Tag: Penn-Trafford

Trib HSSN Girls Swimmer of the Week: Penn-Trafford’s Hannah Muro

January 31, 2019

Hannah Muro is entering the twilight of her high school swimming career, but the Penn-Trafford senior is building momentum for what she hopes is a series of strong final performances. Muro found success again at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association last Saturday at Derry High School. She captured two individual

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Westmoreland basketball notebook: FR’s Kobus among many thriving 1st-year coaches

Anthony Kobus thought a player was joking during a Franklin Regional girls basketball practice when she mentioned the team had not won a section title since 1979. andquot;I laughed at first,andquot; Kobus said. andquot;Then I noticed she was right. It's up there on the banner (beside the scoreboard in the

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Penn-Trafford girls battling for WPIAL playoff berth

January 30, 2019

The WPIAL playoff hopes for the Penn-Trafford girls basketball team may boil down to the final game of the regular season. The Warriors (10-9, 6-5) stand in fifth place in Section 3-5A, trailing Oakland Catholic (16-2, 10-1), Penn Hills (13-5, 9-2), Woodland Hills (10-8, 8-3) and Latrobe (11-5, 7-4). P-T

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Penn-Trafford boys edge Hempfield on late jumper in overtime

January 29, 2019

Zach Rocco shoots hundreds of jump shots every day, thousands every week, several thousand a month. But the majority of those are in practice. He puts in the extra time so he can apply his skills to clutch moments, like the one he faced Tuesday night. The Penn-Trafford junior point

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All-American Wresting Club has rich history of training young wrestlers

Rob Waller's All-American Wrestling Club couldn't have asked for a better endorsement. Penn State senior Jason Nolf, a Kittanning graduate, credited Waller and his club's training after he won his second NCAA Division I title last March. Nolf sustained a serious knee injury late in the regular season, which forced

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Franklin Regional hockey tops Penn-Trafford, edges closer to playoff berth

January 28, 2019

As the PIHL regular season moves closer to the postseason, every game for a contender is precious. Franklin Regional took full advantage of one of its few remaining opportunities to stay within sight of the packed leaders in the Class 2A Southeast Division by holding off Penn-Trafford, 6-4, on Monday

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Westmoreland notebook: Derry’s DeLuca picks Merychurst for football

January 27, 2019

Dom DeLuca is one of the top multisport athletes in the state, so the Derry senior had plenty of options when it came to college recruiting. He is an all-state linebacker in football, a state championship-caliber wrestler and you could do a lot worse as far as volleyball front-liners go.

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Penn-Trafford boys, Franklin Regional girls win Class AAA titles at WCCA swim meet

January 26, 2019

For the 14 schools that compete in the Westmoreland County Coaches' Association swimming and diving championships this weekend at Derry, the two-day event marks not only a chance for teams to earn bragging rights for a year, it also gives the swimmers a unique insight as to what they're going

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Westmoreland County high school notebook: WPIAL rushing champ Shoaf pledges to Mercyhurst

The two-time WPIAL regular-season rushing champion has a college destination. Yough senior running back Dustin Shoaf, who racked up 5,053 yards during his highlight-packed career, announced Friday he has committed to Mercyhurst. Shoaf made a short video to declare his school of choice and posted it to Twitter with the

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Top-ranked Latrobe routs Penn-Trafford as Butler hits milestone

January 25, 2019

Latrobe is wearing white hoodies with their snappy pinstripe pants in warmups this season. It's a slightly different look for a boys basketball team that continues to play with the same old swagger. The top-ranked Wildcats sunk their hooks into visiting Penn-Trafford in the second quarter Friday night and never

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