIAL boys soccer preview: Norwin, South Fayette, South Park, Bentworth out to defend titles

WPIAL boys soccer preview Class 4A Defending champion: Norwin Runner-up: North Allegheny PIAA champion: Conestoga Team to beat: Norwin won its first WPIAL title in dramatic fashion, posting three shootout wins in six playoff games. Senior Daniel Maddock will be a key scorer with the graduation of all-state leader Owen...
Lineman Colin Bruno wants to put signature on final season at Norwin

His football card collection means a lot to him, as does his assortment of professional sports autographs. But what Norwin’s Colin Bruno might value more is the opportunity to give an autograph seeker, an admirer of his blocking and tackling, his own personal inscription. He can smell the Sharpie pen...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Former Seton Hill basketball player headed to Greece

From Seton Hill to Alabama to Greece, basketball is taking Samuel Tabe around the globe. Tabe, a former go-to scorer at Seton Hill, signed to play professionally with AE Psychiko Athens of the Greek Elite League. The 6-foot-5 guard played his last college season at South Alabama, a Division I...
Greensburg Central Catholic primed to follow Samir Crosby’s lead

Reaching the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class A playoffs was a highlight for Greensburg Central Catholic coach JT Thompson in his first season. The experience his team gained from a first-round win over West Greene and a loss to South Side could yield benefits this fall. GCC had not made...
Thanks to program’s revival, ‘People are talking about Latrobe football’

Mention Latrobe and football in the same breath and, to most people, Pittsburgh Steelers training camp comes to mind. While the crowded summer staple where fans can get up close and personal with the pros was in full force again at Saint Vincent, the Latrobe Wildcats also were ramping up...
Belle Vernon pitcher wowed by Kent State baseball program

Parker Lind was on a campus visit when the magic happened. When he saw his baseball future flash before his eyes. Belle Vernon’s hard-throwing southpaw said he was close to committing to one of the top Division II programs in the country in Seton Hill, but the awe he felt...

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