Past "History Highlights"
Week of		Athlete	Description
6/11/17		Joe Throckmorton Waynesburg Wrestling	Joe, a 2-time WPIAL Champion and 1980 State Champ who went on to wrestle at Pitt, became an assistant coach in 1991 and took over head coach of the Raiders in 2008. He has coached a total of 19 WPIAL Champs and 7 State Champs. Joe was inducted Friday into the PA Sports Hall of Fame!
5/28/17		Ben Bumgarner Waynesburg	Ben has had an historic senior year to be sure! At the State Track & Field Meet on Saturday, Ben won the State Title in the 3,200 run with a school record time, making him a State Champion in two different sports as a senior.  Our Student Athlete of the Year also won a state title in Cross County in the fall.
5/7/17		Arnold Wilson West Greene	A three-sport athlete at West Greene, Arnold was a standout athlete in Football, Basketball, and Track & Field. As a senior in 1972, Arnold finished fourth in the state in the 100-yard dash!
4/23/17		1968 Waynesburg Golf	Our last feature was the 1968 Waynesburg Baseball team.  Now we feature another Waynesburg team from that same year. The 1968 Section Champion Waynesburg Golf Team!
4/9/17		1968 Waynesburg Baseball	The 1968 Raiders took a 19-0-1 overall record into the WPIAL Championship Game after they defeated Kiski, 3-0 with a 2-hitter thrown by Jeff Cree in the Semifinals at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The Raiders fell short in the Championship Game to Ellwood City.
3/12/17		Corbin Semple Waynesburg Wrestling	As we have concluded another PIAA State Wrestling tournament in Hershey, we recognize another one of Waynesburg's 31 state titles! Corbin Semple added his name to that illustrious list during his senior year when he won the 2005 State Title at 171-pounds!
3/5/17		John Higgins Waynesburg Wrestling	Waynesburg wrestling has a rich history of Individual State Champions with a total of 31 titles dating back to 1939. Almost half of those were won prior to 1953. In 1952, John won title number 15 for the Raiders, winning the state title at heavyweight (185 lbs) his senior year.
2/26/17		2016-2017 West Greene Girls Basketball	Continuing to make history seemingly with each win, the West Greene Girls Basketball team made more history last week. The Pioneers defeated Rochester in the WPIAL Quarterfinals, 51-37. The win clinched the program's first ever WPIAL Semifinal berth and first ever berth in the State Playoffs.
2/12/17		Sam Minor Mapletown Wrestling	Voted the best wrestler in Greene County in 1955, Sam was a State Finalist that year and went on to become captain of the Penn State Wrestling team in 1959. He finished 5th in the nation at 147-pounds. Sam went on to start a farm in Washington County that we still know today as The SpringHouse!
2/5/17		Section 2 (1A) Champions! West Greene Girls Basketball	With a win at Geibel on Thursday (2/2), West Greene Girls Basketball clinched their first section title in 17 years! According to Twitter's @wgpioneers, the only current player to have been born the last time the Pioneers won a Section title (1999-2000) was Senior Marissa Rode!
1/29/17		Doug Closser West Greene Wrestling	A standout wrestler for West Greene in 1968, Doug was a Section Champion, a WPIAL Champion, and a Regional Champion at 133 pounds. He was also a State Semifinalist.
1/15/17		900th win Waynesburg Wrestling	With a hard fought, very exciting, 31-30 win over Connellsville, the Waynesburg wresting program, recorded win #900! Waynesburg is only the 3rd program in the state to reach that milestone. As of that night, only Canon-McMillan (1,065) and Easton (933) had recorded more victories.
1/1/17		Coleman Scott Waynesburg Wrestling	Off the heels of the 50th POWERade Tournament, we honor one of the greats! Coleman was a 3-time POWERade Champion, but that was only the beginning. He went on to win 3 PIAA State Titles, an NCAA National Title at Oklahoma State and an Olympic Bronze medal at the 2012 London Games!
12/18/16		Carolyn Huffman (McGrath) Waynesburg Basketball	Carolyn was a standout on the basketball court for the Raiders and was their leading scorer in 1972. Her excellent play earned her a scholarship to West Virginia University where she played 4 years for the Lady Mountaineers.
11/13/16		2016 Waynesburg Fall Sports	During a fall season where the football team didn't fare well, the other fall sports at Waynesburg more than picked up the slack as the Raiders picked up four Section Titles! Girls Soccer, Boys Soccer, Volleyball, and Boys Cross Country all won their respective sections.
11/6/16		Dan Morgan Waynesburg Football	Dan, a 1969 graduate of Waynesburg Central, received All-County & All-Conference honors as an offensive lineman for the Raiders. He was given a full scholarship to the University of Delaware and played guard for the Division I Fighting Blue Hens.
10/30/16		2016 Waynesburg Girls Soccer	The 2016 Lady Raiders seemed to make history all season long. They won their first ever Section Title. They received a first round bye in the playoffs. And they became the first Waynesburg Soccer team to ever reach the WPIAL Semifinals! Unfortunately the season ended there with a 3-1 loss to Freeport.
10/23/16		James Jones Carmichaels Football	James, Carmichaels Class of '92, starred on the Mikes football team as Center and anchor of the offensive line. His efforts earned him a full scholarship to the University of Tulsa. Upon his graduation, James was the first Carmichaels football player in 22 years to receive a full scholarship to a Division I school.
