A mean pass-rusher coming out of Penn-Trafford and the WPIAL’s top two-way lineman as a senior, Joe Enick is set to join his third college football program.
He began his college career at Central Michigan, but the 6-foot-2, 288-pounder became antsy after one season and transferred to Saint Francis.
He reentered the NCAA transfer portal and is primed to make a mark at the Division II level.
Last week, he announced he has committed to IUP, where he will be a redshirt junior offensive lineman.
A move by Saint Francis to go from Division I athletics to Division III prompted a wave of athletes to leave Loretto.
Enick redshirted in his only year at Central Michigan. He played 10 games this season and six in 2024.
Enick, who started at center for Penn-Trafford in 2021 when it won WPIAL and PIAA 5A championships, was the winner of the Bill Fralic Memorial Award in 2022.
He was a two-time all-state selection and came out of high school as a three-star prospect.
Enick was a PIAA qualifier in wrestling as a heavyweight.
• Linebacker Cole Sullivan, who will be a junior, had a breakout season at Michigan as he made 44 tackles, five for loss, and had two sacks and three interceptions. But he is changing lanes for next season.
Sullivan, who is from North Huntingdon, is transferring to Oklahoma.
Sullivan made seven stops in the Citrus Bowl against Texas. He played in 12 games as a freshman.
• Julian Walker, a running back who played at Saint Vincent the last two seasons, announced he is transferring to Division I FBS Louisiana-Monroe. This season, Walker led the Bearcats with 564 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 98 carries. He ran for 140 yards against Bethany.
Walker finished with 698 rushing yards in his time at SVC.
Men’s basketball
Pitt-Greensburg: Senior Trent Rozich scored his 1,000th career point as the Bobcats (11-2, 3-1) fell to Penn State Behrend, 72-66.
Rozich finished with 15 points, eight rebounds and three assist in the loss.
Rozich joins senior teammate Matthew Marinchak (Ligonier Valley) in the school’s 1,000-point club.
UPG’s latest win came against Carlow, 96-73. Rozich and Marinchak each scored 18 for the Bobcats (12-2, 4-1), who shook off back-to-back losses.
Pitt-Johnstown: Junior guard Adam Bilinsky (Norwin) scored 14 points in an 82-68 loss to Slippery Rock. He played all 40 minutes.
Saint Vincent: Despite a 16-point comeback and a dramatic buzzer-beater, the Bearcats fell to Westminster in overtime 89-83. Senior Dev Ostrowski made an off-balance 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds remaining to send the game to OT tied 77-77.
SVC trailed by 16 in the second half.
Senior Jaden Gales and grad student Jevontae Jones matched a team high with 19 points.
Seton Hill: Junior Kedrick Curtis had a monster game with 29 points and 10 rebounds, but the Griffins dropped their second league game in a row, 87-85, in double overtime against Clarion.
Junior Camden Brewer added 18 points and 11 rebounds for Seton Hill (12-4, 6-2 PSAC).
In the previous game, freshman guard Rashaad Williams scored a career-high 36 points in an 87-78 loss at Cal (Pa.).
West Liberty: Junior Landon Butler (Latrobe) led the team with 19 points in 28 minutes, both season highs, as the Hilltoppers fell to Fairmont State, 99-89.
Butler also had the most field goals and field goal attempts he’s produced all season, making 8 of 14 shots.
Women’s basketball
Allegheny: Sophomore Ava Kobus (Norwin) scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds off the bench, and sophomore Ashlan Price (Greensburg Salem) added 11 points and seven rebounds in 34 minutes, but the Gators were clipped by Waynesburg, 69-68.
Price came back from a left knee injury last season to join the starting lineup.
Chatham: Senior forward Alyssa Laukus (Norwin) pulled down her 500th career rebound as the Cougars defeated Waynesburg, 71-65. She finished with a game-high 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting and added five rebounds, four assists and two steals.
Clarion: Freshman Kendall Berger (Norwin) scored 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a game-high 36 minutes, but Clarion fell at Seton Hill, 112-96.
Evansville: Sophomore Elle Snyder (Latrobe) scored nine points, pulled down eight rebounds and dished four assists in a 66-46 win over Valparaiso.
Snyder has started 13 games this season.
Gannon: Sophomore Olivia Pepple (Penn-Trafford) scored nine points off the bench, adding five rebounds and three assists in an 82-46 win over Cal (Pa.).
Grove City: Junior forward Brooke McCoy (Hempfield) scored nine points to help the Wolverines keep their record perfect in the PAC (10-3, 4-0) with a 61-33 victory over Franciscan.
Penn State Behrend: Junior guard Lilly Palladino (Penn-Trafford) scored 14 points without a miss, making all five field goal attempts, 3 of 3 3-pointers and her only free throw in a 72-28 win over Pitt-Greensburg.
Saint Vincent: Sophomore Emerson Peffer scored 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting, and seniors Makenna Maier and Camdon Bashor each had 12 in a 73-39 rout of Westminster. The Bearcats moved to 9-4 overall and 4-0 on the PAC.
Seton Hill: Five players scored in double figures, and the Griffins ran their winning streak to 11 with a 112-96 victory over Clarion.
The Griffins (12-2, 8-0 PSAC) scored 39 points in the first quarter.
Senior Hallie Cowan had 23 points (8-15 FGs), junior Mia Kalich had 16 points, 14 rebounds, 10 steals and five assists, junior Hailee Ford scored 16 and grabbed 10 rebounds and senior Helene Cowan added 11 points.
Kalich became the first Griffin to record two triple-doubles in the same season since Seton Hill joined the NCAA. She won her third straight PSAC West Defensive Player of the Year award.
Wrestling
Army: Senior Ethan Berginc (Jeannette/Hempfield), the Black Knights’ 133-pound standout, is ranked No. 9 in the nation in the latest FloWrestling rankings.
Berginc is seeking his fourth NCAA Tournament appearance.
Lock Haven: Redshirt sophomore Lucas Kapusta (Hempfield), ranked No. 23 in the nation at 149 pounds, was named the Mid-American Conference Eastern Division Wrestler of the Week. He upset No. 9 Elijah Rivera of Princeton and won a match against Binghamton to move to 13-3 on the season.
Ohio: Redshirt senior Garrett Thompson (Franklin Regional) won his 174-pound match by technical fall as Ohio fell to Central Michigan, 23-15.
Pitt: Redshirt junior 184-pounder Chase Kranitz (Norwin) escaped with a 9-6 win, and classmate Dayton Pitzer (Mt. Pleasant) won his heavyweight match 1-0 over No. 12 Jimmy Mullen as the 14th-ranked Panthers erased an 18-point deficit but fell to No. 7 Virginia Tech.
Men’s volleyball
Grove City: Junior Carson Good (Penn-Trafford) had eight kills to help the Wolverines to a 3-0 victory over Messiah.
Men’s swimming
Washington & Jefferson: Three local swimmers each won two individual events as the Presidents opened the season with a 221-48 win over Chatham.
Daniel Jeffries (Hempfield), Nathanial Harden (Hempfield) and Micah Lohr (Hempfield) were key contributors. Jeffries won the 100-yard freestyle (48.96 seconds) and the 100 backstroke (56.90) and also pitched in to the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:31.16); Harden took the 100 breaststroke (1:04.68) and 200 breaststroke (2:35.58); and Lohr won the 200 butterfly (2:16.71) and 500 freestyle (5:36.50).
Jeffries was named PAC Swimmer of the Week.