Tag: Hempfield

WPIAL Alum Q&A – Monica Burns

December 26, 2017

Setting a record at any level of athletics is an impressive feat. Former Hempfield Area standout and current Wheeling Jesuit basketball player Monica Burns, however, established a mark that has never been duplicated at the college or professional level of basketball in the United States. Burns is this week’s feature for the WPIAL Alum Q&A. […]

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Westmoreland high school notebook: Yough’s Houseman, Penn-Trafford’s Suman get offers

December 24, 2017

Division II schools have been scouring the WPIAL in recent weeks and extended scholarship offers to several Westmoreland players. Yough lineman Scotty Houseman and Penn-Trafford

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Everything old is new again for Westmoreland hoops coaches

Just because coaches spend years teaching basketball and pacing the sidelines at dozens of games does not mean they are experts on the sport. The

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Franklin Regional girls end two-game losing skid with win over Hempfield

December 22, 2017

If not for a missed opportunity here and there, Franklin Regional girls basketball could be unbeaten through seven games, a matter that quickly gained the

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Westmoreland basketball notebook: Greensburg Salem the place to be for holiday tournament

December 21, 2017

Holiday basketball tournaments return next week and the best local stop again appears to be Greensburg Salem. The two-day Golden Lions Holiday Classic features six

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Hempfield swim teams looking to rebuild roster

December 18, 2017

After two years of tremendous success, the Hempfield boys swimming team doesn't have quite the same expectations for this season. The Spartans, who finished fourth

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Jeannette’s Kennedy named Westmoreland Tribune-Review Football Player of the Year

December 16, 2017

Player of the Year Robert Kennedy, QB/WR/DB Jeannette, Sr., 5-10, 175 One of the things coaches like about Robert Kennedy is his coolness under pressure.

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Lightweights score key wins as Hempfield takes back Crosstown Cup from Greensburg Salem

December 13, 2017

Early on in Wednesday's wrestling match, Greensburg Salem looked like it would retain the Crosstown Cup trophy for the third consecutive year. But No. 6-ranked

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Westmoreland County basketball notebook: Penn-Trafford heads to Florida, scorers heating up

Jim Rocco doesn't want his team to view a trip to Florida this weekend as a vacation. andquot;It might be 80 degrees and sunny, but

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Wrestling notebook: Hempfield, Greensburg Salem to battle for Crosstown Cup

December 12, 2017

Former Hempfield coach Rick Shaheen felt Westmoreland County wrestling needed a jolt back in 1999. So Shaheen and Greensburg Salem coach Randy Parsley created the

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