Tag: Franklin Regional

Driscoll scholar/athlete award nominees announced
March 26, 2019
The Westmoreland County Judge John J. Driscoll scholar/athlete committee, made up of athletic directors from the 18 county high schools, met Tuesday to decide who would win the 2019 Excellence Award at the April 30 banquet.

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Iowa’s Spencer Lee, a Franklin Regional grad, takes the mat Saturday for the 125-pound title bout at the NCAA wrestling championships. Iowa’s Spencer Lee takes the mat Saturday, March 23, 2019 for the final round 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship action at PPG Paints Arena.
Lee shines again, captures second NCAA title
March 23, 2019
Iowa sophomore Spencer Lee calls himself a Pokemon nerd. His Iowa teammates call him the baddest man on the planet.

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Penn-Trafford head coach Denny Little talks to his team at the end of softball practice at Penn-Trafford High School on Friday, March 15, 2019.
WPIAL Class 5A softball preseason breakdown
March 17, 2019
West Allegheny captured the WPIAL Class 5A championship a year ago, but the Indians weren’t without challengers.

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Mars pitcher Will Bednar
WPIAL Class 5A baseball preseason breakdown
While Mars has been golden on the boys basketball court the last two years, the Fightin’ Planets are tired of seeing the silver lining on the diamond.

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Monessen’s Marquell Smith faces Vincentian in the PIAA Class A semifinals Monday.
Westmoreland high school lookahead: Week of March 18, 2019
Highlights of the week ahead in Westmoreland County high school sports:

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The Hempfield Area softball team celebrates Emma Hoffner’s walk-off hit after defeating Parkland, 4-3 in 8 innings, in the PIAA Class 6A state final Friday, June 15, 2018, at Penn State University.
Westmoreland notebook: YWCA to honor Hempfield softball
March 16, 2019
When it comes to awards and championships, Hempfield softball wins in bunches.

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Fox Chapel’s Manelis leads WPIAL contingent with runner-up finish at PIAA AAA meet
Last year’s PIAA Class AAA boys diving champion, Chambersburg’s Nick Cover, moved on because of graduation, and that opened the door for several from across the state to ascend to the top of the line.

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Penn-Trafford’s Nick Coy top battles Tioga N.Y. wretler John Worthing during the Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic on March 15, 2019, at Pitt’s Fitzgerald Field House.
United States team rolls past Team Pa.; WPIAL team falls to New York in Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic
March 15, 2019
A strong United States team had too much firepower for the Pennsylvania All-Stars in the annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic on Friday at Pitt’s Fitzgerald Field House.

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Franklin Regional’s Carter Dibert hugs coach Matt Lebe after beating Seneca Valley’s Dylan Chappell in the 106-pound final during the PIAA Class AAA championship March 9 at Giant Center in Hershey.
Franklin Regional celebrates 3 finalists at PIAA wrestling tournament
Franklin Regional sophomore Carter Dibert capped his second PIAA wrestling championship by standing on the top of the podium March 9 at the Giant Center in Hershey.

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Franklin Regional head coach Steve Scorpion works with his team during practice Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, at the high school in Murrysville.
Scorpion admires Groat as grandfather and broadcaster
Dozens of Dick Groat stories have been shared in around Pitt basketball circles in the past few days since word surfaced that the longtime courtside broadcaster and sidekick to Bill Hillgrove was parting ways with the Panthers after 40 years.

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