Paul Schofield stories, Page 5
Franklin Regional rebuilds after heavy graduation losses
As Lance Getsy begins his fifth season at Franklin Regional, he is faced with a retooling job. The Panthers graduated 16 seniors from last year’s team that finished 8-4 overall and 4-2 in Class 5A Big East Conference. There are a lot of starting positions available on the Franklin Regional...
Allshouse, Shefchek revived Westmoreland County Amateur, which tees off Saturday
When Bob Allshouse hits his drive on No. 1 at Greensburg Country Club, it will mark the 46th consecutive year he has played in the Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Amateur Championship. Allshouse, 74, and former Lincoln Hills Country Club pro Steve Shefchek, also 74, helped to revive the tournament. Shefchek...
Bushy Run American Legion team wins state title
Bushy Run’s American Legion baseball team continued its lengthy postseason run Wednesday by winning the state tournament. Jayden Kennedy tossed a two-hit shutout in a 1-0 victory against Stripes & Strikes in Erie. Stripes & Strikes reached the championship game by defeating Bristol, 12-0, at McDowell High School earlier in...
Bristol defeats Bushy Run in American Legion tournament
Even though the Bushy Run American Legion baseball team suffered its first loss of the Pennsylvania state tournament on Tuesday, the Beavers are still playing for the state title on Wednesday. By winning their first three games of the tournament, the Beavers already had clinched a spot in the championship...
2025 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Peters Township’s Lucas Shanafelt
So, what makes the Peters Township football team one of the favorites to win the WPIAL Class 5A title? Having three NCAA Division I prospects is a good place to start. Senior tight end/outside linebacker Lucas Shanafelt is the third Indians senior to be selected to the 2025 Trib 25...
Miller-Gee wins West Penn Women’s Amateur
Katie Miller-Gee won her second Mid-Am tournament within a week on Monday by running away from the pack at Fox Chapel. The 40-year-old Hempfield Area grad, a three-time PIAA 3A champion, and wife of Oakmont Country Club pro Devin Gee, shot 78-74, to finish at 6-over par 152 in the...
Bushy Run stays unbeaten, qualifies for Mid-Atlantic Regional
The Bushy Run American Legion baseball team is headed to a place it has never been before: the Mid-Atlantic Regional in Ridge, Md. Bushy Run ran its record to 3-0 in the Pennsylvania American Legion state tournament Monday at Erie McDowell by defeating North Parkland, 5-4. No matter what happens...
Bushy Run walks off Connellsville
Carmen Metcalfe was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, and Bushy Run defeated Connellsville, 2-1, in the winners’ bracket at the Pennsylvania American Legion state tournament at Erie McDowell. The victory puts Bushy Run against North Parkland at 6:40 p.m. on Monday....
Shipley finishes 3rd in Korn Ferry event; Greensburg native Goetz finishes 41st
Neal Shipley inched closer to earning his PGA Tour card with a third-place finish at the Korn Ferry Tour’s NV5 Invitational at the Glen Club in the Chicago suburb of Glenview. Shipley shot an 8-under-par 63 in the final round and ended up 23-under 261. Johnny Keefer won the event,...
Bushy Run Legion makes another strong postseason run to reach state tournament
The Bushy Run American Legion baseball team continues to roll and surprise its coach, Scott Peyman. Led by a group of veterans and youth, Bushy Run advanced to the Pennsylvania American Legion state tournament in Erie — that began July 26 — by winning the District 31 and Region 7...
Roher leads Bushy Run to win in state Legion playoffs
Bushy Run opened the Pennsylvania American Legion state tournament on Saturday with a 4-1 victory against French Creek Valley at Erie McDowell High School. Brandon Roher allowed one run on four hits. He struck out five and walked one. Jon Lovre drove in two runs, scored a run and hit...
Greensburg native Goetz moves up in Korn Ferry Tour event
Greensburg native Mark Goetz fired his second 8-under-par 63 at the Korn Ferry Tour NV5 Invitational on Saturday and climbed up the leaderboard at The Glen Club in the Chicago suburb of Glenview. Goetz is now 16-under par 197 and is tied for 14th. He started the third round tied...
Shipley, Goetz in hunt at Korn Ferry Tour’s NV5 Invitational
Mt. Lebanon native Neal Shipley and Greensburg native Mark Goetz are in contention at the Korn Ferry Tour NV5 Invitational after the completion of two rounds at The Glen Club in the Chicago suburb of Glenview. Shipley is tied for 11th at 11-under-par after rounds of 64 on Thursday and...
