Tag: Penn-Trafford

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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Penn-Trafford divers Kalik, Sherwin sweep WCCA titles

Over the past year, Penn-Trafford diver Paige Kalik has been adding to her long list of career achievements. First, she won the 2018 WPIAL Class AAA diving title. Then, she reached the podium at the PIAA championships with a sixth-place finish. Now, Kalik can add a new accolade to her

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Westmoreland basketball notebook: Hempfield boys, Southmoreland girls take pride in ‘D’

January 24, 2019

The Hempfield boys and Southmoreland girls basketball teams have something common, and it isn't that you can get to both schools via the Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass. The similarity is in the numbers. Both teams lead their respective WPIAL classifications in defensive scoring average. Hempfield holds the lowest points-against average

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Penn-Trafford to play national football power Massillon next fall

January 22, 2019

Penn-Trafford has found a replacement for Albert Gallatin on its 2019 football schedule. The Warriors will be headed to Massillon, Ohio to play the nationally-renowned Washington Tigers on Sept. 20. The Tigers were state runners-up in Division II last season, falling to Akron Hoban, 42-28. Penn-Trafford athletic director Kerry Hetrick

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Albert Gallatin’s departure leaves open week for Big East opponents to fill

January 21, 2019

The Big East football conference just got a little smaller. As expected, the Class 5A conference will have only seven teams next fall, now that Albert Gallatin has withdrawn from playing WPIAL football. The WPIAL approved an updated conference alignment at Monday's board meeting. Albert Gallatin's subtraction was the only

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Trib HSSN PIHL player of the week: Chartiers Valley goalie Logan Marnik

January 20, 2019

It's not often in hockey that a box score shows a goaltender giving up six goals in a loss and both coaches saying the goalie played a great game. It happened Monday in the PIHL, in a game won 6-1 by Bishop McCort, this week's TribLIVE High School Sports Network

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Penn-Trafford sending 4 players to PIHL All-Star games

January 18, 2019

The Penn-Trafford hockey team will be well represented at the PIHL All-Star Games later this month Seniors Ben Leslie, Gavin Patrick and Jack Hughes, along with junior defenseman Seth Poziviak, will play in the Class AA game. andquot;I was an assistant coach the previous two years, and the most we

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