Tag: Greensburg C.C.
GCC’s Geoff Helm quietly tops 1,000-point mark
January 19, 2019
A scoring milestone came and went with little fanfare, and Geoff Helm liked it that way. Helm, a senior basketball player at Greensburg Central Catholic, discovered Saturday he had scored his 1,000th career point two games ago. The milestone happened during a 64-48 home loss to Clairton on Tuesday. Nobody
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Jan. 20, 2019
Rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. North Allegheny, 15-0, 1 2. Peters Township, 13-0, 2 3. Bethel Park, 12-1, 3 4. Norwin, 13-1, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 11-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 16-0, 1 2. Penn Hills, 11-4, 2 3. Oakland Catholic, 13-2, 3 4. Gateway,
Helm-led Greensburg Central Catholic rallies past St. Joseph
January 18, 2019
Greensburg Central Catholic exacted some revenge on first-place St. Joseph, but it did not come easy. The host Centurions had to piece together a second-half rally to regain control and take down the Spartans, 62-54, on Friday night in Section 3-A boys basketball. Senior guard Geoff Helm scored a game-high
Westmoreland high school basketball notebook: Brozeski subs fast and furious
January 17, 2019
Norwin girls basketball coach Brian Brozeski joked he has a timing mechanism in his pocket during games that alerts him when to substitute players. Watch a Knights game, and it's like hockey line changes: three in, three out; four down, four up. While a number of teams like to whittle
Westmoreland high school notebook: Hempfield’s Remaley out for season
January 12, 2019
Hempfield two-sport athlete Blake Remaley will miss the remainder of the basketball season after having surgery on his left shoulder. A 6-foot-2, 215-pound junior, Remaley said the procedure was to andquot;clean things upandquot; after he injured his labrum last football season. He is the Spartans quarterback. The surgery was to
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Jan. 13, 2019
Rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. North Allegheny, 13-0, 1 2. Peters Township, 11-0, 2 3. Bethel Park, 10-1, 3 4. Norwin, 11-1, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 9-3, -- Out: Fox Chapel (9-3, 5) Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 13-0, 1 2. Penn Hills, 10-3, 4 3. Oakland Catholic, 11-2,
Bret Colbert named football coach at Greensburg Central Catholic
January 11, 2019
Greensburg Central Catholic hired Bret Colbert on Friday as its new football coach. He replaces Aaron Smetanka, who is now the head coach at Saint Vincent College. Colbert, who is the son of former Saint Vincent coach Bob Colbert, has 15 years of college and high school coaching experience and
Greensburg Central Catholic’s ‘Big 3’ lead Centurions to 10-1 start
January 9, 2019
Sam Salih sometimes catches himself tuning in to basketball from the Greensburg Central Catholic bench instead of coaching it. The first-year girls coach can get a little distracted when the Centurions kick it into gear. The court becomes a big-screen TV, and the only thing missing is a big bowl
GCC baseball coach Reist organizes fundraiser for team, less-privileged children
January 6, 2019
Dennis Reist coaches baseball at Greensburg Central Catholic, but he wants to give less-privileged children a chance to experience a college basketball game and to bond with his players in the process. Reist has organized a andquot;Day with the Pitt Panthersandquot; as GCC will partner with Pitt to take 80
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Jan. 6, 2019
January 5, 2019
Girls basketball rankings Class 6A Team, record, previous 1. North Allegheny, 11-0, 1 2. Peters Township, 9-0, 2 3. Bethel Park, 8-1, 3 4. Norwin, 8-1, 4 5. Fox Chapel, 8-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 10-0, 1 2. Oakland Catholic, 9-1, 3 3. Mars, 8-2, 2
