Uniontown鈥檚 Tom Holliday returned to his roots when he was inducted into the Oklahoma State Cowboy Baseball Hall of Fame during the OSU First Pitch Banquet on Saturday.Holliday, who served as an assistant coach and head coach with the program for over 25 years, and outfielder Corey Brown, who ...
Most great basketball teams have an outstanding point guard. Uniontown鈥檚 1981 state championship team was no exception.The man who ran the show for the 1981 Red Raiders was point guard Greg Gabriel.Looking back years later, Gabriel feels the seeds for that Red Raider state championship squad ...
Friday night lights in western Pennsylvania is still a pretty big deal, but back in the day when Jerry Valencik played it was like a religion.鈥淔ootball on Friday was the king,鈥� Valencik stated. 鈥淓veryone went to the football game, and especially when we were winning, in that era of Albert ...
Back in the day Fayette County was a regular stop on the college football recruiting trail and county athletes dotted college football rosters from coast to coast.One of those players was former Uniontown High School gridder Bernie Zsiros. He was a two-year starter for coach Bill Power on the ...
In today鈥檚 world of specialization in high school sports most athletes concentrate on one sport, some maybe two. Former South Union High School standout Phil Varnak would be considered an oddity today, Varnak played four sports in high school.Varnak was a standout on the Blue Devil football ...
The athletic gene pool in the Surlas family is off the charts.The patriarch, Tom, has already been profile with a Memory Lane. He played football at Southmoreland High School and Alabama. Sons John and Jason played at Mt. Pleasant and played college football. His daughter, Jen, played ...
