After finishing a stellar women’s basketball career at Thiel College, Jess Vormelker’s next step was to search for an opportunity to play professionally. But, when no such opportunity arose, Vormelker decided to turn to coaching, which is something she’s wanted to do from a young age. She looked all over the United States to find … Continue reading
On the surface, the idea of Tim Fusina spending his winters in chilly Southwest Pennsylvania as opposed to the beaches and warmth of Southern California is a drastic change. While the move will still be quite an adjustment for Fusina— who’s moving more than 2,000 miles away from his home for the past two years— … Continue reading
For six innings, Waynesburg University’s return to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoffs was almost perfect. Entering the bottom of the seventh of their day one game, the third-seeded Yellow Jackets led Grove City, 9-2. No PAC team had come back from such a deficit in the postseason since 2008. If that wasn’t enough assurance for … Continue reading
When Mark Christner took over as Waynesburg University head men’s basketball coach in 2010, the team was coming off an 0-12 season in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Less than five years later, Christner guided the Yellow Jackets to the conference championship game, where they fell seven points short of an appearance in the NCAA Division … Continue reading
When Ian Goedert started his first semester at Waynesburg University, 15 credits made up his schedule. By the end of that semester, he was down to nine credits. The reason for this was that his original major, journalism, wasn’t working out the way he had intended. Towards the end of his freshman year, he fully … Continue reading
Coming back from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, first-year Waynesburg University head softball coach Brett Shimek experienced a “nine-hour bus ride of emotional thoughts.” The emotion had nothing to do with what happened on the team’s spring break trip, where the Yellow Jackets struggled to a 2-6 start. The reason Shimek carried a heavy heart on … Continue reading
The results of the special election for the 37th Senatorial district—a seat left vacant when Guy Reschenthaler won the 14th congressional district race in November’s midterm elections—are in, and Democrat Pam Iovino is the winner. In an election that spanned Allegheny and Washington counties, Iovino defeated Republican D. Raja, earning 33,310 votes to Raja’s 30,741 … Continue reading
Former vice president Joe Biden could be the next president of the United States, but this past week hasn’t been favorable for his possible 2020 campaign. Last Friday, former Nevada state assembly Lucy Flores published an essay claiming that Biden kissed her on the head and touched her in an inappropriate manner in 2014 when … Continue reading
1. Avenatti is in hot water again This past Monday, prosecutors accused Michael Avenatti, known as the attorney of adult film star Stormy Daniels, of operating an “old fashioned shakedown.” Avenatti is alleged to have attempted to extort between $15 and $25 million from Nike, and this is not the only instance of Avenatti being … Continue reading
In her 45 years as a secretary in the Waynesburg University athletic department, Barb Tuggle has assisted a program that’s produced a Final Four basketball team from its days in the NAIA, and several PAC championships in wrestling as well as women’s track and cross country. While she’s worked in athletics—and every other university department, … Continue reading
