Tag: Hempfield Area

Westmoreland high school football notebook: GCC works RPO to perfection

October 1, 2022

The run-pass option can be effective, but it relies on timing between the quarterback and his running backs and receivers and blocking schemes that clear space to allow for a clean exchange or throw.

Read More...

Hempfield softball standout Heisler gives verbal commitment to Penn

Hempfield junior softball player Peyton Heisler will continue her playing career in the Ivy League.

Read More...

Brad Birch leads Gateway to rout of previously unbeaten Hempfield

September 30, 2022

Would anyone have been surprised if Gateway quarterback Brad Birch crashed the halftime homecoming ceremony, took the blue-and-white balloons and named himself Hempfield’s king?

Read More...

Westmoreland County high school football notebook: GCC looks to knock off king Clairton

September 29, 2022

Pieces of paper with “1998” written on them were plastered all over the Greensburg Central Catholic locker room this week.

Read More...

Unbeaten Hempfield faces another stern Big East test in No. 4 Gateway

September 28, 2022

Hempfield football coach Mike Brown said the goal for the 2022 Spartans was to play meaningful games at the end of the season.

Read More...

The Birdie puts on his game face, brings his ‘A’ game to Week 5 Westmoreland County picks

Last week: 8-6 (57.1%)

Read More...

Shaler leads way as Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League enters stretch run

September 26, 2022

Shaler leads the pack of 14 varsity teams as the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League enters the stretch run to the league playoffs.

Read More...

Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Hempfield’s Cydney Blahovec

In most sports, a span of five seconds isn’t that big of a deal, unless it’s right before the buzzer.

Read More...

Westmoreland high school notebook: Golfers set for new WPIAL format

September 25, 2022

WPIAL golfers this week will be part of a significant format change to the individual postseason.

Read More...

Westmoreland HS football notebook: Hempfield win among program’s best

September 24, 2022

With 5,000-plus sardined into Spartan Stadium, Hempfield pulled off one of its biggest football wins in at least four decades Friday night with a 28-17 victory over defending WPIAL and PIAA Class 5A champion Penn-Trafford, which had just moved into the No. 1 spot in the TribLive HSSN rankings.

Read More...