Trent Holler and Memphis smashed West Virginia.
The result on the football field wasn’t terribly one-sided: Memphis 42, WVU 37.
The smashing happened after the game.
Following the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, Holler, Memphis’ mammoth redshirt senior center, took a sledge hammer to a block of concrete painted with a WVU logo.
The block cracked and crumbled into pieces on the locker room floor as the strong-jawed Holler grinned, a cigar dangling from his mouth.
The Tigers (11-2) capped the second 11-win season in the program’s 109 years by piling up 474 yards, 294 passing, with Latrobe graduate Holler snapping to and blocking for quarterback Seth Henigan, the game’s MVP.
Holler, who also played at East Carolina and Marshall, started all 13 games for the Tigers.
The 6-foot-2, 311-pounder announced Monday he is declaring for the NFL Draft.
The win was a great cap to his career, which he hopes can stretch beyond college.
Holler credited medical personnel for his sustainability on the field following offseason surgery.
He also won the Myrtle Beach Bowl with Marshall in 2022.
Elon: After 14 years of football — youth, high school and college — Jack Salopek is hanging up his cleats.
The former Norwin standout who has more career passing yards than anyone in Westmoreland County (6,150) played this season at Elon after transferring from Western Michigan.
A redshirt junior, Salopek played in seven games, completing 47 of 83 passes for 463 yards and one touchdown.
He spent four seasons at Western Michigan before entering the NCAA transfer portal one year ago. He was 149 of 280 with eight passing touchdowns with the Broncos and had four 200-plus-yard passing games.
Salopek announced his plans on X, saying “I have been fortunate enough to learn many lessons, play in a lot of meaningful games, and meet lifelong friends. Thank you to everyone who was a part of my journey.”
William & Mary: Senior safety Marcus Barnes (Jeannette) announced he will play in the 10th Trillion Tropical Bowl, set for Jan. 19 in Orlando, Fla.
Players will perform in front of more than 100 professional scouts and NFL general managers in the FBS Division I all-star game played at Camping World Stadium.
More than 350 Tropical Bowl participants have gone on to play in the NFL since it began in 2016.
Barnes’ father, Johnny Barnes, played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Diego Chargers.
Marcus Barnes, a two-time All-Coastal Athletic Association pick, tied for the conference lead in interceptions with four. He also had 69 tackles, 11 passes defensed and two forced fumbles.
For his career, Barns made 38 starts and had nine interceptions and 33 passes defensed.
Women’s soccer
Pitt-Greensburg: Senior Julia Rowe was named to the All-ECAC second team. A defender and midfielder, Rowe started all 22 games and played a team-high 1,947 minutes.
UPG outscored its opponents 48-21.
Westminster: Senior Brooke Horvath (Franklin Regional) was named to the All-ECAC second team.
Horvath, a four-time All-PAC selection, had 11 goals and six assists this season and surpassed 100 career points.
Women’s basketball
Cedarville: Junior guard Brianna Zajicek (Norwin) scored 10 points, grabbed six rebounds and handed out four assists in an 81-61 victory over Indiana East. She played 20 minutes.
Grove City: Senior guard Mara Polczynski (Norwin) scored seven points and grabbed six rebounds in a 92-50 loss to nationally ranked Wisconsin-Stout.
Mercyhurst: Junior Bailey Kuhns (Greensburg Central Catholic) had 25 points and 10 rebounds, but the Lakers fell to Mount St. Mary’s, 88-83.
Kuhns was named a NEC Prime Performer for the fourth time this season.
Saint Vincent: Senior Emily Thompson scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds, junior Reese Gadsby added 13 points and freshman Brooke Evans 13 as the Bearcats handily took down Westminster, 78-39.
Junior Makenna Maier pulled down 13 rebounds in the win.
Seton Hill: The nationally ranked Griffins moved to 11-0 with a 79-69 victory over East Stroudsburg in a PSAC crossover game.
Grad student Christiane Frye had a team-leading 23 points, and juniors Helene and Hallie Cowan had 15 and 12.
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Frye also had 24 points to lead four double-digit scorers in a 78-73 win over West Chester as the Griffins moved to 12-0 overall and 6-0 in the PSAC West.
Frye was named the PSAC West Athlete of the Week, and sophomore forward Mia Kalich was tabbed the West Division Defensive Player of the Week.
Frye had 26 points and Kalich added 13 rebounds and five steals, but the Griffins suffered their first loss of the season, 73-67, to Holy Family.
Westminster: Freshman Angelina Brush (Franklin Regional) scored a career-high 12 points and grabbed four rebounds in a 53-44 loss to Waynesburg.
Men’s basketball
Cal (Pa.): Senior forward Kadyn Hannah (Franklin Regional) scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the Vulcans toppled Kutztown, 87-73.
Pitt-Greensburg: Sophomore Trent Rozich made the winning shot to beat the buzzer as the Bobcats clipped Allegheny, 73-72, to break a three-game losing streak.
Rozich finished with 17 points, six rebounds and six assists. Freshman Ty Keffer made three 3-pointers for 11 points, and junior Joziah Wyatt-Taylor scored 10.
Washington & Jefferson: Freshman Cam Rowell (Franklin Regional) scored 12 points in an 84-73 win over No. 19 Carnegie Mellon, the Presidents’ first win against a ranked opponent since 2008-09.
Wrestling
Saint Vincent: Junior 184-pounder Ryan Weinzen (Norwin) posted a 3-1 record, including an upset of the No. 4-ranked wrestler in the nation, to take sixth at the Wilkes Open.
Women’s bowling
Saint Vincent: For the first time, the Bearcats are ranked in the International Bowling Media Association poll.
They check in this week at No. 10 on the heels of a third-place finish at the Collegiate Shoot-Out in Las Vegas.
SVC broke three team records at the event.