New team wrestling league to be showcased Saturday at Live Casino Pittsburgh
Wrestling fans looking for something to do Saturday should head to Live Casino Pittsburgh at Westmoreland Mall for a Folkstyle Showcase Four. A new concept for wrestling will be on display as wrestlers compete for spots on teams in the Championship Wrestling Association. Bouts begin at 7 p.m. “The showcase...
Bushy Run Legion beats Latrobe, wins Region 7 for 2nd consecutive season
Bushy Run American Legion coach Scott Peyman planned for a bullpen game if his team reached the Region 7 championship game Wednesday at Forest Hills High School in Sidman. But pitcher Jayden Kennedy let the bullpen rest. The Jeannette rising senior allowed one run on six hits, and Bushy Run...
Bushy Run walks off Latrobe in Region 7 Legion playoffs; Hempfield East eliminated
Latrobe had beaten many opponents this season with late-inning rallies. But Bushy Run turned the tables on the Jethawks on Tuesday in the Region 7 tournament at Forest Hills High School in Sidman. Caleb Kerstetter laid down a perfect safety squeeze bunt with the with the bases loaded to score...
Razza helps keep Latrobe Legion undefeated at regionals
Latrobe’s American Legion baseball team got another strong pitching performance, this time by Joe Razza, and defeated rival Hempfield East, 2-1, in a Region 7 winners’ bracket game Monday at Forest Hills High School in Sidman. Razza allowed one run and on seven hits. East’s run was scored in the...
Mt. Lebanon native Neal Shipley ties for 7th at Price Cutter Charity Championship
Neal Shipley’s bid for a third Korn Ferry Tour victory and “battlefield promotion” and his PGA Tour card will have to wait. The Central Catholic grad and Mt. Lebanon could not overcome the hot temperatures and equally hot Chandler Blanchet on Sunday and ended up tied for seventh at the...
Latrobe, Hempfield East Legion teams stay unbeaten at regions
Latrobe and Hempfield East finished 1-2 during the District 31 American regular season. Now they will square off in the winners’ bracket of the Region 7 tournament Monday at Forest Hills High School in Sidman. Game time is set for 5 p.m. Mason Hrubes had three hits (single, double and...
2025 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Peters Township’s Reston Lehman
It takes a special player to be a four-year starter on a Class 5A football team, especially for a program like Peters Township. Senior defensive end Reston Lehman is that special player. Lehman has started at defensive end/outside linebacker for the Indians on defense and at tight end on offense...
Neal Shipley hanging tough, seeking 3rd win on Korn Ferry Tour
Neal Shipley will enter the final round of the Korn Ferry Tour Price Cutter Charity Championship on Sunday four strokes behind leader Chandler Blanchett. The Mt. Lebanon native and Central Catholic graduate shot a 4-under par 68 during Saturday’s third round at Highland Springs Country Club in Springfield, Mo., and...
District 31 Legion teams sweep at Region 7 tournament
All four District 31 American Legion baseball teams earned wins during the first day the Region 7 tournament Saturday. Hempfield East, Bushy Run, Latrobe and Lower Burrell will square off Sunday in the winner’s bracket at Forest Hills. Latrobe battles Lower Burrell at 2 p.m., and Hempfield East and Bushy...
Shipley second at Korn Ferry Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship
Neal Shipley went to bed Thursday in a three-way tie for the lead at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship in Springfield, Mo. But because severe weather suspended play at Highland Springs Country Club, when the round was completed on Friday morning, he trailed Chandler Blanchet by a...
Bushy Run Legion team looking to repeat at regions
The Bushy Run American Legion baseball team was not expected to win the District 31 title. But no one told the players, especially veterans Brody Hoffman. Brandon Roher, Jon Lovre, Carmen Metcalfe and Robbie Andrews. They helped lead Bushy Run to a 9-3 victory against Lower Burrell in the championship...
Golf notebook: Penn-Trafford grad Nick Turowski qualifies for US Amateur; Neal Shipley leads again
West Virginia sophomore and 2024 Penn-Trafford graduate Nick Turowski qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship in San Francisco by placing third in the final local qualifying at The Club at P.B. Dye in Ijamsville, Md., on Thursday. The U.S. Amateur will be played Aug. 11-17 at the Olympic Club. Turowski...
