Westmoreland County high school notebook: Football season begins with ‘heat week’

Based on my own research and interviews, a PIAA tradition since the inception of the association in 2013, “heat week” is the unofficial beginning of high school football training camp and commences this Monday across the region. 
 
Players, who wear a helmet and shoulder pad but cannot touch, need to sit through five straight days of heat acclimation before the introduction of contact practice. 
 
Official practice begins on the August 12th. 
 
“It is nice to be back on the field because it is the early days of this season,” Mt. Pleasant coach Jason Fazekas stated. Actually, heat camp is our first official practice to improve ourselves. “ 
 
Sometimes the coaches have to organize practices in stations where players cannot touch one another; In order to familiarize them with the conditions of the camp week, they add mandatory water break. 
 
There will be scrimmages August 17 and the regular season will start with games on the week of August 23 branded as the week zero. 
 
Even more offers for them Berger and Brozeski 
 
Kendall Berger and Averi Brozeski both of the rising senior cohort at Norwin high school basketball team have started being recruited by Division II schools. 
 
It was established that Wheeling and West Virginia Wesleyan have provided scholarships for both the players and selected Berger’s school for providing her Clarion and Seton Hill scholarships. 
 
Brozeski also has an offer from IUP as well So, Dominik Brozeski has two options – Perm University and IUP. 
 
Berger and Brozeski were players for last year’s WPIAL 6A championship team. Berger ranked as the second on the list of the Knights’ top scorers, whereas Brozeski took a role of the bench figure. 
 
Another senior from Norwin that is also receiving a good number of playing opportunities is Bella Furno, who has an offer to play at Division III Chatham. 
 
Patterson transfers 
 
Greensburg Central Catholic shinning star rising junior Jiana Patterson soccer player joining Hempfield soccer team. 
 
A forward, Patterson has scored 31 goals and has provided 23 assist in two seasons in WPIAL. 
 
Patterson is also a thrower in track and field, and the 12-year-old Pittsburgh Riverhounds Academy player, was a member of the Exact 11 international team that competed in Europe last spring. 
 
Finals at Norwin again 
 
Similar to last year, the WPIAL football championships will be spread out over two weekends. Norwin Knights Stadium will once again host a pair of title games: of Class 4A and 6A is listed for November 16 of this year. 
 
The other four games are 5A-3A-2A- A, and Nov. 23 at Acrisure Stadium. 
 
Since the year 2018 Norwin has been hosting football finals. 
 
MP coach searches 
 
Currently there are two openings for head coaches in Mt. Pleasant and there is interview process has already started for one of the position. 
 
The girls basketball opening will be the next to be filled, maybe by the end of this month. Adrian Scott Giacobbi took his resignation after he served the team for 19 seasons. 
 
As soon as the person for the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction position, Giacobbi’s replacement, will be appointed, the district will commence the process of looking for a new softball coach. 
 
Chris Brunson resigns from his position following six years as the head coach of the softball team to take a head coach at Waynesburg University.