Tag: Hempfield Area

Penn-Trafford wrestler Brett Ginther (left) competes during the Eastern Area wrestling tournament Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, at Gateway.
Wrestling notebook: Penn-Trafford struggling with low numbers
December 27, 2017
It's unusual for Penn-Trafford to have trouble fielding a wrestling team considering the success of the program. But the 2017-18 season isn't going as planned.

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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's Nolan Steeley competes in the men's 100 butterfly against Derry on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 during their swim meet at the Hempfield Area High School swimming pool.
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 Robert Kennedy celebrates his second touchdown during the second quarter of the PIAA Class A state championship game against Homer-Center Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, at Hersheypark Stadium.
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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Greensburg Salem's Luke Ewing attempts to maintain control as Hempfield's Dallyn Wood looks for an opportunity on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in the 170-pound weight class bout at Greensburg Salem gymnasium. Hempfield won in the Crosstown Cup overall 42-21.
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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Penn-Trafford boys basketball coach Jim Rocco conducts practice on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016.
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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