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Bentworth's Ryan Miller was the grand prize winner of a new 2019 Nissan Versa SV at the Herald-Standard Elite Scholar-Athlete event sponsored and hosted by Tri-Star Nissan in Uniontown on Saturday.
Hannah Hebda was a four-year letterman in track & field, cross country and cheerleading. She was a team captain in each sport. She qualified for the WPIAL track finals in the 3,200 relay twice. Her cheerleading team was a three-time WPIAL champ and her 2019 cross country team won a section title for the first time since 1987. She had a 4.55 GPA, was a commencement speaker and a two-year president of the SGA. Patrick Minda was a three-year letterman in baseball who will play in colleg…
Josephine Maher was a three-year letterwinner in track & field for Uniontown. A senior with a 4.35 GPA, Maher also earned three letters in cross country as well as two letters in swimming, and was a team captain on both squads. Logan Maust, a senior with a 4.25 GPA, was captain of the cross country team, qualified for the PIAA championships and won the FCCA title for the second straight year in his senior season. He also was an FCCA champion in track & field as a junior, winning …
Britney Bevan would have been a four-year starter in softball who played multiple positions including pitcher. She was part of the 2017 team that made one of the biggest comebacks in WPIAL playoff history when it rallied from an 11-0 deficit to beat Union, 19-15. Colton Lusk would've been a four-year letterman in baseball and was the starting right fielder on last year's WPIAL championship team. He also was part of the 2017 district title squad. In football, Lusk was in the playoffs twic…
Neither Maria Ruggieri nor Enzo Fetsko were able to close out their final spring season as high school athletes because of the coronavirus pandemic, but both warranted enough notice on the field and in the classroom throughout their senior year to be honored as Geibel Catholic's spring representatives for the Herald-Standard Scholar-Athlete program. Both student athletes plan to attend Saint Vincent College in the fall with Fetsko looking to play basketball and major in finance, with Rug…
Julia Milcoff would have been a four-year letterman in track & field. She specialized in discus but also participated in the shot put, javelin and 300 hurdles. Milcoff was also a multi-letterwinner in volleyball and was named all-section. Cody Ulander would have been a four-year letterman in baseball and started on last year's team which won a section title, reached the WPIAL semifinals and qualified for the PIAA playoffs. He singled and scored the winning run in a first-round 4-3 wa…
Juliana "Jules" Fowler would have been a four-year starter in track & field. She finished 14th in the long jump at the PIAA finals in 2019 after a fourth-place finish at WPIALs. She also excelled in the triple jump, 100, 200 and 400 relay. A four-year starter in basketball, she was MVP of the Lions Club King Coal tournament. Justin Goodman would've been a four-year letterman in baseball. Last year's starting catcher was part of three playoff teams. A four-year letterman in football, …
Sydney Baciak would have been a four-year starter in track & field. She set the school record in the high jump as a freshman and the triple jump as a sophomore, and qualified for the WPIAL championships three years in a row and the PIAA finals once. She was the MVP of two invitationals. Jared Hartman is a multi-year starter in football and basketball. He helped lead the Leopards to the WPIAL championship game in both football, when he threw for a school-record 30 touchdowns, and bask…
Jackson Miller would have been a three-year starter in baseball. He was named to the Herald-Standard All-Area team as a junior when he went 5-1 as a pitcher, including a complete game win over WPIAL finalist Laurel Highlands. Madison Hershberger would have been the starting pitcher and a four-year starter in softball. Also a great hitter, she helped the Lady Colonials earn four playoff berths, one section title, two WPIAL semifinal and PIAA appearances and the program's first state win. …
Charles "Chuck" Lash was a three-year starter as an outfielder and pitcher in baseball heading into his senior season. He was a four-year starter in basketball and a three-year starter in football. Chuck was a team captain in all three sports. He is a rare three-time H-S Scholar-Athlete. Kailey Stover would have been a four-year letterman and three-year starter for a softball team that made the playoffs the last two years. She was a four-year letterman and senior captain in both volleyba…
Kaia Zungri wound have been a four-year letterman in softball and was a past member of the Herald-Standard All-Area Team and the FCCA All-County Team. Kaia, who hit two home runs in a game against Armstrong last year, has a 4.9 GPA. Nathan Zimcosky, who has a 4.3 GPA, would have been a three-year letterman in baseball and helped lead the Mustangs to the WPIAL final for the first time in school history last year. He was part of the H-S All-Area Baseball team the past two years and also le…
