The late Stan Ferek is yet another gem from the area鈥檚 rich baseball history. Ferek was an outstanding pitcher in sandlot baseball circles before signing a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1941.Ferek, a 1940 graduate from Uniontown High School, he played football for the ...
The fourth class of the Uniontown Area High School Academics, Arts and Athletics Hall of Fame is set for induction the weekend of Sept. 2-3.A class consisting of 12 individuals and one team will be enshrined. The 2016 class will be honored before the Uniontown-Thomas Jefferson football game on ...
Once again, I had the pleasure of having lunch with some of the greatest football coaches in WPIAL history.The luncheon was the brainchild of good friend, Bill Priatko, and we had a third gathering just recently at Grand View Golf Club in North Braddock, and it was even bigger and better the ...
Memory Lane has chronicled the rich baseball history in western Pennsylvania. Uncovered from days gone by is another hidden baseball gem. Left-handed hurler Wayne Campbell played his high school baseball at California High School in the early 1950鈥檚.Campbell was part of two Section 19 ...
Bill Whiteko is another in a long line of outstanding baseball players to come out of the Brownsville area.Whiteko, who is recovering from a stroke he suffered a year and a half ago, was able to conduct the interview with the help of his wife Chris.Whiteko was a standout shortstop for Charlie ...
Smithton native Joe Margoneri was like a comet bursting on the Major League Baseball scene and then fading because of arm trouble.The fireballing lefty honed his baseball skills on the sandlots in Western Pennsylvania.鈥淲e didn鈥檛 have baseball at South Huntington Township High School,鈥� ...