10/9/16		4,000-yard Club Greene County Football	Friday night, Dylan Rush (Mapletown) became the 5th Greene County player to rush for 4,000 career yards. He joined Derek Bochna (Mapletown '90) - 4,793; Rodney Wilson (West Greene '94) - 6,304; Rocky Doman (Carmichaels '00) - 4,145; and Lanfer Simpson (Waynesburg '01) - 4,010.
10/2/16		Jeff Culp Jefferson-Morgan Football	Referred to as a "One-man gang tackler," Jeff was a part of the Jefferson-Morgan WPIAL Championship team, graduating in 1975. He was a 4-year letterman, was elected to the All Tri-County Team and the All WPIAL Team. He also earned a Big 33 nomination and was named Dapper Dan MVP.
9/25/16		1966 Waynesburg Football	For the second week in a row, we recognize an undefeated football team that did not get the opportunity to compete for a Championship due to the Gardner Points System. The '66 Raiders were 8-0-1. Their 50th anniversary was celebrated at halftime of last week's Waynesburg home game.
9/18/16		1969 Mapletown Football	One of the best teams in Mapletown sports history, this 1969 team, never got a chance to play for a championship. The team went undefeated but based on the WPIAL School Classification System used at the time, the Maples were deemed ineligible to compete in the postseason.
9/11/16		Aaron Wilson West Greene Football	A 3-time All-Conference selection out of the Tri-County South, Aaron was a "jack of all trades" for the Pioneers as the starting quarterback, starting linebacker, the team kicker, punter and kick returner. Aaron was a member of the West Greene Class of 2006.
9/4/16		Lee Fritz Waynesburg Football	The first WPIAL player to rush for over 1,000 yards and pass for over 1,000 in the same season (2000), Lee led the Raiders to a 25-2 record as the starting QB, never losing a regular season game. His Raiders made back-to-back appearances in the WPIAL Championship Game, winning the title in 1999.
6/19/16		2016 West Greene Softball	What a ride it was! The Pioneers won the first WPIAL Title in program history and advanced all the way to the State Championship Game, losing to Williams Valley in the bottom of the 7th, 3-2. The team finished with an overall record of 26-2.
6/12/16		2008 Carmichaels Baseball	Before this year, the last County team to reach the State Semifinals was the 2008 Carmichaels baseball team. That team, led by the likes of Joby Lapkowicz & Chuck Gasti, won the program's 3rd WPIAL title and went all the way to the State Championship Game, where they lost to Camp Hill, 2-0.
5/29/16		2015 Jefferson-Morgan Softball	We don't look too far back for this historic moment! Jefferson-Morgan, led by the senior battery of Maddie Ludrosky & Reagan Rush, and rallying behind #TeamDugan, was inspirational in capturing the program's first WPIAL Title. This historic team was truly unforgettable!
5/15/16		1983 West Greene Softball	Before the 2016 Section Champion Pioneers, the last West Greene softball team to win a Section Title was the 1983 team. That team won 18 games, a mark that stood until last week when the Lady Pioneers defeated Bentworth for win #19. (click photo for details)
5/8/16		Peyton Hampson Waynesburg Track & Field	Peyton, Waynesburg Central Class on 2012, reached #6 on the All-Time WPIAL Track & Field Top 25 with a mark of 2:11.17 in the 800 meter run. Peyton went on to run track at West Virginia University. She was a GreeneSports Athlete of the Week back on 3/19/12.
5/1/16		Cary Kolat Jefferson-Morgan Wrestling	Stepping away from spring sports to honor one of the greats - Cary, a 4-time State Champion, graduated in 1992 undefeated at 137-0. He went on to win back-to-back NCAA titles for Lock Haven in '96 & '97 and was an Olympian as a member of the U.S. Men's Freestyle Wrestling Team from 1997-2001.
4/24/16		Jocelyn Lindsay Waynesburg Track & Field	Jocelyn, Waynesburg Central Class of 2002, had a best mark of 12' 6" in pole vault which was good enough to rank her #3 at the time on the WPIAL All-Time Top 25 list!
4/17/16		Rachel Rohanna Waynesburg Golf	Currently in her first season on the LPGA Tour, Rachel was a 2-time WPIAL Champion and a 2-time PIAA State Champion, winning both titles in 2007 and again in 2009! Rachel also played at Ohio State University and was recently named to the WPIAL Hall of Fame Class of 2016.
4/10/16		Doug Crouse West Greene Track & Field	Doug was a 2-time State Champion in the 1-mile run, winning the title in both 1965 and 1966. He set a State Record for the run in 1966 with a remarkable time of 4:02!
4/3/16		Charles Albert Baker Waynesburg Track & Field	Waynesburg Central High School was home to the Pennsylvania State Champion in Pole Vault in 1972 when Charles won the title with a mark of 13' 6"
3/27/16		Nikki Gasti Carmichaels Softball Class of '99	The first Carmichaels athlete to have her number retired, Nikki was a 4-year starting pitcher, compiling a career record of 73-7. She was a perfect 36-0 in Section Games. Nikki threw 15 no-hitters, 8 perfect games, 51 shutouts, and finished with a career ERA of 0.23! A 2-time WPIAL Champion, Nikki won a State Title in 1998 and was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.