Dawayne Howell lettered in four sports at Monessen. He was a three-year starter in football (all-conference), a two-year starter in basketball and baseball, and started one year in soccer. He helped the Greyhounds win two section titles in basketball and is a member of the Youth Council Club. Dominic Tineri lettered three years in football and track, and was a team captain in both sports, and lettered one year in soccer. Howell and Tineri were both part of Monessen's 2018 conference titl…
Sydney Kanuch would have been a four-year starter for a softball team that has won 36 consecutive section games with back-to-back undefeated regular seasons. She helped the Lady Vikings win three section titles and the 2017 PIAA championship. Joe Shrum would have been a four-year starter for a baseball team that made the postseason three times and reached the WPIAL final in 2017. Last year he pitched six scoreless innings to earn the win in an 8-0 upset of defending state champ Ringgold …
Ryan Balentine would be a three-year letterman in track & field and holds the school record in the 110 high hurdles, 300 hurdles and 1,600 relay. A team captain, he qualified for the WPIAL championships in the both hurdles events last year. Kathryn Barch would be a four-year letterman in softball and helped her team win the WPIAL title in 2017 and the PIAA championship last year. She was named all-section three times and all-state in 2019. Kathryn also is a four-year letterman in vol…
Sadie Miller and Kara May are not only teammates on the Connellsville softball team, but share other interests and outlooks, as well. Ms. Jennifer Furajter and her AP Biology course rates as their favorite class, and both acknowledged the importance of last year's WPIAL playoff run by the Lady Falcons with Miller noting the semifinal victory over Penn-Trafford as her favorite sports moment and May said being WPIAL runner-up was her top moment. For all those reasons, including excellence …
Sarah Hess is a three-year letterman in track & field and helped set the 3,200 relay school record. She was a four-year starter and team captain for a volleyball team that made the playoffs four times, and played basketball two years. She is on track to be valedictorian. Brandon Lincoski is a three-year letterman in track & field. His team qualified for the 2019 playoffs. He is part of the school-record 400 relay and 1,600 relay teams, accomplishing the former for the second time…
Caitlyn Dugan is a four-year letterman in softball and volleyball. The Lady Rockets' pitcher, she helped lead her team to the WPIAL semifinals last year. A four-year captain in volleyball, her teams made the postseason three times. Caitlyn was All-WPIAL twice, all-section twice and all-county four times in volleyball. In softball she was all-county twice. Caitlyn, who has a 4.0 GPA, is NHS treasurer, Yearbook Editor, Student Council President, on the Academic Team and coaches middle scho…
Payton Hall is a four-year starter as a shortstop and pitcher for the Lady Falcons softball team. She was named all-section last year and all-county three times. She also plays for the Nitro Fastpitch traveling team. Payton is president of NHS and Interact. Declan Johnson is a four-year letterman in track & field where he is a thrower who specializes in the discus. He holds the Mid Mon Valley Invitational record in that event. Declan is president of the Leo Club and vice president of…
Lindsay Davis is four-year letterman as a thrower (shot put, discus, javelin) in track & field. She also was a four-year starter on a Lady Bearcats soccer team that won three section championships and reached the WPIAL final and won a state playoff game in 2018. She was named all-section three times. Ryan Miller is a four-year letterman in track & field as a distance runner (3,200, 1,600) and was a four-year letterman and two-year starter in soccer. He also was a two-year starter…
Abigail Fordyce is a three-year letterman and two-year starting catcher for a Lady Mikes softball team that has made the playoffs all three years. She is a two-year starter for a volleyball team that has won two straight section titles, reached the WPIAL final in 2018 and semifinals in 2019. Dylan Wilson is four-year starter for a Mikes baseball team that has made the playoffs each of those seasons and won back-to-back section crowns. He was a four-year letterman and three-year starter i…
Amanda Cooke and Jonah Ruschak are both four-year letterman in track & field and team captains. Amanda throws the javelin, shot put and discus. She also founded the Creative Writing Club at Charleroi and is a performer in the school musical Seussical. Johah set the school record in the 300 hurdles last year and helped do the same in the 1,600 relay in 2018, qualifying for the WPIAL championships in both events. A versatile athlete, he also competes in the 400, shot put and discus. Jo…
Colton "Jud" Meek is a four-year letterman in baseball and a two-year starter. The left fielder has been part of two West Greene playoff teams. He also is a member of the Ski Club and part of the school's Peer Monitoring Program. Jade Renner is a record-breaking pitcher and outstanding hitter for the Lady Pioneers softball team. She is a four-year starter who has helped lead her team to three WPIAL titles and two PIAA championships. Jade has over 300 career strikeouts, a school-record 57…
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