Eric Crabtree is one of many great athletes to come out of Western Pennsylvania. Crabtree went to high school at Monessen, but it is a little known fact that he has Fayette County ties, his mother was from Brownsville.鈥淢y family was from Brownsville,鈥� Crabtree stated. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 basically ...
In the late 1950s Bellmar High School was blessed with some gifted athletes, including football and basketball standout Ron Coates.鈥淚 liked basketball and I liked football,鈥� Coates stated. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 the only two sports that we had.鈥滳oates was on Bellmar football squads that posted ...
It鈥檚 been 50 years, but the memories of an undefeated season and a national championship are still fresh in the minds of the 1966 Waynesburg University football team.That team will be honored on Oct. 7 and 8 with ceremonies during homecoming when the Yellow Jackets host Geneva. ...
Joe Mancuso had great guidance as a young athlete, and he took the life lessons he learned and used them as a coach and educator.Mancuso was a two-sport athlete at Connellsville High School, playing football and basketball.He was a quarterback and defensive back for some very good Falcon ...
The pro football season is here.The 2016 NFL season kicks off with the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos hosting the Carolina Panthers at Mile High Stadium.The Pittsburgh Steelers open their season in a Monday night game in Washington on Sept. 12.I took a football trip on Aug. 15-17 ...
Brownsville High School has always had a strong baseball tradition and has sent numerous players on to professional baseball. One of the names on that list is Dave Columbia who was a standout infielder for coach Charlie Slick in the early 1950s.Columbia played baseball on the sandlots in ...
