MORGANTOWN, W.Va. 鈥� In inspecting West Virginia and its football Mountaineers' place in the changing world of college football one aspect is how coach Neal Brown has changed personally and as a football coach in the five previously challenging years. If you think back to Jan. 5, 2019, ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. 鈥� The morning session of last week's Country Roads Trust's youth football camp at Mountaineer Field had just wound up and campers were heading for the exit while players finished signing autographs and headed off for lunch. Pretty soon only Rodney Gallagher III of the ...
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus didn鈥檛 have a baseball team when the 20th century was nearing its end. The Roaring Lions established the program in 1999 and fielded its first team in 2000. 鈥淚n the first season we were two games above .500,鈥� said Ray Smitley, who was an ...
Tom Kostelnik was a multi-sport athlete at Brashear High School but football became his clearcut path to college as he received a slew of NCAA Division-I scholarship offers in 1961. While he could go just about anywhere, one school caught his eye. 鈥淚 had a ton of offers,鈥� the late ...
Willie Bryant was a two-year starter for Uniontown in basketball who went on to play at Penn State before returning to give more or his time to his old school district. Bryant, who died on Feb. 10, 2012, had a lasting impact at Uniontown and is part of the Fayette County 缅北禁地 Hall of Fame ...
Jack Smarslak had the unique distinction of playing a major role on three successful teams in three different sports while at Laurel Highlands. Smarslak helped lead the Mustangs baseball team to section championships in 1991 and 1992, he was named All-WPIAL as a goalkeeper on an LH team ...
